Presenting the Art Fighters Playing Card Company

Mark · 09-17-2011, 12:13 AM

For those who don't know it yet, we are going to produce playing cards!

You may actually wonder: "But Mark, it says 'Art Fighters'. Isn't that kind of negative, like crime fighters, who fight the crime? You don't fight the art, do you?"

Yes and no. We indeed fight for the art instead of against it, but in order to do so we also fight against the art the way it currently is. Almost every deck we will produce will have a special meaning based on the overly commercialized world of playing cards.

The decks will be sold in a Kickstarter-kind of way, in which we will take preorders and have the decks produced as soon as we reached a specific amount of orders. The preorder goals will be fairly low so that people don't have to wait for ages before they receive their decks. This however also means the decks won't be supercheap (but not superexpensive either). As always, we tend to break even.

The AFPCC website with more information is coming soon. Stay tuned!

la0o9 · 09-17-2011, 01:21 AM

I.Hate.You.Guys...

because now you've just put ANOTHER thing i can't ever get up for sale, right in front of me... damn it... oh well, at least i'll be able to drool over it everyday

Mark · 09-17-2011, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la0o9

I.Hate.You.Guys...

because now you've just put ANOTHER thing i can't ever get up for sale, right in front of me... damn it... oh well, at least i'll be able to drool over it everyday

Why? (I guess I forgot.)

la0o9 · 09-17-2011, 11:36 PM

my reason would be the easiest reason there is: because i don't have the proper form of payment. i can only buy stuffs like cards and gimmicks through real life exchange of money and item. and thus, making it impossible for me to actually GET anything more than a cheap item from the store

Albert · 09-17-2011, 03:32 AM

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I'll practically be making almost every future videos with these decks... Uhhhhhh the glory...

My mind will be having festival tonight as I sleep and dream.

I.WANT.IT.SO.BADLY.UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.* DROOL*

Note: No perverted meanings were put behind those previous words.

Travmang · 09-17-2011, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Albert

I.WANT.IT.SO.BADLY.UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.* DROOL*

Note: No perverted meanings were put behind those previous words.

I'm disinclined to believe the latter statement.

09-17-2011, 08:24 AM

WOOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Yeah!^^

KGaborMagic · 09-17-2011, 08:48 AM

Yeah! It will be amazing
Now Albert needs a trollface deck

Mark · 09-18-2011, 12:57 AM

Well, you could always pay us through Western Union, though I think their service would cost more than the items unless you order quite some things at once. Easier (though WU is rather simple) would be to know someone who does actually have access to a proper form of payment and paying that person in cash yourself, I guess. Or send us a letter with cash (exchanged to Euros or exchange service costs included).

Just three options, two of which would definitely work for you, or anyone else for that matter.

KGaborMagic · 09-18-2011, 08:03 AM

And you can always get a junior credit card. Most of them are completely free, and you can use them at paypal with a small ammount of money, so it's relatively safe. Mine's just arrived, waiting to get my paypal validation. Then I can finally buy Interception. AHHHYEAH

Kieran Oloughlin · 09-18-2011, 10:27 AM

I get my mother to buy things with her credit card and I give her the momey there and then, she then uses the money to pay the money that was used from her credit card.

la0o9 · 09-18-2011, 11:03 AM

Thanks you guys for telling me those options... but apparently... they all have one big flaw that makes my life only half as enjoyable as it should be: my parents.

The culture here states that the child must obey the parents or the guardians, and it's been drilled very deeply into my mind, and as of lately the restraints they put on me is increasing, thus making it virtually impossible to do such a thing like buying new stuffs unless they say it's OK to( and, they say No to any purchases that could possibly hinder my studies, which, in their mind, is related to magic)

Alexander · 09-18-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by la0o9

The culture here states that the child must obey the parents or the guardians, and it's been drilled very deeply into my mind, and as of lately the restraints they put on me is increasing, thus making it virtually impossible to do such a thing like buying new stuffs unless they say it's OK to( and, they say No to any purchases that could possibly hinder my studies, which, in their mind, is related to magic)

I'd highly reccomend you going and getting a job, so you can manage your finances on your own.

therippedtormentor · 09-25-2011, 04:27 AM

parents tend to be like that

Travmang · 09-18-2011, 09:48 PM

I believe he is only 16 years old.

Mark · 09-18-2011, 11:55 PM

Good ol' cultural differences. Sometimes you'd forget that they still exist.

I could never imagine living in such a culture, at least not without doing things my parents wouldn't allow. I probably would've gone to the nearest WU bank to send some cash for downloadables so my parents would never figure (hey, that's just me.. don't actually do that).

But yeah, back when I was 16 (and even a couple of years before that), I had to work next to the study in order to make my own money, and then I could spend it on whatever too. What about you ask your parents for some magic/card-related things for your birthday or any other present-receiving day you got there?

Fin · 09-19-2011, 03:13 AM

If it were me I'd just call in a passing UFO and get a one way ticket to the Bahamas!

s13zeTheDay · 09-25-2011, 04:43 AM

Please tell me these decks won't be limited run

Mark · 09-25-2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by s13zeTheDay

Please tell me these decks won't be limited run

Depends on the success because usually they will indeed run in limited amounts due to the pre-order way of working (there will probably be a time that we can't gather enough pre-orders anymore). However, if a deck becomes a huge success, we could keep on running them.

Thing is that we don't want to take any risks because it would make us lose a lot of money. Now everyone basically will just pay for the production of their decks and because it goes in pretty large amounts it is not super expensive.

theheron · 09-25-2011, 10:08 PM

WooHoo!

09-17-2011, 12:13 AM	#1
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Presenting the Art Fighters Playing Card Company For those who don't know it yet, we are going to produce playing cards! You may actually wonder: "But Mark, it says 'Art Fighters'. Isn't that kind of negative, like crime fighters, who fight the crime? You don't fight the art, do you?" Yes and no. We indeed fight for the art instead of against it, but in order to do so we also fight against the art the way it currently is. Almost every deck we will produce will have a special meaning based on the overly commercialized world of playing cards. The decks will be sold in a Kickstarter-kind of way, in which we will take preorders and have the decks produced as soon as we reached a specific amount of orders. The preorder goals will be fairly low so that people don't have to wait for ages before they receive their decks. This however also means the decks won't be supercheap (but not superexpensive either). As always, we tend to break even. The AFPCC website with more information is coming soon. Stay tuned!

09-17-2011, 01:21 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	I.Hate.You.Guys... because now you've just put ANOTHER thing i can't ever get up for sale, right in front of me... damn it... oh well, at least i'll be able to drool over it everyday __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

09-17-2011, 11:36 PM	#4
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	my reason would be the easiest reason there is: because i don't have the proper form of payment. i can only buy stuffs like cards and gimmicks through real life exchange of money and item. and thus, making it impossible for me to actually GET anything more than a cheap item from the store __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

09-17-2011, 03:32 AM	#5
Albert DarkSleightZ Artist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 671 Donor Score: 110	YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I'll practically be making almost every future videos with these decks... Uhhhhhh the glory... My mind will be having festival tonight as I sleep and dream. I.WANT.IT.SO.BADLY.UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.* DROOL* Note: No perverted meanings were put behind those previous words. __________________ "Bluffing is an important act to all strategies." - Lelouch Lamperouge

09-18-2011, 11:03 AM	#12
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	Thanks you guys for telling me those options... but apparently... they all have one big flaw that makes my life only half as enjoyable as it should be: my parents. The culture here states that the child must obey the parents or the guardians, and it's been drilled very deeply into my mind, and as of lately the restraints they put on me is increasing, thus making it virtually impossible to do such a thing like buying new stuffs unless they say it's OK to( and, they say No to any purchases that could possibly hinder my studies, which, in their mind, is related to magic) __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

09-17-2011, 08:24 AM	#7
oliver Guest Posts: n/a	WOOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Yeah!^^

09-17-2011, 08:48 AM	#8
KGaborMagic K. Gábor Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 229 Donor Score: 110	Yeah! It will be amazing Now Albert needs a trollface deck

09-18-2011, 12:57 AM	#9
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Well, you could always pay us through Western Union, though I think their service would cost more than the items unless you order quite some things at once. Easier (though WU is rather simple) would be to know someone who does actually have access to a proper form of payment and paying that person in cash yourself, I guess. Or send us a letter with cash (exchanged to Euros or exchange service costs included). Just three options, two of which would definitely work for you, or anyone else for that matter.

09-18-2011, 08:03 AM	#10
KGaborMagic K. Gábor Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 229 Donor Score: 110	And you can always get a junior credit card. Most of them are completely free, and you can use them at paypal with a small ammount of money, so it's relatively safe. Mine's just arrived, waiting to get my paypal validation. Then I can finally buy Interception. AHHHYEAH

09-18-2011, 10:27 AM	#11
Kieran Oloughlin Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 414	I get my mother to buy things with her credit card and I give her the momey there and then, she then uses the money to pay the money that was used from her credit card.

09-25-2011, 04:27 AM	#14
therippedtormentor Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 20	parents tend to be like that

09-18-2011, 09:48 PM	#15
Travmang Pharaoh of Magicianry Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 249 Donor Score: 50	I believe he is only 16 years old.

09-18-2011, 11:55 PM	#16
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Good ol' cultural differences. Sometimes you'd forget that they still exist. I could never imagine living in such a culture, at least not without doing things my parents wouldn't allow. I probably would've gone to the nearest WU bank to send some cash for downloadables so my parents would never figure (hey, that's just me.. don't actually do that). But yeah, back when I was 16 (and even a couple of years before that), I had to work next to the study in order to make my own money, and then I could spend it on whatever too. What about you ask your parents for some magic/card-related things for your birthday or any other present-receiving day you got there?

09-19-2011, 03:13 AM	#17
Fin Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 530	If it were me I'd just call in a passing UFO and get a one way ticket to the Bahamas!

09-25-2011, 04:43 AM	#18
s13zeTheDay Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 150	Please tell me these decks won't be limited run __________________ What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe you have done. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet

09-25-2011, 10:08 PM	#20
theheron Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 117 Donor Score: 50	WooHoo!