Hi. So, I'm kinda new here...

[PuppyChow]

Or at least it feels like I am. Seriously; someone get me caught up on all I missed. Any new great god farmers? I've checked out some of the new cards and it seems like silence could be used some way some how.

But sorry I was gone for so long; school work did me in. I'm obviously not a deck helper any more, and since I'm liable to disappear again, I don't want to take on too many responsibilities. I'll help a bit here and there when I'm online but that's about it.

So yeah. I feel like a newbie coming back after six months.

[Demagog]

Welcome back. I don't really play anymore, so I don't know what decks work against FG's. Still, nice to see you again.

[PuppyChow]

Yeah I'm not sure how much I'm going to play either. But it's nice to come back for a little bit at least.

[jippy99]

PUPPY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YYYYAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!! Welcome back Puppy.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Welcome to elements, I hope you enjoy the forums!

Oh wait, you've been here before even me, welcome back then

[Kjaska]

Welcome back Puppy. Modded CCYB is still good. I've GotP Time has a nice win-%, but is very slow. I'm using Shakaar's right now, it lost some effectiveness, but none of it's speed and fun :3

[PuppyChow]

I never got into CCYB . I was enjoying my Can Haz Moar Draws when I left though; thinking of maybe attempting to mod that a bit.

But with the new cards I thought there may be some innovative new ways to beat them like RoL-Hope was, even if it's not quite as effective.

[Kjaska]

So far a completely new way has not been discovered. Crusaders Busting Skulls relies on the buffed Skull Buckler/Skeleton, but is very similar to the original Oty + Graveyard + Druid; I've GotP Time is a mod of Eternal Concordance using Ghost of the Past; Shakaars is a remix of Voodoo Panic.

Sanctuary can be used instead of a SoG for increased chances against quanta controlling gods like Decay.

[Wardead]

Hai Puppy! We knew you would return one day like Icy! And Kami....And ChrisK....etc

CCYB and Shakar's are quite the top 2 decks right now.

And...You just returned in time for War 3

[PuppyChow]

Yeah... War 3 is probably a no go. Still busy with water polo and school work.

[YawnChainHow]

You're back...after so long    You've been missed by many, to say the least.

A lot happens in six months. I'm not sure how much of this you already know.

AI3 EM grinding is now very popular thanks to jmdt, who has succeeded you as a Deck Helper. He's running a study of ttw (turns to win) here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21865.0.html), and ttw is now used to judge the speed of most decks.

To give a face to the names already mentioned, popular FG grinding decks include Shak'ars Revenge (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14435.0.html), I've GotP Time (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22028.0.html), and Eternal Chaos (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20173.0.html). Of course, CCYB is still immensely popular, falling just short of 100 pages, and during your absence there have been a few attempts to combine CCYB and CHMD though they did not catch on.

Oh, and Xinef is no longer Master of Time 

You've probably already noticed, but there have been several new cards released while you were gone - one of them is jmizzle's Crusader (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17243.0.html)! Another is the Pendulum, which is given rise to a whole new type of deck - a "PSNbow" (Pendulum-SuperNova), which does what the name suggests: Six upgraded Entropy Pendulums and six Supernovas fuel a speed rainbow with a large number of cheap creatures of your Mark's element. It's elaborated upon here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,22524.0.html).

A few existing cards have also been changed; Skull Shield and Solar Shield are now useful, since the former now has a small chance to kill an attacking creature, and the latter produces every time it blocks a creature. Using Rewind on a Skeleton causes it to use Hatch, more or less, evolving into a random creature the same way Fate Egg does. Flying Titans have been nerfed to 50 HP, etc, etc.

In the upcoming version 1.272 of Elements, which can be tried at http://www.elementsthegame.com/beta.php (http://www.elementsthegame.com/beta.php), the Oracle now predicts your next FG every time, and your Pet lasts for three non-PvP games. zanz has a number of exciting changes planned, which can be read about under Patch Notes and Development News.

There are also 5 new False Gods.

Gah. Six months. Too much to list. Pop into Chat sometime, that would be the best way to catch up with everything. But welcome back!

[TheIdioticIdiot]

who is puppychow...
I mean... besides a former master of ...
creator of many FG bows...
a known and loved member...
a guy who I never met before now...
just some