Posts made by Arkandel

Hmm. https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3guzny/question_about_magic_duels_origin/

@Cobaltasaurus I'll do some tests tonight, including Duels and some free versions to evaluate. Obviously if anyone plans to do the same and you want to compare notes, let's do so.

My uneducated theory is Duels simply has a smaller pool of cards. I seriously doubt they'd allow the full Standard sets to be available for free on multiplayer without butchering their own full product.

@Miss-Demeanor That's pretty prohibitive. 320kbps would be what, something like 2.4 MB per minute? So... 115 MB per hour based on my napkin calculations?

I guess occasionally listening to the radio (4-5 hours a month) is doable but anything remotely like regular use would decimate the data plan.

@Miss-Demeanor said:

@Arkandel I bought a microSD with larger storage capacity. Put all my media stuff on that.

Yeah, that works. Unfortunately my Samsung S6 doesn't have a slot, so 32 GB is all I got - and some of it goes to apps, obviously.

If only phone companies offered infinite data plans... but they don't. And GB/month will dry up real fast if I start streaming music to it (which would be the ideal solution).

@Coin The one I got was a birthday present all the way back in 2005. Then again I haven't used it very heavily, and it was in a protective case for years.

@Miss-Demeanor I keep intending to put songs on my phone and I keep forgetting. Then again it 'only' has 32 GB storage total, and I'm also a lil' bit worried about its battery life if I use it as a player as well.

I don't know why, among daily reports of people dying in assorted horrible ways, I'd still be this mad about the same happening to animals (especially how many of them die every day pretty badly as well).

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/woman-finds-her-pet-dog-135747023.html

But I am. Grrr.

@Three-Eyed-Crow I do own an ancient iPod 80 GB classic which works really well even now. The battery isn't as great as it used to, but it's practically not limiting me at all. I got no complaints (okay, maybe the interface bugs me a little bit).

@HelloRaptor How are they not canibalizing their own MTGO game with it? What's the major feature missing?

@HelloRaptor My problem with that is that, IIRC, it gave (used to?) only limited ability to construct decks any way you wanted to and had a rather limited card pool.

The first part for me is the dealbreaker. 80% of what I enjoy in Magic is constructing decks and theorycrafting them against common popular ones. If I can't construct my own I'd not be interested.

Have you tried Cockatrice or XMage? Those seem intriguing, for different reasons.

@HelloRaptor I'm not aware of it happening on TR. It did on HM (I remember people freaking out in the VampSphere about some Mage who was handing theirs out to Sleewalkers attached to bloodsuckers - but don't ask for names, it's been too long).

http://themeadery.org/articles/mtgo-alternatives/ hmmm.

@Tempest said:

... and they all seemed to revolve around just giving more dots/bonuses to rolls. And there are already enough ways to stack rolls without 'magic relics' that give +5 to brawl or whatever.

There are two ways to see this.

One is to correctly say that people use magical items to twink. Sometimes (often) it's for combat but really, it can be just about anything.

The other is to assess it as part of the game's balance - a built in advantage. Some spheres - like Demon - have glaring holes in their capabilities and Gadgets can help patch them... for a price. Other sphere, such as Vampire, have very little if any item-crafting in general by design.

Now, they have been practices which truly cross the line from cheesy to downright cheating. A common example includes people making magical items, paying the XP costs from throwaway characters then handing them out to their friends (with whom they play as their 'real' PCs).

Otherwise your peeve is a valid one and I agree with it - and think that, as long as staff is willing to deal with it on a game-wide basis, it should work. The problem is usually that one or two people begin a practice and create an arms race. That's why transparency is needed by listing (at least samples if not all) existent items; not only does that ensure consistency but it makes it easier to catch the most blatant exceptions.

@Coin said:

I have no idea. But if you found a way to play it online (preferably a free one, natch) I would totally play the hell out of it with you.

There was a free client I looked into back in the day but hell if I can remember the name any more. It was the communities (i.e. actually finding games) that was the problem for me. Basically it was the same thing as playing on a table otherwise - no automations, you tapped/untapped your own cards, etc, unlike the convenience of MTGO handling the effects for you.

What I always minded about MTGO is that it cost the same to buy virtual cards as it did physical ones. But the worth of each card is far less (you can put real ones on eBay, hand them to whoever you like, etc) plus if the game went down all players would be screwed out of luck.

I guess I'll do some research tonight!

I've been itching for a while to get back into Magic: the Gathering but the idea of sitting in rooms packed with kids doesn't appeal to me as much as it did when I was myself one. And it's not very convenient - I'd rather do so from my computer like everything else.

Is anyone here playing Magic Online? If so, care to comment on its current state? Alternatively anyone playing Magic over third-party clients with some insight on their status, communities, etc?

Thanks in advance.

@WTFE Isn't it easier to just exchange Skype/IM info and do it there?

@Derp said:

@Coin said:

Demon and Werewolf both support a lot of custom shit via Fetish and Gadgets, too.

Everyone always goes for the magic items. Lulz.

Speaking for myself, it's awkward to apply for magical items. I'm never sure what a consistent way to look at their effects and relative power levels is, or if something is too much - or too weak - for the dots it costs. And bonus points to people who want their stuff to be unique and detest anyone making similar things, although the number of things a splash often wants or its powers which can be replicated are all drawn from a rather shallow pool, of course.

Perhaps if games posted an item-crafting guide with actual in-game examples of some Fetishes/Gadgets/whatevers for players to know where staff draw their lines and what is considered fair.

In fact that's a peeve for any kind of custom content. The player-made Legacies on TR at some point were a terror with some of the most powerful spells picked as reflexive, free Paradox-free effects (and that's Mage, so they were really potent). So after they got them, campaigned for the Legacies to remain exclusive to them alone. Grumble.

@Thenomain said:

@Miss-Demeanor said:

Fuck a bunch of Apple! I refuse to support anything so overpriced and ridiculously unwilling to work with ANYTHING not Apple.

I personally refuse to support hot-button talking points that are provably false.

By what metric are you willing to prove Apple products are not overpriced?

@Cobaltasaurus have you tried Banshee? It was my most recent huge binge-run.

@HelloRaptor said:

Sure, me too. Are you suggesting that if a handful of people started rambling about how they'd love to make a MLP-Transformers Crossover game, like Beast Wars only with magical ponies, and all using the WoD system you wouldn't think it was some silly shit that would never see the light of day? Because I'm about 99% certain that you would point and laugh.

Does no one else get the urge to work together in a massive effort to produce this exact game then have 50+ prople on it just to piss @HelloRaptor on? We can do it, MSB!

@VulgarKitten Toronto is the cat's pajamas. Especially in the summer.

I love large cities. I'm not one of the people who mind crowds, and there's so much stuff to do. You're never limited by what's available

Which reminds me I gotta book a ticket for FanExpo 2015. Woo-hoo, the stench of geeks everywhere around me! Literally!