I really wish more people would look at my decks and give me advice.
Deck Help forum
Posted on April 4, 2013, 6:17 p.m. by timckmorse
I have 4 decks on here currently. And not many views. I cycle them when I can. But no one ever gives constructive criticism or advice to help me improve them the best I can. If you have time, please have a look and tell me what you think. 5-Color Orgasm, Counters Galore, Game of Life, and Beguiler's Tokens are the decks.
Also, it's a LOT easier if you have a competitive deck. People who generally play casual decks don't play the best cards, but play with the most fun cards or maybe only the ones they have access to.
I would work on the descriptions a little more. It's great to see a couple of paragraphs, but if you want really good help, it's easier if you define literally everything you know about your deck. This pertains to matchups, record, cards uses etc. Mind you, this is really hard to accomplish with a casual deck.
If you want a one-step guide to get a deck noticed, check out Solomon's decks..they all have a crazy long description--that entails the viewer on an epic journey.
However, if you don't want so much work, you can try Getting More Views on Your Decks by Epochalyptik.
April 4, 2013 6:32 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #5
Yeah, Epoch has a great overview. But like fireteam said, if you're not interested in playing super super competitive, say that in your description. Say what you want your deck to do and how you have fun with it, say which parts are important and where your preferences lay.
Budget is important to mention because as I said on your deck Counters Galore, you COULD throw in shocks and fetches, but...do you want to invest that much into it? Your call, the more you give us to work with the better your chances somebody will have something to say.
April 4, 2013 6:39 p.m.
It is also worth noting that most of your deck's havn't even hit the 100 view mark, quite often it takes almost 500 views for a comment to appear (more around 1k for casual decks). Another thing that can help would be to type down a game with the deck using a more story based sentence structure instead of an informative.
Example:
Billy: played a plains and passed : Not worth typing
Bob: played a swamp and passed : not worth typing
Billy: played a plains and cast White Knight : Billy opened the game by casting a White Knight
Bob: played a swamp and cast Diabolic Edict : Bob responded by casting Diabolic Edict on his turn to show what he thought about the white knight's protection.
April 4, 2013 7:34 p.m.
@fireteam: Do you know how Solomon formatted his descriptions like that with the table of contents and whatnot, or is it all just HTML formatting? Just wondering if there's a tutorial on Tappedout for that or not.
April 4, 2013 10:27 p.m.
I really don't know...I'm pretty sure he used markdown syntax--but it seems possible with HTML...
April 4, 2013 10:52 p.m.
KrazyCaley says... #9
I use both, although I'm certainly no master of formatting. I just use a quick, functional, and fast format that uses a lot of horizontal lines (three dashes) and headers (two pound signs).
-C
MindAblaze says... #2
One of the best way to get comments on your decks is to be interactive in the community. Look at other people's decks, comment on them and if they appreciate your comments say something along the lines of "this is what I do in my deck like this, check it out if you want..."
I have to say, one deck cycle a day isn't enough to get your decks out there. You have to ask for specific help in the forums, and go out and take part in the community. It takes time but it pays off.
April 4, 2013 6:24 p.m.