I included a little comment on each card, an 'idea' for alternate appproaches to the challenges. This is not to say that the approaches taken were bad or anything, I just wanted to put forward my own thoughts.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
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So, it's pretty tight between Baconcat, Solesticio, and Svenhilator, but we do have one person clearly in the lead. WhisperedThunder is very sick right now, so I don't want to pressure him into making his judgings. If someone else would like to toss in their 2 cents, do so, but if no one does before midnight, when Monday becomes Tuesday, congratulations goes to Svenhilator.
I will have my judgings for December up in a couple of hours.
If my two cents matter then I don't mind if a fifth judge weighs in. I've seen many, many finals come down to that last judging and I don't want anyone feeling cheated. Whatever works, though.
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Oh, what's that you say, Karn? You remove poison counters? You should tell that to Mr. Rosewater.
Argh!! Congratulations Svenhilator! Amazing card. What bothers me up is that I made a minor stupid mistake that costed me 1.5 points. Which would put us tied still, really happy with my best run so far.
I'm pretty satisfied how my card ended up. Not taking credit to Svenhilator and Baconcat88, but I think their challenges were a bit easier (or less harder) than the remaining. The walker was easy to balance, but I must admit you nailed it, I love your card. The 4color card was, at least, a more open challenge. Who wants to play an enchant aura? 3-1ed every time, it seems. However, as I said, I like my final card, and I would only change the name (no time to edit it) and that fu** mistake. (Don't evade the censor - GM)
Again, congrats to the winner. I would love to play at the PT, seems awesome. Good luck. Also, thanks to the other competitors and the host, incredible difficult month.
Argh!! Congratulations Svenhilator! Amazing card. What bothers me up is that I made a minor stupid mistake that costed me 1.5 points. Which would put us tied still, really happy with my best run so far.
I'm pretty satisfied how my card ended up. Not taking credit to Svenhilator and Baconcat88, but I think their challenges were a bit easier (or less harder) than the remaining. The walker was easy to balance, but I must admit you nailed it, I love your card. The 4color card was, at least, a more open challenge. Who wants to play an enchant aura? 3-1ed every time, it seems. However, as I said, I like my final card, and I would only change the name (no time to edit it) and that fu** mistake
Agreed on the challenges. Some of them did seem very difficult. I made a large mistake as well, as Observer, by unanimous decision was a poor name, haha.
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Oh, what's that you say, Karn? You remove poison counters? You should tell that to Mr. Rosewater.
Argh!! Congratulations Svenhilator! Amazing card. What bothers me up is that I made a minor stupid mistake that costed me 1.5 points. Which would put us tied still, really happy with my best run so far.
I'm pretty satisfied how my card ended up. Not taking credit to Svenhilator and Baconcat88, but I think their challenges were a bit easier (or less harder) than the remaining. The walker was easy to balance, but I must admit you nailed it, I love your card. The 4color card was, at least, a more open challenge. Who wants to play an enchant aura? 3-1ed every time, it seems. However, as I said, I like my final card, and I would only change the name (no time to edit it) and that fu** mistake.
Again, congrats to the winner. I would love to play at the PT, seems awesome. Good luck. Also, thanks to the other competitors and the host, incredible difficult month.
Well, I'm glad I succeeded in making the month as difficult as I was wanting, but I feel bad if I failed to make the challenges equal.
The first version of Svenhilator's round challenges where "Has 4 or more abilities" and "Has two or more static abilities". But then I thought 'This is a planeswalker, it will be difficult enough to design already'. Perhaps I was wrong.
Finding new ways to keep my blood inside took precedence :/
That sounds nasty. I hope you get better soon.
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Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
I was thinking of House Dimir when making the card. Wanted something to combat the secrecy and deceit represented by those colors, hence making it Green. What could please Green more than having everything laid out on the table where its creatures can come out safely and unhindered?
The loss of 3.5 points to "setting up a delayed trigger that triggers the instant the ability resolves" seems excessive - especially since there is no delayed trigger because once the ability goes on the stack and isn't responded to, there can be no responding to it and indeed no actions at all can be made until it finishes resolving. Even if there were, I'd like to point out that it's alot easier to modify existing cards which already have the rules technicalities laid out for you than it is to iron out the technicalities of something completely unique. Some of the cards in the batch you got are clearly too strong, so of course they have more appeal to Johnny, Timmy, Spike and got rewarded thusly. Meanwhile the challenge called for something "not too strong but not too weak", yet the same cards received 2/2 for the challenge. I guess my question is, will it help me in the future to ignore the actual terms of a challenge in order to dazzle people with power and to brush up on my modify-an-existing-card skills?
I included a little comment on each card, an 'idea' for alternate appproaches to the challenges. This is not to say that the approaches taken were bad or anything, I just wanted to put forward my own thoughts.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
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WhisperedThunder is the only judge left.
If it's still not done by tonight, I could do a quick judging, or whoever's in charge of that month can declare a winner.
Baconcat88: 22 + 23 + 17.5 + 18.5 = 81
Ryder052: 19 + 14 + 19 + 15 = 67
Solesticio: 21 + 19 + 21.5 + 19.5 = 81
Svenhilator: 20 + 21 + 21 + 20 = 82
void_nothing: 18 + 15 + 16 + 17 = 66
So, it's pretty tight between Baconcat, Solesticio, and Svenhilator, but we do have one person clearly in the lead. WhisperedThunder is very sick right now, so I don't want to pressure him into making his judgings. If someone else would like to toss in their 2 cents, do so, but if no one does before midnight, when Monday becomes Tuesday, congratulations goes to Svenhilator.
I will have my judgings for December up in a couple of hours.
And here they are:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9437347&postcount=12
As always, don't complain.
I'm pretty satisfied how my card ended up. Not taking credit to Svenhilator and Baconcat88, but I think their challenges were a bit easier (or less harder) than the remaining. The walker was easy to balance, but I must admit you nailed it, I love your card. The 4color card was, at least, a more open challenge. Who wants to play an enchant aura? 3-1ed every time, it seems. However, as I said, I like my final card, and I would only change the name (no time to edit it) and that fu** mistake. (Don't evade the censor - GM)
Again, congrats to the winner. I would love to play at the PT, seems awesome. Good luck. Also, thanks to the other competitors and the host, incredible difficult month.
Thought of the Month:
I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Agreed on the challenges. Some of them did seem very difficult. I made a large mistake as well, as Observer, by unanimous decision was a poor name, haha.
Final standings for November are as follows:
Baconcat88: 22 + 23 + 17.5 + 18.5 + 19 = 100 (third place)
Ryder052: 19 + 14 + 19 + 15 + 18 = 85 (fourth place)
Solesticio: 21 + 19 + 21.5 + 19.5 + 20.5 = 101.5 (second place)
Svenhilator: 20 + 21 + 21 + 20 + 21 = 103
void_nothing: 18 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 83 (fifth place)
Congratulations, Svenhilator!
Well, I'm glad I succeeded in making the month as difficult as I was wanting, but I feel bad if I failed to make the challenges equal.
The first version of Svenhilator's round challenges where "Has 4 or more abilities" and "Has two or more static abilities". But then I thought 'This is a planeswalker, it will be difficult enough to design already'. Perhaps I was wrong.
That sounds nasty. I hope you get better soon.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
Have you tried duct tape?
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
I was thinking of House Dimir when making the card. Wanted something to combat the secrecy and deceit represented by those colors, hence making it Green. What could please Green more than having everything laid out on the table where its creatures can come out safely and unhindered?
Make it happen WotC. =)
The loss of 3.5 points to "setting up a delayed trigger that triggers the instant the ability resolves" seems excessive - especially since there is no delayed trigger because once the ability goes on the stack and isn't responded to, there can be no responding to it and indeed no actions at all can be made until it finishes resolving. Even if there were, I'd like to point out that it's alot easier to modify existing cards which already have the rules technicalities laid out for you than it is to iron out the technicalities of something completely unique. Some of the cards in the batch you got are clearly too strong, so of course they have more appeal to Johnny, Timmy, Spike and got rewarded thusly. Meanwhile the challenge called for something "not too strong but not too weak", yet the same cards received 2/2 for the challenge. I guess my question is, will it help me in the future to ignore the actual terms of a challenge in order to dazzle people with power and to brush up on my modify-an-existing-card skills?
Sincerely,
Frustrated in Virginia
P.S. - 6.5+9+2+3=/=19.5