MTG Salvation

This thread was created to gather together budget players in the hopes of forming a digital playgroup. The idea is to have fun and play Magic while not spending a fortune on the latest decks. Hopefully, by doing this not only do we have fun, but we become better players and maybe even make a few friends along the way.

Currently, meetups will be on Wednesday from 6:00-9:00pm. Please post your handle to join.

If we get enough players there will be an unofficial "just for fun" league of sorts. More on that to Come.

Participating Players MTGO Screen Names ("*" if same as MTGS)

jokeandcolor *
fettpett *
sheepz *
ThrillMill *
T3markabl3 *
Gillean *
9inchnails --- Hammer
sslater *

I'd be very much interested as i have just begun using mtgo (and already slightly pissed at it.) But would enjoy a new outlet for fun with a budget league.

I am trying to put together a budget deck as we speak.

Awesome! I could help with mtgo if you have any questions and we could get some games in whenever your interested. User name is jokeandcolor

i just added you to my buddy list. id be interested in playing but sadly I don't know how to go about getting cards for a deck I have a few from my new account pack, but I don't understand the bots ect.

sorry to digress on your thread. but I do look forward to figuring it out to begin playing.

Definately interested. Been fun playing with my budget deck would be nice to play with others and see how it stacks up.

I'd be interested

Its great to some interest in this. Ill be sure to add you all to my buddy list tonight and get a defklist together.

I would be interested in joining, I just started...my name is the same as here if anyone wants to add me

Sorry i havnt been on in a couple days (new job/house) but im happy to see at least a few people wanna do this. Im thinking we could try for a week night to all get on and play. my schedule is alittle wonky right now but I would like to try for monday or wednesday nights between 6 and 9 eastern time? for the time being we can all just log on and jam out some games with whatever decks we wanna bring. if we can 8-10 people to commit to some sort of league structure i think that would be a lot of fun as well. how does that sound for everybody? feel free to pitch ideas!

also this the website i mentioned earlier with the online deck pricing:

http://www.mtggoldfish.com/

Great tool when building on a budget.

Count me in. I've grown rather tired of getting perma stomped by high priced decks in the "Just Starting Out" and "For Fun" play areas.

Thinking of running something like this. Saw something similar somewhere on the forums and liked the idea. comes in under 25 tickets.

I'm totally down! Mtgo name is sheepz, lemme know! I really want to try option 2.

I wanna try option 2 as well. Im hoping to get at least a few people playing on wednesday night and see how that goes. If it seems like its working then we can get more organized.

Just a quick update:

1. Updated the thread title since there seems to be at least five or six players at least interested in joining at the moment.

2. Began to add screen names of players who have shared them. Please post/PM your screen name or let us know its the same as on MTGS.

3. Tentatively, Wednesday night 6:00pm-9:00pm will be our weekly jam session. I picked Wednesday since MTGO FNM is Thursday and Paper FNM is Friday. This may change if the scheduled downtime becomes too much of an issue, or there is enough people vote for a different night.

Wednesday would actually be great for me.





Screen name is also "ThrillMill"

I would be interested as well as I am just getting back into MTG and entirely new to MTGO.

MTGO name is T3markabl3

I'd be interested. Username is Giliean.

Just a few clarification: What time zone are we talking about when we say 6? And what is the budget limit (if there is one)?

I'm interested, but can't come out on Wednesday's every week guaranteed, most likely it will be sporadic. Also I would like the answers to Gilean's questions.

My MTGO username is 9inchnails.

welcome! the times i posted are Eastern, so adjust accordingly. hopefully its not too much of an issue.

As of right now, I would like to at least have two weeks of just getting people logged on and playing/ getting to know each other, and getting used to the client if they havnt already.

in regards to the budget, right now there isn't any defined number. I personally dont like to invest heavily in in cards so my limit is fairly low. When we get the league going however, I feel that if we set the budget at a fairly modest number, it will be more inviting to new players, so keep that in mind.

As far as not being able to attend every week, thats perfectly fine. Real world leagues allow players to get their games in whenever possible.

OK, so how do we find each other? Are you making a clan or something?

Quite honestly i dont know how clans work on Mtgo. I wouldsay just add everyone to your buddy list and message them for games. I think theyre is an option for group chat but i have to look into it. Ill check on it after work today.

Looking forward to getting in some games tonight! Hope to see everyone on!

I'd be really interested in doing something like this.

My MTGO handle is the same as here, sslater.

I already have a clan that we could use, it's called The Rock.

Will be logged on for the next couple hours if anyones interested

Since we have at several players interested, ( although only two people logged on tonight!) I added a poll for our league budget. I set the numbers fairly low for two reasons. First tickets go farther than dollars. Second, I wanted it to be inviting for anybody to join. If anyone has any suggestions about how to go about running it or can help with logistics, let me know. Also looking for ideas for a clan name for us as it may help with communications and setting up games.