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Postby Kaitscralt » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:16 pm

I think the Beta is quite possibly worse than the original client. It is unnecessary cluttered and has all these annoying pop-ups. Tournaments go to a new window. The gameplay itself was basically the same, although it did seem a little cleaner overall. but I don't think it's worth the horrible interface for that. My god, the tournament room is a disaster. They also decided to reverse the location of everything on screen just to mess with me.

Anyone else tried it?
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Postby Mcdonalds » Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:20 am

I like it, although the clutter is annoying, to the point it makes deck building/sideboarding awkward and tedious almost.

and it slows down horribly at the collection screen (although that maybe an error on my end)

Never played the original client mind, so take that with the grain of salt.

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Postby Kaitscralt » Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:49 am

I did experience the slow down. Not being able to tell what is in my trade binder on the main collection screen also seems like a glaring oversight. Duno, I gave it a try for a few hours then went back to the original version. I couldn't stand the Beta.
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Postby Mcdonalds » Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:54 am

If I traded, I could see that being an issue

were you able to figure out how to select specific versions of cards per chance (only way I could figure was to add all of them and remove the ones I didn't want)

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Postby Kaitscralt » Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:09 am

I didn't try that, I was just drafting.
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Postby imopen2 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:56 am

I tried the beta for about 20 mins and then went back to the original. I dread the day when they switch over
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
Kijin Zabuza: And they're like, "Oh **** he has cards"
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TwinBGenerationX: I wanna trade cards I could trade you, BUT NOT MY CHARIZARD!

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Postby Kaitscralt » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:24 pm

Me too my friend, me too.

Although I tinkered with it long enough to know I could learn to deal with it and appreciate its perks.
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Postby Mcdonalds » Mon May 13, 2013 5:22 am

beta randomly gave me a unhinged island.

not sure how i feel about that.

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Postby ( G_R ) » Wed May 15, 2013 6:07 pm

As long as it doesn't randomly take away something...

Thrillho mentioned something about some friend losing cards to V3's beta, which is why I bowed out of even trying it. :?
That explains why people keep coming over for chicken nuggets

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Postby imopen2 » Mon May 20, 2013 6:09 am

During the beta spotlight I played a couple prerelease events and I didn't hate it as much as I had before but I still prefer the current client. I especially don't like the preview being in a different window as I kept losing track of it...
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
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Postby imopen2 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:03 am

where do you find your rating on the beta?
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
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Postby Kaitscralt » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:00 pm

It's gone
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Postby Mcdonalds » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:42 pm

NOOOO how else will I show off my rating-dick?

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Postby imopen2 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:34 pm

Damn...I liked looking at my rating :/
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
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TwinBGenerationX: I wanna trade cards I could trade you, BUT NOT MY CHARIZARD!

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Postby Kaitscralt » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:17 pm

Me too, depending on the day
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Postby BiddingMaster » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:07 pm

ive been using it for a while now. Im usually a misclicker almost as bad as pv. I beleive the beta has alot to offer someone who is prone to it with different sounds for each individual phase which helps identify when modo is just lagging or you have not clicked yet and the phase marker is conveniently located between the players boards states. I play modo now exclusively with my headset and im never without it. Trading is a little bit different and i do not mind having a separate window just for my games. Yes the tournament room looks like a complete disaster but its actually not bad enough that i would consider going back to the old client. Im rocking the beta and loving it. I think the tradoff are good enough for what you gain.

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Postby imopen2 » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:24 pm

I've switched back to the old client since the beta freezes when I have more than 1 window open. I can't target my opponent in the old client, however, so I have to switch to the beta whenever I have to target my opponent (doesn't come up that often in limited)
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
Kijin Zabuza: And they're like, "Oh **** he has cards"
TwinBGenerationX: damn right
TwinBGenerationX: I wanna trade cards I could trade you, BUT NOT MY CHARIZARD!

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Postby hamfactorial » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:06 pm

Why can't you target your opponent?

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Postby imopen2 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:58 am

my client is broken. sometimes it lets me and other times my opponent box is completely black and I can't click it :shrug: I make do
Kijin Zabuza: My pokemon cards bring the boys to the yard
Kijin Zabuza: And they're like, "Oh **** he has cards"
TwinBGenerationX: damn right
TwinBGenerationX: I wanna trade cards I could trade you, BUT NOT MY CHARIZARD!

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Postby montu » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:47 pm

I've been using the beta for awhile. I tried going back to the original client, but I find it less intuitive.

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Postby ( G_R ) » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:34 pm

This thing is going live in 5 days why wasn't I informed??!! :crazy:
That explains why people keep coming over for chicken nuggets

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Postby ( G_R ) » Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:37 am

So I installed the thing. Fun fact: every time I start the program, my antivirus says it has detected malicious behavior. Not kidding. ^_^
That explains why people keep coming over for chicken nuggets


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