Maybe I can find another game or maybe Rick Holtzgraf will fulfill my dream and rewrite Solitaire ‘Til Dawn for iOS. Is the shuffling algorithm deteriorating? Have I run out of prerecorded deck shuffles? I don’t know how the game is written so I can’t say but I tried deleting the game last week and then downloading it again and, as recorded above, the game just got worse. To be honest, I keep playing just to see how bad it gets. The game can still be fun but you do feel like it’s being manipulated. There are some other things going on that can’t be attributed to chance but this one is the most noticeable. In the last week the there have now been TWO sets of consecutive cards in every deck and in two of the last three games I played they have come back-to-back (5 of clubs, 5 of clubs, 5 of spades, 5 of spades flipped over, actual example). he was asked if there was anyone left in the world who would still play cards with him. The first few times I figured “random chance” but it quickly reached the point where this happened every game. Card Shark is rated Strong after being reviewed by 65 critics. The most repeatable aspect is having the same card turn up on consecutive flips of the pile you turn over 3 of clubs, 3 of clubs, for instance. They are a terrific couple of years, and that’s why I gave it three stars, but then the game falls apart.įor quite a while now the game has been doing funny things regarding shuffling. "Card Shark Solitaire is currently the best free solitaire game in the App Store." - Art Of The iPhoneĭepending on how much you play this game is only good for a couple of years. If you like this game, please consider supporting further development by submitting a user review and/or upgrading to Card Shark Collection Deluxe. sophisticated random number generator capable of dealing billions of unique handsĪre you an artist? Contact the author for tools to help you design your own decks. multiple styles of card fronts, backs, tables photo library support for custom tables and card backs silky smooth animations with a tasteful 3d presentation. Tap foundation piles to autoplay compatible cards.Ĭard Shark supports Klondike Solitaire, FreeCell, Spider Solitaire, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Beleaguered Castle, Crazy Eights, Draw Poker, and Memory Match. (Another common English word is derived from schurke: shirk, which means to get out of, or cheat, one’s responsibilities.Card Shark uses an intuitive drag-drop interface and is fat finger friendly - piles are automatically split following a drag-drop gesture. For instance, a con man posing as a preacher in the Old West might be known as a “gospel sharp.” “Shark” in this regard comes from schurke, a German word that means “a cheater.” A “card sharp,” then, could very well also be a “card shark.” “Sharping” is a 19 th century slang word that meant “swindling.” It was used in a variety of activities, not just gambling. Oddly enough, both “card shark” and “card sharp” make sense in their usages. Card Shark features over 20-plus different cheating techniques derived from real-life iterations of card marking and deck switching, and it balances its oddities with mini-games and three. “Card sharp” dates back to the 1880s, the time of Wild West saloons and card rooms, but had evolved into “card shark” by the 1940s, long before Card Sharks could have solidified the change. Examples of this phenomenon: How people use “literally” to describe something figurative, but with dramatic zest (“I was so embarrassed I literally died”) or how things that are just coincidences are deemed “ironic.” Sometimes the language authorities (dictionary makers, and usually the people behind the Oxford English Dictionary) throw their hands up and make an inaccurate usage of a word “officially” acceptable because so many people do it. While card shark is now considered an acceptable term for a savvy cardsman, it’s only because of the evolution of language, derived from card sharp. ![]() ![]() Also, Card Sharks was a popular, cards-themed TV game show in the 1970s and ’80s. What would you call a person who is really good at playing card games? Probably a “card shark,” right? Of course you would-“shark” is a common term for somebody who succeeds thanks to a steely, hunter-like focus. This one concerns a common slang term that’s been mangled over the years. In which Uncle John corrects widespread grammatical and language abominations.
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