Mburn7 said: jtwood said: Mburn7 said: As much as I like a healthy debate, it really irritates me that every time there is a new bug now we need to ask if it we are cheating by playing with it. There are too many bugs for us to have to clarify each time a new one comes up (also, I'm mad because there are so many bugs) I've taken the mental approach of considering the bugs to be a "feature" of the game that I have to navigate every time I play.To give a more real-world example, I play a lot of tennis. Hard court surfaces are supposed to be pretty similar, but that's hardly the case. One court can be weathered and worn, causing the ball to skid more. Another can be new and made with a less-than-smooth material, causing it to eat up pace and emphasize spin. Yet another court could have settled poorly, which gives different advantages/disadvantages depending on if you're playing uphill or downhill. And all of this ignores the elements, like position of the sun or direction and speed of the wind.If I sat around every time wishing those variables were steady and never-changing, I'd go crazy. Instead, I have to learn, adapt, and deal with the environment.Granted, this is barely a good example, since devs have total control over all this stuff. But I would argue that this game has proven it will always be filled with bugs, so maybe taking a mindset of accepting bugs as the status quo is easier to deal with than wishing they weren't there (because they're not going away). You play tennis? You wouldn't happen to live in New York would you? I'm always looking for people to play with.And I agree that you should be able to exploit bugs as long as you aren't using any outside stuff to do so, just like how I'll aim for a dead spot in the court if I know its there for easy points. Sure it isn't nice, but when you're competing you gotta do what you gotta do.This would be much less of an issue, though, if the devs actually put out a game that worked properly.
jtwood said: Mburn7 said: As much as I like a healthy debate, it really irritates me that every time there is a new bug now we need to ask if it we are cheating by playing with it. There are too many bugs for us to have to clarify each time a new one comes up (also, I'm mad because there are so many bugs) I've taken the mental approach of considering the bugs to be a "feature" of the game that I have to navigate every time I play.To give a more real-world example, I play a lot of tennis. Hard court surfaces are supposed to be pretty similar, but that's hardly the case. One court can be weathered and worn, causing the ball to skid more. Another can be new and made with a less-than-smooth material, causing it to eat up pace and emphasize spin. Yet another court could have settled poorly, which gives different advantages/disadvantages depending on if you're playing uphill or downhill. And all of this ignores the elements, like position of the sun or direction and speed of the wind.If I sat around every time wishing those variables were steady and never-changing, I'd go crazy. Instead, I have to learn, adapt, and deal with the environment.Granted, this is barely a good example, since devs have total control over all this stuff. But I would argue that this game has proven it will always be filled with bugs, so maybe taking a mindset of accepting bugs as the status quo is easier to deal with than wishing they weren't there (because they're not going away).
Mburn7 said: As much as I like a healthy debate, it really irritates me that every time there is a new bug now we need to ask if it we are cheating by playing with it. There are too many bugs for us to have to clarify each time a new one comes up (also, I'm mad because there are so many bugs)
Brakkis said: 6 pulls into the BSZ Elite Pack. Still no BSZ.
FindingHeart8 said: gosh, so much rational discussion I'm struggling to find something to disagree with.
Laeuftbeidir said: FindingHeart8 said: gosh, so much rational discussion I'm struggling to find something to disagree with. Yeah, should be flagged as of topic here!
Brakkis said: Can we all just... not tinykitty play next weekend? Like seriously, leave the game a barren wasteland out of spite for them consistently running year old content instead of something that rewards Standard tinykitty rewards?There's BoFT (ugh, but still, current), AWR, and TDW we could be running. Instead it's been RotGP, HoD, RotGP, HoD, repeat...
bken1234 said: Brakkis said: Can we all just... not tinykitty play next weekend? Like seriously, leave the game a barren wasteland out of spite for them consistently running year old content instead of something that rewards Standard tinykitty rewards?There's BoFT (ugh, but still, current), AWR, and TDW we could be running. Instead it's been RotGP, HoD, RotGP, HoD, repeat... This is just a random guess, but maybe the legacy exploit isn’t closed so they’re answering it by giving us nonstop legacy events. My question is why not Avacyn’s Madness? We like that event don’t we?However, with the exception of B4T; I concur — I’d love to play some TDW; RtO or AWR right now.
Mburn7 said: Oh, definitely. That's why the debate got so contentious toward the end. Because it is impossible to draw the line in a way that makes sense when there are so many game-breaking bugs.
Laeuftbeidir said: (Probably tomorrow)
octal9 said: Laeuftbeidir Laeuftbeidir said: (Probably tomorrow) This seems optimistic.Yo what is up with the rune scarcity these days? I just got my Bolas2 to level 16 and I'm dreading the two new dual-colored walkers getting ready to come out in GRN.edit: AND the ZvE walkers. Yikes
Laeuftbeidir Laeuftbeidir said: (Probably tomorrow)
Laeuftbeidir said: octal9 said: Laeuftbeidir Laeuftbeidir said: (Probably tomorrow) This seems optimistic.Yo what is up with the rune scarcity these days? I just got my Bolas2 to level 16 and I'm dreading the two new dual-colored walkers getting ready to come out in GRN.edit: AND the ZvE walkers. Yikes Well, it's 8pm here and I didn't need it yet! Fingers crossed. I made myself a sheet to monitor the runes (it's pinned in our #general) I need for the pws I have (700k) and not yet have (another 200k). I already invested 4.8 Mio runes. I fear to do the math how many hours that have been
Mburn7 said: Now I'm mad that the main MTG Story will be in book form instead of the short stories on the website.I don't want to pay for the story, but I'm so invested in it at this point I think I may have to. Grrrrr.
Brakkis said: Mburn7 said: Now I'm mad that the main MTG Story will be in book form instead of the short stories on the website.I don't want to pay for the story, but I'm so invested in it at this point I think I may have to. Grrrrr. Wait, what!?
Mburn7 said: Brakkis said: Mburn7 said: Now I'm mad that the main MTG Story will be in book form instead of the short stories on the website.I don't want to pay for the story, but I'm so invested in it at this point I think I may have to. Grrrrr. Wait, what!? The story behind the MTG universe has been going on as long as the card game has. It was originally just books (and from what I can tell, mostly E-Books), but for the last few years the story has been delivered in weekly story segments here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/columns/magic-storyFor Ravnica, however, the culmination of Bolas' plots and epic final battle with the Gatewatch (of Deploy fame) will be back in book form, while the weekly story posts will be about everyday life on Ravnica and side characters.