OFFICIAL Vote: Galadriel, Lady Redeemed

[hrcho]

Discussion.

The poll will be open for 10 days. If you do not play LotR TCG on GCCG, please do not vote.

Have your say, folks!

[jdizzy001]

Despite a deep hatred for cards like LoM or SoH, I hate to see cards banned. I had to vote no

[Kralik]

I'm not sure how either of those cards have anything to do with LR.

[jdizzy001]

sorry, that was an incomplete thought. I dislike LoM and SoH, but despite my distaste for those cards, I don't advocate banning them (at least not now). Likewise, despite a distaste for LR, I couldn't vote to ban her. However, since it has been made clear that the ban is for the house rules format then i guess my "no" vote is moot. Do what ever you need/want to do for a house rule format, heck it's house rules, the point is to make the game more enjoyable for the house, right? Good luck!

PS-I'm excited to see so much work going on for the game.  It is encouraging.

[Kralik]

IMO unless there's some action (i.e. new stuff happening), LotR TCG is doomed to slowly die off. It's probably going to die off ANYWAY, but at least we can keep enjoying it for a while. Activity has been increasing what with all this debate and all.

[hrcho]

I must say I am a bit confused now by the recent posts I've seen in several related topics. The way I understood it, we would be banning (depending on the vote) Galadriel, LR for the Movie Block on TLHH. That's how I asked the question.

From what I've seen recently, several other people have understood it as banning of Galadriel, LR for TLHH House Rules. Have those become the same?

[Tbiesty]

I must say I am a bit confused now by the recent posts I've seen in several related topics. The way I understood it, we would be banning (depending on the vote) Galadriel, LR for the Movie Block on TLHH. That's how I asked the question.

From what I've seen recently, several other people have understood it as banning of Galadriel, LR for TLHH House Rules. Have those become the same?

Just a thought... Would it be acceptable for on GCCG to leave the existing Decipher-only formats like "Movie Block", etc. as is. We then add formats to the list that are the TLHH House Rules, so players can choose for themselves?

Example:
...
Movie Block (Decipher)
Movie Block (TLHH)
Poorman's (TLHH)
...

[TheJord]

I think this is esentially what we have to do. New players (to GCCG) need access to the formats they are familiar with.

[jcb213]

Just a thought... Would it be acceptable for on GCCG to leave the existing Decipher-only formats like "Movie Block", etc. as is. We then add formats to the list that are the TLHH House Rules, so players can choose for themselves?

Example:
...
Movie Block (Decipher)
Movie Block (TLHH)
Poorman's (TLHH)
...

If that is possible, that seems like a great idea.  That would preserve the original format for people who want to play that online on GCCG while also allowing for the community to make changes and have a modified movie block format.

Plus, if very few people ended up playing official movie block (as many here would predict since Galadriel, LR is seen as such a problem), it would give the movie block purists the opportunity to choose for themselves to try out the LHH movie block instead of being forced to do it if they want to use GCCG to play online.  Nobody could complain that they are being forced to play in a specific format if they had both options.

[Witchkingx5]

Haters created more accounts to fight the decision...

It seems kinda weird that there are like 5 people or so that actually participated in the discussion about LR, and now there sre like 10 votes against banning her. Could please those that didn't say anything and are against banning her post their opinion in the discussion?

[Kralik]

I was actually thinking that we need a better voting process so that each player votes with a post and we can see who voted for what. What's to stop someone from creating fake accounts to change the vote tally?

[Kralik]

Update: I did find a way to grab the poll results from the forums database and see who has voted. There are no "fake" accounts involved, although there are some votes from members who admittedly do not play on GCCG or care about house rules.

[Kralik]

I checked because of WKx5's remark on the 'haters.' I'm trying to see if I can install a mod to allow the poll votes to be displayed, as it is currently unsupported.

Ket, you should vote and I'm glad you did (even if you disagree). I was referring to people who do not play on GCCG and voted anyway.

[Elessar's Socks]

Seems that if LR is *not* banned, the people who want her banned might just form their own group anyway. First splinter checkpoint?

I dunno, it may be that some who want her to stay are simply opposed to any changes to the status quo--if that's the reason, then it seems contrary to the point of this house format.

[macheteman]

i voted against banning her, and i didn't take part in any discussions. in my experience with gccg i've seen very few decks with LR. when i do see her, people are barely ever abusing her. and even if they are, it just really doesn't bother me that much.

its almost like there is a gentleman's rule already in place and that's enough for me.

i have no problems with her getting banned either though. as she stands, she is pretty NPE, and thats always a shame.