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Post-PAX Trading Card Thread
PeasantDave
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Thanks for everyone who took part in the trading card swap this year!
This thread is for two purposes:
1. Help people track down the cards they still need.
Please send me a DM with your name, address, and the cards you would like. Please remember that you can ask for 2010 and 2011 cards, regardless of when you took part or whether you gave me spares.
List of available cards
2. Brainstorm ideas for next year. What did you like? How could the event be improved?
This thread is for two purposes:
1. Help people track down the cards they still need.
Please send me a DM with your name, address, and the cards you would like. Please remember that you can ask for 2010 and 2011 cards, regardless of when you took part or whether you gave me spares.
List of available cards
Spoiler:
2. Brainstorm ideas for next year. What did you like? How could the event be improved?
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- Trading cards in and of itself was awesome. They were super easy to make with the template and just all around cool. I also threw some cards out to people who looked on with awe as we were swapping them, so perhaps we'll get even higher participation next year.
- Meeting people was cool as well. Putting faces on people was fantastic, totally changes the experience now when I read Twitter or Forum posts.
What to improve
- More scheduled meetups are needed. Watching Twitter was like trolling for gummi bears in a sewer. I had a #paxcards search set up and kept my eyes glued to Tweetdeck, but with twitlag and the fact that many people don't know that the bird is the word it was hard to find specific people. Having scheduled meetups means we can really get some trading going on early on in the game. I think it would create more of a paxcard community as well.
- Checklist could be improved. I jerrymandered a nice folding one that made it pretty quick to find people and check them off, but I could have (with a bit more lead time) come up with a really nice one in publisher that you'd be able to fold down to a book format and flip through easily. Also - perhaps organizing the checklist by name would be good (most people didn't know their numbers when I asked). [Note - I am willing to help out in this regard! I like helping! It makes me feel less leechy!]
- People need to be more aggressive. I felt like a mugger sometimes as I leaped toward people, my card thrust out in my sweaty palm going "CARDS???" like a deranged addict looking to score some smack. It worked, but I swear I had 4 cards in my hat, 1 in my lanyard, and still I had people at point blank range go "Oh, are you trading cards?" Maybe we can all wear hot pink or something? I dunno.
- I heard talk of a full collection being put together at PAX East 2010, kinda sad that didn't happen here. Would this be a cool gift to give to Jerry and Mike?
Crazy shit ahoy!
Dunno what to say about this trading card biz. I ordered 100-150, got 250+, and met 2 or 3 trading card people during pax. so I spent my time giving a card to anyone, repeat for emphasis anyone I talked to/with.
pax is getting too big for the random trades, I think
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I didn't bother with the checklist, so I don't have an opinion on that. But the daily gatherings would help, yes.
@Durinthal
I even used a separate lanyard this time and still only a few of you spotted it. I was working manticore theater all weekend and that was the only place people saw me well least i traded cards.
Suggestion to make this more successful would be to come up with something that stands out. Similar to like the cookie brigade or Pokemon league. Same color shirts will not work. As an enforcer I already have a shirt i am required to wear. A big button would work though.
A general suggestion to everyone - Advertise yourself! Put a card somewhere really obvious that people can see from a distance. Once my (tall) boyfriend put a couple in his hat, we started getting some trading done.
I think a CCG based on us would be kinda neat. Not sure logistically possible it is. Sounds like a lot of work for someone(s).
Going to go through my cards see what I need, and send off some extras this weekend.
God, isn't it pathetically crazy that I'm already Jonesin' for PAX East 2012?
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I found it really difficult to locate other card traders during the show itself. We ran into a few by luck alone, but with only a hundred or two of us amidst 69 thousand attendees, it was a classic needle-in-haystack phenomenon.
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Dave, can you PM me your addy so I can mail some to you?
My hope is to design a brand new template! What kind of ideas/designs do people have?
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As for meet-ups, I have to disagree! If you all just meet-up to swap, there's no "thrill". But, I agree the con is HUGE. Maybe designate an area in tabletop to "relax" when you need to chill, and just make sure to always hit it. Only slightly different from a meet-up, but at least it's got that random element.
You could also see if Wizards will dole some out with prizes/packs at their tourneys, kind of like the Pro-Tour Champion cards they used to have.
Either way, I'll keep my eye on this for next East.
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PAX: The Gathering. LOL.
PAX East: The Quening
The objective of the game is to be the first to fill up their que line for the main event EXACTLY. So the line has to have, say, exactly 6 people in it. Each card has either a helpful ability to you, or a hurtful ability to your opponent. You get to "play" one card a turn. Other people might hit the board due to abilities.
For example:
John Smithz: When john smith gets in line, he brings a friend. If there is no room for a friend, put john at the bottom of the deck!
Jane Doe: When jane gets in line, make two friends "sit". Those Friends cannot be removed form the line until your next turn.
Helpful Sam: Sam brought extra bottles of water. Two people in your opponent's line leave for a restroom. Put them back in their owners hand.
I love ccgs...
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Was this a publicly accessible table? I hadn't even heard of it.
I personally feel this should be more of an active trading thing, a chance to do things and meet people.
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No, it wasn't publicly accessible. But next year some people might like to set up something similar on one of the tables behind expo hall. It's convenient, but you're right that it does cut into the trading aspect.
An idea: Encourage trading of multiple cards. Instead of taking one you take 10, so that you can pass some on to the next card trader you meet. It's a big con. I only ran into about four people with cards.
Yea, it's cool in theory but it wouldn't work right and would not be as good as the system we have now (not to say it's perfect).
...might just make that game though....hang around and play at the tables.
Good luck with your cards!
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Because people tend to be jumping on at the last minute it would be difficult to put together a full game (doubly so because most people would never collect a full set). I think it might be worth the effort of creating a side project in the off season of a playable game.
Most people would probably allow their likeness to be used, and this would forever solve the question of "should the trading cards be part of a playable game?"
Let me know if you need anything!
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It was just mentioned a few posts ago, but I had an idea when we were leaving Pax. People should not just swap one card to someone they meet. They should swap, like 3. This way when you meet someone not only can you get there card, you can figure out if you can get them some they don't have. Run into someone you already have? Have them give you 2, so you have more to trade. That way the game is more about trading, then luck of running into each other or planned meet ups.
Promotes more interaction between traders, and does not necessarily discourage finding everyone(since you become valuable for your collection, potentially.)
Cards will web out through Pax as opposed to forming small vaguely interlinked colonies. I think 3 is the right hand off amount but that can be debated.
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but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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