I see ur side but its just the natural shift of modern, we went from holos to ex to gold star … and now full arts with trainers. I think the constant scene shifting is what keeps the hobby fresh and alive. Prob in 3 years there will be the new thing and in 10 years we will look back and say “man i remember when they used trainers that was cool!”
i wonder what the next big thing’ll be… I mean there are only so many things you can do and put on a piece of cardboard, right?
It’ll be something for sure. I bet 15 years ago no one thought of gold stars, I mean who would? Now were doing full art pieces practically. Whatever they do it’ll be something new because the pokemon and mechanics change as well which will give new ideas (such as v and vmax since these full arts are just add-ons to those)
any ideas? i feel like TPC can borrow from other TCGs in terms of card design, but there’re only so many elements of visual design you can put onto one card
half art → full art → ?
could be anything from an art style shift a mixture of other mechanics before. Ex: the e series holo border with a half card full art, doesn’t take up the whole card but it is a detailed art piece that we see in full arts. Luckily im not in charge of changing the card designs but there are much more creative and intelligent people out there 
. There are so many hit possibilities that some people have that I will never even think of.
if u see where im coming form
Given that gold stars debuted 17 years ago, people certainly did!
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One day you wake up and gold stars aren’t 10 years old they’re 17 years old oh how time flies
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Thats common sense. Magic have this issue atm, they started pumping alternate rarities a couple of years ago, at first it was awesome because it gave magic a much needed fresh air. Nowadays, everything is alternate/cool and in the process, making nothing cool/alternate.
At first i was super happy with alt arts, im still am. With the upcoming set, now we are seeing the normalization of “black/gold generic artwork”, making everything character driven, etc. Hopefully it will be something only for this set which would be awesome but not the norm of making everything “flashy”.
yeah i get where you’re coming from!
not at all a creative person, so it’ll be exciting to see whatever the next big thing is
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The worst thing by far about the Pokemon hobby are the people in it. Pokemon is the most commercial hobby I have, and it shows. Generally, the more time I spend interacting with other people in the space, the more my interest is diminished and/or tinged with distaste.
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The only fun way of receiving cards is by pulling them. Hoarding singles and sorting by condition if the sellers haven’t done that already (i.e almost never) is a decent second best option.
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Booster boxes are the only fun items to buy. As long as the box is legitimate you’re good to go. Nothing and nobody else to deal with, no third party rng or any other bullshit.
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It’s much more fun to open packs alone than together with others.
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Good thing you’re not in the discord
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I don’t doubt it. I never liked the format of things like Skype or Messenger (only use Messenger sparingly on my computer, I have a smartphone but I only use my $30 Nokia for everyday use), and I’ve never used discord. Too simple to waste hour after hour doing nothing “together” with other people who also do nothing, and become addicted to it.
I know someone that gets this low ping on their smartphone every time someone is posting in a group, it’s like having a fire alarm that goes 24/7 to remind you that you need to check out some dick pic or 4chan joke.
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This is like, every hobby though
True, and I don’t mean to overblow the difference but the level definitively varies between hobbies to some extent. Different hobbies attracts different calibers of people. Barriers to entry; whether financially, socially or intellectually, the physical intricacies of the hobby. Geography, demographical discrepancies, age, gender, class, politics, xenophobia etc etc etc, so many factors that go into the equation.
what
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I preferred it that way as a kid and I still do today.
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Not really. Pokemon appeals to a particularly diverse array of people. The only thing in common among Pokemon fans is that they’re a fan of the largest media franchise in history – in other words, Pokemon fans don’t necessarily have anything in common outside of liking Pokemon. This is much different than in many other hobbies, which draw on narrower segments of the population.
If you go to a Magic tournament, for instance, you’ll find a much more homogeneous assortment of people in attendance than on a Pokemon card collecting forum. This can be both a positive and negative thing, of course, but it’s something that makes Pokemon different from many other hobbies. I’m assuming this is what c0ll3ct0r means.
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True. In the case of Pokemon I consider it mostly negative.
It’s fascinating how the divisions happen, it doesn’t take many factors to differentiate.
For example, let’s say you’re in a hobby that requires the ability to solder and spray lacquer something. In my part of the world, those factors alone immediately increases the amount of middle-aged, practically-inclined, semi-conservative white men of assimilated or secular denominations living in single home units in middle class rural or high class metropolitan neighborhoods by 99% and decreases every other potential demographic by an identical amount, the sole exception being people who are too young to be in these “groups” yet.
Remove the soldering and leave the spray lacquering in there, and now maybe we’re talking about graffiti or cosplaying instead; the demographics change completely.
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I think ur looking into it too much
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Putting too much emphasis on a certain point? I disagree. Obviously I’m being very generalizing here, it’s just an example, but the overall pattern is there.
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