PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT SUGGESTING WE FORMALLY BAN FIRE STALL, BUT RATHER DO SOMETHING MORE INFORMAL.
CURRENT NOTICES (THIS WILL BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME):
- THIS IS NOT SAYING A PERMANENT CHANGE NEEDS TO BE MADE, THIS IS JUST FOR THE TIME BETWEEN.
- THIS IS NOT A WHINING TOPIC. THE CHANGE IS BEING SUGGESTED TO BETTER THE METAGAME OVERALL.
- NEW POLLS ADDED, OLD ONE LOCKED.
Okay, so I'm making this topic to discuss the use of fire stall in the metagame. This topic is NOT to suggest changes to any cards; do that in other topics.
However, fire stall is an apparent problem in the meta due to its strength and versatility. So, I'm proposing an informal agreement among those of us in the Championship League, or even the Beginner's League or general competitions:
We don't use it.
Reason? When fire stall is used, it reduces the game to essentially a rock paper scissors game. The players in this game are fire stall, fire stall counters, and other decks. Fire stall counters generally lose to other decks (like speedbows, immo rushes, and such), fire stalls lose to the counters, and the other decks lose to the fire stall.
However, if we can erase this outer shell of rock paper scissors, it eliminates the fire stall and the fire stall counters. Then only the other decks category is left, and I believe that within this category, while there are certain decks that may be higher tier than others, there is a fairly level playing field. Which makes for a much more fun metagame.
So what am I going to do?
I am telling you right now -- I will never use a fire stall in a Championship League match. If that gives you an advantage by knowing what I won't use, well that's that. However, that arises as more proof fire stall is too powerful: if telling somebody that you aren't going to use a certain deck actually gives that person a large noticeable advantage, that isn't right. If I told you I wasn't going to use fractal phoenixes, that wouldn't give you as big of an advantage. Same with any other deck type.
Aw heck naw, I wanna win!
If you take this stance, so be it. Just know that I am opposed to your viewpoint -- I play to have fun, and winning is fun, yes, but winning with a clearly unfair deck is not. Winning with a deck that makes the metagame boring is not fun. And also know that if you DO use a fire stall, my opinion of you will drastically lower, ESPECIALLY if a large number of people agree to this resolution. This is because if a lot of people agree with me, then fire stall should become even a MORE powerful deck because people won't be expecting it. Ths it will be equivalent to free wins.
But I use it because I'm a good player, so I use good decks.
If you think you're a good player because you can regurgitate already done decks and use them, especially use ones as cliche and easy as fire stall, you're dead wrong. The skill in a good player is in winning without the best archetypes. Winning with unorthodox or inventive decks. At its heart, being good is all about being good at building your own decks, not copying others.
Why should you join me?
Mostly because SRJKGWSKRGNSRGNAKM JUST DO IT.
But seriously, if we, as a community, can make fire stall such a taboo deck that it's frowned upon as much as things like public nudity (sorry, first example that came to mind), then it will be used very rarely. If you don't think that's a good thing go ahead and say why.
Is this wishful thinking?
Maybe. So be it.
The goal of this topic: Make everybody's vote be "not at all."
