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Originally Posted by sun
Dunno about that. If they brought back the retros, they would have a pretty big win on their hands as 70% of this board considers them the best in franchise history. The other 30% are probably stuck in the early 2000s Town of Dissen where everything is black and eyeliner'd. If you're making 70% of your most rabid fanbase very, very happy, I think that would about as big of a slam dunk as any brand could ever hope for. This is a subset of your fanbase that is so obsessed with your product that they sign up to a message board to talk about it with other nerds and rack up tens of thousands of posts debating which #6D isn't getting enough ice time. A section of your fanbase that buys Flames branded crockpots. Who have avatars of their children wearing Flames gear the INSTANT they are out of the womb. Who buy David Jones, Todd Bertuzzi, and TJ Galiardi jerseys (seriously, all one guy). Who dress up like the short-lived mascot of the FARM TEAM. Give the people what they want, goddammit!
If this thread paints a pretty good picture of anything, it's a picture of design-by-committee being No Good. Especially if the committee has little to no design experience. I'm not referring to those whipping up concepts - I find them interesting too. But when everyone pitches in their own idea, you end up with the current abysmal thirds. Scary Eloranta, can you add some speed holes? I think they'd really jazz things up a bit and really make it pop!
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You mean give you what you want right? You can whine about retro's all you want but it isn't happening. And black is an official team colour so suck it up and get used to it.