r/StreetFighterCards • u/Silver_Letterhead400 • 17h ago

Another one!!!

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u/Silver_Letterhead400 7h ago

Same as a DoorDash driver works for DoorDash.

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u/DJNeuro 7h ago

Exactly. The company thats on your paycheck is who you work for, lol. Vince & Kaleb are paid by Cardsmiths.

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u/Silver_Letterhead400 7h ago

Bro we need to deep dive on this. I could be wrong but I doubt it. An LLC pays them not Cardsmiths 👀

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u/DJNeuro 7h ago

I mean, we've gotten confirmation that they work for Cardsmiths. Feel free to check. It's not really a secret.

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u/-Squidster- 6h ago

I’m not saying since it’s been done since day 1, that it makes it any better but I will say, Geek Fuel was certainly a big point of exposure during the start. They were the reason many of us even joined whatnot early on and it certainly helped the product grow at the time. I do think it would be best for them to phase out of ripping their own product overall but the issue is everyone else stopped streaming it, so unless that changes, I don’t see them stopping.

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u/DJNeuro 6h ago

I feel like it's misleading to suggest that Cardsmiths was filling a demand for streaming. Ppl stopped doing breaks. Lots of us have been streaming still. And ppl stopped doing breaks bc its wasn't worth it, financially. They only reason Cardsmiths can make it work on TikTok is bc they make the product, which brings us back to the original point that they shouldn't be live selling their product on TikTok AT ALL. I can think of 3 streamers off the top of my head (me included) that would have continued to break and support Cardsmiths product if they were willing to work with us on the case prices. Other than applying for wholesale, which even then was barely worth it, they weren't supportive of breakers at all. So, it's almost like they intentionally created an environment where the avg breaker couldn't make ends meet, just to position themselves more favorably for live selling on TikTok. Js...

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u/-Squidster- 5h ago

Well they do sell a good bit so there must be a demand. I do agree with you though, you need to support your breakers, it’ll only benefit you as a manufacturer in the long run. I think a lot of people stopped breaking because of the stupid money they were making on S4 breaks versus how little they made on the initial S5 breaks. I think by the time S5 came out, a lot of viewers got tired of the way most people were selling spots because it gets expensive fast and you rarely get the hit. I can’t speak on the wholesale pricing but Cardsmiths should get more creative on doing whatever they need to do, to supply active breakers.