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[edit] Pog #123
Is there a source that this is a rareist pog? From what series is it from? --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 14:11, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I can't find Google confirmation I'm removing to here:
" Pogs also come with a number. The rarest Pog is number 123."
lots of issues | leave me a message 30 June 2005 11:10 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions for taking an improved photo
The current photo is quite illustrative, but it's not especially attractive, so I doubt it'll make the cut as a featured picture. If I might be so bold, I hope I can suggest how to take an improved photo, which might
- Go to your local stationer or art supply shop. They'll sell large pieces of thick paper (or thin card), at around 3 ft by 2 ft. See if they have one in a light gray shade (not white), and maybe a light blue or light yellow. Buy one (or a couple, if they're cheap)
- At home, find a place on the floor next to a wall. Put the paper in the corner so that half (or so) goes up the wall and half goes along the floor. This gives you a nice light, even background against which to photograph things, without distracting junk or patterns in the background. And the lightness helps to fill in shadows, making your subject look better
- I'd arrange five to ten of the most varied pogs on the paper. There's no need to show the whole collection, and that green holder thing really isn't attractive ;)
- Now you need two or three different sources of light shining on the scene. Angle-poised lamps, desk lamps, room lighting, standard lamps, even a torch shining on a dark area or a part you want to highlight can help. (Proper studio photographers have a more thought-out strategy about where to place lights, but you can do okay with what you can find around the house)
- I'd then take lots of different photos. Try with and without flash (sometimes flash can fill in shadows, but sometimes it can create worse ones), from different angles (straight overheard, or angled a bit). Standing farther away and using the optical zoom can sometimes help improve the depth of field.
Overall I'd really like to see the different designs of the pogs (which, after all, is mostly the point of them). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:12, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
I'll see what i can do. --ZeWrestler 01:43, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Gambling?
- Because many children would keep the pogs they flipped in a game against another player, many school districts considered Pogs a form of gambling. This eventually lead to the banning of Pogs from several schools across the United States and the United Kingdom.
I find this idea silly. More plausible would be that pogs were banned because so many kids were playing them that it somehow got in the way (kids would start fights or whatever). It happens every time there's a fad that gets popular at schools. Eventually the school administrators decide they don't like it and they ban it. I remember when it happened with yo-yos and Pokémon cards, for instance. - furrykef (Talk at me) 07:53, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
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- I know it does sound silly, but if putting in your share of pogs "ante-ing up" onto stack, and then losing them all because they didn't flip in your favour, that can be considered a form of gambling. I do suggest, however, that other (possible) reasons for these bans also be mentioned.
- Feel free to add some reasons--ZeWrestler Talk 11:50, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
- The fights and arguments between students may have been the reason for banning pogs, but those fights were started BECAUSE there was gambling involved. before you started a game, the two kids would decide if the games was "for keeps" or not ("for keeps" meaning that the winner would keep the pogs that he flipped). Of course, if you lost your favorite buzzsaw shaped pog, you'd be pretty mad.Johnmazz 13:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
- Feel free to add some reasons--ZeWrestler Talk 11:50, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
- I know it does sound silly, but if putting in your share of pogs "ante-ing up" onto stack, and then losing them all because they didn't flip in your favour, that can be considered a form of gambling. I do suggest, however, that other (possible) reasons for these bans also be mentioned.
Can someone please explain how the game is/was actually played? I came here from some forum discussion where someone compared some other stuff with them, and I only see references to how these pogs were collected, and not how people actually used them to game with. antabus 10:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
oops.. I just saw someone else had already asked this question, can someone answer?antabus 10:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Milk or POG?
Were they originally milk caps or POG caps? It's plausible that both had the same sort of cap, but the article erroneously claims -both- as the 'origin'
[edit] Edit on the origin of pogs..
It seems to me that the origin of pogs is much earlier, and I have edited the page to reflect this.
When I was a six-year-old living in Japan in the early 70s (I'm an Air Force brat) we played Menko, a japanese game using thick cards of various shapes (including round) in which the object was to slam one down and overturn your opponent's cards. (sound familiar?)
Menko has been around since the 17th century.
Since there is a stong Japanese influence in Hawaii, I find it highly likely that the dairy farmers were in fact playing Menko.
- This is very intresting information. Do you know of a source we can cite? --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 18:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, here are two...
--"The game traces its roots back to 13th century Japan. Immigrants carried variations of a game called ``menko to Hawaii in the 1800s. It had a sort of sandlot charm, kids playing a game similar to marbles with discarded milk bottle caps. "
--"Based on the Japanese game of 'menko' and brought to the Hawaiian Islands by immigrants, the games were played with milkcaps until milk was put in cartons. "
[edit] Another game
There is a game, I think similar to this one, where you have these small, plastic figures/creatures/monsters that you play with. Some can be glittery and they come in different colors... Does anyone know? --Shandris 15:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- Crazy Bones maybe? 216.208.154.153 02:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How do you play?
I'm surprised no one has listed the rules. Perhaps an editor will volunteer? Omphaloscope » talk 13:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Strange thing to write an article about a game, mentioning all kind of odd trivia, but excluding the actual rules to the game and not even mentioning what the overall goal is.
I had over a thousand pogs at the hight of the pog craze. Funny thing was, not a single person at my school actually played any games with them, it was all a collecting thing. No one wanted to damage their pogs, it would have been like throwing pieces of metal at hockey cards. Think maybe there should be a section on that aspect of the craze. RichMac 02:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't really remember how the game works, but I think there could be a clarification in the rules. It now reads "After each slam, the POGs are restacked." Are only the face-down POGs restacked? Someone that knows how to play can fix it if needed. stemperm 00:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Tazos de Colección? I would say Coleccion de Tazos. I changed it.
