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The Conversation Parlor / Bilangual packs value.
« on: November 17, 2022, 08:30:56 AM »
Does having a bilangual pack affect the value of a deck? I brought 2 regular pack of bicycle cards somewhere in special, when I got home I realise that those decks were printed back in 2010 and to my surprise when I opened one of them,  I also saw that they came with the guaranteed joker. Does that kind of deck have any special value?

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Contrary to the popular belief most numerical playing cards are different depending on wich direction they are pointing

What is your basis for saying that it is "popular belief" that all number cards are symmetrical?

I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say that.

I never met anyone who could tell the difference at leadt until today, that's enough for me.

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Actually, look at the backs.  Not all, but many playing card manufacturers have limitations on how well they manage print registration. between fronts and backs as well as the die cutting process.  The end result of this is that many decks with a bordered design don't have a completely uniform width in the border all around - typically there's a slightly wider edge and an opposite, slightly narrower edge.  Even worse, you occasionally even see cards that are slightly askew - that's a real feat, considering how the die cutter works, but some makers do manage to pull it off, accidentally rather than intentionally.

And this is gold for those who use edge sorting in their line of work, 100% legal by the way.

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Contrary to the popular belief most numerical playing cards are different depending on wich direction they are pointing, with the exeption of the diamonds due to the nature of the shape of the diamonds, but even there it's possible to locate the direction that the 7 of diamond is pointing by locating what I call the 5 rows versus the 4 rows. As for the other numerical suits it's possible to identify wich side the card is by looking at the suit in the middle row, however their is 3 exeptions, the 2's, 4 and 10's, them, unless they are marked it's impossible to tell if the card is in the "right" position or "upside down".

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The Conversation Parlor / Re: Deviantart advanced user question.
« on: March 30, 2020, 11:09:11 AM »
Nevermind, found it, i have no patience to look for more than 5 minutes to find where are my own submissions on a third party website.

just uploaded a new pic  featuring 2 red females.

http://www.deviantart.com/54kplaya/gallery/

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The Conversation Parlor / Deviantart advanced user question.
« on: March 30, 2020, 08:20:52 AM »
Does anyone knows how to get the link to share my posts on deviantart.com?  :-\

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The Conversation Parlor / Re: Favorite uncommon solitaire variations?
« on: March 30, 2020, 06:54:03 AM »
My answers is for the OP in regard to his sultan guard variarion, am I that hard to follow? Anyway, since he hasn't show up to anwer anything I wont lose a single second on that subject, nothing productive is coming out of it. I the future when I answer Ill quote the message even if the message is on top of mine, less confusion.

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The Conversation Parlor / Re: Favorite uncommon solitaire variations?
« on: March 25, 2020, 03:37:24 PM »
Klondike is the only type I know too, my question still stand, and high winrate, like what 100%?  I thought everyone knew, I use windows.

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The Conversation Parlor / Re: Favorite uncommon solitaire variations?
« on: March 23, 2020, 06:23:04 AM »
Well I went around the rules very fast, other than same color and suits dont matter, is there anything more that has been added worth mentioning? from a computer player..I dont know all varitation of solitary.

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The Conversation Parlor / Montreal very own classic card game.
« on: March 18, 2020, 04:04:56 PM »
This game is the card game that can be play as well in a grandma house or in a jail house in Montreal, I wont go into specific on how this game is played cause for anyone interested they will have to come in montreal to find out.  I'm talking about the game named asshole once translated from french to english. Number of players 4, full deck plus jokers. Players ranks in the first round are drawn by the highest card aces to the lowest 2's. Ranks, President, Vice President, Secretary and the Asshole. Goal of the game, for the president to remain president and the rest is to get rank. To win, the one who get rid of his cards first, the last one remain the asshole and has to shuffle for the next round, very competitive card gane no matter where it is played.

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The Conversation Parlor / Crazy 8 variations.
« on: February 23, 2020, 01:06:38 AM »
Even if crazy 8 is not my second favorite card game it is still the card game that I have played the most after poker. Why? Easy to setup from 2 players and up and easy to include brand new players after two or three games. One thing I found out a couple of years ago is that the variation of crazy 8 that most people know and play in montreal is nowhere to be found on the internet elsewhere. Our variation look like this, joker's goes on any suit next player pick 5 cards, 2's next player pick 2 cards 2 of spade pick 4 cards. Aces, you can get rid of any same suit in your hand. 10's change rotation, jack's next player skip turn and 8's is the same,you can put on any suit and change the suit. Do some of you guys play crazy 8 with a different set of rules?

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The Conversation Parlor / Anyone into tarot?
« on: January 03, 2020, 07:48:48 AM »
I don't know jack about tarot but I came across an animalistic deck of tarot and decided to go ahead and order it, just for the art work, anyone into tarot around here....Is it a game?????????

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The Source - Card Collecting 101 / Re: History of Casino Decks
« on: December 21, 2019, 02:34:05 PM »
One more pic.

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The Source - Card Collecting 101 / Re: History of Casino Decks
« on: December 21, 2019, 02:32:14 PM »
Wasn't sure if I should post on this old thread, but since this is about the history of casino decks here some of my new acquisitions.

Those are Aristocrat Club Special new sealed decks, printed in 2009 in Kentucky . Aristocrat club special casino decks are considered by many as one of the best deck printed by the uspcc in term of handling and overall quality, experienced second deal dealers loves them.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi, from the 514 area code.
« on: December 21, 2019, 09:29:00 AM »
Hello there from Montreal, collecting cards and playing with cards are some of the things that I do. Glad that I found that forum.

We're glad to have you.  My mother is from Quebec Province - she was born in Montreal and raised in Quebec City until she moved with her family to New York City.

Funny story: when she arrived, she was left back two grades in school because she couldn't speak any English.  When she graduated high school, she went on to an office trades school to learn to become a "secretary" (we call them "administrative assistants" these days).  After being sent to her first job, she was referred back to the school by her employer for additional language training - her English had too much of a Brooklyn accent to it!  To this day, her accent is a weird blend of Quebecoise and Brooklynese.
My older brother lives in NY since I was a kid, Brooklyn, queens, long island and now manahttan. Ny is like my second city, my best memories are from Brooklyn, not so much the place but the people there, they are different from the other new yorkers. The first thing that suprised me about brooklyn was how people I did not know in the streets use to talk to me like if it was normal. Things might have change since that was in the late 80's when I use to leave my brother's house to go play mortal kombat at the arcade.

Nowdays in Montreal most people speak both english and french.

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Introduce Yourself / Hi, from the 514 area code.
« on: December 19, 2019, 03:10:32 AM »
Hello there from Montreal, collecting cards and playing with cards are some of the things that I do. Glad that I found that forum.

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