New Cards -- But Are They New & Improved?

[nath]

Memo to Harrah's:

I've heard in your quest to unveil a "hip" or "snazzy" looking playing card for the WSOP, you have experimented with a deck that has been roundly rejected by the players. With that in mind, I've cooked up a few prototype designs you may be interested in for the WSOP 2008. They update the playing card for the 21st century without causing any confusion on the players' part.

Now, these were all MSPainted, so they're pretty crude, to say the least. For example, the actual cards will all be the same size, and the graphics properly centered. However, I think these will give you an idea of the general direction we want to take the next generation of playing cards. Here are examples of everything we've been trying out, stylistically. I think you'll agree they're much more cutting-edge than your stodgy "standard" deck or the freakish design unveiled on an unwitting public at this year's WSOP.



If those cards are a little too visually stimulating, we're also working on a lineup of "modern" playing cards. You can see our first prototypes below.



Anyway, if anyone at Harrah's is reading this, feel free to PM me regarding your company's interest in these new lines of cards.

[DemonDeac]

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nh, nath

[HEK]

Gold, nath. Just...gold.

For some reason I especially laughed when I saw the "!" after the seven.

[Jack Bando]

Those cards are great nath. Both haha great and I actually would play with those great.

[sprfcta]

So now you have to be able to read to play poker?

[nath]

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So now you have to be able to read to play poker?

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Thanks for showing up in the thread, Commander Killjoy. You want to piss on anything else I put my heart into?

[shaniac]

Did anybody catch when the "town-hall style meeting" to create a better playing card will take place?

[AllinDan]

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[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] "modern" playing cards


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awesome work Nath

[Hexadecimal]

From the pictures I've seen, I think these cards contain some nice design ideas (the corner pips), but ultimately, I can see the complaints. I don't think I'd like playing with these either based on the whacked-ass idea of moving the jumbo index down on the card (the problem causing the board reading issues).

[rageotones]

i hoped new and improved would include some more sides(e.g. pentagons or better), but i'm satisfied with nath's.