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#91

General Discussion / Re: Highlander Online Play

Last post by Vazdru - 24-11-2019, 10:36:52 PM

first matches today - noone wanted to play with Free Mulligan or Skullclamp yet

UGb-Reanimator (A) vs Izzet (B) 2:0
FM: - / SC: -

G1: 1:0
A on the play mull 2x / B mull 1x
Remarks: T3 Intuition Into T4 Exhume Jin-Gitaxias + Counterbackup

G2: 2:0
A mull 0x / B on the play mull 2x
Remarks: B screwed, non-game

Gr-Cradehoof (A) vs 5C-Reanimator (B) 0:2
FM: - / SC: -

G1: 0:1
A mull 0x / B on the play mull 0x
Remarks: Life From the Loam, Titania, Show and Tell for Elesh Norn

G2: 0:2
A on the play mull 0x / B mull 1x
Remarks: Dark Ritual, Demonic Tutor, Oath of Druids

UGb-Reanimator (A) vs Royal (5c) Blood (B) 2:1
FM: - / SC: -

G1: 0:1
A on the play mull 0x / B mull 1x
Remarks: long and grindy game

G2: 1:1
A on the play mull 0x / B mull 0x
Remarks: Back to Basiscs + multiple resurrected Jin-Gitaxias

G2: 2:1
A mull 1x / B on the play mull 0x
Remarks: B Mana Screwed, A Rotting Regisaur + Reanimated Griselbrand

Gr-Cradehoof (A) vs Royal (5c) Blood (B) 2:1
FM: - / SC: -

G1: 1:0
A on the play mull 0x / B mull 0x
Remarks: Derranged Hermit + Cradle + Craterhoof

G2: 1:1
A mull 1x / B mull 0x
Remarks: Discard + Questing Beast + Oko

G3: 2:1
A on the play mull 1x / B mull 0x
Remarks: A curved out, B flooded

#92

General Discussion / Highlander Online Play

Last post by Vazdru - 23-11-2019, 04:11:46 PM

Highlander Online Play

There was a demand to revive the Highlander Online scene somehow by parts of the community. Maybe it is hard to put into practice but at least worth a try. So here we go.

In the past we've had a multi-culti Highlander-Online-League with players from Portugal, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and even USA but the number of participants was shrinking slowly but steadily. In the end there were always the same few people for playing this league, almost all from Germany and partly even from the same community so I decided to stop that Highlander Online League for a while waiting for the right moment for a relaunch...

I have different ideas concerning Online Play:

1 - Use a Discord-Server as meeting point for all players looking for some matches on cockatrice or other platforms. Leave your nickname here so we can create a user-list. Maybe announce some fix play times so it is easier to find like-minded persons.

Platforms:

Cockatrice
Name: Rooster Rangers
Server: server.cockatrice.us
Port: 4748

User-List:
Bobz0rd – Max Hof.
hitman_HL - Ronald Leh.
Iulus – Julius Sta.
0rley - Oliver
Phexian - Benjamin Rud.
rekka - Kurt Kof.
Vazdru – Gerry Sta.
[to be continued]

I will be online this Sunday, ~ 7 to 9 PM for some test-games.

2 - I would like to gather some data for metagame, mulligan and unban-watchlist. Therefore, I would like to launch following experiment:

Before I select my deck, my opponent may choose for the match:

• To add Free Mulligan -> FM, then London Mulligan (otherwise regular only LM) and
• To add Skullclamp (otherwise regular Banned-List)

I give a similar standardised notification for game report like Steffi did for Halle.

Notification look like (example):

UGb-Reanimator (A) vs Gwb-Cradlehoof (B) 2:1
FM: - / SC: +

G1: 1:0
A on the play mull 0x / B mull 2x
Remarks: non-game, B: mana-screwed

G2: 1:1
A mull 0x / B on the play mull 0x
Remarks: SC appeared but had no impact, combo-kill Craterhoof

G3: 2:1
A on the play mull 1x / B mull 0x
Remarks: Entomb T1 = unfair

Why only online? Cockatrice has a replay-function so it is easy to find the necessary information even if you have forgotten some details – best thing after a long play session

Furthermore, it is easy to have a lot of different decks available and switching decks with and without Skullclamp is easy as well.

It is only a small input but a small one is better than none. Maybe some guys out there wanna join this experiment so we can gather more data – just let me know and I will add your infos as well.

3 - On the long run I will try to establish an Online-Tournament if there is any demand for. The current draft is a non-profit, small-entry event with following stats:

Meeting Point: Discord Server
Pairings/Judge/cockatrice-deckcodes via Discord
Starting Fee: EUR 2,50
Max 16 players
4 rounds Swiss (e. g. Sunday 16-21 or weekday 19.30-0.30)
Winner 75% of pool as MKM voucher (e. g. 16 players -> EUR 30)
Runner-Up 25% of pool as MKM voucher (e. g. 16 players -> EUR 10)

Let me know if you would join such an event or if you would like to have some change. Thanks in advance!

#93

General Discussion / Highlander conference protocol...

Last post by Vazdru - 20-11-2019, 08:53:46 PM

On the 10th of November, after Continental Cup 2, the first "Highlander Conference" in Halle took place. 20 people from different communities participated to talk about the format.
We now want to share with you the protocol that we wrote together in order to share with the community what we discussed and what the results are.

place: Halle, Hall of Games
date: 10.11.2019, 10.30 – 13.15

participants:
Jörn Fra. (Jo Fra), Roy Her., Richard Kir., Cedrik Köh., Ronald Leh. (hitman), Lars Lin., Felix Mat. (nbb), Andre Mey., Marvin Mün., Björn Ort. (MMD), Patrick Ric. (firestarter), Benjamin Rud. (benjamin bittenachnameeinfügen), Daniel Sch., Hendrik Sch. (Hendrik Hansen), Sven Von., Cédric Zoh. (Alf Cett)
for the HL Council: Stephanie Bre. (Dr. Opossum), Max Hof. (Bobz0rd), Gerry Sta. (Vazdru), Thomas Sti. (Ma Qi)

topics:
1.   Introduction of the participants
2.   Conflicts in Berlin
3.   What is the philosophy of our format, what should it be?
4.   Proxies
5.   Website
6.   Online Play
7.   Content for Highlander
8.   Transparency
9.   Representation Model / Democracy / Council Members
10.   Surveys / Mulligan

1. Introduction of the Participants

The participants were introducing themselves to each other. 16 members from different German communities and four members of the HL Council took part in the discussion of the topics. The discussion was fruitful and it was an open atmosphere.

2. Conflicts in Berlin

Concerned persons explained their views on the recent quarrel going on in Berlin and partly on facebook. Different conflict lines and multiple perpectives were explained. The Berlin HL community seems still divided. The problems couldn't be solved during the conference obviously, however there is hope that both parties will be able to move on and the quarrel won't be disturbing the highlander community and especially the Berlin one too much.

3. What is the philosophy of our format, what should it be?

There is a need for more discussion about our format. Conflicts have occured, but the discussion culture from here on should be friendly, constructive and open for ideas. Sometimes it is quite hard to discuss on facebook because it gets personal, so people stay away from such discussions.

The best philosophy is the one which attracts people to play Highlander most. The question is still how to achieve this.

Questions to consider concerning the banned-list:
-   How broken should the format be? Who defines what is broken and what is fair?
-   How strong may combo-decks be? When is a combo-deck too dominant?
-   Competitive vs casual?
-   Should proxies be allowed?

Bannings without a vision/philosophy for the format are hard to deal with.

Task: Formulate a vision/philosophy for the HL format and create new banning/unbanning guidelines.

4. Proxies

Proxies were discussed as a good tool, to make the format grow and become better by giving everyone access to missing cards and therefore access to our format. Especially new players would profit as it is hard to build up the necessary card pool for a variety of decks. Players should have the chance to test decks before they make the card-investments.

It has been mentioned that the Highlander Community is usually quite helpful to new players. Cards and even whole decks have been lent to beginners. Just ask for.

If Proxies are allowed lies in the responsibility of each tounament organizer.
The council encourages the use of proxies at smaller tournaments (e.g. FNM).
At bigger tournaments with higher buy-in (EUR 10+) and pay-out proxies should still be forbidden.

5. Website

The participants agree that there must be a new and modern website where informations can be gathered centrally.

There is already a website for European Highlander made by Hendrik Sch. (europeanhighlander.com). There is an offer to work together and use the website perspectively.

There is a Highlander-website designed by the council too but there are some unanswered legal issues, esp. the website-impressum. Sven Von. has some expertise in this topic as he works in this sector. Max Hof. offered help to realize the website going public if necessary.

Task: Council decides till 01.01.2020 (Watchlist Announcement) what concept they want to implement on one website.

6. Online Play

Some parts of the community want to organize and schedule more online play on Cockatrice. The Online Liga (HLL) organized on the forum of magicplayer.org by Gerry Sta. has been stopped because of decreasing number of participants. In a first step there should be something like a meeting point and fixed Cockatrice play times for online Highlander players. Maybe there is a chance to revive an Online League or an Online Tournament.

Task: Support HL online-play community somehow.

7. Content for Highlander

European Highlander content should be centralized. All content-managers should sent their content to this central place. We should collect all blogs, channels, etc. The website should link to every European Highlander content. New content should be added. A concept for publishing decklists should be found. After the crush of mtgpulse, we have had different options but none of them seem satisfying.
Tournaments, content and a central, modern online presence seem most important for the development of Highlander.

Task: Communities and council should organise a guideline for the procedure of the publishing of tournament results and decklists.

8. Transparency

The council will register a council facebook account. Everything officially announced by the council will be posted with the council account in the future.

It's important for the community to know about the plans of the council. Bad discussion culture in the community lead to a non-participation in discussions. The watchlist is already a tool for the community to get an insight which cards are discussed and which possible changes could happen.

Task: The council will regularly reveal the topics it is currently discussing, next time at 01.01.2020 (Watchlist announcement).

9. Representation Model / Democracy / Council Members

Reasons for legitimization:
History of the format, ongoing engagement for the format, communication work with and for the community.

The community should have more influence on the format-relevant decisions.

No elective system but orientation of council actions towards the outcomes of ongoing public discourse. There should/must be applicable rules which govern this.
Regional representation of communities is not mandatory for a council member but the council should represent "en gros" the geographical areas. It makes the communication and flow of information with the different communities easier if they have a someone in the coucil.
You can apply to become a council member and you can be recommended by a community for some reasons. The council is open for new council members.
The discussion for tools to strengthen the democatric system has been postponed but democracy related topics will be discussed, whenever they appear with reason.

Task: Explain how to become a new council member. What are the requirements for a new council member. Make clear what are the reasons if someone gets rejected.

Following questions came up during the discussion:

* What function does the Highlander council have?
* Which duties and responsibilities are necessary to fulfil this function?
* How should the council be assembled to achieve this?
* How is it visible for the community that the council try to fulfil their tasks appropriate?
* What is the right approach to ensure that there is a fitting formation of the council?

For lack of time the questions haven't been discussed adequately during the conference.

10. Mulligan / Surveys

London Mulligan vs Free + London Mulligan has been a difficult decision.
The commuinication between the council and the community could have been better, e.g. how the decision process has been made. Some guys would like to have a reroll of the discussion. The mulligan is still under observation.

Surveys can be made my the council on its own but of each council members as well. There are no strict rules for it. Some guys prefer if the surveys would we published by the new council facebook account instead.
There is no agreement at this point.
Surveys, polls and all other content can be published by each council member without any previous coordination in the council and thus in individual responsibility.

Big thanks to all participants that showed their commitment to the format and took their time to discuss those topics the day after the tournament!

written in cooperation / in agreement with:
Jörn Fra., Felix Mat., Björn Ort., Cédric Zoh., the Highlander Council

source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/480610332544301/

#94

Reports / Re: Continental Cup 2, Halle (...

Last post by Dr. Opossum - 17-11-2019, 03:20:11 PM

Added:

Video Coverage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQuERVNigfE

#95

Reports / Re: Continental Cup 2, Halle (...

Last post by Dr. Opossum - 12-11-2019, 10:14:08 PM

Added:

Tournament Report - GR Elves:
https://www.mtg-forum.de/topic/162190-mgm-continental-cup-ii-in-halle-highlander/

Tournament Report - 5C Good Stuff:
http://metagamemasters.eu/a-time-of-change-continental-cup-2019-tournament-report

Tournament Report - Izzet Control:
https://www.dd3.eu/report/2019/11/13/creature-based-strategies-are-bad.html

#96

Deck Lists / Re: Reanimator

Last post by Vazdru - 12-11-2019, 09:50:35 PM

my decklist fizzeled this time but nevertheless had some good results recently
had a draw vs Luca Doe (runner-up / Temur) and a draw vs Karl with Academy + 2 wins and 2 losses
I would add Oath of Druids and cut 1-2 utility creatures next time

// 15 Creature
1 Baleful Strix
1 Brazen Borrower
1 Champion of Wits
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Griselbrand
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
1 Rotting Regisaur
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Tomebound Lich
1 Vendilion Clique

// 14 Sorcery
1 Collective Brutality
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Duress
1 Exhume
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Reanimate
1 Serum Visions
1 Thoughtseize
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Treasure Cruise

// 25 Instant
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Cryptic Command
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Drown in the Loch
1 Entomb
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Force of Will
1 Intuition
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
1 Miscalculation
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystic Confluence
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Remand
1 Repeal
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare

// 5 Planeswalker
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Oko, Thief of Crowns

// 35 Land
1 Ash Barrens
1 Bayou
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Field of Ruin
1 Flooded Strand
1 Karakas
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Forest
5 Swamp
7 Island

// 6 Enchantment
1 Animate Dead
1 Back to Basics
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Necromancy
1 Search for Azcanta
1 Sylvan Library

#97

Reports / Re: Continental Cup 2, Halle (...

Last post by Dr. Opossum - 11-11-2019, 08:58:53 PM

Added:

Final Standings
Meta Breakdown
Archetype Breakdown

#98

Reports / Re: Continental Cup 2, Halle (...

Last post by r4nd0m1 - 11-11-2019, 03:14:18 PM

Awesome, thanks! GO Patrick and Max!!!!

#99

Reports / Continental Cup 2, Halle (90 p...

Last post by Dr. Opossum - 10-11-2019, 10:22:21 PM

Top 8:

QF

Werner (RDW) vs. Marvin (GWu Aggro)
Max (Grixis Tempo) vs. Sven (UW Control)
Patrick (5C Academy) vs. Alexander (Esper Control)
Luca (Temur Midrange) vs. Hendrik (Gwb Ramp)

SF

Luca (Temur Midrange) vs. Marvin (GWu Aggro)
Sven (UW Control) vs. Patrick (5C Academy)

F

Luca (Temur Midrange) vs. Sven (UW Control)

Winner: Sven (UW Control)

Meta Breakdown:

Archtype Breakdown:

#100

Deck Lists / Re: 4c Blood decklist(s)/sprea...

Last post by DarkLight - 27-10-2019, 04:54:34 PM

All links in the first post updated once again for 'Throne of Eldraine'. Added Scryfall.com links in the Google.docs decklists

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