2016 Decks of the Year Contest - THE WINNERS!

[montecarlojoe]

Voting is now open - voting closes midnight on Feb 18th.

Good luck everyone!

[Mike Ratledge]

Voting is now open - voting closes midnight on Feb 18th.

Good luck everyone!

As before, I won't be confirming each vote that I receive, only punting them into my secondary Inbox folder named "2016DechOfTheYear". I don't vote, so I do go through them looking for anything that might require us to DQ your vote(s) for one or more category, and notify you if I see something.

So far I have received four votes as of 4PM EST /NYC time.

[montecarlojoe]

I will acknowledge your entry though so you know its been counted. Mike is my second pair of eyes (and frankly more knowledgeable than me)!

[NoirArts]

Hi guys,
if it is not too late I want to add 3 prizes from NoirArts:
1 - mixed half brick of our decks (worldwide shipping included)
2 - Branle Tesoro deck (worldwide shipping included)
3 - Defunctorum coins (worldwide shipping included)

Thanx for such great contest.

Best regards,
Roman

[montecarlojoe]

Sweeeeeeet!

[NoirArts]

Thank you Joe for adding our decks to "Prize section". Want to note that Memento Mori Collection decks and were produced and delivered in 2016 also, I think that they clarifies to the list of 2016 decks. Could you add them to this list please?..
Thanx

[Thirdway Industries]

Hello guys, sorry for the late

I missed this thread completely, too many SINS.

I'm still in time for donate some Thirdway Industries decks ?

[montecarlojoe]

There's always time!

[Thirdway Industries]

You have a PM

[montecarlojoe]

After a little discussion and the back rooms we have decided to extend the vote deadline until Mardi-Gras (February 28).

It was also pointed out that some may want to participate, but feel conflicted about winning prizes - if you feel like that describes you, please do join in but let me know with your votes that you'd prefer to opt out of the competition side of things.

So a little more time to think and research - best of luck everyone!

[rousselle]

I needed the extra time. Very busy at work this past week, and the pressure won't let up until Sunday.

[rousselle]

Two decks that shipped in December that should have been mentioned in the lists of "Decks that qualify as 2016 releases":

Denim deck by CPC
PlayingColor: the World's First Coloring Playing cards by PlayingColor

FWIW.

[montecarlojoe]

Just two days to go to get your votes on to decide the best decks of 2016!

There has been a wide range of decks nominated this year so your vote could still decide a winner...

[Cbkimble]

Last day to get in votes everyone. The more votes there are, the more accurate the results. Thank you.

[Stepchild]

I will acknowledge your entry though so you know its been counted. Mike is my second pair of eyes (and frankly more knowledgeable than me)!

I did not see an acknowledgement -- Is that still happening, or delayed?


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[ecNate]

I couldn't confirm the process to enter in the earlier posts, we just PM montecarlojoe & Mike Ratledge?

[montecarlojoe]

Stepchild - wait a mo - I've seen it but I only just got home!

ecNate - yup!

[montecarlojoe]

And voting is over!

I'll need a little while to clear up any queries (so if we are still PMing dont worry - your vote counts) and double check entries and so on.

I should be able to publish the results by the end of the week - so stay tuned!

[rousselle]

Now that votes are closed, I'll make a couple quick observations:

DAMN this was a difficult year for voting. Far, far too many very, very deserving decks in most categories. 2016 was an amazing year for custom cards.

Also, I'm not sure (and I don't feel like looking it up just now), but I think this may be the first year that I chose an overall best deck that I didn't actually pick as the top winner in any specific category (even though it was a very close call in several categories). Absolutely a case here of the whole being so much greater than just the sum of its parts.

Looking forward to seeing the results, but yeah... this was a great year for playing cards.

Cheers!

[Stepchild]

100% agreed. So many categories were almost coin-flip close for me. Deciding at another moment, I might've put my current 2nd choices in any number of top slots.

My overall deck winner was "a close second" to me in several categories and I only actually gave it top marks for two -- well, only two of the categories that deal with actual characteristics of the decks...

[montecarlojoe]

I can tell you that over 100 different decks were named in voting, and most categories have more than one deck in 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Some very close calls...

[sms69x]

Also, I'm not sure (and I don't feel like looking it up just now), but I think this may be the first year that I chose an overall best deck that I didn't actually pick as the top winner in any specific category (even though it was a very close call in several categories). Absolutely a case here of the whole being so much greater than just the sum of its parts.

Same thing here!

[montecarlojoe]

The results are in and published at the start of the topic

All winning decks and tops scoring votes can be found here.
(Also published is the Spreadsheet used to calculate the winners - if you have trouble viewing it and would like your individual points breakdown please PM me.

In one or two cases where decks like Anubs / Osiris were nominated together by the majority, I gave you credit if you nominated a particular deck or colour variant. It was fairer to entrants and the projects in terms of maximising your points (but really had no impact on the overall results).

The Non-Poker deck proved to be a confusing category, and there were quite a few DQs there - but the spread of noiminated decks was so wide in those disqualifications that even if they were included it wouldn't have changed the results or points - so don't feel bad if you found that hard to pick!

As with previous years - first place picks their prize first and so on down the list - so HFMJ you are up!
Post here which prize you would like and I'll mark you next to that prize tier. Once you have chosen pm the person donating the prize to arrange shipping!



(NB where points are equal the person who submitted their entry first prioritised)

[Azid]

The results are quite surprising for me

I thought that Cocktail Hour would make it easy to get in the top 3 of the "Best Rookie Deck"
Also surprising that "Cardistry Heros" or "Cardistry Ninjas" by De'Vo (Worldcardexperts) didn't make it in the Top 3 of
"Best Deck for Fanning" or "Best Deck for Flourishing"

Congrats to all winners (creators & all members who voted)

Edit: aswell for "Best Tuck" the "ICONS Signature Edition" made of Black Leather with gold foil

[Cbkimble]

I did much better than I thought I would. Congratulations to all the winners.

Quick question: what was considered non-poker.

Also for next year, maybe we could add best tarot deck to the categories. So many are being produced nowadays.

[montecarlojoe]

If it wasn't your standard 52+j then it basically counted.

[Räpylätassu]

Lol HFMJ won also the LUXX giveaway by JP Playing Cards a while back.

Guy has mad skillz.

Edit: Congratulations to all the winners! Anyone else suprised that the Sisterhood of Blood wasn't in the TOP 3 best backs? I really had to thought between that and the Icons Imperial, it was so close.

[cherrynukacola]

Wow, a tie! Grats to all the winning decks and commiserations to all the worthy decks that didn't make it!

[Calypso]

Ouch. Used the wrong Omnia project name for a bunch of categories and missed a ton of points. That's what I get for making my picks at 2:00 in the morning.

Congrats to all the winners.

Edit: 19 points missed. Kinda stings. Damn you, Giovanni, and all your awesome decks.

[montecarlojoe]

Can't blame you for going for Dedalo - they were great decks!