Elements Community Newsletter: June 2014

[CrockettRocket]

I was looking for the deck Dm mentioned earlier... but found this instead.

Deck Idea of the Month

by MasN

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     MasN has been given Deck Idea of the Month for June! This deck has wonderful balance, the tightest quantum should be your ability to fuel time, but it's just over par with the number of nova's>the sum of the costs of the cards from that element. (4 novas=4 and 3 is the sum of the costs of time cards, just so no one's confused.)
     
     Much like Calindu's Integral Pain that won Deck Idea of the Month some time ago, this deck also has SoI in a rush. I'm sure you'll share my enthusiasm in the form of appreciation for this great deck. If you want to search the forums for this deck, it's called "A spark, a shard, a ray of light"!

     You can also change out a sundial for chaos power if you wish, golem isn't going to be immortal, so giving it an addition attack boost would coincide well with shards of freedom. Don't like being mulligan screwed so much? Well, with 6 Damselflies, 2 upgraded Sundials, and 4 Novas, I don't think you'll be stuck waiting for 14 turns at the start of the game. Have fun everyone!

Card by card for the deck description.
Nova: Your main way to fuel quanta for the deck.
Unupgraded sundials: Mulligan reasons, added draw power.
Upgraded sundials: Quanta reasons, added draw power.
Shard of Integrity: To provide a big strong creature called a Shard Golem, practically your main damage source unless you get unlucky.
Shard of Bravery: Draw power to get that integrity, once you get it bravery adds +1 damage compared to all other shards in shard golems statistics.
Shard of patience: To make those wimpy Damselflies strong, also with freedom, it adds some pretty big attack fast.
Damselflies: to provide quanta for Skyblitz and Shard of freedom, also stops you from getting mulligan screwed more often.
Shard of freedom: increases your creature's attack by half at varying chances until 100% chance.
Precognition: Added draw power, seeing the opponents hand can be useful for timing up your Shard Golem just right while using Damselflies as CC bait. 

The deck can do well against these opponents: Pvp2, Silver, and Gold arena.

[treebeard xiii]

One question I know things might be a bit busy for you but when do we actually get spikes full interview or aren't we allowed it

[Calambar]

One question I know things might be a bit busy for you but when do we actually get spikes full interview or aren't we allowed it

Full interview with Spike here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/multilingual/italiani!-50395/msg1138718/#msg1138718

@Spike, why do you feel betrayed?

[Higurashi]

(4 novas=4 and 4 is the sum of the costs of time cards, just so no one's confused.)

The deck you've posted only uses 3 .

A Deck Idea of the Month article piece goes through all the cards and explains why the deck uses them, and it should also explain what opponent the deck is used for and why.

@Spike, why do you feel betrayed?

He most likely wanted a mention as you were thanking people for the praise. You were mostly posting to encourage people to PM you ideas though, something Spike isn't involved in by default, so it makes sense that you wouldn't mention him.

[Calambar]

@Spike, why do you feel betrayed?

He most likely wanted a mention as you were thanking people for the praise. You were mostly posting to encourage people to PM you ideas though, something Spike isn't involved in by default, so it makes sense that you wouldn't mention him.

Indeed, the inention of my post was to ask for ideas and I thanked only Dm there for NL in general, as it is good place for that and nice start of post Anyway Spike said to me in private that he was actually just joking. Btw I edited my post so Spike's quote is outdated. He deserves recognition for this idea all in all. Even if he was joking

[SpikeSpiegel]

@Spike, why do you feel betrayed?

He most likely wanted a mention as you were thanking people for the praise. You were mostly posting to encourage people to PM you ideas though, something Spike isn't involved in by default, so it makes sense that you wouldn't mention him.

Naaaah, i was just jokin'!

 

[Odii Odsen]

The most interesting thing in this newsletter is the tea time with Spike. But there is no full interview posted =/

[treebeard xiii]

The most interesting thing in this newsletter is the tea time with Spike. But there is no full interview posted =/

spike wasn't deemed important enough to post in the main interview thread but the full interview can be found on the Italian board

[SpikeSpiegel]

Here the full interview:

Spoiler for Spike's Interview:

Q: All right, let's start off like most interviews, if not all. We know where your name comes from (And if the reader doesn't, please go watch Cowboy Bebop), but why did you choose it? (And if it does NOT come from Cowboy Bebop, then damn.) A: It's the same nick i've used long long time ago in another on-line game (Ogame). I just kept it here too.

Q: That question out of the way, let's get into the real stuff. What was your motivation to become a Competition Organizer? A: Forum Competition section has always been quite active and funny, I was sorry to see it so..."abandoned"; also, after years, it was the time to thank staffers by giving them an hand. So i became CO.

Q: On to the topic of Competitions, what kind of Competition is your favorite - Art Competitions, Deck Competitions, Card Competitions, Story Competitions...? Why? Did you used to join Competitions often or not at all? A: My favorites are probably Art Competitions just because i like to draw; Deck and Card Competitions would be amazing if it were possible to add the winners to the game, but I know that this is very difficult (almost impossible at the moment). And yes, i used to join Competition, i won a MS Paint Competition too!

Q: So, we finished Brawl. I don't believe you've joined Brawl since it's a fairly recent event; what did you think of this Brawl? Do you have any plans of joining another one, if you're around? A: It was my first Brawl and it was a very funny event (and above all, we won it!!), organized in a perfect way (Great job Naesala and Chapuz!); of course I'd like to join the next one!

Q: Do you think the way Brawl interferes on other parts of the forum, like for example, Competition section, or taking a bit longer for the next Trials/War is a negative or positive thing? A: Each event is likely to interfere with another, that's why we run them separately. Brawl can be seen like a "greater" forum competition and it's normal that it killed our section for a while. And about PvP events, well, at the moment we have other issues...

Q: Talking about Trials, you've been Master of Time once. Do you still like the element? If yes, why? Do you have any plans on going for Mastership when our PvP servers come back? A: I love time and I always will love it! The power to manipulate time has always fascinated me (when I began to play EtG I was watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where Dio Brando could stop time!) and advancing in the game, I realized that it was the style of play that suited me more. And if I'll have enough free time, I'll join trial for sure!

Q: You're a relatively old player. This is a touchy subject, but many older players get a bit turned off from the community as people that they've talked to a lot go away. Do you miss any older player that left and you used to talk to a lot?  A: I miss a lot of players, GG, Nilsieboy, Icecoldbro, Scaredgirl, Willng, etc...but the one I'm missing the most is Raving. I know he's really busy with college but if he'll ever read this interview I'd like to wish him good luck for his studies!

Q: On the flip side, what's your stance in relation to new players? Do you think that on the whole, they are mostly positive, or view them generally on a bit of the negative side? (This question may or may not go into the interview, I am still deciding.) A: Newbies should know that when you join an online game that's 5 years-old, maybe there are some players a little bit more skilled and expert...New players are always welcome here, above all if they are polite and friendly, it's a pleasure to help them. But if you join the forum and your introduction is something like "HEY N000000BS! I'M THE GRE4TEST! YOU SUXXXXX", first i think you're an idiot, second one you can forget to be taken seriously and then helped.

Q: Do you have, or did you have any Staff Member or Master of an element that you looked up to when you first got a Staff Position or got your Master position? Needless to say, if yes, who and why? A: As Staff Member, without any doubt Scaredgirl, who was the very old Admin of this forum and she (or he?) was a very active and nice member and a skilled player too. As Master i mention Xinef who was my old time Master, a great player and a nice person. Last but not least, I always looked up to Higurashi (even if we're not always gotten along) as the perfect example of how a staffer/master/community member should be.

Q: How do you feel about Leagues, PvP Events, and Tournaments? They're quite different from Competitions. Do you partake in them often or not at all? A: When I've time, I like to join them, even if they are pretty much different from each others; a tourney lasts few hours, a league or a PvP-event can last...weeks or months (and require more time and participation).

Q: Since you came back, are you in favor of Shards, against them, or simply don't care? A: Once and for all: I've nothing against shards

Q: Do you visit CIA often? Because I know I don't, god knows what goes on in there Why do you/do you not? A: Sometimes. It's one of the forum section that imho suffers the most the absence of Zanz, because no Zanz = no chance to see one day your card added to the game. And it is a real shame because there are some really cool ideas...

Q: Have you ever felt like writing a tutorial or something of sorts but never got around to it due to laziness? A: To be honest? Yes. But i wrote the tutorial to use the chat mod panel and I'm happy with that. (I'm sorry non-chat mod cannot see how awesome my tutorial is)

Aaaand... random questions time.

Q: Movies or books? Why? A: ....both? Movies when I just want to take a rest, books when I'm more in the mood.

Q: Your house is on fire. What is the first thing you do? A: Light up a cigarette? Jokin'...

Q: Favorite kind of music? A: I hate this question because i hate my answer: I listen a bit 'of everything...

Q: Do you play some other games apart from Elements, be they multiplayer or not? Which ones? A: I played Diablo 3 in the last year, but at the moment I'm playing only EtG.

Q: Zelda, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, or Pokémon? C'mon, this is valid. A: No idea of what you're talkin' about...

Q: This is the first time I'm actually doing the interview and honestly I just have zero creativity. Rate the interview you're receiving from 0 to 10, with 0 being the best and 10 being the worst! this isn't bullying A: 3!

Q: Any piece of advice that you'd offer new people, old people, humans in general... I guess animals, too...? A: Do I look like someone who's able to give an advice? Com'on...

Q: Last words? don't worry you're not dying A: If you've read up to here...thanks!

I'm waiting for a council member to fix it in the right section...

[Odii Odsen]

Thanks. I just miss the questions from the community members like in Blacksmith's interview.

edit: Oh, and please more of them comics. Nice work!

[CrockettRocket]

(4 novas=4 and 4 is the sum of the costs of time cards, just so no one's confused.)

The deck you've posted only uses 3 .

A Deck Idea of the Month article piece goes through all the cards and explains why the deck uses them, and it should also explain what opponent the deck is used for and why.

Oh my bad. I thought upgraded precognition was 2. I'll edit the post with what opponents to vs and a card by card description. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Submachine]

Zanz got back from building sandcastles. You guys timed that comic right, because 2 weeks later, it wouldn't have been accurate enough.