Ok, I'm working on an article for the wiki, but before I do a ton of work on it, I want to make sure this style is ok. I guess I'm going more for an infotainment piece. The whole point of the article is to not just give a newbie some decks to copy and voila, now you can work your way to fighting gods. I'm actually trying to teach them why and how to play the game strategically. I guess kind of the "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." But I wanted to make sure this style of writing is okay for a wiki.
Strategy Primer for EtG or, A conversation I have with a perpetual loser wherein I try to teach him how to play elements successfully and strategically rather than just picking random cards because "Dude, that Dragon is awesome!"
“Hey Drag! Can you help me learn how to play this game. I keep losing against AI2.”
“Sure. Let’s see your account.”
[img]Loser Account[img]
“Wait, wut? How did you get a negative score? You’re such a loser.”
“I know.
That’s why I’m asking for your help.”
“Ok, so yeah, let’s start from the beginning then. Time to reset that account and start afresh. Ok, first an element. Every element has their strengths, but Fire is the best . . . at least for our purposes. Why fire? Because it has almost everything you need to learn how to play this game.”
“But I think Death is so cool! Can’t you teach me with Death?”
“Ok emo, do you want to learn this game or not? Then shut up and listen. We’re using fire, m’kay?”
“Well, ok, but I still think Death is cooler.”
[img]Pick Fire[img]
“*Sigh* So, reset that account and pick Fire. Now we’ll play the first game with the starter deck.”
*Loser plays Level 0*
“Dude, I rock! I just beat Level 0 and I still had 23HP left.”
“You realize that’s like the easiest AI in this whole game? And he has like half the HP you have?”
“Whatever dude. I won. My deck is awesome!”
“No, your deck sucks. You noticed that time when you had Water cards but no Water quantum? Yeah, that’s because your deck is trying to do more things than it is properly built for. So here’s rule number one,
keep it simple, stupid. You don’t pack one of every dragon in your deck because you think dragons are awesome.”
“Hey dude, that’s what I did last time!”
“Yeah, that’s why you had negative score. So keeping it simple means keeping it as small and efficient as possible. It means taking only cards that work together to help you win. It means having some type of strategy.”
“Oh yeah! I have strategy. Crush the enemy with my dragons, bwahahaha!”
“Yeah . . . nice strategy. But before I teach you the next thing, let’s streamline that deck. Get rid of all the Water cards and the Quantum Pillars. They get in the way more than they help.”
[img]KISS[img]
“Awww, do we have to get rid of the Blue Crawler. He’s got these awesome tentacle-y things coming out of his head. I bet he can use those to whi—”
“Forget the pictures, ok! The pictures mean nothing in this game. If zanz added a hot chick in a bikini as a card doesn’t mean you should pack 6 of them in your deck. If he added a fat Buddha as a card doesn’t mean you shouldn’t add it because he looks lame. Pictures are just that, pictures. It’s what the card does that matter, okay?”
“Dude, I’d add 6 hot chicks into my deck if he ad—”
“Nevermind, let’s keep moving . . . "
