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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: john on December 01, 2012, 11:03:11 PM
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Alright everyone heres how it works. There is a list of categories and you vote on what deck you think goes with that category. The deck has to of been released from December 1st 2011 to December 1st 2012, if your deck wasn't released between those 2 dates moonexe will yell at you and call you an idiot :P.
*If you have a deck on the market you CANNOT vote for it. EX Paul Carpenter cannot vote for aurum or tendril for the ANY category*
Best Back:
Best Fronts:
Best Customization:
Best Jokers:
Best Box:
Best Ace of Spades:
Most Worth The Hype:
Best price value:
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs:
Worst Fronts:
Worst Customization:
Worst Jokers:
Worst Box:
Worst Ace of Spades:
Most Over Hyped:
Worst price value:
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer:
Best brick box:
Best marked/tricked deck:
Best side product release alongside a deck:
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would you happen to have a list of decks released this year?
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would you happen to have a list of decks released this year?
No i dont, thats one of those things that there is just way to many to make a complete list of them. You can always check the old NDR posts and find a bunch of decks released in 2012.
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Best Back: Seasons
Best Fronts: Ornates
Best Customization: Tendril
Best Jokers: Galvanic
Best Box: Ace Fultons Casino
Best Ace of Spades: Vortex
Most Worth The Hype: Seasons
Best price value: Ornates
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: S&M V7
Worst Fronts: Rebels
Worst Customization: S&M V7
Worst Jokers: Sultan Republic
Worst Box: Verve Yellow
Worst Ace of Spades: Rebels
Most Over Hyped: S&M V7
Worst price value: Black Artifice/ S&M V7
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Purple Artifice
Best brick box: Ornates
Best marked/tricked deck: TBC crown trick decks
Best side product released alongside a deck: THC Altrusium shirt
Dont we ussually do this in january though to look back on the whole year?
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Best Back: Bee Coterie1902
Best Fronts: BeDeceived Mystery Deck
Best Customization: HOPC Mechanic Deck
Best Jokers: Bicycle Americana
Best Box: Verve Elan Rouge
Best Ace of Spades: NOC decks
Most Worth The Hype: Seasons Platinum Edition
Best price value: NOC decks
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: S&M v7
Worst Fronts: Artifice Purple Edition
Worst Customization: S&M v7
Worst Jokers: Reagan M's Steampunk deck
Worst Box: Reagan M's Steampunk deck
Worst Ace of Spades: Reagan M's Steampunk deck
Most Over Hyped: S&M v7
Worst price value: S&M v7
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: tie - Bohemia KS campaign and Aurum teaser
Best brick box: David Blaine's, with the Split Spade logo on the short ends
Best marked/tricked deck: White Lions Series B (it passes a riffle test!)
Best side product released alongside a deck: free HOPC video starring Alex Pandrea teaching five simple but key magic/flourish moves.
Dont we ussually do this in january though to look back on the whole year?
Why, do you know of any big deck releases coming between now and year's end? All I can think of is the Virts deck and the last Blades deck plus another non-Blades deck, both from De'vo. All the other companies appear to have shot their wad already.
Best side product released alongside a deck: THC Altrusium shirt
Let me guess - you wrote this around 4:20? 'Cause it looks like it was 4:20 SOMEWHERE at the time... :))
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purple artifice for worst fronts? I thought the faces looked awesome
i will make me list soon, first i gotta go through the decks i got this year
edit: also I think it would be a good idea to add a best overall and worst overall category. your call though
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Dont we ussually do this in january though to look back on the whole year?
If by usually you mean we did it in January for the first time last year, yes we did. I changed to to December 1st because as Don said, we won't BEE seeing many releases in December.
Best side product released alongside a deck: THC Altrusium shirt
Let me guess - you wrote this around 4:20? 'Cause it looks like it was 4:20 SOMEWHERE at the time... :))
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd 420
i will make me list soon, first i gotta go through the decks i got this year
edit: also I think it would be a good idea to add a best overall and worst overall category. your call though
Just remember though its deck RELEASED in 2012. So if you bought a red artifice in 2012 it wouldn't count :P
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purple artifice for worst fronts? I thought the faces looked awesome
i will make me list soon, first i gotta go through the decks i got this year
edit: also I think it would be a good idea to add a best overall and worst overall category. your call though
Oh, the Artifice face, the basic version, is a great face. But the Purple version has "black pips" that look more purple and "red"/purple pips that look more black. It's a pain in the ass for solitaire games and I can't imagine it being very useful to poker players or magicians - who needs pips with confusingly blended colors? I can see the decision making process in my head... "OK, so we're making the black pips purple and black, and we're making the red pips...black and purple? GREAT!" It's a face that cardists and collectors who don't play with or open their cards would love, but not me.
As far as the overall category - I think John picks that based on the number of votes each deck gets in their respective categories. I forget what the Academy rules are for vote-counting and picking the Best Pict...I mean, Deck... :))
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well I open quite a bit of my cards, and I thought they looked really cool. It can be confusing if you're trying to quickly distinguish between cards, but just based on looks alone it was interesting and something that I don't think I've seen done quite like that before. I gave it points for originality and because it looks nice, and I'm all for new ideas in designing cards. Even though I agree with what you said, I don't think it's enough to give worst faces of the year or anywhere close to that!
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well I open quite a bit of my cards, and I thought they looked really cool. It can be confusing if you're trying to quickly distinguish between cards, but just based on looks alone it was interesting and something that I don't think I've seen done quite like that before. I gave it points for originality and because it looks nice, and I'm all for new ideas in designing cards. Even though I agree with what you said, I don't think it's enough to give worst faces of the year or anywhere close to that!
That's your opinion. I respectfully disagree. For me, besides looking good, a deck has to be practical and easily used/recognized by an audience. I wouldn't pull out the Purple Artifice deck because the pip coloring is just too confusing. I need cards to be quickly distinguished by spectators - they shouldn't have to think too hard to determine what suit a card is. Most magic works because people don't think too hard!
Simply put, if I have trouble using it in a game of solitaire, I won't use it in magic.
And none of that even touches on the border issue. But that's an argument that's been hashed out over and over, flogged to death and the corpse flogged into itty-bitty pieces...
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just curious does the v6 trailer by the virts count as v7 trailer? i know v7 is a huge let down(probably gonna sweep most of the worst categorical), but i freaking love the trailer for v6.
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just curious does the v6 trailer by the virts count as v7 trailer? i know v7 is a huge let down(probably gonna sweep most of the worst categorical), but i freaking love the trailer for v6.
Nope, reprints don't count for DOTY. Neither do trailers released in 2012 for decks released in 2011 and before.
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Best Back: Seasons
Best Fronts: Mystery
Best Customization: aurum
Best Jokers: aurum
Best Box: Aurum
Best Ace of Spades: Mystery
Most Worth The Hype:tendril
Best price value: Split spades sliver
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: fulton china towns
Worst Fronts: rebels
Worst Customization: rebels
Worst Jokers: Black and white actuators (love the deck but the joker sucks)
Worst Box: vortex
Worst Ace of Spades: ace fultons
Most Over Hyped: v7
Worst price value: v7
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Bee Coterie1902
Best brick box: ornate
Best marked/tricked deck: Players (would say white lions series B but its kind of a reprint)
Best side product release alongside a deck: none
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NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: Pick any of the kickstarter shit
Worst Fronts: Any of the t11 no custom anything faces.
Worst Customization: All t11 decks
EXTRAS
Best side product release alongside a deck: none
Please pick an actual item please :P. I hate to sound annoying but it messes up the tallys if you dont.
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Best marked/tricked deck: Players (would say white lions series B but its kind of a reprint)
The Series B decks are actually different from the Series A. They reverted back to the Split Spades Lions joker and Aos, plus the marking system was upgraded to allow for determining suit. You could count them as a 2012 release rather than a reprint.
just curious does the v6 trailer by the virts count as v7 trailer? i know v7 is a huge let down(probably gonna sweep most of the worst categorical), but i freaking love the trailer for v6.
Nope, reprints don't count for DOTY. Neither do trailers released in 2012 for decks released in 2011 and before.
Technically, those decks aren't reprints - they're all Version 7. They are sufficiently different from the originals that they wouldn't qualify as reprints. The originals had custom, simplified courts and Perfect Pips, while Version 7 decks all use USPC standard faces and pips. The only things that are the same would be the backs - but if the fronts don't match, it's not a reprint. At least in my mind, anyway.
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Technically, those decks aren't reprints - they're all Version 7. They are sufficiently different from the originals that they wouldn't qualify as reprints. The originals had custom, simplified courts and Perfect Pips, while Version 7 decks all use USPC standard faces and pips. The only things that are the same would be the backs - but if the fronts don't match, it's not a reprint. At least in my mind, anyway.
There is alot of confusion behind that set, one day the twins are saying each deck is individual and is a reprint and the next day they are saying v7 is the box. I'm pretty sure there opinion changes when the wind blows, not sure though ill have to double check :P.
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I hope you guys don't mind I'm voting just for the 'Best' categories:
Best Back: Mana
Best Fronts: Bohemia
Best Customization: Aurum
Best Jokers: Ghoul Note
Best Box: Red JAQK
Best Ace of Spades: Artisans
Most Worth The Hype: Seasons
Best price value: Split Spades Sliver Edition (upon release)
P.S.: I'm not sure if Mana is a 2011 or 2012 deck. Since it was announced on late 2011 and released in 2012. Well?
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Tried to stick with decks that I own. Darn you for not letting me vote for my own decks! >:( Tee hee.
Best Back: Seasons Seronda
Best Fronts: Curator
Best Customization: Seasons Seronda
Best Jokers: Fathom
Best Box: Artisans
Best Ace of Spades: Seasons Seronda
Most Worth The Hype: Sultan Republic
Best price value: JAQK Red
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: Ace Fulton
Worst Fronts: T11 Rebels
Worst Customization: Split Spades Lions
Worst Jokers: The Grid
Worst Box: Carpat"B"ia
Worst Ace of Spades: NOC
Most Over Hyped: Silver Monarchs
Worst price value: Bicycle Flowers KS
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Sultan Republic
Best brick box: Ornates
Best marked/tricked deck: Madison Players
Best side product release alongside a deck: Ornate Poker Chips
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Best Back: Black Artifice (Black Club)
Best Fronts: Uusi Blue Blood
Best Customization: Uusi Bohemia
Best Jokers: Ghoul Note
Best Box: Rebel Deck
Best Ace of Spades: Oriental Deck
Most Worth The Hype: Aurum
Best price value: Split Silver Spades
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: Spectrum Deck
Worst Fronts: Genesis Deck
Worst Customization: NOC Deck (C'mon guys, they did nothing.)
Worst Jokers: Reagan M Steampunk
Worst Box: Black Tie Deck
Worst Ace of Spades: Black Tie Deck
Most Over Hyped: Smoke & Mirrors V7
Worst price value: Smoke & Mirrors V7
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Daniel Madison Players
Best brick box: Ornate
Best marked/tricked deck: Daniel Madison Players
Best side product release alongside a deck: Pedale Design Shirt
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Need Ruling on Kickstarter Projects, are you going by Project Close date or Deck Shipping date?
Also you should add a Best/Worst New Artist Deck catagory.
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Need Ruling on Kickstarter Projects, are you going by Project Close date or Deck Shipping date?
Deck shit date.
Also you should add a Best/Worst New Artist Deck catagory.
Should have said it in the category idea thread, its to late now :P
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Deck shit date.
Wait, what?
Shipping date or funding date?
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Deck shit date.
Wait, what?
Shipping date or funding date?
The date the deck is "shat out", a.k.a. the release date. You could call it the date that retailers are carrying it online, since they usually get drop shipments before the individual pledges get into people's hands.
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Deck shit date.
Wait, what?
Shipping date or funding date?
The date the deck is "shat out", a.k.a. the release date. You could call it the date that retailers are carrying it online, since they usually get drop shipments before the individual pledges get into people's hands.
I'm never replying to a thread first thing in the morning ever again...
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I'm never replying to a thread first thing in the morning ever again...
Bwahahahahahahaha! :))
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Deck shit date.
Wait, what?
Shipping date or funding date?
The date the deck is "shat out", a.k.a. the release date. You could call it the date that retailers are carrying it online, since they usually get drop shipments before the individual pledges get into people's hands.
I'm never replying to a thread first thing in the morning ever again...
That explain a lot.
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Guys I know the world is going to end and all tomorrow but that doesn't mean you shouldn't vote! 11 days left.
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Now these are just based off decks I own:
Best Back: Mana
Best Fronts: Curator
Best Customization: Curator
Best Jokers: Fathom
Best Box: Aurum
Best Ace of Spades: Altruism
Most Worth The Hype: Curator
Best price value: Seasons
NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: Sultan
Worst Fronts: Sultan
Worst Customization: v7
Worst Jokers: Sultan
Worst Box: Sultan
Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
Most Over Hyped: v7
Worst price value: v7
EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Purple Artifice
Best brick box: Ornate
Best marked/tricked deck: Players
Best side product release alongside a deck: Ornate Poker Chips
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D.
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html (http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html)
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D .
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
Actually, he may be right. I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.
But, wait...
Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS? In which case, he's not assuming anything?
EDIT: oh, John, you and your hidden messages...
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html (http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html)
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D .
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
Actually, he may be right. I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.
But, wait...
Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS? In which case, he's not assuming anything?
Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html (http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html)
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D .
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
Actually, he may be right. I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.
But, wait...
Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS? In which case, he's not assuming anything?
Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.
Says who, and where?
We're getting a bit off-topic.
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html (http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html)
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D .
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
Actually, he may be right. I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.
But, wait...
Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS? In which case, he's not assuming anything?
Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.
Says who, and where?
We're getting a bit off-topic.
We are ._.
But Ellusionist is doing that holiday daily deals thing.
(http://www.ellusionist.com/images/Landingpage/Advent/Update/19-BlackClub-DealEnded.jpg)
This was the 19th's.
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Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice ;)
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYFrJl9QgOWudGd8Lz1q6_rmBM4lnXx-aIEzz9nHcSkiGBGQt7)
I dun get it :(
Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html (http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html)
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.
Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME :D .
Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit
Actually, he may be right. I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.
But, wait...
Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS? In which case, he's not assuming anything?
Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.
Says who, and where?
We're getting a bit off-topic.
We are ._.
But Ellusionist is doing that holiday daily deals thing.
(http://www.ellusionist.com/images/Landingpage/Advent/Update/19-BlackClub-DealEnded.jpg)
This was the 19th's.
Holy crap..... you try to make ONE joke and it all goes haywire.
I DO NOT own the Black Club deck, I was just trying to be humorous (not tibia or clavicle).
And here you go you young scallywags:
http://tinyurl.com/HahahahaIToldYouSo
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So... Who won?
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How did only 1 person acknowledge the Curator deck? This deck should have taken most of the #1 spots. Best faces, most customized, ect...freakin really? This dude is the shit!
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Would have voted but too many categories and too confusing. And voting for worsts is just silly IMO.
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Considering only 7 people voted it isn't that hard to calculate, so if you want to know look at the 7 people who voted.
Would have voted but too many categories and too confusing. And voting for worsts is just silly IMO.
Obviously this was a huge failure and im not sure if i will do it again in the future.
What could you have possibly been confused about... It's all there for you all you do is put a deck name down...
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To be honest, I couldn't vote because over 9000 decks released this year.
It would have been much easier to have 3-5 categories, and then let people nominate ONE deck for each category, then take the nominations and run a poll.
Anyway, from my experience with this stuff, they don't usually work out very well on forums. Even if we had crowned a winner, it'd be like winning the special olympics. At the end of the day, the best deck is always the one that sells the most. :P
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honestly it ended up being a bit too daunting for me to try and figure out which decks I bought this year actually came out this year (I started collecting back in March 2012, so every deck I own I bought this year). Seemed like more effort than I was willing to put in. I did have some ideas on what to vote for some categories but ended up not doing it. I think alex's idea for a poll in each category would see a lot more votes turn out. Say 5-6 decks for 4-5 categories or something like that, and maybe the option to "write-in" a deck if it wasn't included in the poll.
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Well, now that I'm keeping the day-to-day charts for the NDR, when holiday season 2013 rolls around it will be easy enough to compile a list of the year's releases. That should make the process a lot easier.
I'd be willing to give you a hand with that, John, if you're still interested.
I was at one point thinking that choosing a "worst" prize winner was silly, but thinking back on it, when the voting pool is this small, there is a certain logic to it. Let's pretend that this year, there were no "worst" categories and that whatever deck simply got the least votes would be the worst. Sinsandman mentioned that the Curator deck, a very excellent deck indeed, only received one vote in any of the categories it was mentioned...
BTW, Sin, that probably had to do with the fact that it was a late-in-the-year release and the rules were to vote on decks you own. Voting started before pretty much anyone had the deck in their hands. An interesting possibility for next year would be to set a deadline - for example, instead of automatically considering just decks from 1 Jan through 31 Dec, make it from Black Friday 2012 to Thanksgiving 2013. Either that or start the best of the year voting begin on Jan. 1 with the posting of winners maybe at the end of the month - that way you're better assured of getting all of the year's releases, since few if any decks come out in the last week of the year.
I'd also consider categories for "Most Wanted", "Least Wanted", etc. to be open for decks that a person doesn't own as well as decks owned. For something like "Most Wanted", it's just which deck on the market in the past year, whether you own it or not, made you drool the most and fantasize about making sweet, sweet love to it... :)) Whereas the "Least Wanted" is the piece-of-crap deck you saw on Kickstarter that squeaked to its goal or that monkey-butt-ugly thing Retailer X came out with that you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
If I'm feeling inspired tonight, I'll go over the seven votes and compile a chart or something with the totals to bring closure to the topic.
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If it makes you feel any better, John, this is what inspired Deck Battles and we both know you'll be playing a big part in that. :D
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I just found this thread. Allow me to enlighten you.
Best Back: Artisan Playing Cards - Theory11
Best Fronts: Seasons Platinum Series - Seasons Playing Cards
Best Customization: Fathom Playing Cards - Ellusionist
Best Jokers: Rebel Playing Cards - Theory11
Best Box: Archangel Playing Cards - Bicycle/Theory11 (Embossing like never before)
Best Ace of Spades: Rebel Playing Cards - Theory11 (American Elegance)
Most Worth the Hype: Mana Deck - Mana Playing Cards
Best Price Value: Split Spades Silver Edition - David Blaine ($2.75 a deck)
Extras:
Best Deck Trailer: Skulkor Chapter One - Skulkor
Best Brick Box: Luxury Crown Deck - The Blue Crown
Best Marked/Tricked Deck: Players - Daniel Madison/Theory11
Best Box Set: Smoke & Mirror v7 - Dan and Dave (Don't hate the players, Hate the hype game)
Producer of the Year: Theory11
Deck of the Year: Seasons Platinum Series
Artist of the Year: Alexander Chin
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Interesting thread. Too bad people didn't vote so much. Also I remembered Coterie 1902, which is a nice deck, over all. I don't have it, but I will. It looks a little like LTD on the back.
I'll try to answer this days. Hard to choose :)