Dies to Removal

[QUOTE=Asrahal]I saw you mentionned my SCD about Civic Saber in your argument with Sarkhan's Apprentice and I wanted to apologize. It was a dumb question and it didn't have it's place in this forum. I just wanted to read the advices of some good players like you or Redthirst but it didn't need a SCD post in the competitive subforum. I just want to learn and since I don't have the time right now for testing this card
seriously, I wanted the ideas of other peoples.

I don't want you -nor any serious member of this forum- to see me as a poor Timmy who wants to build the best kitchen table deck possible. I'm probably not experienced enough to contribute but I don't have the hubris to think I am nor to argue with Redthirst, Zem, or you.

That being said, I wish you a good week
Sincerely yours,
Asrahal[/QUOTE]


Hey man, let me first say that I'm sorry for coming across as an ******* by putting your SCD on blast like that. It was not the most polite, professional, or productive way to address a situation that has been made increasingly worse by Sarkhan's_Apprentice. I realize now that a lot of people in the forums now have not been here since the beginning and may have missed out out the results we had during the rigorous playtest sessions we shared at the start of the season.

I'd be lying
if I said I wasn't emotionally invested in that argument with S_A. That guy is irritating to no end and he seems to thrive on ignorance and revel in stirring up trouble. I was pretty pissed off yesterday and I realize that there were things said and done that should've been handled differently. I'm just as to blame for the derailment of progress just as much as people like S_A. The whole point of the R/x forum is to share competitive ideas and progress in order to advance the community - a community that is currently, or desires to be, competing at the highest level. People like S_A have no place in this forum simply for the fact that he chooses to remain ignorant and post his ideas/claims/troll-posts in a place that's probably better suited for the Casual section.

Anyway, there shouldn't be such thing as a "dumb" question in these forums. Everybody has a right to ask questions to get better. The problem lately, more or less, has been people just
suggesting uncompetitive cards in SCD's and asking for feedback on if it's any good. The best way to do something like that is to just bring it up in the related thread instead of clogging up space in the forum. A good SCD should mention the card, its applications, testing results, why it should probably be used instead [card X] in a deck, and then a question for feedback. The majority of users lately just slap a card title on a SCD and then simply ask the community if it's a good card.

You actually hit most of the points in your SCD. Granted, the card was discussed months ago and the answers could probably easily be found by using the "search" function - coincidentally, I believe the card was discussed in the Dos Rakis thread like, 6 months ago.

The point I'm trying to make is that, when I was "arguing" with S_A, I was searching for some examples and to use and I unfairly picked yours when it was probably one of the better SCDs compared to most of them in the forum
right now. Wanna know the worst one I saw? S_A's SCD on some crappy werewolf and Reckless Waif. I should've used that one.

It's no secret that a lot of the founding members of the R/x Forum, like redthirst, have moved on in search of greener pastures and the freedom to share ideas and use certain language that isn't controlled by the "thought police" form of modding that MTGS is known for. We've all had our disagreements with the way MTGS is run in one way or another and we (by we, I mean the original Red Mage crew and the Fires of Salvation Clan) have chosen to move to another site to further develop our content. The downside of most of us moving is that the quality of the R/x Forum has degenerated pretty quickly. While it's no surprise to see that happen, it's infuriating at times to see what it's turned into.

What I want to offer you is a
way to get better without dealing with some of the awful posts that litter the R/x Forum right now. If you'd like, come visit a site called Diestoremoval (here's the link: https://www.diestoremoval.com/). This is where redthirst, zemanjaski, hamfactorial, windstrider, photodyer, and many others (myself included) have moved most of our content and have continued to develop more. It's not as busy as MTGS, but the content quality is higher, the modding is more relaxed, and I can guarantee that by reading most of the content you will get better.

The choice is up to you. Feel free to look into the Fires of Salvation if you're really into Red Mage Magic and would like to speak to some people who actually know their stuff, unlike S_A.

I hope this doesn't come off like I'm trying to convert to anything (:nod:), but I do respect the fact that you PM'd me and I highly respect the
fact that you would like to get better. Also, name-dropping redthirst like that obviously means that you know a good player when you see one.

Anyway, I'm glad to have this chance to talk to you, and hopefully I'll see ya on the other site.