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BJPaskoff posted:Just the opposite, really. We just hit 5000 judges, so the push for more judges about a year ago is working really well. I have to groan whenever I see awesome judge promos, because I know that the people whose eyes turn to dollar signs when they see them are going to beg me to give them the judge test. Meanwhile, if you're only a level 1 judge - and if you're only in it for the promos, you're not going to judge enough events to become level 2 - you're going to have a hard time getting approved for GPs, which is where the good promos are given out. Don't forget that even SCG Opens are reducing the number of L1s on staff, as well. Ohio States had over 200 players, surprisingly. It was just a glorified IQ with worse prizes, so I don't get it. We had seven judges on staff, but one of them called in sick. The head judge and I were the only judges with any real experience. Thankfully, Standard isn't the most demanding format, as far as judge calls go.
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It'll be like yugioh, where it's painfully accurate to the rules and the message of the story is something to do with game mechanics.
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May 18, 2014 17:20
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mcmagic posted:Block constructed is a pretty boring format. Even less verity than your typical standard tourney. There's a reason why there are only 1-2 block events a year, when the card pool is this small the meta becomes stabilized very quickly, and there are usually only a few viable decks.
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May 18, 2014 17:32
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I played some theros draft with p1p1 being Eidolon of Blossoms and it ended up being just about as nutty as this match on stream. Such a good card.
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May 18, 2014 17:44
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BJPaskoff posted:Just the opposite, really. We just hit 5000 judges, so the push for more judges about a year ago is working really well. I have to groan whenever I see awesome judge promos, because I know that the people whose eyes turn to dollar signs when they see them are going to beg me to give them the judge test. Meanwhile, if you're only a level 1 judge - and if you're only in it for the promos, you're not going to judge enough events to become level 2 - you're going to have a hard time getting approved for GPs, which is where the good promos are given out. It's really a shame that somebody would just become a judge for the pretty cards. I mean yes they're pretty, but if you're going to waste a lot of people's time for one force of will you're the problem. meanolmrcloud posted:I played some theros draft with p1p1 being Eidolon of Blossoms and it ended up being just about as nutty as this match on stream. Such a good card. Turns out Verduran Enchantress is still really good, even with legs. And nobody believed me until I 4-0'd a JBT draft with a constellation deck with two of them. 
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May 18, 2014 17:49
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Is a block constructed Pro-Tour a good example of the decks that will be improved upon and perhaps viable during the first few months of a new fall block?
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May 18, 2014 17:55
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Do we know what time to expect fall block spoilers? Since we're getting it so late it would be neat to see a little more than a name & a descriptive paragraph today.
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May 18, 2014 17:59
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goferchan posted:Do we know what time to expect fall block spoilers? Since we're getting it so late it would be neat to see a little more than a name & a descriptive paragraph today. When did they say there were gonna announce it formally?
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End of Life Guy posted:Is a block constructed Pro-Tour a good example of the decks that will be improved upon and perhaps viable during the first few months of a new fall block? No
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End of Life Guy posted:Is a block constructed Pro-Tour a good example of the decks that will be improved upon and perhaps viable during the first few months of a new fall block? Nope. The only deck you can count on is some red aggro that will be good for like 2 weeks until control figures out its makeup. This happens every standard rotation more or less.
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May 18, 2014 18:08
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goferchan posted:Do we know what time to expect fall block spoilers? Since we're getting it so late it would be neat to see a little more than a name & a descriptive paragraph today. After the last quarterfinal. We're getting the name, setting, and some art for sure.
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May 18, 2014 18:17
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End of Life Guy posted:Is a block constructed Pro-Tour a good example of the decks that will be improved upon and perhaps viable during the first few months of a new fall block? For a good example look at the deck that won PT Avacyn Restored. Or just the interview Hayne did about Feeling of Dread five through eight. Block constructed is weird. But it does give you some ideas and new information, so it isn't something totally worth ignoring either.
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May 18, 2014 18:17
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Mob posted:After the last quarterfinal. We're getting the name, setting, and some art for sure. I don't know where the source is for this, but everyone on Reddit seems to think it's supposed to have an irregular block structure that we'll find more about today. MaRo apparently posted he was interested in hearing how people react to it, for whatever that's worth.
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May 18, 2014 18:25
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I'm really looking forward to Huey, especially hoping it somehow causes a shake-up after the last two blocks have honestly not been all that great.
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May 18, 2014 18:30
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Mob posted:After the last quarterfinal. We're getting the name, setting, and some art for sure. Hopefully the art won't be just be a planeswalker in front of a generic background.
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goferchan posted:I don't know where the source is for this, but everyone on Reddit seems to think it's supposed to have an irregular block structure that we'll find more about today. MaRo apparently posted he was interested in hearing how people react to it, for whatever that's worth. Maro has said in articles that the original pitch for the block that was to be Theros was going to be something with a unique block pattern that supposedly Brady Dommermuth and the creative team basically said "we can't do this without more time", and Maro has indicated this was the post Theros set. Of course this could have been misstated as sometimes Maro does.
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May 18, 2014 18:34
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TheKingofSprings posted:I'm really looking forward to Huey, especially hoping it somehow causes a shake-up after the last two blocks have honestly not been all that great. There's nothing wrong per se with Theros block, it plays well and is reasonably well balanced in standard, but it's because we've had blocks people have been so excited for in the last 5 years. Theros is a good block to have made, and I would think that having one of it's quality evey 3 or 4 years is probably good for the overall game.
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May 18, 2014 18:35
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goferchan posted:I don't know where the source is for this, but everyone on Reddit seems to think it's supposed to have an irregular block structure that we'll find more about today. MaRo apparently posted he was interested in hearing how people react to it, for whatever that's worth. MaRo said it was pitched with an irregular structure on in his DailyMTG column.
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May 18, 2014 18:37
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Play faster, I want to learn about Huey... 
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May 18, 2014 18:40
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Pinwiz11 posted:Play faster, I want to learn about Huey... Get ready to wait, control games are never short. Unless the control player mana screws.
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May 18, 2014 18:44
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Count Bleck posted:Get ready to wait, control games are never short. Once again, Control Players Are Bad People. 
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May 18, 2014 18:45
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Pinwiz11 posted:Once again, Control Players Are Bad People. Control Players that aren't Reid Duke. 
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mehall posted:There's nothing wrong per se with Theros block, it plays well and is reasonably well balanced in standard, but it's because we've had blocks people have been so excited for in the last 5 years. Theros is a good block to have made, and I would think that having one of it's quality evey 3 or 4 years is probably good for the overall game. The mechanics felt too safe, the top down design didn't feel as good as Innistrad, they missed the iconic greek heroes, and there is a real lack of non-rotating quality cards compared to many previous sets, and standard was fairly boring for a good while with 3 decks, blue, black, or white/blue/black. There was nothing wrong with it, but a magic set has to live up to previous sets as well as itself. I think it did not hold its own in that regard.
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May 18, 2014 18:46
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Gain 100 life. DO IT. e: 
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May 18, 2014 18:49
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Dr. Stab posted:It'll be like yugioh, where it's painfully accurate to the rules and the message of the story is something to do with game mechanics. Did you watch the first season of yugioh? I don't know the rules of the game, but I'm pretty sure they just made poo poo up as they were going along.
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May 18, 2014 18:55
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Elyv posted:Did you watch the first season of yugioh? I don't know the rules of the game, but I'm pretty sure they just made poo poo up as they were going along. I'll destroy THE MOON!
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May 18, 2014 18:57
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Elyv posted:Did you watch the first season of yugioh? I don't know the rules of the game, but I'm pretty sure they just made poo poo up as they were going along. There are two Yu-gi-ohs, the first series, which was make poo poo up as we go along, and every series after it, which held to the rules as far as I know.
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May 18, 2014 19:00
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That was loving insane. Dude keeps a 5 land 2 dork and just draws all gas and smashes Reid Duke's mull to 5.
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jscolon2.0 posted:I'll destroy THE MOON! Labyrinth Wall dungeon crawler was my favorite episode. It's just so good.  Edit: Reid nooooo.
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May 18, 2014 19:05
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forbidden lesbian posted:There are two Yu-gi-ohs, the first series, which was make poo poo up as we go along, and every series after it, which held to the rules as far as I know. Later series after the first held to the rules pretty well, although some more than others, and certain cards were different than their real life counterpart. I also think the first series of the show (ignoring the one off one that wasn't about the card game) was made before/while the card game was being worked on so there weren't any real rules to go by. Hell, sometimes nostalgia strikes and I look at cards being made and they're still changing the rules, oddly enough sounding more like Magic in the grammar and key words being used (like target instead of select, piercing damage, banish).
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May 18, 2014 19:07
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TARKIR IS SARKAN VOL'S PLANE YESSSSSSS
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May 18, 2014 19:11
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Khans of Tarkir confirmed! E: ^^^ dammit Bleck :shakefist:
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Okay Im hype
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 Sarkhan's home plane. Maro & Eric lead design/developer again. It's Large-Small-Large and apparently there's something weird going on with the block plan that he's not saying anything about yet. 9/26/2014 out. "Something we've been asked to bring back for awhile is being brought back Something we've been asked to do we're doing for the first time. " - FETCHES???? Zorak fucked around with this message at 19:13 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 19:11
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May 18, 2014 19:12
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FETCHLANDS? FETCHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDS????? GOD DAMMIT MARO.
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Maro is such an adorable nerd
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Zorak posted:
T-Rex dragon hell yeah, I loving love dragons
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That's all the info we're gonna get for months, isn't it?
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