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The Blind Eternities forum
Posted on Feb. 27, 2015, 12:54 p.m. by PreZchoICE1
fresh start. GO
I didnt know I could ask about specific play-lines in deckhelp. Thought it pertained to list on paper only. XD
I usually lookup cards in 'single card discussion' or specific card vs card rulings.
Got a Playtester list for almost every established deck in modern. :3
March 29, 2015 7:59 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #3
Epochalyptik Of course not. Just put up a list and have people fill in the blanks... or something like that.
March 29, 2015 8 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
It would be a minimum character rule if anything. Max doesn't really do anything productive for us.
The root problem really is that about half of our userbase is just here to build decks, and when they venture into the forums they don't really know what they're doing. I'd like to say user education is the solution to that problem, but education-based initiatives have failed in the past. So I tend to lean toward hard controls to help keep things running properly. I just don't know how to solve some of the issues because they're not really remedied by hard controls.
March 29, 2015 8:02 p.m.
I still think that it would make a viable drinking game - go into DH. Take a shot for each thread that's link is plaintext and 2 shots for each thread that has no link whatsoever.
And on the topic of desktop vs laptop - porqueno los dos? :P
March 29, 2015 8:03 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #6
@FAMOUSWATERMELON: The problem with that is that it will either allow anyone to sign up (and the fact of the matter is that some of those people really aren't in tune with the formats they'd sign up for) or become a popularity contest for users within the formats. To some extent, I don't mind that; the most active users tend to give the best advice on what they know. But maybe a formal list implies that only those people should really be consulted, or that other people can't give good advice?
It's a tricky situation when it comes to community management. You have to be really careful about elevating people organizationally as figures for various things.
March 29, 2015 8:05 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
@enpc: And shotgun a beer whenever someone posts 24 or fewer hours away from FNM looking for advice on a deck that can't be fixed in that time.
March 29, 2015 8:06 p.m.
Not to mention you'll have people who THINK they know about deck building continously pestering you about being put on the list and eiterh a) get salty when you dont put them on the list or b) give bad advice.
March 29, 2015 8:07 p.m.
Femme_Fatale, do you mean a minimum character rule? That makes more sense to me.
Here's my idea: Maybe we could have a special post creation page for DH. You would put your deck slug (or maybe pick the deck from a dropdown list of decks on the site), and the site would do subforums in the form of dropdown menus or labels/filters that people could filter with. We could also have multiple boxes to fill in, like a box for deck status (idea, shell, finished product), a box for previous suggestions, etc... Also, we could have the comments given on the deck help post themselves to the deck page for ease of use.
By the way, Epochalyptik, did you ever implement the "one post in DH per week" rule?
There's my block of text. If you need clarification, ask, because I know this doesn't make sense.
March 29, 2015 8:09 p.m.
@ Epochalyptik: at least at that point they'll get some creative as fuck advice, if not somewhat incoherent :P
March 29, 2015 8:10 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #12
@Matsi883: It's an interesting idea, but you'd have to pitch it to Go, not to me.
March 29, 2015 8:11 p.m.
Im honestly afraid of posting in the other forums more often than not. :P Dont want to post things in the wrong place... and Im all out of mox to sack goat tokens with. Costly snackrifices..
March 29, 2015 8:23 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #14
Yes, minimum character, not max character.
MIN MIN!
March 29, 2015 8:24 p.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #15
-_- I wish more people in the League had Xmage. I can't even get a game in on untap.
March 29, 2015 8:24 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #17
I CLAIM YET ANOTHER PAGE FOR... um... MONGOLIA!!!
March 29, 2015 8:29 p.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #18
Matsi883 I know! More people need to use it. I'm waiting for Khanye but at this rate I may have to call it a night, I have an article to read.
March 29, 2015 8:30 p.m.
Hey, have any people here had experience with altering cards/know where to go for said card alters?
March 29, 2015 8:37 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #21
See, this is part of the problem with the DH forum. Glistner puts up his Scapeshift deck, asking for card draw, and someone suggests Gifts Ungiven. FACEPALM
March 29, 2015 8:39 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #23
To be fair he then went and made a deck with ecactly that
March 29, 2015 8:41 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #24
enpc Have you ever seen a Scapeshift deck with Gifts Ungiven in it?
March 29, 2015 8:41 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON: I'm not saying its not a bad suggestion, I'm saying that technically it does produce card advantage :P
Its like saying Spell Snip is a counterspell :P
March 29, 2015 8:48 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #26
Femme_Fatale What if we had a set format that one had to follow for deck help? Example:
Format: Standard
Deck/Archetype: UW Heroic
I need help with: Sideboarding against Jeskai Tokens. My local meta is full of Jeskai decks, and I just can't beat them.
March 29, 2015 8:49 p.m.
For deck help, there could also be an entry field where you have to copy the deck's hyperlink into before you can submit, forcing the deck help to at least have a link to the deck. Combine that with a minimum word limit and that might help.
Basically, if you make it a bit of work to submit deck help then peopel who just want to use it as deckcycle 2.0 wont be bothered. But the people who want legitimate help and who are willing to go through the process will get more constructive help.
March 29, 2015 9:01 p.m.
Maybe DH shouldn't even use commenting at all. Let me explain.
On the bottom, there could be something like a drop-down menu where you select a deck to post. Then, once you've selected a deck, you could have a text box come up with the reminder text of "Type a 100-character minimum list of things that this deck needs help with" or something like that. Make it have its own special format, as enpc suggested inb4.
In other news, Ryotenchi wants a cat.
March 29, 2015 9:09 p.m.
In other news, I won two trophies for taekwondo yesterday! :D
March 29, 2015 9:17 p.m.
Thanks Matsi883. And quest magic is awesome. I had a blast back when I went through it the first time.
March 29, 2015 9:30 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #34
Raises hand for a noob question
What's Quest Magic?
March 29, 2015 9:34 p.m.
It's a Magic quest.
And it's really fun.
Essentially, you build a MTG deck (usually Modern), and just go on a planeswalkin' journey to stop a thing from doing stuff.
Does that help at all?
March 29, 2015 9:44 p.m.
Is Civ5 fun? I mean, i've heard it's awesome and really sucks you in, but I know nothing about it. I'm terrible at rts games, but if it's a turn based strat game, i might check it out.
March 29, 2015 9:45 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #38
I saw this and burst out laughing so hard...
"I'm kinda still a newb but more like an advanced newb"
March 29, 2015 9:46 p.m.
i like civ5 and the next one beyond earth was pretty imaginative. i play on steam feel free to inv me =P
March 29, 2015 10:11 p.m.
Hows' this news 6tennis, Im 'hypothetically' Stealing Kittehz all the time. :P
Anyways. Thanx peeps that helped on my deck. I def like where its going. :3 Aint worth the price, but def might be fun if we did a Jank League.
March 29, 2015 10:37 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #43
6tennis Holy crap, now THAT is pretty f***ing awesome!!
Be back in a couple weeks guys!!
March 29, 2015 10:45 p.m.
Im failing to questmagic...
Not sure how to make a modern character or w/e..
March 29, 2015 10:48 p.m.
Found it.. Derp. XD This is pretty neat and I havent even started yet.
March 29, 2015 10:51 p.m.
IM will be the death of me. I know I should ignore him. I know I should. But I can't. His ignorance draws me in like the gravitational pull of a small planet.
March 29, 2015 11:16 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #47
xzzane : He's a Yugioh trying to use Yugioh logic to play MTG not realizing they are apples and oranges. Sure, they are both fruit (card games) but the metas (no matter how independent huehue you think it is), are worlds apart.
March 29, 2015 11:20 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #48
Congratulations 6tennis, you have successfully gotten me totally hooked. Love it.
(The Rakdos are tasty, if you know what I mean)
March 29, 2015 11:21 p.m.
It's honestly not even that that gets me so much-that's part of it-tut rather his constant insisting that he seems to be part of some sort of group that is directly affiliated with WOTC. And then spews the kind of garbage that you see in the Modern forum. If he were a new player in need of guidance, that would be one thing. But he claims to know everything and belittles those of us who do know the format. It's just grinding the little patience I have left.
March 29, 2015 11:24 p.m.
So our little Modern Monster (talking about IM) posted a new deck for us to check out! Seeing as how it's a Modern deck listed as Standard and full of some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen, I think I'll drop a comment or two. Another day, another dollar.
Femme_Fatale says... #1
Epochalyptik, why not instigate like a max character rule for the DH?
March 29, 2015 7:58 p.m.