fake, did you stop to think that maybe, maybe UDE plans on giving slots to the most highly-rated players that haven't qualified yet? So why should Realms do this? It's their site, etc. They can give their slots away however they please.

Heh. Wrong. You can nominate whoever you want. It'll be up to the people to decide by voting (oh, wait...I forgot that a democracy is too gauche for those elitist types who enjoy a plain, ol' fashioned dictatorship any day).

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I, for one, don't like the idea of mercy-slots in a game where _most_ of us have to work to get anywhere.

Why? Huh? What's the skin off of your back? So they want to hand slots out to people. So what? How in the world does that affect your little world in any way? Or make it more or less difficult for you to qualify? Yeah, the rest of us have to work at it. Yet, you don't hear me complaining about it, do you?

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I won't single out any posts or posters, it just seems to me that alot of what these vsrealms celebs do to get their notice is fluff. Example: analysis on 2nd tier concepts- humor posts- esoteric contests with little relevance to serious play- spoiler posts- and the all time fav "what may or may not be in the next set" articles. None of which have any direct effect on player education aside from _gratuitously_ casual play.

Then do something about it, fake! Instead of whine and complain, "Oh, these articles suck, they don't tell me anything new, it's all speculation, how am I supposed to use this second rate strategy at my next PCQ, blah blah blah", put your money where your mouth is. Start writing articles for the site that you want to see. Oh, wait. That would be contributing to the community. Never mind.

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If given the choice though, I guess I'd leave your wittle bubble intact- seeing as it's all some people have. We'll see who's q'ed after origins, hopefully then this silly, horrible idea won't matter.

And exactly how do you think the tickets should be given away..I am not a staff member here so I am just curious as to what you think would be fair. Why would the owners of this site not want to reward the more popular members of the site? The only reason Stu gets mentioned in all these posts is because he puts forward the effort in posting and whatnot. Maybe your name would be mentioned if you took a more active approach to posting.

I looked over your 13 posts on this site and they offer nothing of interest at all. You just troll the boards making snide comments. Instead of making this ridiculous post, why not offer some ideas on how to distribute them.
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Well, I will make my last statement, and them I am done....


Beacon: What you say is true, most member's do not have a shot at this one, buit let's look at all the factor's in Typhone choosing how to distribute these...

1. Exnay on the Random Giveaway: There are sooo many things that can go wrong with this.....a member may not affored is, a member may not be able to travel, a member may not be able to play and so on. Even though this site is new, there still are unattive member's...so if it goes to one of them...how are they gonna know?

2. Sure, none of the post's that are made here change the world as we know it....but this is a CARD GAME! The frequent "flavor post's" actually contribute somthing(however small) to the site. The fact is is that they DO contribute, and that is enough for me...

3. As stated by Typhone, there are FOUR tickets to be given away. So this is only one form of "contest" not the only one. If it were, this would be a much larger problem, but it is not...Typhone is doing what is democratically acceptable. He is leaving it up to us to choose them, rather than just hand it to them, and for that, I applaude him, because they DO deserve it to be handed to them....

4. Re-Read:p

5. Oh, I have one person to nominate....I nominate Hydra....for as far as I know, that single question that he posted exploded to what is now revealing a Hidden Meta, now quickly overshadowing the Brotherhood as the dominate deck-type!

-Simon

Whoops! look's like I was a little late on the rebuttle:p

I would actually LOVE to hear suggestions on how to distribute the other THREE 'Golden Tickets'. Emma Frost is correct that there is almost no good way of decided who should get these... so I'm left with 'the better of 2 evils'. Want to hear some of the other things I discarded in lue of this option?

1.) Random Drawing of members active within the past 30 days.

2.) Challenge Match. Beat 3 of VSReams' hand-picked Pros, and you've earned your spot.

3.) Article Contest. LOL! 'nuff said.

4.) Scavenger Hunt @ Origins. (don't know the layout... kinda hard to do).

5.) Next Unqualified VSRealms member in the Origins $10K

... yada yada yada

There were a lot more, but I can't think of them right now. Anyway, let me know what you'd think is fair ... and if I pick that you can read someone else complain about your 'great idea'. :)

If this is just 1 of the 4, then either En-Kur or Stu will win.

They are the most active posters that make sense.

I'll be at Origins playing my rear off and then I'll be at Gen Con Indy trying to figure out how to sit down without my rear.

Well, I don't think that this should turn into a popularity contest either. That's why I am offering $1 per vote received, payable only through Paypal. I figure 150 votes should be enough to carry the majority.




































No, not really. Lighten up.

I think this is a great idea for one of the tickets. Maybe require people from VSrealms to "register" for the contest, that way you can verify they have been an active member. Then since you are going to be there, you can verify the winner.

Sniff, no love for the judges....

Seriously though, I'm hoping to be Judging at the Pro Circuit, but if I can't judge, I would not mind playing ;-)

I nominated Stu, and that is who I plan to Vote for, En-Kur would not be a bad choice either.

If there is some judges contest, I'd vote for Chad. Atleast he knows the rules.

Dave
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i like the idea of a contest.....=)
i like the idea of an origins competition, but not the pcq (if I could do the pcq I wouldnt be worrying, but I have to do yu gi oh nationals at the same time).

i also like the idea of playing the 3 best players to earn it...whatever that idea was.

I think the deckbuilding idea wouldnt work, too many people know how to copy and paste.

I think that contest of certain skills work best....its just kinda hard to figure that out on a website, so I see why Typhon has so much to deal with.....just remember, you cant make everyone happy.

2 Words : Ultimate Fighting. Watch Stu, Tama, and En-Kur go at it in the octagon. Winner gets Golden Ticket and FOIL Make Offers x 4 <-The card thats on everyones want list. Haha inside joke..

But really, I don't care much who wins the 4 tickets, so long as they actually use the opportunity. It would suck to know someone won and couldn't go when someone else could have used the ticket.

Just read my sig. I'll be happy to rep the Sentinels.

Although stu is alot more deserving of it then me.


VOTE FOR ME!!!!


EDIT: Whoops did NOT realize there was 5 pages of posts already. Wow. Off day for me.

Well, this is kool! I really could use a golden ticket... But, I'm sure there are many more deserving (better playing) players in this community. Oh well...

If I had to choose one to nominate, I'd say good ol' stu! Just can't resist the Sentinel charm.... hehehe......

P.S. - Does that mean you're from Lincoln, Nebraska Emma Frost??? 'Cause I am too! Just if you wanted to know...:p

I would have to vote for stu.

I will say this. And I am being truely honest.


stubarnes inspired me to play vs. system. His Candy Corn deck inspired me to play Sentinels.

Good ol' Sentinels.

He's my hero.