Dank Meme Trading Cards

>>50783416

There are only trace dank deposits in your pic OP. Dig deeper, and eventually, you'll hit worthwhile dank reserves.

>>50783416
Fuck no, memes are for people who can't think of an opinion themselves.

>>50783482
This isn't my product, I only pulled an image off of the internet as an example. Right now, the cards I made are mostly in their beta phase. Rough around the edges, very minimalist, and I'd be embarrassed to show those on this thread.

>>50783416
This product isn't likely to do well because by the time your meme cards are shipped out, many of the references they make are likely to have died.

Aside from that, there are many people who'd be attracted to the game purely because it's about 'memes', but there are also a lot of people who would avoid it for that reason.


This isn't even touching the likely legal issues you might find yourself if you start profiting off of what are, explicitly, other people's IP's.
Lastly, you're going to like like a fucking idiot when you present this to the class, but, I somehow don't think that's an issue.


Better question, can you get the numbers from other card games to prove to your professor that collectible card games are still a valid market for games that aren't YGO, MTG, or Pokemon? If not, you will fail.

>>50783491
>people who can't think of an opinion themselves
>the entire American public
If anything that works in my favor, anon. Sell to a mindless crowd of people who'll buy into the latest fads and trends.
>>50783535
Yes, its a very niche market, making it easily accessible for a startup company like my own. If anything, I was hoping to turn it into a "Cards Against Humanity" type situation. A funny card game that doesn't take itself too seriously, but still offers plenty of fun to be had. The point of the references being dead actually strikes up a very good point I forgot to mention in my summary.
Many trading card games have specific tournaments, like how Pokemon had XY, then it moved onto Breakpoint, etc. I was planning something like this strategy, which will keep a steady influx of "fresh" memes on the market. Adding cards mid-tournament is also a strategy I've considered, but it seems a little risky.
Memes from old tournaments that have become practically ingrained into society, ones that are easily iconic and memorable, become God Teir in their respective tournaments, and retain their value in later tournaments. The others, however, will become the lowest teir of Meme trading card, Stale. These cards can't be used in professional tournaments, but house rules may permit the use of them.
Legal issues remain a very huge problem, which I still have no idea how to get around.
>most of my class are dank memers so they're cool with it, only a few chads here and there

>>50783535
>>50783637
Op here, as an addition to my comment, would a Fair Use claim work for the meme trading cards? After all, it mostly falls under parody, and is only using the image of the original IP to make a joke out of. If not, I could always pay a royalty fee, but that would suck. I'm hoping this falls under Fair Use.

>>50783797
If you imitated memes instead of ripping them off as is, you'd be clear under fair use. There's even precedent for this, I think.

If you use other people's IP without permission to advertise your product or in the product you will be fucked.

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Yugioh thread? Yugioh thread.

>>50783416
memes shouldn't be commercialized. they are for the people, to brighten dark nights and bring solace to this cruel existence

basically kys

>>50783797
>If I make money off other people's ideas, is it fair use?
Have you not been paying attention in class all year?

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>>50783797
OP, you should probably learn that fair use is specifically designed to stop people wholesale ripping off content for commercial gain.

Did you sleep through the whole semester or what

Also your meme card idea is horrible.

>>50783637
Becoming the arbitrator of what is and isn't stale isn't a great idea but that's fine, you just need to pass a project.

The bigger issue is use of IP. At some point you're going to hit a legal obstacle, will a niche card game startup really have the capital needed to fight a class action lawsuit? Your professor will almost certainly ask about how you're going to handle IP.


And do you actually have the numbers to suggest that collectible card games, aside from the big three, are viable? Cards Against Humanity isn't a CCG, it's an LCG. LCG's, based on anecdotal evidence, are doing fairly well right now.

>>50785720
just let it die anon

>>50783416
Wait, it's fucking December 20th, finals should be over. You're not a college student at all, are you?