Hafta say Keya you need a working microphone. Your responses are witty and fun but kill my ears every time the speaker goes crackle pop as you speak.
AJ I am a little jealous. I'd love to play that. I am sorry your pc isn't available yet though. I haven't been playing nearly as much since you've been absent.
RE: the Tribal b/r list...Moat is STILL banned???!! :( Not really maintaining it imho.
RE: Jace last year at this time Jace was the new card to Baneslayers topdog...do you remember the pattern? I think people could very well be preresponding to the new set, anticipating a new bomb to kill jace's popularity. Figure dipped slightly after F&L came out but it's been rising pretty steadily from 12ish to where it is now. But you can buy the F&L version for a bit less.
Stax as I remember it from way back is a tough deck. Tough to beat if you know it really well and tough to play with if you don't. The list you showed in the SoTP was interesting. Lots of 1 ofs (my kind of deck!)
Seeing as how I'm writing an approx ten article series, I feel an introduction with introductory sections is in order, not to mention the general overview/definition provided. Whereas I typically do not respond to negative feedback, I feel inclined to do so here since I suspect it is personal from the consistent beatdowns put on you by me in draft queues (particularly Urza).
Also, I feel that from the disclaimer down to the legend is very relative information, particularly the part about not needing to be good in order to go infinite.
Cool article yet again :) My typical aggro deck uses Horde of Notions and Elemental recursion/fetch/tricks. Lots of interesting ways to stomp face, or defend if need be. Though as I tend to like some elements of control I don't go all in the way Elves and Goblins tend to.
Ok no matter how I say this it's going to come out awful. So yea I see nothing of substance at all in this article. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself for publishing what is in essence a summary of non existent material?
How about you actually include information in your article series. I mean why not give examples or events or really anything at all? no i guess your content in shallow articles. Maybe thats how you plan on going infinite, releasing half an articles content so you get more ev per article.
First off, thanks for the positive responses. I've even received messages from some of you on MTGO.
Re: Other Bots
I included a message about that in my workflow for this article to know what the exact website rules were for the subject. I received no response. As I have only had positive experiences with MTGO Traders, there will definitely be no negative commentary on those bots. Granted, I do use some of MTGO Traders's biggest competitors on a regular basis due to amount of accounts they have that I can open with. Recently, however, I have found a few more big bot houses that pay more than the traditional powerbots
Re: Prerelease Section/Release Event Section
The numbers that I have the sections ordered in are just to show roughly how many topics will be covered. I will definitely do the release events section prior to Mirrodin Beseiged.
SOE: They need to get it together. I played Everquest, liked it but it got boring. Played Star Wars Galaxies MMO and if you played that, then you know about the bait and switch with the Mustafar expansion and the NGE upgrade. I thought they might get it right with this game.
Now I can say I did like the game play. The graphics for me aren't that bad. I enjoyed the few PUG's I got into except the first one, which as explained, the first day was bery laggy. I did have some lag issues with graphics, but I am running an older system. Once I turned the graphics options down, it ran fine. It does seem like a money sink. They advertise the ability to play for free, but in actuality you are just getting a demo. You will need to buy better cards and the rest of the chapters to do good. I so far only got 5 packs. With those 5 packs and the gold coins I got for free with the game, I was able to get a few extra creatures to make a descent deck.
As noted there is no way to trade. I don't like that.
Someone mentioned you can't auction more then one card at a time. You can put up multiples of one card.
There are some cheaters in the official tournies. I would suggest avoiding them for now.
Hurray for Culdcept Saga, that was a very fun game!
As far as MTGT, I installed on day 1 with no issues and no lag for the single player stuff. I too chose U so ended up with the UB starter deck. I was intrigued so after completing the free stuff I bought the next campaign for $5. After getting to the 4th mission I realized there was slim to no way of completing this level without a perfect draw or buying into more cards. I thought about this for days and then Saturday I decided to buy in for a draft so I could see what it was like and get some cards to play in the campaign. I sucked at the draft (1-2) but got enough good cards to enhance my deck. I attempted to sell the Shivan Dragon I drafted on auction and just ended up giving Sony 4 gold for the joy of putting it out there for 12 hours.
Yep this game is a money sink and lots of cheaters in the tourneys from what I understand. It definitely needs work before it becomes a viable game.
I am crazy pyscho about my trading cards -- I am gonna be 30 this year, still have all of them (X-men, Marvel Universe, Marvel Masterpieces, my unused paper M:TG cards) mint, in binders in my guest bedroom closet.
Sad to know that the Marvel trading cards are pretty much worthless these days
Yeah that's pretty much it in a nutshell. My initial response to the bellyaching players were doing when it didn't launch on time was hey quit whining: it's free. (Naively thinking the free play aspect would be worth the wait.) I am sad that it isn't really.
I think it would be really useful to have article/subject 10) higher in your list, given there's a new release soon... unless you want to profit from your tactics one last time before the masses get in! :-)
I am saddened but not surprised. Wizards have pretty much become a byword for shoddy and buggy online releases, everything from the community site and Gleemax to how much MTGIE crashed, to V2, to V3. Lord Erman's word on SOE CCG products I trust, and between the two it seems this was inevitable.
I don't particularily like writing paragraphs like that. I know several people within Wizards on the Tech side who are truly awesome human beings, severalof whom are very good at what they do. Nonetheless, the empirical evidence has a very noticeable trend in the wrong direction.
This game was pretty darn awful. They left out anything even remotely resembling fun. It was like they made the gathering of spells (aka giving them money) the whole purpose of the game. Obviously this IS their purpose, and the purpose of any game a company releases, but sadly I dont actually WANT to gather more cards, since the gameplay isn't fun. I also wish they had bothered making more of the game playable without handing over tons of cash, or maybe just hide this fact a bit better.
Overall I would reccomend not even bothering on downloading this. The freeplay parts really arent worth it, and spending more $ to play the rest of something I don't like is not my style.
Good videos once again. Watched them all and enjoyed them. Looks like a tough loss there, happens to all of us.
Keep posting videos like this. I don't really have much to say this time. I don't have a problem with whatever video technique you use. I think replay recording allows you to use the hindsight bias to give a better analysis because it's after the fact and after you watch your own replays a few times, you're better able to analyze it and comment on it.
I also noticed you made a much cleaner decklist this time around. Thanks for listening to suggestions :).
Ok I was curious since it seemed so central to the deck's performance against you. Wonder why he eliminated it later?
Hafta say Keya you need a working microphone. Your responses are witty and fun but kill my ears every time the speaker goes crackle pop as you speak.
AJ I am a little jealous. I'd love to play that. I am sorry your pc isn't available yet though. I haven't been playing nearly as much since you've been absent.
RE: the Tribal b/r list...Moat is STILL banned???!! :( Not really maintaining it imho.
RE: Jace last year at this time Jace was the new card to Baneslayers topdog...do you remember the pattern? I think people could very well be preresponding to the new set, anticipating a new bomb to kill jace's popularity. Figure dipped slightly after F&L came out but it's been rising pretty steadily from 12ish to where it is now. But you can buy the F&L version for a bit less.
Stax as I remember it from way back is a tough deck. Tough to beat if you know it really well and tough to play with if you don't. The list you showed in the SoTP was interesting. Lots of 1 ofs (my kind of deck!)
Good catch Paul. He won twice with that deck and I used his second version in the article. The first time he won, he was playing Venser.
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Seeing as how I'm writing an approx ten article series, I feel an introduction with introductory sections is in order, not to mention the general overview/definition provided. Whereas I typically do not respond to negative feedback, I feel inclined to do so here since I suspect it is personal from the consistent beatdowns put on you by me in draft queues (particularly Urza).
Also, I feel that from the disclaimer down to the legend is very relative information, particularly the part about not needing to be good in order to go infinite.
Probably something to do with not wanting to revisit what at the time to them seemed like a huge gaff.
verdict: Crap but fun for about an hour
Recommendations: Shinig Force II, final fantasy Tactics
Why can't they just remake shandalar with current formats?
Week 9 final round, you show jiggy's deck as having no venser but you mention it in the report...Which is it?
Boo for extreme server delay making a double post.
Cool article yet again :) My typical aggro deck uses Horde of Notions and Elemental recursion/fetch/tricks. Lots of interesting ways to stomp face, or defend if need be. Though as I tend to like some elements of control I don't go all in the way Elves and Goblins tend to.
Ok no matter how I say this it's going to come out awful. So yea I see nothing of substance at all in this article. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself for publishing what is in essence a summary of non existent material?
How about you actually include information in your article series. I mean why not give examples or events or really anything at all? no i guess your content in shallow articles. Maybe thats how you plan on going infinite, releasing half an articles content so you get more ev per article.
Prove me wrong and make me love the next one.
First off, thanks for the positive responses. I've even received messages from some of you on MTGO.
Re: Other Bots
I included a message about that in my workflow for this article to know what the exact website rules were for the subject. I received no response. As I have only had positive experiences with MTGO Traders, there will definitely be no negative commentary on those bots. Granted, I do use some of MTGO Traders's biggest competitors on a regular basis due to amount of accounts they have that I can open with. Recently, however, I have found a few more big bot houses that pay more than the traditional powerbots
Re: Prerelease Section/Release Event Section
The numbers that I have the sections ordered in are just to show roughly how many topics will be covered. I will definitely do the release events section prior to Mirrodin Beseiged.
"You'd think that between SOE and Wizards"
Yeah I'm gonna have to stop you right there...
Very ambitious. can't wait to read them all.
Even if this game is a good idea, which it seems not to be, and even if it is implemented well, which it most definitely is not, what is the point?
Who is this game for?
Aren't people who are interested in MtG already playing the paper game and MTGO? Is this supposed to compete with MTGO?
You'd think that between SOE and Wizards somebody would have realized what a bad idea this is.
Good review on the game. Here are my thoughts.
SOE: They need to get it together. I played Everquest, liked it but it got boring. Played Star Wars Galaxies MMO and if you played that, then you know about the bait and switch with the Mustafar expansion and the NGE upgrade. I thought they might get it right with this game.
Now I can say I did like the game play. The graphics for me aren't that bad. I enjoyed the few PUG's I got into except the first one, which as explained, the first day was bery laggy. I did have some lag issues with graphics, but I am running an older system. Once I turned the graphics options down, it ran fine. It does seem like a money sink. They advertise the ability to play for free, but in actuality you are just getting a demo. You will need to buy better cards and the rest of the chapters to do good. I so far only got 5 packs. With those 5 packs and the gold coins I got for free with the game, I was able to get a few extra creatures to make a descent deck.
As noted there is no way to trade. I don't like that.
Someone mentioned you can't auction more then one card at a time. You can put up multiples of one card.
There are some cheaters in the official tournies. I would suggest avoiding them for now.
I have confidence the game will improve.
I hope
Hurray for Culdcept Saga, that was a very fun game!
As far as MTGT, I installed on day 1 with no issues and no lag for the single player stuff. I too chose U so ended up with the UB starter deck. I was intrigued so after completing the free stuff I bought the next campaign for $5. After getting to the 4th mission I realized there was slim to no way of completing this level without a perfect draw or buying into more cards. I thought about this for days and then Saturday I decided to buy in for a draft so I could see what it was like and get some cards to play in the campaign. I sucked at the draft (1-2) but got enough good cards to enhance my deck. I attempted to sell the Shivan Dragon I drafted on auction and just ended up giving Sony 4 gold for the joy of putting it out there for 12 hours.
Yep this game is a money sink and lots of cheaters in the tourneys from what I understand. It definitely needs work before it becomes a viable game.
I am crazy pyscho about my trading cards -- I am gonna be 30 this year, still have all of them (X-men, Marvel Universe, Marvel Masterpieces, my unused paper M:TG cards) mint, in binders in my guest bedroom closet.
Sad to know that the Marvel trading cards are pretty much worthless these days
Yeah that's pretty much it in a nutshell. My initial response to the bellyaching players were doing when it didn't launch on time was hey quit whining: it's free. (Naively thinking the free play aspect would be worth the wait.) I am sad that it isn't really.
I think it would be really useful to have article/subject 10) higher in your list, given there's a new release soon... unless you want to profit from your tactics one last time before the masses get in! :-)
For someone that claims to make so much money, your mtgstats aren't very impressive.
Good review.
I am saddened but not surprised. Wizards have pretty much become a byword for shoddy and buggy online releases, everything from the community site and Gleemax to how much MTGIE crashed, to V2, to V3. Lord Erman's word on SOE CCG products I trust, and between the two it seems this was inevitable.
I don't particularily like writing paragraphs like that. I know several people within Wizards on the Tech side who are truly awesome human beings, severalof whom are very good at what they do. Nonetheless, the empirical evidence has a very noticeable trend in the wrong direction.
This game was pretty darn awful. They left out anything even remotely resembling fun. It was like they made the gathering of spells (aka giving them money) the whole purpose of the game. Obviously this IS their purpose, and the purpose of any game a company releases, but sadly I dont actually WANT to gather more cards, since the gameplay isn't fun. I also wish they had bothered making more of the game playable without handing over tons of cash, or maybe just hide this fact a bit better.
Overall I would reccomend not even bothering on downloading this. The freeplay parts really arent worth it, and spending more $ to play the rest of something I don't like is not my style.
Nice review Westane.
The article series looks very promising. Get writing, man!
Good videos once again. Watched them all and enjoyed them. Looks like a tough loss there, happens to all of us.
Keep posting videos like this. I don't really have much to say this time. I don't have a problem with whatever video technique you use. I think replay recording allows you to use the hindsight bias to give a better analysis because it's after the fact and after you watch your own replays a few times, you're better able to analyze it and comment on it.
I also noticed you made a much cleaner decklist this time around. Thanks for listening to suggestions :).
Better luck in your next tourneys.
Thanks, though I found an embarrassing error...
"Bethesda needs to push back the release date of TES: Skyrim to 2010..."
Yeah, that game's scheduled for 11/1/2011, so, I should have said 2012 >.<