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English-language Forums => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Mnemosyne on September 25, 2020, 04:56:03 pm
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Good afternoon, guys and girls.
I've not been on for a while and I apologise for that, and by 'a while' I mean years, haha.
As you can see I'm alive, and have not replaced by a cybernetic entity. Well, you can't know for sure.
What's been going on, what's changed in MTG, specifically on the forum? How is everything with you guys?
Is there anyone I even still remember? @Wwolfe is still spoilering in my absence, as it should be =P
Kind regards!
Mnemosyne
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Welcome back. First and foremost:
(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63299751/look-at-me-im-the-moderator-now.jpg)
- The forums are more active, and Commander has two forums dedicated to itself
- There is a lot of solidarity (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Solidarity) between users helping each other during this pandemic. It's a really nice thing to behold. Fortunately, none of the regular posters have nodded off.
- ApothecaryGeist is most definitely a drug dealer.
- Red_Wyrm and Wizardspartan are jokingly engaged. It is just as cute as you think it is.
- Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) finally got banned in commander
- Myself, WWolfe, and others have been hosting contests, but they are unfortunately all centered around commander.
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Welcome back. First and foremost:
(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63299751/look-at-me-im-the-moderator-now.jpg)
Hah, thanks for the meme. Well, the tables had to turn, eventually; you can't be this metaphysically attractive without people getting envious.
Apothecary Geist (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Apothecary+Geist) - well, it's all in the name! You can't be as eloquent as him without sampling the merchandise on occasion.
I can see the love for commander, its a shame I don't play that format.
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Welcome back. First and foremost:
(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63299751/look-at-me-im-the-moderator-now.jpg)
- The forums are more active, and Commander has two forums dedicated to itself
- There is a lot of solidarity (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Solidarity) between users helping each other during this pandemic. It's a really nice thing to behold. Fortunately, none of the regular posters have nodded off.
- ApothecaryGeist is most definitely a drug dealer.
- Red_Wyrm and Wizardspartan are jokingly engaged. It is just as cute as you think it is.
- Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) finally got banned in commander
- Myself, WWolfe, and others have been hosting contests, but they are unfortunately all centered around commander.
Your list is actually hilarious. I actually laughed out loud and I'm currently in a class online, soooo... F
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So now that I think about it, you haven't been active on this site since December of 2018. You stickied the Intro to cEDH thread and then vanished. A lot has happened since then.
We're you looking for a recap of things on Deckstats, or things that happened with MTG?
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things that happened with MTG?
This is really simple, so I'll go right ahead: Oko, Thief of Crowns (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Oko%2C+Thief+of+Crowns)
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So now that I think about it, you haven't been active on this site since December of 2018. You stickied the Intro to cEDH thread and then vanished. A lot has happened since then.
We're you looking for a recap of things on Deckstats, or things that happened with MTG?
Both, but you've sort of glossed over most of it. Care to give me a rundown of the new areas of the forum? I've been out of the loop, so what's this about primers? Is this a refined version of what the cEDH sticky was about?
It seems like G.Moto has lost his moderator privileges.
Regards,
Mnemosyne. :)
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Yourself, Aerosigma, and G. Moto were all inactive for some time, so Deckstats needed some new moderators. WWolfe and I were called upon to help. There's been a few problems but nothing too serious.
Let me see if I can construct an overall timeline of what has happened. I know you're not too interested in commander, so I'll keep it brief. If ever you want links to the threads for these topics on Deckstats, let me know.
- WotC removed the MSRP from products (Feb 2019).
- Oathbreaker becomes a new commander-like format. It was popular for a good two months (April 2019).
- War of the Spark releases. The power creep is immediately noticeable (May 2019).
- Myself and WWolfe become moderators.
- Modern Horizons releases. Immediately turns the modern format on it's head (June 2019).
- FIRE system for designing cards is discussed. Causes massive power-creep. (June 2019)
- https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/fire-it-2019-06-21
- London Mulligan becomes universal (July 2019).
- Draw 7 each time, then put cards on the bottom of your library equal to the number of times you mulliganed.
- WotC tries to promote Brawl as a format again. There is still next to no one that plays brawl (Sept 2019)
- Throne of Eldrane released. Oko, Thief of Crowns (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Oko%2C+Thief+of+Crowns) gets banned in almost every format. Who would have guessed that this card is too powerful? (Oct 2019)
- Pioneer is a new format. It's like modern but includes all sets from Return to Ravnica onwards. Modern's popularity drops hard, with Pioneer largely replacing it. (Oct 2019)
- 2020 is announced to be the year of the Commander format (Oct 2019).
- Historic becomes a format on MTG Arena (Nov 2019).
- Someone in China eats a bat. (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Bat-) Normally I wouldn't bring this up, but this was a special bat (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Bat-)(Nov 2019).
- The Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) war (Jan 2020). cEDH players really want Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) to be banned. All players, both casual and competitive, unite to get Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) banned. It was really something special to see. In April, Flash (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Flash) finally got banned.
- Secret Lairs launch (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Launch). New limited edition art (Jan 2020).
- Commander grew so much that it gets two new subforums (Feb 2020).
- Petition to change Red_Wyrm's name. This was incredibly silly. Variants like Red_Worm and Rad_Wurm were suggested. It lead to Red_Wyrm changing their name to Morganator 2.O for a bit, and ended with a rap battle. Not kidding (Feb 2020).
- Mystery booster releases. So many good reprints. Like... hundreds (Mar 2020).
- Pandemic is declared. Local games stores begin shutting down, leaving Magic players to play online only (Mar 2020).
- MustaKotka begins a topic to help people vent about their stressful mid-pandemic troubles. It was really sweet to see people that barely know each other come together and lend support.
- Deckstats gets the Primers sub forum. So far it's just Commander primers (Mar 2020).
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths releases. Companions causes so many problems in so many formats that they eventually get a rule change (April 2020).
- Contest for decks with companions. I'm stuck judging 20 submissions; a new record for Deckstats.
- WotC puts a universal ban on 7 cards that they determine to be racist (June 2020).
- https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10
- Jumpstart releases. Supply is so low that barely anyone gets boxes (July 2020).
- With game stores reopening I try to go over safety precautions people should be taking. Short version: wear a mask, wash your hands (Aug 2020).
And... yeah... I think those are the important bits.
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Yourself, Aerosigma, and G. Moto were all inactive for some time, so Deckstats needed some new moderators. WWolfe and I were called upon to help. There's been a few problems but nothing too serious.
Aerosigma hasn't been online since before I registered, haha. I have no regrets haha, I was just curious.
Thanks for the update, it is very detailed.
Is Brawl still a format with Oathbreaker? I had heard from people that used to run events that Oathbreaker was popular, at the time. Though, it seemed more of a novelty than a serious format.
The F.I.R.E system? Seems like a desperate attempt by Wotc to stop Modern from becoming stale. But then again, I don't doubt that it was a necessary device.
Actually a friend of mine was talking about the power creep. Oko, Thief of Crowns (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Oko%2C+Thief+of+Crowns) seems like pushed is an understatement.
I'm glad that Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Uro%2C+Titan+of+Nature%27s+Wrath) has been banned. Even if it is a mythic, a 6/6 for (3/4 mana) that has an ETB and an attack trigger that lets you gain 3 life and draw a card is a little ridiculous.
Pioneer? Is that not like what Frontier was?
Ah Corona Virus; that bat (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Bat-) certainly unleashed its vengeance (https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?utf8=1&lng=en&card=Vengeance) in its' death throes.
Why did anyone petition for Red_Wyrm to have their name changed? :-\
Mystery Booster and Promo Boosters are a a welcome sight. I am not certain why the standard showdown boosters were withdrawn!
(I'll add more later, but I'm out of time, right now.)
Thank you again, for the update, @Morganator!
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Why did anyone petition for Red_Wyrm to have their name changed? :-\
Here's where it all begins:
You have no idea how happy I am that you spelled my name properly. Thank you, kind sir.
Basically, someone spelled their name correctly, Red commented on that, someone else made a joke comment where they intentionally spelled Red's name incorrectly, and it snowballed from there with more and more people coming up with more and more misspellings. I eventually created a poll asking what the best version of Red_Wyrm's name would be (https://deckstats.net/forum/index.php/topic,52852.30.html), and a while later it died out.
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I'm just happy to be considered in the "important bits" of events worth mentioning.
I totally won the rap battle.
Oh hold on. Back the fudge nuggets up. Jokingly engaged?
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I'm just happy to be considered in the "important bits" of events worth mentioning.
I totally won the rap battle.
Oh hold on. Back the fudge nuggets up. Jokingly engaged?
I wasn't going to mention anything because everything else Morg said was accurate and hilarious. Watch Red and I somehow get virtually married despite never actually seeing each other out of spite because y'all said "jokingly".
Don't test us buckaroo.
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Oh god you're so hot rn.