#not that it is not a valid or overpowered deck its a possible deck

[jestroer]

Sorry to anyone with Prankster deck I met on TCG matches and quit right when i saw your cards, my reasoning: Its just not fun, im sorry 

[queenlua]

handling legacy & cruft in games

so the reduced pokédex in the new game got me to thinking about Magic the Gathering—

—yeah, yeah, i know i talk about Magic the Gathering way more than any of my followers care for (based on the crickets i get whenever i post about it).  but if you're at all interested in game design, it's such a fascinating case study for so many game-design-related things, because it's the longest-running, continuously-played, backwards-compatible game i'm aware of.  and it manages to do this in a physical medium!  you can do patches in a physical medium, of course (that's what the banlist and errata are for), but it's far more unwieldy than it is for a digital game.

anyway, it got me thinking about Magic, because Magic had to wrestle with deprecating old cards very early in its history.

see, in the very first Magic set, they printed a few extraordinarily powerful cards, because they thought most people would play Magic by (1) buying a couple packs, (2) be happy with what they got, and (3) play just those cards with friends.  having one or two overpowered cards isn't an issue if it's a fun surprise, a once-every-few-games sort of thing.

but instead, people wound up buying lots and lots of packs, got lots of copies of those rare powerful cards, and then put them all in their deck.  oops.

you could just roll anybody who didn't have four Black Lotuses in their deck; this made the game wildly unbalanced.  the short-term fix was restricting the super-powerful cards (so you could only play one of them in your deck).

but as time went on, more problems arose.  their first set wasn't perfect, some cards were clunky or interacted in weird ways, and some older cards limited the interesting shit they could do in newer sets.

so they introduced Type 2, a new play format which only allowed cards printed in the last n sets.  that way, the designers didn't have to live with their mistakes from the first set forever.  moreover, it meant that the game wouldn't go stale—even if you really hated a certain card, hated playing against it, and so on, that card would "rotate out" after a year or two, and give other cards a chance to shine.

(cynically, yes, this setup also allowed them to sell more cards.  but i do think the craven profit motive here is reasonably well-aligned with what players want.)

as they released more and more sets, this regular rotation of cards became more and more crucial to the game's fun quotient.  balancing a game with 500-1,000 cards is hard enough (and they make mistakes all the time).  balancing a game with ~20,000 cards is impossible.  so for almost all of Magic's history, there's been Type 2 (nowadays called "Standard") format where you can only play the past 1-2 years' worth of cards.

but still: people like playing with older cards.  it feels bad to not play a card you like just because of the date on the calendar.

which is why they've taken a "third path" of introducing new eternal formats: all cards printed after 2012 are valid in Pioneer.  all cards printed after 2003 are valid Modern.  the card pool for these only grows; things never rotate out.  and they are very, very popular, until they’re not.  (Legacy is another eternal format, encompassing almost all the cards in the whole game—but its popularity has dropped off because (1) obtaining really old cards is really expensive, and (2) the power level is so high that games can feel swingy, e.g. “whoever won the coin flip to go first wins the game.”)  i suspect they'll continue to make a new eternal format every eight years or so, going forward.  even players don't want to keep all 20,000 cards in their head at all times—the past eight years' worth of cards will do.

(there are other ways to deal with this problem, of course.  the classic one is power ramp.  my possibly-mistaken understanding is that the Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon card games lean on this—newer sets are always a bit more powerful than old ones, so while you can play older cards, those cards are just strictly worse than what's out there, so in practice you don’t play them.  this creates other obvious problems.)

obviously this more closely parallels stuff like how Smogon determines its tier list, versus how to figure out how many Pokémon you want to support.  you always have the physical magic cards, at least, and you can do whatever the hell you want with them outside of official tournaments.  and Pokémon mean something pretty different since most users never play with them competitively.

but the tradeoffs here seem similar & similarly fascinating/tricky—given that it's impossible to offer everything to everyone, where do you set boundaries & invest resources? what restrictions do you set to allow future innovation? and so on.

[bffhreprise]

Entry 239

 Raine looked adorable as ever, entering the gym in her cat-eared hoodie.  She obviously had no intention to fight.  I wished that I could get a better look at her hair.  From the little I managed to see yesterday, she spent a great deal of time grooming it despite always hiding it.

 “You probably should take off the hoodie for exercise, since you’re liable to get it dirty.” cautioned James.

 Raine didn't respond, still staring at the floor.

 Unperturbed, James said, “Okay.  Let’s have a demonstration, so you can see what you’ll be learning.  Emma, mind being the attacker?”

 “Sure thing, man-slave!” I exclaimed with a grin.

 “Brandon, good luck.” stated James.

 “What!?  Why me?” he complained with a frown.  Not waiting for an explanation, Brandon moved to the center of the gym faced off with me.

 I had already thought of a scenario and swaggered toward him.  Then, attempting to sound thuggish, I said, “Hey, you.  This is my alley.  What you doin’ here?”

 “Umm... walking?” stated Brandon with no enthusiasm for his part.

 “Nevermind.  You walked down the wrong alley, punk.  Gimme your cash.” I ordered.

 “No.  I’ll just be leaving.” he claimed, attempting to walk past me.

 I reached for his wrist to stop him, but he quickly grabbed my arm, attempting to twist it behind my back.

 Not wanting him to use his strength to overpower me, I quickly slammed my free hand into his chest and declared “KNIFE TO THE HEART!”

 “Oh, come on.  I would’ve seen it.” he argued, rolling his eyes at me.

 “Well, maybe, but you could’ve blocked her arm.  I can’t say that was the greatest example.  Just have a fair fight, so Raine can see some of what you’ve learned.” suggested James.

 “You have to admit that I’d be a great thug, man-slave.” I teased.  Unfortunately, Raine didn't really seem to be paying attention.

 “I’m sure you’d be the most interesting one.” he agreed with a slight smirk.  “Begin.”

 Luckily, I heard Brandon move behind me and guessed at his approach.  I ducked under his arm and kicked his side as I spun.  There was no need for me to hold back, given Brandon's abilities, so I didn't relent, dodging and attacking at full force.  I even managed to throw him a couple of times.

 “Well, good enough, you two.  Would you mind working with Brenna and Portentia today?  I’m going to try getting Cosette and Raine in shape.” declared James minutes later.

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 Having seen Brandon and Emma fight several times already, I knew Emma was easily capable of beating him every time, especially if she was allowed her magic.  Brandon had used his magic this time to no avail.  Beating either of them would be child's play for me, since Emma wouldn't likely attempt a killing blow.  Still, I wouldn’t want her as my enemy, especially outdoors where she could easily turn every plant into a lethal adversary.

 “I-I’m… healthy.” insisted Raine after James ended the little match.

 Laughing, I said, “He means in shape for fighting.”

 “B-but… I… I-I can’t.” she maintained.  She hadn't seemed to really be watching the fight, and I wasn't surprised at her continued reluctance.  Raine was exceptionally timid.  Even gaming last night, she’d respond to our questions in game chat rather than aloud.

Smiling, James said, “That’s okay.  Just think of this as exercise.  Repeat it enough, and you’ll be able to block a punch without thinking about it.”

 “You can go full werekitty on me if you want.  As a vampire, I don’t really have a problem with healing.” I assured her.

 “N-no.  N-never.” she replied, shrinking farther into her hoodie as she shook her head.

 “No need to worry, Raine.  Let’s just work on a basic stance today.  You can even keep your hoodie on as long as you can see me well enough.” explained James.   His face suddenly grew distraught as he looked at me.  “Oh, Cosette… I’m so sorry.  I just realized that the windows won’t automatically shut now.  Did you have any trouble getting here?”

 Forcing myself not to laugh, I said, “I called Aaliyah, and she told me how to shut them.”  He really was too kind.

  “Excellent.  Sorry about that… I should have realized the issue sooner.” he insisted.

 James patiently worked with us for the next hour, attempting to improve our technique.  I still maintained my charade,  not wanting to demonstrate my actual ability.  He and Alma were far too dangerous for me to risk exposure.  If they ever turned against me, I needed a way to surprise them, though I was having trouble even imagining they ever would.

  James seemed to realize that Raine wasn’t putting effort into the lesson.  The moment after he would fix her posture, she would slouch again.  Despite her obvious timidity, I had trouble understanding why she was this reluctant to learn self-defense.  What was she afraid would happen?

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 Smiling, James asked me “Was that so bad?”

 “I-I… g-guess not.” I stated, having somehow managed to get through the lessons without hurting anyone.  As cool as martial arts looked, I knew my use of them wasn't safe for others.  Everyone was far too fragile.  If I were to block an attack, the attacker would probably break an arm or leg.  My mind was too eager to provide gorey possibilities, and the darkness inside murmured its approval.

  The phone in James' pocket buzzed, so he pulled it out.  There was a sadness to his expression as he looked at the screen.  The way he touched the screen made doing so seem painful, as if the gentle caress was as damaging to him as my touch could be.

 He looked at me and said, “Aaliyah needs to meet with us about something, Raine.  She’s apparently in my office.  Mind if I freshen us up with magic real quick, so we can head straight there?”

 Us?  At first, I wanted to run, picturing James’ magic touching me all over.  I managed to calm myself, knowing James wouldn’t be indecent.  This was fine.  I could do this.  I nodded.   Then I watched water slowly float through the air, dancing to its own song.  The water passed around and through my clothing, tickling along my skin.  Drifting away once more, the water contained small particles I hadn’t even noticed were on me.  I knew that neither of us had sweat at all ― I could easily smell the sweat of those who had.  I hadn’t expected to see anything in the water, but some of the fuzzy softness of my hoodie had broken off.

 A greater concern was making its rounds in my imagination as well: I'd be seeing the princess again!   Thinking of her always brought so many other thoughts to the forefront of my mind.  She was a brilliant, adorable entity whose accomplishments outstripped those around her with ease.  Thinking of Ancient Tribes of Earth alone, she had given us so much to enjoy.  My mind roamed through all I had seen there and branched into the “what ifs”.

 “Mind asking Aaliyah to stop by my wing after you finish with her?” questioned Cosette.  She obviously knew the greatness that was the princess, but could one of us simple employees truly beg audience with the princess?

 I knew I couldn't be so bold.  Asking the princess to be alone with a monster was far, far too much.  

 “Of course not.” replied James, as if her request wasn’t anything spectacular.  Turning to the others, he said, “Aaliyah needs to see Raine and me, so I’m leaving the rest of you to it.”

 I was amazed that he seemed to think nothing of her request.  I looked at Cosette with awe, wondering who she was to be of such importance.  Then I followed James back through the halls and up to his office.  The walk seemed exceptionally long, knowing who was waiting for us.  I took a deep breath.  I could do this.  I wouldn’t embarrass myself.  The princess was kind.  She’d forgive me if I did.

 When we finally reached the office, the princess was standing on a chair behind the desk, playing with a deck of cards.  She deftly moved cards around her tiny fingers, shuffling them like a wizard.

 “What’s up?” questioned James, casually watching her.

 “Well, boss-man, sir, there’s a particular job lined up for you this week that’ll require specialized training, and I think this is a great opportunity to get Raine out there.” she announced.

 The princess had been thinking about me.  Part of my mind was savoring this moment while another part was terrified.  I had barely joined the company, and the princess wanted to deploy me this soon.  I couldn't refuse, but could I really accept?  Words needed?  None found.  Refusal against the wishes of the princess wasn’t valid.

 “What?  She’s not even been here for a full day yet, so there’s no way she completed the introductory courses.” argued James.

 He was such a wonderfully considerate person.  If not for who I was, I would have considered hugging him.  There was always an urge to hug James.  Remembering how I leaned against him yesterday was as embarrassing as it was wonderful.  I had felt so completely relaxed, enjoying his warmth.  Since then, I had moved him in my mind, creating a large room to nearly match the princess’ in grandeur.

 “Boss-man, sir, you’re being hired as a magician!” exclaimed Aaliyah.

 The statement inspired humorous scenarios of this magic-wielding man of wonder pretending to do tricks as he casually performed actual magic.  I was so inspired by the idea that I nearly managed to ignore the section of my mind processing that I would be part of the act.  There was no possible way for me to perform in front of an audience.  Every scenario was ending in failure.

 “I don’t honestly know any decent magic tricks and don’t feel using actual magic would be appropriate.” replied James.

 Disappointment sprouted inside me as the area considering how incredible James could be as a magician shattered.  The ideas of him disguising actual magic as tricks had been beautiful and wonderful. The loss of them was a very sad thing.

 Nodding, the princess said, “I guessed as much.  I made a course you can adapt to perform with Raine!  I wrote it ages ago for just such an occasion.”

 “How do you propose to get Raine to be comfortable on a stage?” inquired James, seeming as confused as I was about the idea.

 “She’ll perform as a cat!  Everyone will think she’s an extraordinarily well-trained cat, and she will be!” exclaimed Aaliyah with the cutest grin.

 The words repeated multiple times in my head as I pictured myself as a magical kitty assisting James.  I could do this!  More scenarios formed.  I could do this!  

 “I see.  I suppose that might work.  Raine?  What do you think?” asked James.

 The scenarios continued to run, but I realized that words were needed.  A question had been asked of me.  Verification of a point was validated as a response.  Question applied: “I-I’ll get… get paid?”

 Smiling, he said, “Oh.  Of course.  This is a job after all.”

 Words successful.  On my second day in the company, I had already secured a paying job.  I would get to work with James!  The happiness at the prospect of working with him was managing to fight down some of the anxiety building over the idea of being on stage, even as a kitty.

 “Good.  That’s settled then.  I need to be off.  The course is already loaded.” announced the princess.  She hopped off the chair and walked around the desk.

 “Cosette wants to see you before you’re off!” exclaimed James as if he just remembered.

 She hugged his leg and hurried out the still-open door, shutting it behind her.

 A thought had bubbled up from the back of my mind as she had moved.  I had considered different ways to broach the subject, but none seemed entirely appropriate.  This was the princess, not some ordinary person with whom I regularly spoke.  Of course, I never made a habit of speaking.  Too many words necessary.  Asking a favor of her was impudent, knowing that every moment of her time was extremely valuable.

 “Au-Autograph.” I stated to the door, unsatisfied by yet another failure to make my precious request known.

 “Don’t worry.  You’ll get one.” insisted James.  “Mind getting started?  I have a few hours free at the moment.”

 His certainty made me smile.  I knew that James’ time was extremely valuable as well.  He was the boss of this company, important to Ancient Tribes of Earth as leader of the most powerful guild and spokesperson for the game, and a friend to many.  I diligently memorized the entire course as we watched it, and listened as James made suggestions about what part I was to play.  I could do this.

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