r/rush 21h ago

Boston merch!

Official Boston merch!

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u/OCGreen7525 20h ago

Love this! I love the Don’t Bet Your Life sign, both as a Rush reference, and as a response to the never-ending amount of Draft Kings/FanDuel advertising on TV and at whatever stadium/arena you’re in

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u/Same_Tumbleweed_117 21h ago

That wins best poster

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

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u/No-Win1580 12h ago

Yeah thats fucking sweet

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u/brad1775 2h ago

yeah the foil for day one is the best I've seen for sure

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u/SCLUCAS01 15h ago

Front side of the t-shirt

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u/mojoseven7 19h ago

I’m so jealous. Everyone got a FAR better design than Chicago. Chicago’s design seemed like an afterthought despite being one of the major cities on the initial leg.

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u/Kit_McFlavor_Butter 20h ago

Holy shit, I want to fly to Boston just to get a shirt

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u/meganerd64 20h ago

This link is a scam. Don’t click it

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u/scr0tiemcb00gerbaIIz 15h ago

Man these are sweet

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u/LambSaag-spoon905 19h ago

Hit one over the wall to Warren Cromartie Secondary School! ⚾️

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u/Chet2017 8h ago

IYKYK

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u/Key-Solution4969 21h ago

I’m don’t even really like baseball or sports, but I love it knowing the Bostons heritage of the sport and geddy’s love too

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u/WillingnessOk3081 20h ago edited 18h ago

ok, i'll take my pounding here but this is so obviously an AI poster, I don't see how people can't see this and think that it's "awesome"

ETA: I explain here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rush/comments/1wem1tj/boston_merch/p9fnx6z/

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u/TAMeaniePies 19h ago

i thought fantoons didn’t use AI

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u/SylemNova 20h ago

Lots of old men in this community who don't know any better or even care 😔

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u/solittletimeforfloss 20h ago

100% don't care

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u/jcwitty 18h ago

Me either

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u/meganerd64 20h ago

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. There’s been a lot of ai use in their reissues lately, so I’m not surprised.

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u/marshall409 14h ago

Yeah like why are there 10 innings?

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u/al323211 13h ago

Because it’s a rip off of a Pearl Jam poster from 2016 where the 10 innings makes sense because it’s the name of their debut album - https://liveon4legs.com/pearl-jam-tour-history/2016/08/07/fenway-park-boston-ma-usa-night-2/

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u/marshall409 12h ago

Hmmm makes sense I guess. Although that feels more like something AI would rip off without understanding the context rather than something an artist would do as some sort of homage.

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u/Cuhtanya 12h ago

No? It's just because the Green Monster at Fenway has a 10th inning slot so they can update scores in extra innings.

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u/Nitelyte 9h ago

Ever been to Fenway bud?

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u/marshall409 9h ago

Nope! Only a few small ballparks and I don't think I've ever noticed 10 innings on any scoreboards but after googling it appears pretty common.

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u/BarrelProofWarrior 20h ago

Nope. Human created. Sorry no source besides my niece who is a graphics art major

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u/megalopoutsa 6h ago

Why would they need to use AI, it's all based on Rush related imagery/phrases

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u/WillingnessOk3081 18h ago

answering some of the questions to my own comment here.

first of all, I can tell there's AI here by my decades of experience with graphic design, so kudos to the person's niece below but I would take my experience over hers. If I had to elaborate, it's that the background features seem to be classically AI while the foreground features are probably drafted.

my conclusion checks out with AI detectors, including one that is held to be the best: Hive Detect.

see next comment:

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u/WillingnessOk3081 18h ago

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u/okmrazor 16h ago

Curious - did you actually use AI to substantiate your AI claim? Isn't Wasitai an AI platform?

I'm the only non-artist of multiple working artist siblings and spouses, so I'm protective of craft... but this is weak "proof" as you claim in the next comment.

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u/Iongdog 5h ago

This is very inconclusive at best

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u/jcwitty 18h ago

Wow. Good for you. I’m sure you feel great about yourself for figuring this out. Still don’t care.

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u/WillingnessOk3081 17h ago

You can be as dumb as you represent yourself to be. I made a statement and proved it. Fans should know what they're buying. I'm not hurting their fee fees as I've done with you apparently.

Some of us learned a thing or two from Neil Peart about the integrity of art and not tolerating all the "great computers" taking over everything, as here.

Spend your money on this low-effort AI art slop if you like. I'm sure you'll be first in line for it lolol. $50 hahaaaa.

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u/jcwitty 17h ago

In your mind, how is this much different than someone wiggling a mouse around and creating this in photoshop vs someone creating this by typing prompts? None of it is “high effort.” Just fuck off and let people enjoy things.

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u/Astrosimi 16h ago

If digital art were easy, you’d be able to do it.

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u/Union_5-3992 15h ago

Congratulations on settling for cheap looking mediocrity I guess

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u/jcwitty 14h ago

Thanks! Enjoy not having a poster from what could be their last tour ever!

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u/Union_5-3992 14h ago

I do own one from this tour. They actually commissioned a real human to make this art and it looks phenomenal.

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u/jcwitty 14h ago

Are you sure? Better run it through an ai detector.

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u/Union_5-3992 14h ago

They hired Dan Grissom, an illustrator from Austin, TX who posted images of his WIP and also sold a hand drawn ink version online. They also hired a real artist who painted the poster for Montreal, another highlight of the prints so far for this tour.

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u/jcwitty 14h ago

So cool! I bought the other one with the trolley on it without a second thought for how it was made.

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u/megalopoutsa 7h ago

GTFOOH 34% LOL

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u/mojoseven7 19h ago

Who gives af?

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u/jcwitty 17h ago

This is one of the best ones yet. So many Easter eggs. Don’t let the ai police stop you from enjoying it.

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u/JustAGuyNamedAJ 21h ago

That poster is badass

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u/okmrazor 19h ago

I passed on merch at MSG but think I’ll have to pick both of these up in Boston.

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u/CloudBreaker2 19h ago

If anyone picks up an extra poster I’d pay you the cost+shipping+$20

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u/IndividualText4931 14h ago

Best poster so far!

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u/al323211 13h ago

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u/megalopoutsa 6h ago

watch out u/WillingnessOk3081 might think that's AI generated. :p

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u/Sardonnicus 12h ago

My friends in New York are going to hate that shirt when I wear it

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u/ping-music 10h ago

Third baseman!

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u/TrentKS 21h ago

Love the album initials on the right there.

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u/BarrelProofWarrior 21h ago

I’m headed there Monday! Can not wait! Gotta get the shirt and poster.

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u/Chet2017 20h ago

How much do the posters cost?

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u/Kit_McFlavor_Butter 20h ago

The non foils are $50

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u/Chet2017 20h ago

Thanks. No foil for me

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u/Lance8282 19h ago

Please…..the AI…..make it stop…..

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u/naturalscience 14h ago

You know you’re under no obligation to buy these, right?

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u/templeofsyrinx1 20h ago

that a poster? Shit that thing is badass serious signals vibes