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6 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 3:13PM
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This thread is for discussion of the feature article " Planeswalker Guide to Gatecrash: Part 1", which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 3:55PM
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Feb 27, 2007
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Boros Boros Boros Boros Boros
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6 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 7:33PM
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Jan 13, 2012
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Dimir Dimir Dimir Dimir Dimir
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now. 
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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6 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 8:27PM
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Damn, i wasn't expecting some Gatecrash fluff
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6 months ago ::
Dec 05, 2012 - 8:29PM
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I like this new take on the Dimir. It was a little silly the last time around to say "nobody knows about them, everyone thinks there's only nine guilds." Instead now they're a sinister "open secret" that everyone knows of, but doesn't know much about. And those who ask questions probably dissapear mysteriously in the night :3 I also like the tidbit about the alley where you can pay a fee to have your problem mysteriously solved for you. It's both sketchy and suspicious, but at the same time rather "huh. well, that was actually... kind of nice of them!"
The one thing that bugs me just a bit is how on much of their artwork you see their symbol so openly displayed. you'd think a guild obsessed with secrecy would guard their symbol a little more closely? Unless they're using it to scare people! XD
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 9:30AM
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Dat Minotaur art. Day-um. Please be artwork for the guild Champion in Dragon's Maze. Need Legendary Minotaur. Need bad. I'm gonna Didgeridoo  that card so hard. Didgeridoo it right into play.
Favorite set: Arabian Nights Favorite planeswalker: Taysir, the One Made of Five Favorite book cycle: Ice Age Favorite creature type(s): Elephant (W), Minotaur (R), Shade (B), Spider (G), Cephalid (U) Myr (Artifact) Standard: Gruul Control Modern: American Human Tempo; Zombie Tribal EDH: Aboshan, Cephalid EmperorCube: The Moons of Mirrodin
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6 months ago ::
Dec 07, 2012 - 12:21PM
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I found the inconsistencies in the description of the Dimir jarring. In particular:
"Anything predictable can be tracked, so the Dimir have no special days, customs, or rituals."
And yet:
"Dinrova Heights: Mages' Meeting Ground. On the rooftop of a massive building known as the Dinrova, the highest-ranked guildmages of the Dimir hold counsel. Normally, the rooftop is closed. During the nocturnal rites, though, the roof panels open, revealing the Dinrova's bat-like architecture, as typical of the Dimir. Specters and other unspeakable horrors patrol the skies above the Dinrova to ward off any prying eyes or unwanted visitors."
So, not only do the highest-ranked guildmages have a special ritual, they always hold it at the same location, accompanied by the obvious opening of the roof (revealing the guild's signature architecture) and the presence of flying horrors.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 08, 2012 - 2:50AM
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I found the inconsistencies in the description of the Dimir jarring. In particular:
"Anything predictable can be tracked, so the Dimir have no special days, customs, or rituals."
And yet:
"Dinrova Heights: Mages' Meeting Ground. On the rooftop of a massive building known as the Dinrova, the highest-ranked guildmages of the Dimir hold counsel. Normally, the rooftop is closed. During the nocturnal rites, though, the roof panels open, revealing the Dinrova's bat-like architecture, as typical of the Dimir. Specters and other unspeakable horrors patrol the skies above the Dinrova to ward off any prying eyes or unwanted visitors."
So, not only do the highest-ranked guildmages have a special ritual, they always hold it at the same location, accompanied by the obvious opening of the roof (revealing the guild's signature architecture) and the presence of flying horrors.
I think it was intended to imply that the Dimir are "public" now, despite error in saying one then describing the opposite.
Did you notice how the Boros are an Army without a nation to fight? Do they make war upon themselves, Boros vs. Boros, or are they instead just some militarized police force with nothing to do? In case you didn't notice, the Azorius are now the investigators, arresters, judges, detainers, and imprisoners. Judge, Jury, and Contractor-to-the-Rakdos-as-Executioner.
"Possibilities abound, too numerous to count."
"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)
"Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream: to kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things." --- Zapp Brannigan (Beast With a Billion Backs)
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6 months ago ::
Dec 08, 2012 - 2:53AM
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Nov 18, 2004
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"Possibilities abound, too numerous to count."
"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)
"Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream: to kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things." --- Zapp Brannigan (Beast With a Billion Backs)
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