The Last Homely House
Undying Lands => Valinor => Topic started by: Squeeze-Play on April 05, 2013, 10:37:24 AM
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i dont want to get into a trolling war over this. here is my piece. duelingnetwork.com is the yugioh version of lotrgemp but not in every way. this is not a rant to make gemp exactly the same as duelingnetwork, but DN for short, has alot of interesting points that i think would improve gemp.
1. DN has no merchant. all cards are able to be used for casual testing and tournaments. there is no my collection, just your deck garage.
2. DN has for its casual players a rating system to track how many game you have won and lost, along with a second number rating meaning your overall reputation on the site. are you a good or bad sport? these are all taken into your rating which is shown by xxxx/xxxx the first numbers being your rating in casual play and the second being your reputation number.
3. DN has 3 pools players can play in and only 1 of those pools allows a player to earn points to increase their rating. they are the traditional format where its no holds bar no ban list games end before your opponent can even get a first turn. this is like gemps format. the second format is the unrated advanced format where there is a ban list in effect and you can test decks here without fear of your rating going up or down. the last format is the advanced rated format where players play for the highest overall win rating. the reputation rating is just icing to some.
4. All DN tournaments being run in either pool or format can be chosen by players just like gemp but you already have access to all current cards in the game. again, there is no merchant. this allows much larger and in my opinion more fun tournaments.
5. why yugioh you ask? yugioh is the most popular tcg in the world. let it sink in for a second. the numbers have been proven. if you dont believe me check guiness world records. duelingnetwork had hundreds and yes thousands of players on at any given time. why? because of the free access to every card in the game. in yugioh the player base seems to care more about actually playing the game itself and grinding out the highest rating to see who really is the king. im sorry but gemp feels like it was designed for the collector and not the competitive lotr player.
for the sake of time i will stop here. if any of you want to register an account at duelingnetwork.com to see how it works go right ahead. even if you do not build a deck you can still go into the duel hall and click on the watch mode and watch the highest ranked players on at the time play a game.
please be kind to yugioh. it is the king of games after all. that is what yugioh literally means. i am simply a fierce fierce player in the tcg community. i am trying to make it to where gemp is flowing with players like duelingnetwork is.
TL/DR:
go to duelingnetwork.com register account and see why its the best. if gemplotr followed some of this sites ways it would increase our player base for tournament play.
but what about the prizes?!
if you win a tournament your prize should be a foil card of your choice. in the end you have a full foil deck only earned from tournament wins. bragging rights. and no merchant hassle. i am sorry to the collectors but i want to see lotr played in a more competitive atmosphere and not be limited to the massive public games.
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5. why yugioh you ask?
Why would I ask that? I think your discussion was going pretty well until it turned into a yugioh love-fest. Yugioh means less than nothing to me.
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well, that was almost a reply. lol thanks for taking the time to read.
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I was perhaps overly-harsh. I actually liked most of what you said, it just rubbed me wrong when you (a) when into the "Yugioh is the greatest!" and also (b) the fact that this is a double-post from something you already posted in a different thread, which I had read once already.
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i said yugioh it the king of games. i dont think i said yugioh is the greatest. i also put redirected in the title of the post meaning it was going to be the same post you read before. i am not sure what youre trying to get at? you dont like yugioh? lol thats ok you and 20 million other guys.
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On the point of how Yu-Gi-Oh is the "king of games, due to having the largest card game tournament event ever" - worth to note, that it was one-hundredth Championship tournament, and had insane prize support (especially comparing to previous tournaments), and as a result lured more players than ever. Previous one, in Austin took place on March 23 and 24, 2013. It was attended by 1365 duelists. I'm pretty sure, if any card game company was giving away money, more people would come. So please, spare us the "marketing BS".
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Just one more comment, as it's hard to stop myself. You suggest to fix merchant by removing it - laughable. Your post is nothing but a DuelingNetwork ad, and brings nothing into discussion. There is plenty of players in here, that actually care about the collectible aspect of the game, and removing collections will leave those players unsatisfied.
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well, i could troll you right back but you ARE the creator of the site and you were nice enough to un-ban me so i will say thank you for your comment. i hardly think any of your troll attempts were necessary, but if the creator of the site does not see duelingnetwork.com as a "fix" then i have no need to keep trying. thank your for the site you already provide! =D maybe one day we can play a fellowship block game.
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=) no more comments plz
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On the point of how Yu-Gi-Oh is the "king of games, due to having the largest card game tournament event ever" - worth to note, that it was one-hundredth Championship tournament, and had insane prize support (especially comparing to previous tournaments), and as a result lured more players than ever. Previous one, in Austin took place on March 23 and 24, 2013. It was attended by 1365 duelists. I'm pretty sure, if any card game company was giving away money, more people would come. So please, spare us the "marketing BS".
=) and just to make you really look stupid for trolling me, lmfao! there was no money then nor has there even been cash money as a prize for a yugioh tournament run by komani. there are just more players in yugioh than any other tcg. calm down bro. for the 100th ycs the prize structure was the same as it always was, a paid trip to the national championship, an exclusive prize card, a laptop or playstaton 3, some kind of camera/ipod, an exclusive game mat, and un uncut sheet of the most recent set or ultra rare cards. lol what in there would make thousands of players flock to this one event? same stuff different tournament. where is this "INSANE PRIZE SUPPORT????"
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I have to ask: do you see the humor in your declaring no more comments and calling an end to the thread, then deciding you needed to have another last work, then calling the thread over again? Because it's hilarious to me.
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And I suppose I do have an actual question: what is the difference between playing casual games on GEMP (where you have access to all cards) and this other site? Just a persistant ranking? Is making free online play for a long-dead game more competitive something that people actually want?
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I actually DO wish that casual games had persistent ranking, beyond just the simple win percentage. I think that would make casual games more interesting. Especially since it doesn't look like I'm going to get Daily Expanded tournaments anytime soon!