I'm definitely not sure, but I think it could be because of the pictures, try putting a line break between half of the pictures so that you have two rows of pictures instead of one long row.
I'm definitely not sure, but I think it could be because of the pictures, try putting a line break between half of the pictures so that you have two rows of pictures instead of one long row.
i don't think that's it... maybe there is too much content? btw, how do you like it now? better?
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WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
i don't think that's it... maybe there is too much content? btw, how do you like it now? better?
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WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
Just undo what you did that made it wide. I keep a Version update so, but if you forgot take the pictures out one at a time and put smaller ones in.
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Just undo what you did that made it wide. I keep a Version update so, but if you forgot take the pictures out one at a time and put smaller ones in.
i made A LOT of changes. finding out what did it would be impossible. it used to be a whole bunch of spoilers with less content, now i made less spoilers and added more content.
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WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
i made A LOT of changes. finding out what did it would be impossible. it used to be a whole bunch of spoilers with less content, now i made less spoilers and added more content.
MODS, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY...
WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
someone who is more familiar with programing might be able to find the anomaly. I suck at visual basic even.
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As I said, I'm definitely not sure it's the problem, but on my monitor, only three pictures will fit across with the normal width of the posts. If you look at Jhoira's Dredge primer, all of the pictures that she uses are in rows of three pictures, but you have four pictures in a row. Also, tbh, I don't think the full card pictures actually look very good. They take up a huge amount of space and you can get the same information across just by having the name of the card in card tags so that anyone that's not familiar with the card can click it to find out what it is, but it's not as in-your-face to people who are already familiar with the card.
As far as your changes to the primer, the English Minor in me wants to tear his eyes out.
An example with several of the common problems: "so yah, ouch. so much you can do, and it's all so good... the deck works together so perfectly. it's so beautiful..."
Capital letters are your friend. As are periods. Many people over use ellipses (the three periods). It's a fairly common tendency among people who are trying to replicate pauses found in spoken English, but overuse of ellipses can make writing seem stilted.
That quote is also an example of hyperbole; you're talking the deck up like you want to make love to it. For the purposes of a primer, you want to give a more detached explanation of the deck. If the primer gets stickied, people will not only be reading it to see if they will want to play it, but also to see how to play against it. Talking about how great the deck or a specific interaction in the deck doesn't help further discussion. It would be more helpful to discuss what decks certain interactions are good against and what decks they are less successful against. Mangara tricks, for example, can be extremely successful against bant style decks that run fewer, large creatures and a low removal count in favor of counters (which can be circumvented with Aether Vial) but can be weak against decks that pump out creatures more quickly or that have a high number of removal spells such as sligh builds of Zoo.
For the matchups section, I would just put that it is strongly decklist-dependent and add that even the difference of a couple cards can completely change how a matchup will play out. Adding Ethersworn Canonists to the main deck can take combo from basically unwinnable to being a coin toss, but in some matchups that same all-star in the combo matchup is going to be a vanilla bear. The same can be said of pretty much all of the hatebears. One of the biggest strengths of the deck is that if you know the decks you'll be facing, you can pretty much start the tournament pre-sideboarded for the matches that you think you'll play most/are most worried about.
Sorry if any of that came off as pretentious/preachy, but I took 6 creative writing classes in the last year and a half and I get irrationally annoyed when I see improper English nowadays. I wish I could turn it off; the internet is not a place of proper grammar
PS: I tried out a list with Visions of Beyond and SoBaM and it was terrible. To be fair, it was a UB list, so it wasn't running Mystics, but SoBaM is really underwhelming when the protection it offers isn't relevant. Visions itself wasn't ever terrible, because at worst it can always just cycle for a blue, but I'm not sure that any deck would ever be able to reliably turn it on without running really underwhelming cards.
As I said, I'm definitely not sure it's the problem, but on my monitor, only three pictures will fit across with the normal width of the posts. If you look at Jhoira's Dredge primer, all of the pictures that she uses are in rows of three pictures, but you have four pictures in a row. Also, tbh, I don't think the full card pictures actually look very good. They take up a huge amount of space and you can get the same information across just by having the name of the card in card tags so that anyone that's not familiar with the card can click it to find out what it is, but it's not as in-your-face to people who are already familiar with the card.
As far as your changes to the primer, the English Minor in me wants to tear his eyes out.
An example with several of the common problems: "so yah, ouch. so much you can do, and it's all so good... the deck works together so perfectly. it's so beautiful..."
Capital letters are your friend. As are periods. Many people over use ellipses (the three periods). It's a fairly common tendency among people who are trying to replicate pauses found in spoken English, but overuse of ellipses can make writing seem stilted.
That quote is also an example of hyperbole; you're talking the deck up like you want to make love to it. For the purposes of a primer, you want to give a more detached explanation of the deck. If the primer gets stickied, people will not only be reading it to see if they will want to play it, but also to see how to play against it. Talking about how great the deck or a specific interaction in the deck doesn't help further discussion. It would be more helpful to discuss what decks certain interactions are good against and what decks they are less successful against. Mangara tricks, for example, can be extremely successful against bant style decks that run fewer, large creatures and a low removal count in favor of counters (which can be circumvented with Aether Vial) but can be weak against decks that pump out creatures more quickly or that have a high number of removal spells such as sligh builds of Zoo.
For the matchups section, I would just put that it is strongly decklist-dependent and add that even the difference of a couple cards can completely change how a matchup will play out. Adding Ethersworn Canonists to the main deck can take combo from basically unwinnable to being a coin toss, but in some matchups that same all-star in the combo matchup is going to be a vanilla bear. The same can be said of pretty much all of the hatebears. One of the biggest strengths of the deck is that if you know the decks you'll be facing, you can pretty much start the tournament pre-sideboarded for the matches that you think you'll play most/are most worried about.
Sorry if any of that came off as pretentious/preachy, but I took 6 creative writing classes in the last year and a half and I get irrationally annoyed when I see improper English nowadays. I wish I could turn it off; the internet is not a place of proper grammar
PS: I tried out a list with Visions of Beyond and SoBaM and it was terrible. To be fair, it was a UB list, so it wasn't running Mystics, but SoBaM is really underwhelming when the protection it offers isn't relevant. Visions itself wasn't ever terrible, because at worst it can always just cycle for a blue, but I'm not sure that any deck would ever be able to reliably turn it on without running really underwhelming cards.
haha, i'll fix da grammmer LOL... an' make da frases sound less like i want to have da sexy wit it...
Sorry. I just had to do that. Anyways, yes, I'll fix it right away.
And I don't really like main deck canonists. The majority of the matches she will just be a bear. I feel she means well in the side.
EDIT: i just fixed the grammer for sections 1-3. i'm to lazy to do it for 4 and 5, as those are just quick little paragraphs on cards that nobody really reads much of anyways.
nit picks. you forgot the two swords that you run in your version in the card choices. also flagstone should be run as a 1 of because there is no reason not to. in spash decks you can use it with mangara to mana fix.(if desperate) Also if LD decks or boom//bust becomes popular in zoo or decks looking to abuse it with cascade. 2 of flagstones probably wouldn't be a pain very often especially if LD is around.
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also flagstone should be run as a 1 of because there is no reason not to. in spash decks you can use it with mangara to mana fix.(if desperate) Also if LD decks or boom//bust becomes popular in zoo or decks looking to abuse it with cascade. 2 of flagstones probably wouldn't be a pain very often especially if LD is around.
You can't use it with Mangara to mana fix; Mangara exiles and Flagstones has to go to the GY to trigger. You could fix your mana by Ghost Quartering your own Flagstones, but that would be awkward. And whether or not Flagstones is a decent choice for putting into the deck depends on how much non-basic hate there is. If people start running Magus of the Moon/Blood Moon or Anathemancer, then it could be better to stick with basics.
You can't use it with Mangara to mana fix; Mangara exiles and Flagstones has to go to the GY to trigger. You could fix your mana by Ghost Quartering your own Flagstones, but that would be awkward. And whether or not Flagstones is a decent choice for putting into the deck depends on how much non-basic hate there is. If people start running Magus of the Moon/Blood Moon or Anathemancer, then it could be better to stick with basics.
It was 4 in the morning here when I wrote that lol. I don't think any of the land hate you put on here really would make a difference in a deck that runs 12+ plains. My main point is that bomb//bust zoo might get big. If it does this card is really good against it.
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It was 4 in the morning here when I wrote that lol. I don't think any of the land hate you put on here really would make a difference in a deck that runs 12+ plains. My main point is that bomb//bust zoo might get big. If it does this card is really good against it.
maybe try a red splash with boom/bust just because I like a 2cmc LD spell without a draw back if you hit a flagstones.
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maybe try a red splash with boom/bust just because I like a 2cmc LD spell without a draw back if you hit a flagstones.
if i were you i would go with the other deck i made that apparently you already saw; the RW LD control. arbiter and mindcensor are amazing. 'course, not having SFM is a big drawback.
if i were you i would go with the other deck i made that apparently you already saw; the RW LD control. arbiter and mindcensor are amazing. 'course, not having SFM is a big drawback.
It could fit in here, I was just trying to get more discussion about W/r D+T started.
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What do you guys think of Icatian Javelineers as a 1cc creature for the deck? It's quite good against Dark confidant or Vendilion Clique.
i'd recommend cardtags for the future, but yes, i will add that to the list. i acctually did skim over it but i saw it with an old background and didn't see it was timeshifted. thanks
Tom, more than a couple of your card tags in the first post do not work due to spelling errors. To make this a better primer I would go back and fix them.
Tom, more than a couple of your card tags in the first post do not work due to spelling errors. To make this a better primer I would go back and fix them.
like? i'll look, but specifics would be nice.
EDIT: fixed all i saw. like 7 things in card choices, a couple in beginning. lmk if you still see some.
WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
i don't think that's it... maybe there is too much content? btw, how do you like it now? better?
MODS, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY...
WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
Just undo what you did that made it wide. I keep a Version update so, but if you forgot take the pictures out one at a time and put smaller ones in.
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Thomas Jefferson
i made A LOT of changes. finding out what did it would be impossible. it used to be a whole bunch of spoilers with less content, now i made less spoilers and added more content.
MODS, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY...
WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
someone who is more familiar with programing might be able to find the anomaly. I suck at visual basic even.
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yah.. i reported the post to the mods, so hopefully they know what to do.
MODS, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY...
WHY IS THE PRIMER (FIRST POST) POST SO DARN WIDE???
PLEASE POST WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT, AND FOR SOME REASON ITS HUGE NOW.
i'll shrink this post when i get an answer and it's fixed.
EDIT: FIXED
As far as your changes to the primer, the English Minor in me wants to tear his eyes out.
An example with several of the common problems: "so yah, ouch. so much you can do, and it's all so good... the deck works together so perfectly. it's so beautiful..."
Capital letters are your friend. As are periods. Many people over use ellipses (the three periods). It's a fairly common tendency among people who are trying to replicate pauses found in spoken English, but overuse of ellipses can make writing seem stilted.
That quote is also an example of hyperbole; you're talking the deck up like you want to make love to it. For the purposes of a primer, you want to give a more detached explanation of the deck. If the primer gets stickied, people will not only be reading it to see if they will want to play it, but also to see how to play against it. Talking about how great the deck or a specific interaction in the deck doesn't help further discussion. It would be more helpful to discuss what decks certain interactions are good against and what decks they are less successful against. Mangara tricks, for example, can be extremely successful against bant style decks that run fewer, large creatures and a low removal count in favor of counters (which can be circumvented with Aether Vial) but can be weak against decks that pump out creatures more quickly or that have a high number of removal spells such as sligh builds of Zoo.
For the matchups section, I would just put that it is strongly decklist-dependent and add that even the difference of a couple cards can completely change how a matchup will play out. Adding Ethersworn Canonists to the main deck can take combo from basically unwinnable to being a coin toss, but in some matchups that same all-star in the combo matchup is going to be a vanilla bear. The same can be said of pretty much all of the hatebears. One of the biggest strengths of the deck is that if you know the decks you'll be facing, you can pretty much start the tournament pre-sideboarded for the matches that you think you'll play most/are most worried about.
Sorry if any of that came off as pretentious/preachy, but I took 6 creative writing classes in the last year and a half and I get irrationally annoyed when I see improper English nowadays. I wish I could turn it off; the internet is not a place of proper grammar
PS: I tried out a list with Visions of Beyond and SoBaM and it was terrible. To be fair, it was a UB list, so it wasn't running Mystics, but SoBaM is really underwhelming when the protection it offers isn't relevant. Visions itself wasn't ever terrible, because at worst it can always just cycle for a blue, but I'm not sure that any deck would ever be able to reliably turn it on without running really underwhelming cards.
haha, i'll fix da grammmer LOL... an' make da frases sound less like i want to have da sexy wit it...
Sorry. I just had to do that. Anyways, yes, I'll fix it right away.
And I don't really like main deck canonists. The majority of the matches she will just be a bear. I feel she means well in the side.
EDIT: i just fixed the grammer for sections 1-3. i'm to lazy to do it for 4 and 5, as those are just quick little paragraphs on cards that nobody really reads much of anyways.
nit picks. you forgot the two swords that you run in your version in the card choices. also flagstone should be run as a 1 of because there is no reason not to. in spash decks you can use it with mangara to mana fix.(if desperate) Also if LD decks or boom//bust becomes popular in zoo or decks looking to abuse it with cascade. 2 of flagstones probably wouldn't be a pain very often especially if LD is around.
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Thomas Jefferson
You can't use it with Mangara to mana fix; Mangara exiles and Flagstones has to go to the GY to trigger. You could fix your mana by Ghost Quartering your own Flagstones, but that would be awkward. And whether or not Flagstones is a decent choice for putting into the deck depends on how much non-basic hate there is. If people start running Magus of the Moon/Blood Moon or Anathemancer, then it could be better to stick with basics.
It was 4 in the morning here when I wrote that lol. I don't think any of the land hate you put on here really would make a difference in a deck that runs 12+ plains. My main point is that bomb//bust zoo might get big. If it does this card is really good against it.
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if it does, then i might run it.
again, the deck is about preference though.
maybe try a red splash with boom/bust just because I like a 2cmc LD spell without a draw back if you hit a flagstones.
Albert Einstein
Thomas Jefferson
if i were you i would go with the other deck i made that apparently you already saw; the RW LD control. arbiter and mindcensor are amazing. 'course, not having SFM is a big drawback.
It could fit in here, I was just trying to get more discussion about W/r D+T started.
Albert Einstein
Thomas Jefferson
i'd recommend cardtags for the future, but yes, i will add that to the list. i acctually did skim over it but i saw it with an old background and didn't see it was timeshifted. thanks
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like? i'll look, but specifics would be nice.
EDIT: fixed all i saw. like 7 things in card choices, a couple in beginning. lmk if you still see some.