Since this board has been so quiet recently, I decided it was time to liven it up with a good ol' DC contest. And since I enjoyed my first virtual DC contest (even if you didn't!
) I decided that I'd do another. And so it makes sense that, given last time we did the
Fellowship of the Ring, this time we'll do the
Two Towers!
So anyway, I'll restate all the normal rules and introductions below and stuff, and we'll get started as soon as we have enough people or
Wednesday November 19th whichever comes first. To join, just let me know by either posting below or sending me a PM. If you have any problems with the above deadline or any questions about the contest etc., don't hesitate to PM me.
Introduction to the ConceptThose who once played Star Wars CCG when it died a horrible death may remember that the Players' Committee continued making ‘Virtual' cards. This would involve taking old cards that nobody used (because they were totally useless – a big issue with the early SW and LOTR cards) and making alternate texts so that they'd be useful.
A classic example of this is the SW card ‘Tarkin'. The original version had a text like this:
That's right – it was totally blank!
The Virtual card, with the title ‘Tarkin (V)' had a text like this:
‘Adds one battle destiny with Vader (or against a Rebel at a mobile site). Spies and Jar Jar may not deploy to Death Star. May subtract 2 from the Force retrieved from On The Edge or Off The Edge. Once per game, may download Put All Sections On Alert, Hyperwave Scan, or an
ISB agent.'
Even if you don't know anything about the game itself, it's clear which of the two was more useful, and they also changed his stats, deploy cost and forfeit value, to make in the end, a pretty decent card, which I in fact use in one of my decks. They did this with a whole load of other cards, not just ones without game text.
As another example, the card ‘Stormtrooper' had this text:
‘Deploys free to same site as one of your Imperials with ability > 2.'
‘Stormtrooper (V)' had this text:
‘Destiny +2 when drawn for weapon or battle destiny. While armed with a Blaster Rifle, forfeit +2 and draws one battle destiny if not able to otherwise.'
These two cards do completely different things, and though it's clear the second is more useful, you could make an argument to use either.
What the SWCCGPC did was make printable versions of the bottom half of the cards covering up stats and game texts but leaving the picture, title and lore text the same. Imagine this is working in the same way, except because the lore is at the bottom it's being covered as well.
Tasks and RulesIn this contest, there will be a series of cards which nobody uses which will be from Towers Block. Your task will be to make a Virtual version of these cards which I will specify in each round. It should:
1) Have the
same title (with a (V) attached to the end)2) Have the
same twilight cost, culture, type and sub-type3) Have whatever
attributes or attribute modifiers you think appropriate
4) Have a
different text, maybe similar, but could also be on completely different lines
5) Have a lore which you want, it's really up to you - you can keep the same lore or put in your own, it doesn't really matter.
(Bad) ExampleSo, say I choose ‘
Legolas, Dauntless Hunter'. Then your card might look like this:
![[2]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/2.png "2")
•
Legolas, Dauntless Hunter (V) ![[Elven]](https://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/Smileys/classic/elven.png "Elven")
Companion • Elf
Str: 13
Vit: 21
Res: 99
Archer. Hunter 3000. Damage +13.Maneuver: Make Legolas a god until the regroup phase.
As if noone uses this Legolas, even though he's on the X-list!4 V 73
Obviously you'd lose because it's ridiculously unfair and totally unoriginal (Legolas is already a god
) but you get the general idea.
FormatThis will be a
cumulative contest without eliminations so that there is maximum participation and the widest possible range of cards. Voting is compulsory for participants.
The number of rounds depends on the amount of enthusiasm, but I'm hoping we can keep it going for
10 rounds.
There will also be some
prizes which will be decided upon later for at least first place.
ContestantsThranduil
EL
menace64
lem0nhead
mm
GT
SoP
ML
GoG
Anvar
DI
NK
AP
Thranduil
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