The New Official Pop Culture Sticky Thread

[Red Ryu]

Oh, you're doing it wrong ;) That would make the basics for a Realistic Cards Sticky Thread. In Pop Culture, it's not about balance (though it can be about it, but it must not), far from it, it's about creativity, the successful transition from one medium to another and about fun. The priorities in this section are set way differently from the ones in the other card making sections :) At least that's my take on it.

 

So long,

 

Spoon

 

 

I agree with Spoon. You can't really compare the card making priorities in the Realistic Cards section and Pop Culture Section, because the latter is pretty much entirely based on the creativity of the creator.

 

To a degree I can see this, however, when I look at creativity I look for cards that have flavor and make sense in context while having some level of balance.

 

Many cards in some of these sets don't do this.

 

Strawhat crew member - Nico Robin is a good example of this from the one piece set. Why can she attack twice, with 1600 no less? she can spawn hands but how does this equivocate multiple attacks? If anything based on what she has done in the anime I could see her binding or trapping stuff. And her being destroyed summons another straw hat from the hand or deck without restriction, water 7 arc maybe.

 

It has some creativity, is it balanced, no way in hell.

 

I look at balance as being part of the cards value, pop culture or not I truly think that sets that can successfully add flavor, sensible context with what it is based on, and balance.

 

Flavor and context are important, but balance should not be thrown out the window for it.

[Мερhilεs]

What you're saying is true. And I get it. But it's not like some of us throw balance away for the sake of flavor and context. I, for one, try to make my cards successfully made with appropriate balance to them. While I'm not so sure about the general public, people who are serious about making ygo cards on this site (like some people I know) try to do it well.

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Some of these sets don't fell like they should be stickies imo.Granted this is mostly from personal experience playing the game competitively, I used to be a judge as well. Some of these sets seem to have cards ranging from meh as to near broken, and others ranging from splashable everywhere outside of the set to ones that are even too situational that people wouldn't use it. I'm mostly seeing this in the One Piece and Bleach sets.This is mostly me talking as a semi-competitive player/former judge but it's something I've noticed a lot on this site and I think sets that have good quality from flavor, design, and balance should be stickied.

To a degree I can see this, however, when I look at creativity I look for cards that have flavor and make sense in context while having some level of balance.Many cards in some of these sets don't do this.Strawhat crew member - Nico Robin is a good example of this from the one piece set. Why can she attack twice, with 1600 no less? she can spawn hands but how does this equivocate multiple attacks? If anything based on what she has done in the anime I could see her binding or trapping stuff. And her being destroyed summons another straw hat from the hand or deck without restriction, water 7 arc maybe.It has some creativity, is it balanced, no way in hell. I look at balance as being part of the cards value, pop culture or not I truly think that sets that can successfully add flavor, sensible context with what it is based on, and balance. Flavor and context are important, but balance should not be thrown out the window for it.

 

Towards a certain extent, balance is considered an important factor for cards within the PC subforum, but it does not reign as a single factor that should be considered when a card or cards is or are made. If the vast majority of a set looks reasonably accurate, a few within the set can have their elements unreasonably distributed for the sake of making the set as a whole look more complete.

 

Currently, balance as a "ranking scheme" within the PC subforum is currently fine as it is. If it became more of a deciding factor when it comes to the creation of cards, it would adjust more to being a realistic card than anything else, and thus, would theoretically belong within the RC subforum, if the PC subforum had never existed.

 

I do agree that some of the cards that you may have seen are unbalanced, and I have seen some myself as well. But thinking more on a global scale, many of the card makers on this forum aren't professionals, nor are they even adults. They make cards for fun. If they had the intent of making each and every card perfect in every which way possible, they might as well buy their own company and have them printed out themselves, after being critiqued by hundreds of professionals that were hired specifically for that purpose. We are not trying to achieve that here.

 

If you really want to assist with this subforum, please don't ambiguously criticize against the PC subforum as a whole, but moreso, make some cards yourself with what you deem as significantly appropriate. People do look at another's works, so if yours are as good as you speak, then they may be influenced into improving their own.

 

And on another note, NeosWiseman, yes, and Mephiles of Darkness, no. Sorry. Your thread looks just way too messy to be accepted. Please clean up the spoilers and whatnot, and re-apply then.

[Spoon]

Mia is back, yey :lol:

 

Well then, I guess it's time to apply once more. If you want you can take down the Wonderland Set for it, I'm currently not working on it.

 

Username: Spoon

Name of Set: Light Music Edition: The K-On! Set

Description of Set: Paying tribute to one of the greatest musical themed animes in existance and just having a light and fluffy time with Fairy-Types and Equip Spell Cards.

URL of Set: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/215436-light-music-edition-the-k-on-set-60100/

Reason of Consideration: It's a well structured and still growing set, aiming for pure entertainment. Just like the show itself it's light-hearted, cute and totally innocent. Those who know the show will recognize it's unique flavor in the cards itself, and those who don't may become interested in watching it (what I highly recommend).

Optional Banner: [spoiler=Banner]

 

 

 

So long,

 

Spoon

[Red Ryu]

Towards a certain extent, balance is considered an important factor for cards within the PC subforum, but it does not reign as a single factor that should be considered when a card or cards is or are made. If the vast majority of a set looks reasonably accurate, a few within the set can have their elements unreasonably distributed for the sake of making the set as a whole look more complete.

 

Currently, balance as a "ranking scheme" within the PC subforum is currently fine as it is. If it became more of a deciding factor when it comes to the creation of cards, it would adjust more to being a realistic card than anything else, and thus, would theoretically belong within the RC subforum, if the PC subforum had never existed.

 

I do agree that some of the cards that you may have seen are unbalanced, and I have seen some myself as well. But thinking more on a global scale, many of the card makers on this forum aren't professionals, nor are they even adults. They make cards for fun. If they had the intent of making each and every card perfect in every which way possible, they might as well buy their own company and have them printed out themselves, after being critiqued by hundreds of professionals that were hired specifically for that purpose. We are not trying to achieve that here.

 

If you really want to assist with this subforum, please don't ambiguously criticize against the PC subforum as a whole, but moreso, make some cards yourself with what you deem as significantly appropriate. People do look at another's works, so if yours are as good as you speak, then they may be influenced into improving their own.

 

And on another note, NeosWiseman, yes, and Mephiles of Darkness, no. Sorry. Your thread looks just way too messy to be accepted. Please clean up the spoilers and whatnot, and re-apply then.

 

I suppose I may have come off on the wrong foot.

 

I'm not saying so much that people try to make it professional, more so that balance be partially a factor in the recommendation of these sets, in which some that are put in the op, still it's mostly my opinion on the matter on how this should be handled, I don't want perfect cards I want cards that people know they could play and have fun playing against and with.

 

Still I'll leave this here, as people have pointed out this subforum has a set standard, even if I don't like it personally, so I'll drop the topic and take your advice on making my own thread.

[Мερhilεs]

Ok. I cleaned up my thread, with all the spoilers and whatnot sorted now. Hopefully it's more to taste of the reviewers now, so I would like to re-apply...:

 

Username: Mephiles of Darkness

Name of Set: Sonic Legacy

Description of Set: A set that's based on the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, from his T.v show Sonic X to the video games such as Sonic '06, Sonic Adventure, etc.

URL of Set: http://forum.yugiohc...-a-c-y-comment/

Reason of Consideration: 100 replies and over 1000 views. The poll tells me that most people like my cards, although someone voted the opposite (but it's only one person). I tried to re-organize the stuff you thought should be cleaned up last time. There are over 100 cards (104 to be exact) at this very moment, and more will be added.

 

No banner until I find one. I''l let you knowabout that if you decide my thread is accpetable or not.

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@Spoon: ただいま～

 

I've seen what you've done with your K-ON! set, and I liked it since the start. Keep up the great work. Just, could you please add some spoilers to help fix them up a bit? It's a bit messy. This is a pre-approval from me for now.

 

@Mephiles of Darkness: Uh... well...

 

It's better... But... I'm not liking the whole dash-in-spoiler-names thing, and the long description in red does not really appeal to me still... Could you try a bit of a cleaner, more generic, and simpler approach? Sorry ^^.

[Spoon]

@Spoon: ただいま～

 

I've seen what you've done with your K-ON! set, and I liked it since the start. Keep up the great work. Just, could you please add some spoilers to help fix them up a bit? It's a bit messy. This is a pre-approval from me for now.

 

Actually I like the design as it is, because it sets the focus on the main characters. Okay, there may be a bit too much characters in the focus lately... but I just don't want to hide them behind those spoilers :(

 

Well, as soon as I'm back from university, I'll see what I can do about it, thanks for approving it :)

[Myst]

I wanna nominate my Supa Mario Project.. but should I make another thread or tell Josh to edit the title coz I have this title and it feels like this is the start but I have 24 cards actually:

 

The Big Supa Mario Project (8/???) DONE HALF OF KRAZYXGAMER'S REQUESTS: FAWFUL ADDED!!!

 

Username: swordfire206

Name of Set: The Supa Mario Project

Description of Set: It's a set filled with Super Mario Bros characters, enemies, bosses, mushrooms, lumas and more.

URL of Set: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/212091-the-big-supa-mario-project-8-done-half-of-krazyxgamers-requests-fawful-added/page__st__20

Reason of Consideration: Well I got comments mostly above 7 or 8/10 and my poll (should i continue this set) has all except one to yes though poopybuttoxes did like the set, he just said to stop the set coz he wanted me to do other sets.

Optional Banner: none (but I will get one later)

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You're free to do whichever; either make a new thread and report the old one to have it locked, or try to get Josh to edit the title, though I don't think he'll do it.

 

Unfortunately, I'm turning down your set, as it is a bit too small. Not particularly liking the spaces between the spoilers, either.

[Myst]

Um.. of how many cards? Though I have a 55 Pokemon set once that was stickied by J-Max. Mayb la8r I'll try to nominate it

[krazyxgamer]

hm, i didn't look at this thread until today

so i will like to nominate my own touhou thread since Larxene's is sort of gone

 

Username: krazyxgamer

set name: the Krazy Touhou Cards

Link is in my sig but here you go: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/215576-the-krazy-touhou-cards/

description: Touhou is a current-fire shooting game created by ZUN and i made cards of almost all of the characters of the game (missing like...2-5 idk) and some of the Spell Cards that they use (yes they are called Spell Cards).

i've been working on this since i joined YCM, as of now it has about 350-370 cards, trying to get that to about 400

it is incomplete, but it is close to being done so it would be nice if you considered this to be sticky'd

 

and yes Larxene made a Touhou Set i know that, but he kinda disappeared from YCM so i thought i should maybe replace his spot since there ain't much touhou card sets around here

 

i'm pretty sure the spoilers, lores, and stuff are pretty well organized, if you want to get super critical and know touhou very well, yes the order of the spell cards are not correct >_<

and on some of them, the Spell and Trap Support cards are mixed together... and on 6 of my spoilers (out of like 40-50 spoilers), it's just a bunch of stuff mixed together, but idk, i felt like they didn't really need to be that much organized, if that is a problem to you i can change it up and organize it (might take a day or two lol)

 

reason: Touhou needs to be more known, even though it's already pretty popular, a lot of people still don't know what it is, and since Larxene's Thread isn't sticky'd anymore (at least it looks like it's not lol)

i thought i would just nominate my own,

i worked hard on this thread, and it took a lot of time lol (350+ cards lol)

a lot of cards could be considered OP but i tried to replicate their abilities or the spell card as best as i can (at least for the ones i knew)

and for the spellcards i wasn't sure what it was, i just tried to make a unique effect (even though some of them are not unique at all)

 

sorry, no banner

 

Edit: woot i got the 2010th view for this thread =w=

i feel special since it's 2010 right now xD

[Womi]

Larxene (who is a girl, btw) didn't disappear and her set is occasionally updated.

Furthermore it's a brilliant example of how a set in Pop Culture should look.

[krazyxgamer]

Larxene (who is a girl, btw) didn't disappear and her set is occasionally updated.

Furthermore it's a brilliant example of how a set in Pop Culture should look.

 

my bad, it's hard to tell a person's gender on the internet,

and yeah it's occasionally updated but she almost never shows up to this site anymore , i really liked her set too =(

that set was what motivated me to make how much ever cards i have right now lol

 

the only thing about that set i didn't really like was that some of the pics of the Spell Cards didn't represent the Spell Card from the game very well, but it's not like that many people actually know what the Spell Cards looks like so i guess it's k lol

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hm, i didn't look at this thread until today so i will like to nominate my own touhou thread since Larxene's is sort of goneUsername: krazyxgamerset name: the Krazy Touhou CardsLink is in my sig but here you go: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/215576-the-krazy-touhou-cards/description: Touhou is a current-fire shooting game created by ZUN and i made cards of almost all of the characters of the game (missing like...2-5 idk) and some of the Spell Cards that they use (yes they are called Spell Cards). i've been working on this since i joined YCM, as of now it has about 350-370 cards, trying to get that to about 400 it is incomplete, but it is close to being done so it would be nice if you considered this to be sticky'd and yes Larxene made a Touhou Set i know that, but he kinda disappeared from YCM so i thought i should maybe replace his spot since there ain't much touhou card sets around herei'm pretty sure the spoilers, lores, and stuff are pretty well organized, if you want to get super critical and know touhou very well, yes the order of the spell cards are not correct >_<and on some of them, the Spell and Trap Support cards are mixed together... and on 6 of my spoilers (out of like 40-50 spoilers), it's just a bunch of stuff mixed together, but idk, i felt like they didn't really need to be that much organized, if that is a problem to you i can change it up and organize it (might take a day or two lol) reason: Touhou needs to be more known, even though it's already pretty popular, a lot of people still don't know what it is, and since Larxene's Thread isn't sticky'd anymore (at least it looks like it's not lol)i thought i would just nominate my own,i worked hard on this thread, and it took a lot of time lol (350+ cards lol)a lot of cards could be considered OP but i tried to replicate their abilities or the spell card as best as i can (at least for the ones i knew)and for the spellcards i wasn't sure what it was, i just tried to make a unique effect (even though some of them are not unique at all)sorry, no bannerEdit: woot i got the 2010th view for this thread =w=i feel special since it's 2010 right now xD

First thing's first. Hate the spoilers. So I won't even bother looking in them. Please fix.

 

Larxene (who is a girl, btw) didn't disappear and her set is occasionally updated.Furthermore it's a brilliant example of how a set in Pop Culture should look.

Tyler is a guy. What the hell? Stop misleading people.

 

my bad, it's hard to tell a person's gender on the internet, and yeah it's occasionally updated but she almost never shows up to this site anymore , i really liked her set too =(that set was what motivated me to make how much ever cards i have right now lolthe only thing about that set i didn't really like was that some of the pics of the Spell Cards didn't represent the Spell Card from the game very well, but it's not like that many people actually know what the Spell Cards looks like so i guess it's k lol

He updates the set. He just doesn't bump it. He doesn't give a care whether or not it's not on the first page.

[krazyxgamer]

hate the spoilers?

what do i need to fix about them lol

 

the one difference i c between some spoilers and my spoilers is that mine isn't center'd

how do i do that again?

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Please group them together so that they're related.

 

Hell, you're free to even copy Larxene/Tyler's format if you so wish. I don't mind.

[krazyxgamer]

well, i put the chars from 6-12 in the order of the stages since i thought that would be a pretty organized way... i guess i can put them in sub spoilers so that the way i organized it stands out more >_<

 

i'm going to change it right now,

so you don't want it in a huge blob/group am i right?

 

Edit: i tried changing it around, not sure if it solved the problem though lol...

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You might want to cut down on all the line breaks and stick them closely together. Sub-headings are helpful too.

[krazyxgamer]

yeah sorry about that thing, i posted the same thing on Yugioh Card Lounge, and i had to put those on so i can put them all in 1 post... they had a 10 card limit so i had to put line breaks to separate them, i will take those out

Sub Headings??.. hmmm idk what to do for that one...

[TLP~Byakko]

*removed*

[krazyxgamer]

*removed*

[Zeik]

Well I told myself I wouldn't give this a shot till I have completed at least 1 game and now that I have, lets have a go

 

Username: Black Mazinkaiser

Name of Set: Final Fantasy Set

Description of Set: A pretty big set which aims to cover everything of interest within the Final Fantasy franchise

URL of Set: Final Fantasy

Reason of Consideration: I constantly update, the cards are aimed at been as loyal to the source as possible leading to some interesting effects, I get very positive feedback in general and the pics are pretty (I hope)

[snyperfox2003]

well what about an old thread ive been working on? im picking up the project where i left off.

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yeah sorry about that thing, i posted the same thing on Yugioh Card Lounge, and i had to put those on so i can put them all in 1 post... they had a 10 card limit so i had to put line breaks to separate them, i will take those outSub Headings??.. hmmm idk what to do for that one...

Just write a subtitle, increase its size, and center it.

 

Well I told myself I wouldn't give this a shot till I have completed at least 1 game and now that I have, lets have a go

 

Username: Black Mazinkaiser

Name of Set: Final Fantasy Set

Description of Set: A pretty big set which aims to cover everything of interest within the Final Fantasy franchise

URL of Set: Final Fantasy

Reason of Consideration: I constantly update, the cards are aimed at been as loyal to the source as possible leading to some interesting effects, I get very positive feedback in general and the pics are pretty (I hope)

I like it. I will ask Josh for approval.

 

well what about an old thread ive been working on? im picking up the project where i left off.

Any thread, regardless of age, can be nominated.