19000 B/P

Only a matter of time until I'm in the top 300 B/P list.

Coop prepares to carry on clearing out his grandad's house, while congratulating:
sandwich-eater: 9,000 Experience
Martin: 52,000 B/P

At 4/13/12 01:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/13/12 12:29 PM, Coop wrote: Play against a Jace themed deck and see how you get on with just 60 cards, then.

Sorry, I stopped playing after the "Tempest" block, I never had to deal with a Planeswalker. :P
How about using cards that lets you destroy a permanent? ^^

Lots of blue instants can counter spells.

But I had a deck that followed a similar theme once: Let the opponent draw cards until his library is empty... or until he was crushed to death by the Black Vise.

I don't know that card...

Also: Do you have "Duels of the Planeswalkers" for the PS3? If so, we could play online.

I tried it, never really got on with it. I never got to downloading it.

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/13/12 12:29 PM, Coop wrote:

At 4/12/12 09:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: You know, I haven't even picked that up but I feel Maiden have done enough live releases already. Ever since the 1999 reunion, they've released one live album for each studio album they make. Brave New World has Rock in Rio, Dance of Death has Death on the Road, A Matter of Life and Death has Flight 666 (well, there IS a live CD album along with the documentary) and The Final Frontier has En Vivo.

Nah, Flight 666 was the Somewhere Back in Time tour, which contains no tracks from Life and Death

What I meant was those live albums followed a studio album release and as you can tell, they's released a fair amount in 12 years.

What can I say? They're prolific :P

So no encouraging the blams, eh?

See? 7-9-2 was my blams progression for the past few days. I'm not just missing Blams to prove a point here >:(

I'm surprised blams are still barely achieved.

I managed 5 yesterday, so I keep plugging away.

I'll be on the waiting line as well. :P

Then I'm buggered - you're the golden boy of Newgrounds and I won't beat you to employment with NG.com inc any more than I could have beaten you to a Tank award :P

Ah, so there is something I have beaten you in. The only other two are blams and posts.

Stop salting my wounds :(

I really can't see how a 120 card deck will work out.

When 2 players you play against have cards that cause a player of their choice to put the top 4 cards of their library into their graveyard, you pack a few more. One of them does it for 20 cards, so I took it out of play, by adding a lot more low powered stuff in there.

Ah, so tag teams are a little more official in Magic?

Yeah, play a 2 headed giant - 2 player on each team; combined life total of 30

Level 17: The Policeman's baton!!

Coop finishes watching the Grand Prix, then congratulates:
Psych: Level 17

Oh well, back to the grind. Off for some hockey, now.

Listening to:

Anguish - Through the Archdemon's Head

At 4/14/12 06:45 AM, gamejunkie wrote: It's nowhere near as hard to get blams as people are making it out to be. I'm still averaging 50+ a week (and I know that there are others that are around the same mark) without trying too hard.

Admittedly, I would like to try out a full-time portal duty just to see how well I can do with blamming. Thankfully I have my blamming alt to try that out on.

At 4/14/12 07:53 AM, DiMono wrote: 19000 B/P

Only a matter of time until I'm in the top 300 B/P list.

Keep it up! At this rate I'm not seeing the issue with my links on the B/P lists getting fixed so I could consider expanding it to 400.

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: What I meant was those live albums followed a studio album release and as you can tell, they's released a fair amount in 12 years.

What can I say? They're prolific :P

They shouldn't release too many live releases, though. Most bands would release one or two live albums a decade.

Ah, so there is something I have beaten you in. The only other two are blams and posts.

Stop salting my wounds :(

At least you can pass me in blams. OH WAIT!

Ah, so tag teams are a little more official in Magic?

Yeah, play a 2 headed giant - 2 player on each team; combined life total of 30

And players can block as long as they have any creatures to block attacks. Seems simple enough.

At 4/15/12 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/14/12 06:45 AM, gamejunkie wrote: It's nowhere near as hard to get blams as people are making it out to be. I'm still averaging 50+ a week (and I know that there are others that are around the same mark) without trying too hard.

Admittedly, I would like to try out a full-time portal duty just to see how well I can do with blamming. Thankfully I have my blamming alt to try that out on.

Well as I pointed out to you in chat earlier. Yesterday was a huge day for Blams. I got 41 B/P points. 22 Saves and 19 Blams. That's right 19 Blams for the day.

At 4/13/12 01:45 PM, gamejunkie wrote: If you do try it out, let me know how you get on, I may have to break the NES out for a session or two.

I think I will try it out next week. All this talk about how old consoles look on new TVs made me curious, heh.
We have a 42" TV upstairs.

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/13/12 01:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/13/12 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: After trying out The Simpsons Arcade on PS3, it didn't look too bad. Mega Man X on the Wii on the other hand, the pixels give me a headache from time to time but at least it isn't all blurry like GameCube games are.

I would expect the old games re-released on the Wii should look better. Maybe I should do some testing next week... ^^

Well, there were some Wii re-releases. Those should at least look good on HDTV. However, I'd rather not get the Metroid Prime Trilogy since that's been known to have lessened the difficulty of the second game and I'd much rather use the GameCube controls than the Wii controls for Metroid Prime 1 and 2.

I can imagine the Wii mote really sucks for older games. In my opinion, the PlayStation controllers are the best. SNES is good as well, but they are a bit too light. The PS controllers have a good weight and they are very nicely shaped.

Haven't I always said only my partner will see it in full action?

Maybe. But why hide from humanity?

Because I hate them?

That really hurts. :(

Also, there are some very nice multicolour cards out there. I don't know if "double lands" are still in use. Those give mana of two colours (for example either red mana or black mana), you can decide which one when you tap them.

I have seen some special land cards floating around or the recent days so maybe they're still playable.

When I played, those cards wheren't allowed in most tournaments, so they where pretty rare and expensive. I never bothered buying them.

Also: Do you have "Duels of the Planeswalkers" for the PS3? If so, we could play online.

I have that but on Steam.

I see. That's too bad.

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/13/12 01:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/13/12 12:29 PM, Coop wrote: Play against a Jace themed deck and see how you get on with just 60 cards, then.

Sorry, I stopped playing after the "Tempest" block, I never had to deal with a Planeswalker. :P
How about using cards that lets you destroy a permanent? ^^

Lots of blue instants can counter spells.

I had three "Force of Will" back in the days. It lets you discard a card and pay a life instead of paying the mana costs. Very nice if you opponent thinks you are out of mana, but then you still can counter his spells.

Seeing the price of the card now, I just wish I had sold my most valuable cards on eBay instead my complete collection of magic cards to a friend for about 200 bucks. :/

But I had a deck that followed a similar theme once: Let the opponent draw cards until his library is empty... or until he was crushed to death by the Black Vise.

I don't know that card...

It deals damage to your opponent for every card above 4 he has in his hand during the upkeep phase (so, 5 cards mean 1 damage point, 6 cards 2 damage points and so on). I also used a card that skipped the discard phase for both players (Anvil of Bogardan). So the opponent often had much more than 7 cards in his hand, meaning lots of damage from the Vise.

Also: Do you have "Duels of the Planeswalkers" for the PS3? If so, we could play online.

I tried it, never really got on with it. I never got to downloading it.

Well, the biggest downside is that you can't build your own decks. So it might not be worth it after all.

This is probably a little out of place here , but knowing how much you guys love your music, because your always putting, 'listening too'. So I thought you guys for sure would appreciate this. This is from the 1st season, 1st episode of 'THE VOICE' Australia and this girl, quite frankly is mind blowing. Probably the best voice I have EVER heard. There's not much else to say, but sit back, and listen to the reincarnation of Janis Joplin. Let me know what you think.

Level 44!

At 4/15/12 10:45 PM, gamejunkie wrote: This is probably a little out of place here , but knowing how much you guys love your music, because your always putting, 'listening too'. So I thought you guys for sure would appreciate this. This is from the 1st season, 1st episode of 'THE VOICE' Australia and this girl, quite frankly is mind blowing. Probably the best voice I have EVER heard. There's not much else to say, but sit back, and listen to the reincarnation of Janis Joplin. Let me know what you think.

Apparently that link or another one I found for the clip is blocked to American users of youtube, so if you are interested in hearing this phenomenal voice, you could try searching on youtbue for Karise Eden, that's her name. You wont be disappointed.

Coop muses over the loss of his posts, while congratulating:
Powerage: Level 44

At 4/15/12 08:25 AM, Odyssic wrote: Lazy sunday.

Well, I did manage to watch the Grand Prix, cook, clean and do three hours work on the cricket pitch. I don't know how I manage it, to be honest.

At 4/15/12 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: What I meant was those live albums followed a studio album release and as you can tell, they's released a fair amount in 12 years.

What can I say? They're prolific :P

They shouldn't release too many live releases, though. Most bands would release one or two live albums a decade.

But it's Maiden, so we let them off! Most bands don't tour in a mother fucking aeroplane!

Ah, so there is something I have beaten you in. The only other two are blams and posts.

Stop salting my wounds :(

At least you can pass me in blams. OH WAIT!

Yeah, if I stick it out here for another 10-20 years.

Ah, so tag teams are a little more official in Magic?

Yeah, play a 2 headed giant - 2 player on each team; combined life total of 30

And players can block as long as they have any creatures to block attacks. Seems simple enough.

Only if the attack is coming at you - since you and the other half of the 2-headed giant counts as 1 player, you can block that way.

At 4/15/12 09:40 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Well as I pointed out to you in chat earlier. Yesterday was a huge day for Blams. I got 41 B/P points. 22 Saves and 19 Blams. That's right 19 Blams for the day.

I thought I did well at 14 and 42, for a total of 56 points.

At 4/15/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote: Lots of blue instants can counter spells.

I had three "Force of Will" back in the days. It lets you discard a card and pay a life instead of paying the mana costs. Very nice if you opponent thinks you are out of mana, but then you still can counter his spells.

Nice, so long as you had the life to pay - I'd recommend a blue / white deck for that card then.

Seeing the price of the card now, I just wish I had sold my most valuable cards on eBay instead my complete collection of magic cards to a friend for about 200 bucks. :/

But I had a deck that followed a similar theme once: Let the opponent draw cards until his library is empty... or until he was crushed to death by the Black Vise.

I don't know that card...

It deals damage to your opponent for every card above 4 he has in his hand during the upkeep phase (so, 5 cards mean 1 damage point, 6 cards 2 damage points and so on). I also used a card that skipped the discard phase for both players (Anvil of Bogardan). So the opponent often had much more than 7 cards in his hand, meaning lots of damage from the Vise.

Combine it with a Temple Bell, where everyone draws a card, each time you ring it.

Also: Do you have "Duels of the Planeswalkers" for the PS3? If so, we could play online.

I tried it, never really got on with it. I never got to downloading it.

Well, the biggest downside is that you can't build your own decks. So it might not be worth it after all.

Yeah, I hate that about it, but it makes for a quick game, rather than making a deck from scratch.

At 4/15/12 10:45 PM, gamejunkie wrote: There's not much else to say, but sit back, and listen to the reincarnation of Janis Joplin. Let me know what you think.

I'll give it a listen later. Popmaster is on right now :P

Listening to:

Dantesco - De La Mano De La Muerte

At 4/15/12 09:40 AM, gamejunkie wrote:

At 4/15/12 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: Admittedly, I would like to try out a full-time portal duty just to see how well I can do with blamming. Thankfully I have my blamming alt to try that out on.

Well as I pointed out to you in chat earlier. Yesterday was a huge day for Blams. I got 41 B/P points. 22 Saves and 19 Blams. That's right 19 Blams for the day.

To consider one portal day, that's damn good.

At 4/15/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, there were some Wii re-releases. Those should at least look good on HDTV. However, I'd rather not get the Metroid Prime Trilogy since that's been known to have lessened the difficulty of the second game and I'd much rather use the GameCube controls than the Wii controls for Metroid Prime 1 and 2.

I can imagine the Wii mote really sucks for older games. In my opinion, the PlayStation controllers are the best. SNES is good as well, but they are a bit too light. The PS controllers have a good weight and they are very nicely shaped.

Actually, you can use the GameCube controller for the older games so no worrying about Wiimote. However, when Nintendo re-released the Metroid Prime games, they made them to require the Wiimote.

Because I hate them?

That really hurts. :(

Serves you all right.

I have seen some special land cards floating around or the recent days so maybe they're still playable.

When I played, those cards wheren't allowed in most tournaments, so they where pretty rare and expensive. I never bothered buying them.

I'm going to guess things have changed since then and you can use special land cards. Hell, they have them for Friday Night Magic promos so why have them forbidden?

I have that but on Steam.

I see. That's too bad.

I agree. However, I don't think the game is worth buying twice. It's really only for those who are trying to get into Magic. Competitive players won't find anything worthwhile from this.

Well, the biggest downside is that you can't build your own decks. So it might not be worth it after all.

I really don't get why. Why not just have a game where you can use all the existing cards from when they made that video game? I bet there's some sort of online service where you can use an archive of Magic cards for anyone to use as deck tests and such.

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/15/12 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: They shouldn't release too many live releases, though. Most bands would release one or two live albums a decade.

But it's Maiden, so we let them off! Most bands don't tour in a mother fucking aeroplane!

Actually, I don't excuse any bands for doing a huge amount of releases. On top of those live albums, you also have the compilation albums which they've done a fair amount in their time. Ozzy was criticised for his solo career to have been doing far too many live and compilation releases and decided to drop most of them from the back catalogue.

At least you can pass me in blams. OH WAIT!

Yeah, if I stick it out here for another 10-20 years.

The keyword is if.

And players can block as long as they have any creatures to block attacks. Seems simple enough.

Only if the attack is coming at you - since you and the other half of the 2-headed giant counts as 1 player, you can block that way.

Makes sense.

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/15/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote: Lots of blue instants can counter spells.

I had three "Force of Will" back in the days. It lets you discard a card and pay a life instead of paying the mana costs. Very nice if you opponent thinks you are out of mana, but then you still can counter his spells.

Nice, so long as you had the life to pay - I'd recommend a blue / white deck for that card then.

Well, you start out with 20 life. So that's plenty to use for a Force of Will or two. See, the trick is, not to get hurt at all during a match. :P

But I had a deck that followed a similar theme once: Let the opponent draw cards until his library is empty... or until he was crushed to death by the Black Vise.

I don't know that card...

It deals damage to your opponent for every card above 4 he has in his hand during the upkeep phase (so, 5 cards mean 1 damage point, 6 cards 2 damage points and so on). I also used a card that skipped the discard phase for both players (Anvil of Bogardan). So the opponent often had much more than 7 cards in his hand, meaning lots of damage from the Vise.

Combine it with a Temple Bell, where everyone draws a card, each time you ring it.

I'd much rather use one of the many "each player draws X cards" spells.
Also, good cards are Underworld Dreams (each time your opponent draws a card, he recieves one damage point) and Megrim (each time the player discards a card he recieves 2 damage points). There's a deck with that combination in "Duels of the Plainswalkers" as well. I had a similar deck back then, it was awesome. But somehow my friends didn't like it too much, haha.

Also: Do you have "Duels of the Planeswalkers" for the PS3? If so, we could play online.

I tried it, never really got on with it. I never got to downloading it.

Well, the biggest downside is that you can't build your own decks. So it might not be worth it after all.

Yeah, I hate that about it, but it makes for a quick game, rather than making a deck from scratch.

There was a Magic game for PC where you could do just that. It was pretty up to date with the cards when it was released, but nowadays there are too many fine cards missing, so I only play it for nostaligc reasons.

At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/15/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/12 06:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, there were some Wii re-releases. Those should at least look good on HDTV. However, I'd rather not get the Metroid Prime Trilogy since that's been known to have lessened the difficulty of the second game and I'd much rather use the GameCube controls than the Wii controls for Metroid Prime 1 and 2.

I can imagine the Wii mote really sucks for older games. In my opinion, the PlayStation controllers are the best. SNES is good as well, but they are a bit too light. The PS controllers have a good weight and they are very nicely shaped.

Actually, you can use the GameCube controller for the older games so no worrying about Wiimote. However, when Nintendo re-released the Metroid Prime games, they made them to require the Wiimote.

That's the good thing about Sony. Their controllers didn't change much since the first PlayStation.

Because I hate them?

That really hurts. :(

Serves you all right.

But didn't I always treat you with respect?

I have seen some special land cards floating around or the recent days so maybe they're still playable.

When I played, those cards wheren't allowed in most tournaments, so they where pretty rare and expensive. I never bothered buying them.

I'm going to guess things have changed since then and you can use special land cards. Hell, they have them for Friday Night Magic promos so why have them forbidden?

I never played any tournaments, so I don't know all of the rules. I think there's one type of tournament where you can use cards from the latest 3 (or so) editions. But I always played with all the cards I had available, my friends did the same.

I have that but on Steam.

I see. That's too bad.

I agree. However, I don't think the game is worth buying twice. It's really only for those who are trying to get into Magic. Competitive players won't find anything worthwhile from this.

Yeah, buying it once is enough.

Well, the biggest downside is that you can't build your own decks. So it might not be worth it after all.

I really don't get why. Why not just have a game where you can use all the existing cards from when they made that video game? I bet there's some sort of online service where you can use an archive of Magic cards for anyone to use as deck tests and such.

That would be really swell. There don't have to be too many game modes, either. Just a simple "one on one" online match would be enough. Oh, and of course you need the ability to invite people, so you can play against your friends.

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At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/15/12 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: They shouldn't release too many live releases, though. Most bands would release one or two live albums a decade.

But it's Maiden, so we let them off! Most bands don't tour in a mother fucking aeroplane!

Actually, I don't excuse any bands for doing a huge amount of releases. On top of those live albums, you also have the compilation albums which they've done a fair amount in their time. Ozzy was criticised for his solo career to have been doing far too many live and compilation releases and decided to drop most of them from the back catalogue.

Iron Maiden Live Albums : 10
Rush Live Albums : 9
Metallica Live Albums : 4
Black Sabbath Live Albums : 5
Megadeth Live Albums : 5

I don't see a problem with any of them - most of the tracks on each live album will be the same, surely?

At least you can pass me in blams. OH WAIT!

Yeah, if I stick it out here for another 10-20 years.

The keyword is if.

I smell a challenge... or is that fear?

And players can block as long as they have any creatures to block attacks. Seems simple enough.

Only if the attack is coming at you - since you and the other half of the 2-headed giant counts as 1 player, you can block that way.

Makes sense.

I'm not so much a fan of it - I tend to get someone useless, who cannot work with my deck on my side.

At 4/16/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/15/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/12 07:54 AM, Coop wrote: Lots of blue instants can counter spells.

I had three "Force of Will" back in the days. It lets you discard a card and pay a life instead of paying the mana costs. Very nice if you opponent thinks you are out of mana, but then you still can counter his spells.

Nice, so long as you had the life to pay - I'd recommend a blue / white deck for that card then.

Well, you start out with 20 life. So that's plenty to use for a Force of Will or two. See, the trick is, not to get hurt at all during a match. :P

That's why I take white - I need healing, as my stuff usually gets womped early on.

45 years old today.

No old man jokes please.

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Listening to:

Pale Divine - Painted Windows Black

At 4/16/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, you can use the GameCube controller for the older games so no worrying about Wiimote. However, when Nintendo re-released the Metroid Prime games, they made them to require the Wiimote.

That's the good thing about Sony. Their controllers didn't change much since the first PlayStation.

They tried to change it for the PS3. No-one was happy about it, although the comfort on the round shape may have been alright.

Serves you all right.

But didn't I always treat you with respect?

You were mocking that dragon.

I'm going to guess things have changed since then and you can use special land cards. Hell, they have them for Friday Night Magic promos so why have them forbidden?

I never played any tournaments, so I don't know all of the rules. I think there's one type of tournament where you can use cards from the latest 3 (or so) editions. But I always played with all the cards I had available, my friends did the same.

That's the rotation format. I like that format since then I'd only have to revise on the newer cards rather than some bizarre card from 1994. :P

I agree. However, I don't think the game is worth buying twice. It's really only for those who are trying to get into Magic. Competitive players won't find anything worthwhile from this.

Yeah, buying it once is enough.

Unless the sale made it really, really cheap but even then I'm not harping on it.

I really don't get why. Why not just have a game where you can use all the existing cards from when they made that video game? I bet there's some sort of online service where you can use an archive of Magic cards for anyone to use as deck tests and such.

That would be really swell. There don't have to be too many game modes, either. Just a simple "one on one" online match would be enough. Oh, and of course you need the ability to invite people, so you can play against your friends.

I might ask around. I know a fair amount that play Magic so maybe they'll know something.

At 4/17/12 05:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, I don't excuse any bands for doing a huge amount of releases. On top of those live albums, you also have the compilation albums which they've done a fair amount in their time. Ozzy was criticised for his solo career to have been doing far too many live and compilation releases and decided to drop most of them from the back catalogue.

Iron Maiden Live Albums : 10
Rush Live Albums : 9
Metallica Live Albums : 4
Black Sabbath Live Albums : 5
Megadeth Live Albums : 5

Of all of them, Metallica are the most sensible.... That's not right. As for Rush, I only thought they had done three. Maybe only three are notable and the rest are throwaway releases.

I don't see a problem with any of them - most of the tracks on each live album will be the same, surely?

Same tracklisting? That would be even more pointless.

The keyword is if.

I smell a challenge... or is that fear?

A challenge, of course.

Makes sense.

I'm not so much a fan of it - I tend to get someone useless, who cannot work with my deck on my side.

Probably best to have similar decks, like if you're running a burn deck.

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At 4/17/12 05:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote: Nice, so long as you had the life to pay - I'd recommend a blue / white deck for that card then.

Well, you start out with 20 life. So that's plenty to use for a Force of Will or two. See, the trick is, not to get hurt at all during a match. :P

That's why I take white - I need healing, as my stuff usually gets womped early on.

There are some nice healing cards from green as well.

At 4/17/12 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, you can use the GameCube controller for the older games so no worrying about Wiimote. However, when Nintendo re-released the Metroid Prime games, they made them to require the Wiimote.

That's the good thing about Sony. Their controllers didn't change much since the first PlayStation.

They tried to change it for the PS3. No-one was happy about it, although the comfort on the round shape may have been alright.

I never understood all the hassle about the early design. Nobody ever had it in their hands, but everybody had an opinion about it. I bet everyone would've been thrilled if it had been Nintendo to present such a controller.

Serves you all right.

But didn't I always treat you with respect?

You were mocking that dragon.

I didn't. You said he won't find a dragoness being all flat. I said dragons should be able to view past the outer appearance. It's the inner values that count!

I'm going to guess things have changed since then and you can use special land cards. Hell, they have them for Friday Night Magic promos so why have them forbidden?

I never played any tournaments, so I don't know all of the rules. I think there's one type of tournament where you can use cards from the latest 3 (or so) editions. But I always played with all the cards I had available, my friends did the same.

That's the rotation format. I like that format since then I'd only have to revise on the newer cards rather than some bizarre card from 1994. :P

Hm, I just had to look up the editions from 1994: Antiquities, Legends, Fallen Empires. Wikipedia says, even today you can get boosters from Fallen Empires, so no problems there. Antiquities and Legends aren't that important to my knowledge. Ice Age was a pretty good edition, Homelands not so much. Alliances was my favorite edition, that's why I had all the cards. ^^
I'm sure I had another edition complete, or maybe even two. Must have been Tempest and/or Urza's Legacy.
Fun Fact: The first bossters of "Prophecy" had a spelling error in the german edition. "Prophezeihung" instead of "Prophezeiung".

I agree. However, I don't think the game is worth buying twice. It's really only for those who are trying to get into Magic. Competitive players won't find anything worthwhile from this.

Yeah, buying it once is enough.

Unless the sale made it really, really cheap but even then I'm not harping on it.

Well, for 50 Cents I would buy it a second time, heh.

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At 4/17/12 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/17/12 05:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/16/12 08:42 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, I don't excuse any bands for doing a huge amount of releases. On top of those live albums, you also have the compilation albums which they've done a fair amount in their time. Ozzy was criticised for his solo career to have been doing far too many live and compilation releases and decided to drop most of them from the back catalogue.

Iron Maiden Live Albums : 10
Rush Live Albums : 9
Metallica Live Albums : 4
Black Sabbath Live Albums : 5
Megadeth Live Albums : 5

Of all of them, Metallica are the most sensible.... That's not right. As for Rush, I only thought they had done three. Maybe only three are notable and the rest are throwaway releases.

With Rush doing 9 releases in 33 years, that's acceptable. Same with Maiden doing 10 in 31 years

I don't see a problem with any of them - most of the tracks on each live album will be the same, surely?

Same tracklisting? That would be even more pointless.

No, different setlists, but some songs always make it - Iron Maiden, or Number of the Beast, for example.

The keyword is if.

I smell a challenge... or is that fear?

A challenge, of course.

Bring. It. On.

/swanson

Makes sense.

I'm not so much a fan of it - I tend to get someone useless, who cannot work with my deck on my side.

Probably best to have similar decks, like if you're running a burn deck.

Discussing tactics works well, but going for randomness can also be hilarious. Slithers work well for messing the game up, but so did playing my infect deck against them.

At 4/17/12 02:28 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/17/12 05:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/16/12 05:47 AM, Coop wrote: Nice, so long as you had the life to pay - I'd recommend a blue / white deck for that card then.

Well, you start out with 20 life. So that's plenty to use for a Force of Will or two. See, the trick is, not to get hurt at all during a match. :P

That's why I take white - I need healing, as my stuff usually gets womped early on.

There are some nice healing cards from green as well.

Natural Spring comes to mind - 5 mana for 8 life, but a high price to pay, considering that lifelink only costs 1 white and all combat damage you deal is reflected to you in healing from one creature.

At 4/18/12 04:02 AM, Coop wrote: Coop waits for software updates to finish, while slowly congratulating:
gamejunkie: 3,000 Posts; 45th Birthday - someone who is over 150% of my own age on here. Sweet.

Are you talking about him being 150% your own age because he has the time to stay on Newgrounds? If so, then you should take into consideration that he's a millionaire.

Listening to:

Stygian Shore - The Shore Will Arise

At 4/17/12 02:28 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/17/12 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote: They tried to change it for the PS3. No-one was happy about it, although the comfort on the round shape may have been alright.

I never understood all the hassle about the early design. Nobody ever had it in their hands, but everybody had an opinion about it. I bet everyone would've been thrilled if it had been Nintendo to present such a controller.

That's what I thought. We didn't even get chance to use that controller but everyone was up in arms about it so they had to change back. Too bad YouTube and Facebook don't revert back, eh?

You were mocking that dragon.

I didn't. You said he won't find a dragoness being all flat. I said dragons should be able to view past the outer appearance. It's the inner values that count!

You thought it was amusing to take a picture of him.

That's the rotation format. I like that format since then I'd only have to revise on the newer cards rather than some bizarre card from 1994. :P

Hm, I just had to look up the editions from 1994: Antiquities, Legends, Fallen Empires. Wikipedia says, even today you can get boosters from Fallen Empires, so no problems there. Antiquities and Legends aren't that important to my knowledge. Ice Age was a pretty good edition, Homelands not so much. Alliances was my favorite edition, that's why I had all the cards. ^^

What? Surely those packs aren't still in print. Maybe it's possible to grab them online.

Unless the sale made it really, really cheap but even then I'm not harping on it.

Well, for 50 Cents I would buy it a second time, heh.

Yeah, that is perfectly acceptable.

At 4/18/12 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/17/12 08:32 AM, Bahamut wrote: Of all of them, Metallica are the most sensible.... That's not right. As for Rush, I only thought they had done three. Maybe only three are notable and the rest are throwaway releases.

With Rush doing 9 releases in 33 years, that's acceptable. Same with Maiden doing 10 in 31 years

With 2 live releases per decade, it would be 6/7 for Rush and 6 for Maiden. That feels more condense. As far as Maiden goes, I only have those from the remaster set, Rock in Rio (mostly for Bayley songs sung by Dickinson) and Flight 666 DVD. Have no need to get Maiden England (despite its rarity) or En Vivo.

No, different setlists, but some songs always make it - Iron Maiden, or Number of the Beast, for example.

Those obviously can't be taken out of setlists, although Maiden have attempted to have setlists without Run to the Hills or The Trooper.

Probably best to have similar decks, like if you're running a burn deck.

Discussing tactics works well, but going for randomness can also be hilarious. Slithers work well for messing the game up, but so did playing my infect deck against them.

The problem with randomness is how it might backfire you for being with the wrong tag partner. Dark Ascension pre-release was tag teams for the most part which was why I wasn't too keen on it. However, that isn't the case for Avacyn Restored. Might look into attending the pre-release a week on Saturday.

Level 47!

Nice for my alt to be in the golden levels at long las-*checks level icon* Whoops, wrong redesign.

At 4/17/12 06:09 AM, gamejunkie wrote: 45 years old today.

No old man jokes please.

My Official B/D thread link.

Guess i missed this but thought i would wish you a happy birthday, some of us are still oldies but goodies hehe, anyways have agreat day and continued year and many more to come.

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