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Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by city41 »

JonLim wrote: post #64
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

As this is a rather one-sided story, I'm inclined to disagree based on my experience with them. Me and a buddy of mine are really big CAH fans, and we had been playing on a set of cards that he printed and cut at that point. We had also been meaning to start a project together, so to test the waters, we started working on a digital version of CAH that would be open sourced and could be freely enjoyed by everyone. I m…

Some people do take any rejection, even fully polite and sincere rejection, as rude because rejection is not fun to receive.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by thoughtcriminal »

city41 wrote: post #81
JonLim wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As this is a rather one-sided story, I'm inclined to disagree based on my experience with them. Me and a buddy of mine are really big CAH fans, and we had been playing on a set of cards that he printed and cut at that point. We had also been meaning to start a project together, so to test the waters, we started working on a digital version of CAH that would be open sourced and could be freely enjoyed by everyone. I m…

Some people do take any rejection, even fully polite and sincere rejection, as rude because rejection is not fun to receive.

Unless you're playing Rejection Therapy: http://rejectiontherapy.com

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by cavilling_elite »

mdisraeli wrote: post #75

I was first introduced to this as Thousand White Cards Against Humanity, wherein instead of drawing from the deck or playing a card, you could take a blank and write in a new card. Compared to that, the boxed version just seems crass and unimaginative. On the other hand, I'm normally the one to introduce groups to Apples To Apples. Those who claim this more tame version of the concept isn't fun are missing the real j…

Please explain the second way to play! I am completely missing this! Is it in the ruleset?

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by gsibble »

JonLim wrote: post #64
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

As this is a rather one-sided story, I'm inclined to disagree based on my experience with them. Me and a buddy of mine are really big CAH fans, and we had been playing on a set of cards that he printed and cut at that point. We had also been meaning to start a project together, so to test the waters, we started working on a digital version of CAH that would be open sourced and could be freely enjoyed by everyone. I m…

It was rude in the sense that it included legal threats regarding copyright and they refused to entertain any sort of correspondence in the future. It was by far the most rude partnership request reply I have ever received.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by gsibble »

guelo wrote: post #73
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

Come up with your own idea instead of trying to ride the coattails of something that is already a huge hit. I'm sure they have plenty of ideas and projects to work on without having to give you a cut of it.

Our product was not commercial in nature. Simply a way of helping to spread awareness of CaH as fans.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by gsibble »

hyperbovine wrote: post #63
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

I'm shocked--shocked!--that the guys behind Cards Against Humanity responded rudely to your attempt to piggyback off their idea. Here's an idea: go build your own brand!

As I said elsewhere, our idea was not commercial and no money would have been involved.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by narohi »

lowboy wrote: post #59
evan_ wrote: post #6

Is this just Apples to Apples except all the cards are Family Guy jokes?

Pretty much. My friends found that the game wore very quickly compared to Apples to Apples. Pick the most offensive one, it'll win. Down to luck really.

Perhaps this is out of the norm, but winning isn't relevant in the groups with which I have played the game. Laughing and having a good time until we are humored out is usually the point (we don't even keep score).

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by gsibble »

gonehome wrote: post #57
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

I'm curious what they said to you or how they were rude.

Our proposal was to replicate the CaH experience online without any commercial nature (no ads, fully free and open sourced) with the possibility of making it commercial at a later date together.

Their response basically dismissed us out of hand and included warnings regarding violating their copyright or using their name. I've never received such a reply to a very friendly partnership proposal.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by mhartl »

The success of Cards Against Humanity is evidence of massive demand, and yet all they have protecting them is their brand—unlike, say, craigslist, whose unwillingness to innovate is legendary but whose business benefits from massive network effects. As a result, the (apparent) apathy of the Cards Against Humanity founders offers an opportunity: copy their basic idea, for which they have no protection, and structure your new venture as a real business with full-time efforts devoted to growing sales. You could even one-up them by dropping the non-commercial clause in the Creative Commons license, allowing potential partners to profit and thereby grow your brand further.

The Cards Against Humanity guys are leaving money on the table. Who's going to pick it up?

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by gsibble »

colinyoung wrote: post #65
gsibble wrote: post #55

I love CaH but I do have to say that the founders are full of themselves. I and several other friends/entrepreneurs have reached out to them regarding ideas to build associated products that would help build their brand. Even companion apps and such since their content is under Creative Commons. Every single one of us was sent back extremely rude and vile replies. This article just reeks of more narcissism. It's a re…

As far as I know, the guys don't have a top-down structure, so they're unable to make calls like that individually - and besides, they're hustlers. They made CaH in-house, bootstrapped, and entirely by-hand. It's not narcissistic to want to do things yourself, but it is possible to erroneously think that "anyone can do it". I've sensed a bit of that from the founders, but honestly - it's motivational for me to hear t…

Yes, my expectations were perhaps out of line. It didn't stop me from ceasing using their game and, after showing the reply to friends, their voluntary stop of play as well. We simply couldn't enjoy it anymore :(
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