@Cheater Hater - Since TRM is an Online only set, why not send an email to Josh at (puremtgoeditor@gmail.com) to see if he'd be interested in an article like that?
Or just write the article, press Submit and cross your fingers he likes it?
The SPAM sometimes is very aggressive. It doesn't have anything to do with links.
Last week my messages triggered the SPAM filter for no reason. I simply changed the ending of my message from "Thank you" to "Thanks" and this resolved the problem (strangely!)
That's what they usually do. But even if some people went infinite in those, there were other players not going infinite and it was a good booster dumper that we don't have now.
Are you sure? I keep getting the error message "Your submission has triggered the spam filter and will not be accepted." when I try to post a link. They're just links to my Google Drive--maybe it's just that I'm a new poster?
It was possible to go "infinite" with the original cost/payout. I'm not a great player, but once I went 6 weeks of playing at least one M12 4 pack sealed every day without having to pay. That was the only time I ever went more than 2-3 events without having to pay anything. If I was capable of going 6 weeks free, better players were capable of that type of thing more frequently.
WotC felt the need to lower the potential for going "infinite" in the 4 pack sealed events - so they came up with a lame excuse to get rid of them. After the expected outcry and the fact that neither the 6 pack sealed nor the phantom sealed events were bringing in the revenue that 4 pack sealed generated, the 4 pack events came back with the new cost/payout. I'm sure that raising the price was what they had in mind all along, but the way they went about doing it was an insult to the intelligence of the people who played those events.
I was thinking about how it would be nice to be able to select which packs you got for prize. I was thinking current block but with the new structure should probably be any in print set. Also the store credit or some partial credit would be cool and would provide a way for grinders who don't buy from the store to get supplemental products like commander and duel decks.
Yeah they're much worse now, not only it's worse EV but it also consumes tix while paying one more pack. This makes them less played and a worse pack dumper.
One thing they did frequently in V2.5 was nix tix drafts of the latest sets. Packs would increase during that time because so many more people were grinding drafts. Too bad they haven't done those anymore. It would be good for both limited and constructed players.
That is extremely common. You're not going to need to play all your lands anyway, so running out isn't a worry. Having lots of shuffle effects and food for deathrite shaman and tarmogoyfs, or tasigur or dig through time, is very important as well.
Look up legacy and even modern decks, they all do the same.
Just to be clear, that 45% comment was in the context of 4-tix "retail" pack value. if packs are worth 3tix, it takes about 50% winrate to "break even" on dailies.
Good point on 4-booster sealed. My recollection is that they ditched them during GTC though? As with the redemption fee increase, I would have thought that would have impacted GTC prices if they were the major cause. it's a definite possibility though, and it's one of the "demand-side" causes that I think have the biggest impact.
that's never happened to me. odd.
@Cheater Hater - Since TRM is an Online only set, why not send an email to Josh at (puremtgoeditor@gmail.com) to see if he'd be interested in an article like that?
Or just write the article, press Submit and cross your fingers he likes it?
Good luck!
The SPAM sometimes is very aggressive. It doesn't have anything to do with links.
Last week my messages triggered the SPAM filter for no reason. I simply changed the ending of my message from "Thank you" to "Thanks" and this resolved the problem (strangely!)
That's what they usually do. But even if some people went infinite in those, there were other players not going infinite and it was a good booster dumper that we don't have now.
If Courser of Kruphix and Sylvan Caryatid want to have kids, they must adopt or use donation, because they're both female. :)
Ive got the not saying anything down, usually but the glorifying doesn't happen. I think I missed a step.
Lets give it a shot.
http://puremtgo.com/comment/reply/18376/50807
Works for me.
I recommend you fill out your profile and put up an avatar in case those things matter. (No clue but I don't remember ever being stopped by linking.)
True mastery of boasting comes when you do not need to say a word to have your achievements glorified. ;)
Are you sure? I keep getting the error message "Your submission has triggered the spam filter and will not be accepted." when I try to post a link. They're just links to my Google Drive--maybe it's just that I'm a new poster?
That's a fine visual!
I am most certainly not trying hard enough! :)
With the color fixing available in today's Standard if you aren't playing Treasure Cruise you aren't trying hard enough :p
It was possible to go "infinite" with the original cost/payout. I'm not a great player, but once I went 6 weeks of playing at least one M12 4 pack sealed every day without having to pay. That was the only time I ever went more than 2-3 events without having to pay anything. If I was capable of going 6 weeks free, better players were capable of that type of thing more frequently.
WotC felt the need to lower the potential for going "infinite" in the 4 pack sealed events - so they came up with a lame excuse to get rid of them. After the expected outcry and the fact that neither the 6 pack sealed nor the phantom sealed events were bringing in the revenue that 4 pack sealed generated, the 4 pack events came back with the new cost/payout. I'm sure that raising the price was what they had in mind all along, but the way they went about doing it was an insult to the intelligence of the people who played those events.
I was thinking about how it would be nice to be able to select which packs you got for prize. I was thinking current block but with the new structure should probably be any in print set. Also the store credit or some partial credit would be cool and would provide a way for grinders who don't buy from the store to get supplemental products like commander and duel decks.
Yeah they're much worse now, not only it's worse EV but it also consumes tix while paying one more pack. This makes them less played and a worse pack dumper.
When the were brought back, they added 2 tix to the entry fee and the winner got 1 more pack.
I haven't really paid attention to that. Are they still exactly the same as before?
The briefly got rid of 4 pack sealed tourneys when GTC came out. After about 2 or 3 months they were brought back.
I love to boast!
One thing they did frequently in V2.5 was nix tix drafts of the latest sets. Packs would increase during that time because so many more people were grinding drafts. Too bad they haven't done those anymore. It would be good for both limited and constructed players.
Usually, when I "go off", it's off the deep end,and I look more like a Rabid Wombat.
You can definitely post links here.
That is extremely common. You're not going to need to play all your lands anyway, so running out isn't a worry. Having lots of shuffle effects and food for deathrite shaman and tarmogoyfs, or tasigur or dig through time, is very important as well.
Look up legacy and even modern decks, they all do the same.
Just to be clear, that 45% comment was in the context of 4-tix "retail" pack value. if packs are worth 3tix, it takes about 50% winrate to "break even" on dailies.
Good point on 4-booster sealed. My recollection is that they ditched them during GTC though? As with the redemption fee increase, I would have thought that would have impacted GTC prices if they were the major cause. it's a definite possibility though, and it's one of the "demand-side" causes that I think have the biggest impact.