New Posts For Thread: 11/9/2012 LD: "Keep it Simple, Sometimes"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_SometimesThis thread is for discussion of this week's Latest Developments, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.Well it depends on how you phrase it. "to bring about the end of civilization" & "to destroy civilization" sound to me like primarily destroying the way people live, not destroying the people themselves. When you say "utter destruction of the world"http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_Sometimes?post_id=526000563#526000563Well it depends on how you phrase it. "to bring about the end of civilization" & "to destroy civilization" sound to me like primarily destroying the way people live, not destroying the people themselves. When you say "utter destruction of the world"Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:14:54 -0600Isn't that a non-civilized society?The Rakdos aren't about destruction. They are about Hedonism. Destruction is a side-effect that comes from that, but it's not what they are about. Magic is still in the hangover phase from Lorwyn, when Wizards foundhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_Sometimes?post_id=525993835#525993835Isn't that a non-civilized society?The Rakdos aren't about destruction. They are about Hedonism. Destruction is a side-effect that comes from that, but it's not what they are about. Magic is still in the hangover phase from Lorwyn, when Wizards foundSun, 11 Nov 2012 19:48:49 -0600Isn't that a non-civilized society?The Rakdos aren't about destruction. They are about Hedonism. Destruction is a side-effect that comes from that, but it's not what they are about. Magic is still in the hangover phase from Lorwyn, when Wizards foundhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_Sometimes?post_id=525937429#525937429Isn't that a non-civilized society?The Rakdos aren't about destruction. They are about Hedonism. Destruction is a side-effect that comes from that, but it's not what they are about. Magic is still in the hangover phase from Lorwyn, when Wizards foundSat, 10 Nov 2012 03:35:39 -0600I found the Return to be a bit of a let-down, personally, and I'm disappointed that a reduction in decisions is viewed as a good thing. A famous game designer once called games "A series of interesting decisions". Eliminating decisions isn't a goodhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_Sometimes?post_id=525935555#525935555I found the Return to be a bit of a let-down, personally, and I'm disappointed that a reduction in decisions is viewed as a good thing. A famous game designer once called games "A series of interesting decisions". Eliminating decisions isn't a goodSat, 10 Nov 2012 00:02:46 -0600how they developed the keywords has been done to death. Please tell us how you developed the monocolored ones, a la "a little hometown pride"But the rakdos are far more likely to destroy civilization because they are about destruction. The gruul arehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29482277/1192012_LD:_Keep_it_Simple,_Sometimes?post_id=525926205#525926205how they developed the keywords has been done to death. Please tell us how you developed the monocolored ones, a la "a little hometown pride"But the rakdos are far more likely to destroy civilization because they are about destruction. The gruul areFri, 09 Nov 2012 15:29:16 -0600