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Chamale posted:I remember an old article talking about how Magic cards used to be like illustrations in a wizard's encyclopedia, and now they're clearly intended to be more like photographs of the subject. This is a very helpful description that I'd never heard before. It's exactly why the new art is subjectively worse.
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Granted, sometimes those wizards couldn't draw for poo poo, but at least we got some variety.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:32
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We have variety now.  Noah Bradley is wholly distinct from Swanland, who is distinct from Nielsen, who is distinct from Aaron Miller, who is distinct from Mohrbacher, who is distinct from Min Yum, who is distinct from Adam Paquette, who is distinct from Kieryluk, who is distinct from Clint Cearley, etc. Literally pulled off the top of my head from artists in the last two blocks that I could easily name stylistic features of and would bet money on being able to tell apart. Actually, they might even all have been in Theros block, now I look back over it.
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Nov 14, 2014 18:48
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JerryLee posted:This is a very helpful description that I'd never heard before. It's exactly why the new art is subjectively worse. It put into words why I've always thought stasis was the best art. Aside from it being an artistic metaphor of a metaphysical construct.
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My favorite two Magic artists are my favorite because I like them as people. I met Mark Poole at a convention, somehow ended up interviewing him for the convention, then she showed up at a room party I was throwing and signed a Counterspell for me. Goran Josic is a buddy of mine who just materialized at my 30th birthday party (due to a mutual friend), and since then he always comes to my band's shows and we drink at the same bars and we get wasted and he teaches me filthy words in his native language.
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Chill la Chill posted:It put into words why I've always thought stasis was the best art. Aside from it being an artistic metaphor of a metaphysical construct. I won't say there's nothing to criticize about the skill level of Stasis's execution, but 'gently caress it, let's represent this with a clown and a dog man on a seesaw' is the sort of approach we need much more of these days.
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JerryLee posted:I won't say there's nothing to criticize about the skill level of Stasis's execution, but 'gently caress it, let's represent this with a clown and a dog man on a seesaw' is the sort of approach we need much more of these days. The Foglio fan is criticizing the technical capability of Stasis' artist (Fay Jones)?
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Nov 14, 2014 19:03
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A reminder that some people are unwitting Harold Mcneil fans. It's a shame the guy is batshit insane because knight of the mists looks cool as hell.
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Nov 14, 2014 19:06
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Initial observations at GP NJ: - Organization is fantastic, announcements are audible. - John Avon has an entire room for signing. There are about 70 people in line. - The top tables have the bad chairs. The higher tables have these nice padded chairs I didn't know this convention center had. - The parking lot is super full. People are probably going to have to park down the street at those empty lots on Saturday.
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Nov 14, 2014 19:12
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Zoness posted:A reminder that some people are unwitting Harold Mcneil fans. It really is because his fog is the best fog ever. Plus his CoP's are cool as well. 
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Nov 14, 2014 19:18
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Bugsy posted:It really is because his fog is the best fog ever. Plus his CoP's are cool as well. "Ha! You can't hurt me! I've flooded the forest with ice cream! "
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Nov 14, 2014 19:49
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Cauldron Moose posted:"Ha! You can't hurt me! I've flooded the forest with ice cream! "
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Nov 14, 2014 20:37
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Zero_Grade posted:Naturally, it's vanilla flavored. We don't need you to invoke prejudice against vanilla ice cream, its just as good as chocolate.
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Nov 14, 2014 20:39
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Madmarker posted:We don't need you to invoke prejudice against vanilla ice cream, its just as good as chocolate. Vanilla is niche, it's obvious that chocolate is strictly better than vanilla in any format where it's legal.
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Nov 14, 2014 20:54
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"i wish there really was a circle of protection: black" -harold macneill
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Nov 14, 2014 20:57
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The multiverse ID for Invoke Prejudice is 1488
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Nov 14, 2014 21:08
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Chamale posted:The multiverse ID for Invoke Prejudice is 1488 Is that intentional? I don't know if I want the answer to be yes or no.
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Nov 14, 2014 21:11
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Chamale posted:The multiverse ID for Invoke Prejudice is 1488 Is this the part where we go down the dark history of Magic: the Gathering?
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I think it's actually a coincidence.
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Elyv posted:I think it's actually a coincidence. And I bet you also believe it is a coincidence that the card with the id 666 just happens to be MaRo?
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Hellsau posted:And I bet you also believe it is a coincidence that the card with the id 666 just happens to be MaRo? Actually, it's Lich. 69 is also Lich.
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Chamale posted:Actually, it's Lich. 420 is Siren's Call. 1492 is Part Water. And 911 is Pyramids. Unfortunately, Gleemax is not 1.000.000
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Nov 14, 2014 21:21
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Prism posted:Is that intentional?
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Kraus posted:I met Mark Poole at a convention, somehow ended up interviewing him for the convention, then she showed up at a room party I was throwing and signed a Counterspell for me.
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Speaking of art, rnoxen on tumblr just posted this one. Look at that smug boar to the right, I bet it knows why foreground boar is laughing like that. Serperoth fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Nov 14, 2014 22:58
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mango sentinel posted:Whenever I see him at cons I feel bad because I hate his terrible art, but from the time I talked to him, he really is a nice, gracious dude. I would absolutely love to describe him, to his face, as "a guy that's been drawing lumpy stuff on magic cards longer than anybody." Of course, I actually like the lumps in a lot of cases - they add texture and character to stuff like Urza's Power Plant or Primal Beyond. I wonder if he knows how to draw Lumpy Space Princess...
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Nov 14, 2014 23:14
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LordSaturn posted:I would absolutely love to describe him, to his face, as "a guy that's been drawing lumpy stuff on magic cards longer than anybody." Of course, I actually like the lumps in a lot of cases - they add texture and character to stuff like Urza's Power Plant or Primal Beyond. That's Mark Tedin, not Poole. Mark Tedin's art owns.
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Nov 14, 2014 23:43
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Is there no stream from any of the 2 Gp tournaments? I tried looking at the mtg site event -> coverage, but no links, and twitch has nothing.
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Chutch posted:Is there no stream from any of the 2 Gp tournaments? I tried looking at the mtg site event -> coverage, but no links, and twitch has nothing.
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Chutch posted:Is there no stream from any of the 2 Gp tournaments? I tried looking at the mtg site event -> coverage, but no links, and twitch has nothing. GPs always start on a Saturday.
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Chutch posted:Is there no stream from any of the 2 Gp tournaments? I tried looking at the mtg site event -> coverage, but no links, and twitch has nothing. SCG is doing video from GP New Jersey right now, a live shoot of their VS Series. The tournament itself doesn't start until tomorrow, though.
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Does Anson Maddocks even tour around and sign cards for GP's and such?
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Dr. Clockwork posted:That's Mark Tedin, not Poole. Mark Tedin's art owns. I talked to him a bit at a PTQ last weekend, he's a super nice guy too. Apparently he hasn't done work on Magic since New Phyrexia, because they "just haven't been asking lately" which is a shame. Bugsy posted:Does Anson Maddocks even tour around and sign cards for GP's and such? He was also there, but every time I walked by he was away from the booth.
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Dunno if anyone else got an invite to a survey today, but I did. Last question.... "If there was ONE thing you could change about Magic: The Gathering, what would that be?" Aside from that one, the rest of it seemed structured just to figure out if they're getting penetration into different demographics between their three "realms" (paper magic, mtgo, duels). They don't seem to have any actual interest in finding out what's broken.
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If anyone in NJ wants to meet up for cube, legacy, etc. tonight send me a PM or post here or something.
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Dunno if anyone else got an invite to a survey today, but I did. I wrote the boring "Change Magic: the Gathering Online to be useable."
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Fucken Cursed Scrolls how do they work: http://www.twitch.tv/haumph/b/588547392?t=2h1m20s Cheon tries to use Cursed Scroll while he has one card in his hand, City of Brass. His intended target is a Man o' War so he names Man O'War. This is not how Cursed Scroll works. LSV's response: "I didn't say anything because it was too funny."
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Angry Grimace posted:Fucken Cursed Scrolls how do they work:
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Dunno if anyone else got an invite to a survey today, but I did. That's sensible. It's clear to everyone what's broken. They're trying to look past that.
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