No, the point is alcohol is far better in the long run, because it will evaporate quicker than water. That exactly translates to less harm, as you have less dissolving time.
At this point I'm convinced you have no idea what you're talking about. If you want to sacrifice the long term condition of your cards simply because alcohol dries faster, that's fine. But going around saying that because of this, alcohol is the safer solvent to use on cards, you're just flat-out wrong.
Carry on with your horrible advice, though. I'm just glad that my cleaned cards will still look good in 20 years.
I'm not the one who threw a fit because someone played me with 1 of their decks, and then refused to play that person 1 on 1 ever again because of it. Or the one with a table flip avatar
So does water. The point is you want something that evaporates quickly so there's no harm. And, again, you're concentrating on the white borders.
The point is alcohol is far worse in the long run. And just because alcohol evaporates quickly doesn't mean your cards have escaped unharmed.
I use a cotton swab and I'll only lightly dampen it if the swab won't remove the dirt in the first pass. Using water to clean your cards is still bad for them, but not nearly as bad as using alcohol.
People celebrating the fact that a well-respected guy in the community widely considered a good guy by those that know him (not myself) are absolutely pathetic. Trying to hide behind socialism is ridiculous.
Socialism as an ideal has its appeals and its flaws. "From each according to his abilities and to each according to his wants" does not apply to Magic. There is no reason anyone needs a miscut dual land. It is absurd to think that these thieves have any intention of redistributing the cards because ZOMG HOARDERS SUCK!!!!11!11 This entire thread reeks of jealousy.
Please, tell us more about how socialism is bad and does not apply to M:tG. Because the posts that mention socialism were nothing but the most serious of posts.
Accepting a friendly 1v1 EDH game, sitting down to find out the only format the guy plays is EDH, watching him whip out the Azusa deck that is the pride of his collection, being unable to do anything about the fifteen land he has in play by turn six, letting him blow up the singles of any of my three colours of land with Dust Bowl every turn, and having to sit through his ten minutes of durdling with his pile of land while he decides the "most efficient" way of defeating me.
I had the answer at least. It was a GG and a refusal to ever play 1 on 1 with him again. I hope he began re-evaluating "fun" at that point.
Maybe you should be the one re-evaluating "fun" instead of throwing a fit and refusing to play a person because a single deck of theirs made you rage.
Maybe your version of fun isn't someone else's. Maybe you shouldn't expect people to change how they play because it isn't your favorite way to play.
I have to change my entry. Playing people like you with attitudes on what is right and wrong in regards to someone besides yourself's deckbuilding and play style.
Meanwhile the United States is still chopping off the best part of infant's penises (the foreskin).
Another trendy holiday for everyone to "love" how awesome/amazing/better than men in everyway and so much better women can do everything better YEAH GIRL POWER women which everyone already does, to the point of irrationality.
Sorry, I don't give a damn about clitoris week.
Yeah, when are men going to finally get a fair shake in today's world?
Casual format's should be played inside an established group with an established set of rules or guidelines for deckbuilding.
That's just silly and absurd. Some people's idea of casual simply means they aren't playing a sanctioned event. Either way, I buy cards to play, not to draft a rules document tailored to whatever bastardized version of magic my group might prefer. Rules already exist and it's enough of a pain to get the real ones down, let alone some scrubby "house rules".
I brought my Turbo-Stasis deck to another friends group night and everyone scooped and kicked me out. Now I know not to run things like that with them.
Or alternatively, you know that that group's jimmies have been rustled by your deck and they threw a fit because of it.
"That" guy that is in every playgroup. The Johnny player who only plays gimmicky, heavy control decks (think infinite combos, turn 1 win, non standard win conditions). We're talking about grind out, heavy artifact/enchantment, can't attack, can't cast spells, sit there while he plays solitaire Magic.
How do you guys deal with this Johnny? Go super aggro? Make a hoser deck? Flip the table?
Play better decks? Better cards? Get used to a style of play that's been around and will always be around? Adapt? Find another group that purposefully and arbitrarily excludes a certain type of deck due to your own warped view of what magic "is" or "should be".
At this point I'm convinced you have no idea what you're talking about. If you want to sacrifice the long term condition of your cards simply because alcohol dries faster, that's fine. But going around saying that because of this, alcohol is the safer solvent to use on cards, you're just flat-out wrong.
Carry on with your horrible advice, though. I'm just glad that my cleaned cards will still look good in 20 years.
No, you just described yourself throwing one.
Are you seriously asking if someone is complaining about something in a complaint thread?
No one is harassing you. If you don't like me responding to you in a public forum, you can always choose to put me on your ignore list.
I'm not the one who threw a fit because someone played me with 1 of their decks, and then refused to play that person 1 on 1 ever again because of it. Or the one with a table flip avatar
The point is alcohol is far worse in the long run. And just because alcohol evaporates quickly doesn't mean your cards have escaped unharmed.
I use a cotton swab and I'll only lightly dampen it if the swab won't remove the dirt in the first pass. Using water to clean your cards is still bad for them, but not nearly as bad as using alcohol.
Weird
Please, tell us more about how socialism is bad and does not apply to M:tG. Because the posts that mention socialism were nothing but the most serious of posts.
edit: twinsais beat me to it
I wish my playgroup could adopt you, you would like it here
Maybe you should be the one re-evaluating "fun" instead of throwing a fit and refusing to play a person because a single deck of theirs made you rage.
Maybe your version of fun isn't someone else's. Maybe you shouldn't expect people to change how they play because it isn't your favorite way to play.
I have to change my entry. Playing people like you with attitudes on what is right and wrong in regards to someone besides yourself's deckbuilding and play style.
It should at least be changed to allow the ignoring of world project leaders.
If you like the card and want it signed, get it signed.
Yeah, when are men going to finally get a fair shake in today's world?
And then afterwards when you realize it was your own fault for leaving 100k worth of anything in your car?
Top decking a card you needed to deal with a situation that has already played out 1 turn before you topdeck said card.
That's just silly and absurd. Some people's idea of casual simply means they aren't playing a sanctioned event. Either way, I buy cards to play, not to draft a rules document tailored to whatever bastardized version of magic my group might prefer. Rules already exist and it's enough of a pain to get the real ones down, let alone some scrubby "house rules".
Or alternatively, you know that that group's jimmies have been rustled by your deck and they threw a fit because of it.
Play better decks? Better cards? Get used to a style of play that's been around and will always be around? Adapt? Find another group that purposefully and arbitrarily excludes a certain type of deck due to your own warped view of what magic "is" or "should be".