yup. im egotistical. hit he nail on the head there. i admit it. guilty as charged. but i always point out that it is 'in my opinion' or 'personally', not that my word is law, so at least there is SOME saving grace.

i think that what you may find just as egotistical is when people say 'this is what i would do', or 'ive already played a deck similar to that', when no advice has been asked for, which it seems most of everyone is guilty of here. hmmm??? we're all intelligent, we all have our own opinions, and if egotistical is what it is, then i'm sure we all have a right to be.

COCLCG said:

I mainly lurk on the forums and rarely comment as you can tell by my post history.
I would rather give positive reinforcement to helpful suggestions that do not come across like they are given from atop a soap box that should never dared to be challenged.
Runix's post was an example of that.

damn, i hate it when you're editing a post and someone jumps in before you finish. sorry for including you in the 'me me me' group. as you can see i'd been editing that out.

and i actually stand atop the container that the soap boxes came in.

but anyway, back to ME and MY egotism. i guess it's what has me posting on here so much. but what i get from those comments is that it's preferable to be selfish and not post on here at all. that's three times now i've been rebuked on this site. once for just posting / giving away ideas, another that i was a newbie with no idea what i was talking about because i was a newbie and 'only from australia', and now that my posts are too full of my own opinions and apparently myself.

makes me wonder indeed what the hell i'm doing here.

Perhaps one thoughtful post before you hit 'submit' would better serve to convey your message rather than dozens of posts that are constantly edited.

"and i actually stand atop the container that the soap boxes came in."

So we have noticed. Using provocative and often incendiary language is not the best way to promote healthy discourse. Which leads me to beleive healthy discourse is not a goal you pursue. Take for example the language used in the "A TRUE worlds event":

"…the farcicle audacity of simply naming someone 'world champion' because they could afford to make it to a physical event in a pre determined country, and had the best deck and luck on the day ( although this applies to any game really ). i certainly pay no homage / respect to someone who's never even played me, let alone beaten me…"

It is sour grapes combined with a preachy, egotistical demeanor that screams "pay attention to me" and "your opinion means nothing to me". Laughably inept arrogance (farcical audacity) indeed. Sadly, my own responses just feeds into the bait you have laid out.

Now that I have been successfully trolled, I bow my head in shame for being reduced to responding to the bait and shall go back to lurk mode.

i shall take wisdom from your oh so gracious philosphies, and become such a lurker, popping out every blue moon to smite the provacative and condesending in ways that make me appear higher and mightier than thoust, and lay my blessings upon the meek.

oh, the error in my ways. it is i who am shamed in the light of your positive reinforcements.

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COCLCG said:

You're posting decks so the rest of us can see what ideas are out there that we need to be ready for.

Looks like a fun one, I'm going to pull this one together and playtest it a bit.  I'll post the results later.

Thanks for putting this out there.

-grant

i most humbly present my latest version of the HAVOC deck that includes protection versus all the card pinching and hastur control popularity.

so without further ado, and nary a condescending or provocative word passing my lips, here it is :

HAVOC KAZ-ED-DUM EL ROMBOKO LOMAX
       ( the monster who slays monsters )
                            Version 1.4

                      Cult of Bathos x 3
                  Guardian of the key x 2
                     The Carpathian x 3
                    Lurking deep one x 3
                   Many angled thing x 3
                       Laboring gug x 3
                 Guardian shoggoth x 2
                    Deep one rising x 3
               Ravager from the deep x 3
                 Elder thing scavenger x 2

                      Cursed skull x 3
               Khopesh of the abyss x 3
                 Cthaat aquadingen x 2
                       Sentinel hill x 2

                  Deep one assault x 3
                      A single path x 3
                      Dampen light x 2
                       Twilight gate x 2
                   A single glimpse x 3

i shall melt away once more to meditate on my past grievances………..
 

COCLCG said:

Nice victimization response. No wonder people see you as a passive aggressive crybaby. Seek professional help because you sincerely need it.

Regards,

Beth

 Wow, I hope that was sarcasm. No need for personal attacks or even such critical opinions. I read it as a playful twist on the Lovecraftian style.

Cranekick said:

obviously you're dumber than a doorpost and don't recognise sarcasm….. but !!

i wont hold that against you as i am one with the lurker cult now, we do not delve in such provacative words and confronting ways……….

(some people will get it, others like you are just toooooo, plain, …………… )

COCLCG said:

There is a difference between sarcasm and just being… you.

btw, my sarcasm comment was not directed at penfold. unfortunate coincidence we used the same word……..

COCLCG said:

OK, interesting.  Sentinel Hill is an interesting choice; will help deal with Fences and a few other cards.  One concern, although a minor one, would be the Lurking Deep One; without a Night card, you're just not getting the full utility of that.