Trading Card Guide

## Part 1: Overview & Set-Up

### **Overview**

Hello and welcome to Celeb Battle League! The first thing to know about us is that we're not just your typical "which celeb is hotter" kind of subreddit; we have a thriving community (primarily active on Discord) built up around the collecting, trading, and battling of celeb trading cards. Here are a few examples:

Left: Base Emma Watson, Middle: XIF Priyanka Chopra, Right: SUM Victoria Justice

You acquire cards either through spending tokens at the CBL Portal (formerly the CBL Hub), or trading with other users. Tokens are the main currency here at CBL, and are used to purchase different Card Packs. You earn tokens by answering the daily trivia, as well as through a variety of other methods listed later on.

### **Account Set-Up**

The primary interface we use for card collection is Google Sheets. This platform allows us to sort and record everyone's cards, and provides the interconnectivity we need to keep everyone updated.

Here's a preview of what your User Hub home page (Details tab) looks like:

Your User Hub has many useful tabs and functions to help manage your CBL account. You can view and sort the cards in your album, see what you received in your pack orders, and check if your trivia answers are correct. You can also list cards for trade, as well as cards you're looking for, which connect you to our Trade and Wishlist Databases.

For more detailed information on each of the tabs in the newest User Hub (v7), check out this guide.

#### **To set up your CBL account, please take the following steps:**

1. Fill out this Google Form, and wait to hear back from a mod via Reddit or Discord DM (this may take up to a few days, depending on availability).
2. Please check out this post for more instructions on how to set up your User Hub v7. Be advised that once you've been added to our system, and entered your Username and PIN into the top left on the first page (the Details tab), you should click the Reload button on the CardList tab for your Hub to display the correct information for your account. Note that we can also set up the User Hub for you, if you don't feel like figuring it out yourself - just ask for that in the form!
3. After confirmation from a Mod that your account is set up, log into the CBL Portal (pictured below, link also in the sub's menu) and claim your Starter Pack.
4. Please be advised that user support is only guaranteed on Discord. While you will receive a welcome message on Reddit from a mod if you have not yet joined the Discord, any future support in the form of Reddit messages may not receive a response. This is for the mutual benefit of users and mods, as many questions from new users can be answered in our help-and-support channel without relying on mods to be active on reddit 24/7.

Given the effort and bandwidth it takes to set up each new account, please only sign up for CBL if you are at least moderately convinced you will become a regular user. CBL users are also required to be over the age of 18.

Disclaimer: Please know that your Gmail address and account name will be viewable by at least our entire Mod/Volunteer team, so it may be advisable, if you wish to retain some anonymity, to use an alternative account.

#### **Starter Pack**

Upon starting out at CBL, you'll have the chance to pick between three Starter Packs, each yielding a total of 15 cards and 300 tokens. You can only claim ONE Starter Pack, and make sure to click through to the end to claim the full pack.

    You'll have the choice of the following Starter Packs:

* Elegant Emma gives you cards of some of the most beautiful celebs (face-wise).
* Ample Alex gives you cards of some of the curviest celebs.
* Catwalk Candice gives you cards of some of the leggiest celebs.

### **Tokens and Gold Coins**

Tokens and Gold Coins (GC) are mainly used for buying Packs (more on those later). But you can also sometimes use them in the Auctions or in Trading.

##### What are Gold Coins?

In short, they increase the odds of getting cards of higher value and increased rarity in a pack order. These are best used on Special Packs or Lottery Packs. It is highly inadvisable to use gold coins on Basic Packs, as the chance of getting higher value cards has a much lower ceiling in Basic Packs.

#### How to earn Tokens and Gold Coins

There are many ways to obtain Tokens and Gold Coins, these are just some examples:

* Most days there is a trivia challenge that will reward you for sending in the correct answer. This is the primary source of token and gold coin income for most users.
* You can use your existing tokens to bet on League matches during the regular season.
* There are frequently user-hosted games, competitions, and raffles held on the sub's Discord that offer token and/or card prizes.
* You can spin the Slots once per day, which gives you a chance of winning tokens, cards, gold coins, EXP, and more.
* Some users will pay currencies in exchange for certain cards.
* Keep an eye out for other opportunities posted to the Subreddit or the Discord.

## Part 2: Card Descriptions & Details

### **Card Ratings**

On each card, you'll see ratings in the following categories: Face, Chest, Legs, Rear, Ability, and Desire.

I would think the first four are pretty self-explanatory. Ability is meant to reflect the celeb's relative proficiency in their respective field(s). Desire is meant to reflect the celeb's overall attractiveness/popularity, as well as help factor in some of a celeb's other desirable characteristics such as their stomach, shoulders, voice, or anything else that isn't explicitly covered in another category.

These ratings are inevitably subjective, so I'm sure you'll disagree with some (or many!) of the ratings given. You're welcome to advocate for changes to a celeb's stats, but they are ultimately in the hands of our team of card creators. Card creators currently use a peer-review system for Base ratings and have guidelines for card ratings progressing through the other card types. Card ratings beyond the Base level typically take into heavier consideration the *visible* aspects of the celeb in the card image, as well as the type itself (i.e. card types that are more special/rare by design will typically have higher ratings).

You can see a card's total stats rating (sum of the Face, Chest, Legs, Rear, Ability, & Desire ratings) displayed on the bottom left of a card (usually). You can see a card's code, used for sorting, categorization, and easy identification, displayed on the bottom right of a card (usually). For a more detailed breakdown, go the More Card Details section below.

### **Card Types**

We have quite a variety of different card types to show off different aspects/pics of our favorite celebs.

Below is a list of the current card types. Card types listed below Signature fall under the umbrella category of Special Cards.

Card codes are in parentheses.

#### Core/Regular Cards

* Base (B)
* In-Form (IF)
* Super In-Form (SIF)
* Extra In-Form (XIF)
* Signature Cards (S): These are automatically in your album if you have the Base-XIF cards for the celeb
* Career Cards (C)

#### Seasonal Cards

* Summer (SUM)
* Chinese New Year (CNY)
* Christmas (XMAS)
* Halloween (HWN)
* Juneteenth (JUN)
* Pride (P)
* Valentine's (VAL)
* Spring (SPR)

#### Nations Cards (NAT) (sub-types listed below)

* Albania (ALB)
* Australia (AUS)
* Brazil (BRA)
* Cuba (CUB)
* Denmark (DK)
* Mexico (MEX)
* Netherlands (NLD)
* Puerto Rico (PR)
* Turkey (TUR)
* United Kingdom (UK)
* United States (USA)

#### Misc. Themed Cards

* Denim (D/DEN)
* Glasses (G)
* Fantasy (F/FNT)
* In The Nude (ITN)
* Mirror Selfie (MS)
* Leather/Latex (L)
* Monochromatic (M)
* Neon (N)
* Retro (R)
* Saturday Night Live (SNL)
* Suits (SU)
* Visage (V)
* Workout (WO)

#### Event Cards

* Celeb of the Month (CotM)
* Celeb of the Year (CotY)
* Celebrity Excellence (CX)
* Cup (LL, CdD, or ITC)
* Premier League (PL)
* Special Awards (SA)

#### Custom Cards (CC)

Custom cards are special cards obtained from event prizes, and are one-user-only cards made with the wants of the user in mind.

### Some card examples

More info on these Card Types may be added in a later edit, but for now please go to the More Card Details section, ask any mod/volunteer, or message the Discord if you're seeking any further clarification.

### **Who gets Cards?**

The CBL Trading Card Database is, for the most part, limited to female celebrities - there can be and have been some exceptions. So far, there are more than 400 celebs in our database, with many more planned. Check out the full list here.

Most database celebs to date have been added largely at the discretion of the card creators. You might see some names there that you would not personally consider to be desirable or even celebs. There are also some fictional characters added for a bit of fun. Keep in mind there are various ways to offload cards of celebs that you aren't personally interested in (see Part 3 for more info on this), and at the end of the day it isn't a catastrophe to have a few such cards (you may even end up coming around on a few).

Going forward, we have taken the approach of actively seeking more input on the additions to the CBL database. You will see various competitions hosted on the sub, where the winners of celeb battles or the top-ranked celebs may get added.

Every celeb added to the Database gets at least Base-XIF cards, along with a Signature Card. Any other Special Cards are added at the discretion of the card creators.

### **More Card Details**

You can find out even more about card types, ratings, and development HERE (some of the info may be a little dated -- ask our users or mods/volunteers on the Discord for any additional info/clarification).

### **Packs**

There are currently three types of card packs you can buy in the CBL Portal:

1. Basic Packs (100 tokens, 0-5 GC)
2. Lottery Packs (200 tokens, 0-5 GC)
3. Special Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)

#### Basic Packs

Basic Packs are the cheapest pack option available. These packs dish out 3 cards for just 100 tokens, but only distributes cards of the Base, IF and SIF types. Their main advantage is in allowing you to build up your album quickly and giving you more options to trade with other users for the cards you really want.

You can use up to 5 GC on Basic packs, but we do not recommend using GC at all on these packs - they are better used for other packs.

#### Lottery Packs

Lottery Packs are, as you might suspect from the name, the biggest gamble amongst the pack options. You receive only one card, but you have the chance of receiving any card that's been created, including Special Cards (unlike with a Basic Packs).

#### Special Packs

Special Packs are the most commonly purchased pack, for a reason. You arguably get the best of both worlds: three cards like in Basic Packs, and the chance of Special Cards like in Lottery Packs.

#### Other Packs

We also often have special seasonal packs, like CX packs in off-seasons, Summer packs during Summer, Valentine's packs during February, etc.

#### Pack odds

Below are the example card drop rates for each pack (this is just an example as of July 27th, 2021). If you want to see the most up to date pack odds, either log in to the CBL Portal and go to the pack buying area, where there are drop-down lists for information - or go have a look at the #card-discussion channel on the CBL Discord Server, where the current odds tables are always pinned.

Note: where you see multiple card types in a given row, the corresponding percentage is evenly distributed among each card type, i.e. in a Special Pack bought with 0 Gold Coins, there is a 1% chance each of getting a UK card and a USA card (listed as 2% in the table).

### **Boosters**

Boosters can be used when buying packs and give you the opportunity to guarantee that the first celeb in your pack belongs to a specific category. They are available to win in Lottery Packs, Raffles, Daily Games and other events, or via trade.

There are currently 15 different Booster cards: Athlete, Bond, DC, Disney, Fictional, Fantasy, GBR, Marvel, Model, Porn, Redhead, Sci-Fi, Singer, Sitcom, Victoria's Secret. You can check which celebs have which category designations on the Classification sheet.

Boosters will only give you a Base-XIF card of a celeb in the desired category, not a Special Card. However, if the pack generator had originally given you a Special Card before applying the Booster, you will receive an XIF card instead but get boosted odds for the other two cards; this only applies to Special Packs and you can see the specifics of those boosted odds in the Special Pack Drop Rates Table above, shaded in red.

You may use up to 3 Boosters on any given pack, although be wary that 1) it's possible there may not be a celeb that fits into those categories and so the generator may not find a match, and 2) you may end up using 2-3 Boosters only to get a lower-tier card type as the Booster does not guarantee a specific card type.

## Part 3: Trades, Trivia, Tech Support, and more!

### **Trades**

What would CBL Trading Cards be without a system to trade them?

Users may arrange card trades or sales, and then post their desired trades to the Trade Confirmation Thread. Our diligent trade team will process those as soon as they are able, and respond in the thread to confirm the trade/sale is completed.

It is highly encouraged for newer users to wait a week or two after getting their CBL account set up in order to first develop an appreciation for the relative values of different cards before making an ill-advised trade. (It's likely our trade team will step in if they think a new user is being taken advantage of.)

In the Trade tab of your ser Hub, you may enter the cards that you own that you are looking/willing to trade away. That info will be sent to the Trade Database where you can see all the cards put up for trade by everyone in the community.

### **Combinations**

In the CBL Portal, you may trade in duplicate cards (same celeb, same card type) for the next-highest tier card. Note: this is only applicable for Base-XIF cards.

The following trade-in rates apply:

 3 IF
 3 SIF
 2 XIF

In the event that a celeb has more than one available Career card, you can choose which Career card you receive, or else receive a random selection of Career card. It used to cost 2 GC to do a choice, but it is now free. All trade-ins for Career cards need to be completed manually, so please be patient after you have sent in the request.

### **The Exchange**

Every week, there are several random celebs chosen as that week's Exchange Celebs. If you have a Base-XIF card of one of those celebs, you may exchange them for a certain amount of Exchange Points. You may also exchange Base-XIF Cartoon cards at any time.

You may then spend Exchange Points in the CBL Portal to receive the following prizes (this list is no longer up to date, see the *actual* list in the Portal when you go to the Exchange section):

### **Trivia**

Doing the daily trivia is the most reliable way to earn tokens and gold coins. These trivias are designed and hosted by anyone in the community (sign-up sheet is here). Trivia answers are usually accepted for around 24 hours after they're initially posted.

Here is a breakdown of how trivia is currently paid out:

As you can see, you can attempt the trivia multiple times, but you receive reduced rewards. Similarly, if you find a trivia particularly challenging, you can either wait or ask the host for an additional hint, but also for a reduced reward.

You may submit your answers through the CBL Portal, and then check on your Side Hub to see if your answer is correct. A common mistake is to forget to change the day in the box in row 12 -- the sheet will only display your answer/confirmation for the day set in that box.

You can check if your Trivia answer was correct and when it gets paid out on the Trivia tab of your Side Hub.

### **Tech Support**

Sometimes, you'll see the following error message on the Hubs:

This is due to the sheer amount of data that the sheet is trying to pull and sort. Most of the time, if you refresh a few times it'll start working again. If you get this message after buying a pack and you urgently want to know which cards you got in your pack, you may ask a mod/volunteer who can tell you.

For any other questions/concerns, please message a mod/volunteer. Here's a suggested list of people to contact based on your issue (although I'm sure any mod/volunteer can help get you sorted):

* Betting: CT
* Card Creation: Dewgong, alt, appu, Hugh, Will, Karma, Kaylor, Asura, PJ, Dash
* CBL Portal: Asura, PJ, or CT
* Celeb Battles: Kaylor or CT
* Trade Database: CT, PJ, Asura
* Trade Processing: Fury, Karma, PJ, Hugh, Sclong, Kaylor
* Trivia: Asura or PJ
* User Hubs: Asura, Sclong, PJ, or CT

### **Discord**

Join our Discord server. This was created after Reddit torpedoed the group chat function for subreddits.

#### A few reasons to join

1. News. You'll be able to stay up to date with any newly released features, events, and cards.
2. Trades. It is much easier to negotiate trades since most users are active on the Discord chat relative to the Reddit chat.
3. Tokens. You'll be able to participate in Discord-exclusive games and competitions.
4. Community. We have a really great group of regular users with a variety of different interests (sports, games, pop culture, celebs (of course), etc.) and many of us have made plenty of friends through the sub.
5. Tech Support/Communication. If there are any issues or glitches, the best forum for troubleshooting would be via Discord DM with the mods/volunteers or the help-and-support channel.
6. Auction House. There is a separate Discord server to put cards up for auction, which often yield higher prices than negotiating sales/trades with individual users.

#### Please do not join our Discord server if you plan on doing any of the following

* Spamming channels or users with ads/weird messages/any other nonsense.
* Using the server as an adult chatroom or forum for roleplay (no shaming intended, just not what our server is for).
* Picking fights or disrespecting other users.

So far we have had barely any of these things come up, and we would like to keep it that way.

### **Wrap-Up**

I'm sure there are many things I've left out of this guide -- such is the behemoth of this sub we've created. I will try to keep the info as thorough and up-to-date as I can manage.

There may be a bit of a learning curve as you become accustomed to all the ins and outs of CBL, but stick with it and I promise you won't regret joining our fantastic community!