I was waiting for Godmachine to do this, but with so many rips happening every week, I figured the sooner the better.
History
The Manticores (an abbreviation for "The West Side Mordor Manticores"), are a cyber gang of artists' rights vigilantes based on Emptees. Their primary concern is exposing design thievery, be it on shirts, websites, myspace profiles, or anything else wherein the original artist goes uncredited.
They were originally formed a few months ago by Godmachine, who subsequently designed their official (though yet to be printed) shirt:
Structure
Rather than a employing a hierarchal structure, the Manticores operate as a group of "freelancing" gangsters to expose their victims. While different members may have special titles, these are in name only and denote no real rank within the society.
Medallion
A few days ago, in an effort to unite during mobs against thieves on sites outside of Emptees, I created this medal (to be added to the profile or avatar of any Manticore members):

Much like an affiliating article of clothing or specific gang color, the Manticore medallion exists to strike fear and recognition into those who behold their attacks. The medallion is only for use by those who have been involved in said attacks.
Mantra
The Manticores also have a mantra that can be spoken or sung in the comments to those whom they expose:
Looking for rip offs
From Emptees we spawned
Spying and watching
From dusk until dawn
We know where youre lurking
We know where youve been
Mordor Manticores
Unite for the win!
Sources:
http://emptees.com/posts/1863-emptees-west-side-mordor-manticores
http://emptees.com/posts/2108-hmm-jeff-finley-now-on-design-by-humans
http://emptees.com/posts/2178-manticores-attack
109 Comments
Kolby said about 1 year ago
I still dont have a name nor a weapon. Not witty enough I guess. Someone come up with one for me.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
im glad you did this. i wish someone had been recording the manticores recent tramplings of others, quick someone screen shot us killing the guy who ripped csj89s noodle-doodle!!
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Oh yeah, that was something I was thinking we need to do - a hall of shame type thing where we screen capture the ownage for posterity...
nate gonz said about 1 year ago
i dont feel as if i deserve my medal yet
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
dammit we owned the guy who ripped finley, and now that page is gone.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
D.J. Big Ass Boobs here.

Smore Info, alsos it is common practice to make crappy html badges Like sos.
The America Needs you Mordore Repore Badge
official coat of harms For DJ Big Ass Boobs
the official knight of the mordore badge
for the sake of a speedy attack use lol cats, This I speculate is why perps gravitate toward the html free waters of dbh, The Westside Mordore Manticores. In the of battle of Crown (screen caps comeing soon) had to improvise with avatar adjustments seen below I am the black mordore, Directions: pick a color make a maskvatar, for easy of use have a 65x50 (Dbh) on file ready for use or what ever size the perp site requires.
I would like to add that despite my best efforts no physical harm has ever been done by the mordores, we are people to so not without mercy kinda, a verbal spanking by online peers, in public comment sections are fair game and better than loseing your (the perps) loved ones and belongings after loseing a court battle for ip crime.
Which thanks to holes in the patriot act is actually considered domestic terrorism, hmm Modrores vs U.S. department of Justice, gitmo doesnt, serve jello, just saying.(Edit: I dont know if thats true but If I were a perp it would scare me straight, I cant live without jello)
drewbarontini said about 1 year ago
Can we please get some custom jackets made? Id wear it everyday of my life.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
jackets? we really need to work on getting those tee shrits printed, ASAP, then possibly jackets and hats.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Actually, we could totally get embroidered patches made up. Then you could just iron it on to whatever you wanted... It would be sweet.
I want to print your shirts. said about 1 year ago
I have yet to choose a Manticore name.
You should add this to wikipedia.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
I was gonna name this thread "Official Manticores Wiki entry" actually...
I was just thinking that the day that Linty Fresh gets added to Wikipedia will be one of the most celebratory of my life.
Dave!PTS said about 1 year ago
For some reason as I read this all I could hear in the back of my head was the opening music from the A-Team..
drewbarontini said about 1 year ago
I need a Manticore name as well.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Im sure pure buttons would help if you ask nice maybe (crossed fingers) I would chip in if anyone wants to do that. I got the template set up already, and I like how it went from jackets to buttons. stickers would be cool to and I have a new marks a lot just dripping for skribbles. Drew: name tip, Think of the fiercest thing you can think of, and double it, that shall be your name.
faithbydesign said about 1 year ago
we should totally do button packs. They are inexpensive and im sure everyone would pitch in and rock a pack
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Hay File not found. pop that cork and rock on. dance formation alpha tango for A Team,
http://www.stumpnet.net/themes/A-Team%20Song.mp3
Ps your welcome,
a killer wombat said about 1 year ago
im with jimmy, no manticore name as of yet.
ryanmiller said about 1 year ago
hahahaha, this is amazing. i feel like i have a purpose in life now.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Someone should write a wiki.
oh hi Jimmy, good idea.
Kolby said about 1 year ago
I am going to bed now. When I wake up I DEMAND name suggestions to be left. I decided my weapon of choice is a hot glue gun. (with the big glue stick no the pussy 1/3 sticks).
faithbydesign said about 1 year ago
BEST WEAPON EVER.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
i forgot what my weapon was, anyone remember? my name was reverend dre hc. that means if any manticore and manticoress(female manticore?) wanna tie the knot im ordained!
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
names you say...hmmm
Stabs Mac Grough
Blade Danger Goreington the third.
The Slicer
Slash (oh wait taken, sorry)
Scareface
Blundermuffin (for the ladys)
Lonely Girl 15 (Doh!)
Obaminator, Obaminable Snowman.(for the political)
TWLOHA (got nothin)
Knife Rider
The High Steppa (girl ya rock) for those tricky kickys
---------optional weapons
Bottle Opener (for those cans of whoop ass)
Foil, (a double weapon, Foil as in to foil a perp, or Foil as in the weapon used for Fencing, which is the original dance fight artform)
The Simpsons Special (where you do this (make circles with arms and slowely move toward opponent) while they do this (big kicks and slowely move in for the kill)
Sabre. (comes with war cry shaaaaabeeeeer!!!)
gabroll said about 1 year ago
my name will be The Deutschlandic Bandit aaaand my weapon will be Sour Milk. Dont underestimate the potency of said weapon. I fixed myself a bowl of Frosted FlakesĀ® a week ago and one spoonful in I nearly owned myself on some rancid lactose.
Everyone should be required to have a war cry too for that matter. Mine can be BAAAANDAAAAIIDDS!!!
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Man, just imagine if every time we did a Manticore raid, we all used our warcries and Manticore names in the comments. It would be legendary.
a killer wombat said about 1 year ago
im going with hagglebee of doom in honor of my dog at home.
another suggestion: mouse farting stiff winder
Colemadethis said about 1 year ago
Motumbus Turpentine reporting for duty, Sir! I am armed with my laser-guided salt shaker of the fox.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
sounds awesome.
i remember my weapon was some type of shortsword, although i dont remember the name.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
I guess we could always change names and weapons and warcries with every assault. This would add to the confusion of it all. Man Im almost looking forward to the next rip. Lol.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
I tryed mine out yesterday, and it felt really good, something like eeeeeeeiiiiooooo and sometimes yyyyyyy woop woop.
oh and I noticed that the medals are gray (like silver) maybe we can have (orange) bronze and (yellow) gold and platinum can be like a star, and ribbon.
I think everyone needs to make a coat of harms. This should include name, weapon and Westside Mordore manticores somewhere. And be made in under 20 mins in photoshop, slobby counts, its all about speed. GO!!
Colemadethis said about 1 year ago
In reply to this:

quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Thou hast in haste done a great deed indeed muah ha Sir Motumbus Turpentine, of the Mordor Trupentines.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
LOL!!!
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Am the only who who is scared of my black maskatar, I ceep me out.
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
My wife thinks you have downs syndrome because of that picture. lol
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
ha ha ha close. I have been diagnosed with chronic chumbawamba I get knocked downs but I get up again.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Hahaha dude you crack me up!
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
ah ha
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
Id be willing to do a small run of manticores shirts on AA at cost(provided godmachine was cool with the logo usage). Itd be about $8 per shirt. Figure something out.
rich.a said about 1 year ago
im all for swift action against thieves but this is madness im lost
godmachine said about 1 year ago
yeah man- email me or message me bro and well sort something out for the troops.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
i talked to godmachine about this a couple days ago and he said that the cost of shipping it to the UK then shipping it back here would kill the price of the shirt. so if the printer could ship them to everyone individually i think itd work.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
count me in for a preorder quakerninja@hotmail.com
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
Thats my regular workflow, dude. One-off orders and stuff.
If that didnt make sense - Its not a big deal for me to mail them out individually. The post office lady already hates me.
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
madness? This is Mordooooooooor!
My name is Gerard and when not riding Kaiju into battle I use my bo staff.
my war cry is Tetsuoooooooooooooo!
Im so down for a shirt. And a patch for my jacket.
nate gonz said about 1 year ago
my original manticore name was nate
but im going to change it to Swiss Meat
and my weapon will be frozen sausage links
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Lets see those Coat of Harms, This should include name, weapon and Westside Mordore Manticores somewhere.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
under 20 min.
Colemadethis said about 1 year ago
i dont believe you.
hideouscarwreck said about 1 year ago
that made my day, really.
me neither, but im taking it anyway.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Thats hideous well done. Oh Hi hideous, Im seeing double.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
swear it
jaynajaynajayna said about 1 year ago
I want a cool name and weapon. Can I ride a bear around?
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
can you attack people for ripping designs whilst on the bear?
if you answered yes to the previous question then you are allowed to ride a bear around all youd life.
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
i ride Kaiju, i think you can have a bear.
if you dont know what kaiju are....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiju
collisiontheory said about 1 year ago
haha first time i actually lold at something you said quaker! good one.
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
My coat of harms

jimmyhaffa1 said about 1 year ago
this shit cracks me up, now peoples avitors are so messed up with all these crazy things, hopefully you guys will invent something new to add to your mini avitars, making them even more random
jfinley said about 1 year ago
Did anyone ever play the game "Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol" for windows 95? That game fuckin ruled my life. It was amazing and so hard!
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
oooooooh a 2D graphic world!
adn is that 256 color graphics bolded by you or the product specs??
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
So, is the shirts go, or no-go? Cuz Im putting in an order with my supplier on Monday and Ill throw some white AA 2001's in there if folks are interested.
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
i think were all go for launch!
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
dizzydizzy down, we just need the green light from godmachine, and you probably need a bigger file right?
derekdeal said about 1 year ago
suddenly im afraid if we ever have an emptees meetup its going to look like a larping convention
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
Yeah 300DPI would help. I sent him a message on myspace earlier, but I dont think hes gotten to reply yet. Im pretty sure hes down.
I need sizes for those interested.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
i didnt know what that was, so i looked it up. and i hope our meeting does look like that
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
why would that make you....afraid?
LARPing is sooooooo cool.
um, or not.
whatever
Kolby said about 1 year ago
I made my coat of harms. How do I make it fit on here?
Photobucket makes it HUGE
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
is it 500 pixels wide?
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
when you do your img tag write img width="500" src="your photobucket url" then close the tag
jaynajaynajayna said about 1 year ago
Anime Boston 2008 - The Northeasts Largest Anime Convention, was just 10 minutes away from where I live last weekend. Do you know how fun it was for me to walk around the prudential center and have my friend mike point out all the final fantasy characters that the mediocre looking white girls were supposed to be? Very fun. And not fun at all.
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
I had to Wikipedia LARPing, also. Latex weapons lol.
People banding together to fight against the theft of other peoples hard work under the guise of a comedic dance-fighting gang is far cooler than dressing up like video games.
jfinley said about 1 year ago
I bolded that. I miss that game. The sound effects made it great.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
Lobo awesome stats. I want a morgue. There should be a morgue of "file not founds"
oops forgot why I came back
Im Large Size.....oh oooo things a hulk would say.
and thanks for playing.
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
small
RikkiB said about 1 year ago
So one may only become a legendary Manticore if ones work has been ripped?
scapyyy said about 1 year ago
im so lost.
you guys are crazy.
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
[sarcasm] Were crazy? You have a hidden penguin in your logo.
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
Im a medium, yo.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Nah, you join the manticores once you have aided them in exposing thievery, (adding comments on an offending submission on DBH, for example).
godmachine said about 1 year ago
godmachine said about 1 year ago
Tonight the Manticore lifts his wings
And takes the skies
The call is sent forth and is
Thrown the final die
He took an arrow in the lung
He took an arrow: Cold
Rip-off: Manticore Killer
Rip-off: Manticore Killer
The the Manticores gather in a swarm
Across the plains
Their awesome sight has driven
Lesser men insane
They crawl on all fours
They fly on red wings
Rip-off: Manticore Killer
Rip-off: Manticore Killer
Evil has awakened the
Champion from the east
listen:
http://www.last.fm/music/Goblin+Cock/_/Kegrah+the+Dragon+Killer
LitoQ said about 1 year ago
Im so down... I need a L tee as well, and i forgot my name and weapon of choice, which is upsetting because I thoroughly enjoyed them... i also need one of these shiny medals how do i get one?
UPDATE: I dont remember what the original name was, nor can i find it in the archives BUT i do remember recently changing it to Sir Sean of Connery and my weapon: the devistating and awe inspiring Penis Mightier
Birdie3431 said about 1 year ago
i just had to...
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
it makes me giddy to see all the badges on everyones avatars.
Linty Fresh said about 1 year ago
Is it wrong to look forward to the next raid?
heavyprints said about 1 year ago
lol War monger!
andrE w. said about 1 year ago
ah ha
greggrillo said about 1 year ago
Maticore powwaaaa!
I ride a chariot!
and eat smores all day?
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
The Official Mordore Limerick
(for telling at bars to make ladys chuckle.)
They call us The Manticores,
cuz that is what we named us.
Invented on the internet,
and now were almost famous.
I nearly got the sponsorship
of Coke and Tori Amos.
But I sent them a creepy mail
and now they think were lame os
eskimokiss said about 1 year ago
glad i used the search option on the blog forum before asking what those medals were for. I was assuming they were placed on your avatar if you had received a shirt of the day honour, and wondered where mine was.
greggrillo said about 1 year ago
Ok this is important, I have to do a movie poster for my photoshop class (highschool) and I was wondering if anyone minds I "take" the manticore medal/logo and history/description and use those as the poster (along with other elements of my own ofcourse)
Basically I have to pass in a couple paragraphs describing the movie and poster and such.
Also I could put everyones name as a character and or designer / producer / editor... if you want.
Im not trying to get out of a project easily I just thought it was an amazing idea and I would love to do it..
Here is basically what I would pass in as my "description":
The movie entitled "Manticores Unite" is about a cyber gang called The Manticores (an abbreviation for "The West Side Mordor Manticores") who are a bunch of artists' rights vigilantes.
Their primary concern is exposing design thievery, be it on shirts, websites, myspace profiles, or anything else wherein the original artist goes uncredited. Rather than a employing a hierarchal structure, the Manticores operate as a group of "freelancing" gangsters to expose their victims. While different members may have special titles, these are in name only and denote no real rank within the society.
The Manticores also have a mantra that can be spoken or sung in the comments to those whom they expose:
Looking for rip offs
From Emptees we spawned
Spying and watching
From dusk until dawn
We know where youre lurking
We know where youve been
Mordor Manticores
Unite for the win!
Hillman (MadeByMAS) said about 1 year ago
Ha I like it!
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
thats gonna be A+ right there!
quakerninja said about 1 year ago
sound great you can yoink any of my badgers ifz you wantz.
eZ-kun said about 1 year ago
SO, if i insult the evil-doers, tell them how much they suck and that we wish they dont insult us with their presence i am manticore? hell, assistant manticore is quite ok, as long as i can abuse someone..i mean, the mofo evil-doers.
PS. boy, im sure adolf regrets swearing to some of us now, he needs all the help he can get. NOT! (needs more of an heavy punch in the liver, so he can say "stop mangs, i know no frenden" )
PS2> i have a heavy punch, and a legendary kick. and a license in speaking (in a month i will finish the letters/language faculty/college)
eZ-kun said about 1 year ago
description too long. need say> manticores-kill kill kill/art thieves die die die. and the mantra:P
emosamurai said about 1 year ago
I have thus commented very sarcastically and with much malicious intent onto the comment board of jester adolf and so I would like to know if I could be considered for a position in the infamous Manticore mob?
Whatever I have to do, say, or eat, I will, just let me know.
I await your decision.
Robmcbride said about 1 year ago
Im so going to be on the look out for bandits now. Manticores are bad ass.
eZ-kun said about 1 year ago
about time you realized.
SO, you think you know old english, ey? i had an exam on that today, so, let me tell you how real old english sound like;P
bat under beorge. Beornas gearwe
on stefn stigon; streamas wundon....
anyone sen the movie? i heard it was lame... (thats the hint for "do you know the text?")
Nate said about 1 year ago
I have been sitting by and watching the Manticores strike time & time again and be successful.
I even attacked on a few occasions.
Now it is time I join the crusade.
IT IS TIME TO (help) FIGHT!
I will be Natealus Boombastik Gouletstien (the third)!
Randomentity said about 1 year ago
manticore blog post here!
quakerninja said about 1 month ago
Good times.
ShirtFight.com said about 1 month ago
I just had a GREAT idea for a design im gonna do this weekend :D
quakerninja said about 1 month ago
Is it a manticore?
110specialblack said about 1 month ago
dont be silly
LitoQ said about 1 month ago
I was wearing this tee yesterday. Ah, the good ol' days.
quamoth said about 1 month ago
this must have been epic.
Ameeee said about 1 month ago
It was great!!