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Obey

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Another Shep Fairey homage, using the staredown that promoted Gooch from “big dude, plays in Belgium I guess?” to “fuckin’ LEGEND.” Magpie painted most of this.

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The US isn’t taken seriously by other countries as a competitor for soccer, so therefore the best way to get us to be taken seriously is to liken our players to rapping cartoon dogs*. The more I thought about it, though, the more the character and the slogan make sense for the team. The detail on his hat is the snakeball logo redone in the style of Rodney Greenblatt, Parappa’s creator:

*I’m pretty sure this makes Olsen the Poochie of the WC 23.

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why we do this

Posted on May 7, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Every once in a while you need reassurance that people want you around—Taylor Twellman, 5/6/06

Posted in finished projects, I can't believe we pulled this off, melonhead, nats, revs, why we do this, you should've been there |

if you’ve been shafted and you know it, raise your hand

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Posted in goofy, melonhead, nats |

look what arrived today

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Posted in goofy, nats |

on the occasion of meola’s hundredth cap

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Had we not been busy last week with actual work, and had it not been a bit too rainy outside, this would have been painted and shipped to someone attending the evening’s game in NC.

Posted in goofy, nats, stuff we didn't do |

different fandom, same people

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Hoover Dam

Like it says in this site’s charter, we’re nerds. I, however, am an anime nerd in addition to being a soccer nerd. I’ve spent as much time on the road to various fan conventions as I have matches, and I’m repeatedly reminded of how regardless of whether it’s a pre-WCQ party or a post-costume contest party, it’s all the same people, just a different excuse to get together with your buddies and drink. Same “oh, wow, I haven’t seen him in ages,” same “oh, it’s that fuckin’ guy again.” Same good and bad aspects to being a fan, too:

	anime	soccer


Excuse to travel	conventions	national team games



We got some people together, let’s go to the	Japanese restaurant	Irish bar



No, really, guys, it’s not that big a treat	Pocky	Guinness



Ask a fanboy who’s always wrong about	US licensing plans	US goalkeeping plans



Browse eBay for the latest in	shitty Southeast Asian bootleg DVDs	shitty Southeast Asian bootleg shirts



Large crowds for events in	LA, DC, Chicago	LA, DC, Chicago



Yet surprisingly very little going on in	NY	NY



OMG HE’S SO DREAMY tee hee	Scott McNeil	Taylor Twellman



I just blew my whole paycheck at	Best Buy	Niketown



Obnoxious phony speech affectation	adding honorifics to people’s names	pronouncing “derby” to rhyme with “Barbie”



Hey, I haven’t seen that yet, don’t tell me	Spike dies	Newcastle loses



You just don’t get it	“that Dragon Ball shit”	“Americans don’t care about soccer”



Fire up your Bittorrent client for	digisubs	matches



Get your nerd on during a dream vacation to	Japan	England



I hate this site, so why can’t I stop reading	Anime on DVD	Big Soccer



Are you sure we can’t come up with a better mascot for the fandom in this country than	catgirls	Landon Donovan