Guest posts by guolin

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Water / Re: How to pronounce Chysaora? POLL!

« on: October 23, 2010, 04:28:08 am »

Kry-sor-ah for sure - I'm Chinese, so mashing two vowels into one phonetic sound is natural for me.

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Buff This Card! / Re: Guardian Angel | Archangel

« on: October 22, 2010, 02:01:55 am »

This guy creates nice duo synergies - I've seen quite a few decks use it with Rage Potions, Armagios, etc. Also, like you said, it works well in RoL/Hope. Of course, removing poison seems like a great idea, but the Angel doesn't seem broken to me. Still, if a buff is in order, removing poison is still a fantastic idea.

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Buff This Card! / Re: Graviton mercenary

« on: October 22, 2010, 01:34:44 am »

I see it used in speedbows since it is Gravity's only creature under 4 quanta that starts out with >0 attack. Chargers are too expensive, Firemasters take too long to grow. I say increase health to 7 to make use of the Gravity theme and make it survive two massive RoF's or EE's. (it's a guard, isn't it?) Cheaper cost won't help it too much.

Graviton mercenary implies unupped, meaning that it doesn't cost under 4 quanta.

I meant under or equal to 4 quanta, which is what you get out of 2 Supernovas.

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General Discussion / Re: What are your favorite patch changes?

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:47:21 pm »

v1.25.

'Nuff said.

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General Discussion / Re: How old is this game?

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:27:13 pm »

TCGs don't have to be online, lol.

When they are offline it is a whole 'notyher story, you have to pay money and somehow win the lottery and find others that play as well.

I was talking about TCG's you have to pay for, yes. Although there is more variety, cards are usually not very balanced due to the sheer amount of cards.

There aren't any other free online card games, so how is it being different?

There are a few on Kongregate.
Very crappy compared to this.

Indeed. Mytheria is fun, but it is extremely, extremely limited even compared with Elements, and the developer kind of ditched it. Kongai is just extremely boring.

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Archived Decks / Re: Mindtheft FG Killer

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:23:10 pm »

I'll go ahead and assume I'm just really slow, I just can't see how this deck can defeat anything. Please explain where your damage comes from with this deck.

This deck was made months ago - Mind Gates were shown as ? ? ? back then. Essence didn't feel the need to edit the original post (which would allow the Mind Gates to show up) due to the age of the deck.

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Rainbow Decks / Re: (1.24) CC? Why bother?

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:21:14 pm »

deck out?
its realy possible to hit 200 in the last turn, or at least 100, with a 100 or less hp boss.
and dont worry with miracle, without CC he cant do anything, just buff every lava, fract it, and destroy the white pillars.

Miracles' Dragons are a pain in the arse, especially before you draw Permafrost and/or Antimatter.

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War Archive / Re: Make sure all your team members are available

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:20:06 pm »

I have to say that this was very disappointing to read from someone I used to have huge respect for.

SG, no offense here, but if your respect for someone plummets that much because of a tiff over some rules, you need to get some perspective.  In the early iterations of any complex event, there are always going to be circumstances that are outside of the rules as written, and someone is always going to be the one that suffers because the rules aren't comprehensive.  You would do well to empathize first, and counterattack second.

Respect isn't something that should be so easily overwritten by a momentary frustration.

I agree. I know just how tough this is for SG, and no one should expect SG to explain rules perfectly, but the way she responded to the GG's post did not help either side at all. Hence my first post.

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War Archive / Re: Make sure all your team members are available

« on: October 21, 2010, 11:09:47 pm »

Okay, guys, calm down. This was a misunderstanding - GG is annoyed because there was a last minute change that impacts her strategy greatly, and she feels almost powerless. SG is annoyed because she had things under control and is smoothing things out (making last minute changes to rosters as needed), and as soon as SG sees GG complaining, she cannot help but post a more scathing reply. The fact that War is coming at top speed only amplifies the chaos of this misunderstanding. I cannot let this misunderstanding escalate, even though it is between a board admin and a Master and General. Please, both of you, calmly explain your side of the story (NO MUDSLINGING), try to perceive the situation in a different way, and don't let one argument take away your respect for each other. Arguing will only make things worse, and the whole event may soon spiral out of control if the situation worsens.

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Game Suggestions and Feedback / Re: Oracle gets better if you wait?

« on: October 21, 2010, 08:33:20 pm »

What's this only-get-your-mark's-nymph rule?

It goes a little something like this: you are not able to get a nymph (if you win one) that is outside the mark you are currently using for your deck. This can be easily changed in the deck manager, but the rule remains the same. This therein controls what nymph (if won) you get as well as a major boost in rarity.

I've never used a Darkness-mark deck in game and I have 2 Darkness Nymphs. (no, I did not choose them as a tourney award)

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Buff This Card! / Re: Graviton mercenary

« on: October 21, 2010, 08:29:26 pm »

I see it used in speedbows since it is Gravity's only creature under 4 quanta that starts out with >0 attack. Chargers are too expensive, Firemasters take too long to grow. I say increase health to 7 to make use of the Gravity theme and make it survive two massive RoF's or EE's. (it's a guard, isn't it?) Cheaper cost won't help it too much.

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Crucible Archive / Re: Fire Aura | Inferno Aura

« on: October 21, 2010, 12:02:09 am »

Seems like an UP fire version of Nightfall/Eclipse. It doesn't boost health, it benefits only one measly element (Nightfall affects Dark AND Death), and doesn't have synsergies within its element. (Eclipse + Vampires makes for a scary deck. Eclipse + Fractal Devourers are even scarier)