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Post by waxtronaut on May 17, 2020 5:22:15 GMT -5
Well it looks like It’s been decided. It’s over guys let’s grab all are shiz and burn it Disco Demolition style! Physical is dead! Long live digital! Next GPKUG Con I expect semi trucks loaded with shiz to do this!  No touching no instant callback when holding an OS card to the taste and smell of the gum. The smile you get from the memories of the hunt of rebuilding your collection as an adult showing your kids. Now Gordon Fuggin Gecko runs the hobby. The thing that brought me back was the look on my 3 year olds face when every time I showed him the proofs then the finals. I get it digital is here but when you think about what has gone digital Most if not all still deliver to the same senses they’ve always use too. Cards have always been sight and tactile you’ve now removed tactile and sight doesn’t translate to feel. Your selling fake nostalgia at this point. If someone wants the feel of pack ripping OS cards start hunting Chrome or Flashback if the price of the original sets are off putting. If people want rare there are plenty of rare items in our hobby that are actually rare not forced rarity to entice people to over purchase for a slight chance of getting something. I look at ebay right now and see digital cards at what could be fair pricing for some time. Then I see the people who I would put in the Holy Shi**er thread if I still did it. When I see a digital image of a 35 year old card selling for more than some of the art sitting on ebay right now from some incredible artists Like David, Mark, Robert and Layron honestly it makes me sick. People would rather buy air than something created from the blood sweat and tears of some of the finest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of dealing with. I hope for the sake of the people diving head first into this they get what they wanted out of it. But real money for crypto GPK seems off. What happens if either company implodes? You got NOTHING. In the world of physical if Topps goes away you still have SOMETHING. Like Steve said spend your money how you see fit and I know there are many of us who would rather have people do this then stay on our “lawn”. But it just reeks of all the other bubbles in the hobby industry that happened. Rex I’m sure your a great guy and your intentions are good trying to turn us senior citizens into hip cats but I have one question for you... DO YOU SSSSSSMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLL...What the Underground is cooking? Ah it’s good to have you back buddy! Guess that’s changing as digital natives come on the scene. Millennials all grew up with computers so I can only see this sort Of thing getting bigger, especially when the digital item entitles you to something in a game or the real world.. E.g if you hold this card get access to the members only area etc. |
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Post by seymourbarf on May 17, 2020 8:54:18 GMT -5
Ah it’s good to have you back buddy! Guess that’s changing as digital natives come on the scene. Millennials all grew up with computers so I can only see this sort Of thing getting bigger, especially when the digital item entitles you to something in a game or the real world.. E.g if you hold this card get access to the members only area etc. I think that hits the nail on the head right there. Digital cards appeal to kids who grew up with the internet and smart phones. Tangible cards might not be as important to them, so I can see these digital cards being right up their alley. However, a lot of the people on this board are older. We collected the cards as kids in the 80s. I think having cards that physically exist, that we can hold and feel, matters to us. I don't begrudge anyone collecting digital, but it is not for me. GPK brings me back to the nostalgia of my youth, and without physical cards it is meaningless. |
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Post by Cory on May 17, 2020 11:25:20 GMT -5
So you get a rare image that is 1 of 50. What can you do with it? Can you sell it or trade it? Is there a community of people that are trading doubles and stuff? Can you list it on ebay, sell it for real money and then just transfer it via blockchain? Yeah thats pretty much exactly how it works. The ledger shows all trades, transfers, etc. Here is an interesting thing. Topps shows all the 5 cards packs as sold out, yet they maintain over half of them. wax.bloks.io/tokens/GPKFIVE-wax-packs.topps?fbclid=IwAR0ISk0jYVhXYuA65xMLvo1ltBPqKd5NU71uaC3i9ivFjIfBwlS5tAYTXTwThat's cool. At least you can do something with them. It could be a decent money maker to start, but I feel interest will wane and these will be pretty much worthless. Right now FOMO is in full effect. I wonder if Topps is going to be strict and stay to a specific inventory. If they start adding, these things are toast. |
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Post by Cory on May 17, 2020 11:32:03 GMT -5
Well it looks like It’s been decided. It’s over guys let’s grab all are shiz and burn it Disco Demolition style! Physical is dead! Long live digital! Next GPKUG Con I expect semi trucks loaded with shiz to do this! No touching no instant callback when holding an OS card to the taste and smell of the gum. The smile you get from the memories of the hunt of rebuilding your collection as an adult showing your kids. Now Gordon Fuggin Gecko runs the hobby. The thing that brought me back was the look on my 3 year olds face when every time I showed him the proofs then the finals. I get it digital is here but when you think about what has gone digital Most if not all still deliver to the same senses they’ve always use too. Cards have always been sight and tactile you’ve now removed tactile and sight doesn’t translate to feel. Your selling fake nostalgia at this point. If someone wants the feel of pack ripping OS cards start hunting Chrome or Flashback if the price of the original sets are off putting. If people want rare there are plenty of rare items in our hobby that are actually rare not forced rarity to entice people to over purchase for a slight chance of getting something. I look at ebay right now and see digital cards at what could be fair pricing for some time. Then I see the people who I would put in the Holy Shi**er thread if I still did it. When I see a digital image of a 35 year old card selling for more than some of the art sitting on ebay right now from some incredible artists Like David, Mark, Robert and Layron honestly it makes me sick. People would rather buy air than something created from the blood sweat and tears of some of the finest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of dealing with. I hope for the sake of the people diving head first into this they get what they wanted out of it. But real money for crypto GPK seems off. What happens if either company implodes? You got NOTHING. In the world of physical if Topps goes away you still have SOMETHING. Like Steve said spend your money how you see fit and I know there are many of us who would rather have people do this then stay on our “lawn”. But it just reeks of all the other bubbles in the hobby industry that happened. Rex I’m sure your a great guy and your intentions are good trying to turn us senior citizens into hip cats but I have one question for you... DO YOU SSSSSSMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLL...What the Underground is cooking? Good s**t. |
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Post by Cory on May 17, 2020 11:37:37 GMT -5
Ah it’s good to have you back buddy! Guess that’s changing as digital natives come on the scene. Millennials all grew up with computers so I can only see this sort Of thing getting bigger, especially when the digital item entitles you to something in a game or the real world.. E.g if you hold this card get access to the members only area etc. Haha, Digital Natives don't give a s**t about GPK. The people most interested in these digital cards are the people trying to profit off of them. I could see Digital Natives getting involved in something like this. It won't be this though. |
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Post by waxtronaut on May 17, 2020 15:01:23 GMT -5
Guess that’s changing as digital natives come on the scene. Millennials all grew up with computers so I can only see this sort Of thing getting bigger, especially when the digital item entitles you to something in a game or the real world.. E.g if you hold this card get access to the members only area etc. Haha, Digital Natives don't give a s**t about GPK. The people most interested in these digital cards are the people trying to profit off of them. I could see Digital Natives getting involved in something like this. It won't be this though. Well I guess I’m in that sweet spot of having had GPK Stickers all over my head board but still being more digitally orientated. To me they’re awesome and Yes keeping them rare and not flooding the market is key. I’m only selling them because I want more tokens from the blockchain platform WAX that they were created on. that was how I got into this. |
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Post by alvin on May 17, 2020 15:44:50 GMT -5
Guess that’s changing as digital natives come on the scene. Millennials all grew up with computers so I can only see this sort Of thing getting bigger, especially when the digital item entitles you to something in a game or the real world.. E.g if you hold this card get access to the members only area etc. Haha, Digital Natives don't give a s**t about GPK. The people most interested in these digital cards are the people trying to profit off of them.I could see Digital Natives getting involved in something like this. It won't be this though. Half of the people who collect cards are in it for the flip. This is nothing new, just a different way of doing it. |
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Post by fowlraoul on May 17, 2020 16:40:47 GMT -5
i must have missed something...how do you look at the cards? on a computer or phone? are they special in some way or is it simply a money grab for 'rarity'.
there are 1000s of blockchains, so the 1/1 adam bomb on the wax blockchain is only 1/1 on the wax blcokchain.
you could just as easily have the 1/1 adam bomb on the ziliqua, trx, or any other number of shitty blockchains.
wax has a 90% chance of failing and likely won't be here in 3 years.
i could be very wrong, but i don't get it. i'd rather have a pack of os3 than the 1/1 adam bomb on "the" blockchain.
if there was a consensus as to which blockchain won, and the adam bomb was 1/1 on that blockchain, then there is something to it imo.
i would be interested to know more about them, but i would not buy a pack/card or whatever they are.
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Post by seymourbarf on May 17, 2020 16:48:10 GMT -5
i must have missed something...how do you look at the cards? on a computer or phone? are they special in some way or is it simply a money grab for 'rarity'. there are 1000s of blockchains, so the 1/1 adam bomb on the wax blockchain is only 1/1 on the wax blcokchain. you could just as easily have the 1/1 adam bomb on the ziliqua, trx, or any other number of shitty blockchains. wax has a 90% chance of failing and likely won't be here in 3 years. i could be very wrong, but i don't get it. i'd rather have a pack of os3 than the 1/1 adam bomb on "the" blockchain. if there was a consensus as to which blockchain won, and the adam bomb was 1/1 on that blockchain, then there is something to it imo. i would be interested to know more about them, but i would not buy a pack/card or whatever they are. You have a much better grasp on it than me, ha ha! I don’t even know what a blockchain is. I’m trying to wrap my head around it, but all I can picture is this:  |
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Post by rexsugarman on May 17, 2020 21:41:05 GMT -5
The profits from flipping these digital GPK on eBay for real money for the past 2 days has funded my physical GPK hobby X10.
Has anyone had any luck selling or trading the free one's from Google Drive?
Seems being authentic and vetted has its benefits for real collectors.
The 3 things this year I'm most excited for are September 23 - 35th Series 2, October 25th - Chrome OS3, and the next digital GPK release because you can be both a real GPK fan and a digital one (to finance your real hobby).
*Special note to you* I'm also a real fan, an actual GPK fan/collector and then you get non-fans posting their eBay links for cash because they just understand blockchain, some actual real questions get asked about how this digital GPK works and the administrators and moderators don't see the BS and seem to suppress those interested in what this thread was built around. It's not a dividing line of us vs them, you can have both like I do. I do smell what the underground is cooking, but I don't smell a Digital GPK Underground Forum with the one's steering this ship.
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Post by caseyroberson on May 18, 2020 7:07:01 GMT -5
"I'm not a shill"
*posts a list of future GPK release dates*
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Post by rexsugarman on May 18, 2020 12:14:53 GMT -5
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Post by seymourbarf on May 18, 2020 12:35:22 GMT -5
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Post by Cory on May 18, 2020 21:06:54 GMT -5
The profits from flipping these digital GPK on eBay for real money for the past 2 days has funded my physical GPK hobby X10. Has anyone had any luck selling or trading the free one's from Google Drive? Seems being authentic and vetted has its benefits for real collectors. The 3 things this year I'm most excited for are September 23 - 35th Series 2, October 25th - Chrome OS3, and the next digital GPK release because you can be both a real GPK fan and a digital one (to finance your real hobby). *Special note to you* I'm also a real fan, an actual GPK fan/collector and then you get non-fans posting their eBay links for cash because they just understand blockchain, some actual real questions get asked about how this digital GPK works and the administrators and moderators don't see the BS and seem to suppress those interested in what this thread was built around. It's not a dividing line of us vs them, you can have both like I do. I do smell what the underground is cooking, but I don't smell a Digital GPK Underground Forum with the one's steering this ship. To be fair, most of us don't buy the physical stuff that Topps offers now either.  |
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Post by obskewratio on May 19, 2020 12:31:35 GMT -5
Brilliant! I can just buy reprints of the 1986 Fleer Jordan and 1952 Mantle. They have the same picture and theyre printed on cardboard. No need to spend thousands and thousands of dollars! I may just print some of the OS1 GPKs in high def so I can enjoy for a fraction of the price.
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Post by rexsugarman on May 19, 2020 15:22:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Sir Seymour of House Barf. That's awesome stats.
Any WAX users experiencing an error message when trading online?
"Error: account has insufficient ram; needs 6135 bytes has 5495 bytes."
Not a big computer guy, what would one do to free up some ram?
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Post by Dxtc0187 on May 19, 2020 17:15:17 GMT -5
Well I reckon they want you to buy RAM from them. Ya’ll can farm ya’lls Wax down at Tegridy Farms or pay cold hard cash. I asked they don’t accept doll hairs seems Topps had had a bit of an issue with doll hair for currency trading in the nineteen hundred and eighties. They will accept your immortal soul or first born child as payment they are really receptive of those. wax.io/blog/what-is-net-cpu-and-ram-on-the-wax-blockchain |
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Post by seymourbarf on May 19, 2020 17:34:12 GMT -5
Well I reckon they want you to buy RAM from them. Ya’ll can farm ya’lls Wax down at Tegridy Farms or pay cold hard cash. I asked they don’t accept doll hairs seems Topps had had a bit of an issue with doll hair for currency trading in the nineteen hundred and eighties. They will accept your immortal soul or first born child as payment they are really receptive of those. wax.io/blog/what-is-net-cpu-and-ram-on-the-wax-blockchainOh, wow. It seems like if you want to trade digital GPK on WAX, you have to buy RAM from them. So this “blockchain” is like one of those online video games that are “free to play” but in actuality charge you for every little thing under the sun. |
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Post by seymourbarf on May 19, 2020 17:36:18 GMT -5
Well I reckon they want you to buy RAM from them. Ya’ll can farm ya’lls Wax down at Tegridy Farms or pay cold hard cash. I asked they don’t accept doll hairs seems Topps had had a bit of an issue with doll hair for currency trading in the nineteen hundred and eighties. They will accept your immortal soul or first born child as payment they are really receptive of those. wax.io/blog/what-is-net-cpu-and-ram-on-the-wax-blockchainOh, wow. It seems like if you want to trade digital GPK on WAX, you have to buy RAM from them. So this “blockchain” is like one of those online video games that are “free to play” but in actuality charge you for every little thing under the sun. Not to mention that you already bought the digital GPK packs. So you end up getting charged out the ass every step you take. If I am understanding this correctly. |
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Post by rexsugarman on May 19, 2020 18:21:37 GMT -5
This was helpful, and ultimately sucks ass.
I found that link, don't really understand and even tried to setup an account to I think by more RAM and failed.
My head just exploded like Adam Bomb.
I can't trade or accept any more cards unless I friken learn more about blockchain (which I can't) and then pay to play.
F-this experiment
Now, what else can I go shill...
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Post by Jimbo on May 19, 2020 19:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by ANSestren on May 19, 2020 22:25:43 GMT -5
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Post by rexsugarman on May 20, 2020 8:58:50 GMT -5
Yup, that's pretty much it (minus the braces). Did make some money for real GPK cards, but now at a standstill/frozen account because of RAM.
Even spent hours last night trying to setup a wallet with every app possible an no success, WTF TOPPS.
Literally giving up, learning curve is way too steep.
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Post by Jimbo on May 20, 2020 16:10:00 GMT -5
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Post by Jimbo on May 20, 2020 16:46:49 GMT -5
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Post by Cory on May 20, 2020 16:55:21 GMT -5
These are great. I'm glad Topps and resellers have given these a reason to come back.  |
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Post by pubestache on May 26, 2020 9:19:25 GMT -5
Files are definitely very exciting. /s
Crap like this is why physical media will always be in demand. And also why the prices for old media whether it's cards, comics, video games, etc.. keep going up.
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Post by rexsugarman on May 29, 2020 11:34:07 GMT -5
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Post by LuCypher on May 29, 2020 11:53:59 GMT -5
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Really cool box. I wish they had the Nasty Nick box too though