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Go RV! posted:I'd do this. Of course even there a quarter of the tournament was B/D, and a big percentage of the wins, too. That's the problem with B/D; it doesn't have a hard counter.
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I'd also enter. There is no entry fee and no prizes as far as I am aware. So why not play something fun? Screw B/D control. It is boring to play and boring to play against. I say let's show em what Goons are all about not take this video game so seriously, and play with hilarious jank decks that are fun to play (and maybe can win.) I have a full playset so any wacky deck you guys want to toss out there, I can build. I'm sure many of us are in the same boat by now.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Of course even there a quarter of the tournament was B/D, and a big percentage of the wins, too. That's the problem with B/D; it doesn't have a hard counter. Anywho - as people may be aware I have been writing a few articles for Hextechs over the past few weeks, which have been targeted at new players and those getting to grips with the game's concepts. I've not been linking to them because the last thing I want to do is get all self promotional, but has anyone got any particular requests for content they'd like to see?
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LightReaper posted:Anywho - as people may be aware I have been writing a few articles for Hextechs over the past few weeks, which have been targeted at new players and those getting to grips with the game's concepts. I've not been linking to them because the last thing I want to do is get all self promotional, but has anyone got any particular requests for content they'd like to see? Something about mana curve/shard distribution could be useful to point people to when they complain about bad draws?
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Articles for newer players, huh? What about how many copies of a card to put in your deck, and when to use certain cards over other similar ones? The nuances of your card choice and how they affect how your deck runs (Oracle Song vs Peek for example)
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I'd probably be game, I think I have all my important playsets.
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Oh, also, free sleeve code. Post when you redeem it: Karnegal fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Did we ever set up a playtest group? If not, we should get on that.
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Lawsuit updatehttp://forums.cryptozoic.com/showthread.php?t=38174 posted:The two sides had a conference (by phone) on September 4th. This document is the result of that. Basically, the two sides are agreeing to a general schedule/plan for the next phase of the process - discovery. Basically, discovery is where each side has to turn over relevant information to the other. e: Karnegal posted:Oh, also, free sleeve code. Post when you redeem it: What sleeves are those? Pippit or something else? Tamba fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Karnegal posted:Oh, also, free sleeve code. Post when you redeem it: Wow, those stuck around for a long time. Thanks! katkillad2 fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Thanks RV & Tamba, both ideas are great and I'll definitely write something on both, maybe combine the two as they both deal with deck building. In regards to the lawsuit stuff, it's super interesting that both agreed to let everything be recorded on video, wonder what that might lead to. Gonna stream a draft, come chill http://twitch.tv/lightreaper
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I don't know what articles you've written, but one of the big things I see with New players is then copying a top deck and not knowing why it's a top deck. That isn't fundamentally bad, you learn how to play it eventually, but a lot of people never learn what makes it good and why cards were chosen and the number of them. Specifically, I think the differences between a good card and a bad card that seem similar, and what makes a card good in the first place would be a good article. I realize it's kind of complicated and you'd have to talk about things like the curve and why it's important before you even start it, but after years of magic and now this, the only time I see people deconstruct a card and explain how it's bad when it might look good, and then how that applies to other cards is drafters explaining why they picked something.
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So for the inter-guild tournament want me to play as guild rep and enter Go RV!, Karnegal, and myself? Who will the fourth (stand-in) be? Edit: Go RV! posted:Did we ever set up a playtest group? If not, we should get on that. You can use this list if you want! Hexagoons! Afgad fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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I really need to get back into HEX. I used to stream drafts a ton, then Real LifeTM happened and I've been unable to play much if at all. In the interim, I've seen goons have been doing well with it, and I'm looking forward to getting back into it myself. Any suggestions on how best to get back into HEX? I'm definitely interested in constructed, and still have well over 200 packs (and 15-ish Primals) kicking around as capital of sorts. I assume EV on regular packs is pretty meh so cracking them likely isn't the best use for them if I'm just looking to finish a collection of Set 1, yea? Anyways, looking forward to doing more with this over the coming weeks.
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Mikujin posted:I really need to get back into HEX. I used to stream drafts a ton, then Real LifeTM happened and I've been unable to play much if at all. In the interim, I've seen goons have been doing well with it, and I'm looking forward to getting back into it myself. Draft with your packs and sell the extra rares you don't need to keep funding your drafting habit. I've been doing that right along and at this point I'm maybe ten or fifteen cards away from a playset.
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Once trading is in collection stuff will be way easier, prices on the AH at the moment tend to be low if you're buying singles but too high if you're buying packs (I'm not sure about Primal packs); a kinda wish I had sold my primals instead of opening like a maniac but sometimes you just gotta get that rush
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I really hope we see some guild tools soon. Just having a guild interface so you could practice constructed easily with guildmates would be huge. Obviously open beta and the first PvE dungeon are more important for promoting the brand (and the 2nd expansion), but guilds would certainly help. Also, I managed to 3-0 my first draft in like a month (woo vacation!) with a pile of crap that that included like 12 dudes and 6 Terrible Transfers. I really should have been in Wild, but it ended up not mattering because the average player skill is still pretty low. I really hope they roll some stuff out soon, the game needs more players.
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Afgad posted:So for the inter-guild tournament want me to play as guild rep and enter Go RV!, Karnegal, and myself? Who will the fourth (stand-in) be? I'm pretty into constructed. I'll be on a team. Fridged is my in-game nickname.
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Crosswell posted:I'm pretty into constructed. I'll be on a team. Fridged is my in-game nickname. Also I added you to the spreadsheet. Edit: It seems we missed the signup by a few days. Sorry guys  I'll still PM him and ask, but I doubt we can be slotted in.I blame my propensity to immediately label large, colored text as unimportant. Oddly, if someone just types it in normal-sized black text, I'll almost always read it. Afgad fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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Afgad posted:
no biggie once open beta is go, we'll put together some goon events.
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I'm raedrafting my ticket in the competitive queue because I really can't afford to stay up late, and I've decided I'm on the minotaur mercenary plan. I've managed to snag three of them (soemone picked up my third somewhere between pack 2 pick 3 and 10? who does that? So I'm running bulls 1, 2, and 4 that I saw) I'd say wish me luck but I really don't want to stay up and play this out. Also I felt it was correct to take minotaur 3 over zodiac chimes, despite my goal of raredrafting.  e: Game 1 went about as expected:  Game 2 went in my favor. Note that I played the minotaur pre-combat before swinging to give my opponent a brief glimmer of hope before I crushed him. Supressive fire would have neutralized it anyways  Game 3 proved that a 4/3 on turn 2 can actually go the distance and is reasonably powered for the cost:  And now I'm stuck needing to wait for round 2 but needing sleep. Sigma-X fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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I've always thought that Minotaur Mercenary could be good in the mid-game. There's two ways to play it: Early game: You either get a big ol' beater, or you give your opponent an extra guy, and you have nothing to block with. Obviously way too swingy without at least a Sorrow in hand. Midgame: You get a 4/3 which is likely still relevant, or your opponent gets a 2/1 that'll likely get chumped. It's still obviously horribly RNG, not competitive in the least and there are better cards out there at that cost, but you could have some fun with it.
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Pardon the double post, but the a new patcher has been announced for the 30th. I assume this is bringing the Arena and the new UI with it at least. https://hextcg.com/new-patcher-coming/
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Go RV! posted:Pardon the double post, but the a new patcher has been announced for the 30th. I assume this is bringing the Arena and the new UI with it at least. Oh ye of great faith.
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Karnegal posted:Oh ye of great faith. Disappointment isn't just a snarky in-game name 
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Hey Afgad can you add me to the spreadsheet too? HEX name is Rylek as well, and I'm EST. I'm also game for any inter-Goon or Goon vs. World shenanigans that come up, just let me know. I've been running a slightly modified version of the Pact deck and I like it a lot. I want to test it out more against B/D control, but I don't ever seem to run into that in the Proving ground. I've hit R/D control a lot recently along with a lot of Zombie Plague decks, I need actual practice partners. Also what are your guys thoughts on Curse of Oblivion(http://hex.tcgbrowser.com/#!/cards/cardid=21)? Good card, Bad Card, Sideboard Card?
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Rylek posted:Hey Afgad can you add me to the spreadsheet too? HEX name is Rylek as well, and I'm EST. I'm also game for any inter-Goon or Goon vs. World shenanigans that come up, just let me know.
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Rylek posted:Also what are your guys thoughts on Curse of Oblivion(http://hex.tcgbrowser.com/#!/cards/cardid=21)? Good card, Bad Card, Sideboard Card? Mostly Bad Card, with perhaps a bit of niche Sideboard application in control mirrors or against future combo decks. The problem is that it does nothing to deal with the card you target, it just mildly degrades your opponent's card quality in the future. Unless the game goes really long, or the card is so critical to the matchup that drawing it is one of the primary determiners of who wins (like a critical combo card or one of a control deck's few win conditions), its effect is small enough to be unnoticeable. Even then you still need a way to deal with the first copy.
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Drafting for probably the next 4+ hours http://twitch.tv/lightreaper , join me!
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So I went back to look at the Hexagoon spreadsheet again and somehow a bunch of errors appeared in the past day. Do I really need to lock it to outside edits? Hexagoon spreadsheet It now says What a Judas is Rylek in game, but Rylek just said he is Rylek in game. Also pretty sure Karnegal is Karnegal in game, not revengeanceful, and I'm definitely sure Here is Stovetop is not Karnegal in-game. Go RV! is not Fleshmire. Afgad fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Sep 25, 2014 |
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Not sure what happened there, but looks like a lot of the entries are/were messed up. I'm Brixx in game and edited my entry. Even my timezone was wrong.
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In google docs you can go File > See revision history and roll back changes (though, obviously you shouldn't have to)
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Uh, I think that was my fault I tried sorting the rows, but it seems like something went horribly wrong. Everything should be correct now.
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Grim posted:In google docs you can go File > See revision history and roll back changes (though, obviously you shouldn't have to) Cool I did not know about that. Good to know for the future. If you're on, want to play constructed? Tamba posted:Uh, I think that was my fault It's ok, thank you for correcting them. I've done similar things in the past, not to mention other mistakes (see: trying to apply for guild tournament 5 days after submissions closed.)
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Do you guys have any cool decks you've been running? I'm sitting here at work bored and was trying to brain storm some ideas for a few new decks. Deck building is not my strongest skill set with TCGs so I always like to try and get inspired by what other people are running. I was thinking about trying to build something around Relentless Corruption because I really love that card and think it has fantastic art to boot! Would also like to make a non-poo poo tier Pack Raptor deck, if that's even possible. So what have you guys been tinkering with lately?
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Rylek posted:Do you guys have any cool decks you've been running? I'm sitting here at work bored and was trying to brain storm some ideas for a few new decks. Deck building is not my strongest skill set with TCGs so I always like to try and get inspired by what other people are running. I've been tinkering with Guild Wars 2 mostly, Hex has taken a backseat until things Set 2 or the VIP tourneys. The Threshold guy who was in the Invitational ran a Reggie mill deck that's pretty neat, that I would like to try out. Pack Raptors though, have a hard time due to how goddamn prevalent board wipe is, and how hard Countermagic and Oblivion just hate on a specific card. I think there's a deck there once Set 2 comes out and we have more Sapphire Wild Raptors could be a thing, but it really needs card draw to keep the tempo. Maybe Dream Dance to keep the good cards flowing. You might even be able to run it as a variant of the super powerful mono Sapphire deck that has started devouring the meta.
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One of the first decks I built was Raptor Sapphire. It's pretty tight. Wyatt, 4x Raptor, Oakhenge, Ancestor's Chosen, Buccaneer, Time Ripple, Peek, Mimic, Counter, 2x Mesmerize, and 2x Yesterday. Give it a try.
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