I'm still getting to grips with what I want to write about and how I want to write it, but I thought I'd link my latest attempt for practice. If you've got two minutes to peer down a scatterbrained article then I'd be very grateful!
revisiting sixth colours and sixth basics
I don't really mind if you disagree with the content of the article, but I'd love to know if it was readable! I'm still worrying that things which are obvious and logical to me are dodging the page and staying in my mind. Thank you!
(also, this is hosted on ko-fi.com but I'm not really launched yet and not attempting to write for money until I'm more sure of myself. Make no attempt to subscribe!)
Writing about casual and card creation topics!
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tried going to the site, but for some reason the article won't load for me. Can only see the title.
what browser do you use to view it?
what browser do you use to view it?
AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ Tournament (english commentary) // Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi
want to play a control deck in modern, but don't have Jace or snapcaster? please come visit us at the Emeria thread
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The article worked fine for me in chrome, I enjoyed the read. thanks for posting
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was able to read it now.
nice, I like the cave land idea, feels fresh.
creatures with affinity for caves reminded me of the horror movie.. The Descent.
nice, I like the cave land idea, feels fresh.
creatures with affinity for caves reminded me of the horror movie.. The Descent.
AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ Tournament (english commentary) // Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi
want to play a control deck in modern, but don't have Jace or snapcaster? please come visit us at the Emeria thread
I don't. And it only makes sense for the OG CCG to have been, and thus remain, created out of fundamental concepts (namely colors) rather than out of two decades of precedent (that it initiated).I really wish that the colours of Magic had received fantasy names. If we were casting cards from the Pearl, Sapphire, Jet, Ruby and Emerald schools of magic learning...
This is all apophenia....there'd be far less ugly word-association around. Sadly, heroic fantasy has a tradition of pairing black with evil, usually not because of ideology but rather because words like Fell and Abyssal are so evocative and bardic. Still, referring to black and white in this blasé way causes a lot of problems, sounds ridiculous outside of the bubble of the game
This is the end result of apophenia.and it allows terrible extremist thinkers to think they own it.
“Comboing in Commander is like dunking on a seven foot hoop.” – Dana Roach
“Making a deck that other people want to play against – that’s Commander.” – Gavin Duggan
"I want my brain to win games, not my cards." – Sheldon Menery
“Making a deck that other people want to play against – that’s Commander.” – Gavin Duggan
"I want my brain to win games, not my cards." – Sheldon Menery
So you ask for a critique, even stating that you "don't really mind if [we] disagree", and then "thank" me with an insult. You may want to "get to grips with" how you're going to deal with criticisms of your writing both publicly and privately.
FTR, "apophenia" has been one of my favorite words for nearly a decade. It's only a convenient coincidence that it's particularly apropos this day and age.
Good luck.
Warning for trolling.
“Comboing in Commander is like dunking on a seven foot hoop.” – Dana Roach
“Making a deck that other people want to play against – that’s Commander.” – Gavin Duggan
"I want my brain to win games, not my cards." – Sheldon Menery
“Making a deck that other people want to play against – that’s Commander.” – Gavin Duggan
"I want my brain to win games, not my cards." – Sheldon Menery
Oh, sorry, I didn't realise you were making serious criticisms! It felt more like you'd found a linguistic gambit to replace "I disagree" with a very specific word useful only for psychoanalysis, and then shortcutted around the part where you explain what you mean, so it's hard to respond to "That's apophenia" apart from by saying "No it's not."
So, no it's not.
So, no it's not.
sorta mad at magic right now
card vibes 003 - bag of holding
Now, here's an article about one of my favourite recent Magic cards. I tried to go longer and involve a little more imagery to make things a little more readable and comfy.
I do think I'll always be involving a sort of card-creation element to everything I upload from now on. It's something you rarely see from magic writers, who tend to keep it professional and grounded, whereas I want things to be more fantastic and less professional!
Now, here's an article about one of my favourite recent Magic cards. I tried to go longer and involve a little more imagery to make things a little more readable and comfy.
I do think I'll always be involving a sort of card-creation element to everything I upload from now on. It's something you rarely see from magic writers, who tend to keep it professional and grounded, whereas I want things to be more fantastic and less professional!
sorta mad at magic right now