Anyone else notice the watermark on Cogwork Librarian? You can see it best at http://mythicspoiler.com/cpy/cards/cogworklibrarian.html I assumed the watermark on Magister of Worth was because it was foiled or something but now with two different watermarks I'm starting to wonder if there will be 5 factions as we did see the picture with the five champions in the preview art.
A block of supplementary sets is redundant; if its a block (main product) its not supplemental (secondary product). Do you mean a set of block of three non-connected sets?
Return planes don't prove anything in this pattern, but they do fit into it. So by your logic if I count from 1-20 the prime numbers pattern I count is discredited by non-prime numbers? No that is stupid reasoning. A pattern is defined by a repeatable template, things can work with a pattern or break a pattern. Things not involved in a pattern don't break it. So say the pattern is that blocks based on new planes start with the planes name. Return planes don't affect this pattern. They are the numbers between the primes. What would disprove my pattern is a weird name for a first-time visited plane.
Now onto your opinion on Alara. Alara didn't exist when that block started, it was broken into separated realms (this means its not a unified whole or a plane like other planes thus no single name). Shards of Alara does address the original planes name, but it also identifies the multiple identities of the plane. Since the block itself was not formatted normally (five worlds not one) its name is a little different but still fits into the pattern. Remeber its Shards of Alara and not Alara: shard world just as Ravnica: city of guilds or Champions of Kamigawa does not fit the pattern. I already know your going to say well how does that explain anything? Let me put it this way - Kamigawa's weird title alludes to the story while Alara's weird title is descriptive of the plane itself - which is what the pattern is about - identifying a new plane. So yes it fits into the pattern.
Bogardan Mage I don't think you are comprehending it but I'll try one more time. Starting after Ravnica: city of guilds we have 3 return set;Time Spiral, Scars of mirrodin, and RTR. And we have 5 new sets with the block's first set named after the plane; Theros, Innistrad, Lorwin-Shadowmoor(could count Shadowmoor separate from Lorwyn but I won't), Zendikar and Shards - Shards counts because at the start of the block the plane of Alara is non-existent because it is divided between five separated worlds or shards. To keep with the paradigm since the plane is in multiple pieces you have to acknowledge this thus Shards of Alara and not ALara: the shard world which would break the consistency so far. Its not a duck out of qualifiers its justified by the flavor/story of the block so it does in fact count. When you add 5 sets and 3 sets you get 8 sets and that is a pretty big gap of time to be consistent with titles. And the "this" is the pattern of having the first name of a new planes block being the title of the plane, but I can't find anything on it so I can't be certain about that.
The only reason I bring up this pattern is coupled with Maro mentioning something different about the blocks and the Warlords title not matching the pattern signify some major restructuring of the flavor involved in blocks regarding a bigger story in my opinion. And I don't see Jace and Gideon reforming the Infinite Consortium. They most certainly will go looking for armies to fight the Eldrazi but the Infinite Consortium is a trade guild not an inter-dimensional refugee coalition. Seems unnecessary from a narrative standpoint to retool an organization only to have a different function.
Theros, RTR, Innistrad, Scars of Mirrodin, Zendikar, Shards of Alara, Lorwyn, Time Spiral blocks with several prior blocks (Mirrodin) and standalone products(Coldsnap) gives some validity to my argument and kind of disproves your 3 planes idea. To clarify the first set in a block staring a never before seen planes start with the planes name itself and returning planes have can have any title. I think i remember Maro commenting this being part of the changes brought in with NWO or the 7 year plan, more likely the plan.
yeah thats all 7+ years ago, look at the blocks since shards and shards counts because there was no alara plane, there where shard planes hence the name shards of alara
I agree with three large sets each one taking place on a different plane as the most likely possibility. But i think there won't be a direct connection between them in terms of the old block style. We are almost certain that the new set is called warlords of kanar or whatever. This is very different naming process for a first set to an unknown plane as we normally get the planes name itself as the name of the first set of a new plane; Zendicar, Theros, Innistrad, etc. Since we have never been to this plane and it has a new naming process and maro mentioning a new block structuring in the mix i think were going to get large blocks that are individual in nature but will continue a larger planeswalker story similar to the wheatherlight saga or the phyrexian invasion and i think this story line will focus on the eldrazi first. They have been getting mentioned a lot by many planeswalkers search of a way to defeat them. I think next year will be three individual planes with one planeswalker each visiting the area to forge and army basted of the flavor or mechanics of the givien plane. With the movie coming out i think they will try a little harder to make a coherent epsodic storyline to play of the attention of the upcoming franchise possibilities which will focus on planeswalkers. And before anyone complains to me and says there is an coherent episodic story line relies that there is no definite vision for the magic sotry line, it is a product first and not a creative endeavor and is a patchwork of many non-writers inputs. I love magic but im ready for the narrative element to get some love.
Again, you trade bitcoin yourself so you don't have these transaction fees, get it. You have bitcoin, you trade it via a wallet program, end of story. Its like saying that the penny stocks you buy/trade yourself are taxed heavily by an nonexistent broker who didn't conduct the deal.
To azmod, there are no currency exchange people. You trade out bitcoin by having a wallet, its a program like a bank account. there are any number of wallet programs and you can even make your own. So in your wallet you can sell or trade to someone. Some wallets have a transaction fee, some don't, some ask for donations to keep them running. Whats different about crypto-currency is that you can create you own so there is no standard or group of people you have to go to to make it. If a wallet maker wants to keep if free he can.
1. You are aware our Armies are not paid for in physical cash but is paid my borrowing money, debt.
2. Also if bitcoin didn't work why can people buy goods (from pizza, cars, even houses) and services (like tax companies)from an ever increasing vender worldwide population. Thats like saying the internet would fail because less than a million people used it in the first year of its availability.
3. Also here is a complete glaring hole in your argument, when you put money in a bank and transfer it between account or other accounts or pay bills online, you are doing paperless transactions, based on a paper currency. Let along the fact our money and most is not backed by any standard anymore. That currency you are loving so much is only backed by faith. So is crypto-currency but its more stable in its systems and allows for multiple currencies to interact in any given area, helping to prevent a complete crash is say one currency tanks.
4. The gate keepers Im talking about are entities like the Fed that are not part of the government and control and fix rates to their will, not market values. Look up Libor scandal to see what kind of middlemen crypto-currency will de-power.
5. I should also extrapolate a little on how it can influence the world and break it down. So bitcoin works by people mining. Every 10 minutes the program (with the help of the cpu power of people mining) go through the entirety of the system and account for every bit and rewards some people randomly along the way....every ten minutes. This type of consensus network is the undisputed holy grail of distribution systems. This will make election rigging impossible and improve response times in pools developed with said systems. SO people who use armies to force their currency in other people markets will not be able to rig elections in their favor illegally, they just have to do it the old fashion way with lies and bribes.
What incentive bitcoins give stores to use it? Wells its an instantaneous transaction that is not taxed by a bank. And each year the bitcoin value has be gaining stability. It also gets around services the fact banks control how you can spend. For example some banks don't support Wikilinks so they would let paypal or VISA account donate to their account. Consider also how banks don't want to support the need legalized weed market in Washington and Colorado and won't take their money. These working people can now have a viable economy to do business in without having people telling them what they can and can't do despite the fact its legal. I agree we don't need a new monetary style- bitcoin is a faith based system, but it removes many human factors that have always been corrupted. Also, we have never had a resource backed money that was not fixed outside of its actual base amount. Outside of hording and corruption and the fact you cant count destroyed stuff if you didn't see if destroyed this is by the fact its impossible to know how much of a physical thing that can be dug up and destroyed around the world at any given time. Bitcoin account for this by calculating this every 10 minutes. The program runs all transactions to check where ever bit is every 10 minutes so that is why its for accurate. Also the bit needs a physical paper to support it. Cars replaced horses popularity but their not gone. Also bitcoin is a program like the internet, you can't just shut it off if the government doesn't like it. Its illegal in Russia and other dictatorial states but its still going. And it devalues the ability of countries to force people to play by their rules because their is a new current technology that can't be stopped. You can't kill and idea.
I guess that cancels out the possibility of a Big Lebowski squeal. Dude was one of the few real actors working in the industry and ill miss his level of commitment in this Micheal Bay/I Frankenstein/Tyler Perry wasteland we call Tinsel Town
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Now onto your opinion on Alara. Alara didn't exist when that block started, it was broken into separated realms (this means its not a unified whole or a plane like other planes thus no single name). Shards of Alara does address the original planes name, but it also identifies the multiple identities of the plane. Since the block itself was not formatted normally (five worlds not one) its name is a little different but still fits into the pattern. Remeber its Shards of Alara and not Alara: shard world just as Ravnica: city of guilds or Champions of Kamigawa does not fit the pattern. I already know your going to say well how does that explain anything? Let me put it this way - Kamigawa's weird title alludes to the story while Alara's weird title is descriptive of the plane itself - which is what the pattern is about - identifying a new plane. So yes it fits into the pattern.
The only reason I bring up this pattern is coupled with Maro mentioning something different about the blocks and the Warlords title not matching the pattern signify some major restructuring of the flavor involved in blocks regarding a bigger story in my opinion. And I don't see Jace and Gideon reforming the Infinite Consortium. They most certainly will go looking for armies to fight the Eldrazi but the Infinite Consortium is a trade guild not an inter-dimensional refugee coalition. Seems unnecessary from a narrative standpoint to retool an organization only to have a different function.
1. You are aware our Armies are not paid for in physical cash but is paid my borrowing money, debt.
2. Also if bitcoin didn't work why can people buy goods (from pizza, cars, even houses) and services (like tax companies)from an ever increasing vender worldwide population. Thats like saying the internet would fail because less than a million people used it in the first year of its availability.
3. Also here is a complete glaring hole in your argument, when you put money in a bank and transfer it between account or other accounts or pay bills online, you are doing paperless transactions, based on a paper currency. Let along the fact our money and most is not backed by any standard anymore. That currency you are loving so much is only backed by faith. So is crypto-currency but its more stable in its systems and allows for multiple currencies to interact in any given area, helping to prevent a complete crash is say one currency tanks.
4. The gate keepers Im talking about are entities like the Fed that are not part of the government and control and fix rates to their will, not market values. Look up Libor scandal to see what kind of middlemen crypto-currency will de-power.
5. I should also extrapolate a little on how it can influence the world and break it down. So bitcoin works by people mining. Every 10 minutes the program (with the help of the cpu power of people mining) go through the entirety of the system and account for every bit and rewards some people randomly along the way....every ten minutes. This type of consensus network is the undisputed holy grail of distribution systems. This will make election rigging impossible and improve response times in pools developed with said systems. SO people who use armies to force their currency in other people markets will not be able to rig elections in their favor illegally, they just have to do it the old fashion way with lies and bribes.