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« on: October 09, 2006, 01:43:14 am » |
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I figured a few people found today's new test on magicthegathering.com It is their new test they used on their designer search. The test is awesome since you need to have a broad knowledge of all the game mechanics that have evolved over the years in order to do well. I ended getting a 21 out of 35 in like 20 minutes without referencing other sites, none of the design contestants ended up getting a perfect score. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/designersearch/round2testpublicI ended up screwing around til I got all the answers, so til I remember how to do spoiler text, if someone wants them I will pm them the list of answers. |
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"After these years of arguing I've conceded that Merchant Scroll in particular can be an exception to this rule because it is a card that you NEVER want to see in multiples, under any circumstances. Merchant Scroll can be seen as restricted in a way because should you have 2 in a hand, only one is really useful (that is, only one can get Ancestral)."
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2006, 04:25:57 am » |
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21 here too.
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2006, 05:08:12 am » |
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I got 28 without much thinking on it nor consulting anything.
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2006, 05:44:26 am » |
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I got a 23. Probably higher if I had read more of MaRo's design articles.
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2006, 06:40:41 am » |
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first try: 22
I then did as SexTiger and got it all right...most of my mistakes seems to be me reading the question wrong or thinking waaay too narrow (like that shock like spell...i was SO sure it was a red spell, so the correct answer made no sence at first glance)
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2006, 09:36:08 am » |
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25. I read the Monday and Friday columns every week but there were just tons of questions where I just had to straight up guess.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2006, 11:18:33 am » |
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I got 26, it was definitely quite difficult and a lot of them were mostly guesses. Congrats to those who actually hit 30+ in the real contest, that is quite impressive.
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Team Meandeck Team Serious LordHomerCat is just mean, and isnt really justifying his statements very well, is he?
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2006, 11:46:57 am » |
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A 23, I think some of those I could argue against their beliefs to two possible answers under circumstances.
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2006, 12:26:11 pm » |
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I guessed on a lot. Not playing type 2 and nnot having a knowledge of what all the sets are like puts you at a disadvantage. I don't know anything about the ravnica guilds.
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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2006, 01:22:12 pm » |
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27
The only one I guessed on was the Vampiric Hounds one. I guessed Judgment, because of the graveyard matters theme, but Judgement was predominantly Green/White, so it was a little iffy.
The rarity mattered a lot in these questions
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« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2006, 02:41:32 pm » |
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21 here. That was hard for me, since I don't actually read the design columns every week.
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« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2006, 03:07:21 pm » |
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I got a 30 on the first pass, but then a 22 the second time...I don't even know how that happened.
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2006, 03:10:20 pm » |
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27 for me and I rarely read Rosewater's articles because I always find that he is trying to tell me more of the same.
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2006, 03:46:53 pm » |
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26. I guess I'm better suited to development than design. As soon as I figure out a good way, I'm gonna set up thread(s) to discuss the test, but 1 thread and 35 threads both seem sub-optimal.
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2006, 04:04:01 pm » |
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27. Better than I expected to do, since I don't know type 2 or sets since the Masques block well. I'm good at multiple choice tests, I guess.
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« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2006, 04:28:28 pm » |
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I thought it was a really interesting little quiz. I like it when Wizards does interactive stuff like this on their website.
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« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2006, 06:23:36 pm » |
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24 for me.
I'm content with that score.
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« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2006, 06:48:29 pm » |
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28 or 29, depending on exactly how I answered one of the questions first time round (can't remember what I put down, and I just entered the answers from when I did it 'for real').
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« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2006, 08:44:54 pm » |
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I got 28 without much thinking on it nor consulting anything.
28 also. I just ran through it, no research and not thinking more than a minute on any question. #34 and maybe more give you multiple right answers. |
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« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2006, 09:54:10 pm » |
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I got 28 without much thinking on it nor consulting anything.
28 also. I just ran through it, no research and not thinking more than a minute on any question. I also got 28 with no research or real effort. |
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« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2006, 07:20:53 am » |
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27 right before I had to leave for work this morning.
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« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2006, 07:35:50 am » |
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21. But I only visit MTG.com for the Coverage..
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« Reply #22 on: October 10, 2006, 08:42:09 am » |
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I only got a 25. I'm good at the design side but anything that involved making difficult cuts, assigning rarities, or anything else that would be on the development side just stymied me.
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« Reply #23 on: October 10, 2006, 02:14:21 pm » |
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27, completed in 12 minutes. I think i did fairly well, even if i did guess on a question or two.
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« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2006, 04:10:48 am » |
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Ack. I would argue long and hard over question #34 (common, monocoloured 6/6). I'd thought about the possibility of it being an Islandhome Serpeant, but the last time they did that was three blocks ago, in Onslaught - neither TS nor CS really count in my mind because they're both throwback sets.
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« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2006, 10:46:56 am » |
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26. I went back to see which answers I got wrong, and some of the answers that I put I still feel were correct. However, I guess thats why they design cards and I dont.
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« Reply #26 on: October 11, 2006, 12:22:24 pm » |
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20...
I dont visit that site except when I need to see the DCI banned list, or the new card spoilers.
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Yes,Tarmogoyf is probably better than Chameleon Colossus, but comparing it to Tarmogoyf is like comparing your girlfriend to Carmen Electra - one's versatile and reliable, the other's just big and cheap.(And you'd run both if you could get away with)
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« Reply #27 on: October 12, 2006, 03:46:21 pm » |
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34. (Missed the "linear mechanic" one, likely because I never read MaRo's article defining it).
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« Reply #28 on: October 12, 2006, 03:58:41 pm » |
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Congrats! 34 is tough.
I got 27 the first time through and 30 the second time when I had more time and sleep. The "linear mechanic" was one that I picked up on the second time after comparing what each mechanic did and didn't do for a deck.
I wish Rosewater had given percentage breakdowns on the questions. It would have been interesting to see the most- and least-missed questions. How many of the people who missed only one missed the same question, for example.
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