Hey all, so the new set is out, and I'd like to do at least one forum game/activity thing with FKK. Options include:
Forum Draft. Like here. Not a tournament, just an exercise to provoke forum discussion. If this option is chosen, I might be able to run two of them back-to-back.
8-Way Draft. Participants are divided into eight teams. Each team gets its own forum, which other teams can't see, and the members discuss and decide every pick. After the draft is done, team captains duke it out on Cockatrice or Magic Online.
Duplicate Draft. Individual exercise. All draft pods contain the same packs, so part of the fun is seeing afterwards what the other players in the same seat did. Like with the 8-Way Draft, matches are played afterwards to determine a winner of each pod.
Additionally, when would you like this to take place? It's possible to do it immediately, which might be fine if we land on doing a regular Forum Draft, but if you want a Duplicate Draft, I suggest waiting until mid-February so that you'll have some experience with the set before starting.
I prefer the 8-ways with new sets. Having the tighter discussions is a great way to get new perspective on cards. I love the Dupe drafts, but I find them to be at their best in the middle of a format, not at the beginning where we're all a little in the dark.
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I prefer the 8-ways with new sets. Having the tighter discussions is a great way to get new perspective on cards. I love the Dupe drafts, but I find them to be at their best in the middle of a format, not at the beginning where we're all a little in the dark.
Which is why I suggested waiting until a month from now if duplicate draft is the preferred activity
I'm not going to do both an 8-way and a duplicate draft with FKK (this abbreviation feels like an expletive to me) anyway, so it doesn't matter all that much if we start in one week or in one month. However, March is going to be a pretty busy month for me, so it's best if we're mostly done with the drafting by then.
Voted for the 8 way as it seems the best way to get input from others regarding why they value different card choices, which is the biggest draw of the exercise for me.
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I voted Duplicate draft cause I like it best. I think it went really smooth this time, at least our pod. That slow pod irks me though - I want to see everything! I'd be in favor of banning people who held up the draft from joining the next one, by the way.
You really just need to embrace the rage. I keep a small colony of hamsters next to my computer and every time I lose a match to mana screw I throw one against the wall.
I voted Duplicate draft cause I like it best. I think it went really smooth this time, at least our pod. That slow pod irks me though - I want to see everything! I'd be in favor of banning people who held up the draft from joining the next one, by the way.
My preferred solution is to keep the forum permission limitation in mind as we begin the draft, and already have worked out a solution for when the pods inevitably finish at wildly different times. I'll ponder this, & find a reasonable way to deal with it, I promise!
Edit: I already just came up with what I think is a decent solution, if not perfect: A second Duplicate Draft forum (no pun intended) that drafters get access to once they finish the draft. It is in this forum I have my "Thoughts on the draft as it proceeds" thread, and I'll also move all the threads of finished pods there. You won't be able to see the threads of the other drafts yet, though, but presumably it won't take 2+ weeks for the next pod to finish. I could even be moving the pods over as soon as the draft is done (i.e. before the matches are played), but I don't know if I like that, as players right now use the thread to post recaps from their matches and such.
That solves the issue of pods finishing at different times, but not the slowness itself, which I'd rather see removed. Not getting to see everything is a minor nuisance compared to actually being in such a slow pod. (I was lucky everyone in my pod was fast.)
You really just need to embrace the rage. I keep a small colony of hamsters next to my computer and every time I lose a match to mana screw I throw one against the wall.
Edit: I already just came up with what I think is a decent solution, if not perfect: A second Duplicate Draft forum (no pun intended) that drafters get access to once they finish the draft. It is in this forum I have my "Thoughts on the draft as it proceeds" thread, and I'll also move all the threads of finished pods there. You won't be able to see the threads of the other drafts yet, though, but presumably it won't take 2+ weeks for the next pod to finish. I could even be moving the pods over as soon as the draft is done (i.e. before the matches are played), but I don't know if I like that, as players right now use the thread to post recaps from their matches and such.
This is now a thing, and how it'll work in the future.
I'll do another Duplicate Draft in February (starting the 16th). If another mod (or even a non-mod) wants to run an 8-way too, though, that'd of course be great
I'm excited to do another duplicate draft, but my preference by far is the 8-way drafts. Getting to chat about picks with a team is always enlightening.
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My Decks:
EDH: Sygg, River Cutthroat , Road to Scion
Grimgrin, Corpseborn
Modern: Polytokes
IRL: Progenitus Polymorph , Goblins
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I'm not going to do both an 8-way and a duplicate draft with FKK (this abbreviation feels like an expletive to me) anyway, so it doesn't matter all that much if we start in one week or in one month. However, March is going to be a pretty busy month for me, so it's best if we're mostly done with the drafting by then.
Either 8-way or Duplicate draft, they are both good.
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What I'm Currently Playing:
Vintage:UW Mentor
Legacy:UG Infect
Modern:UX MUD
Standard: N/A
Edit: I already just came up with what I think is a decent solution, if not perfect: A second Duplicate Draft forum (no pun intended) that drafters get access to once they finish the draft. It is in this forum I have my "Thoughts on the draft as it proceeds" thread, and I'll also move all the threads of finished pods there. You won't be able to see the threads of the other drafts yet, though, but presumably it won't take 2+ weeks for the next pod to finish. I could even be moving the pods over as soon as the draft is done (i.e. before the matches are played), but I don't know if I like that, as players right now use the thread to post recaps from their matches and such.
I'll do another Duplicate Draft in February (starting the 16th). If another mod (or even a non-mod) wants to run an 8-way too, though, that'd of course be great