Okay what is wizard poker? I've tried learning Magic the Gathering a couple times and I honestly don't really get it. If it involves MtG nuances then either you guys are going to have to be really understanding more so than usual with me or I'm going to have to sit this one out. Basically, I enjoy the silly MtG cards GFF came up with and silly ones in general but I'm pretty much retarded when it comes to playing it. If wizard poker is something else entirely and MtG cards are just for visual gags only then hey game on I guess.

So yeah...

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Doesn't OCTGN have like a draft mode? That would make it a lot easier for things to be balanced (since i am bad at deck building, and those who haven't played even more so)

Also: wow, OCTGN has come a looong way since i last used it.

Yeah I figured we'd just draft, ideally a really stupid draft environment like Mirage-Planeshift-Unglued.

Don't stress too much Acer, it's a fun game to teach and I'm rusty as fuck myself. Haven't really played since... when did Lorwyn come out? Shit.

I've been messing around with OCTGN, and sadly there isn't an in-game drafting system. We could play sealed, but that's just opening a bunch of booster packs and hoping you get lucky. There's a bunch of preconstructed decks that are installed with the Magic ruleset, so using those looks t be our best bet.

I don't know how automated the game is. Some things seem to be programmed into the game, but others aren't. We'll just have to see how things go, i guess.

This is the opposite of a problem.

But yeah there's a metric ton of pregens so that works too, or if people want to make the effort to put together a decent deck just to crush poor Acer they're free, why not.

Or, ooh, Planechase! Always wanted to try Planechase. Maybe better to hold off on that until Acer learns how to attack with his Grizzly Bears though

Also interested in trying out Planechase. Near as i can tell it's basically the MarioKart of MtG game modes, which sounds perfect for game night.

So that was pretty rad once we learned to cope with OCTGN's crippling inability to cope with multiplayer. Planechase got STUPID silly once we all stopped worrying and learned to love Chaos, then Hawkeye basically won every game with Deathtouch And The Infinite Spiders. Gotta do it again sometime, hopefully with the whole crew on board. Maybe not right away though, maybe give OCTGN a chance to patch out their amazing "the cards just don't show up" feature.

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Thinking back, the 2 mana that I used to be a petty jerk to Garr might have actually been put to better use in whippin' problems that came along. OH WELL

Alright you guys are about as good at generating ideas as I am at steering skyboats so how about we take L4D2 off the back burner it's been sitting on for a while. Looks like pretty much all the regulars have it, plus a few other folks. Would be cool if we could get a full 4v4 going but I'm not betting on that.

Ooh! Yet another steam game I've had for ages that I've not actually played. I like this idea. I also have not played the first one either so I guess if folks enjoy this one we could always do that as well.

You've never actually played L4D2?

Jesus Christ why didn't I know this.

You are in for a nice (as in pleasant nice) surprise of how fun the L4D series is. Opting for 2 and joining if you guys have slots.

I'm not really a fan of versus, but we can give it a try i guess. Hopefully i can make it (all of the video game related plans i've made with people in the last few days have fallen apart for assorted reasons)

Yeah, there's literally no reason to play the first L4D anymore since (on the PC at least?) all the content from the first game has been ported over with all the feature improvements bolted on.

Plus also frying pan

Acer what are you doing to that elephant

Acer stop

THERE WERE SLOTS TERM

WHAT HAPPENED TERM

Yeah wtf TERM

That's ok.

Term didn't even show up and he scored better than Shade did.

I am seriously up shit creek with work tonight and possibly tomorrow; depends on if I manage to crap out 7 hours of work in a 4 hour afternoon or not.

Depends on if I can master time compression in the next 20 hours or so. ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE, at least.

Do not be surprised if late tomorrow like last week again.

tl;dr fuck everything

I'm running on 3 hours of sleep after having a pretty fun-filled day already. Might take a nap and show up, might sleep through EVERYTHING. Dunno. Just a heads up though.

I gotta go get a wedding gift for a wedding I am going to on Friday, so I will be late, but will be there.

Well, if more than half of us are gonna be out and/or super late (and I'm including myself oh god this heat) then we may as well call it a free week. Zombies II: Electric Boogaloo can wait 'til the 16th.

In the meantime, Steam Summer Sale is probably starting on the 11th (or so goes the scuttlebutt) so why not use the thread to point out shit on sale that's Game Night friendly? Killing Floor is only $4 right now; there's a 6-pack deal for $20 but since I already own the game it won't let me buy the 6er.

I own KF as well but I don't have the extra map packs and shit on it. Probably go vanilla?

Count me in for July 16th.

Having a weekly time for gaming with buddies reminds me of the good ole days of WoW and running weekly raids. Probably not the most flattering analogy, but still true all the same.

Man, grad school bites and I really missed gaming my face off...all the time.

It'll be cool to have you, man. What are your Steam/Skype handles so we can add you?