[dragon] The "challenge"

[akagi togashi]

>And the Shadowlands used to call the HDM whiney...jeesus....I truly do n=
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>see why you play Dragon (probably because of Shiro Mirumoto), you should=
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>play Kosaten Shiro, since you obviously only play when there is a real h=
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>chance of winning.

Hardly, I play dragon because that was my choice sicne imperial ed. I did=
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not chose my path, my path chose me at the beginning of time because I'm=20
dragon. Simply because I do not play in the same deck style that you do d=
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not mean I am any less of a dragon player.

I play to win, and that's hardly a crime last time I checked. If I was=20
simply a bandwaggoner I don't think I would have been in the top 8 all ti=
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dragon clan players, top of clan for Day of Thunder, or played dragon in=20
countless other events. But that was probably well before your time so I=20
don't blame your ignorance in this matter.

I also play iron mountain btw, so nice try ith trying to peg me as a=20
bandwaggoner.

The fact that Shadowland
>deck have generic metas against all types of Dragon decks and that they =
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>in general as one can see by storyline wins more consistent than Dragon=20
>decks should not be mentioned in this talk I suppose.

You're more than welcome to mention it, but you're forgetting that the wi=
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are in a standard play enviroment where each clan has to deal with an arr=
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of opponents not a single clan.

The strongest antishadowlands meta cards rarely sees play because it's de=
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weight against nearly every other deck type. Playing large amounts of=20
antisahdowlands meta makes a deck vunerable to otehr clans in teh standar=
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enviroment. However when you know you are facing ONLY shadowlands decks i=
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removes that factor and every meta card in the deck is now nearly 100%=20
effective.

Tomb of jade
Purity of seven thunders
Temple of bishamon
Shadowlands sickness
Dirty Scum
For the Empire
Twisted Forest
Returned to the Pit

these are just a few totally killer cards that rarely see play but will=20
lilely see extensive use in the challeneg booth since the won't be facing=
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decks other than shadowlands.

Meanwhile the horde has to stick to their normal array of cards, which ar=
e a=20
fraction of the power of dragons meta when facing ONLY shadowlands decks.


>Challenge booth rules have never stated that in previous booths, and sin=
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>other players didnt bitch about it, I do not see why you should have a=20
>special privellege. But I suppose when Shadowlands players do it it is=20
>defence against unfairness, while when Dragon players do it, it is simpl=
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>whining.

There was a differance in play balance in the other booths but not as=20
drastic as the dragon vs shadowlands. Had there been cards that specifial=
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bow and destroy cranes, lions, or scorpions that only one side could use =
yes=20
there would have been an outcry. Even though the booths favored a clan th=
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was *much* closer of a balance between the factions.

The shadowlands players have already faced this exact type of challenge=20
booth over the moto and despite their best efforts there was a landslide=20
victory in favor of the unicorn due solely to the inbalance of shadowland=
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meta, when played in a fixed clan format.

>>My honest suggestion would be in order to even out the situation would =
>be=20
>>to require that the players play the same deck as they use in the >prim=
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>>tourney. That way it evens out the meta. That way *each* clan >would on=
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>>be running the normal amount of meta.
>
>Even out the match...because Dragon and Shadowlands are so even of cours=
e..=20
>never mind the Storyline wins, or the results of the various seasons=20
>of...yes...never mind those...

Once again you're overlooking that these wins are from in a *mixed=20
enviroment*. Not strictly shadowlands vs dragon. Any clan can completely =
rip=20
shaodwlands apart when they build their deck with heavy meta, but that sa=
me=20
pool of meta cards would *never* be played in a normal mixed clan=20
enviroment.


>-You can play with anti Dragon meta in your main deck, and still play=20
>fairly competitively in the tournaments. The reverse does not hold true.

There are no other clans to face, freeing dragon to devote their *entire*=
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deck to meta against horde if they choose. In fact it will only increase =
the=20
dragons strength aginst that shadowlands deck. Meanwhile horde cannot=20
effectively meta against dragon any more than they already do in the=20
standard enviroment.

If horde had an equal array of bow or destroy dragon clan specific meta t=
hen=20
I'd say they are on equal grounds but in the challenge format they are no=
t.

I don't play shadowlands, but I'm trying to support players on both sides=
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having an equal balance. Or at least even things out a bit, since equal=20
blance probably couldn't ever happen. A one sided fight is no fight at al=
l.

Akagi

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