The people making posts to this discussion board are going to burnout the circuits in my BS Detector!
It's pretty hilarious that MrMollusk considers himself an authority on "piles of shit" and "defecating" because he obviously doesn't know his butt from a hole in the ground. And please Don Boyer-- the only thing that has FAIL "written all over it" are the losers who hang out on a discussion board dedicated to the topic of playing cards. I'll bet when you people really want to have fun, you dress up like your favorite character and go to Star Wars conventions!
Before you post any more of your lame comments, why don't you try to become mildly informed and educated. 1) the cost of the cards is not $25.00. Backers of the project can pledge as little as $1.00. 2) The 54 to Blame Project is not sponsored by "a trucking company." Whether the project succeeds or fails is not the issue. It's merely one skirmish in a much larger ongoing war-- a war that is being waged by countless other oganizations and individuals.
Speaking of betting... I'll bet not one of you card nerds would know (without Googling the crap out of it) who Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson, and Timothy Geithner are and what two things all 3 have in common.
You want to argue politics - on a board about playing cards... You aimed to fail from the start. Now, if you want to talk about playing card art and design, then you're in the right place.
Your deck COULD BE a great deck, but in its present state, it's downright ugly. The images look like poor-quality photocopies from black-and-white newspaper photos. The card back isn't great - but so far, it's the best thing about this deck.
1) the cost of the cards is not $25.00. Backers of the project can pledge as little as $1.00.Sure, they can. Anyone can, on any project, pledge a dollar. But your minimum tier for receiving one deck is $25. So unless I'm missing something, you need to spend $25 to get a deck - assuming this project reaches its goal.
2) The 54 to Blame Project is not sponsored by "a trucking company." Whether the project succeeds or fails is not the issue. It's merely one skirmish in a much larger ongoing war-- a war that is being waged by countless other oganizations and individuals.Well, your website does say you're looking to buy a tractor trailer and travel with it around the country... But kidding aside - we're looking at your cards based on their features, their design, their art. Most of us could have put that deck together while waiting for dinner - and only a few of us are actual playing card designers. But we know what's good.
You want to see a beautiful pack of cards, look at this one:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1722808047/federal-52-a-new-bicycle-playing-card-deck/ It just broke the record for highest-funded playing card project on Kickstarter, earning nearly $150,000. Beautiful decks, great theme. Can you see any resemblance between that project and yours, other than that they are playing cards? I can produce example after example after example of gorgeous decks of cards - and yours will look terrible compared to every single one.
If you want to sell a political manifesto, write a book. If you want to make a pack of playing cards, hire a designer/artist. You can do both - make your manifesto into a deck of cards - but you STILL need a designer/artist, one that worth his or her salt. And also, you need to recognize that most decks of this type - let's just call them "educational" - come with two strikes against them. These were popular back in WW2 when people were making spotter decks and "escape map" decks, but the only one I've seen succeed in recent memory would be the "Iraq's Most Wanted" deck - and not because of it's beauty, 'cause it was ugly as hell, but because it was being used by our troops out there, trying to find the enemies. Your deck has strong political motivations, reducing the number of interested potential customers dramatically. So if you want to overcome those two strikes and hit a home run, you'd better make the most beautiful cards imaginable.
You may think we were harsh with your deck - and we were - but it has everything to do with the fact that we really, REALLY care about playing cards. It's nothing personal about you and your motivations.
I found this passage from the Kickstarter page very telling:
After the project is funded, the most unique challenge I will have is to identify the market that will be most interested in these cards.
I think the project creator seems to be struggling with that. But that's something any self-respecting wanna-be Father of Inudstry would do first.
Too funny! I think we have our new inside joke!
