MTG Salvation

I can tell ya this much. I won't be missing the Busch and Nextel races. Oh and so the hate can begin on me I'm a Jr. fan. Have been since I started watching I dunno how long ago. But I am 22 now so I started late....

Anywho, can't diss the picks of Tony and Kahne as favorites (especially Tony this time of year... Jr. tends to work a lot with him at plate tracks if Mikey ain't around or ain't doin' so well). Heck I think Kahne will actually win a race this year after so many close calls during the last season... I for one hope so anyway...

As for the Daytona, I'm not makin any predictions as to who is going to win. Just too complicated....

What a bunch of crap about the X-box 2... I guess that what we can expect from Macrobucks, just like Xen said.

I just dropped in to ask two questions concerning the prizes for the contests I plan to hold: 1) How would you feel if we have council members as well as me rotating to make up contest ideas instead of just me? And 2) How does everyone feel as artist proofs as prizes every now and then? Keep in mind they won't be the uber expensive ones but more like great uncommon and mid-cost rare ones...

Hey Hey...

First off I'd like to start off with the prize contest thingy: A) I'd be paying for the prizes and therefore I wouldn't be eligible to win them... although if others want to give it a whirl I'd be fine with that B) I would be able to send internationally since it's just small prizes and postage probably wouldn't cost more than 5 - 7 bucks US unless you live in a war zone... C) I'd be judging it all so council members can participate.... and so it isn't necessarily biased if you get what I'm sayin'... And D) as of right now I haven't hit any snags in it... the only one i'd foresee happening is that the packages get mistaken for a mail bomb and get confiscated by the feds... trust me it's happened to me already three times in the past year when sending magic cards.

DarkParas: Good start I just thought I should mention that if you want to join you should post up at least one deck you built and tell us what format its in (casual, T1, T2, etc.) but I'm not exactly sure we're taking new members at the moment as we can only hold so many people here and not get totally confused. The council would really know that however since they're the ones that yea or nay you in the clan.

Also, I just got Xenosaga II yesterday and I gotta say that game is da bomb if you're into RPGs guys. It's somewhat hard to get at first but you can pick it up quickly once you get into and you don't really need a clear save from the first game but it does unlock stuff in the game if you do have one... Oh and if you do get it I wouldn't suggest reading the damn instruction booklet... they ain't ever any good.

Consolewars: The X-box problems you have Static don't surprise me... I had a friend who had to have his repaired three times in a year because the system didn't hold up well over time... And I totally agree with Qwerty on which one to get... I don't even have clue which one I'm getting next.. but it probably won't be X-box next since I'm more into fighters and RPGs but who knows.

Sorry about the late response... don't get to have much time on the computer these days... Anywho, about the avatar, I need that to be an animation (...images) of hell freezing over... if you can do that that'd be great

I need just this for an avatar: hell freezing over. Nothing more complicated than that. Animated preferably... Thanks!

That'd be one wide-arse party to plan... :D.

Anywho, congrats to everyone here for comin' in 2nd on that contest. I knew the card making would be easy for us. After all, since we don't use netdecks (or very minimally) it's just easier to be creative.

Secondly, I agree. The "hate" stops here. 'Nuff said.

Thirdly, I'm thinking of starting a monthly in-clan contest for a small prize. It won't be much and won't start 'till march. The prize might be one or two packs at best of the new stuff but it'll be free for us. The only catch is that enough of us will have to participate. I'd like at least 7 of us to participate in each since the prize is small. And so as not to get anyone's hopes up this isn't definite yet. After all, where I live it's rather hard to get to the card shop. The only way there is if I can get a ride up or I can walk there (almost a mile and a half; and no bikes allowed may I add). Oh and the contest could involve anything from building a deck to making up a character story.

Lastly, as to why I haven't showed up in while, I'm frickin' addicted to Tiger Woods PGA 2005. I dunno why; I just love that game. And I don't even like golf.

Hey... wassup again. I'm just glad to see I could finally make it in... the roads here have been horrible because of the snowmelt we got the past few days.... melting snow in the day with temperatures below 25 degrees at night make for one slippery roadway. And what makes it worse is that the village ran out of a salt budget already. You probably know what I mean if you live in a smaller town...

Anywho, played with decent players for the first time since December (I think that's why every deck I've made since stinks like a rotten skunk). Still trying to finish off that R/U deck though. It's hard considering I need 2 City of Brass, 1 Meloku, and 3 Hinder (all of which are considered the "it" cards here) to finish it off. If anyone is willing to trade or quote me a price on them for selling purposes lemme know.

Also I found out an interesting fact last night too. Out of all the players around my town, which numbers 20, at least 12 of them smoke pot everyday. Is that common anywhere else? Well, that high a percentage anyway. (Note: I'm not dissin' the pot... can't be a hypocrite ya know?)

Xen: Honestly, didn't know you were gay either until you said it a while back... but, seriously, I don't care and hopefully that doesn't offend you. After all, I wish less people cared who was gay and who was straight.

I'm not sure you can do this but I'd like an anti-Bush 'tar:
It starts with George Bush coming out of a hole then goes to the text "Must be four more years of heck..."

If you don't wanna make this one I can understand why and it's cool... just a rare political 'tar for me

Easy... not!!! In my mind this may be one of the closest so I'm giving two predictions both very different.

My feelings on this game: Pats 24-21

Most likely to happen based on my past predictions: Eagles 34-20. Every time I make a prediction for a certain team I'm usually off by about 14 in the other teams direction.

Note: I'm not rooting for the Pats to win... Have never liked them. Not even a little bit.

I've got a pretty good regular Logitech Optical Mouse. Picked it up at Walmart a couple of months ago for 17 bucks US. And considering I'm not into PC gaming (I'm really more of a console person) it works perfect for what I use it for.

I know I'm not a member of the council but I totally agree on the 100 pages thing... minimum if you ask me. If we kept getting new threads every 40 or so pages with a clan our size we'd have to make a new thread once a month... not very good IMO.

As for the deck contest, Uttermadness has shown me how much I rush things. Guess that's what you get when you only have library access... I'd replace it but it does throw off the balance of the creatures and the mana curve a little too, so I'm leavin mine as is if anyone wants to know. Hopefully mine is good, didn't have any good decks to test it against.

OK haven't posted much, I know. But not much happens here in the dead of winter. Combo contest sounds cool though. I'm thinkin G/U... Oh the opportunites.

Combo:
4 Myr Landshaper
4 Splinter

Other Creatures:
4 Birds of Paradise (I wish these weren't necessary)
4 Eternal Witness (easier to pull off getting two types of land this way)
4 Sakura Tribe-Elder (seemingly in everything green these days... but for good reason)
2 Kodama of the North Tree (I hope I got the right direction.... the untargetable one..)
2 Keiga the Tidal Star (this and above are win conditions... and hopefully fitting ones)
4 Neurok Transmuter (works well in combo)

Non-creatures:
4 Serum Visions
4 Oxidize
4 Counsel of the Soratami (OK blue draw sucks so if the draw is unnecessary try Quash and Hinder)

Land:
4 Forbidden Orchard (I think I got enough creatures to pull this off.. if not the city is the next best thing)
7 Island
9 Forest

Until next time.... peace

My #1 stupid thing of all time is constantly knocking my head on doorways even though I know i'm too tall for most of them...

Well IMO I think this game is only gonna matter if Terrell Owens makes a return for the Super Bowl (like it's expected he will). If that doesn't happen I think the Pats will trounce the Eagles... If he does return it'll be a lot closer I think but I'm unsure on that one... As much as I hate the Pats right now I'm gonna have to pick them on this one.

I voted for #3 but I thought 4, 5, and 6 were just as nice. I do see the point that everyone has with #5 but I didn't vote for it because of the potential to trap the audience in a certain color (which isn't to say that 3 won't either... it's just more open IMO).