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    Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride

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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    Only shoes for Texas. :( #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    Wow...they couldn't even be bothered to get one from each state.

    This avatar crap just continues to be more and more worthless.
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    Image of Shadowguitar Shadowguitar
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    I hope by "Virginia" they mean "Virginia Tech." No one likes Virginia. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    10/29/09

    @Shadowguitar: Seriously. And no, there's no Hokies. :( #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Shadowguitar Shadowguitar
    10/29/09

    @mind in rewind: Lamest. Shirts. Ever. I don't even go to VTech(I'm 15 minutes away at RadfordU), but I'd still get a Tech shirt. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of i38warhawk i38warhawk
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    They spelled Arkansas wrong, on the t-shirt. Don't know if it's a mistake or a joke.

    WOO PIG SOOIE!

    [marketplace.xbox.com]
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    nipsen promoted this comment Edited by i38warhawk at 10/29/09 2:02 PM i38warhawk was starred i38warhawk was unstarred
    Image of nipsen nipsen
    10/29/09

    @i38warhawk:
    Arakanasasas... I gues.. anyone can make that mistake. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of lionkitten lionkitten
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    top 30 in what? #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of pekosROB pekosROB
    10/29/09

    @lionkitten: not academics apparently. probably size of students at main campuses? campii, campus'? how the crap do you spell plural form of campus? #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    10/29/09

    @pekosROB:
    You don't. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Ad-hominem Ad-hominem
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    Wait- by California, do they mean Cal only, or all the California schools? #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of geminas01 geminas01
    10/29/09

    @Ad-hominem: ...wait what?...are you trying to be sarcastic? How do you not know this. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Ad-hominem Ad-hominem
    10/29/09

    @geminas01: You kidding me, man? There are plenty of fans of UC Irvine's football team. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of DugDawg DugDawg
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    Heck ya, Go Dawgs. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of armchair.athlete armchair.athlete
    10/29/09

    @DugDawg: Not this season haha. Georgia Tech should be on that list so much more. Dawgs aren't even ranked. GT is rocking. Go Jackets!
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    Image of DugDawg DugDawg
    10/29/09

    @armchair.athlete: GT is having a great season, but that doesn't stop me from hoping that we crush ya'll at the end of the season. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington! SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    GO BADGERS! Woo! #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    I guess this is one more reason to be glad I never went to college....... no compulsion to buy this crap. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Izod517 Izod517
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    No Va. Tech? Boo on you! I say boo! #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of [VT] jmill87 (64 pages of gorilla stabbing) [VT] jmill87 (64 pages of gorilla stabbing)
    10/29/09

    @Izod517: Yeah as a Hokie, I'm disgusted to see Virginia made the cut but not Va Tech. #avatarmarketplace
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    Izod517 promoted this comment [VT] jmill87 (64 pages of gorilla stabbing) was starred [VT] jmill87 (64 pages of gorilla stabbing) was unstarred
    Image of McClane McClane
    10/29/09

    @Izod517: Boo as well. Va. Tech never gets respect. Its probably for the best seeing as when ever someone does give them respect they choke. #avatarmarketplace
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    Izod517 promoted this comment McClane was starred McClane was unstarred
    Image of Izod517 Izod517
    10/29/09

    @McClane: So true... hurts my heart everytime. The 90% of the time it doesn't matter we're Hokies, and the 10% of the time it does matter, we're cHokies. =( #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    10/29/09

    @jmill87: At least the state of Virgina is represented. There isn't ANYTHING from Minnesota on there. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Izod517 Izod517
    10/29/09

    @TRT-X: Our condolences to you Minnesota. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    Looking at these, I'll grab the Badgers hoodie. Gotta rep my state online. :) #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Matt Lynley Matt Lynley
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    If this is the top 30 public universities it blow my mind that UNC-Chapel Hill is not present on this list. In addition to having one of the top journalism and MBA programs in the country, it's regularly ranked in the top 10 public universities overall.

    If it's based on athletics, it blows my mind even more. UNC-CH was the NCAA 2009 Men's Basketball champion, the men's soccer regularly plays well, the women's soccer team has SEVENTEEN NCAA championships. In the past four years, UNC-CH's baseball team has made it to the college world series. That's just to name a few of the school's teams.

    That was a very poor choice of words for the article, in my opinion. That's a great list of public universities, yes, but hardly the "top 30" public universities, much less the "top 30" altogether. #avatarmarketplace
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    Owen Good approved this comment Matt Lynley was starred Matt Lynley was unstarred
    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    10/29/09

    @Matt Lynley: This is coming from a State grad: I agree wholeheartedly. I was astonished not to see UNC on this list, especially when you consider how well its brand sells in sporting goods stores nationwide.

    I can only guess this list isn't based on any kind of athletic or academic performance — if it was, Duke, UCLA and Notre Dame would have to make the cut. If it was based on student body size, Minnesota should be in here.

    It's more likely that certain universities had to individually bless the licensing clearinghouse doing this. Some did and some didn't. I can only hope this is a proof of concept and more will join in later if it succeeds. North Carolina absolutely deserves to be on this list. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Vidikron Vidikron
    10/29/09

    @Owen Good:

    UNC is in the top 10 in licensing revenue, as it Oklahoma whom is also missing. Not sure how they compiled this list. I found this list on Arkansas' web site:

    [www.arkansasrazorbacks.com] #avatarmarketplace
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    Owen Good promoted this comment Vidikron was starred Vidikron was unstarred
    Image of ecudevil ecudevil
    10/29/09

    @Owen Good: I agree. It reads more like a list of the "Top 30 Colleges That Agreed to the Terms of the Licensing Agreement".

    I'm an ECU alum, but I grew up in Durham so I'm a huge Duke fan. I hate Carolina more than the next guy, but I was really surprised to not see them on the list. Not only is the school high on the list both academically and athletically, but commercially-speaking the UNC "brand" is one of the top-sellers in NCAA merchandise.
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    Owen Good promoted this comment Edited by ecudevil at 10/29/09 11:37 AM ecudevil was starred ecudevil was unstarred
    Image of robmerica robmerica
    10/29/09

    @Owen Good: As it stands this collection is pretty poor, and my school is on the list. It seems that only certain schools get certain items, it's all quite uneven really, but I'm hoping that just means this is a sort-of test run to see if there is interest. It's the first collection I considered buying from, but no dice until my school sees a hoodie. Would be cool to see a request feature implemented, maybe where users could suggest schools/items and vote on what gets designed. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of lionkitten lionkitten
    10/29/09

    @Owen Good: Yes. Put Minnesota on there! I would buy it all. MS! There's points here to be had. Come take my points!

    I want a Goldy Gopher costume for my avatar. I would pay 1600 points immediately. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    You know this stuff costs money, right? Money that could be spent on games, rather than being pissed away customizing a character that you'll likely never see outside of the XBL dashboard. After all, it is a game machine.

    Wanna play dress up? Get yourself a dolly!

    /rant #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    10/29/09

    @High Speed Indeed: Why? Then *nobody* but you will see your dolly.

    /dumb argument gets dumb response #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Wally Kockinhymer Wally Kockinhymer
    10/29/09

    @Yossarian: I think he won that gold star in a raffle. #avatarmarketplace
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    RyuuzakiBjorn promoted this comment Wally Kockinhymer was starred Wally Kockinhymer was unstarred
    Image of tk. tk.
    10/29/09

    @High Speed Indeed: ...or in games that use the avatars, like 1v100 or GH5? #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Brodka: regrettably Brodka: regrettably
    10/29/09

    @High Speed Indeed: Enough of this. There are already several games that feature avatars as playable characters. Natal will only increase this. Also, considering two of the top three Indie games happen to be the ones featuring playable avatars, that is only going to increase among the XNA community as well.

    People spend money on outfits for characters from a single game. Ace Combat skins, horse armor, etc. At least these go on durable characters that you can take into multiple games. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/29/09

    Didn't realize this was such a touchy subject. I wasn't trying to stir anyone up. Have fun dressing up your avatar.

    By the way, they got you right where they want you. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/29/09

    @Bii Nii Wii Nii: And your mom pulled the winning ticket. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of ecudevil ecudevil
    10/29/09

    @Brodka: Would I spend 400 points on a light saber? No way.

    Would I spend 160 points for a hoodie with my alma mater, East Carolina, on it? Hell yes. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Brodka: regrettably Brodka: regrettably
    10/29/09

    @ecudevil: Yea, I haven't taken the plunge yet. But having my Huskies on a hat might be too much to resist. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    10/29/09

    @tk.: I'm sorry, I'm too busy playing as a character built with the GH-5 engine instead of what turns out to be my midget of an avatar. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of jeremycole jeremycole
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    I see you're not talking smack about Alabama like you were last year, Fahey... ;)

    Hope the Bulldogs beat the Gators this Saturday though. #avatarmarketplace
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    Yossarian promoted this comment jeremycole was starred jeremycole was unstarred
    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    10/29/09

    @jeremycole: It is good to hope.

    Sucks to be wrong, though. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of soviet_monkey soviet_monkey
    10/29/09

    @jeremycole: Alabama? They enjoy football there? I thought inbreeding was Alabama's favorite past time.

    I'm just teasing. That's a fine state you've got there what with all the...um...well, I've heard wonderful things about the...er...that sure is a fine state you've got there! #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Gspoon Gspoon
    10/29/09

    @soviet_monkey: Really? I get so tired of people acting like bama is a third world country. Just be glad this is the internet because those are fighting words asshole.

    In case you don't know Alabama is in the ranked #1 . #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of soviet_monkey soviet_monkey
    10/29/09

    @Gspoon: LOL. Are you going to beat me up for making jokes about Alabama? And call me an asshole?

    Is Alabama ranked "the #1"? Wow, that's impressive. In what, some random and arbitrary college football ranking?

    How about in literacy? Education? Standard of living for it's citizens?

    Way to prove my point, genius. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Gspoon Gspoon
    10/29/09

    @soviet_monkey: I was joking about the "fighting words" but not about you being an asshole.

    Yes #1 in the BCS rankings are fubar last time I checked. It would be great if we had playoffs but we don't.

    Compared to what are we doing a state to state comparison now? We don't all marry our cousins and act like we are portrayed in movies. #avatarmarketplace
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    High Speed Indeed promoted this comment Gspoon was starred Gspoon was unstarred
    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/29/09

    @Gspoon: It's not like people don't joke on Alabama all the time. Surely, this isn't the first you've heard of this. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of Gspoon Gspoon
    10/29/09

    @High Speed Indeed: You right it not the first time nor will it be the last. I normally let it slid or ignore it but I decided to call him on it. #avatarmarketplace
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    Image of GDW1017 GDW1017
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
    No U of O or OSU? Fail.

    /Uber fail, top 30 or not. #avatarmarketplace
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