The Durak Deck - Kickstarter
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For some odd reason, I actually really like the court cards! I wish there was a pic that showed the back design, though.
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It looks like they're holding iphonesEvan wrote:For some odd reason, I actually really like the court cards!
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Re: Another Kickstarter Deck Durak
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I think this deck is based on a iphone game and you can get that game as part of the rewards. So I am pretty sure they are holding Iphones
I think this deck is based on a iphone game and you can get that game as part of the rewards. So I am pretty sure they are holding Iphones
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Re: Another Kickstarter Deck Durak
There is only one design for each of the court cards. Unless you count the face that the image is flip so they are looking the other way, and minor color changes.
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How are they ever going to maintain those edges evenly, around all the cards?neongrey wrote:I like the coloured edges, but not anything else. Oh well.
USPCC Quality Control ain't that good.
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Re: Another Kickstarter Deck Durak
I've seem some amazing works over recent times come out of Kickstarter - without KS we wouldn't have some of the decks around today, but; does this company really need to use KS to get this deck going?
From what I gather their iOS game is fairly successful and it looks to me that they have gone down this route as they have seen the success other companies have had in using this as a way of marketing rather than funding - but I could be off the mark.
From what I gather their iOS game is fairly successful and it looks to me that they have gone down this route as they have seen the success other companies have had in using this as a way of marketing rather than funding - but I could be off the mark.
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I think the answer is quite simple, they won't. From the looks of it, they have less than 2mm of red around the edges. it is a great idea and looks super cool in mockups, but I would be stunned if it is producible. I could easily foresee entire card edges having no red at all.Sharpie wrote:How are they ever going to maintain those edges evenly, around all the cards?neongrey wrote:I like the coloured edges, but not anything else. Oh well.
USPCC Quality Control ain't that good.
I had a "border" easily 2-3x thicker than that for Tendril and USPCC freaked and asked me to make it larger. I did, and even then we ran across a few decks with rather lopsided border widths.
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Need is an interesting word... they probably have the funds for it, sure, but kickstarter is a pretty good way of seeing if people will even be interested in a side-thing like that. Designing cards isn't what they do, but to see if it would be worthwhile to offer to their fans? I think it's a plenty legitimate usage of the service. Now, if only the deck actually looked good, rather than just having a couple of interesting ideas and not going anywhere with them...JPMiddleton wrote:I've seem some amazing works over recent times come out of Kickstarter - without KS we wouldn't have some of the decks around today, but; does this company really need to use KS to get this deck going?
From what I gather their iOS game is fairly successful and it looks to me that they have gone down this route as they have seen the success other companies have had in using this as a way of marketing rather than funding - but I could be off the mark.
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Yeah - put like that I can't disagree. I guess if I ran their business I would consider it also... and yes, I also agree with the last comment unfortunately.neongrey wrote:Need is an interesting word... they probably have the funds for it, sure, but kickstarter is a pretty good way of seeing if people will even be interested in a side-thing like that. Designing cards isn't what they do, but to see if it would be worthwhile to offer to their fans? I think it's a plenty legitimate usage of the service. Now, if only the deck actually looked good, rather than just having a couple of interesting ideas and not going anywhere with them...JPMiddleton wrote:I've seem some amazing works over recent times come out of Kickstarter - without KS we wouldn't have some of the decks around today, but; does this company really need to use KS to get this deck going?
From what I gather their iOS game is fairly successful and it looks to me that they have gone down this route as they have seen the success other companies have had in using this as a way of marketing rather than funding - but I could be off the mark.
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Re: Another Kickstarter Deck Durak
Hi Everyone!
My company and I launched this Kickstarter yesterday and came by this forum late last night. After reading through the critical, but helpful reviews we have decided to remove the red border on the front of the cards. We got in contact with our sales rep at USPCC and were told that the red border will in fact be either cut off entirely, or printed unevenly.
Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
The Disruptive Team
My company and I launched this Kickstarter yesterday and came by this forum late last night. After reading through the critical, but helpful reviews we have decided to remove the red border on the front of the cards. We got in contact with our sales rep at USPCC and were told that the red border will in fact be either cut off entirely, or printed unevenly.
Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
The Disruptive Team
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Because if Apple needs anything more, it would be advertising and product placement... If I see another reference in modern culture I think I'm gonna puke...MagikFingerz wrote:It looks like they're holding iphonesEvan wrote:For some odd reason, I actually really like the court cards!
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DURAK Limited Edition, Premium Playing Cards on Kickstarter
Hello UnitedCardists,
We've read your comments and concerns in the original thread ( http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php ... URAK#p3597 ) and wanted to thank you for your kind words and feedback. We would also like to update you on our latest developments and explain some of our decisions:
• We did in fact have to remove the thin red border. After speaking with USPCC and doing some research, it's clear that USPCC cannot cut that close to the edge without quality issues. We're bummed too...
• The deck is 52 cards because we didn't want to limit the number of games you can play. DURAK is played with different rules and numbers of cards depending on where you are in the World. We do want to encourage people to play DURAK (really, it's the best card game) but we love to play poker as much as the next guy.
• If you've ever played our DURAK app, you'll recognize the court cards. We thought it would be cool to see a modern queen listening to her favorite song or a king playing on his phone. You don't see many people carrying around swords these days!
We're here for you if you have any more questions. Let's get this kickstarter backed!
We've read your comments and concerns in the original thread ( http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php ... URAK#p3597 ) and wanted to thank you for your kind words and feedback. We would also like to update you on our latest developments and explain some of our decisions:
• We did in fact have to remove the thin red border. After speaking with USPCC and doing some research, it's clear that USPCC cannot cut that close to the edge without quality issues. We're bummed too...
• The deck is 52 cards because we didn't want to limit the number of games you can play. DURAK is played with different rules and numbers of cards depending on where you are in the World. We do want to encourage people to play DURAK (really, it's the best card game) but we love to play poker as much as the next guy.
• If you've ever played our DURAK app, you'll recognize the court cards. We thought it would be cool to see a modern queen listening to her favorite song or a king playing on his phone. You don't see many people carrying around swords these days!
We're here for you if you have any more questions. Let's get this kickstarter backed!
Re: The Durak Deck - Kickstarter
Is it just me, or might we have another Black Tie scenario on our hands? Take a look at the activity on Nov 20th... More than double any other day... looks like someone possibly mistyped their pledge amount... The numbers just don't add up, if you count the number of pledges they have in each bucket... or am I just missing something?
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http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Another question is, why haven't they updated their pics? They are still showing the red borders, which is a fantastic selling point... If it were real.
Another abandoned KS project, pull your pledges just in case this is funded by the mistake pointed out above. The last post by the creator was 3 weeks ago!
Another abandoned KS project, pull your pledges just in case this is funded by the mistake pointed out above. The last post by the creator was 3 weeks ago!
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Ok, so this project JUST hit its funding...
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily
I'm pretty sure the amounts on 11-20 and 11-26 are "wrong pledge amounts"... and now we've officially got another Black Tie incident
I'll see if there's any response from the creators, if not within 48 hrs, I'm pulling my pledge.
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily
I'm pretty sure the amounts on 11-20 and 11-26 are "wrong pledge amounts"... and now we've officially got another Black Tie incident
I'll see if there's any response from the creators, if not within 48 hrs, I'm pulling my pledge.
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Personally I'd suggest you pull it now. Lack of communication combined with strange funding = bad project. I'd be shocked if this project was funded "legitimately"
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Re: The Durak Deck - Kickstarter
Hi All,
We have some amazing friends and family that pulled together over the holiday to help us reach our goal. We can confirm that the pledges are not in error.
We're getting ready to print now!
We've been working on the cards and will post an updated design and new photos today.
Thanks,
The Disruptive Team
We have some amazing friends and family that pulled together over the holiday to help us reach our goal. We can confirm that the pledges are not in error.
We're getting ready to print now!
We've been working on the cards and will post an updated design and new photos today.
Thanks,
The Disruptive Team
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Care to comment Disruptive?MJF wrote:Funding was just suspended for this project.
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According to the FAQ Suspension means the project is over and nobody will be charged money. It is also irreversible, I guess they can try again later unless they violated some major TOS.
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well... it's cancelled.
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I wonder what they did wrong??? It's add to see a deck get taken down after the funding goal.
the last one I remember was that Lego Bicycle deck
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I wonder what they did wrong??? It's add to see a deck get taken down after the funding goal.
the last one I remember was that Lego Bicycle deck
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I've seen a few other projects take that kind of hit. It has to be for violating the KS ToS. In this case, I would believe it would be because they were self-funding or something close to it, since they took in a couple VERY large pledges right before the end. Those pledges weren't possible based on any existing level they had, so either someone was buying huge volume (which is against KS ToS) or someone (them) was dumping money into it to help it fund (most likely). Better suspended than funding and having to refund people. Tends to screw International contributors when that happens.CBJ wrote:well... it's cancelled.
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/410872 ... hart-daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I wonder what they did wrong??? It's add to see a deck get taken down after the funding goal.
the last one I remember was that Lego Bicycle deck
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Here's what one of the apparent project managers had to say
My guess, is those two huge ass pledges were obtained in a way that violates the TOS... private pledging maybe? No idea, I've never read their TOS...Andrey Kondratyuk 4 days ago
Hi Everyone,
This is Andrey from Disruptive. We haven't heard back from Kickstarter yet with any additional information – we're just as startled by this as you are. As soon as we find out why the project was suspended we hope to get it back up or start a new project.
We're sorry to let you down. In the future we will work harder to post more updates and make sure we don't run into these kinds of issues.
Thanks for your continued support.
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