Forum Brawl #7 - Round 2 - Voting

[Naii_the_Baf]

Spoiler for Captain:

Iron Manta
Looks a little too overpowered to me, or at least the upgraded version does.

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself
An interesting mechanic, to say the least. Really does represent the task objective with something new.

Paratus
So, basically Malignant Cell combined with Devourer, not to mention it bypasses Sanctuary. A little too powerful, I presume.

Green Night
It wrecks some decks/cards like Toadfish, but then again, these cards are not used too often and this just slows down the game. So basically it is just stall material. Works for me though.

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself
Well explained, inconvenient situation yet a possible solution was found. It appeals quite more to what I was expecting.

Green Night
I don't like this one too much. Sure, it works, but it really looks like the environment is too convenient. The traps are set with human work, but it's basically as if some kind of divine intervention came and left all those things there conveniently.

Iron Manta
I like the underwater setting, although I can't process where the dam comes in before an attack(i.e.: when did it appear(probaby naturally?))... It's well done though.

Paratus
Lazy explanation, which only confuses me more as to how the deck is related to a trap set. I can't explain where Wings comes from, and the spiders are just there for spiderwings(probably explains the net?)

Mapper/Log Keeper
WIP

Mechanic
WIP

Spoiler for Bonus:

Battlestar Go Frak Yourself
Some parts seem a little unfitting, but otherwise it looks pretty well.

Paratus
Simple, yet likable.

Iron Manta
What even...? What the hell is this?

Green Night
For a moment I thought the little circles were EtG elements... Then I opened up the big image. The latter looks pretty bad, honestly, but on a small scale not so much.

Challenge 1 Mechanic
WIP

[CleanOnion]

@everyone: if you've done only some of the votes, but not others, can you not make spoilers for the votes you haven't done yet? thanks <3

Spoiler for Captain:

Iron Manta: I like this idea, even up to the alliteration in the card names. One comment I have to make is this: are those cards screenshots? They have inconsistent image sizes and white borders
Either way, I think this is the best card of the three. 5

Paratus: "when paired with antimatter, a decent amount of healing" When would you ever run death, life and entropy together? You'd till be denying yourself quanta despite the healing. Idea doesn't really work and the theme is a little dull. 2

Green Night: It technically works! My issue is that I don't really how the mechanic is a dig at DocC's art. It's very well done but I just don't like it. 3

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

Green Night: Are you, uh, just carrying a boatload of spiders and scorpions in your ship? Why? I dig it. Deck seems fairly reasonable. 5

Iron Manta: "If they try to breach our camp walls, they will get wet and we will die" and you're just sat in a really tall paddling pool filled with deadly fish? It seems like a solid deck, but the description underplays it. 3

Paratus: I'm not sure what happened here or why it was initially removed, but it seems like a very rushed job and doesn't really make sense. 2

Spoiler for Mapper:

Iron Manta: This is very well done. I especially like the parallel graves in the graveyard to propagate the perspective. 8 is a taco. The only thing I don't like are the squiggles that fill the whitespace. 5

Paratus: Good image, not a good map. Lore specifies "complete with detailed portrayals of of walls and towers" and sure, I see these shapes but they're not detailed. If this task was to make a maze, this might be contender, but as it is it's a very poor map. 2

Green Night: Artistically, I wouldn't be able to tell what anything is here if it wasn't labelled. One thing I do like are the squares which at least attempt to represent other buildings. 3

Spoiler for Log Keeper:

Iron Manta: Just take your fucking points and get out of my face. 5

Paratus: Most of the lore is filler and doesn't really relate to either part of this task, but I can appreciate the effort that went into the image. One criticism I would make is that the text is a little long-winded for what is essentially graffiti. 3

Green Night: This definitely needs some introduction for the reader to know what the note is and where you found it. While I appreciated the references in between the two texts, particularly knowledge=power and "powpow", the English versions at least definitely needed a proofread to correct spelling and grammatical errors. 2

Spoiler for Hidden:

Green Night: Balanced and meta. Love it. 5

Paratus: Limited mutation. Seems like a sort of uninspired idea. 2

Iron Manta: I really don't like cards that make random effects depending on elements - this seems like a substitute for a good idea. One thing I really like about it, though, is the entropy ability. With 6 entropy pillars and 6 Mechs, and assuming you have enough quanta to start with, you have an infinite, self sustaining chain of randomness. 3

Spoiler for Bonus:

Paratus: antialiasing.exe
Pixel art doesn't really work for small icons. You need to make a large image and then shrink it down. This doesn't look like pixel art, it looks blocky and rough. That said, of the three I can vote on, it is the best-designed icon. 5

Iron Manta: I don't know what you tried to achieve. 0

Green Night: Full size image detracted from this piece. It's godawful...but in small, it kinda looks pretty good. 5

As the icons currently stand, from the three I can vote on, I'd rather have Green Night. If Paratus' were polished up and made less blocky, then I'd pick that.

Spoiler for Challenge:

I can't vote for a card with an unexplained spelling mistake in the title. That said, I much prefer Green Night's mechanic. Lore is the tiebreaker. Paratus: 1, Green Night: 0

[worldwideweb3]

Hey everyone, I'm still alive 

Spoiler for votes:

Captain

[ 3 ] Iron Manta: Similar cards have been done before. A simple hitter with a perk, but I like the balance.
[ 5 ] BGFY: Reminds me of an inverted version of the blood pseudo element (that I'm sure only some dinosaurs of the community remember). I really like the whole idea overall.
[ 0 ] Paratus: It sounds like it would be really hard to make a deck with a stable quanta base using this card (unless you build the whole deck around it, which I don't see why you would)
[ 2 ] Green Night: LMAO

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Mapper

Based mostly on quality and how the aesthetic works for its purpose:

Iron Manta [ 5 ]
BGFY [ 2 ]
Paratus [ 3 ]
Green Night [ 0 ]

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Logger

I may detail these later

Iron Manta [ 4 ]
BGFY [ 2 ]
Paratus [ 3 ]
Green Night [ 1 ]

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Bonus

[ 1 ] Iron Manta: Dafuq am I looking at?
[ 5 ] BGFY: I like the combination of the 7 and the rocket
[ 2 ] Paratus: Looks a bit generic
[ 2 ] Green Night: Also looks a bit generic

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Challenge - vote goes to Green Night

Paratus: Since you don't explain in the submission what stun means I'll assume you were thinking of delay. That's one of those cards that depending on the situation is either plain broken (if you are facing a mono or a duo, since it'll likely affect more than one creature) or underwhelming (if you are facing a rainbow, where it'll likely just be a weaker, pricier BB), with almost no middle ground. Not the best balance choice imo.

Green Night: It's an interesting form of soft PC for life. Even though the card may be weak, if the opponent has no shield, it is also cheap, so it balances out.

What about mechanic task

[andretimpa]

Hey everyone, I'm still alive 

Spoiler for votes:

Captain

[ 3 ] Iron Manta: Similar cards have been done before. A simple hitter with a perk, but I like the balance.
[ 5 ] BGFY: Reminds me of an inverted version of the blood pseudo element (that I'm sure only some dinosaurs of the community remember). I really like the whole idea overall.
[ 0 ] Paratus: It sounds like it would be really hard to make a deck with a stable quanta base using this card (unless you build the whole deck around it, which I don't see why you would)
[ 2 ] Green Night: LMAO

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Mapper

Based mostly on quality and how the aesthetic works for its purpose:

Iron Manta [ 5 ]
BGFY [ 2 ]
Paratus [ 3 ]
Green Night [ 0 ]

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Logger

I may detail these later

Iron Manta [ 4 ]
BGFY [ 2 ]
Paratus [ 3 ]
Green Night [ 1 ]

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Bonus

[ 1 ] Iron Manta: Dafuq am I looking at?
[ 5 ] BGFY: I like the combination of the 7 and the rocket
[ 2 ] Paratus: Looks a bit generic
[ 2 ] Green Night: Also looks a bit generic

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Challenge - vote goes to Green Night

Paratus: Since you don't explain in the submission what stun means I'll assume you were thinking of delay. That's one of those cards that depending on the situation is either plain broken (if you are facing a mono or a duo, since it'll likely affect more than one creature) or underwhelming (if you are facing a rainbow, where it'll likely just be a weaker, pricier BB), with almost no middle ground. Not the best balance choice imo.

Green Night: It's an interesting form of soft PC for life. Even though the card may be weak, if the opponent has no shield, it is also cheap, so it balances out.

What about mechanic task

I liked them all equally, so I don't want to vote here. I didn't bother with trooper because reasons.

[worldwideweb3]

Spoiler for Captain:

Iron manta: Upped version looks pretty OP. 9/2 immortal for 5 quanta
BGF: i like it. something different like aliens.
Paratus: Not sure if it helps opponent or damages them.
Green manta: Really interesting card. like it too.

Spoiler for Space Trooper:

BGF and paratus were pretty good decks while being uncommon. The other two seemed a bit bland.

Spoiler for Mapper/Log Keeper:

IM: best map. Log keeper was interesting too, but would've preferred if it was a bit short.
BGF: Seems as though the map was rushed, but i like the log keeper task (good thing it was short and to the point).
Paratus: Um, i dont really know whats what on the map. A key or something would be helpful. The writing before the code in log keepers task wasnt really needed. Also, i wouldn't be wasting time writing something like this when my life is in danger.
GN: Reasonable map. Ignoring some of the errors (spelling/missing words), i dunno why you'd put that in public where your enemies can easily read it and know that it doesnt fire.

Spoiler for Mechanic:

I REALLY like GN's here, fits the task very well. All other cards could be used now so had to take into mind how unique effect was and how balanced it was.

Spoiler for Bonus:

IM: What is that? is there  a 7 there? Look's the best aesthetically but I can't find the 7 which is a real shame.
All others are all right but not polished. Guess andre will be doing some work on winning icon

Spoiler for Challenge 1 Mechanic:

One's UP One's OP. Had to choose based on theme

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Www3, it would only have the bonus during cloak. Loses it after cloak fades and it takes extra cards to fuel it.

[Fippe94]

Voting deadline have been extended 2 days to match the Round deadline.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Spoiler for voting:

CAPTAIN: I loved Green Night's card (interesting effect and with good humour). Iron Manta has a really good cloak buff. Battlestar GFY is quite complicated for my taste and I doubt the balance of the introduced mechanic. Paratus' card is interesting but very UP imho.

SPACE TROOPER: I am not a fan of rainbow decks and Battlestar GFY's rainbow is not an exception to this rule. Paratus almost lacks any of text explaining its deck strategy. Iron Manta and Green Night ideas were the best here imo.

MECHANIC: Interesting cards from all 4 teams here, but Green Night's idea to use the old quanta system was the most ingenious.

COMBO TASK: Good submissions from every team, but I think Paratus stands above all with their lovely hieroglyphic text and the pixelated map of theirs. Iron Manta is a close second...

BONUS: I like Battlestar GFY's spaceship. I also quite like Paratus' number seven. I don't like Iron Manta's emblem. Green Night's 7 with all the planets around it is lovely!

[MyNameIsJoey]

I can't vote for a card with an unexplained spelling mistake in the title

What about I had about 5 minutes for this whole round, does that count as an explanation?

[Aves]

Your team has four people in the roster. Also, telling people that you spent less time on something usually doesn't increase people's opinion of it-- rather the opposite, actually.

[MyNameIsJoey]

Four people who also have lives and their own tasks to fill. I do have less time than intended for brawl. If that makes you remove your votes from me fine.

[russianspy1234]

Hey everyone, I'm still alive 

YAY!

Bonus

[ 1 ] Iron Manta: Dafuq am I looking at?

It's supposed to be a Star Trek style ship with the nacelles being 7s