PDCX is the new PDC event I am working on. It will last 4-12 weeks like a League but will be different. I will be announcing information and releasing details on my blog here and most likely at pdcmagic.com (good folks there).
It will be a free event and have cool prizes (yes - including some IPA commons and other cool cards). I hope to beta test it within our PDC community soon and get the storyline/game rules ironed out.
Hope everyone gets a chance to check out my latest poll on whether MTGO users should have the right to destroy their own cards. We don't legally own them - we get that WOTC/Hasbro implicit license to use them/trade them/play them.
Since MTGO is still a cash cow for Hasbro/Wotc - I believe they will continue MTGO to V4 atleast by 2011. I do hope that we see cool new features and PTQ/World Qualifiers in V3.x some day this year after V3's launch.
Rock on! More details here soon on PDCX.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
An army of One (pauper deck)....
There is something about trading card games like Magic (paper) and it's electronic version, MTGO. It's a sense of building your own custom deck and the elated feeling of winning (beating your oponent) with cards you choose to play. Not some predesigned set of pieces like checkers or chess.
Your constructed deck is like an Army of One. Your deck, your cards and your choices. Customized by you for you. Played by you. Games won like victories on the battlefield. Matches won like wars fought hard. That Turn 15 Corrupt for 11 damage finishing off that annoying MUC blue control deck. The feeling and laughter when you play that Mana Tithe to fight that annoying Counterspell he used with his last two untapped blue mana.
Magic and MTGO bring a level of customization and personalization in gaming. Its the best fusion of Chess, Poker, Baseball cards and Roulette (with the MTGO shuffler sometimes it feels like Russian Roulette lol).
Bring forth the masses unto MTGO. Let them enjoy 24x7 gaming. From any internet connection around the world. Be that at a kitchen table in Boise, Idaho or at an Internet Cafe in Beijing, China. Bring folks together to enjoy a great and growing trading card game in the digital Aether.
PDC takes this one step further. In how we play the game with commons in MTGO. In how many folks are inspired to help each other play this great game called Magic the Gathering. In what we do with these events each week. Player Run Events (PRE) involving PDC bring tears of joy to me. How volunteers host tournaments almost daily. How /join pdc is full of excitment during Pauper events (be it standard, Futex, Classic or Block/trbial etc). How new events occur and the webmasters (kudos to pdcmagic.com and paupermagic.com among others) put time into helping grow this wonderful community of Paupers.
Long live PDC and MTGO. Rejoice in the community that we call PDC.
Your constructed deck is like an Army of One. Your deck, your cards and your choices. Customized by you for you. Played by you. Games won like victories on the battlefield. Matches won like wars fought hard. That Turn 15 Corrupt for 11 damage finishing off that annoying MUC blue control deck. The feeling and laughter when you play that Mana Tithe to fight that annoying Counterspell he used with his last two untapped blue mana.
Magic and MTGO bring a level of customization and personalization in gaming. Its the best fusion of Chess, Poker, Baseball cards and Roulette (with the MTGO shuffler sometimes it feels like Russian Roulette lol).
Bring forth the masses unto MTGO. Let them enjoy 24x7 gaming. From any internet connection around the world. Be that at a kitchen table in Boise, Idaho or at an Internet Cafe in Beijing, China. Bring folks together to enjoy a great and growing trading card game in the digital Aether.
PDC takes this one step further. In how we play the game with commons in MTGO. In how many folks are inspired to help each other play this great game called Magic the Gathering. In what we do with these events each week. Player Run Events (PRE) involving PDC bring tears of joy to me. How volunteers host tournaments almost daily. How /join pdc is full of excitment during Pauper events (be it standard, Futex, Classic or Block/trbial etc). How new events occur and the webmasters (kudos to pdcmagic.com and paupermagic.com among others) put time into helping grow this wonderful community of Paupers.
Long live PDC and MTGO. Rejoice in the community that we call PDC.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
State of the Pauper Nation
Around the world we have many dozens, if not hundreds or thousands, of PDC players in MTGO. With 8 full events or more each week (see http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=590 or http://www.pdcmagic.com/events/index.php for current PDC and PRE happenings in MTGO) - we've got a lively community.
PDC is great for new and old Magic (paper or MTGO) players alike. It allows new players to experiment and play/deck build for a low cost per card and per deck.
MTGO has had its ups and downs the last 6 years. Since 2004 - the Pauper movement in MTGO has evolved and grown. With several websites and dozens of dedicated players/tournament hosts/etc around the world - we're a good group to hang out with in /join pdc.
Version 3 of MTGO is around the corner (sometime this year). I hope in this transition that we do not lose folk as PDC will be there for the bumpy rides ahead. Long term I believe MTGO will be stable and grow its userbase. And in that instance - PDC will be healthier and a better gaming format/environment for all.
Fellow Paupers - let us keep up the good fight and work. We can and will continue to evolve this as not only a "Commons only gaming format" but a great place to spend time with other Magic players online from around the world.
PDC is great for new and old Magic (paper or MTGO) players alike. It allows new players to experiment and play/deck build for a low cost per card and per deck.
MTGO has had its ups and downs the last 6 years. Since 2004 - the Pauper movement in MTGO has evolved and grown. With several websites and dozens of dedicated players/tournament hosts/etc around the world - we're a good group to hang out with in /join pdc.
Version 3 of MTGO is around the corner (sometime this year). I hope in this transition that we do not lose folk as PDC will be there for the bumpy rides ahead. Long term I believe MTGO will be stable and grow its userbase. And in that instance - PDC will be healthier and a better gaming format/environment for all.
Fellow Paupers - let us keep up the good fight and work. We can and will continue to evolve this as not only a "Commons only gaming format" but a great place to spend time with other Magic players online from around the world.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Friends, Paupers and MTGO citizens...BPDC is Kamigawa block tonight!
WocoNation is hosting the tournament tonight in /join bpdc. Its a fun and free-to-join PDC weekly event in MTGO. Different blocks on different weeks make for fresh and creative fun. Prizes are donated by veterans and cool folk.
I donated 1 firecat blitz and 2 battlescreech (yes uncommons -- eek lol) as a door prize for nondroppers. I feel that more folks playing and staying in events is a good thing. But I will admit to dropping after 1 or 2 rounds for various reasons. To each his/her own.
I donated 1 firecat blitz and 2 battlescreech (yes uncommons -- eek lol) as a door prize for nondroppers. I feel that more folks playing and staying in events is a good thing. But I will admit to dropping after 1 or 2 rounds for various reasons. To each his/her own.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
UPDC was fun tonight!
Big thanks to 5351N1 for hosting. It was a fun night of pdc at a free tournament. I even had a door prize for "no droppers" to have a chance after regular swiss 4 rounds to win 4 blink lands.
Shard Fenix had a GUR combo deck that had an infinite mana engine to gather steam to kaboom me. Nearly had him dead twice but that IME works wonders - very creative indeed!
Upcoming events in PDC (8 or more each week check pdcmagic.com for these awesome pdc tournaments) occur nearly daily. I encourage everyone to come visit /join pdc and see whats happening in Pauperville.
I'm still working on my 4x commons collection - a big thank you to my friends in /join bbs and /join pdc (and dj and bra amongst others) for helping me rebuild after my layoff concerns forced me to sell my entire collection. Its ok - MTGOTraders.com left me 2xFallen Angel rares from 7th. Poetic Irony indeed.
Upcoming superevent to be announced soon (not a weekly tournament but a one off event) - it will be first announced here!
Shard Fenix had a GUR combo deck that had an infinite mana engine to gather steam to kaboom me. Nearly had him dead twice but that IME works wonders - very creative indeed!
Upcoming events in PDC (8 or more each week check pdcmagic.com for these awesome pdc tournaments) occur nearly daily. I encourage everyone to come visit /join pdc and see whats happening in Pauperville.
I'm still working on my 4x commons collection - a big thank you to my friends in /join bbs and /join pdc (and dj and bra amongst others) for helping me rebuild after my layoff concerns forced me to sell my entire collection. Its ok - MTGOTraders.com left me 2xFallen Angel rares from 7th. Poetic Irony indeed.
Upcoming superevent to be announced soon (not a weekly tournament but a one off event) - it will be first announced here!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
TPDC was a success last night!
The Tuesday Night PDC event (PDC Classic format - MTGO classic commons) had a great turnout - 27 folks showed up to play in the free PDC tournament. I brought my Orzhov deck and faced X-force-of-will's modified Classical Affinities with splash blue draw/control. It was a very good match. I made a mistake on Turn 6 of game 1 (should have swung for the stars with my flyers) - didn't finish him off before he overran me with Affinity Ground Stompers (ie Myr Enforcer and Bone Splitter-equipped Phyrexian Walkers). Game 2 I got my flyers out fast, discarded and blinked ahead for the win. Game 3 - was a bit of a slugfest and he got my flyers down for the kill. Thank you to ShardFenix for hosting as Lathspel wasn't feeling good last night.
This is a wonderful fun time and I hope folks show up for TPDC as it is a classical environment and you see all sorts of decks.
This is a wonderful fun time and I hope folks show up for TPDC as it is a classical environment and you see all sorts of decks.
Monday, February 11, 2008
A Pauper's Perspective
PDC is alive and well. With at least 8 PDC events going on each week (most if not all listed at pdcmagic.com) - we're thriving in the MTGO world.
The simplicity of this format is wonderful. Only a single common in MTGO has been banned in PDC and that was Cranial Plating. Only cards restricted? Artifact lands. Yes - MD5 was a fun janky group that shook things up. Kind of the Ross Perot and Howard Dean of Modern Magic gaming - especially in MTGO.
This will be the 5th year of Pauper Deck Challenge. Many have contributed to its growth. Strong websites like pdcmagic.com and paupermagic.com help contribute to this phenomenon. PDCmagic.com has some really cool stuff - the rewards and work they put into PDC gaming really do wonders (you get customized gfx rewards for winning pdc events). I truly appreciate what folks are doing out there - hosting events, running websites, donating prizes to pdc tournaments etc.
This is a growing movement in MTGO gaming. There are rumors that PDC has crossed over to paper in Europe, Japan and Australia but I don't see any official reports yet confirming that. PDC - Bringing folks together one common at a time. Coming together in Unity, not petty division. Oh wait, I'm reading from Barrack Obama's notes, sorry. :)
The simplicity of this format is wonderful. Only a single common in MTGO has been banned in PDC and that was Cranial Plating. Only cards restricted? Artifact lands. Yes - MD5 was a fun janky group that shook things up. Kind of the Ross Perot and Howard Dean of Modern Magic gaming - especially in MTGO.
This will be the 5th year of Pauper Deck Challenge. Many have contributed to its growth. Strong websites like pdcmagic.com and paupermagic.com help contribute to this phenomenon. PDCmagic.com has some really cool stuff - the rewards and work they put into PDC gaming really do wonders (you get customized gfx rewards for winning pdc events). I truly appreciate what folks are doing out there - hosting events, running websites, donating prizes to pdc tournaments etc.
This is a growing movement in MTGO gaming. There are rumors that PDC has crossed over to paper in Europe, Japan and Australia but I don't see any official reports yet confirming that. PDC - Bringing folks together one common at a time. Coming together in Unity, not petty division. Oh wait, I'm reading from Barrack Obama's notes, sorry. :)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
MTGO v2 live to die soon - V3 around corner
With years of duct taping V2 MTGO and dealing with its various shortcomings - V3 is soon to be launched live.
Its not perfect - has some UI issues - but new stable code, multi server Master environment and lots of room for future cool customization - let us hope that something wonderful occurs. It will take 30, 90, 180 and 360 day milestones post launch of V3 to see what becomes of it.
If they:
1. No lag with 5,000 users online at once
2. Bring Leagues/Multiplayer back within 90 days.
3. Add functions/fix bugs in the first 30-180 days.
4. Give us some special things that V3 can do that V2 never could.
5. Reduce lag and hopefully have a Morningtide release in V3 with special prizes and no crashes.
Lets Hope Worth gets things done right on V3.
As for TPDC tonight - I went 3-0 and made top 8. Somehow and someway I was lagged from responding (had about 8-10 life and 19 minutes on timer). Then MTGO returns control to me and Im kicked out of the game/force loss of match. Love the bugs/lag in MTGO 2 - cost me top4. Not realy happy with how I was treated but oh well.
Lathspel worked really hard for TPDC and it overall was a success.
Its not perfect - has some UI issues - but new stable code, multi server Master environment and lots of room for future cool customization - let us hope that something wonderful occurs. It will take 30, 90, 180 and 360 day milestones post launch of V3 to see what becomes of it.
If they:
1. No lag with 5,000 users online at once
2. Bring Leagues/Multiplayer back within 90 days.
3. Add functions/fix bugs in the first 30-180 days.
4. Give us some special things that V3 can do that V2 never could.
5. Reduce lag and hopefully have a Morningtide release in V3 with special prizes and no crashes.
Lets Hope Worth gets things done right on V3.
As for TPDC tonight - I went 3-0 and made top 8. Somehow and someway I was lagged from responding (had about 8-10 life and 19 minutes on timer). Then MTGO returns control to me and Im kicked out of the game/force loss of match. Love the bugs/lag in MTGO 2 - cost me top4. Not realy happy with how I was treated but oh well.
Lathspel worked really hard for TPDC and it overall was a success.
TPDC by Lathspel -- Tuesday night PDC
Its been so long since I played or hosted a PDC event. This one is fun and has prizes (as most PDC events do). Its held every Tuesday (in /join tdpc) in MTGO. I think a lot of folks would enjoy this 4 round swiss event with Top8 playoff.
Visit http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=986181 and see how tonight's Tournament goes/went.
I will explain more of the Events in PDC and the free nature in a future blog. I look forward to sharing this with our friends in paper and digital MTG.
Rock on PDC!
Rock on MTGO!
-tw
Visit http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=986181 and see how tonight's Tournament goes/went.
I will explain more of the Events in PDC and the free nature in a future blog. I look forward to sharing this with our friends in paper and digital MTG.
Rock on PDC!
Rock on MTGO!
-tw
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