We've experienced casual drafting in Alara for a few days now. Folks are playing some interesting combos (much more colorful last few sets). The system seems to be stable and WOTC seems happy with the relative lack of issues.
I am taking a wait and see approach to this new set. We'll see how MPDC and TPDC hit *next* week (the 2nd week of Shards tech available to PDC players).
More updates as we see how Alara pans out in the next few weeks.
Rock on!
-tw
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Shards of Alara going Live Monday 10/20/2008
Be prepared Paupers - the new booster format and Shards of Alara hit Monday. We already had this week's patch Wednesday that prepared the live system for MTGO.
IPA/OTJ goes to Classic from Extended. Futex is now just Extended Pauper (OLS onward) and STD loses PLC/TS. I will miss Vampiric Link - was fun in my BlackRush beatdown STD pauper deck. I reteched my stuff into white (still BW hybrid) using the nice 0/1 Moth that gets +4 lifegain anytime it blocks (it stacks as you declare blocking so you get the 4 lifegain even if its burned).
We have a pesky PDC classic bug with the Flagbearers. Coaltion Honor Guard and Standard Bearer do not work properly against storm affects (Grapeshot and Temporal Fissure specifically). Proper way to function - gotta target CHG/SB if in play until they are removed *then* you can target player/controller/other creatures in play. Been noted, Wotc_Lee Sharpe is working with devs (its not an A1 priority but its in top 20%) to get it resolved eventually.
Classic is tough - wide format from 7th/ipa to X/alara starting next monday. Thousands of commons to choose from. With the Gold (multicolor) and hybrid (two unique colors) commons - IPA isn't the only solution anymore. Discard decks still have some great tech so WATCH OUT.
I want to thank Wildman, Newman and Spikeboy for all the game testing as of late - its been lots of fun and got me back into STD pauper gaming. Y'all rock!
Last note - I really dislike this new booster policy - 1 land in each booster of Shards/Alara going forward. Meaning we're stuck with a ton of land as veterans. A Much Simpler solution for paper and MTGO -- SELL LAND PACKS TO THE NEWBIES. ITS bad that I already have over 750 lands as it stands now. Less reasons for me to buy boosters as I'm not in the mood to buy land this way. I don't mind random lands (foils preferred lol). But get the land packs out to the newbies and don't punish/flood veterans with common basic land.
Rock on folks!
IPA/OTJ goes to Classic from Extended. Futex is now just Extended Pauper (OLS onward) and STD loses PLC/TS. I will miss Vampiric Link - was fun in my BlackRush beatdown STD pauper deck. I reteched my stuff into white (still BW hybrid) using the nice 0/1 Moth that gets +4 lifegain anytime it blocks (it stacks as you declare blocking so you get the 4 lifegain even if its burned).
We have a pesky PDC classic bug with the Flagbearers. Coaltion Honor Guard and Standard Bearer do not work properly against storm affects (Grapeshot and Temporal Fissure specifically). Proper way to function - gotta target CHG/SB if in play until they are removed *then* you can target player/controller/other creatures in play. Been noted, Wotc_Lee Sharpe is working with devs (its not an A1 priority but its in top 20%) to get it resolved eventually.
Classic is tough - wide format from 7th/ipa to X/alara starting next monday. Thousands of commons to choose from. With the Gold (multicolor) and hybrid (two unique colors) commons - IPA isn't the only solution anymore. Discard decks still have some great tech so WATCH OUT.
I want to thank Wildman, Newman and Spikeboy for all the game testing as of late - its been lots of fun and got me back into STD pauper gaming. Y'all rock!
Last note - I really dislike this new booster policy - 1 land in each booster of Shards/Alara going forward. Meaning we're stuck with a ton of land as veterans. A Much Simpler solution for paper and MTGO -- SELL LAND PACKS TO THE NEWBIES. ITS bad that I already have over 750 lands as it stands now. Less reasons for me to buy boosters as I'm not in the mood to buy land this way. I don't mind random lands (foils preferred lol). But get the land packs out to the newbies and don't punish/flood veterans with common basic land.
Rock on folks!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday PDC event - MPDC was fun..Tactical Mulligans were missed
Monday's PDC event was a fun one! Thank you to ZeroFusion for hosting it (runs at 12pm Pacific, 7pm GMT in /join mpdc). We had 14 players and I do like the current flavors in standard.
My first round was a smash. I won 2-0 with some quick hitting Mimic flying. Nightsky Mimic with apparition, NG hag, unmake or the 4 cost wither hag makes for a fast hitting rush by Turn 5.
Round 2 - Mimics for my opponent and my mimics don't show. Should have done a tactical mulligan. Bogle the pain in butt is hard to remove. Note that Grave Peril should ONLY be deployed one at a time (if you have two out - BOTH get sac'd when next nonBLK critter comes out).
Round 3 - Mimics again (Red/Blue...RU) and very effective. I don't get my mimics out in a fast order (my deck is best when aiming for T5-T6 kill).
Just note to tactically mulligan - it can be important to get key cards for win condition. Also note to be patient as if you have a nonrush deck - you can survive and come back from the brink of defeat for the win.
Hats off to our PDC folk - glad to see y'all came out. Some upcoming things look good - be WARNED Shards of Alara is scheduled for release NEXT MONDAY on October 20, 2008.
Peace out!
-TW
My first round was a smash. I won 2-0 with some quick hitting Mimic flying. Nightsky Mimic with apparition, NG hag, unmake or the 4 cost wither hag makes for a fast hitting rush by Turn 5.
Round 2 - Mimics for my opponent and my mimics don't show. Should have done a tactical mulligan. Bogle the pain in butt is hard to remove. Note that Grave Peril should ONLY be deployed one at a time (if you have two out - BOTH get sac'd when next nonBLK critter comes out).
Round 3 - Mimics again (Red/Blue...RU) and very effective. I don't get my mimics out in a fast order (my deck is best when aiming for T5-T6 kill).
Just note to tactically mulligan - it can be important to get key cards for win condition. Also note to be patient as if you have a nonrush deck - you can survive and come back from the brink of defeat for the win.
Hats off to our PDC folk - glad to see y'all came out. Some upcoming things look good - be WARNED Shards of Alara is scheduled for release NEXT MONDAY on October 20, 2008.
Peace out!
-TW
Monday, October 6, 2008
MPDC STD Pauper event today - it was great!
First of all big thanks to ZeroFusion for hosting MPDC - it was a BLAST. I recommend new players start out in Standard PDC to get used to things. Futex and Classic can be *quite* rough if your new.
While I did not make it to the top4 - I did place 7th with my 2-1 record. In the first round I lost to a clanmate friend hokusai22! It was close and it went to the 3rd game of that match. RedDeckWins in pauper can be tough!
Down 0-1, I then went on and faced a really cool B/W deck from gershon. He had a suprises. I had to flip and get creative with my Blk/Fly-HybridLife deck. I won 2 games but they were hard fought.
tied 1-1 going into round 3 - I faced off against dyagos. He had a very creative U/R deck. Cinder Pyromancer, Grinning Ignus and the Banneret can make it for a plink war. To add to it he splashed blue and topped off with Grapeshot swarms. It went 3 tough games but I swung with a 10/10 flyer to finish off the last game (B/W Mimic with two hybrid enchants).
I didn't top4 - I placed 7th but I was 1 game away from going 3-0/top4. In any event - hope to see y'all in MTGO and especially in /join pdc!
It gets crazy with these LRW/MOR/SHAD/EVE hybrids and mechanics. I do like it in Pauper Standard.
Check the forums at - http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1097805 for info on this week's MPDC final standings and the top4 decks!
While I did not make it to the top4 - I did place 7th with my 2-1 record. In the first round I lost to a clanmate friend hokusai22! It was close and it went to the 3rd game of that match. RedDeckWins in pauper can be tough!
Down 0-1, I then went on and faced a really cool B/W deck from gershon. He had a suprises. I had to flip and get creative with my Blk/Fly-HybridLife deck. I won 2 games but they were hard fought.
tied 1-1 going into round 3 - I faced off against dyagos. He had a very creative U/R deck. Cinder Pyromancer, Grinning Ignus and the Banneret can make it for a plink war. To add to it he splashed blue and topped off with Grapeshot swarms. It went 3 tough games but I swung with a 10/10 flyer to finish off the last game (B/W Mimic with two hybrid enchants).
I didn't top4 - I placed 7th but I was 1 game away from going 3-0/top4. In any event - hope to see y'all in MTGO and especially in /join pdc!
It gets crazy with these LRW/MOR/SHAD/EVE hybrids and mechanics. I do like it in Pauper Standard.
Check the forums at - http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1097805 for info on this week's MPDC final standings and the top4 decks!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Community and what it means to MTGO
MTGO has been around for 5 years, 9 months in live form 1.x or 2.x. Since 6/2002 it has been a strange phenomenon. Digital Objects for trade and sale. Digital objects in games that people "license to use from WOTC/Hasbro" yet in most folks held views they own them.
Its been a rough time since 2003 and the release of 2.x MTGO. MTGO has struggled due to its success with 1.x and also with 1.x flaws in design: hard coding each card's rules and a centralized master server as a bottleneck restricting growth. MTGO's team (post Leaping Lizards) tried to fix some things with 2.0 in 2003 but the crash was so horrid and nasty that they had to roll back. Ever since then 2.x has had its problems and crash/lag instability (past 3,000 or so users online at once).
Flash forward to April 2008. We're nearing the launch of MTGO V3. Its not the prettiest UI (I hate the vertical chat bar) and will launch without Leagues/Multiplayer (unless they fix that at the last minute).
Lets hope with the new 3.x infrastructure (cluster servers, better uniform coding for card rules/cards and expandibility) - we get growth in MTGO again.
What has held us together for the last 5 years of pain? Community. MTGO users on the forums and in MTGO have helped grow the community and keep it cobbled together. Critics and fans of WOTC both help make the MTGO Forums and MTGO itself a better place. I applaud one thing WOTC DOES right: They let us speak our minds on the wizards.com MTGO Forums (within some reason).
Regarding PDCWAR: Rise of Commonaria - we will be launching the Beta 1 Post V3. V3 is so close, I dont want a hangover between the downing of 2.x live and the launch of V3.
More news to come soon on PDC and MTGO!
Its been a rough time since 2003 and the release of 2.x MTGO. MTGO has struggled due to its success with 1.x and also with 1.x flaws in design: hard coding each card's rules and a centralized master server as a bottleneck restricting growth. MTGO's team (post Leaping Lizards) tried to fix some things with 2.0 in 2003 but the crash was so horrid and nasty that they had to roll back. Ever since then 2.x has had its problems and crash/lag instability (past 3,000 or so users online at once).
Flash forward to April 2008. We're nearing the launch of MTGO V3. Its not the prettiest UI (I hate the vertical chat bar) and will launch without Leagues/Multiplayer (unless they fix that at the last minute).
Lets hope with the new 3.x infrastructure (cluster servers, better uniform coding for card rules/cards and expandibility) - we get growth in MTGO again.
What has held us together for the last 5 years of pain? Community. MTGO users on the forums and in MTGO have helped grow the community and keep it cobbled together. Critics and fans of WOTC both help make the MTGO Forums and MTGO itself a better place. I applaud one thing WOTC DOES right: They let us speak our minds on the wizards.com MTGO Forums (within some reason).
Regarding PDCWAR: Rise of Commonaria - we will be launching the Beta 1 Post V3. V3 is so close, I dont want a hangover between the downing of 2.x live and the launch of V3.
More news to come soon on PDC and MTGO!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The battle for Commonaria begins soon!
The storms of war have been brewing for some time now. The continental shifts because of the Planeswalker Wars have created great turmoil. A decision by five mages (one from each school of magic) ages ago to save part of Dominaria in a protected vale called Commonaria. Shielded by powerful and ancient magic - it was a safe place for common folk, beasts and magics to live in peace. That millenium of peace has come to an end. Cracks in the the protective ward are growing from the ongoing War outside Commonaria. Each village senses the storm ahead and have begun preparations for war.
PDCX, as it has been announced, is Pauper Deck Wars: The Rise of Commonaria (PDCWAR). An upcoming beta launch date for this game will be announced soon.
PDCX, as it has been announced, is Pauper Deck Wars: The Rise of Commonaria (PDCWAR). An upcoming beta launch date for this game will be announced soon.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
MTGO bill of rights...
Last night there was an incident in MTGO. I won't go into details (see the MTGO general forums for that) but suffice to say:
Adepts are not fully equipped or properly trained to deal with real life issues of their users. When a concerned "MTGO citizen" approaches an Adept with worries about another MTGO user/citizen regarding serious issues - they need to have empathy and an escalation path. Not coldness nor inanity cut/paste/ignore the issue.
Overall - I see MTGO improving but having to deal with poorly trained Adepts at times can grind against my goodwill and spirit of the MTGOverse.
On a positive note - PDCX development continues. I am looking forward to the first beta game. Will be 4-12 players and it will last 4-6 weeks or more.
Rock on folks and keep up the Pauper Fight!
My KithkinArmyRush (PDC STANDARD DECK) is pretty cool:
4 Pacifism
22 Plains
4 Amrou Seekers
4 Cenn's Heir
4 Fortify
4 Goldmeadow Harrier
4 Kinsbaile Skirmisher
3 Plover Knights
3 Ballyrush Banneret
3 Kithkin Zephyrnaut
4 Mosquito Guard
1 Order of the Golden Cricket
Sideboard
3 Detainment Spell
3 Mana Tithe
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Pentarch Ward
3 Soaring Hope
Now I know it can be fine tuned and upgraded. I may put Sunlance in the sideboard or Ghost Fire as well SB. Any suggestions - please let know!
Adepts are not fully equipped or properly trained to deal with real life issues of their users. When a concerned "MTGO citizen" approaches an Adept with worries about another MTGO user/citizen regarding serious issues - they need to have empathy and an escalation path. Not coldness nor inanity cut/paste/ignore the issue.
Overall - I see MTGO improving but having to deal with poorly trained Adepts at times can grind against my goodwill and spirit of the MTGOverse.
On a positive note - PDCX development continues. I am looking forward to the first beta game. Will be 4-12 players and it will last 4-6 weeks or more.
Rock on folks and keep up the Pauper Fight!
My KithkinArmyRush (PDC STANDARD DECK) is pretty cool:
4 Pacifism
22 Plains
4 Amrou Seekers
4 Cenn's Heir
4 Fortify
4 Goldmeadow Harrier
4 Kinsbaile Skirmisher
3 Plover Knights
3 Ballyrush Banneret
3 Kithkin Zephyrnaut
4 Mosquito Guard
1 Order of the Golden Cricket
Sideboard
3 Detainment Spell
3 Mana Tithe
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Pentarch Ward
3 Soaring Hope
Now I know it can be fine tuned and upgraded. I may put Sunlance in the sideboard or Ghost Fire as well SB. Any suggestions - please let know!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The upcoming rotation of IPA/OTJ out of extended to Classic
Should be an interesting event. Will prices go down for IPA (even commons like Terminate, Armadillo's Cloak, Harrow and others) post rotation? I am not sure.
What I am glad about (and hopeful for) is that PDC Extended will be standardized with MTGO Extended. I liked the Futex format and thought it was creative - however simplified formats for the Big 3 (Standard, Extended and Classic) are preferred IMHO.
More work on PDCX being done. Its looking to be a fun project event. I need some beta testers and gfx/rules technical volunteers. Let me know if your interested in this. When we launch this multi-week event - there will be cool prizes for our Beta 01a PDCX event.
Rock on and topdeck your common!
-tw
What I am glad about (and hopeful for) is that PDC Extended will be standardized with MTGO Extended. I liked the Futex format and thought it was creative - however simplified formats for the Big 3 (Standard, Extended and Classic) are preferred IMHO.
More work on PDCX being done. Its looking to be a fun project event. I need some beta testers and gfx/rules technical volunteers. Let me know if your interested in this. When we launch this multi-week event - there will be cool prizes for our Beta 01a PDCX event.
Rock on and topdeck your common!
-tw
Friday, February 29, 2008
PDCX - The undiscovered Event
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.
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.
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.
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!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Integrity meltdown at MTGO...
It appears that over the 5 years of MTGO - a few have violated the Terms of Service in MTGO. When you login to MTGO - before signing in -- you have to Accept the TOS. In the TOS there are a variety of legal issues addressed. A simple one is - do not share your account.
Now its hard, if not impossible, to properly regulate and police people using their own accounts. WOTC even had a paid writer (a British pro with the initials QM) on magicthegathering.com actually admit to taking over a friend's draft in MTGO. Its a TOS violation. Against the rules.
Seems as if there are 3-5 threads AFIRE with this issue on the MTGO general boards.
KUDOS TO WORTH AND GAMERZERO FOR INVESTIGATING - but the fires are burning.
There is no integrity or trust left in MTGO at this time. Too many users I thought I could trust now think cheating or "breaking the current rules" or "breaking an unenforceable rule" is pretty darned ok.
Well its not.
MTGO is a trading card game. Its the online version of MTG. Richard Garfield, a mathematician, invented or co-invented it. He was very proud of its rules structure and following the rules are important. If a rule needs to be changed or modified - thats fine - but until then its there for a reason.
Drafts, Leagues and Premier events in MTGO cost real money. Prizes are awarded and can be sold/traded eventually for REAL MONEY. When REAL MONEY is on the line - TRUST and INTEGRITY are important.
Some really dont care, dont see the point or just enjoy Winning at All costs.
This is costing MTGO a lot of trust now.
MTGO is basically unable to host PRO level events because of this and the lack of DCI enforcement.
Its a Casual place like a Virtual Bar to hang out with friends, play some casual gaming but do not put any serious money into it - people cheat and get away with it.
Now its hard, if not impossible, to properly regulate and police people using their own accounts. WOTC even had a paid writer (a British pro with the initials QM) on magicthegathering.com actually admit to taking over a friend's draft in MTGO. Its a TOS violation. Against the rules.
Seems as if there are 3-5 threads AFIRE with this issue on the MTGO general boards.
KUDOS TO WORTH AND GAMERZERO FOR INVESTIGATING - but the fires are burning.
There is no integrity or trust left in MTGO at this time. Too many users I thought I could trust now think cheating or "breaking the current rules" or "breaking an unenforceable rule" is pretty darned ok.
Well its not.
MTGO is a trading card game. Its the online version of MTG. Richard Garfield, a mathematician, invented or co-invented it. He was very proud of its rules structure and following the rules are important. If a rule needs to be changed or modified - thats fine - but until then its there for a reason.
Drafts, Leagues and Premier events in MTGO cost real money. Prizes are awarded and can be sold/traded eventually for REAL MONEY. When REAL MONEY is on the line - TRUST and INTEGRITY are important.
Some really dont care, dont see the point or just enjoy Winning at All costs.
This is costing MTGO a lot of trust now.
MTGO is basically unable to host PRO level events because of this and the lack of DCI enforcement.
Its a Casual place like a Virtual Bar to hang out with friends, play some casual gaming but do not put any serious money into it - people cheat and get away with it.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Concerns on V3
MTGO live is currrently at version 2.x. There is a new version of MTGO coming out called V3.
I have concerns how the user interface, chatting, chat rooms and gameplay/card viewability is handled.
I think they are going to release it live without fixing some core concerns. My only hope is that:
A) They consolidate both the 2.x live and V3.x beta teams together for more resources on one project.
B) With the added resources they work and ramp up fixes/updates each week fixing as much as possible.
C) That we do not lose a signifcant portion of the MTGO userbase during this change.
D) That MTGO/WOTC communicates things well during this painful change/growth process.
I have concerns how the user interface, chatting, chat rooms and gameplay/card viewability is handled.
I think they are going to release it live without fixing some core concerns. My only hope is that:
A) They consolidate both the 2.x live and V3.x beta teams together for more resources on one project.
B) With the added resources they work and ramp up fixes/updates each week fixing as much as possible.
C) That we do not lose a signifcant portion of the MTGO userbase during this change.
D) That MTGO/WOTC communicates things well during this painful change/growth process.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Welcome to Tharionwind's PDC blog
Welcome to my Paupers Deck Challenge blog. Its amazing whats happened over the last nearly 5 years of MTGO being live *and* 3.5 years of PDC gaming. MTGO is 24x7 Magic the gathering gaming online created/ran by Wizards of the Coast (www.wizards.com)
PDC aka Paupers Deck Challenge is 100% commons gaming. Similiar to Peasant Magic but uncommons (and zero rares).
The original article on the PDC phenomenon is located here (from Wizards MTGO Into the Aether Column):
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/jm67
There are a few great sites for PDC information:
MTGO main boards:
http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=142
Pauper Magic:
www.paupermagic.com
Princes of Pauper:
http://magic.jwc4.com/blog/index.html
Two great chat rooms within MTGO itself: (in MTGO at a text prompt use the /join xxx (xxx being name of the player made chatroom you wish to join).
/join pdc (where Paupers come to play against others in their 100% commons gaming)
and as well
/join bbs (members of the MTGO boards community - very helpful folk)
More mistful tidings to come!
PDC aka Paupers Deck Challenge is 100% commons gaming. Similiar to Peasant Magic but uncommons (and zero rares).
The original article on the PDC phenomenon is located here (from Wizards MTGO Into the Aether Column):
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/jm67
There are a few great sites for PDC information:
MTGO main boards:
http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=142
Pauper Magic:
www.paupermagic.com
Princes of Pauper:
http://magic.jwc4.com/blog/index.html
Two great chat rooms within MTGO itself: (in MTGO at a text prompt use the /join xxx (xxx being name of the player made chatroom you wish to join).
/join pdc (where Paupers come to play against others in their 100% commons gaming)
and as well
/join bbs (members of the MTGO boards community - very helpful folk)
More mistful tidings to come!
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