It has been my pleasure to get to know a lot of you here, to work with the wonderful staff that we have had over the years, and most importantly, make this site somewhere that people can converge and discuss the greatest of all Magic formats. On behalf of the rest of the Commander staff past and present, thank you to everyone for helping to make this one of the best Commander forums on the internet.
But wait, there's more!
As Feyd mentioned in the article, we are working on a new home for anyone that wishes to follow us on that journey. It is still very much a work in progress, but our goal is to make our new home even more of a community site than what we have now. Beyond that, I can't say much just yet, but as we get closer I'll keep everyone informed in this thread.
If you have any questions or better yet, have any input on things you would like to see then please feel free to post in this thread and we will respond to the best of our abilities.
I'd like to say thank you to every single past, current and future contributor to this unique community that has been my digital home for all things MTG throughout the last 3 years. Special shout outs to everyone who went the extra mile as a Mod, in the Primer Commitee or else.
There's no doubt i'll give the new platform an honest chance. Until 8.7.19 i'll be here as often as i have been before and hope to be after the move to the next thing.
I have many questions, but I don't think they would change change what I do: preserve anything important to me in text files (the announcement said Salvation will remain viewable, but there's a lot of BBCode in here that will be not so copy-able in read only) and prepare to move onward. I'm just ecstatic that I don't have to furiously google "how to make a web-forum".
As far as things I'd like to see, the ability to transfer Zedruu over is all I want. Unless you can make Wizards of the Coast print a foil Zedruu, cause I also want that. And 3 million dollars. I don't need much.
More seriously, if there's anything I can do to preserve the community atmosphere we have here, I'm in (cause the rest of the internet is terrible at talking about Magic). I assume that the new site will be nothing short of excellent and the best thing I could help with is getting traffic once it's up. That being said, I appreciate that making something is really hard, and I'll be very put out if this project falls apart behind the scenes without asking for backup here.
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Zedruu: "This deck is not only able to go crazy - it also needs to do so."
Well the forum structure you're used to here should hopefully feel familiar, and all the bb code should be the same - no new coding to learn. I don't know that we will have a way to directly transfer threads over, so for now the best I can say is that saving everything in a word doc will save a lot of time.
Very very sad to see it go, but nothing lasts forever. I don’t post here that often but I do read and lurk here every day. Like others have said though, I refuse to use reddit for this stuff. Their structure just isn’t nearly as streamlined or as visually pleasing as MTGS.
That’s why I’m super psyched to hear you guys are working on something new. Let’s make it even better than what we have now!
We don't have everything ready to move yet, so sit tight here for the time being. There is still some time left before the old girl closes down.
That being said, I'd like to reassure you all that you'll be in good hands. Cryo and myself, and the rest of the staff that will be coming on this new journey with us want to deliver the absolute best experience for you all possible. That's why we've asked for thoughts, ideas, and opinions here because we value and love this community so deeply.
Well, I suppose I will see you all in mtg hell (or whatever the next forum's called).
But I mean damn, the spacejam website was up until 2015, but now some curse bigshots get to buy us out, force us to use twitch (if only tangentially), and then leave us out to dry so they can pump out what, more crappy MOBA guides? What are those mooks thinking?
I use about 5 websites. Five. No exaggeration or hyperbole. Now I'll have four, or at least have to update my bookmarks soon. I am saddened.
Maybe I am naive, but I do not fully understand the explanation for taking down the site. I understand that it is perhaps expensive, and probably not very profitable, but I feel like if these were the only limitations that other options could have been explored first. Other community sites are partially funded by having an option to pay a membership fee, for example. I would gladly pay 5-10$ a year to stay on this site.
This reminds me of IMDB closing the forums (except that MTGS will be archived). When they closed there was nowhere else to go than Reddit and Facebook, and neither really replicated the communities and commitment of IMDB. I still see people lamenting over their closure.
Now, I know that you are working on making a new site which we hope will be operational by July... but honestly I won't believe it until I see it.
The rest of the internet really sucks at talking about Magic. I hope the new site has the same sense of community I felt here. As I read the 'End of an Era' article last night, the sense of loss was such that Magic itself was ending. Here's to hoping for the glorious rebirth of MTG Salvation.
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Just wanted to pop in and say it's been a pleasure. I'm glad to see that there's already a new site in the works. I have not posted much in the last couple years but I still read the site frequently and would hate to see another great forum community die.
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Current Decks GTitania midrange RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
Would it be possible to reserve to keep our usernames if we go to the new site? It's not a big deal to me, but I can assume some of the well-known people would not like their usernames taken just because someone else got there a few hours faster.
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UG Arixmethes Combo UGR Wanderer UGB Tasigur Control URB Jeleva Storm RW Gisela Control
I would advise anyone with primers/top lists to save/back up those pages, a lot of hard work and ingenuity went into many of them.
I've had mine in a word doc for basically its whole life and anyone maintaining a primer should do the same regardless of forum closure. Much less risk of losing a bunch of time/effort if you run into network problems or something. It's also sometimes helpful to fork it and test changes if you want to restructure or rewrite part of it, without having to redo the original work if you change your mind.
I'll definitely give a replacement forum a shot. I've been on this one long enough that I should at least try it out.
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Would it be possible to reserve to keep our usernames if we go to the new site? It's not a big deal to me, but I can assume some of the well-known people would not like their usernames taken just because someone else got there a few hours faster.
Also will you try and implement 'Build your Deck' feature. This has helped me so much when it comes to trying out new ideas and imagine the same for many others.
Also will you try and implement 'Build your Deck' feature. This has helped me so much when it comes to trying out new ideas and imagine the same for many others.
Also will you try and implement 'Build your Deck' feature. This has helped me so much when it comes to trying out new ideas and imagine the same for many others.
I'm assuming they are talking about the deck builder. In which case, yes, it's something we'd like to have. It isn't something we can do by launch, due to the time frame we're working within, but it's definitely something we'd like to expand in to, if able.
I'm assuming they are talking about the deck builder. In which case, yes, it's something we'd like to have. It isn't something we can do by launch, due to the time frame we're working within, but it's definitely something we'd like to expand in to, if able.
Sounds good and understand things like that take time to implement. Good luck with the launch when it happens.
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It has been my pleasure to get to know a lot of you here, to work with the wonderful staff that we have had over the years, and most importantly, make this site somewhere that people can converge and discuss the greatest of all Magic formats. On behalf of the rest of the Commander staff past and present, thank you to everyone for helping to make this one of the best Commander forums on the internet.
But wait, there's more!
As Feyd mentioned in the article, we are working on a new home for anyone that wishes to follow us on that journey. It is still very much a work in progress, but our goal is to make our new home even more of a community site than what we have now. Beyond that, I can't say much just yet, but as we get closer I'll keep everyone informed in this thread.
If you have any questions or better yet, have any input on things you would like to see then please feel free to post in this thread and we will respond to the best of our abilities.
Looking optimistically forward,
cryogen
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
I'd like to say thank you to every single past, current and future contributor to this unique community that has been my digital home for all things MTG throughout the last 3 years. Special shout outs to everyone who went the extra mile as a Mod, in the Primer Commitee or else.
There's no doubt i'll give the new platform an honest chance. Until 8.7.19 i'll be here as often as i have been before and hope to be after the move to the next thing.
As far as things I'd like to see, the ability to transfer Zedruu over is all I want. Unless you can make Wizards of the Coast print a foil Zedruu, cause I also want that. And 3 million dollars. I don't need much.
More seriously, if there's anything I can do to preserve the community atmosphere we have here, I'm in (cause the rest of the internet is terrible at talking about Magic). I assume that the new site will be nothing short of excellent and the best thing I could help with is getting traffic once it's up. That being said, I appreciate that making something is really hard, and I'll be very put out if this project falls apart behind the scenes without asking for backup here.
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Also: "Ladies and Gentlemen, there is no more salvation."
Hands to the sky
Give a round of applause
For the great Miss Y!
That’s why I’m super psyched to hear you guys are working on something new. Let’s make it even better than what we have now!
UWU/W BlinkUW
BMono-Black ControlB
Commander:
GWUJenaraGWU
BGeth MBCB
RGXenagosRG
WUBSharuumWUB (retired)
Modern:
xAffinityx (starting)
Standard:
Ha! That's a good one.
That being said, I'd like to reassure you all that you'll be in good hands. Cryo and myself, and the rest of the staff that will be coming on this new journey with us want to deliver the absolute best experience for you all possible. That's why we've asked for thoughts, ideas, and opinions here because we value and love this community so deeply.
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But I mean damn, the spacejam website was up until 2015, but now some curse bigshots get to buy us out, force us to use twitch (if only tangentially), and then leave us out to dry so they can pump out what, more crappy MOBA guides? What are those mooks thinking?
I use about 5 websites. Five. No exaggeration or hyperbole. Now I'll have four, or at least have to update my bookmarks soon. I am saddened.
This reminds me of IMDB closing the forums (except that MTGS will be archived). When they closed there was nowhere else to go than Reddit and Facebook, and neither really replicated the communities and commitment of IMDB. I still see people lamenting over their closure.
Now, I know that you are working on making a new site which we hope will be operational by July... but honestly I won't believe it until I see it.
8.RG Green Devotion Ramp/Combo 9.UR Draw Triggers 10.WUR Group stalling 11.WUR Voltron Spellslinger 12.WB Sacrificial Shenanigans
13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
16.Reyhan, last of the Abzan's WUBG +1/+1 Counter Craziness 17.WUBRG Dragons aka Why did I make this?
Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
My 720 Peasant Cube
Current Decks
GTitania midrange
RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
it will be a sad day when it ends next month.
I would advise anyone with primers/top lists to save/back up those pages, a lot of
hard work and ingenuity went into many of them.
Pauper EDH: ~ Rhox War Monk ~ Scornful Aether-Lich ~ Ashenmoor Gouger ~ Ascended Lawmage ~ Nightscape Battlemage ~ Warden of the Eye ~ Hedge Troll ~ Dinrova Horror ~ Renata
Pauper 60: ~ Caw Blade ~ MonoU Delver ~ MonoW Monk Fish ~
Standard: ~ Boros Knights ~ RDW ~
Pioneer: ~ U BControl ~
Modern: ~ UB Control ~
Legacy/Vintage: ~ MonoU Delver ~
93/94: ~ Erhnamgeddon ~
UGR Wanderer
UGB Tasigur Control
URB Jeleva Storm
RW Gisela Control
I'll definitely give a replacement forum a shot. I've been on this one long enough that I should at least try it out.
I'll certainly ask.
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Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
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Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Feather, the Redeemed
Estrid, the Masked
Teshar
Tymna/Ravos
Najeela, Blade-Blossom
Firesong & Sunspeaker
Zur the Enchanter
Lazav, the Multifarious
Ishai+Reyhan
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Also will you try and implement 'Build your Deck' feature. This has helped me so much when it comes to trying out new ideas and imagine the same for many others.
The name of the new site is not public info yet.
What do you mean by a "build your deck" feature?
Misc. EDH Stuff: Commander Cube | Zombies (Horde)
Resources:Commander Rulings FAQ | Commander Deckbuilding Guide
Follow me on Twitter! @cryogen_mtg
Sorry should have included a link
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/deckbuilder
Be cool if the new website had something like this.
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Sounds good and understand things like that take time to implement. Good luck with the launch when it happens.