T-Shirt Design Deathmatch

The T-Shirt Design Deathmatch was an event that took place on January 17th, 2019. It involved an art competition for who could create the best design to go on the back of a T-shirt. The battle included The Stardew Crusaders and Screenshot Teague, but was mostly between Ziggy and Screenshot Teague. After the battle, Ziggy wrote up a summary of the events that took place, which can be read here.

### Part 1

In a decisive battle between the Stardew Crusaders and Evil Screenshot Teague, the Stardew Crusaders came out on top, crushing the competition. The main battle was between Crusader Ziggy and Screenshot Teague involving an art competition for who could create the best design to go on the back of a T-shirt. Teague struck early, showing off his quite impressive design, and daring anyone to try to challenge him. Crusader Ziggy took on his offer and took much longer to produce his design, but his final product was hand drawn, inked, and on a large piece of 8 1/2 by 11 paper. Ziggy was encouraged on to try and win by his good friends Crusader Feelix, Crusader Gentle Fist and Crusader Lm1xb. Encouragements included death threats against Ziggy and death threats against small children. Ziggy's life and small children's life were on the line. When the day of the competition arrived Ziggy stepped into the gym (the location of the competition) and had high hopes for his piece. Teague already was at the gym, and had a smirk on his face, believing that nothing could stand against his "masterpiece". Teague's artwork however, was not printed out, and he instead decided to take a screenshot of his design and display it on his small phone. Quite an odd decision, but it did fit his name. Ziggy, on the other hand, had his big hand drawn art, easy to see and with lots of dedication put into it. Finally the competition commenced. The winner would be decided based on a vote taken by all of the spectators in attendance.

### Part 2

First, Teague showed off his design to the crowd. He had a devilish grin on his face when he began to show it off, but that smile slowly faded away as he could hear the crowd start to complain about how the design was hard to see, or too small. Next, Ziggy showed off his piece and the spectators were impressed, but not entirely convinced that it was a genuine hand drawn piece. This lowered Ziggy's confidence a bit, but he still kept his hopes up. Finally, it was time to take the vote. First, the head spectator asked who wanted to vote for Mr. Teague's piece. Ziggy and all of the Crusaders in attendance, Feelix, Gentle Fist, and Lm1xb, held their breath. A good chunk of crowd raised their hands. Teague's devilish smile returned to his face, and he looked over at Ziggy, imagining Ziggy's confidence crumbling into a small dust pile. Ziggy was concerned about Teague's number of votes, but was still hopeful that he could come out on top. Finally it was time to vote for Ziggy. All of the Crusader's really held their breath this time, because they were finally going to know who was the best at art. Would it be Screenshot Teague with his digital amalgamation? Or Crusader Ziggy with his fiery sketch of passion? The lead spectator shouted out "And who will vote for Ziggy's design?" Slowly, one by one, hands were raised. Everything felt like it was in slow motion. Would it be enough votes? Would Screenshot Teague have his victory? Would the Stardew Crusaders be yet again cast out of their domain? Soon the hands stopped. The votes were counted. Both competitors tensed up as the head spectator cleared his throat. The room was deadly silent.

### Part 3

The head spectator opened his mouth and said, "We have finally counted all of the votes, and have decided on the winner of this T-shirt Design competition." Ziggy could feel beads of sweat running down his face. The room suddenly felt very hot. "I've got to win this, I've got to win this" he said in his head. And then it was time. "The winner of the T-shirt Design competition is..."

"**ZIGGY!**"

The crowd burst into cheers. All of the other Crusaders who had come to watch clapped and watched to see how Screenshot Teague would react. Speaking of Teague, he was red as a tomato. He shouted, "How could this happen! It's not fair! My screenshot design could never lose! NEVER!" He stamped his feet and glared at Ziggy. Crusader Ziggy looked back at Teague and gave him a bold stare. Ziggy had won the competition. He had beaten Teague and claimed another win in the Crusaders war against Screenshot Teague. As the two looked at each other, Ziggy opened his mouth to speak. He spoke just loudly enough so that Teague could hear him, but just quietly enough so that no one else in the room could hear what he had to say.

"There's only one reason why you lost, Teague."

"There's just one simple answer."

"**You really pissed me off.**"

Screenshot Teague....**UTTERLY DEFEATED**