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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 9:53AM #1
helixpower
Date Joined: Dec 9, 2012
Posts: 5
Has anyone else seen this? He claimed that you get it for being in the top 50 - it sounded like bull, so I've taken screenshots in case nobody believes me?

He lost by the way, as everyone ganged up on him but it was close.
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 9:58AM #2
monk1410
Date Joined: Aug 6, 2008
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It means he hacked the game
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 10:07AM #3
You_Spoony_Bard
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I've come across this once, and yes it means they've hacked the game files to be able to use it. Amazed they're able to use it online though.
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 5:02PM #4
Patlin
Date Joined: Oct 20, 2010
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I read that as "deck" the first time.  "Desk" sounds like an interesting artifact, Though.
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 5:03PM #5
GodOfAtheism
Date Joined: Nov 30, 2004
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But the real question is, can they use the chair?
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 5:18PM #6
falclon
Date Joined: Nov 15, 2012
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Aha. Or even the slippers. Terrifying.
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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 6:49PM #7
evenfall
Date Joined: Jun 21, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012 -- 10:07AM, You_Spoony_Bard wrote:

I've come across this once, and yes it means they've hacked the game files to be able to use it. Amazed they're able to use it online though.



That is because Nicol Bolas' deck exist as a locked user-playable deck in the game.

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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 6:54PM #8
sixty4half
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Dec 14, 2012 -- 6:49PM, evenfall wrote:

Dec 14, 2012 -- 10:07AM, You_Spoony_Bard wrote:

I've come across this once, and yes it means they've hacked the game files to be able to use it. Amazed they're able to use it online though.



That is because Nicol Bolas' deck exist as a locked user-playable deck in the game.




No, it's because the cards exist in the game.  They port those cards and their file descriptions into another deck, replacing the cards that are in it.  So when their game loads up the deck they've replaced then it actually loads Nicol's deck.

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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 7:08PM #9
evenfall
Date Joined: Jun 21, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012 -- 6:54PM, sixty4half wrote:

Dec 14, 2012 -- 6:49PM, evenfall wrote:

Dec 14, 2012 -- 10:07AM, You_Spoony_Bard wrote:

I've come across this once, and yes it means they've hacked the game files to be able to use it. Amazed they're able to use it online though.



That is because Nicol Bolas' deck exist as a locked user-playable deck in the game.




No, it's because the cards exist in the game.  They port those cards and their file descriptions into another deck, replacing the cards that are in it.  So when their game loads up the deck they've replaced then it actually loads Nicol's deck.



AFAIK, this won't work for online play. The game will out-of-sync if there are any discrepancies in the decks.
If this works, hackers will just create a deck that combines the best cards from all the decks, or run with 4 copies of the best cards.

Nicol Bolas' deck is currently locked away similiar to the expansion/deck packs for someone who never bought them. People just hack the game files to unlock it.

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6 months ago  ::  Dec 14, 2012 - 7:38PM #10
GamerXYZ
Date Joined: Aug 2, 2010
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Doesn't surprise me Nicol Bolas has a desk. It must be one made from mahogany from the planet of Melchior 7.

Anyway, I've never seen it, but I just tried it (I have set both Nicol Bolas's decks as available on my game since the beginning by just changing never_available="true" to always_available="true" in the deckfiles): I couldn't get online with either one of them. So, no idea how they do it.
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