New Posts For Thread: 02/03/2012 LD: "A (Planes?)Walk Through the Multiverse"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_MultiverseThis thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.I think the theory is that there are different sorts of skill, so since games are less likely to be decided by keeping track of the graveyard, then yes, they're more likely to be decided by luck, but also more likely to be decided by clever use of avhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_Multiverse?post_id=516355659#516355659I think the theory is that there are different sorts of skill, so since games are less likely to be decided by keeping track of the graveyard, then yes, they're more likely to be decided by luck, but also more likely to be decided by clever use of avTue, 14 Feb 2012 16:25:03 -0600Well yes, it originated as 'Portal Magic' but the whole point of that article is that it is now 'Normal Magic'. When automobiles were first created they were called 'horseless carriages' because that's the frame of reference the people had, but it wohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_Multiverse?post_id=516336377#516336377Well yes, it originated as 'Portal Magic' but the whole point of that article is that it is now 'Normal Magic'. When automobiles were first created they were called 'horseless carriages' because that's the frame of reference the people had, but it woTue, 14 Feb 2012 09:03:15 -0600I said "simple attacking and blocking". The wolf was vanilla. The spirits fly, the simplest of french vanilla. MaRo himself called the interaction "very similar to Portal" right here. My comparison of the simplified scenario to Portal is not onlyhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_Multiverse?post_id=516332749#516332749I said "simple attacking and blocking". The wolf was vanilla. The spirits fly, the simplest of french vanilla. MaRo himself called the interaction "very similar to Portal" right here. My comparison of the simplified scenario to Portal is not onlyTue, 14 Feb 2012 07:27:50 -0600Not Portal Magic, but Magic. Magic is supposed to be about attacking and blocking. A game of stack-based interactions might be a better game, but it is not the game of Magic.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_Multiverse?post_id=516327765#516327765Not Portal Magic, but Magic. Magic is supposed to be about attacking and blocking. A game of stack-based interactions might be a better game, but it is not the game of Magic.Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:28:37 -0600I believe, and there have been numerous statements to this effect in columns over the last 6-12 months, their attitude is that bad players won't feel bad if they don't know why they lost. (Because that way they can rationalize "luck".) I lost to anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28893807/02032012_LD:_A_(Planes)Walk_Through_the_Multiverse?post_id=516324493#516324493I believe, and there have been numerous statements to this effect in columns over the last 6-12 months, their attitude is that bad players won't feel bad if they don't know why they lost. (Because that way they can rationalize "luck".) I lost to anTue, 14 Feb 2012 01:09:24 -0600