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So the last week or so I've been looking into various sites and forums to call home for Magic the Gathering. Many of the active forums tend to be official or store related which is something I can't say I like (less community). Others are too basic, lacking in many ways, or are out of date of date web design wise. My other interest (anime and manga) tends to have far more fandom sites, blogs, and polished sites where the webmaster put time and effort to get everything right. How can a game that is so large and also international be lacking so online?
Where's all the blogs with links, articles, views, fan made works, fan fiction, deck lists, and card reviews? It can't be because Magic is an offline thing because just look at net decking and players who play online.
Let's take this forum for example. You have the content and goal right, but the navigation and visuals could be better. Simple and clean is nice, but depth also is too. The IRC, rules, and about threads could easily be linked above where help, search and calender is (the calender link can be remove if not used). Then there can be repeat navigation in the footer, sitemap, previously clicked links with a different color, multi-quote, a logo which links to the homepage, and better topic subscriptions.
Maybe there isn't much to discuss about this game to make a site or blog with it (let alone a really thought out or unique one). One would think more exposure of the game online would show past players the game is still around and new people why they should play.
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 05:25:01 pm » |
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SPEAK NOW UNTO THE TMD ORACLELet's take this forum for example. You have the content and goal right, but the navigation and visuals could be better. Simple and clean is nice, but depth also is too.
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 07:08:23 pm » |
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Personally, I could really go for some TMD in 3D. Like, the old-school kind where you have to wear the glasses.
I'm sick of huffing Redi-Whip just to make my internets look cool.
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2009, 12:39:15 pm » |
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Where's all the blogs with links, articles, views, fan made works, fan fiction, deck lists, and card reviews?
In my fan fiction, Vintage becomes a Pro-Tour Format. Of course, I win a Pro-Tour by Mana Draining my opponent's hard casted Sundering Titan, playing and activating a Mindslaver with the mana, and then killing my opponent with his own top-decked Lightning Helix. |
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2009, 02:24:58 pm » |
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Where's all the blogs with links, articles, views, fan made works, fan fiction, deck lists, and card reviews?
In my fan fiction, Vintage becomes a Pro-Tour Format. Of course, I win a Pro-Tour by Mana Draining my opponent's hard casted Sundering Titan, playing and activating a Mindslaver with the mana, and then killing my opponent with his own top-decked Lightning Helix. So in your fan fiction, you screw up how state-based effects work?  |
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2009, 05:12:44 pm » |
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Many of the active forums tend to be official or store related which is something I can't say I like (less community). Others are too basic, lacking in many ways, or are out of date of date web design wise. My other interest (anime and manga) tends to have far more fandom sites, blogs, and polished sites where the webmaster put time and effort to get everything right. How can a game that is so large and also international be lacking so online?
Where's all the blogs with links, articles, views, fan made works, fan fiction, deck lists, and card reviews? It can't be because Magic is an offline thing because just look at net decking and players who play online.
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Maybe there isn't much to discuss about this game to make a site or blog with it (let alone a really thought out or unique one). One would think more exposure of the game online would show past players the game is still around and new people why they should play. In all seriousness, I don't see the logic behind the objection to a store-tied site like StarCityGames.com. As a past employee, I may be biased, but they're super-decent. Also, as a major tournament organizer, they are by default a focal point of the community. If you want decklists and card reviews, SCG and dailymtg.com (the official site) are the places to be. If you want fan-made works, look at the elaborate efforts of TMD's own Card Creation forum. (Other options: MTGsalvation.com or TCGplayer.com) Magic doesn't really have fan fiction, mostly because few people care about the storyline, and they pretty much recreate continuity every year with a new world. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2009, 08:55:36 pm » |
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Where's all the blogs with links, articles, views, fan made works, fan fiction, deck lists, and card reviews?
In my fan fiction, Vintage becomes a Pro-Tour Format. Of course, I win a Pro-Tour by Mana Draining my opponent's hard casted Sundering Titan, playing and activating a Mindslaver with the mana, and then killing my opponent with his own top-decked Lightning Helix. So in your fan fiction, you screw up how state-based effects work? Every epic hero needs a fatal flaw, and I thought hubris was overdone.  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2009, 10:27:40 pm » |
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In all seriousness, I don't see the logic behind the objection to a store-tied site like StarCityGames.com. I bought from their site and posted in their forums (even though they use ancient phpBB2 to run the forum which ties to one of my points). There's some really amusing members there. Just speaking in general. Magic doesn't really have fan fiction, mostly because few people care about the storyline, and they pretty much recreate continuity every year with a new world.
That is quite true. I created a blog-ish like LiveJournal. http://jura-autumn.livejournal.com/ |
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2009, 03:43:08 am » |
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There totally is magic fanfiction, and it is awesome.
I love reading about teenagers being teleported to Otaria on their way to highschool again, and again, and again.
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« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2009, 04:06:24 am » |
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There totally is magic fanfiction, and it is awesome.
I love reading about teenagers being teleported to Otaria on their way to highschool again, and again, and again.
My life is a magic fan fiction |
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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2009, 04:10:50 am » |
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Here's some fan fiction for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRfL_Se5qA (proxy altared magic cards) At TMD in particular, we discuss theory, strategy, rules, tourney announcements, results, and decklits. That's it. |
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