House card? Think you're in the wrong forum.

Trying to figure out what the heck s/he means.

Unless you are talking about something similar to the house cards in game of thrones for the factions of Netrunner.

It might be interesting to have console shaped acrylic card dealers that can host your identity as well as your stack/R&D. Still I wouldn't know what the purpose behind those are then again I never played Game of Thrones LCG.

Through IM I clarified s/he is looking to buy a set of the acrylic Core Set IDs that were given out to the Top 4 at Worlds 2012.

Good luck.

Through IM I clarified s/he is looking to buy a set of the acrylic Core Set IDs that were given out to the Top 4 at Worlds 2012.

Good luck.

Yup, those limited collector items are pricey and rare. You might have better odds finding the sword from Atari's sword quest.

She's openly asked for several pieces of high end swag and frankly it's very nearly offensive.

People earned theses prizes by beating out the competition. You sit down at a game with a Top 4 ID or a Top 16 Playmat, as far as I'm concerned you're a liar. It's not quite stolen valor, but In the Old Way, only women decorated themselves with ornaments bought with coin. A warrior wore only the jewelry he took off the corpses of enemies slain by his own hand. Paying the iron price, it was called.

I thought i would address some of the points above.

Yes i am after the acrylic top 4 id's and fully understand they will extremely hard to obtain and expensive. I'm in no rush , if i get them then fantastic , if not no worries

It is not at all offensive to buy/ trade these items. I am a frequent player and avid collector of a number of LCG's. It is my hobby that i enjoy and support and will continue to do so. I do not buy items to give the impression that i achieved in a particular tournament but purely because i enjoy the collecting aspect.

People have the choice to sell or not. Some people sell items to fund additional tournaments/ events and appreciate the money they can receive, others hang onto them as a trophy of sorts, it does not concern me eitherway.

Also i would add two final thoughts

1) Grimwalker : You PM'ed me with potentially items for sale and were dissapointed that i was after the acrylic ID's and not the other faction acrylic's. Sorry to dissapoint as alreadty have these but dont you see the irony of stating how 'offensive' it is to buy and yet trying to sell items yourself.

2) I often give away for FREE excess promo items i accumulate to support local tournament organisers/ friends

So to summarise , yes i collect items and yes some of these are hard to come by. If you dont want to sell then dont....simple

I have a friend who's trying to raise money for an overseas move. He asked me to keep an eye out for buyers, so that doesn't enter into it.

Second, when someone on their own initiative wants to sell something, it's their business. It's something else to advertise that you want to buy someone else's prized possession.

Thirdly, it's not a black or white thing. People want to buy the 2x alt art cards like Crypsis or Datasucker, no skin off my nose. Likewise some playmat out of a Game Night Kit, no big deal. Someone wants Regionals swag? That starts to get hinky for me, but what the hell, 2013 was the year of a thousand regionals so the plastic ID cards aren't as rare as they could be. But when we start talking Nationals or Worlds level swag? Now I have a problem, trying to buy something that only a handful of people earned.

And lastly, talking to you kind of galvanized my opinion. You are in the market for a Balerion playmat where only sixteen exist, but you can't even spell DAENERYS. You want to buy Acrylic ID cards that only *four sets* exist of, but you don't even know they're not called "House Card" and getting you to even accurately describe them quickly betrayed that you had no idea what you were even looking for.

That's not a collector who knows the value of things. That's just a poser wanting to pay The Gold Price and not even knowing what they're buying.

Grimwalker : Quite frankly you are pathetic

Suggesting that you have to wait for people to sell on their own initiative is a warped idea. Sometimes by promoting the idea you want to buy something generates an interest and people realise they can get a fair amount of money for the item they have. This is attractive to a lot of people. If yout cant understand this then i guess we will have to agree to disagree.

I also assume it's ok when it is finding as buyer for a 'friend as opposed to yourself..........makes sense !

It IS black and white. I am not holding someone hostage to buy their swag i am mearly expressing an interest which in the majprity of cases will generate zero response. No one is forcing the issue here..

I can spell Daenerys but guess what, the name was already took. I think most people with a level of forward thinking would realise that ...Now you have cemented your position as a joke in my eyes.

Yes i am after a Balerion playmat, so what ?

With regards calling them house cards that was an error. I knew what they were called but rushed my post and in hindsight my first post should have been clearer. The reason i didnt respond sufficiently to your standard in the PM was because i had already started to question your motive and why you were contacting me but you insisted on getting back to me just for the purpose it seems to make an antagonistic post..Bravo

Maybe i am a poser or maybe im not. I will leave others to judge. What im not though is some **** who thinks he is high and mighty and some kind of 'moral guardian' getting in a tizz becausde somebody want to pay good money for some items to those who may appreciate it.......Unless of coarse its for a 'friend'....

Now go back to your hole in the ground, do not PM me again and rest assured if you were selling the crown jewels i would not buy from you out of principle.

You have a nice day now.