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brownsl - that does not sound like a man who is loving his hobby

Honeybee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:01 pm brownsl - that does not sound like a man who is loving his hobby

That does come off that way but it was unintended. It was somewhat sarcastic. I do really enjoy the hobby but I think I have reached a bit of burn out. Bought too many decks too quickly. I have slowed down but still buy quite a lot.

I greatly enjoy when, over the course of a month, I track down one or two nice ones - my early collecting days of too many kickstarters too keep up were fun, but I won’t miss em.

There'll be a Vol 2

Unity Volume 2
1. Tuck - Andy Kurovets
2. Jokers - TBD
3. Ace of Spades - Lee McKenzie
4. Ace of Hearts - Vitaly Sinkevich (oldproof)
5. Ace of Diamonds - Santiago Cards
6. Ace of Clubs - Art of Li
7. King of Spades - Randall James Butterfield
8. King of Hearts - Wai Shan Chung
9. King of Diamonds - Dominic Wong
10. King of Clubs - KOMBOH
11. Queen of Spades - Neil Bromfield
12. Queen of Hearts - Dane Valnes
13. Queen of Diamonds - Relentless Venture
14. Queen of Clubs - Artur Rajch
15. Jack of Spades - Alex Haines
16. Jack of Hearts - Leo Scherfig
17. Jack of Diamonds - Sinecure Michael Gallagher
18. Jack of Clubs - Hardik Singh
19. 10’s - Daniel Jamie Williams
20. 9’s - Anthony Fornof
21. 8’s - Krishna da Costa
22. 7’s - Luke Wadey
23. 6’s - Arber Kuci (Prime Shuffle)
24. 5’s - Marco Dyziek (Plan52 Playing Cards)
25. 4’s - Babyben Playing Cards
26. 3’s - Vincenzo Alfano
27. 2’s - CK Chong
28. Backs - Juniardi Satyanagara
29. Extra card TBD

With all due respect, this is just my personal opinion. I believe the team behind Vol. 1 is significantly more renowned than that of Vol. 2. For example, Vol. 1 featured talented creators like Charmie Ong Herman, Lorenzo, Jocu, Jack Penny, Elettra Deganello, Candice and Torres, Marianne Larsen, Ark, and Patrick Zhu.

In contrast, the biggest names I recognize in Vol. 2 are Alex Haines, Randall James Butterfield, Plan52, Lee McKenzie, and Luke Wadey. I plan to back 1 or 2 decks when it launches, but I feel there’s an imbalance between Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Most creators in Vol. 2 have only produced 1 or 2 decks at most. I hope some prominent names from Vol. 1 will return for the TBD positions.

It's okay to give the less prominent artists in the community some recognition and exposure. Another missed opportunity to have unique backs though. Of course, Vol. I will be more revered not only for the makeup of the artists, but also the novelty of it all. Unprecedented achievement.

I personally don't support any of Vincenzo's projects due to his abrasive behavior on UC in years' past, but I'll still back one of these decks. I anticipate we'll see a bunch of variants again.

Well, if Vol 1 was the All Stars, does that make Vol 2 the Rising Stars... somewhat?

I'm all for more artists. It's good to see new talent come in to see what they can do.

As noted, it will be a tough act to follow, given how big the names were and given the sheer scope of the project, as well as the novelty of it all.

That said, is this a backer only thing? Has the first volume been delivered?

I'll take "rising stars" TYVM although there's defo one or two names on there who are more established in the playing card world

I'm excited to be a part of this project. Dexter seems like a stand-up dude and for my part I promise to deliver a very pleasing Jack of Spades for you all to enjoy. I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the deck looks like, crazy idea!

Cheers

Some of the previews for Vol. 2 so far:

V2 this quick shows ambition. Did the people receive V1 yet?

Not really digging these pics of v2 so far.

The tuck makes me think of American Idol or Guitar Heroe or something.

JazzBaloo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:18 am V2 this quick shows ambition. Did the people receive V1 yet?

No, and the last update was on Halloween 31/10.
eta is Dec

DeepCard wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:03 am

JazzBaloo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:18 am V2 this quick shows ambition. Did the people receive V1 yet?

No, and the last update was on Halloween 31/10.
eta is Dec

I know! Let's get V1 in our hands first before being ambitious with V2!

Hopefully Dexter improves the naming convention of the decks this time around

Were the decks always to be made by kingstar? I thought it was wjpc at first or my memory is just off.

JazzBaloo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:50 pm Were the decks always to be made by kingstar? I thought it was wjpc at first or my memory is just off.

It was always KingStar. He's buddies with Patrick Zhu who got him a better deal.

Some more photos and higher quality ones vs the screenshots I had taken from a video:

JoH by Leo Scherfig JoC by Hardik Singh QoD by Relentless Venture KoC by KOMBOH , Michael Mateyko AoH by Vitaly Sinkevich (Oldproof) AoC by Art of Li

Lovin the Leo

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:52 pm Lovin the Leo

Had that very same thought

KGthePrince wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 10:55 am Hopefully Dexter improves the naming convention of the decks this time around

The naming is based on what’s used in the group in different kind of posts .

I missed these (Vol. 1), will there be a preorder or anything?

hsbc wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:52 am I missed these (Vol. 1), will there be a preorder or anything?

I'm sure you can contact Dexter. This seems like a deck where there'll be plenty for everyone.

Here's more tuck box variations along with the 2s by CK Chong.

Queen of Clubs by Arthur Rajch

JoS by Alex Haines

KoD by Dominic Wong

AoS by Lee McKenzie of Kings and Crooks

QoS by Neil Bromfield

KoS by Randy Butterfield 10s by Daniel Jamie Williams