Heya, as promised, I'll be running a Khans of Tarkir Duplicate Draft this Christmas. I'm not sure why Ulthwithian was unable to make his happen in the end, but I've decided to give precedence to those who signed up for Ulthwithian's draft (in order of signups) in case we get more than the required number. However, even if you signed up for Ulthwithian's draft, you still need to sign up here. That's because I need to know that you are around and ready to commit to checking the forum basically every day.
For those of you who are new to this, here's how the Duplicate Draft works:
A Duplicate Draft is an individual exercise where we have a number of draft pods of eight players, and all pods will contain the same packs. Player A in each pod will open the same packs in the same order, and will feed player B, who in each pod will open the same packs in the same order, and so on. After the draft is over, we can look at and discuss it.
The Duplicate Draft forum will be set up so that you can only see your own thread. I will post the next pack in your thread, and you'll reply with your pick (preferably with a reasoning for your decision). We keep going until the draft is over, at which point we'll try to organize matches and have the participants play against each other on Cockatrice or Magic Online (or some other platform). The winners of each pod gets a trophy (when these are back; currently Cobalt does not support trophies). When the games are over, all the threads will be made public.
This requires a certain level of committment from each participant, though - I will expect you to be able to make a pick roughly once per day. If you don't think you can do this, I'll ask you to not sign up. I realize that we're probably going to start this just before Christmas, and that's a time when many are going to be away from their computers. But if you are going to be unavailable for a day or so for some reason, please let me know so that I can let the rest of the pod know.
This exercise also hinges on there being no spoilers. If you are participating in this draft, do not even hint at what's going on in your draft anywhere; spoilers will compromise the whole thing. You're not supposed to know who you're sitting next to, if the packs are weird, if some clan/color is ridiculously open, etc.
Now, I think it's fair to say that last year's draft was quite successful and quite fun, and I'm sure it'll be at least as fun this year. Khans is simply a better set than Theros, and I think it'll be really interesting to compare the different drafts here.
Number of players will be 24 or 32, depending on interest level.
Post to this thread if you want to participate, and let me know if there are any questions! My goal is to get this running in just a few days' time.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
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My Decks: EDH: Sygg, River Cutthroat , Road to Scion
Grimgrin, Corpseborn Modern: Polytokes IRL: Progenitus Polymorph , Goblins
Although I haven't played as much of the format as I expected, so might suck a bit!
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I lost internet access for three days, awkwardly enough. I'm visiting my parents, who live in a quite rural area, and a strong gust of wind uprooting a tree or whatever can randomly kill the internet for several days. Here's hoping this won't happen again while the draft is going on.
In any case, Feyd has been setting up the forum, meaning that once we have enough players we can get rolling. At the moment we're at 21, and whether we go for 3 or 4 tables depends on how fast we get the remaining three. The nature of the draft does not permit one table starting later, as that way the people on that table would know who they'd be drafting with. But this also means that it looks like everyone will get to participate, provided you respond to this thread within the next day or two.
Also, this forum software does not allow me to pull off some shenanigans that result in me effecively creating threads in your name, like I could on vB (i.e. last year). As such, you need to post your own thread once the forum is up and running. I'll let you know when you can do this, and when you can, the sooner you create the thread the better.
These are real packs I have opened myself. They are from different situations though; some are from Modo, some from various IRL drafts, so it's eminently possible to have multiples of the same rare show up, etc.
Yeah, you can go ahead and create your threads now. Let me know if you have any issues, but in theory those who have signed up should have access (it's the topmost forum in the Limited forum).
We'll start when we hit 24 & people have made their threads. I'll PM people who haven't made their thread yet when we have 24.
For those of you who are new to this, here's how the Duplicate Draft works:
Post to this thread if you want to participate, and let me know if there are any questions! My goal is to get this running in just a few days' time.
Participants:
Tahn
Grimclaw
magicmerl
AntiC7
bateleur
Voynich
Axelrod
DSF
incominggame
Dolphan
Glinwood
Locke_Daemonfire
posertom
Hardened
Puddle Jumper
Battle
Calavera_
zlate
pierrebai
ExpiredRascals
DrTandtheWomen
Scout
markino
Body Count: GRRRUUUUUUUUUUU
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My Decks:
EDH: Sygg, River Cutthroat , Road to Scion
Grimgrin, Corpseborn
Modern: Polytokes
IRL: Progenitus Polymorph , Goblins
Just a friendly reminder that I will drive this car off a bridge
Although I haven't played as much of the format as I expected, so might suck a bit!
(I'm on on this site much anymore. If you want to get in touch it's probably best to email me: dom@heffalumps.org)
Forum Awards: Best Writer 2005, Best Limited Strategist 2005-2012
5CB PotM - June 2005, November 2005, February 2006, April 2008, May 2008, Feb 2009
MTGSalvation Articles: 1-20, plus guest appearance on MTGCast #86!
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In any case, Feyd has been setting up the forum, meaning that once we have enough players we can get rolling. At the moment we're at 21, and whether we go for 3 or 4 tables depends on how fast we get the remaining three. The nature of the draft does not permit one table starting later, as that way the people on that table would know who they'd be drafting with. But this also means that it looks like everyone will get to participate, provided you respond to this thread within the next day or two.
Also, this forum software does not allow me to pull off some shenanigans that result in me effecively creating threads in your name, like I could on vB (i.e. last year). As such, you need to post your own thread once the forum is up and running. I'll let you know when you can do this, and when you can, the sooner you create the thread the better.
How are you going to generate the packs?
These are real packs I have opened myself. They are from different situations though; some are from Modo, some from various IRL drafts, so it's eminently possible to have multiples of the same rare show up, etc.
i do not
We'll start when we hit 24 & people have made their threads. I'll PM people who haven't made their thread yet when we have 24.
What should I do - and what not to.
First time for me.