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'F*ck You Playing Cards' - A guy and his backers are scammed $6,829... but something rare happens!
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Where to begin? Let's first discuss what is F*ck You Playing Cards?
F*ck You Playing Cards
A project made by Omar and 'friends' (Dennis/Hanson Chien) who helped him get his project on Kickstarter.
"OP: I personally found this project on KICKSCAMMED which is a site for people to write about KS that failed to deliver/scammed backers. It's always a good read... but this one in particular caught my eye." So obviously it's important to publicly disclose that I'm not a backer of this project, and simply found this story interesting enough to write about it for MMORPG.com.
The below image should get you revved up to read more... The post on KICKSCAMMED is by Dennis Kim himself.
Dennis Kim released a video discussing the situation
Dennis
in the video: "Now in hindsight I understand the stupidity of wanting
to help him out. But like I said before he was a good friend, he was
supportive, he was hard working, he just wanted to support his next
semester of college. And so I'm at a loss, and so all 148 backers are at
a loss."
Yikes... but read on! This story has a RARE ending.
This is the story of
Dennis Kim... who walked into a scam trap along with the backers after
his friend took the money, and ran... what is Dennis suppose to do now!?
His bank account is linked to the Kickstarter, and he has direct access
to the main account. He cannot sit and do nothing, that's for sure!
What is F*ck You Playing Cards?
F*ck You Deck features a funny custom made back design of the middle finger, with a high quality printing.
- Printed By Hanson Chien Production Co. (HCPC)
- Magic Finish
- Thin Borders
- Custom Back Design
- Standard Faces and Court Cards Design
So... It's a set of playing cards with a 'interesting' design. Pretty basic stuff.
The Design
The main Idea behind the design was to incorporate it with magic to deal with hecklers or as a prank, But i realized that it can be also perfect for Cardistry because of its minimal design, and its scribbled shaped background.
Back Design
The back design got a minimal look which is perfect for both Magic and Cardistry. It's very funny and stylish!
A few months pass landing on January 8th, 2018 with an update informing backers that the prototype for the card was created with some minor setbacks (a promising update)
One month later on February 5th, 2018 all hell breaks loose with 3 new 'backer only' updates which the public learns more about in the 4th public post below.
February 7th a public post is made... apparently Omar told Dennis that he refunded $2800 back to backers.
Backers respond
February 13th, 14th, 19th (One week later) another barrage of backer only posts
Dennis apparently created the Kickstarter for Omar since he linked his bank account to it. Backers started to put in disputes and Dennis told them to stop since it started to affect him. The above posts may be locked but this public post sheds light on what might be mentioned in the above backer only posts.
February 20th - A new public post appears which has Dennis listing what he plans to do: TL:DR - He mentions that it may be his final update on Kickstarter because he plans to start a project of his own. Crowdfunding to return the money back to those who were scammed. It also sheds light on what Omar did with the money.
Backers respond to his idea on how to get their money back...
February 21st - another new public post that says the cards are being made.
Backers respond positively to this news.
April 6th - a final blog post public post 2 months later confirming that the cards are coming.
Backers respond with positivity in the public comments section
The Kickstarter page was updated with a new image and information
So there you have it! Dennis Kim walked into a scam trap along with the backers; and while he probably took a hit from his own pocket. The backers got the cards they pledged for! All thanks to Dennis's efforts to turn this negative experience around. Dennis (In my opinion) deserves kudo's for his efforts; and also deserves to have his story heard (which is why I took the time to post the events here on MMORPG.com)
Dennis Kim handled this entire 'stressful' situation that he fell into with grace and earned himself a new follower in the process.
Dennis Kim is an aspiring Magician and you can check out Dennis Kim's website at:
https://www.thecloseupartist.com/
YouTube of Dennis showing some of his magician tricks:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DennisKmagic/
Comments
"He then told me a change of plans and to send him the payments directly."
Which is DING! DING! DING! an obvious clue that you're about to get screwed. All the following string alongs are moot. He walked backwards into it all the while spreading his cheeks.
I really don't wanna hear any .. excuses such as "...but they wanted to help bring the project to life , man!!!" .
Idiocracy at his finest here and again, well deserved.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
Unless, of course, you want to help my Nigerian prince friend. Then by all means give me your bank account info so I can deposit some funds in it for you.......
The tl;dr is:
After the scam happened people were pushing for chargebacks and the "owner" came up with dubious stories that he was scammed and that it felt unfair if he had to pay them back.
This story turned out to be true because in the end he and another guy shipped out the cards the KS was meant for.
So no one was scammed except for the guy in charge.
I read everything and his messages were the saddest to read. When you realise you were trying to help and end up being scammed yourself. He should not have sent the money like that or linked his account.
If anything, this story actually really showed just how much of a risk KS projects are in terms of scams.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
That was the point when everything should have stopped.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My intentions of the thread aren't to make Dennis Kim look or feel bad. I just wanted to share his story with the wider community (In the video he deleted; he requested for the story to be spread around as much as possible) and posted to KICKSCAMMED for all the public to read with deeper details. He likely found the thread and isn't liking the criticism's/opinions on how he should've handled things at a certain point; and other things mentioned in the thread.
Welcome to MMORPG. Haha.
Regardless of all of the above from the beloved MMORPG.com community (and myself).On a final end note; he managed to deliver all the rewards to his backers and successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign under his belt. His name rises in a positive light (regardless of the above and outside criticisms/opinions) while Omar's plummets to a bottomless pit.
Thanks for reading!
Like you though I was surprised. . mostly by the "I linked my account . " since he was in Lebanon part.
Wa min God! Se æx on min heafod is!
... I mean... that’s kind of like naming your Kickstarter Greedmonger...
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