I can't think of anything bad to say about you, wtwlf. "That dude is nice and always provides me with solid advice. But he sure is stubborn!" Yeah that's about all I got.
what forums dont like your writing? I fail to see it.....
Riptide Lab's cube discussion thread has had some pretty bad things to say about both me and the mtgs cube community on several occasions.
But it was nothing constructive, and no legitimate criticisms. Just hate posts.
I don't trash talk other sites or other posters. All I want to do is discuss cube, both with people that share my opinions and those who have differing ones.
When you read a lot of posts on Riptide, quite a bit of them really seem to hate/despise us.
According to them we are megalomaniac, have huge ego's, are obsessed with power maximilazation, all bow to the evil tyrant wtwfl and chase away everybody who doesn't think like us or our king.
While there might be a grain of truth in some of their feelings, they have blown small issues way out of proportion. There is a certain 'we are the smarter, cooler outcast' feeling there, that I find a bit unsettling.
I have a feeling this is a pretty helpfull forum and we are open to discussing all cube related stuff. I think if Jason hadn't made his own hideout, we could have added a 'new cube design' subforum here. This could have lead to interesting discussions and some cross polination between different cube paradigms.
It is also a bit funny (and a bit disturing) that Trunkers/Jason seems to have had an epiphany after playing our cube. We invited him over and thought we had a nice cube night. But for him it was the worst cube night of his life. He saw the light and understood how wrong the tradiodional cubers are. We never heard of him again after that one night. Loosing to that Eureka and to a reanimation deck really ruined it for him it seems.
None of us here agree on everything. In fact, most of us disagree about quite a bit. But it doesn't stop us from discussing things with each other. And being constructive, and civil. And having lively debates that unearth good conclusions.
I think it's kinda funny that they created a hideout where they'd be safe from our tyranny and close-mindedness, when all they're really doing is creating a space where they agree with each other and disagree with people that have differing opinions. I suppose that's easier than staying, debating and contributing constructively. It's okay for people with different opinions to post in the same place. I've dealt with a lot of adversity here over the years, and I never decided to give up on the community as a whole because someone disagreed with me.
There are a ton of members on here that have completely different cube lists and ideologies from mine that I get along with fine and have a tremendous amount of respect for. But it takes a lot of work from both sides to get there. Some people are willing to put forth the effort to make those kinds of relationships happen; they're interested in bettering the community. Others aren't. Too bad for everyone that's the case.
I didn't want this to devolve into a war between mtgs and anyone else, I was just answering the question from the last page.
Haters gonna hate, and I'm okay with that. We can move on, be positive, and continue developing the best cube-related community in the world.
There is no war here, at least not on our side. It just is a bit sad to see the cube community split into two over vague philosophical reasons. There is quite a bit of cube thinking going on there, but there is little communication between the both worlds.
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Not to keep on this topic for another post but where I think a lot of this comes from (but certainly not all of it) is the idea that wtwlf123 could be considered one of the biggest names in the cube community (as small and weird as this community is) and people look at that and say "to hell with that guy". You have a lot of confidence and happen to be one of the more known "unknowns" in magic. You don't have a weekly or even semi regular article with any major sites or have any experience in professional magic that I have heard of and yet your cube is the most drafted cube on cubetutor by a fair margin and a lot of people look to your ideas and changes for their own cubes. Some people (not naming names) view that confidence and popularity through their own lens and it gets distorted into "cocky" or "*******" or whatever and they think they need to rage against it.
There is nothing wrong with playing a cube that wants to strive for pure powerful cards the same way there is nothing wrong having a cube where there are two sets of fetchlands, uncards, nothing with modern borders, or any other different ideas as long as you are aiming to make the most fun cube you can. People feel threatened or ignored or hated for having a different idea of what that is and act out because of it. I don't ever think that these various opposed communities will come around to the same page or even want to share the same space to talk about their different pages but it would be nice if they did. Until that happens I'm just going to ignore the people that act like jerks, make my cube the way I want to make it, and get on with my life.
Amen. The only wrong way to cube is the way your playgroup fails to have fun. Everything else is "doing it tight".
Also, I'm not a power-max cuber, as much as they'd like to think I am. I like to include the most powerful cards possible whenever I can, assuming that the card is a role-player I need or has synergy I'm looking for. I have tons of intrinsically powerful cards in the on-deck binder that I've cut in favor of keeping synergy together and role-players available.
I'm just a grumpy old Magic player that wanted to retire from Magic and cube exclusively. I'm confident in my opinions and my evaluations, but everybody should be. I'm proud of my cube, and I know that the changes I've made and the directions it's evolved in have been the right ones for me and my playgroup. So I share what's worked for me in the hopes that the information can help other people achieve the same great gameplay I experience! Assuming, of course, that it gels with what they want to do. If they want to take things in a different direction because that's what's best for their playgroup, that's what they should do. But I also share the reasons why other things haven't worked for me, and why. Just like other people express why cards I like don't work for them. Some people can handle the criticism, some can't and still others leave and create their own communities.
Regardless, we have a great and diverse community here. I wish everyone could stick around and debate/discuss all aspects of cubing, but some folks can't hack it and/or don't want to put forth the effort to make it work. And that's fine too.
I wasn't aware of that forum. I remember when Trunkers was a regular, seemed like a cool guy. I also don't think we succumb to group-think or hive-mind like suggested. We all disagree about stuff all the time, and people include plenty of cards for their favourite archetypes at the expense of just 'powerful' cards. All that is predicated on the assumption that having a 'power-max cube' (at the expense of having clusters of synergy and archetypes) is somehow bad, which I don't think it is necessarily. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with that approach.
For example, I personal had to revise my list a fair bit for 2-player drafts - I can't run anything where a card strictly requires certain others to be useful (Entomb, combo, storm), and in addition I have to keep a very close eye on dense mana costs like CC and CCC. So mine might be considered a 'power-max cube' in some circles, but we tried to revise that down by removing fast mana to see how that plays out. You end up with a cube that's tailored to my individual situation. It could still be a useful list or starting point to other groups, but every cube is the product of continuous revision and working to the group's specifications. If anything, we need more people with different-looking cubes.
wtwlf123 great review again. Unfortunately this set is pretty crappy for Eternal and Cube players. At least it's cheap on the wallet.
I really appreciate your articles since the past few posts have been talking about it. Even though I don't always agree I can always see your point of view on things.
Nothing in this game is degenerate or completely dominant. They haven't banned anything in standard in a long, long time. Hell they should have banned affinity right away, but they didn't until boxed sales collapsed too. Hasbro had to come in and fire people.
I'll enjoy watching all the whiners eat crow monday.
wtwlf123 great review again. Unfortunately this set is pretty crappy for Eternal and Cube players. At least it's cheap on the wallet.
I really appreciate your articles since the past few posts have been talking about it. Even though I don't always agree I can always see your point of view on things.
Thanks for the set review! Must have been tough filling out the list as we really didn't get a whole lot this time around. And I too like the "What I Like" and "What I Don't Like" format.
You mentioned green control decks under the Courser's verdict. How do these decks look like for you guys? We haven't had any green control decks outside of UG (where the G is mainly used for ramp and Wall of Blossoms).
Kinda like you said, actually. I'd like to have a few more tools for green to play a supporting role for control decks more often. Wall of Blossoms/Roots, Caryatid, mana ramp spells of all kinds, the 'walkers, Regrowth, Tutor, Thragtusk, etc. Courser will be another card that can be used in those types of builds and perform admirably.
Life tip: It's ok to be mad about something, but that doesn't make it valid. Truth hurts. No one likes being confronted with the idea that their preconceived notions are false. That's what happens here. The forum has always been a welcome place for debate. That doesn't mean your ideas are automatically accepted. It means they get scrutinized, second-guessed, researched and tested. Just like any established body of knowledge, it takes a lot of time and work to find something relevant to add to it.
I don't get the complaint about thumbs up either. I don't think it gets used enough, personally. This very thread gets spammed by a lot of posts that are only thanks, which could easily be changed to thumbs ups and get in more actual discussion of the content instead. I mostly use this tool to keep an active presence here and as shorthand for agreement, which doesn't need QFT or +1 posts to be expressed anymore.
It looks like that separate forum has gotten a fair bit of attention from this side of the Internet, and it's not exactly making itself look good. It might be a little uncomfortable for some posters when they realize they've put themselves in the limelight with some rather unattractive displays of character
ALSO COURSER OF KRUPHIX IS PRETTY GOOD. Especially with all the library manipulation in cube. Midrange decks should have a field day with this guy. After rocking it at the prerelease, I'm inclined to agree with wtwlf that it slots in around 540 as a slightly better Oracle of Mul Daya (which itself was sort of falling out of 540 and into 630 I believe).
Fun fact: wtwlf123 and eidolon232 are somehow conjoined in my heads. I for some reason imagine them as the same person....... Dont know how the hell that even happened
Anyways, I think that wtwlf123 is essentially an SCG of the cube community in the regard that a lot of people see them at the top and spite them for being there.......
Well, the echo chamber effect and group think here is no different than it is anywhere else. When you get people together that share the same opinions on things, don't be surprised when they echo other peoples' sentiments on the subject. That doesn't mean there's group think, and that doesn't mean it's a hive mind. It means that card X plays well for me, and it happens to play well for you too for the same reasons. A good idea is a good idea, and often times, it's nothing more than that. Everybody on this forum has differences of opinion with every other member that posts here. We have a lot of things in common, but maybe, just maybe, that's because certain things have worked well for more than one person. If someone says they like card A more than card B, is it suddenly wrong for another poster to come along and agree with them? Should we avoid saying that we agree because someone will accuse us of group think and being a hive mind? I certainly hope not. Everybody has a different opinion, and every post is under scrutiny. Especially from the posters that post a lot. You complain that people get ganged up on, but I remember when I first started posting here that it was me that was going against the grain on a great many topics. You can either complain about it, leave, form your own group and whine about group think, or you can stand your ground and make some posts that stand on their own. The content of the posts speaks for itself. Just because you have an idea that's unpopular doesn't mean you should ragequit mtgs. If it's a good idea, you will be able to stand behind it and it will gain ground. I did it when I first started posting here, and anybody else can too. Just stand behind your ideas and opinions.
tl;dr - Don't be afraid to stick up for your ideas. It's okay for you to have them and share them, and it's okay for other people to disagree with them.
I think what you are talking about is a level of sensitivity to criticism. For example, in the tread for that new wonky drafting hill giant I have gotten a few comments that appear to look down on me for even considering including a colorless hill giant in my final 40 if I end up with it. That doesn't change my ability to post, offer advice, take advice, destroy my opponents with a colorless hill giant repeatedly and get on with my life.
I just take the advice under consideration, take the criticism in stride, and don't stop to critique how the advice was given to me. It doesn't seem like you have as much of a problem with the difference in advice as much as you have a problem with the perceived aggression and attitude of the advice. Its just comments on a message board. I wouldn't invest that much in to it. You just withstand the haters and build your own niche for yourself in the community.
In regards to people chiming in to say they agree with the others, sometimes people want to leave their support but have no further information to share since they had the exact same experiences. For those situations I always think a simple "thank you thumbs up" is the way to go. Don't make me have to scroll through pages of people saying the same thing unless you have something new to share. I am guilty of it too and I am sure that sort of thing happens every where to a degree. You can't be on top of your actions all the time and everyone is a hypocrite a little.
In regards to the Courser, I am actually more excited to get my hands on that one than Brimaz purely because Brimaz is already a known quantity. I have no idea how it will perform but I can't wait to find out.
While the content of one's post can and does speak for itself, the forum is often so aggressively dismissive of contrary opinions that I think we lose a lot of valuable future input from offput members. Simply put, no one wants to deal with rude people. We've all been that person (myself included). I'm just imploring the forum to respectfully agree/disagree even when a smart remark or a condescending reply comes to mind first.
I'm glad you brought this up again here in the review thread. It's not the environment I want to foster, and I'll be more careful in the future not to have this be the case.
A lot of my cube evolution is thanks to input from other folks on this forum. I'd hate to have good ideas be dismissed without having a chance to show their value. So from here forward, I'll do my best not to contribute to the environment you're describing. I've seen it happen, but I'd argue that it's the exception and not the rule. 9 times out of 10, I think the people of this forum (well, the cube forum, specifically) are helpful, knowledgeable and experienced. I can understand how it can be frustrating to try and illustrate points against the grain (I've had to do it myself quite a bit, here and elsewhere). But the difference is, it didn't bother me. I quite enjoyed-- well, moreso in the early days--the process of seeing an opinion or analysis become accepted against opposition. But I can certainly see how that would be a frustrating process for those that don't enjoy that element of debate.
So like I said, I'll do my part to keep discussions civil and accepting of other ideas (I think I've been doing that recently, but I can always try harder). And hopefully we can dodge some future anti-mtgs hate.
There are a lot of regular posters that I have disagreements with, be it with card evaluation or design philosophy, and none of those cube managers have had to flee from the horror which is the mtgs cube forum. And on the flip-side of things, I've dealt with my fair share of Gubbe85's throughout my posting career, so it comes from all sides. Part of what cuttups is saying is correct, in that it has a lot to do with individual sensitivities. And a lot of what you say is right too. I think everyone can do better, on both sides, to develop this forum into a more perfect melting pot, and I hope we do.
Cheers, and thanks for voicing your opinion again for us here.
Glad you enjoyed it. There's often an overlap between cards that are good in one format and those that will be good in another, but not always.
As far as Ephara goes, I think she could be valuable in a token-engine deck, especially if it has ways to produce creatures on our opponent's turns with regularity. But she's tough to activate in token decks, and I think it would take too many triggers to recover her 2WU investment, which is hard to do in a cube setting.
You just can't withstand the haters and build your own niche for yourself in the community.
I think there is a danger in assuming that disagreeing or dissenting are equivalent to dismissing or disrespecting. Ahadabans has taken a fair bit of flack on this forum for his quirky ideas, but d'you know what? his is the cube I go to when I want ideas about how to mix things up a bit, and I recognise his goals even if I don't always agree with specifics. It would be a shame if he chose to leave the forum altogether and deprived us of another point of view.
The one forum post of which I am most proud was a detailed and impassioned defence of Sneak Attack, a card which had fallen out of favour. Now I strongly suspect that its inclusion in the MODO cube, strong performance in Sneak'n'Show decks, and doubtless other factors were more important, but I like to think that I may have had some small influence in encouraging others to enjoy it in their cubes.
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You did. I am re-playing and re-enjoying Sneak Attack mainly because of your defense of it. There are a ton of members who have shared unpopular opinions that wound up inspiring changes to my list. It's important to keep those ideas flowing. Hopefully having someone disagree with your opinions won't cause you to stop sharing them altogether. If that were the case for everybody, nobody would post anything anymore.
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Riptide Lab's cube discussion thread has had some pretty bad things to say about both me and the mtgs cube community on several occasions.
But it was nothing constructive, and no legitimate criticisms. Just hate posts.
I don't trash talk other sites or other posters. All I want to do is discuss cube, both with people that share my opinions and those who have differing ones.
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According to them we are megalomaniac, have huge ego's, are obsessed with power maximilazation, all bow to the evil tyrant wtwfl and chase away everybody who doesn't think like us or our king.
While there might be a grain of truth in some of their feelings, they have blown small issues way out of proportion. There is a certain 'we are the smarter, cooler outcast' feeling there, that I find a bit unsettling.
I have a feeling this is a pretty helpfull forum and we are open to discussing all cube related stuff. I think if Jason hadn't made his own hideout, we could have added a 'new cube design' subforum here. This could have lead to interesting discussions and some cross polination between different cube paradigms.
It is also a bit funny (and a bit disturing) that Trunkers/Jason seems to have had an epiphany after playing our cube. We invited him over and thought we had a nice cube night. But for him it was the worst cube night of his life. He saw the light and understood how wrong the tradiodional cubers are. We never heard of him again after that one night. Loosing to that Eureka and to a reanimation deck really ruined it for him it seems.
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I think it's kinda funny that they created a hideout where they'd be safe from our tyranny and close-mindedness, when all they're really doing is creating a space where they agree with each other and disagree with people that have differing opinions. I suppose that's easier than staying, debating and contributing constructively. It's okay for people with different opinions to post in the same place. I've dealt with a lot of adversity here over the years, and I never decided to give up on the community as a whole because someone disagreed with me.
There are a ton of members on here that have completely different cube lists and ideologies from mine that I get along with fine and have a tremendous amount of respect for. But it takes a lot of work from both sides to get there. Some people are willing to put forth the effort to make those kinds of relationships happen; they're interested in bettering the community. Others aren't. Too bad for everyone that's the case.
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Haters gonna hate, and I'm okay with that. We can move on, be positive, and continue developing the best cube-related community in the world.
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There is no war here, at least not on our side. It just is a bit sad to see the cube community split into two over vague philosophical reasons. There is quite a bit of cube thinking going on there, but there is little communication between the both worlds.
MOD: please move this discussion to the general thread or to its own thread. I didn't mean to hijack this thread.
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
There is nothing wrong with playing a cube that wants to strive for pure powerful cards the same way there is nothing wrong having a cube where there are two sets of fetchlands, uncards, nothing with modern borders, or any other different ideas as long as you are aiming to make the most fun cube you can. People feel threatened or ignored or hated for having a different idea of what that is and act out because of it. I don't ever think that these various opposed communities will come around to the same page or even want to share the same space to talk about their different pages but it would be nice if they did. Until that happens I'm just going to ignore the people that act like jerks, make my cube the way I want to make it, and get on with my life.
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Also, I'm not a power-max cuber, as much as they'd like to think I am. I like to include the most powerful cards possible whenever I can, assuming that the card is a role-player I need or has synergy I'm looking for. I have tons of intrinsically powerful cards in the on-deck binder that I've cut in favor of keeping synergy together and role-players available.
I'm just a grumpy old Magic player that wanted to retire from Magic and cube exclusively. I'm confident in my opinions and my evaluations, but everybody should be. I'm proud of my cube, and I know that the changes I've made and the directions it's evolved in have been the right ones for me and my playgroup. So I share what's worked for me in the hopes that the information can help other people achieve the same great gameplay I experience! Assuming, of course, that it gels with what they want to do. If they want to take things in a different direction because that's what's best for their playgroup, that's what they should do. But I also share the reasons why other things haven't worked for me, and why. Just like other people express why cards I like don't work for them. Some people can handle the criticism, some can't and still others leave and create their own communities.
Regardless, we have a great and diverse community here. I wish everyone could stick around and debate/discuss all aspects of cubing, but some folks can't hack it and/or don't want to put forth the effort to make it work. And that's fine too.
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For example, I personal had to revise my list a fair bit for 2-player drafts - I can't run anything where a card strictly requires certain others to be useful (Entomb, combo, storm), and in addition I have to keep a very close eye on dense mana costs like CC and CCC. So mine might be considered a 'power-max cube' in some circles, but we tried to revise that down by removing fast mana to see how that plays out. You end up with a cube that's tailored to my individual situation. It could still be a useful list or starting point to other groups, but every cube is the product of continuous revision and working to the group's specifications. If anything, we need more people with different-looking cubes.
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I really appreciate your articles since the past few posts have been talking about it. Even though I don't always agree I can always see your point of view on things.
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Thanks man, that means a lot.
Cheers, and happy cubing!
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You mentioned green control decks under the Courser's verdict. How do these decks look like for you guys? We haven't had any green control decks outside of UG (where the G is mainly used for ramp and Wall of Blossoms).
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I don't get the complaint about thumbs up either. I don't think it gets used enough, personally. This very thread gets spammed by a lot of posts that are only thanks, which could easily be changed to thumbs ups and get in more actual discussion of the content instead. I mostly use this tool to keep an active presence here and as shorthand for agreement, which doesn't need QFT or +1 posts to be expressed anymore.
It looks like that separate forum has gotten a fair bit of attention from this side of the Internet, and it's not exactly making itself look good. It might be a little uncomfortable for some posters when they realize they've put themselves in the limelight with some rather unattractive displays of character
ALSO COURSER OF KRUPHIX IS PRETTY GOOD. Especially with all the library manipulation in cube. Midrange decks should have a field day with this guy. After rocking it at the prerelease, I'm inclined to agree with wtwlf that it slots in around 540 as a slightly better Oracle of Mul Daya (which itself was sort of falling out of 540 and into 630 I believe).
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Anyways, I think that wtwlf123 is essentially an SCG of the cube community in the regard that a lot of people see them at the top and spite them for being there.......
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I just take the advice under consideration, take the criticism in stride, and don't stop to critique how the advice was given to me. It doesn't seem like you have as much of a problem with the difference in advice as much as you have a problem with the perceived aggression and attitude of the advice. Its just comments on a message board. I wouldn't invest that much in to it. You just withstand the haters and build your own niche for yourself in the community.
In regards to people chiming in to say they agree with the others, sometimes people want to leave their support but have no further information to share since they had the exact same experiences. For those situations I always think a simple "thank you thumbs up" is the way to go. Don't make me have to scroll through pages of people saying the same thing unless you have something new to share. I am guilty of it too and I am sure that sort of thing happens every where to a degree. You can't be on top of your actions all the time and everyone is a hypocrite a little.
In regards to the Courser, I am actually more excited to get my hands on that one than Brimaz purely because Brimaz is already a known quantity. I have no idea how it will perform but I can't wait to find out.
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I'm glad you brought this up again here in the review thread. It's not the environment I want to foster, and I'll be more careful in the future not to have this be the case.
A lot of my cube evolution is thanks to input from other folks on this forum. I'd hate to have good ideas be dismissed without having a chance to show their value. So from here forward, I'll do my best not to contribute to the environment you're describing. I've seen it happen, but I'd argue that it's the exception and not the rule. 9 times out of 10, I think the people of this forum (well, the cube forum, specifically) are helpful, knowledgeable and experienced. I can understand how it can be frustrating to try and illustrate points against the grain (I've had to do it myself quite a bit, here and elsewhere). But the difference is, it didn't bother me. I quite enjoyed-- well, moreso in the early days--the process of seeing an opinion or analysis become accepted against opposition. But I can certainly see how that would be a frustrating process for those that don't enjoy that element of debate.
So like I said, I'll do my part to keep discussions civil and accepting of other ideas (I think I've been doing that recently, but I can always try harder). And hopefully we can dodge some future anti-mtgs hate.
There are a lot of regular posters that I have disagreements with, be it with card evaluation or design philosophy, and none of those cube managers have had to flee from the horror which is the mtgs cube forum. And on the flip-side of things, I've dealt with my fair share of Gubbe85's throughout my posting career, so it comes from all sides. Part of what cuttups is saying is correct, in that it has a lot to do with individual sensitivities. And a lot of what you say is right too. I think everyone can do better, on both sides, to develop this forum into a more perfect melting pot, and I hope we do.
Cheers, and thanks for voicing your opinion again for us here.
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I am curious as to your thoughts on Ephara, God of the Polis.
Glad you enjoyed it. There's often an overlap between cards that are good in one format and those that will be good in another, but not always.
As far as Ephara goes, I think she could be valuable in a token-engine deck, especially if it has ways to produce creatures on our opponent's turns with regularity. But she's tough to activate in token decks, and I think it would take too many triggers to recover her 2WU investment, which is hard to do in a cube setting.
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I think there is a danger in assuming that disagreeing or dissenting are equivalent to dismissing or disrespecting. Ahadabans has taken a fair bit of flack on this forum for his quirky ideas, but d'you know what? his is the cube I go to when I want ideas about how to mix things up a bit, and I recognise his goals even if I don't always agree with specifics. It would be a shame if he chose to leave the forum altogether and deprived us of another point of view.
The one forum post of which I am most proud was a detailed and impassioned defence of Sneak Attack, a card which had fallen out of favour. Now I strongly suspect that its inclusion in the MODO cube, strong performance in Sneak'n'Show decks, and doubtless other factors were more important, but I like to think that I may have had some small influence in encouraging others to enjoy it in their cubes.
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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
My 630 Card Powered Cube
My Article - "Cube Design Philosophy"
My Article - "Mana Short: A study in limited resource management."
My 50th Set (P)review - Discusses my top 20 Cube cards from OTJ!
As I'm getting back into the swing of things, this was useful information. Awesome writing as always.
NorCal Crew Collective Cube on Cube Tutor
My 2009 Cube Draft Article - "With The First Pick..."
2009 Official Cube Power Rankings
2010 Official Cube Power Rankings
2014 Official Cube Power Rankings
Silent Edge's Tidbits of Wisdom:
The Lewis Theory - When the presence of a single card makes every other card in your deck better (see Lewis, Ray).
The Rubber Edict - You'd rather have it and not use it, than need it and not have it.
The Shotgun Wedding - Don't commit early unless you absolutely have to.
Twitter: @archplus3