The Broken Shields of Berzerk Island
- Gunnar
Dream coming true!
Some of you know me personally and other's don´t and some just want to see photos of chips. I joined PCF January 2016 when I was looking at CPC sets and here we are with a dream coming true! Take in mind that when I joined the best looking poker chips in Iceland were Ceramic chips that I created and when I joined the forum I thought that was top of the line mostly and everything more than 1$ per chip for outright nuts and you all needed help...
How I got to the place where I could buy my dream set that I started thinking about 7 years ago is a long story but I never gave up on the goal to own a CPC set, I was not sure in the beginning but after my first meetup @k9dr in Florida where I handled the two Hall of fame sets I was hooked. The people I met were even nicer than the chips! And later that year I had some awesome members come to my own meetup in Iceland.
Shortly after that I stopped playing and chipping we all have some rough patches but when I got to a better place the dream was still there and my old mockups waiting for me as all my friends!
The Origin
Rebuilding a club and designing everything over again is challenging and fun! I come from Iceland and I always liked vikings and with that theme in mind I stuck with my orginal club name Berzerk Island but a new logo was made
- Gunnar
Dream coming true!
Some of you know me personally and other's don´t and some just want to see photos of chips. I joined PCF January 2016 when I was looking at CPC sets and here we are with a dream coming true! Take in mind that when I joined the best looking poker chips in Iceland were Ceramic chips that I created and when I joined the forum I thought that was top of the line mostly and everything more than 1$ per chip for outright nuts and you all needed help...
How I got to the place where I could buy my dream set that I started thinking about 7 years ago is a long story but I never gave up on the goal to own a CPC set, I was not sure in the beginning but after my first meetup @k9dr in Florida where I handled the two Hall of fame sets I was hooked. The people I met were even nicer than the chips! And later that year I had some awesome members come to my own meetup in Iceland.
Shortly after that I stopped playing and chipping we all have some rough patches but when I got to a better place the dream was still there and my old mockups waiting for me as all my friends!
The Origin
Rebuilding a club and designing everything over again is challenging and fun! I come from Iceland and I always liked vikings and with that theme in mind I stuck with my orginal club name Berzerk Island but a new logo was made
The Broken Shields
Berzerk Island was a great name for the club but it did still not fit the vision in my head for the tournament set I wanted to create. You see I have unpopular opinion that the best levels of a tournament are the ones that the stakes are so low it "does not matter". That is what I call the information stage or the bashing of Shields. In old vikings battles everyone had shields and in the beginning of the fight you would often hit the shield of your enemy, not to hurt them but to scare them, figure out strength, find weaknesses and play mind games. That is the stage I love.
Keep in mind that shield bashing does not last forever shields brake and when the battle goes on things can get a little bit crazy. But bigger battles are often won on patience rather than just crazyness.
So with that in mind the them Broken Shields came to life!
Designing the chips
I wanted my chips to match my theme
Vintage - Classic - Not Crazy - Patient
I also had personal preference.
- I would like to reserve shaped inlays for a future cash set
- I like red tables so no red chip
- I wanted the chips to remind me of a shield
- I picked a mold based on feel and look
- Spot pattern came to me one night and might hurt those who have OCD
And there it was, born and beautyful with only 104 emails to David at CPC ( Sorry I love you and you know that)
With the one spot a different color to simulate a breakdown or a weakness in the shield. No bright pink nor bright white, I made an exemption from otherwise not to crazy color choices on the 25k and 100k as they should make noise when the enter the battlefield.
But wait there is more
I wanted to create a Winner chip to give to those who win bigger shield events, I also wanted to create Meetup chips for my future meetups in 2025 and 2027. One summer event and one winter event. And Then I got the madness Idea to create a luck chip with my name on it. Notice how "Iceland" is stronger on the memory chips.
Here are some photos from the unboxing process and oiling. I then oiled barrel of each chip to take some photos to share with you that I will post in next comment. When I have oiled and cleaned them all I will take proper photos.
This set was designed and created by me with a lot of help of this amazing community! Feel free to ask as you like about process or anything! If you find your self in Iceland I'm always open for a chat!
Berzerk Island was a great name for the club but it did still not fit the vision in my head for the tournament set I wanted to create. You see I have unpopular opinion that the best levels of a tournament are the ones that the stakes are so low it "does not matter". That is what I call the information stage or the bashing of Shields. In old vikings battles everyone had shields and in the beginning of the fight you would often hit the shield of your enemy, not to hurt them but to scare them, figure out strength, find weaknesses and play mind games. That is the stage I love.
Keep in mind that shield bashing does not last forever shields brake and when the battle goes on things can get a little bit crazy. But bigger battles are often won on patience rather than just crazyness.
So with that in mind the them Broken Shields came to life!
Designing the chips
I wanted my chips to match my theme
Vintage - Classic - Not Crazy - Patient
I also had personal preference.
- I would like to reserve shaped inlays for a future cash set
- I like red tables so no red chip
- I wanted the chips to remind me of a shield
- I picked a mold based on feel and look
- Spot pattern came to me one night and might hurt those who have OCD
And there it was, born and beautyful with only 104 emails to David at CPC ( Sorry I love you and you know that)
With the one spot a different color to simulate a breakdown or a weakness in the shield. No bright pink nor bright white, I made an exemption from otherwise not to crazy color choices on the 25k and 100k as they should make noise when the enter the battlefield.
But wait there is more
I wanted to create a Winner chip to give to those who win bigger shield events, I also wanted to create Meetup chips for my future meetups in 2025 and 2027. One summer event and one winter event. And Then I got the madness Idea to create a luck chip with my name on it. Notice how "Iceland" is stronger on the memory chips.
Here are some photos from the unboxing process and oiling. I then oiled barrel of each chip to take some photos to share with you that I will post in next comment. When I have oiled and cleaned them all I will take proper photos.
This set was designed and created by me with a lot of help of this amazing community! Feel free to ask as you like about process or anything! If you find your self in Iceland I'm always open for a chat!
