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Azrael

We may want to copy a number of MTGS's commander resources verbatim. There are some very, very useful threads that people have put a lot of effort into compiling. Examples: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=291478 <-- This in particular http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=3...

Azrael

Would've liked to buy it as a redirect, but DTR.com is taken, and even "DTR.net" is selling at 23k. I don't think we're going to be scoring that one anytime soon.

Azrael

I've locked up diestoremoval.com

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Unless he packs a lot more card advantage and ramping/doubling into the deck, his curve should probably max out at 6ish. Its pretty awkward building a token-y deck like this one optimally without access to expensive stuff like Gaea's Cradle though, or at least some staples like Gaddock Teeg, Land Ta...

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Needs more rebel chain. Lin Sivvi/Bound in Silence/Mirror Entity and company is one of the more broken things white creature-y decks can do in EDH to stack up damage and card advantage quickly.

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Its just that the way it works is different from what some of us were used in the vbulletin forums.

Here is a tutorial on how to multiquote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxrWmX4CcA

Should work well enough for everything except mafia, and that's not exactly a critical priority atm.

Azrael

Multi-quote would also be excellent, especially if we're hosting mafia in the future.

Azrael

Some good, cheap (under $5) options: Raven's Crime, Mind Twist, Persecute, Animate Dead, Necromancy, Dance of the Dead, Reanimate, Distress, Duress, Bloodgift Demon, Graveborn Muse, Greater Good, Harmonize, Ambition's Cost, Decree of Pain, Mana Reflection, Beseech the Queen, Phyrexian Arena, Myojin ...

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Is there a way to fix having to put " " around people's names to create quote brackets? I can try to make it happen if you detail the request a bit more Right now, the formatting for quotes requires the following format: [quote="name"'] If possible, it'd be simpler with the foll...

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Is there a way to fix having to put " " around people's names to create quote brackets?

Azrael

Hmm, that's pretty alright, Cyan.

Azrael

Based on my initial article writeup. http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=10344 A pretty brutal version of Edric that winds up drawing multiple cards per turn, ramps with Gaea's cradle, parlays that into a countershield and repeated extra turn effects. It pretty reliably wipes out an entire ...

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I thought it was very interesting that the staff has chosen to openly pass the buck to Curse on this debacle/pin it on a misunderstanding.

Azrael

Here is what we got: Okay guys. This has been in discussion with the Globals for about a week, and a small selection of you that would be directly affected have been contacted for opinions. This is now being opened up to the rest of you. About a week ago, the admins got in touch with our Curse liai...

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By the way, I made a post in the sally staff inbox giving them a vague heads up and clearing the path for a recruiting campaign.

We're clear to move on that front. They're taking it pretty well, actually.

You can PM me if you care to see what I wrote, or the thread contents.

Azrael

Ran searches on most of the other names we ran from the previous thread. Mtgphoenix, MTGrevolution. Grabbed up.

Alphastriker.com is the only one I cared for, that's not yet taken.

Azrael

We're going to need moderators other than myself for the MTG sections of the community. I've not played a game of modern in my life, and I'll be stretched on too many other fronts to give them the TLC they'll need to grow.

Azrael

MTG Community is the best I've seen so far.

EDIT: Someone's grabbed it.

Azrael

Thanks. I'll continue making some edits as well.

Azrael

Absolutely. Lets arrange for this

What's a good time for you? Almost any time during daylight in EST works for me, my hours are flexible.

Azrael

At the infancy of this site's launch, I'd like to take a few moments to introduce myself, describe the experiences that myself and others of the administration share, the principles that we want this site to embody and how we hope to reach out of the wider magic-playing world and provide a uniquely ...

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I'd do thrice. The two first things are easy. As for the third: The typable domain is our largest, largest flaw, and we've been already discussing it at large. We can keep the site in its current physical location and use the typable domain as an alias, but this requires converging into a definitiv...

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*nods*

Do it.

EDIT:

We should probably describe what we mean by going live. Mass signature campaign. Individual invites. Typable domain. I'd favor all of the above.

Azrael

Just learned about http://www.bluehost.com. Free domain, unlimited server space and subdomains, mySQL database and a lot more shit for five bucks a month. Can't beat that.

Nice. Very nice.

Azrael

*nods* Until we find someone more capable, I'll put learning some code on the long-term schedule.

Azrael

I have no problem opening the floodgates. At this point, I've hit a dead end on finding programmers. Mulling over what to do about it, but I'm guessing the amount of work it'd take to hire a professional to implement these features on a wage basis is prohibitively expensive. I wouldn't be opposed to...

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I know for a fact that purchasing URLs is dirt cheap. Servers - don't know as much about that.

EDIT: I'm seeing figures ranging from 20-80 per month on cursory perusal.

Azrael

No problem with inviting people, but if we really want this thing to snowball, we need a URL that can actually be typed.

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somethingawful forums. boom, roasted.

Somehow I doubt a group comprised largely of adolescent MTG players is going to work out as well as SA.

Azrael

If we're eventually aiming to become a site that takes in a lot of outside traffic, self-policing a la GG isn't going to be a very great idea. It works in small-scale communities with intelligent people - it doesn't work well when you have to deal with the masses. For that reason, we probably need t...

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Before we really get moving, we're going to need some forum rules. Also an EULA and a DMCA safe harbor policy. In terms of forum rules, we'll be wanting some community input, and someone(s) to take charge of creating each of those three documents (borrowing and editting from others' templates should...

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i know a couple guys who are rather good at programming but neither play magic and they would probably want to be compensated. if it comes to it i can ask them if they are interested. great list btw, AZ. i love the idea of electronic drafting as well as the event calendar and article leeching. the ...

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This is where I solicit programmers and people willing to go out and find programmers to assist with the site. I've got one potentiality among my own contacts, but he's taken himself off a similar project previously - I don't think he wants to take this on without help. If we don't get progress on t...

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Tapped seems way too fucking good to be available.

I just checked. It's not available.

Azrael

I like how the staff's plan was to systematically piss off the group that was keeping their dirty secret for them.

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MTG Phoenix isn't bad.

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Now's as good a time as any will be to get a solid nucleus set up, 'specially since the gutter is about to get pretty lonely.

Azrael

I wonder if it's premature to begin the exodus now, or wait until we have more going on.

Dunno. Momentum could help, but first impressions are important too.

Azrael

These are available:

Mtgswarm.com
Alphastriker.com <--- I kinda like this one.*
Manaburnt.com

* It says, "ballsy, confident people who turn all their men sideways like to use this site".

Azrael

@Admin - *nods* At this point, I think the only way the iridium's going to get pull themselves out of their tailspin is being ruthless enough to very kindly, and very politely put their problematic staff on probation, and terminate those who don't shape up. But in all likelihood, they're just going ...

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