So, how are we doing?
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Posted on May 12, 2016, 6:05 p.m. by ChiefBell
I periodically do these threads just to check in with general users and see what people's thoughts are about the site, the content, and the way things are going.
So how are we doing?
On forums:
Are there issues in the forums that bother you? Is everything labelled clearly enough? Are threads often in the wrong place? Do they get moved promptly?
On admins:
Are individuals with admin duties visible enough and well known? Do you feel like you can talk to them?
On articles:
How do you feel about content on the site? Do you understand how articles get submitted, just in case you want to do something yourself? Is there anything you'd like to see more of?
Any other business?
Any generic points, questions, or tips?
Femme_Fatale says... #2
That's because someone put down Karn Liberated as having 6 power and not 6 loyalty counters. It is a simple fix you can do if you ever find them like that miracleHat.
May 15, 2016 4:50 a.m.
Love this site! Thanks to everyone who has made it by far my favorite place for all things MTG!
I'd like to +1 Player3.14's suggestion about being able to sideboard easier while playtesting. Sure I can create private decks (for mine and whoever's I'm playtesting against), edit for sideboarding, and then playtest them. But urgh.
One new thing I'd like to throw out to the group is the idea of chat rooms for each deck archetype. I started the All things Wolven thread a while back for Standard Werewolf discussions and deck help, and I've been frankly amazed at the depth and maturity of the community there. It's spawned a couple sister threads (All things Red Deck and Werewolf EDH), but I think the community could make good use of a chat room for each hub+format. And for EDH, maybe each Legendary. A really slick way to bring people in would be to check for hub or Legendary changes when saving decks, and then give people a pointer to the appropriate chat rooms. For example, the first time I added hubs to my Rith deck, I could get a pop-up saying something like "You may be interested in the T/O threads for discussion and deck help on Rith the Awakener (link), Budget (link), Dragon (link), Naya (link), and Token (link) EDH decks"
One of the most useful features of the All things Wolven thread has been the Hall of Fame area, where we post decks which have performed well at Game Day, FNM, and other events. They're a great reference for the community (whether folks are netdecking or building) and a source of pride for all of us. I'm not sure if there's a way to extend that idea to the site as a whole, but it may be worth looking at.
It would be VERY nice to improve the ability to search for decks of a particular format. For example, we cannot currently find high-scoring Thopter decks legal within the current Standard format. I can search for Standard + key Thopter cards of course, but will get a TON of decks that are no longer legal. One solution could be adding a "created since [date]" field to the deck search (though decks created after spoilers start but before rotation could cause errors). Another solution might be adding a "legal in current Standard" (or Modern, or whatever) checkbox (though the automatic checks for when a deck is legal could cause errors around rotation or right after a card is banned). Another solution could be to automatically check for legality and remove tags when no longer valid. For example, I could imagine getting an automatically generated note from T/O after rotation saying something like "Your deck (link) appears to no longer be legal in Standard. Please update the deck or change the tag to #HistoricalStandard (or whatever). T/O will automatically change the tag in 30 days (or whatever). There are probably other options as well; I'm not sure which would be easiest to implement or best for the community.
Speaking of deck search, I continue to struggle with finding decks I know are out there. For example, my stupid-fragile Zada-Silverfur deck has scores of votes, but does not show up in a Standard + Werewolf + sort by score search.
Final thought: It would be REALLY nice to have a Gauntlet of the top decks in each format. Sure, I can cut-and-paste these decks or these or whatever into T/O for playtesting my Standard brews, but I'm sure there are other people who could use them as well. This seems like an area where T/O could offer a really useful service to a much broader audience and pick up some mutually beneficial advertising, via a partnership with mtgtop8.com or mtggoldfish.com or some other organization ...
Sorry about the wall of text; I'm hopeful there's something useful for y'all in there.
Draw well!
yeaGO says... #1
Femme_Fatale fixed
May 14, 2016 2:19 p.m.