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IT'S THE THEROS BLOCK ROTISSERIE DRAFT THREAD!! THAT SURE SOUNDS LIKE FUN, BUT WHAT DO THOSE WORDS MEAN?? A Rotisserie Draft is a unique limited format. The way it works is that a single copy of each card is laid out, and each player takes a turn 'drafting' the cards in their deck. The order of picks then goes in reverse, so that the first player gets picks 1 and 16, while the eighth player gets picks 8 and 9. When this is done, you make a 40 card deck out of the cards you drafted plus basic lands, and play a normal game of Magic. Roto Draft is different from the more common Booster Draft in three major ways: 1, it's a singleton format and there is one copy of each card available, from common to mythic, 2, you publicly announce your pick, meaning everyone knows exactly what everyone else is drafting, which leads to 3, you can use your draft picks to react to what other players are doing - either moving into open archetypes, or fighting them over a rapidly shrinking card pool. The card pool in this case is Theros Block. That means any card printed in Theros, Born of the Gods, or Journey into Nyx can be chosen. Why Theros block? Because it's still recent enough that everyone remembers all the cards, but hasn't been drafted in a while so people aren't sick of it. It's also a test of my theory that almost any set or block could make for a fun Roto draft, even the ones people didn't really like for booster drafting.  WOW, THAT'S COOL, BUT I DON'T LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AS YOU, JONKED!! We will be doing this draft online, using a publicly shared Google Doc to make our picks, followed by playing games on XMage. Ideally, we should be able to go through two or three rounds of picks per day and finish the draft up in a week or two, but at least a minimum of one pick per day. After that, we'll play three rounds of Swiss over the next two or three weeks. New pairings will be posted as soon as the previous round ends, so hopefully it won't take a whole week to go through each round. I'll be enforcing the 24 hour time limit on picks and 1 week deadline on games, to keep things moving at a reasonable pace. If you think you can handle that, just post in this thread saying you want to play  YAAAAY, LET'S PLAY THEN!! Players: 1.) Jonked 2.) The Lord of Hats 3.) Rimusutera 4.) Ramos 5.) Myriad Truths 6.) Soviet Canuckistan 7.) Frozen_flame 8.) Mordieth Draft Picks: CLICK HERE Currently waiting on The Lord of Hats since 7:15am EST Jonked fucked around with this message at 04:42 on May 19, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 21:46
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I would like in.
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May 6, 2015 21:50
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I'm in for this!
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May 6, 2015 21:51
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You know what, I'm in. Now what the hell is XMage
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May 6, 2015 23:00
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This thing. I recommend downloading it and then letting it sit for a few hours after you run the card image updater.
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May 6, 2015 23:03
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im down for this
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May 6, 2015 23:06
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We've got 8 people, so that draft is up. Pick order is: 1.) Rimusutera 2.) Soviet Canuckistan 3.) Jonked 4.) Frozen_Flame 5.) Myriad Truths 6.) The Lord of Hats 7.) Ramos 8.) Mordeith Mordeith, remember that you get TWO picks when it comes to you. Ramos, remember that you go after Mordeith's picks. edit: I should also mention that I used the google doc random number generator to select the pick order.
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May 6, 2015 23:18
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first pick chromanticore incoming
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May 6, 2015 23:20
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Is it a good time to mention I never did Theros draft or...?
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May 6, 2015 23:44
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Rimusutera posted:Is it a good time to mention I never did Theros draft or...? edit: also don't feel like you need to rush into a pick, you still have 23 hours
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May 6, 2015 23:45
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Mordieth posted:first pick chromanticore incoming don't tempt me Jonked posted:It's a silly casual format that's being played for no stakes. You'll be fine. The three cards I posted in the OP are probably a good starting point, but do whatever you like. I'm currently leaning on Stormbreath at the moment actually, but I'm still refreshing my memory on what else is in the block.
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May 6, 2015 23:52
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i think for the first few picks just looking at the rares and mythics is fine, narrows the list of cards down ALOT
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May 6, 2015 23:54
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Made my pick.
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May 6, 2015 23:55
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Now see, Theros was all about big dudes. Making your dude bigger than the other guy's dude mean you won. There are two biggest dudes in Theros: This brah even lifts and this man's abs are rock hard. You can't go wrong with them.
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May 6, 2015 23:56
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I'm forcing Storm.
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May 7, 2015 00:00
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Made my (obvious) pick!
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May 7, 2015 00:16
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Planting a flag... maybe
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May 7, 2015 00:53
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This was a tough first choice.
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May 7, 2015 00:56
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Planting a flag, actually.
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May 7, 2015 01:02
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Frozen_flame posted:This was a tough first choice. No it wasn't don't lie. I don't know why I didn';t think of it.
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May 7, 2015 01:03
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Rimusutera posted:No it wasn't don't lie. Given what you told me I am absolutely not surprised.
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May 7, 2015 01:05
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Frozen_flame posted:Given what you told me I am absolutely not surprised. Shouldn't you be asleep? Rimusutera fucked around with this message at 01:22 on May 7, 2015 |
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May 7, 2015 01:11
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I am asleep. This is all a dream where I force Chromanticore.
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May 7, 2015 01:13
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Crap.
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May 7, 2015 01:21
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if ramos takes my card/cards im gonna flip
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May 7, 2015 01:46
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Ramos posted:Now see, Theros was all about big dudes. Making your dude bigger than the other guy's dude mean you won. There are two biggest dudes in Theros: So who's going for the Bearer/Gift of Immortality combo?
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May 7, 2015 01:56
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im going to bed, will do my picks in the morning, assuming ramos chooses within then
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May 7, 2015 02:21
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Made my pick, sorry about the delay.
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May 7, 2015 07:46
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oh god please dont take my cards frozen
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May 7, 2015 17:09
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I have no idea if I did. I wanted Ashiok, but Downfall was a higher pick for me. Then he was stolen away
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May 7, 2015 17:19
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well i didnt like that card in draft so... i really dont understand how some of you guys draft so lets see whats left after the wheel edit: words will be had after the draft is done suffice to say Mordieth fucked around with this message at 17:44 on May 7, 2015 |
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May 7, 2015 17:39
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Soviet Canuckistan got to grab both his first picks 
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May 8, 2015 02:50
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Jonked posted:Soviet Canuckistan got to grab both his first picks Pretty sure those were mine. But alas, I've gone a better, redder route.
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May 8, 2015 03:01
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Frozen_flame posted:I have no idea if I did. I wanted Ashiok, but Downfall was a higher pick for me. Then he was stolen away If you liked it you should have put a ring on it. 
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May 8, 2015 04:33
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Jonked posted:Soviet Canuckistan got to grab both his first picks Now I get to play the fun game of "how long can I float the cards I actually want" 
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May 8, 2015 04:55
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Rimustera going for the 24 hour clean sweep, I see.
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May 8, 2015 17:06
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Sorry, housemate was playing Sims all day and then Age of Ultron happened.
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May 8, 2015 17:44
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Rimusutera posted:Sorry, housemate was playing Sims all day and then Age of Ultron happened.
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May 8, 2015 18:40
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Should be done.
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May 8, 2015 20:38
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I think that's a defensible pick...
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