Re: the negative connotation of the term cEDH
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:59 pm
I mean, I think calling an entire (sub)format an existential threat demands a higher burden of evidence. Your initial contention with my description of the local cEDH community was that they didn't exist. Anecdotes can show existence, not prevalence. This is basic evidence-based reasoning.DirkGently wrote: ↑2 years agoI don't mind anecdotes. The issue is when they're coming from someone who demanded "I think you need some pretty firm evidence" in response to statistical evidence that I spent the better part of an hour gathering.
Which is why I added "from what I've seen". I don't play online much at all, outside of a discord group in the early pandemic, because in my view online games bring out the worst in everyone. The cEDH community I've seen has been respectful and separate. The two people I know who play both have a clear delineation between their competitive and casual decks, that if anything gives a clear example of the difference to new players.DirkGently wrote: ↑2 years agoI also think saying you've seen a desire for clear format separation from "the cEDH community" implies a much broader perspective than just "the cEDH people in my local area".
That's the crux of our disagreement. I think experienced players (and new players who come into the game knowing what they want) will build decks they want to play. At most they will avoid certain cards if they become taboo, like swapping out Thoracle for a Monolith combo, but casual doesn't have enough cheap stack interaction to really make that difference matter (nor should it). That's why I think hostility towards cEDH won't help anything.DirkGently wrote: ↑2 years agoI think it's good at changing how people want to be perceived. What they say is part of that, of course, but so is what they play.
Then why are you knowingly more of a tool about it online? If this thread was "cEDH is the better format" or even another "notice us, RC-sempai" thread, your hostility might make sense. This was someone wondering about a name change, offering no hostility towards casual, and you jumped in to berate them. This is also why people continue to call you out, it's not just that you're obnoxious in debate threads, it's that you'll hop into random threads and do your darndest to turn them into belligerent debates. I reckon you'll take this as a compliment, but you're impossible to ignore if one wants to use this site.DirkGently wrote: ↑2 years agoI think in terms of how we actually act in an LGS environment is probably not dissimilar. As I've said, I'm much nicer about cEDH in person.