RegisterLog in
Main forum

NEW: The official Beltchecker analog playing cards

6 year(s) ago • 6021 views • 27 replies

Webmaster •
Webmaster •
PinkVerifiedPlanet Earth392 forum posts1505/0
6 year(s) ago
This idea was floating around in the forum here a while back, and today I finally managed to build it!

Go to the search page (https://beltchecker.com/search.php) and perform a search with any criteria of your liking. At the bottom, you'll now find a button saying "Export as deck of cards", which will generate a ready-to-print page of playing cards. You just need to adjust "scale" in your print dialog box to determine how many cards you want on each page.

Cut them out with scissors and you have a deck of playing cards to keep you entertained while we wait for the world to stop burning. How about a game of affiliation vs. affiliation, academy vs. academy, countries vs. each other or IBJJF verified black belts vs. non-IBJJF verified black belts? The possibilities are endless :D

Here's a 30 second video on how to play: https://www.youtube.com/w[...]RNtB--oGiw

Have fun!!
Ben Wynne
Ben Wynne
Black belt 1st degreeVerified291 forum posts4820/1000
6 year(s) ago
I had to make sure "background graphics" button was pressed in the chrome print dialog for them to come out right ;)
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
6 year(s) ago
I had to make sure 'background graphics' button was pressed in the chrome print dialog for them to come out right ;)
Ah yes maybe I should add that to the printing comment.

I’m excited to hear from anyone who have been trying to play! :) :)
Anthony Restuccia
Anthony Restuccia
Black beltVerified650 forum posts12845/1000
6 year(s) ago
I was going to print out all purple belts, but I realized that I am just so overwhelmingly superior, that there's no point... ;)
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
6 year(s) ago
I was going to print out all purple belts, but I realized that I am just so overwhelmingly superior, that there's no point... ;)
If people play points only, then you're like the joker of purple belts in this game :D
David Klier
David Klier
Blue beltVerified63 forum posts640/200
6 year(s) ago
neat! what decides what the "higher stat" is? by the looks of the cards, theyre almost like the verified rank cards, in that there are no stats that would dictate how one beats the other lol

i get it tho, nobody wants to be the low man on the card game totem pole lol
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
6 year(s) ago
what decides what the "higher stat" is? by the looks of the cards, theyre almost like the verified rank cards, in that there are no stats that would dictate how one beats the other lol
Not sure exactly what you mean exactly? You just call either highest belt rank, most time trained, most matches (or most wins), most medals (or most of medal type) or vote points. Highest of any of these wins the opponents card.

You could also be creative and call for instance highest/lowest user ID, or anything else from the profiles. Just gotta scan the QR code on the card to open it :)
Edited 6 year(s) ago
Ali Arici
Ali Arici
Brown beltVerified1 forum posts845/700
6 year(s) ago
This idea was floating around in the forum here a while back, and today I finally managed to build it! Go to the search page (https://beltchecker.com/search.php) and perform a search with any criteria of your liking. At the bottom, you'll now find a button saying 'Export as deck of cards', which will generate a ready-to-print page of playing cards. You just need to adjust 'scale' in your print dialog box to determine how many cards you want on each page. Cut them out with scissors and you have a deck of playing cards to keep you entertained while we wait for the world to stop burning. How about a game of affiliation vs. affiliation, academy vs. academy, countries vs. each other or IBJJF verified black belts vs. non-IBJJF verified black belts? The possibilities are endless :D Here's a 30 second video on how to play: https://www.youtube.com/w[...]RNtB--oGiw Have fun!!
nice idea
Johan Eggink
Johan Eggink
White beltVerified84 forum posts300/0
6 year(s) ago
Do you print then on glossy paper to get a nice result?

Also, the profile pictures seems stretched horizontally when you export as cards. Am I doing something wrong?
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
6 year(s) ago
Do you print then on glossy paper to get a nice result? Also, the profile pictures seems stretched horizontally when you export as cards. Am I doing something wrong?
pictures are resized to fit a square/circle, it is not possible for us to automatically crop them and make sure the face is visible in the circle :)
Johan Eggink
Johan Eggink
White beltVerified84 forum posts300/0
6 year(s) ago
And this is the picture on the card. They are both in circles. Why are they cropped / adjusted differently?
Edited 6 year(s) ago
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
6 year(s) ago
And this is the picture on the card. They are both in circles. Why are they cropped / adjusted differently?
It's two different ways of rendering the image for print/screen, [insert too long technical explanation here]. The card game is really just a small little thing I made in an afternoon and don't have a lot of time to put into, you gotta live with it not being perfect ;)

If you want it to look the same, just upload a square image file as profile picture and there will be no stretching of proportions
Gaz Logtens
Gaz Logtens
Purple beltVerified27 forum posts715/400
5 year(s) ago
How do I save them as images so that I can HAVE them printed? When I click save image I only same the profile picture. (Using Safari.) When I control print- save as pdf.... the size is wrong I need 92.5% but can't do point percentages. and still then they have boarders.

So..... any way to download the image itself?

peace!
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4325 forum posts39420/1000
5 year(s) ago
How do I save them as images so that I can HAVE them printed? When I click save image I only same the profile picture. (Using Safari.) When I control print- save as pdf.... the size is wrong I need 92.5% but can't do point percentages. and still then they have boarders. So..... any way to download the image itself? peace!
No you can not download them as images, the pages is HTML generated. You're going to have to be a bit flexible with your scissor work and print them in 92% then :)

Alternatively you can screenshot the page / cards and then you'll have them as images, of course.

Post a reply

Add a quote
 
Changes saved
Success
An error occured
Required fields missing
This person is already on Beltchecker.