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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 8:06PM
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- Volunteer Community Lead
- blame me for the weather
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The community team for this year has been announced. This thread is to discuss the announcement of the team, reaction to the formats/structure, and build excitement. Separate thread(s) will be created for community deckbuilding help when the constructed format(s) are announced. 2012 Community Team Members Jon Loucks - @jonloucks Limited Resources cast member. Neale Talbot - @wrongwaygoback Creator of the Wrong Way Go Back Magic blog network. Jessie Smith - @Smi77y The Eh Team cast member and SCG writer. Heath Newton - @MTGOTraders Creator/sponsor of PureMTGO. Conley Woods - @Conley81 Channel Fireball writer and Magic Pro. Jackie Lee - @JackieL33 Competitive up-and-comer, writer, streamer and card alterer who has also helped expose and stand up to misogyny in the Magic community. James Turner - @James_LRR LoadingReadyRun comedy group member, including the Friday Nights series. Walter Kolczynski - @bubba0077 That's me. I'm VCL for the Magic and Magic Online boards.
Magic Online Volunteer Community Lead. • Also assisting the Paper Magic area for the time being. I'm trying to make my official VCL posts in purpleYou posted saying my thread was moved/locked but nothing happened. Spoiler:
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Unfortunately, VCLs do not currently have the tools necessary to take moderation actions directly. VCLs submit their actions to ORCs, who then actually perform the action. This processing can take between a few minutes and several hours, depending on how busy/attentive the ORCs are. If you see something that needs VCL attention, please use this thread (MTGO) or this thread (paper) to make a request and a VCL will look at it as soon as possible. CoC violations should be reported to Customer Service using the "report post" button. Please do not disrupt the thread by making requests of either kind in-thread.General MTGO FAQYes, the Shuffler is Random!The definitive thread on the Magic Online shuffler. Magic Math Made EasyDraw probabilities, Swiss results, Elo ratings and booster EV Event EV CalculatorCalculate the EV for any event with a fixed number of rounds and prizes based on record Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel. Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the awesome avatar! Quotables Spoiler:
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"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith
"I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith
"Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion."
-WizO_Kwai_Chang
"Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax
"... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic)
"You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion
"It's a good gig" - Gleemax
"I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 9:53PM
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Good luck. You're going to need it!
Lee Sharpe
Data Analyst
Wizards of the Coast
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 10:10PM
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Good luck 2012 Community Team. See you soon!
Sean Gibbons Community Coordinator Magic Online & Duels of the Planeswalkers Twitter: @SeanGibbons Official MTGO Twitter: @MagicOnline
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 11:02PM
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Thanks for the invitation, WotC, to come to Seattle and kick your butts!
Which is a really strange invitation when you think about it.
I'm going to try not to think about it.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 11:41PM
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Date Joined:
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Congrats to you all! 
Winter.Wolf
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9 months ago ::
Sep 18, 2012 - 11:48PM
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- Quantum Leap
- Staunch Defender
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Delighted with the team this year. Bring it home!
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 12:33AM
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Congrats and good luck to the team (not that they should need it, if history is any indication).
Does anybody else find it curious that the nomination process is based on MTGO account names, but the announcement only features (and thus promotes) twitter handles? It might be the case that Wizards doesn't want to officially publish account names, but why have a process then that encourages people to give out players' screen names in a public forum?
I also would have expected to read more about the participants connection to MTGO and the MTGO community rather than those ubiquitous questions (favorite Magic card etc.). A short paragraph introducing the player and their contributions would certainly help those that don't know every prominent Magic player and/or MTGO (forum) contributor.
Last but not least, Conley's twitter handle is listed correctly here (@Conley81), but incorrectly on the Arcana (@clwoods). I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 1:03AM
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- Volunteer Community Lead
- blame me for the weather
Date Joined:
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Does anybody else find it curious that the nomination process is based on MTGO account names, but the announcement only features (and thus promotes) twitter handles? It might be the case that Wizards doesn't want to officially publish account names, but why have a process then that encourages people to give out players' screen names in a public forum?
Twitter is more immediately accessable and a better medium to see each person's interactions with the community. I'm sure all of the community cup names (the CC_ names) will be published later.
I also would have expected to read more about the participants connection to MTGO and the MTGO community rather than those ubiquitous questions (favorite Magic card etc.). A short paragraph introducing the player and their contributions would certainly help those that don't know every prominent Magic player and/or MTGO (forum) contributor.
Agree on this one. Let me see if I can get everyone to stop by and introduce themselves and copy them to the first post.
EDIT: And in the meantime, I've added one-line bios to the first post.
Last but not least, Conley's twitter handle is listed correctly here (@Conley81), but incorrectly on the Arcana (@clwoods). I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?
I'll get somebody to fix Conley's handle in the article. To my knowledge, the traders account is Heath's only twitter.
Magic Online Volunteer Community Lead. • Also assisting the Paper Magic area for the time being. I'm trying to make my official VCL posts in purpleYou posted saying my thread was moved/locked but nothing happened. Spoiler:
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Unfortunately, VCLs do not currently have the tools necessary to take moderation actions directly. VCLs submit their actions to ORCs, who then actually perform the action. This processing can take between a few minutes and several hours, depending on how busy/attentive the ORCs are. If you see something that needs VCL attention, please use this thread (MTGO) or this thread (paper) to make a request and a VCL will look at it as soon as possible. CoC violations should be reported to Customer Service using the "report post" button. Please do not disrupt the thread by making requests of either kind in-thread.General MTGO FAQYes, the Shuffler is Random!The definitive thread on the Magic Online shuffler. Magic Math Made EasyDraw probabilities, Swiss results, Elo ratings and booster EV Event EV CalculatorCalculate the EV for any event with a fixed number of rounds and prizes based on record Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel. Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the awesome avatar! Quotables Spoiler:
Show
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith
"I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith
"Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion."
-WizO_Kwai_Chang
"Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax
"... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic)
"You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion
"It's a good gig" - Gleemax
"I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 1:08AM
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Congrats all. Its awesome to see a repeat by bubba! Go get them team.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 1:13AM
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Date Joined:
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Arent there normally nine players?
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