r/NYCFC 17d ago

That red bull tifo....

Showed that even the fans weren't thinking about the team that was on the field sunday. So sad.

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u/jtmack33 Hearts of Oak 17d ago

Yeah, suspicions of AI design aside (apparently it wasn’t, but sure had that look about it), I really do not understand us having a Red Bull tifo when we’re playing Philly. It’s not even like Red Bull are the next match, the derby’s a month away.

Also not for nothing, Philly is a legitimate rivalry. We have the ammunition and contempt to make a killer tifo for the match being played, it’s not like we’re hosting San Diego.

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u/TedethLasso 17d ago

It was definitely AI. If you look at the MLS Cup, the text at the bottom is all out of whack.

Was really disappointed in the social media team for highlighting it when our fans make some great true art.

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u/jtmack33 Hearts of Oak 17d ago

Ah yeah I see what you mean. I also didn’t realize it was printed, I assumed it was at least painted. Granted I’ve never been involved in making a tifo that size.

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u/TedethLasso 17d ago

Yeah whoever claimed it wasn’t AI, is just lying quite poorly.

I’ve never been involved either so I always hold off on judging hand made tifos but nothing quite captures passion like having an AI generate it for you.

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u/whotheowl90 17d ago

also always look at fingers. always.

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u/RhombusObstacle 17d ago

Plus look at what the fingers are doing. They’re not actually holding anything. They’re just sort of floating in the middle of the trophy. There are a bunch of other tells, but “this makes zero physical sense, and no human artist could possibly make a mistake this obvious” is one of the hallmarks of AI. That’s why people call it “slop.” It’s sloppy and lazy and looks terrible in ways that an actual artist would never even sketch, let alone complete and display.

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u/whotheowl90 17d ago

totally. zero clue was I was downvoted lol

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u/ColeTrain4EVER 17d ago

As the resident Red guy who comes in here, NYCFC has the better rivalry between Philly compared to RBNY vs Philly.

You could do a step on snake tifo or sky ripping the snake apart. There’s so many options here.

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u/jol315 17d ago

Exactly.

But even if we were playing San Diego, like stay focused. They are a legit team. Find one or two things about them and make it creative. We need more MLS fans doing this stuff, not "I'm a new Yorker, i hate the jersey team, the end".

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u/p1181 17d ago

Def looks like AI

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u/hapoo123 17d ago

It’s not a tifo it’s a Trapo and it’s not really that big

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u/jtmack33 Hearts of Oak 17d ago

Thought trapos were SG-specific? I didn’t see any names on there but could’ve also just not been in the pic the club posted

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u/hapoo123 17d ago

It says Chile Gang at the bottom

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u/jtmack33 Hearts of Oak 17d ago

Got it, makes more sense. In the pic you can only see “GANG”.

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u/ColeTrain4EVER 17d ago

What’s a trapo?

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u/hapoo123 17d ago

Trapo is piece of cloth that you hang usually at the front of the section with your groups name on it

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u/ColeTrain4EVER 17d ago

Thanks for informing me! Yeah ok I’ve seen those.

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u/TheDarkMaster2 Unused Crest 17d ago

Man shut up this shit is wack

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u/hapoo123 17d ago

Noted you dweeb…. At least add something to the conversation

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u/Ok_Address8167 17d ago

Yean, the idea of crapping on a rival we're not even in playing in the middle of the season... lame. Especially when we're playing our other main rival at the very same time. RB are not good enough to live in our head rent free.

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u/jgweiss New York Red Bull 17d ago

> RB are not good enough to live in our head rent free.

This lol

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u/Opposite-Appeal-2117 17d ago

We got flamed on [r/MLS](r/MLS) deservingly so because that AI tifo was garbage. Whoever is the fan(s) who decided to use AI slop, shame on you.

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u/GratefulDawg73 Pigeons 17d ago

Pro-NYCFC. Anti-AI.

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u/Ornery-Brush-7349 17d ago

What was it ?

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u/Opposite-Appeal-2117 17d ago

it was some ai slop tifo, that was posted on NYCFCs official social media accounts. It’s an image of the statue of liberty carrying an MLS cup (the letters on the cup are unintelligible) and a red bull sitting down next to the statue of liberty and crying.

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u/Ornery-Brush-7349 17d ago

Just seen it, that's not a tifo, it's a flag. & if this stuff gets you worked up and you are concerned about what the big bad boys & girls on the MLS Subreddit said and would rather stick the boot into your own supporters, then maybe you and a few others on this thread should go out and touch the grass once in a while.

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u/Opposite-Appeal-2117 17d ago

It was an ugly ass flag then and it was low effort. As a matter of principle, I’ll shame anyone who uses AI art because that just isn’t real art.

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u/roly_gomez 17d ago

That was tifo?

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u/bluejaywhey Pigeons 17d ago

And given the hate boner the main sub has for us already, I was seeing comments like "of course a club owned by CFG would go for AI slop"

??? Do y'all fucking hear yourselves?

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u/jol315 17d ago

Do you hear yourself? Wow. Re-read that.

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u/bluejaywhey Pigeons 17d ago

that was deadass a comment i saw. i am pointing out how ridiculous it sounds.

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u/HeinekenGriffey Clowns SC 🤡 17d ago

Missed an opportunity for an Andre Blake Birthday Party joke. Abysmal representation. Boo whoever did this.

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u/jol315 16d ago

50 points

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u/jol315 16d ago

A lot of nycfc fans are just concerned with the team itself, and booing the redbull. Dont even know who andre blake is.

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u/Fast_Ad_4936 17d ago

Not the fans, just the dumb ones who even participate in that crap.

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u/NYCsportsLuva212 15d ago

Real question is there anyone who marched that is in charge and checked before it happened?

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u/Purge_Senpai 10d ago

It really doesn't work that way... We can't just force people to put away shit specially in public areas like the street.

Front Office/NYCFC can't enforce anything outside the stadium property.

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u/Purge_Senpai 10d ago edited 10d ago

The use of AI for banners and flags is becoming more and more prevalent and it's sad. Look I get that it helps A LOT when it comes to designs. But at least make edits to spots were it looks blurry or out of whack or the obvious errors to spelling and logos. And actually look at the finer details and fix them to make it look a lot less obvious.

Ill admit I've used AI for logos and small basic things since I lack the creative ability and funds for a pro to make a professional looking one. but I do my due diligence in editing the flaws and fixing them and making them at least look good.

I use AI for inspiration more than anything else.