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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: Paul Carpenter on May 04, 2012, 10:28:09 AM

Title: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: Paul Carpenter on May 04, 2012, 10:28:09 AM: Well, I was going to offer this guy some suggestions but he so clearly has not a single clue what Kickstarter is for, that I just gave up.

"Let me be explicitly clear. NO..I am not selling decks of cards. This is not a Home Shopping Network. It was my understanding that this was a site wherein a person could list an idea and potentially receive financial backing to bring their idea and/or product to fruition. Please read through my description and rewards carefully. I am not selling decks of cards."

http://kck.st/KX1uFn
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: Gareth on May 04, 2012, 10:34:56 AM: Well.. I guess we can only wish him luck.... ???

So, he really just hoping that random people are going to stump up $6k, so he can have a deck he likes...
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: LeonJL on May 04, 2012, 10:50:28 AM: I would only get a deck if i pledge at reward 4 which is at $50?? :o wow.. no matter how "glow in the dark" sounds fun to me, definitely not going to be backing this..
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: Jin Jian on May 04, 2012, 11:02:34 AM: i am still okay if it is for charity etc ... but this .. i am really speechless , how in the earth will he be able to get somone pledging 6000 for him and getting also nothing unless for the bigger reward
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: NathanCanadas on May 04, 2012, 12:23:02 PM: This guy clearly has no clue about how Kickstarter works... And, if he has a prototype, how come he only can show us a picture of the back design and faces?
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: vmagic on May 04, 2012, 03:56:09 PM: Yeah I sent him my advice too and he gave me pretty much the same answer. So if we're not buying a deck of cards, why are we pledging? So far I haven't seen anyone pledge.

Edit - Now you can actually get 2 decks if you pledge $25, i'm still not interested though.
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: NathanCanadas on May 04, 2012, 05:05:01 PM: Quote from: vmagic on May 04, 2012, 03:56:09 PM
Edit - Now you can actually get 2 decks if you pledge $25, i'm still not interested though.
That's good but overpriced, especially since we only see the back design and QoH's design.
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: KPopFever605 on May 04, 2012, 07:13:28 PM: I love the artistry in the back design, but, as mentioned above, this deck is too overpriced. You have to at least give the man chops for setting up a campaign in the first place. At least he's got one backer.
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: Lara Krystle "Lane" on May 04, 2012, 09:32:23 PM: Isn't there deviant art for showcasing or whatevering designs and ideas in art? I personally do not like the deck right now at this stage of course. but I'm intrigued to see what is going to happen to this "kickstarter project" that is not selling anything........
does he not read ToS and what nots?
Title: Re: New Kickstarter Deck - Metagalactic Blackout
Post by: Don Boyer on May 04, 2012, 09:55:59 PM: Whether he sells them or not, they're UGLY. Glow in the dark is too gimmicky, as well, not to mention impractical - the glowing parts have to be exposed to a light source before they glow. Does that mean he lays these out on his card table an hour before the game or something?

This is precisely the kind of project that should die an ignominious death and never reach their goal.