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9 months ago  ::  Aug 30, 2012 - 3:34PM #1
WotC_Monty
Date Joined: Nov 5, 2003
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This thread is for discussion of the feature article "Choose Your Guild!", which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 30, 2012 - 9:26PM #2
Tap4Mana
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The graphic that shows the full sized art for the achievement and describes how to achieve them, still is too large for smaller resolutions (including iPhone screens) to the point where it's impossible to read the text.

I'm really excited by these new aspects of the PWP system, but it is very frustrating that I can't get the information I need to actually take advantage of them.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 7:29AM #3
rstnme
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So I can run my golgari deck while being a member of the Izzet guild? *facepalm*
Limited Guidelines:

5.0: I will take this card no matter what: Pack Rat
4.5: Bomb and/or splashable creature or removal: Aetherling
4.0: Excellent first pick first pack, will sway me into same colors: Advent of the Wurm
3.5: Excellent first pack pick two, will confirm colors or possibly sway into second color. Gaze of Granite
3.0: Good in-color addition, or splashable removal/creature: Ascended Lawmage
2.5: Solid pick in-color: Bronzebeak Moa
2.0: Creatures 10-16; removal 6-7. Haazda Snare Squad
1.5: My 23rd or 22nd card, depending on removal. Wake the Reflections )
1.0: 23rd card if I don't maindeck an additional land: Murmuring Phantasm
0.5: This card will sometimes be sideboarded in: Uncovered Clues
0.0: I will shred this card for counters: Possibility Storm
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 7:39AM #4
gruulsmash
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GRUUL!!! We will win and roast you as our victory meal!

Un fortunately i can't seem to get into planeswalkerpoints.com (this was the first thing that made me want to) because apparently I have an invalid number and I never saved my activation code (heck, I didn't know they existed). If anyone here knows how to solve this, It would be very much appreciated.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 7:56AM #5
Dragon_Nut
Date Joined: Feb 22, 2005
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Somehow I am unsurprised that the four top guilds are all blue. Magic players in general tend to identify at least partly with blue, and especially the sort of players who do enough Magic'ing to mess with Planeswalker Points.

My issue with this whole thing is threefold:
First, it's meaningless. I have problems caring about this for the same reason I have problems caring about Planeswalker points in general: There's no reward for it (Yes, for Planeswalker points at the 'obessive' level there's rewards, but not for 99% of the players in the system.) and thus no reason to bother checking it or caring about it.

Second, I don't know if anybody else at my local store actually knows about this or has signed up for a guild. I'll feel pretty silly if I get zero achievements for guildbeating because nobody else I play against is signed up.

Third, it's arbitrary. As much as I love RedBlue as a color combination, it's not the colors my current Standard deck is in because I don't have the cards for the deck I'd want to build and even if I did it would fare poorly in the current meta at my store. So (assuming other people at my store are actually in guilds) I'll probably get the achievement for beating up on Dimir and supporting Izzet for winning a game against GreenWhite Humans with my MonoBlackControl deck.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 10:02AM #6
Tymestalker
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Anyone else having trouble with the guild picking?  It keeps telling me there is an error.
Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights.
But you yourself are nothing so divine.
Just next in line.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 10:43AM #7
rstnme
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I haven't tried yet. Anyone have a layman's description of the tribes? Like, "I am Golgari. I am vegan and I will kill you."
Limited Guidelines:

5.0: I will take this card no matter what: Pack Rat
4.5: Bomb and/or splashable creature or removal: Aetherling
4.0: Excellent first pick first pack, will sway me into same colors: Advent of the Wurm
3.5: Excellent first pack pick two, will confirm colors or possibly sway into second color. Gaze of Granite
3.0: Good in-color addition, or splashable removal/creature: Ascended Lawmage
2.5: Solid pick in-color: Bronzebeak Moa
2.0: Creatures 10-16; removal 6-7. Haazda Snare Squad
1.5: My 23rd or 22nd card, depending on removal. Wake the Reflections )
1.0: 23rd card if I don't maindeck an additional land: Murmuring Phantasm
0.5: This card will sometimes be sideboarded in: Uncovered Clues
0.0: I will shred this card for counters: Possibility Storm
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 11:01AM #8
Dragon_Nut
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Aug 31, 2012 -- 10:43AM, rstnme wrote:

I haven't tried yet. Anyone have a layman's description of the tribes? Like, "I am Golgari. I am vegan and I will kill you."



Sure thing:
Azorius: The rule of law is absolute. Order and justice above all. Bureaucrats and judges are Azorius
Orzhov: Manipulation and power. Controlling the masses to achieve personal goals. Lawyers and corrupt politicians are Ozhov.
Boros: Peace through Power. Justice, delivered by any necessary force. Cops and soldiers are Boros.
Selesnya: The circle of life. Everybody has a place in the natural order. Vegetarians and environmentalists are Selesnya.
Dimir: Deception and lies. Using invisible strings to control others. Ninjas and evil advisors are Dimir.
Izzet: Experimentation and insanity. Pressing buttons just to see what happens. Mad scientists and different mad scientists are Izzet.
Simic: Improving on nature. Helping natural evolution along with some good ol' science! Biologists and Frankenstein are Simic.
Rakdos: Kill everything. Playing the fiddle while the city burns. Cultists are Rakdos
Golgari: Death is just a phase. Abusing the other side of the circle of life. Zombies and necromancers are Golgari.
Gruul: Survival of the fittest. Bringing down society with raw muscle. Thugs and monsters are Gruul.

These are just rough (and somewhat incorrect approximations) but they'll do as an extremely basic outline.

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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 11:19AM #9
Jamas
Date Joined: May 25, 2012
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The top four guilds are blue. I guess they weren't so far off choosing a blue planeswalker as the posterboy after all.
Who that blue planeswalker actually became is another matter.
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9 months ago  ::  Aug 31, 2012 - 1:39PM #10
gruulsmash
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The gruul are not survival of the fittest. The gruul are the very people who have been crushed by society (primarily the orzhov), and they want revenge. Their role in the original guildpact was to guard what remained of nature, but the orzhov and azorious overruled them and the other guilds stole their identity, so they will destroy them to take it back. Outcasts and former slaves are gruul.
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