Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (15 Viewers)

I love this opinion. I guess I understand why people want a CPC mold to fit their theme, but considering that practically nobody worries if a top hat and cane will fit their theme, the mold doesn't have to be such an issue.
Correct. The various Paulson Top Hat molds just mean you are getting Paulson quality clay chips. Since most all Paulson chips have a top hat, it's inconsequential to the inlay or your custom label design.

But CPCs are custom from the ground up, and there are multiple molds to choose from, so for some of the molds, the mold becomes part of the theme.
 
Correct. The various Paulson Top Hat molds just mean you are getting Paulson quality clay chips. Since most all Paulson chips have a top hat, it's inconsequential to the inlay or your custom label design.

But CPCs are custom from the ground up, and there are multiple molds to choose from, so for some of the molds, the mold becomes part of the theme.
I disagree and I think you're just rationalizing a distinction that doesn't exist. But I seriously don't appreciate the whole themeing thing the way most people here do, so maybe it's just all going over my head.
 
I disagree and I think you're just rationalizing a distinction that doesn't exist. But I seriously don't appreciate the whole themeing thing the way most people here do, so maybe it's just all going over my head.
Wait! I agreed with you and then you disagreed with me! WTH is going on here! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO: :ROFL: :ROFLMAO: :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

You just like to argue! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
Since most all Paulson chips have a top hat, it's inconsequential to the inlay or your custom label design.

Also, almost no one really looks at the THC/RHC molds. They’re just there, a tacit fact of poker life.

Plus I bet if you asked most players they wouldn’t even know what the shapes represent (despite seeing them for years) without a long look and some hints.

I once tried to show one of my regs the difference between LCVs and SCVs and they thought I was crazy.
 
The crazy thing is there’s only like 3 or 4 members that consistently do this. And we probably can all name the same few members. It should be fixed!
If I block somebody who sells (wait, is anybody actually buying) overpriced singles and bumps them constantly, will I just never have to see his crap when I click on New Posts?
 
If I block somebody who sells (wait, is anybody actually buying) overpriced singles and bumps them constantly, will I just never have to see his crap when I click on New Posts?
It works! Go ignore function!

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My probably unpopular opinion:

I'm sure nobody means anything by it and I'm not trying to be overly sensitive. I'm not marching in the streets over it, not telling anyone they can't say it. Maybe people think it sounds cool, no idea how that phrase came to be in this context. But as someone who has had someone very close to me murdered, every time I see that term I just feel like there has to be a better way to describe modifying chips than "murdering" them.
 
My probably unpopular opinion:

I'm sure nobody means anything by it and I'm not trying to be overly sensitive. I'm not marching in the streets over it, not telling anyone they can't say it. Maybe people think it sounds cool, no idea how that phrase came to be in this context. But as someone who has had someone very close to me murdered, every time I see that term I just feel like there has to be a better way to describe modifying chips than "murdering" them.
Huh, yeah, could see that. Pretty ingrained term here and may be hard to shift. Have some ideas for an alternative term?
 
Why do I have to read this, after I decided that I like the Scroll Mold visually for my custom theme :(
I wouldn't worry about that for even a second. People's preferences on molds couldn't possibly be more varied. There are plenty of us that love Scroll mold. If you find it to YOUR liking that's absolutely all that matters. You will be very happy.;) Carry on.
 
Why do I have to read this, after I decided that I like the Scroll Mold visually for my custom theme :(
Have you already paid for it? Otherwise its super standard to change your mind 147 times. Make sure to feel the mold before deciding anything, I personally don't like scroll mold either.

Doesn't matter what others like, but visual is only one way to judge something, tactile will also make or break it for you.
 
...its super standard to change your mind 1475 times.
Fixed that for you, there. I'm only at 1293, so still a bit of room left to tweak the design :cool

I have not paid yet. It's a saloon theme. At first was sold on HHR, then visually the Scroll grew on me. Cutoff for HHR and Scroll orders is about the same time, so I have a few weeks to decide. I can post pics after getting home from work, but I'll open a thread for this and stop highjacking this one.
 
Fixed that for you, there. I'm only at 1293, so still a bit of room left to tweak the design :cool

I have not paid yet. It's a saloon theme. At first was sold on HHR, then visually the Scroll grew on me. Cutoff for HHR and Scroll orders is about the same time, so I have a few weeks to decide. I can post pics after getting home from work, but I'll open a thread for this and stop highjacking this one.
I hate to throw a spanner in the works, but have you seen @BonScot's most recent custom set? It's a similar theme and he used HHR (the cheapest and, IMO, best-feeling mold); having that consistent theme where possible just ties things together really nicely.

Post in thread 'Pony Poker' https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/pony-poker.106256/post-2321188
 
My probably unpopular opinion:

I'm sure nobody means anything by it and I'm not trying to be overly sensitive. I'm not marching in the streets over it, not telling anyone they can't say it. Maybe people think it sounds cool, no idea how that phrase came to be in this context. But as someone who has had someone very close to me murdered, every time I see that term I just feel like there has to be a better way to describe modifying chips than "murdering" them.
I suspect one of the reasons that term became so popular is either because so many of us are so strongly opposed to the practice and/or to mock those of us who are so opposed to it.
 
My probably unpopular opinion:

I'm sure nobody means anything by it and I'm not trying to be overly sensitive. I'm not marching in the streets over it, not telling anyone they can't say it. Maybe people think it sounds cool, no idea how that phrase came to be in this context. But as someone who has had someone very close to me murdered, every time I see that term I just feel like there has to be a better way to describe modifying chips than "murdering" them.
Seems like chip mod (modification, modding} is a more descriptive term. Anyway, I can live with it, just kinda cringe when I see it.
 
Seems like chip mod (modification, modding} is a more descriptive term. Anyway, I can live with it, just kinda cringe when I see it.
It’s difficult for me to say this without drawing some false equivalency that would be offensive and insensitive, considering your personal circumstances. So I’m sorry to do it. But based on what you just said, it seems relevant, so here goes.

When you “modify” a Paulson in most customary ways, it ceases to be a Paulson. Whether you pry and tear and rip out an inlay (which has become an unremovable part of the whole during the manufacturing process both as a security feature and a durability feature) or whether you mill off a layer of clay to eradicate a hot-stamp, you have irreparably destroyed that chip. It can never be repaired or made whole again. Some people like to stick labels on top, and call them semi-customs or, using your term, modified chips. But upon close scrutiny, they can always be identified as chips that have been destroyed and “repaired.” And again, they can never be returned to their original purpose.

So although the term is objectively distasteful (and understandably personally offensive to you) it does a better job of describing what has happened to that chip than “modding.” You could mod a Paulson by sticking a label on top of a Paulson inlay. Afterward, you or somebody else could remove that label, returning that Paulson to its original purpose. That’s different.

I’m wide open to using a different term. But I would want a term that describes the finality of what has happened to that chip better than modification.
 
Huh, yeah, could see that. Pretty ingrained term here and may be hard to shift. Have some ideas for an alternative t

It’s difficult for me to say this without drawing some false equivalency that would be offensive and insensitive, considering your personal circumstances. So I’m sorry to do it. But based on what you just said, it seems relevant, so here goes.

When you “modify” a Paulson in most customary ways, it ceases to be a Paulson. Whether you pry and tear and rip out an inlay (which has become an unremovable part of the whole during the manufacturing process both as a security feature and a durability feature) or whether you mill off a layer of clay to eradicate a hot-stamp, you have irreparably destroyed that chip. It can never be repaired or made whole again. Some people like to stick labels on top, and call them semi-customs or, using your term, modified chips. But upon close scrutiny, they can always be identified as chips that have been destroyed and “repaired.” And again, they can never be returned to their original purpose.

So although the term is objectively distasteful (and understandably personally offensive to you) it does a better job of describing what has happened to that chip than “modding.” You could mod a Paulson by sticking a label on top of a Paulson inlay. Afterward, you or somebody else could remove that label, returning that Paulson to its original purpose. That’s different.

I’m wide open to using a different term. But I would want a term that describes the finality of what has happened to that chip better than modification.
How about butchering?
 
It’s difficult for me to say this without drawing some false equivalency that would be offensive and insensitive, considering your personal circumstances. So I’m sorry to do it. But based on what you just said, it seems relevant, so here goes.

When you “modify” a Paulson in most customary ways, it ceases to be a Paulson. Whether you pry and tear and rip out an inlay (which has become an unremovable part of the whole during the manufacturing process both as a security feature and a durability feature) or whether you mill off a layer of clay to eradicate a hot-stamp, you have irreparably destroyed that chip. It can never be repaired or made whole again. Some people like to stick labels on top, and call them semi-customs or, using your term, modified chips. But upon close scrutiny, they can always be identified as chips that have been destroyed and “repaired.” And again, they can never be returned to their original purpose.

So although the term is objectively distasteful (and understandably personally offensive to you) it does a better job of describing what has happened to that chip than “modding.” You could mod a Paulson by sticking a label on top of a Paulson inlay. Afterward, you or somebody else could remove that label, returning that Paulson to its original purpose. That’s different.

I’m wide open to using a different term. But I would want a term that describes the finality of what has happened to that chip better than modification.
I’m not trying to change anything here, I was just posting what I thought might be an unpopular opinion. I just personally don’t care for the term. I felt the same way when it became popular for people to use the term “murdering out” their cars. And again, I know that nobody means anything by it, but for some people it’s a reminder of unpleasant things in a setting where it’s not really needed.

This forum was here long before I showed up, and will be here long after I leave, i’ve been having a great time here and learned a lot. So please nobody take this as anything more than just a comment.
 
I’m not trying to change anything here, I was just posting what I thought might be an unpopular opinion. I just personally don’t care for the term. I felt the same way when it became popular for people to use the term “murdering out” their cars. And again, I know that nobody means anything by it, but for some people it’s a reminder of unpleasant things in a setting where it’s not really needed.

This forum was here long before I showed up, and will be here long after I leave, i’ve been having a great time here and learned a lot. So please nobody take this as anything more than just a comment.
Your comment belongs here. FWIW, I get it.
 

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