I... can't say that I've ever heard of that game...

Big Macintosh is a whole truckload of wasted potential. He spoke more lines (and more meaningful lines) in Applebuck Season than the rest of the series combined.

...

Um, not counting Hearts and Hooves Day. But then, he was kind of high at the time.

I just found an interesting review of the game. It wasn't very positive. Here's the summary:

What it's Worth: A good laugh at the people buying it.

edited 8th Mar '12 10:24:29 PM by storyyeller

The only TCGs that I can think of that are still going strong today are Magic, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh. Magic was the first, and thanks to dedicated development has managed to stay fresh for the past 20 years. Pokemon is also developed by Wizards of the Coast, and aside from the reliance on coin flips, it's actually a very well designed game, IMO. Being backed up by one of, if not the most lucrative franchises of all time certainly doesn't hurt either. Yu-Gi-Oh still baffles me to this day. It panders to young players with it's style, but the actual gameplay, rules, and mechanics are far too convoluted and complicated for its target audience to fully understand (I know I sure as hell didn't when I was 12), and yet is still incredibly popular.

@Lurker: See, the thing that bugs the hell out of me about Magic is that every few sets they just up and ban everything ever made previously, instantly turning all those hundreds of cards you spent money on into nothing. I can't see how a game that can't balance itself without starting over every couple of years can possibly be well designed.

That's... a pretty harsh yet really funny review XD

@Blue You couldn't be more wrong. Magic has many different tournament legal formats. The one you are thinking of is Standard, which uses the two most recent blocks as well as the most recent Core Set. It rotates with the creation of new sets in order to provide an easy starting point for new players as well as keeping the metagame fresh and changing. You then have Extended, which is similar to Standard in that sets rotate out over time, but the cutoff is much farther back, meaning the card pool is much wider. After that is Legacy, which has nearly the every card ever printed legal, only banning cards that are legitimately broken or overpowered. And even further you have Vintage, which doesn't ban nearly any cards, and instead merely restricts them to one per deck. All of these formats see extensive official tournament play, and have various pros and cons.

I think the idea is that it's more like releasing a new game every once in a while.

Yeah, that sounds extremely complicated. Why cant they just make all the cards legal?

Well some cards are just overpowered, like Black Lotus. And some cause issues in a tournament, like Scherezade and Chaos Orb.

edited 8th Mar '12 10:38:41 PM by storyyeller

Re-watching Sweet And Elite, and it's even better than I remembered!

I really love how Sweet And Elite completely subverted the cliched plot.

Uh, that's called "casual". You know, the one where you actually play with your friends to burn an hour or so of free time?

@Blue Because that puts long time players with far more disposable income and access to the older, out of print cards at a near insurmountable advantage to any newer players, making the game inaccessible. It's essentially Continuity Lockout, but with cards instead of knowledge. By having a format where only the newer cards are legal, you have a more even playing field for people who haven't been playing as long, as well as a constantly shifting metagame for the more serious tournament players. And nothing is stopping anyone from playing in Legacy or Vintage tournaments, either, so it's a win-win.

Yeah, your post came all of 6 seconds after mine.

edited 8th Mar '12 10:43:45 PM by PerpetualLurker

I don't see why you would possibly have one set of rules for normal play and a whole different set for tournament. But who cares, this is a pony thread.

You posted right before me, so I wasn't actually ignoring your points, just to let you know.

edited 8th Mar '12 10:42:15 PM by Bluespade

Well in the case of Scheherazade and Chaos Orb, they rely on somewhat external factors, such as table space and time, which is at a premium in tournaments. In casual play, you're only limited by how angry your friends will be.

I have nothing to add to this conversation, so I guess I'll say good night.

Goodnight. I'm out too, I really need to catch up on sleep.

Good night Syd.

Do you think Hasbro will ever make a pony tcg?

I think that would be both the coolest and lamest thing ever XD

But they still should! :D

They own Wizards of the Coast, so they certainly have the resources and expertise to do it. There really isn't enough material for one though, and the framing device would most likely end up being really flimsy.

edited 8th Mar '12 10:58:15 PM by PerpetualLurker

Goodnight Syd, Bluespade.

I could see them making a trading card line that would compliment the toys.

Sleep well crowlover and happy birthday!

edited 8th Mar '12 10:59:59 PM by latenight

Now that I'm done with homework, I'll say goodnight as well.

I'll also say that today is my birthday (which I think I share with Death Cloud)

Sweet and elite is the one with fancypants right? And that jet set and uppercrust ugh

Happy birthday and good night! Sweet Dreams! :D