Phase 2 - Community Vote

[Antagon]

i dont use capital letters or apostrophes, cause i used to type with one hand, while lying in my bed, and if thats enough for you to dont vote for me, so be it.

the grammar is the result of the fact, im no english native. thats the reason, i didnt even try to write a wiki-article, at phase1. if i lose my title, ill still try to play for team fire at war - if the next master want me to be part of the team - because i think i could be an important part of every team, also if i dont have the final decision. of course i would also give my best in any other team, but i would prefer fire.

the only other "job", i would be interested in, is the job of a deck helper, cause i always spend hours to fine-tune my own decks, and like to help others, doing that.

[Dragoon1140]

Since a grand total of, and this is serious, two people voted for Dragoon thinking it was me and another asked me why they should vote for me, I have decided to state this here and link it to those who did so they can change their vote if needed.

Dragoon1140 =/= Dragoon

[Dragoon]

I'll withhold from voting for now, but I'm leaning towards Dragoon. I know he's a great player and would probably excel at any element he wished, not to mention being a member of the forum/chat for a LONG time . . . Blah blah blah

Blah blah blah . . . i think dragoon will be a good master, he have been active since i started playing, contributed a lot to the comunity and came up with good ideas we still use nowadays . . . Blah blah blah

Blah blah blah . . . Dragoon has been genuinly awesome and really funny, and we've had some funtimes . . . Blah blah blah . . . My vote goes for Dragoon.

Aw shucks, you guys are making me blush.  Thanks so much for your kind words.

First, I think the Fire trials has been and will continue to be one of the hottest trials to watch.  Really, everyone competing here is first rate.  I'm sure each one of the other guys would do a fantastic job as Master of Fire in their own right.  I think there is very little to say about the others that can detract from their merits to be the Master.

As for me, a little background.  I started the game about a year ago (around the time when the Sundial was fixed [not nerfed] and Chival was the "Master of Fire"    ) with a Darkness deck but quickly corrected the situation by buying myself a mono fire deck.  That mono-fire deck took me all the way through until I scrapped enough money to buy a FG deck that I had found off the old wiki.  So fire has a special place in my history.  In the early days I loved to play a lot of PvP, and I used Fire decks quite a bit.  I remember one time after a long crazy PvP session where I used a number of different Fire decks against jmizzle7, cokeandaspirin, didia and others, jmizzle said something along the lines of "You sure like those Fire decks."  I did.  And I still do.  Simply put, Red decks win.

As for my part in the community, I wrote one of the original FG strategy guides (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,811.0.html).  I'm glad people like Puppychow, Seravy, and others have taken up the banner and have kept us current with the new decks and FGs.  I've also added my fair share of different decks here and there.  I also help a decent bit in the Deck Help section of the forums (just type my name in the search field on that board to see how much I've helped).  I like helping people out and don't need a title to do it.  We were all newbs at one point and no one likes losing, so I try to help as I have time both on the forum and on chat.  Of course I've also recently written an article (http://elementswiki.co.cc/basics/strategy-primer-for-etg-or-a-conversation-i-had-with-a-perpetual-loser-wherein-i-tried-to-teach-him-how-to-successfully-play-elements-with-strategy-and-forethought-rather-than-just-picking-random-card/) to help newbies not just copy some deck but to actually try to teach them the how's and why's behind what makes good decks and their advantages in a duel.

As for PvP experience, I always loved PvP and thought of it as the real end game for EtG.  With the help of cisco, we started the first League (well, if you don't count Warr's Elm League.  Who remembers him?  ).  I also helped to create some fun rules (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1303.0.html) for casual PvP where off-the-cuff deck-building skills were important.  To me, deckbuilding is the best part of this game.  I love living on the cutting edge of deckbuilding strategies.  Using the same decks all the time is absolutely, horrifyingly boring!  Make new rules, change the metagame, and force people to rethink what makes a good deck.  That's how I like to play.

I was in the Champion League (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7741.0.html) but only got to play 22 games (though I did end with a high 68% win rate).  Unfortunately, after the War started, I spent most of my time trying to help my team.  You can see (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,153.0.html) that I helped to organize, build decks, and offer input quite a bit during the War.  I don't want to take more credit than is due me since we all had a part in making decks, but I did help quite a bit in that area.  Feel free to ask xdude, Hobnob, implosion, candle, and Helios my involvement in the War and in deckbuilding.  Why did I go for Light?  Well mainly because most of the other elements already had full rosters and I desperately wanted to be part of such an awesome event.  Plus deckbuilding for Light was a real challenge that really forced me to be more creative than ever before.  And even though we didn't win, I think we did an awesome job.  We ended the War with the 4th highest win rate of all the elements.

So, now you now a little (or a lot I suppose) about me.  I think I have the background, organization, communication, and deckbuilding skills to be the Master of Fire.  I would be honored if you esteemed me worthy of your vote.  Thanks.


-Drag

[bojengles77]

I'll withhold from voting for now, but I'm leaning towards Dragoon. I know he's a great player and would probably excel at any element he wished, not to mention being a member of the forum/chat for a LONG time.

Looking at Antagon's post, he makes some good points, but the grammar... I prefer masters understanding how to use capital letters  . It makes their posts easier to understand and taken more seriously.

Funnily enough, I just brought up the fact that those challengers and masters with poor grammar and syntax are at an inherent disadvantage in trials. However, I did vote for antagon since his main problems are in grammar - I can understand everything he says with ease. Other players in other elements' trials; not so much.

[GG]

As a member of team fire, i have seen how pro antagon is in this game. my vote goes for him, and him only.

[MrBlonde]

i dont use capital letters or apostrophes, cause i used to type with one hand, while lying in my bed, and if thats enough for you to dont vote for me, so be it.

the grammar is the result of the fact, im no english native. thats the reason, i didnt even try to write a wiki-article, at phase1. if i lose my title, ill still try to play for team fire at war - if the next master want me to be part of the team - because i think i could be an important part of every team, also if i dont have the final decision. of course i would also give my best in any other team, but i would prefer fire.

the only other "job", i would be interested in, is the job of a deck helper, cause i always spend hours to fine-tune my own decks, and like to help others, doing that.

I certainly give Antagon a freebie when it comes to grammar considering his first language is German (i'm assuming that anyways since in your FG farmer post the tabs were all in Deutsch). Also i haven't had any problems understanding his posts.

And like i mentioned before i actually like all the people participating in this trial. I will definitely be watching this competition.

[Svenningen]

Q: Fire did a fantastic job in the war (congrats again to Team Fire!).

That said though, some of the other masters and competitors have shown to be helpful in other aspects of the forum (PvP/Tournament organizers, Wikipedia editors, etc. for example). If you couldn’t obtain the title for Master of Fire (and subsequently, the Grand Master title), would you be willing to try out for another position instead? Why or why not?

Oh, absolutely! I would try to take on anything that I would have the time to do, moderator, chat-mod. Anything except tournament err responsible, because thats either 7 in the morning, or 7 in the night on a Saturday, wich are days that I dont spend inside playing too often anymore. That aside, I wouldnt mind that job. I tend to sit in chat, and answer people's questions, helping with decks, and dong what I can to ease the jobs of the others (chat-admins, deck-helpers, tourney-folks (IE: answering those: "Where's the tournament button type of questions")) It will sum up, I would and will try to do what I can to better and help the community, because the community is in my opinion what holds this game together. It's also a brilliant community, I feel that everyone "knows" everyone, atleast since I became a regular, I know who most regular's are. And everytime im on the PC the first thing I do is check out the chat and the boards here. =)
I hope this was to any help, Kuro. I tend to just write nonsense after such a long reply. =)

[Svenningen]

I also helped to create some fun rules (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1303.0.html) for casual PvP where off-the-cuff deck-building skills were important.  To me, deckbuilding is the best part of this game.  I love living on the cutting edge of deckbuilding strategies.  Using the same decks all the time is absolutely, horrifyingly boring!  Make new rules, change the metagame, and force people to rethink what makes a good deck.  That's how I like to play.

This is a brilliant part, I agree. I played one or two with you and Coke, and at first I was mildly afraid, because I didnt have your experience, but In the end I did make something mildly unexpected, it was a really weird /:aether duo that I believe I won with that one time. And I would like to see this played ALOT more in chat, so I'm hands down bookmarking that thread, thanks Dragoon.


As for the grammar-typo's and uncapitalized letters, Antagon blame not being a "native" english speaker. Well, neither am I =) Im a viking, and thus I speak viking. Well, not really. I speak Norwegian =)
So feel free to correct me at any point, I like to be corrected, that way I can learn from my mistakes.

[Corrum]

I have a question for the competitors.  There is allot of focus on the war right now since it was such a huge event and fresh in everyones mind, the role of the master there seems to be a big factor for showing proof.

So my question is this, outside of the war, what do you each think is the biggest influence you will be able to provide for our beloved element of ?

Thanks,
Corrum

::edit::  maybe I didn't word that well, just what you think the biggest role of the master is for Fire outside the war.

[Wardead]

Q: @ ALL: If a noob comes and tells you Fire sucks (say he never witnessed the War) and they have weak creatures (less HP) , blah blah....How will you respond?

Q: @Antagon, We all know you are awesomely awesome, but who do you think is a better challenger for your title? Dragoon, Kev, Svenn, Azumi?

Q: @KevKev, You were a vital part in the War, even though you were considered as an underdog, and now you have proved yourself to actually maybe winning this trial. But you seem to have less community support, do you in mind something 'special' about you which would differentiate you from the other challengers?

Q: @Dragoon, Even though you have massive experience in the game, and might even beat Antagon, you still left  . Why did you leave Light for Fire?

Q: @Svennigen, You seem to be under-confident of yourself, but there is still Phase 2 and 3. What do you plan to do if you are Master of Fire?

Q: @Azumi, You were with  in the War and played great, but eventually lost to FIRE, and now you seem to join Fire. But your inactivity seems to divert members to vote for other challengers, how do you respond to this?

[kev]

Q: @ ALL: If a noob comes and tells you Fire sucks (say he never witnessed the War) and they have weak creatures (less HP) , blah blah....How will you respond?

The beauty of elements is the balance between elements so different from one another.  Fire's creatures DO have less HP than other elements, but they also have more attack.  And the element boasts

• the highest attack creature,
• the cheapest perm control,
• one of only two ways to damage quinted creatures,
• arguably the best direct damage in Fire Bolt,
• at least as much damage-inducing creature control as any other element
• one of only a couple cards that deals damage on a stick in Fire Nymph,
• the fastest unupped deck in terms of turns to win
• the fastest upped deck in terms of turns to win

But if you really feel that way, noob, let's pvp.  Go ahead and use your mono-water deck.  I like my chances.

Q: @KevKev, You were a vital part in the War, even though you were considered as an underdog, and now you have proved yourself to actually maybe winning this trial. But you seem to have less community support, do you in mind something 'special' about you which would differentiate you from the other challengers?

At the risk of tooting my own horn, I think I'm a more accomplished pvp'er than many give me credit for.  I've won two tournies, but I've only been in five.  I placed in the Champions League.  And my record in the War (against  (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8113.0.html) some  (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7707.0.html) extremely  (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7707.0.html) talented  (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,9332.0.html) players (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,9007.0.html))  means more than just "I'm no slouch."  It also means I never required subbing and I picked up the slack when teammates had irl obligations.

As I'm seeing other players campaign, I see what other players consider important in a candidate.  I'll use this opportunity to note that my two tourney wins earned me two marks and I'm currently one of only seven players to design a card  (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6640.0.html) that reached Level 3 - Armory.

[Wardead]

Really good answer, I see you're fit to be Master, but I'll wait for others to answer too.

Really good job, Kev.