Yussa Tampon
06-19-2010, 06:54 AM
Reading the gossip section early morning.. ended up going into head desk mode. I could ignore it or I could try to educate people on the obvious.
When a new set is release, it is common that a new theme will be featured. Or an already released theme will be expanded on.
Chances are that the initial release of a theme will not have that them sitting pretty in the competitive scene. This leads to a lot of inexperienced players making bad metagame calls which is what I will refer to as "crying wolf."
When this happens it starts a chain in the community which will trigger different reactions:
a) There are people who understand this trend and will stay quiet knowing that they'll hold an edge against people that are willing to defy these trends.
b) There are people who understand this trend and will call people out on bad metagame calls. This generally leads to a lopsided debate that I will always be able to find this word: "potential." The defending side will claim this new theme has potential. (see below for description)
c) There are people who don't understand this trend and are more "casual" players. Well, then by all means make the choices you choose to make if you fall into this category. It doesn't change any of the facts I am posting here though.
d) There are people who do understand this trend but choose to defy it in hopes that they will have an edge over other players because they are unable to comprehend game mechanics and what makes a deck run.
This word is misused because while it's true the theme has potential with future releases, it doesn't change that this new theme will not succeed in the current metagame.
(see b)
What this means? The new theme will drop down in price after the set is mass released. Meaning it doesn't hurt to drop a minimal investment in these cards because the price they could reach upon a future release that breaks the them will be worth the investment.
However that is a completely different thing from actually playing the new theme in a tournament. This does mean hanging onto cards for a long period of time, this does mean you'll need to be patient and yes this means you'll need to keep up to date on this game in order to have a financial edge as well as the knowledge to know if a theme will prevail after support is released for it.
I'll even make an example of this post:
watts by far, they will broken.
Nothing is proving this post wrong or really can prove this post wrong because the word will covers the current date to the end of this game's existence. You cannot predict something that you can't see months or even years down the road.
I am under the assumption this theme is currently very terrible and you can pick up their key cards for pennies.
With that, does this mean you should be trying to play this theme right now? Hell no. And by promoting it with the context given, progression of an online community can be hindered.
When a new set is release, it is common that a new theme will be featured. Or an already released theme will be expanded on.
Chances are that the initial release of a theme will not have that them sitting pretty in the competitive scene. This leads to a lot of inexperienced players making bad metagame calls which is what I will refer to as "crying wolf."
When this happens it starts a chain in the community which will trigger different reactions:
a) There are people who understand this trend and will stay quiet knowing that they'll hold an edge against people that are willing to defy these trends.
b) There are people who understand this trend and will call people out on bad metagame calls. This generally leads to a lopsided debate that I will always be able to find this word: "potential." The defending side will claim this new theme has potential. (see below for description)
c) There are people who don't understand this trend and are more "casual" players. Well, then by all means make the choices you choose to make if you fall into this category. It doesn't change any of the facts I am posting here though.
d) There are people who do understand this trend but choose to defy it in hopes that they will have an edge over other players because they are unable to comprehend game mechanics and what makes a deck run.
This word is misused because while it's true the theme has potential with future releases, it doesn't change that this new theme will not succeed in the current metagame.
(see b)
What this means? The new theme will drop down in price after the set is mass released. Meaning it doesn't hurt to drop a minimal investment in these cards because the price they could reach upon a future release that breaks the them will be worth the investment.
However that is a completely different thing from actually playing the new theme in a tournament. This does mean hanging onto cards for a long period of time, this does mean you'll need to be patient and yes this means you'll need to keep up to date on this game in order to have a financial edge as well as the knowledge to know if a theme will prevail after support is released for it.
I'll even make an example of this post:
watts by far, they will broken.
Nothing is proving this post wrong or really can prove this post wrong because the word will covers the current date to the end of this game's existence. You cannot predict something that you can't see months or even years down the road.
I am under the assumption this theme is currently very terrible and you can pick up their key cards for pennies.
With that, does this mean you should be trying to play this theme right now? Hell no. And by promoting it with the context given, progression of an online community can be hindered.