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About Crackpot

Crackpot is an online Asian entertainment TCG (Trading Card Game), meaning it focuses on Asian actors, singers, models, and other entertainment celebrities. Like other online TCGs, the purpose of the game is to collect cards by trading with other members, playing games, entering contests, and participating in other activities.

Who runs this joint?

Crackpot is run by a Fake Asian and a Spammer. Together, they fight about donuts, SuJu members, and stinginess. Whoohoo. What a great combination of owners. Crackpot is run by Sam and Kou, two cool chicks from Somewhereland

Sam

AKA Spam(mer).
Co-founder and co-owner of Crackpot.
Makes decks,
Answers forms,
Updates games.
Sam says, "Sam is eating, ask me later."

Kou

AKA Fake Asian or Fakey.
Co-founder and co-owner of Crackpot.
Makes decks,
Answers forms,
Updates games.
Kou says, "Krouuuk."

The birth of Crackpot

Once upon a time in 2007, there was a TCG named FROOTS. FROOTS was an Asian entertainment TCG owned by Satsuki and Kou. After a hiatus, FROOTS failed to get back on its feet again and pretty much died. In May 2008, we, Sam (ex-FROOTS member) and Kou (ex-FROOTS co-founder), decided we wanted to make a new Asian entertainment TCG to fill the emptiness left behind by FROOTS's death. Thus, the idea of Crackpot was born. Originally, FROOTS's other co-founder, Satsuki, was supposed to help with Crackpot. Instead, she dropped out of the project and opened a TCG with a similar topic, Amuse.

Why is it called "Crackpot"?

As soon as we decided we were going to open a new TCG, we tried to figure out a name. Kou and Sam exchanged some dumb names while Satsuki looked through Plastic Tree songs for possible names. Suddenly, Satsuki suggested the dumbest name of all: Crackpot! It started as a joke, but we thought it was cool and (at the time, unofficially) adopted it.

The card design

Crackpot's card design is based on the second card design from FROOTS. We liked the idea of a "picture bar" connecting all of the cards in a deck together, but we couldn't figure out a way to change the card design without making it look just like FROOTS's. Then, Sam suggested that we change the picture bar from horizontal to vertical, and we kept the design.

Crackpot's current layout

Crackpot is currently on version 3. The layout features Joey Yung. The image is from Joeyyung.co.uk. The layout was formed using PSP7, Photoshop CS, and notepad for coding.