Stu's can is opener... new announcements on Metagame!!!

I like golden. I know we need modern to keep things fresh. Why do we need silver?

From Metagame.com...

Here are the facts about the new format:

Silver Age will feature the previous two years of Vs. expansions. With our current release schedule, this includes eight sets and any corresponding starter products.
Whenever a new set is rotated into Silver Age, a corresponding set will rotate out. For example, when the Vs. set after Infinite Crisis rotates in, Web of Spider-Man will rotate out. The first Pro Circuit to feature Silver Age will be PC: San Francisco in June 2006. Silver Age will join Modern Age and Golden Age as part of our fully supported Organized Play program.

Here is our schedule for the upcoming year:



#7 PC Atlanta March 2006 Marvel Modern Age (MAV, MXM)Constructed, DJL Drafts



#8 San Francisco June 2006 Silver Age (MSM thru DCR) Constructed, MXM Drafts



#9 Gen Con Indy Aug. 2006 DC Modern Age (DJL, DCR) Constructed, DCR Drafts



#10 Gen Con So Cal Nov. 2006 Golden Age (all sets thru MHG) Constructed, MHG Drafts

Heralds of Galactus.

discuss over at the rumour mill

http://www.vsrealms.com/forum/showth...threadid=34851

:)

Silver Age = No broken Origins cards.

W00tage.

Heralds of Galactus. Duh!

Edit: Blast you Scrappy and spell check!

As for silver age, what else do peole think?

Its fairly obvious it was coming as UDE seem to wish to move the central pillar of the game away from the Origins sets while still maintaining a healthy and diverse meta (which the modern age, while fun, has not provided yet).

Will it succeed in this goal? Or will it just be like Golden Age with some of the deck types removed?

I don't get this move at all. Golden Age is perfect right now, there are soo many decks that can win, PCLA is going to be the most diverse PC yet, I think all these formats will make them all more stagnat. If you only have 3 months to size up a format, then you will make less great decks, then if you had say 6 months. I think UDE is trying to push Vs too fast, it is still a young game, they don't need all these formats yet. Magic has been around for 15+ years they need some new formats, Vs has been around for 1 1/2, we only really need one format right now. 4 is too many imo.

Bah, I was hoping for Marvel's Hottest Girls. As long as I still get my Thanos...

It seems to me to be another in a long line of "We listen to our players" nods. Many of the newer players have been concerned that they are left out, that they are too far behind, that the newer cards should be just as powerful as the legacy stuff, etc.

That's just what it seems like to me.

Wow that is a much better idea for a team then the Heralds.

I agree with this. Maybe 3 months is really too fast. :confused: It's kinda good for new players that don't have MOR or DOR cards, and it allows reprints of old cards.

But on the other hand, GLEE, Avengers Reservist and some other decks already look powerful in this format, and the "new edition in, oldest one out" changes the metagame too fast.

I'm not sold on silver age since now we can only play golden 3 months out of the year now. Its like Type II or 1.5 in magic really.

I just hope they bring out more smaller tournaments like 10K's that also have golden or other formats to compensate for this.

Also, San Fransisco!! WTF!!!!! No love for us on the east coast since they're giving 2 PC's the California in 2006. I would have like to seen it land in someplace like Baltimore or Philly so people on the east don't have to travel as far. We better get a bunch of 10K's then!!

Is VS really that young of a game though? When this kicks in, there will have been ten sets released, and at least three non-set related starter decks. That's a LOT for retailers to stock and for anyone trying to become a competetive player to buy, especially when the "power cards" are in the first two sets, have been sold out for a long time, and are expensive on the secondary market.