I have only one thing to say..... HURRAH for Barack Obama, our newest President of the United States of America! The 44th in a long tradition, I see great promise ahead...
Just stopping by the coffee house real quick to get a cup of caramel coffee, and agree with you that I am optomistic for our future under President Obama.
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I don't play EDH but I've always wanted to--same with Cube Drafting. I just have to convince my friends to do it with me. But good luck getting us all in the same place
Thanks for the welcome, Cecilia
Now, let's get into some deep arguments, I'm dividing this post in two parts, so feel free to skip the first part if you don't like politics speculation.
About Obama, I have some kind of hope that things can change, but today the world is polluted by a strange entity called money. An entity which value is totally arbitrary and can decide about Life, Death, Power, Etc. There are a Few men in the world "behind the curtain" that can control this, and automatically they can control Medias, Politics and other nations. Some time ago I watched some movies: Network (1976), Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist Addendum. I'm not a 100%-believer of this movies, but at least I got very impressed. See also this extract from Youtube.
There is no America. There is no Democracy. There is only IBM, ITT and AT&T. And Dupont, Dow, Union Carbine, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today.
I know, those movies propose a very pessimistic model of the world, but just stop for a while and think. Can the US President change this? I hope so, but my fear is that the answer is No. What do you think?
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Now let's jump in a more relaxive argument.
Cecilia, I like your list, even if i'd rather prefer a Progenitus in that place. Since you can't think to hardcast the leviathan, you can choose the best option by now.
Does anyone play EDH here? If yes, check this. Is a staple for every sharuum deck in my opinion... Maybe that general will become very powered.
After this thread, I'd like to have a Chocolate and some Biscuits if you can
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Yeah it was an exciting moment to see Obama arriving in office. I have a feeling this year will be pretty good we just need to keep our hopes up.
Also glad you like my deck its a fun deck. Also I probably could take out an inkwell and run a progenitus as well especially since I have birds of paradise and the deck could potentially be four colors afterall. Also survival of the fittest doesn't discriminate against any creature too.
I don't play EDH but I've always wanted to--same with Cube Drafting. I just have to convince my friends to do it with me. But good luck getting us all in the same place
Perhaps one of these days the coffeehouse can have a EDH tournament on mws and it would be strictly the coffeehouse. I think that would be a pretty fun experience besides I really enjoyed playing against most of you when we had that coffeehouse magic league tournament which was going good for awhile.
I've had no problem with the Planeswalkers in MWS--sure, they're either creatures or noncreature spells according to MWS but it's alright. They still function for me.
I've always wanted to make an EDH deck.. I dunno who I'd wanna make a deck around, though.. probably my favorite card, Jhoira of the Ghitu...
Hey everyone, its been a while, im still around and lurk every now and then but i just dont find anything to talk about.
Anyways, im kinda dissapointed my 4e campaign seems to have utterly flopped... I blame myself partly because i know i put it in the backburner for so long, which got people uninterested, and partly because i tried to do a far reach campaign in a Forum which apparently is difficult to pull off, specially since the P&PI has been going through a drought.
Still im not deterred, i have learned from this, since low level play failed ill try once more.... this time it will be EPIC! lets see if anyone signs up though (now that would be pathetic, it would be the D&D Geek equivalent of being in the prom and having no one to dance with, while wearing a dress to sizes to big and big hooker heels :laugh2:)
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I like the Cecilia's idea of a EDH MWS tournament, although I doubt I will join it myself. Not that I don't know how to play EDH, but building a deck is still not the best skill I have. I may have to 'steal' other people's deck just to grasp the feels of EDH. Frozen_Fire's advice is good for me, thought.
BTW, I'm currently playtesting my affinity deck I posted earlier in here, but I still am clueless of how to really improve it. Again, the problem of my deck is that mana screw is quite common, and those blue control and faeries can nail me down easily. But that make me wonder, what's your guys most favourite Extended deck? Zoo, faeries, elf, affinity, all-in red, mono-red burn, etc? And do you have some advice about playing in Extended?
Good to see ya back here Sep! Don't worry, it'll work out one of these days.. I know the P&PI is difficult to maintain sometimes.. hopefully it'll pick up again for you guys
Well I'm just wakin up.. at Brad's, gonna change and maybe shower then go back home whenever Brad gets back for lunch...
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Btw, I also have played against someone with Martyr Proclamation in MWS, and I lose really badly. But then, same goes to very control deck I have meet using Affinity so far. Is there a way to beat a control deck?
Hi Omna, what do you think about the EDH MWS tournament? Do You play EDH?
Haha, I have no opinion really because EDH sounds very much complicated to me, as well as I haven't played Magic too often at all recently.. i've missed out on the last few prereleases and have a hard time playing casual because I only own one constructed deck I want to make another at some point, using my library collection, but still need to do that
Am back at home now, trying to figure out what to eat to sate my hunger and whatnot.. probably banana bread and coffee for now, chips and spaghetti later Its already 1pm, so i have some time to hang out and relax and whatnot.... I'm thinking about reading and maybe playing some Persona 3 today.. been a few days since I played that game
Also, I'm a bit surprised that you like Spaghetti. How do you cook/season them?
I know this isnt directed at me but since i do have a certain method i hope you wont begrudge me sharing it
First of i cant make my own tomato sauce, if i knew i would but i dont, so i usually get myself a bottle of prego and heat it up in a low boil, meantime i chop some onions and about 2 maybe 3 cloves of garlic and fry those in a pan, once they reach that golden complexion i add some lean ground beef and let it cook until its just right then i add the mix with a little of the fatty sauce to the pot containing the warming Prego, i let it cook and blend for about 5 minutes and then i spread it all over my pasta.
I know its far from the accepted, or even logical, method but i like it for me it tastes great and its one of the few things i can cook that doesnt immediately send people into the ER
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For the record (say, in case someone who doesn't know me is reading along), I am not making any serious implications regarding Omna's womanly virtues. I'm just joking around.
In another note, I just noticed for the first time that one letter transposition of Omna's name spells the name of a country. Are there any other users who share this distinction? (On a related note, my boss' name is Lorna, which - much to my annoyance - I constantly misspell as Loran as in the member Loran16.)
Yay for randoms.
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Since I am sincerely gullible (though not quite enough that I had to check the dictionary), I totally would have believed that. My initial reactions was, "You are probably the only person in the world who knows that."
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Btw, I also have played against someone with Martyr Proclamation in MWS, and I lose really badly. But then, same goes to very control deck I have meet using Affinity so far. Is there a way to beat a control deck?
In the control matchup you will have to keep an pretty aggressive hand except don't overextend to try to win. Or else wrath of god will give you alot of trouble if you try to overextend by casting alot of creatures. I am not sure how popular Matyr Proclamation is(I imagine it could be quite good given the current state of the format metagame) in Extended but if its popular I'd suggest splashing red for Flashfire and use them in the sideboard. Also you could use Boil as well if there is alot of blue based decks in extended but I imagine that blue is a pretty strong color in the format. Too bad you can't use Armageddon though which is pretty good against pure control decks but oh well. Not to mention that Thoughtseize that you already run in the maindeck is quite good in alot of matchups including control.
Also one last thing, thoughtcast would also help in a control matchup since control decks can generate a ton of card advantage with their creature sweepers and card draw if they run it. So it'll be good to get some card draw in your deck to help you counteract their card advantage with some of your own CA(card advantage) and adding card draw will help you in top deck mode as well. Especially when your struggling to find a creature to seal the game.
@Coffeehouse EDH MWS Tournament: This tournament would most likely would be just for fun and I don't think making a good EDH deck wouldn't really matter much since we are just one big family here and it'll just be nice to have a fun activity where all of us can participate in. Heck even I don't know much about EDH as well but that's because my format is legacy.
Anyway dinner time for me soon see you all later. Take care.
My parents divorce......is getting extremely dirty. And im being dragged in the middle of it :(.
On top of that, I can't keep the trolls away from me on the magic forums I visit :(.
And @Alacar- Im sorry about Monkey Island, for now I have to put that aside. I have been busy with helping in the market street.
Aww that sucks Psi hopefully your family issues will calm down soon. *hugs* Yeah my parents are also divorced and I was dragged into the middle of it as well but now I live with my mom and haven't talk to my dad for awhile. Even though he does stop by once in awhile and me and him would have dinner together which is nice. Also of course the coffeehouse would still be safe. God bless you Psi.
That's entirely up to you, Psi--we can pause the game and continue when you have time, or you can pass it on to someone else.
EDH.. far as I know you pick a legend and you make a Legacy-legal deck of that legend's colors. You can play the legend anytime you want, but if it dies, it goes away for X+1 turns where X is the amount of times it's died and then you can play it again or something.
That's entirely up to you, Psi--we can pause the game and continue when you have time, or you can pass it on to someone else.
I do want to play some more sometime when I have free time, but I dont know when that will be :(.
EDH.. far as I know you pick a legend and you make a Legacy-legal deck of that legend's colors. You can play the legend anytime you want, but if it dies, it goes away for X+1 turns where X is the amount of times it's died and then you can play it again or something.
Yeah, its the general/legend rule that im confused about.
Actually, you can only cast the legend when you could normally cast him, and if the legend is countered/destroyed/rfg'd/etc. you could either: Let that happen OR remove the general from the game and give it +2 mana cost.
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That's just me though.
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I don't play EDH but I've always wanted to--same with Cube Drafting. I just have to convince my friends to do it with me. But good luck getting us all in the same place
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Yeah it was an exciting moment to see Obama arriving in office. I have a feeling this year will be pretty good we just need to keep our hopes up.
Also glad you like my deck its a fun deck. Also I probably could take out an inkwell and run a progenitus as well especially since I have birds of paradise and the deck could potentially be four colors afterall. Also survival of the fittest doesn't discriminate against any creature too.
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Perhaps one of these days the coffeehouse can have a EDH tournament on mws and it would be strictly the coffeehouse. I think that would be a pretty fun experience besides I really enjoyed playing against most of you when we had that coffeehouse magic league tournament which was going good for awhile.
Love,
Cecilia
I've always wanted to make an EDH deck.. I dunno who I'd wanna make a deck around, though.. probably my favorite card, Jhoira of the Ghitu...
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Anyways, im kinda dissapointed my 4e campaign seems to have utterly flopped... I blame myself partly because i know i put it in the backburner for so long, which got people uninterested, and partly because i tried to do a far reach campaign in a Forum which apparently is difficult to pull off, specially since the P&PI has been going through a drought.
Still im not deterred, i have learned from this, since low level play failed ill try once more.... this time it will be EPIC! lets see if anyone signs up though (now that would be pathetic, it would be the D&D Geek equivalent of being in the prom and having no one to dance with, while wearing a dress to sizes to big and big hooker heels :laugh2:)
I like the Cecilia's idea of a EDH MWS tournament, although I doubt I will join it myself. Not that I don't know how to play EDH, but building a deck is still not the best skill I have. I may have to 'steal' other people's deck just to grasp the feels of EDH. Frozen_Fire's advice is good for me, thought.
BTW, I'm currently playtesting my affinity deck I posted earlier in here, but I still am clueless of how to really improve it. Again, the problem of my deck is that mana screw is quite common, and those blue control and faeries can nail me down easily. But that make me wonder, what's your guys most favourite Extended deck? Zoo, faeries, elf, affinity, all-in red, mono-red burn, etc? And do you have some advice about playing in Extended?
Thanks for you guys (and gals) inputs!
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Btw, I also have played against someone with Martyr Proclamation in MWS, and I lose really badly. But then, same goes to very control deck I have meet using Affinity so far. Is there a way to beat a control deck?
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Haha, I have no opinion really because EDH sounds very much complicated to me, as well as I haven't played Magic too often at all recently.. i've missed out on the last few prereleases and have a hard time playing casual because I only own one constructed deck I want to make another at some point, using my library collection, but still need to do that
Har har... like you haven't done worse
Am back at home now, trying to figure out what to eat to sate my hunger and whatnot.. probably banana bread and coffee for now, chips and spaghetti later Its already 1pm, so i have some time to hang out and relax and whatnot.... I'm thinking about reading and maybe playing some Persona 3 today.. been a few days since I played that game
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I know this isnt directed at me but since i do have a certain method i hope you wont begrudge me sharing it
First of i cant make my own tomato sauce, if i knew i would but i dont, so i usually get myself a bottle of prego and heat it up in a low boil, meantime i chop some onions and about 2 maybe 3 cloves of garlic and fry those in a pan, once they reach that golden complexion i add some lean ground beef and let it cook until its just right then i add the mix with a little of the fatty sauce to the pot containing the warming Prego, i let it cook and blend for about 5 minutes and then i spread it all over my pasta.
I know its far from the accepted, or even logical, method but i like it for me it tastes great and its one of the few things i can cook that doesnt immediately send people into the ER
Once or twice, perhaps. But I don't have a rep for being a good girl.
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In another note, I just noticed for the first time that one letter transposition of Omna's name spells the name of a country. Are there any other users who share this distinction? (On a related note, my boss' name is Lorna, which - much to my annoyance - I constantly misspell as Loran as in the member Loran16.)
Yay for randoms.
* Kraj is suddenly reminded of Shadowfox.
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Since I am sincerely gullible (though not quite enough that I had to check the dictionary), I totally would have believed that. My initial reactions was, "You are probably the only person in the world who knows that."
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In the control matchup you will have to keep an pretty aggressive hand except don't overextend to try to win. Or else wrath of god will give you alot of trouble if you try to overextend by casting alot of creatures. I am not sure how popular Matyr Proclamation is(I imagine it could be quite good given the current state of the format metagame) in Extended but if its popular I'd suggest splashing red for Flashfire and use them in the sideboard. Also you could use Boil as well if there is alot of blue based decks in extended but I imagine that blue is a pretty strong color in the format. Too bad you can't use Armageddon though which is pretty good against pure control decks but oh well. Not to mention that Thoughtseize that you already run in the maindeck is quite good in alot of matchups including control.
Also one last thing, thoughtcast would also help in a control matchup since control decks can generate a ton of card advantage with their creature sweepers and card draw if they run it. So it'll be good to get some card draw in your deck to help you counteract their card advantage with some of your own CA(card advantage) and adding card draw will help you in top deck mode as well. Especially when your struggling to find a creature to seal the game.
@Coffeehouse EDH MWS Tournament: This tournament would most likely would be just for fun and I don't think making a good EDH deck wouldn't really matter much since we are just one big family here and it'll just be nice to have a fun activity where all of us can participate in. Heck even I don't know much about EDH as well but that's because my format is legacy.
Anyway dinner time for me soon see you all later. Take care.
Love,
Cecilia
I have an EDH list for Zur the Enchanter I've been wanting to tryi out in a non-threatening environment.
My parents divorce......is getting extremely dirty. And im being dragged in the middle of it :(.
On top of that, I can't keep the trolls away from me on the magic forums I visit :(.
And @Alacar- Im sorry about Monkey Island, for now I have to put that aside. I have been busy with helping in the market street.
Aww that sucks Psi hopefully your family issues will calm down soon. *hugs* Yeah my parents are also divorced and I was dragged into the middle of it as well but now I live with my mom and haven't talk to my dad for awhile. Even though he does stop by once in awhile and me and him would have dinner together which is nice. Also of course the coffeehouse would still be safe. God bless you Psi.
Love,
Cecilia
Sorry to hear about the divorce..
* Alacar Leoricar offers a hug
Well, now that the chatter is buzzing, I'd be up for an EDH tournament or something.
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If you wanna find someone else, thats fine, but I feel really bad about stopping because it was a lot of fun ^_^;.
How do you play EDH? Like, what are the rules?
EDH.. far as I know you pick a legend and you make a Legacy-legal deck of that legend's colors. You can play the legend anytime you want, but if it dies, it goes away for X+1 turns where X is the amount of times it's died and then you can play it again or something.
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I do want to play some more sometime when I have free time, but I dont know when that will be :(.
Yeah, its the general/legend rule that im confused about.