The days are long. The years are short. Chips are overpriced.
Wtf. You put em up at the Rosewood or Ritz?
Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (9 Viewers)
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BarrieJ3
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She’s in Santa Clara this week for work. So just staying an extra night so I can play.
SCrown mold and tri moon spots and photoreal inlay art still sucks.
SeanGecko
4 of a Kind
This guy gets it.
I guess me and @TheRealTeddyKGB are also #teamblackdollar quite often.
To be fair I am also a member of #teamexcessivebluedollar
SeanGecko
4 of a Kind
You have to get the BEAUTY out in the world. Not being glass or amber.
I guess the monetary multiplier was a good one for this thread.... I'll just say I completely disagree that it's a bad thing. Sure getting actual values is cool and gives us an excuse for more chips but it is completely irrelevant to game play. All you should be worried about is BBs and pot odds, not the monetary value.
Nine_high
3 of a Kind
Totally agree. This is largely what drove me straight to custom, getting denoms to match cash value.
As much as I like some of the real casino sets etc, I don't have the energy to undertake a relabel project and I refuse to use any kind of multiplier. I'd sooner use them as a tourney set where it doesn't matter anyway.
Tiger inlays pfugly.
RagahRagah
Flush
Monte Carlo are my favorite "low end" chips. They feel standard to me and they look great. Glitter rings, edgespots... it all just looks fantastic.
Yep, would take them over Tina’s chips 10 times out of 10. Only issue I’ve ever had with them were some of the inlay stickers popping off, but a little superglue takes care of that.
Believing your rack of leaded $5 Paulson chips are somehow more valuable than the ceramic knock-offs coming out of China, when in reality, chips from either rack are only worth their face value when playing cards and cashing out.
Isn’t this a similar argument to BTC vs DOGE?
Depends on whether or not the host accepts crypto. Theoretically, there is no reason why you can't use one or the other to buy a stack of $5 chips.
There are so many things wrong with this argument. Is this an argument? Or just some sort of riddle?
you do realize you have no point since the players are not "buying" anything and there is no "cost" right?
The chip sets we buy which cost quite a bit of money are for our own enjoyment. If others enjoy it as well, great, but that's not really the purpose.
So true. The quicker you realize this the better. Play with them and enjoy them and don’t try to sell others on how cool they are. Ultimately, more players will come around to appreciating them.
Very true. Those who play in my games and then go to others come back and tell me how they appreciate the chips I put in play. I don't expect all of them to come around to this appreciation, but a handful definitely see it.
I agree with both of these statements, although I do get a greater sense of enjoyment after hearing from players how much they like the chips.
bergs
Royal Flush
Advocating for New World Order, I see. Fucking Illuminati, always illuminatiing things.
MeridianFC
Flush
Cash Sets should only ever be custom.
Big tournament sets are way to $$$$ to build. I’d rather a custom tournament set than cash set.
Most casinos spread cash games anyway, so it makes more sense….. to me.
elemeno
Two Pair
I'm new here and Cards Mold chips interest me most. After browsing around the forum, I've noticed some strange stuff. Here are my opinions, and based on the reactions and responses in the other thread I created, they're probably controversial. Let's give it a shot anyway.
1) Why does this community allow a member to try to blatantly rip others off? From what I gather, Cards Molds cost $0.39 each (including artwork fees) + reshipping costs, which I estimate to be $10-$30 for most sets. Yet someone is listing a Cards Mold set for $0.73 per chip + shipping. Aren't Cards Molds chips a commodity? Am I missing something?
2) From the same Cards Mold Group Buy link above - I don't really get the artwork fees. Are all fees the same for each piece of "art?" Though the Hot Dog Sandwich chips aren't my cup of tea, I'd understand paying an artwork fee for something unique and 100% self-made. But,
a) Am I paying the same artwork fee for the Aria's and Bellagio chips? Is it that tough to clone something that already exists?
b) Are Aria/Bellagio okay with these reproductions? I'd bet the answer is a hard no. Do they get a cut of the artwork fees? Again, I bet no. Then why am I paying the "artist" for these clear violations of copyright law? The most common argument I've seen on this forum is that the clones might be kosher because the chips are not made for resale at a profit. I don't think that's correct since the "artists" are clearly profiting.
1) Why does this community allow a member to try to blatantly rip others off? From what I gather, Cards Molds cost $0.39 each (including artwork fees) + reshipping costs, which I estimate to be $10-$30 for most sets. Yet someone is listing a Cards Mold set for $0.73 per chip + shipping. Aren't Cards Molds chips a commodity? Am I missing something?
2) From the same Cards Mold Group Buy link above - I don't really get the artwork fees. Are all fees the same for each piece of "art?" Though the Hot Dog Sandwich chips aren't my cup of tea, I'd understand paying an artwork fee for something unique and 100% self-made. But,
a) Am I paying the same artwork fee for the Aria's and Bellagio chips? Is it that tough to clone something that already exists?
b) Are Aria/Bellagio okay with these reproductions? I'd bet the answer is a hard no. Do they get a cut of the artwork fees? Again, I bet no. Then why am I paying the "artist" for these clear violations of copyright law? The most common argument I've seen on this forum is that the clones might be kosher because the chips are not made for resale at a profit. I don't think that's correct since the "artists" are clearly profiting.
I hesitate to call them ugly (beauty and beholder eyes, something like that), but I will say that contrary to seemingly everyone else on PCF, the Tiger chips never spoke to me. Even before pricing was announced, I knew I wasn't interested in getting a set.
Of course, I have objectively bad taste, so there's that.
I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but you have a very rare medical condition..
your eyes are deaf
1. It’s notable that the one you mentioned hasn’t sold yet, and there’s a lack of “glws”-style replies. As for allowing each other to try to rip others off, I think there’s a fine line between legitimate differences of opinion regarding fair compensation and actual attempts to rip someone off, and, as such, most take a “mind my own business” approach and don’t get involved.
2a. I somewhat understand compensating someone for actually making the art files and figuring out the edge alignment, even if the art isn’t original. I don’t think anyone here would have much ground to complain if you made your own files and didn’t pay anyone.
2b. Agree with you here, although it’s worth noting that some of the casino “tributes” are not exact copies, while others do attempt to be exact. (And, as before, the fee is more for the work creating the files than for the art itself, in my opinion.) There might be some legal difference there, but overall, I don’t think youre out of line, and certainly not alone, if you aren’t comfortable with them.
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