what do you like/not like...criticism/complements/suggestions welcome (1 Viewer)
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I don’t know a ton about tourney denoms / spot progression but id like the 10k and 25k to be switched. That pink 8v is a show stopper and should be the star of the show imo (take it with a grain of salt). Excited to see how it turns out!
Silver_Fiend
Flush
I dont like mixing different styles of spots in a set.
OP
OP
agree the 10 K looks great, to be honest don't know if I will even get the 25K chip and if I do it will be minimal
we have about 27 to 30 at the tournament with a 15K starting stack, so the 10 K really is the star at the end
Eloe2000
Straight Flush
I love all of the chips and I don’t care much about spot progressions, but I will say that the 1K sticks out about to me because all of those colors are primary colors while the rest of the chips rely more on non primary shades. I know that a pretty obscure piece of feedback. But I would change the hue/shade of the red green and or blue to something slightly different.
Also I see a lot of blue/purple on your top end.
I like the name the name. It sounds fun.
Have fun with the design process. It's one of my favorite parts. In the long run, remember to do what you like and what makes you happy.
I like the name the name. It sounds fun.
Have fun with the design process. It's one of my favorite parts. In the long run, remember to do what you like and what makes you happy.
OP
OP
the worst thing about this is now I m going to have to get into cut card GB 11 or 12 and order more
The logo is cool. 
slisk250
Straight Flush
Having a 10k chip here is pointless. you want each highr Denom to be 4x or 5x more for efficiency. The 500 to 1 k jump is 2x because most folks don’t want a 2k chip in the lineup.
judgeanjury
Flush
Love the name and the designs are spot on.
The only critique is for some reason the 500 rubs me the wrong way. Can't put my finger on it. But in the end if I was playing I would be staring at all the great designs and wouldn't even think about it.
The only critique is for some reason the 500 rubs me the wrong way. Can't put my finger on it. But in the end if I was playing I would be staring at all the great designs and wouldn't even think about it.
LinkyBabe
Flush
- That's a lot of blue in your lineup
- Three of your chips have a tri spot pattern (500, 1K and 25K)... seems unbalanced.
- Having two chips that go up in value by 2x seems wasteful.... either ditch the 10K or ditch the 1K, 5K & 25K and introduce a 2K chip.
tabletalker7
Full House
The good - love the label/inlay. Simple, effective, easy to read the denom, and overall pleasant to look at. Too busy an inlay and it becomes hard to read the denom, bit you did real good with yours.
The bad - edge spots. I know this may be a matter of opinion, bit I prefer it when the smallest denom has the simplest edge spots (or none at all) and it progressively gets busier as value increases, until you hit your top value chip with the most busy edge spot pattern. You seemed to just go nuts with your edge spots with no rhyme or reason. A good set to me also has good "edge spot progression", but this seems to be all over the place.
Overall this is a pretty good start. Nothing game breaking here, just needs cleaned up some.
The bad - edge spots. I know this may be a matter of opinion, bit I prefer it when the smallest denom has the simplest edge spots (or none at all) and it progressively gets busier as value increases, until you hit your top value chip with the most busy edge spot pattern. You seemed to just go nuts with your edge spots with no rhyme or reason. A good set to me also has good "edge spot progression", but this seems to be all over the place.
Overall this is a pretty good start. Nothing game breaking here, just needs cleaned up some.
ekricket
Royal Flush
Do you have two different labels, one for each side or are you still evaluating?
Looks like you love blue but hate red.
The spots are crazy, looks like your making a bunch of singles for other sets but you combined them into one set for convenient ordering or something.
Looks like you love blue but hate red.
The spots are crazy, looks like your making a bunch of singles for other sets but you combined them into one set for convenient ordering or something.
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
I'm 100% against spot progression. It is the most inane concept on this forum.
Put your favorite spots on your workhorse chips.
Imagine telling your players, "If you think the T5000 is good, wait until you see the T25,000. Unfortunately we wont be using the T25,000 tonight, or in the next year or two, until the group gets bigger and I build an extra table, and it wont hit the tables even them until 66% of the players are gone, but the guys on the forum think that is the best."
Spot progression is for photographs and sample sets. Not for play. Hell, even with multiple denominations on the table, you won't see them all, so why bother?
That said here's some thoughts to chew on.
Put your favorite spots on your workhorse chips.
Imagine telling your players, "If you think the T5000 is good, wait until you see the T25,000. Unfortunately we wont be using the T25,000 tonight, or in the next year or two, until the group gets bigger and I build an extra table, and it wont hit the tables even them until 66% of the players are gone, but the guys on the forum think that is the best."
Spot progression is for photographs and sample sets. Not for play. Hell, even with multiple denominations on the table, you won't see them all, so why bother?
That said here's some thoughts to chew on.
- As mentioned, you won't need T10,000s.
- After you color up the T100s, the set becomes very pastel, until the T25,000s come out, which you admit is more of a "safety feature" than a commonly used chip.
- I'm not a fan of non-standard colors. My preference would be a Purple T500 (fixing the all-pastel issue) and going with a different, but still darker color for the T25,000 - but that is personal preference for the sake of avoiding confusion.
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ekricket
Royal Flush
The second inane concept on the forum is “standard” or “Cali” colors.
It’s a custom set.
For your custom set for your game choose the colors you want. If you want a pink and purple chip in play most of the time make your workhorse chip pink and purple.
Silver_Fiend
Flush
I would disagree. When the majority of casino sets use a standard color base for denominations, it can be confusing for players to transition to your personal random color choices.
OP
OP
This is why I love this site, I like honest feedback, I like everyone's option, I will be listening to everyone and making tweaks here and there
1. I have 2 logos, just evaluating at this time, liking the larger one right now
2. chips colors, I will not be using standard colors, not saying I won't tweak a chip, or even end up a red chip, or at least more chips with some red in in
3. denominations, I know it is not standard, but these are the denominations that work for my tournament...i run a bar game ans right now use cheap Monte Carlo chips, and these denominations have worked for our 20 to 30 man game so far, the best part of these chips, the cost, so if i need to add another denom or 2 or 3 is I can afford it
please keep the thoughts coming as this is still my first draft of the chips
thanks
and GOD BLESS TEXAS
1. I have 2 logos, just evaluating at this time, liking the larger one right now
2. chips colors, I will not be using standard colors, not saying I won't tweak a chip, or even end up a red chip, or at least more chips with some red in in
3. denominations, I know it is not standard, but these are the denominations that work for my tournament...i run a bar game ans right now use cheap Monte Carlo chips, and these denominations have worked for our 20 to 30 man game so far, the best part of these chips, the cost, so if i need to add another denom or 2 or 3 is I can afford it
please keep the thoughts coming as this is still my first draft of the chips
thanks
and GOD BLESS TEXAS
ekricket
Royal Flush
Pretty sure that if you can handle gambling in a casino you can handle different chip colors in a home game. People play with dice chips with no denominations and use the colors for all kinds of denominations, even with color blind people.
If your players are that easily confused then I feel really bad for your game.
LinkyBabe
Flush
I can't speak for your game but in the home tourney games I've played in very few have ever played poker in a casino (including myself) and even fewer have played in tournaments and wouldn't even know what the "standard" colours are anyway. I don't think it's safe to assume everyone knows this info when the majority of home poker players use dice chips and those sets aren't geared for tourney colours/breakdowns.
slisk250
Straight Flush
Yes be creative but if the 1s are blue and the 5s are yellow, the zip code starts with a 9.
ekricket
Royal Flush
Lol, yellow isn’t even a color in “standard”dice chip colors
ekricket
Royal Flush
I’ve played in a CASINO with only three colors for a tournament. Green for 25, blue for 100, red for 500. Then, after the first break when all of the greens are colored up, they became the 1000’s at the second colorup. This is a casino mind you, not a home game.
I vote large star logo
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
All 43mm - because everything is bigger in Texas.
ChipEnvy
Full House
It’s not too often I say this with chips but.... I don’t understand what this means, can you let me know?
RadicusScout
Flush
This is a cool set! I love the design for this.
My initial feedback is that I, personally, like a uniform inlay. I like the inlay design on your 25, 500, 10K. The circular design around the star just 'works' for me. I also think your denomination font may be a bit too blocky. It's weird - I think the 0 is the biggest offender but it's the same design as your O so it should feel cohesive. I'm probably going crazy but it looks too angular for me.
I'm excited to see this come to life!
My initial feedback is that I, personally, like a uniform inlay. I like the inlay design on your 25, 500, 10K. The circular design around the star just 'works' for me. I also think your denomination font may be a bit too blocky. It's weird - I think the 0 is the biggest offender but it's the same design as your O so it should feel cohesive. I'm probably going crazy but it looks too angular for me.
I'm excited to see this come to life!
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Many wouldn't know - they are not the ones that quickly calculate stacks with a brief glance.
Players that are familiar with standard colors will be prone to calculating errors, or they will have to spend more time looking at an opponent's stack to know what color is what. A player that doesn't have color-up chips will have to ask an opponent "what are the Pink chips?", perhaps multiple times. Only players familiar with the colors will instinctively know what each chip is worth.
Making a set with custom colors may be fun, but you are also giving yourself an unfair advantage by knowing when a unfamiliar player is calculating effective stacks, thus indicating they have a strong enough hand that they may be willing to go all-in. I wonder if there is a term for "doing something to give yourself an unfair advantage"?
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