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You didn't sound negative. I was worried that I did and I don't want to sound negative unless I mean to sound negative. Sometimes being negative can be a positive if done in the right way. About this I am pretty much positive. I think.This reminds me of an old coke advertising deck from the 50's.Just to clarify... I meant my previous comment in a positive way. I love the retro look. Not so much the music of that generation. Sorry Fes...
I didn't think you meant it negatively at all haha. I was agreeing. This makes me think "Woops, my post is not coming off as intended." Good things, all good things. Hope Don doesn't think I was directing anything at him, it was a general comment about how I choose to see things now.
I felt pretty crappy after calling one deck "Steamjunk" and dismissing several other decks entirely without giving them a fair shake just because of the style they were done in. Like I was snubbing my nose at them and I don't think it was right of me to do. The glass is half empty mentality I had wasn't making for a good experience and I was turning a little grumpalicious because of it. So, I decided to change it and was just sharing some of my outlook now. I probably failed at doing that. I apologize in advance to Don.
I know I'm being somewhat secretive but I feel we have a winning product. This deck in a way will be our trial by fire. The stock is 310 linen from Germany and the finish is our own specifications... We call it Royal finish. We tried various varnishes... Amounts and drying times (temps) until we had something that felt right to us. Keep in mind, I'm not a magician or card juggler... So what's good to me and what's good to you might be different. I feel confident that we have a product that will come close to the quality of USPCC, EPCC and LPCC. Will we surpass their quality? No.. Not yet. But we will be close. Rome wasn't built in a day. We establishing a cheaper place to get decks with all the bells and whistles done... Embossing, gold foil, inside tuck printing, etc. A place where artistic imagination isn't limited to dollar signs.Thank you for sharing more about it... I like how you're thinking and I look forward to checking them out for myself.
Everything said is spot on in my opinion, not to mention... well this is a pretty ugly deck. If it funds, I think it will be funded by fans of his videos. I don't see a whole lot of anything in this deck that says fund me. No passion, no character. The color scheme is in it's favor, if you like yellow black, other than that this is poorly designed.I personally like to see yellow incorporated into a deck and am always looking to add some color to my collection but this just doesn't quite pull it off aesthetically.
This reminds me of an old coke advertising deck from the 50's.Just to clarify... I meant my previous comment in a positive way. I love the retro look. Not so much the music of that generation. Sorry Fes...
@Don - You probably saw it when you were lurking over at the UnitedCardists HereThe topic was here. I remember seeing it also and I dont visit UC...It's interesting to watch him take suggestions and evolve his deck into something pretty good.
Have to admit his video is exceptional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6pBvAl2x90
Those two decks aren't quite gelling for me as a theme. More like two separate themes, despite some similarity/overlap. I'll wait until I see the cards.I can see the theme. Good inventions vs. bad inventions. I can see the AOS on the Devastation deck being the A Bomb. The AOS on innovations maybe fire or electricity??
I have a couple terrible decks, one of the worst known to man. A Bridge sized "Pin ups" deck. (Spicy Playing cards By House of Marbles, I received them from someone who I thought liked me. Here's a link to the Deck) It's actually beyond terrible. I'm happy to swap the two I have for an iPhone haha. Offers better be quick though, in about thirty hours I'm gifting them to some frenemies at tomorrow nights game. They'll be happy until they open the unsealed tucks, then they'll be upset the tucks weren't full of coal haha.
Thats insane no matter how you slice it... After all it is just a deck of cards... A new deck of cards at that. Only collectable by the assumption that it will someday be collectable. Creating a market by limiting the market. Its just a money grab.Here's a picture of said !%$^ing insane lot that sold.
Link while it stays up is here.
It's not insane though. To some, $400.00 is like $20.
Better bring marshmallows....You could invite him to be the guest speaker and talk about his movie....HollyJJ- here is the video for your viewing pleasure.
http://www.countingthecards.com/p/blog-and-comments.html?m=1
That site lists him as being in Orlando, Florida. Imagine if he were to opt to join 52+J and go to the convention in October...!
I would sooner have a picnic at Cape Canaveral under a rocket engine on launch day...
You could invite him to be the guest speaker and talk about his movie....HollyJJ- here is the video for your viewing pleasure.
http://www.countingthecards.com/p/blog-and-comments.html?m=1
That site lists him as being in Orlando, Florida. Imagine if he were to opt to join 52+J and go to the convention in October...!
