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@supernova - That might be a good idea.
Looks like that EPCC new decks (the ones they are producing with Jackson) looks awesome and delivered relatively fast.

+1 for both reprinted with USPCC

Thirdway Industries wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:05 am @supernova - That might be a good idea.
Looks like that EPCC new decks (the ones they are producing with Jackson) looks awesome and delivered relatively fast.

I’m thinking how nice a foiled version of the evil deck will look

I would be in for a brick.

@brownsl - wow thank you. Supporting with brick would help a lot

@supernova - I never thought about a foiled Evil Deck hehe - however, probably I would prefer use foil on a more intricate design.

There are good vibes about this project, so I should evaluate to prioritize it. I may have a slot for a "self-funded" project for late fall/winter... it may be this one.
Not a promise since those times are crazy, I am waiting that our beloved factories will complete Apocalisse and Italia Divina for unleash a lot of new stuff already

I have just published a survey for Patreon - if you are interested in it - even if you're not currently a Patron-, here is the link > https://forms.gle/XaJqVMKEriHHikN47

If you are not a Patron, please identify yourself as "non-Patron" in the first question (survey is anonymous).
There will be another "general" survey in December, as usual.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Survey = done and done.

Pantheon 2 still on track to be fulfilled by the end of the month, Gio?

@portcullis - I really hope so - Pantheon had a monster delay caused by gilding of Pantheon Caelum, I am pushing for ship before Black Friday. Fingers crossed!

Post no.69 in this thread - nice!

For the love of the gods - fix your store Gio! I was going to browse it. I left after waiting for two minutes, just to see the main page loaded at 50%...

Pretty much snap loading for me, might be a local issue to you?

Would be strange, everything else works fine and loads as usual.

Sometimes can be a caching issue depending on your location, his server location and CMS.

Loads super slow for me too, just stuck on this for 2min. After that, pages load quickly

It loads okay for me but it could be better: Lighthouse (under Google Chrome developer tools) reports a performance score of 81% for desktop and 42% for mobile.

Keeping such an image-heavy site running at a high performance takes a hell of a lot of work.

Timmargh wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:31 am42% for mobile.

I was working on the website today (uploading a lot of images of Tales and Egoism) - maybe this affected the performances.
Unfortunately I am not sure about how to fix this "properly" - I am not very good at the "technology" part.
I will try to find a solution (or hire a programmer haha) - Thanks for the heads up!

Just throwing in my $0.02 here Gio, your website's always been ridiculously slow for me. A 'proper' fix would be great to see.

It used to be completely unusable for me until the latest update Gio did and then it was working fine lol still works well for me now just a little slow

Having a quick look the biggest issue looks to be image file size and loading; for example the biggest image, a Delirium tuck box PNG, is 1.4MB and is 1024x1024 but is displayed as a thumbnail of much smaller dimensions. Also, a huge help would be "lazy loading" - there should be a Wordpress plugin for it.

There are plenty of other suggestions from Google Lighthouse that can save time and server bills, I know because I'm forever checking my sites for similar issues, but this probably isn't the best place to discuss them.

You have my email address, Gio; feel free to get in touch if I can be assistance.

Thank you Tim - those hints are very useful --- I am planning to remove or reduce some images to make the website quicker.
When I am ready to start, I may write you

C’mon Gio push that launch button, some of us wanna go to sleep!

I'm having a *small* Black Friday sale on TWI website > https://www.thirdwayindustries.com/black-week-2021/

the usual "consumerism storm" with several deals, mystery bricks, ultra bundles and also a little freebie.

Gio has a new page on his website with Patreon info, check it out

https://www.thirdwayindustries.com/patreon/

An ugly pic of the 2023 Patreon Rewards

It looks great to me, especially when you compare it to what I can manage. I just picked up my fifth Pink Heaven and Black Blood decks. What was nice was that my Black Blood was 101, which is way cool

Thanks for a great 2023 Gio.

Bradius wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:21 pm It looks great to me, especially when you compare it to what I can manage. I just picked up my fifth Pink Heaven and Black Blood decks. What was nice was that my Black Blood was 101, which is way cool


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Thanks for a great 2023 Gio.

5 of each , wow do you play a lot of cards or do you use them for something else?

CCwonder wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:10 pm do you use them

I wasn’t familiar with the term, don’t think that Bradius is either - I looked it up to help those in the same boat…

Thank you for being of great use. You're the boat Happy holidays to you and your family

Use and consume in a very broad term. Squirrels like to hoard and store things up. Maybe there will be a vast solar flare that will throw us back into the stone age. Then I will be able to enjoy many card games with some amazing decks of cards...it could happen.

Since Gio is now offering a Dragonslayer Option, I decided to combine my two Patreon accounts into one account (my second Patreon account by happenstance, but oh well). 4x and a bit of a discount. Paying for that one year at a time though is a big hit. At least I don't have to deal with it for another year.

Addition: Just to let folks know, the sword tier I dropped was actually a early sword membership, which is actually $5 per month less than the normal one. I don't know if it is still available, but if interested, you might check to see if it is still out there and save a little money on a sword tier.