I am actually pretty excited about being able to rate news articles. Sometimes I read a very good article and I don't really want to make a comment just saying "good job" but I still want to show that I liked. Very often I wish that I could up-vote a news article just to show that I liked it without having to make a post.
Yeah, this is pretty much why this was added.
A while back we had talked about letting people let staff know they enjoyed an article. When we first brought on a bunch of new content contributors, comments on the news articles were high and spoke of praise but that stopped shortly after. Had we of had a rating or upvote system then, we likely would have continued getting that positive feedback.
Glad you'll make use of it! Though, don't ever be afraid to leave comments like "loved this article". It can encourage others to comment and of course it gives others warm fuzzies. Definitely at least rate the stuff you love though <
I went to change my avatar and noticed that in the sentence "An image that represents you displayed on content you create. You should use a square image!" there isn't a space between "an" and "image" so it reads "animage". Not apocalyptic or anything but just an error I noticed.
For articles getting downvoted, I’d recommend the voting system being on the page with a question right above the votes/score/points/whatever metric is used to simply ask “Do you like X?”
i.e. “Do you like that Blizzard signed a deal to exclusively stream on YouTube?”
Just because that score is negative doesn’t directly mean that the article/content was well presented. But at the same time, it depends on how you, the Admin and Mods, accurately want to get a feel of how everyone thinks.
Sidenote: You guys present data/news pretty objectively, so it’s not like fake news where stuff is biased all the time
I am actually pretty excited about being able to rate news articles. Sometimes I read a very good article and I don't really want to make a comment just saying "good job" but I still want to show that I liked. Very often I wish that I could up-vote a news article just to show that I liked it without having to make a post.
So, were you genuinely looking forward to seeing new decks? Or was that sarcasm and you are salty about how your homebrew decks are constantly being preyed on by "no brainer net decks"?
We've got a weekend update with some new stuff and a bunch of bug fixes. Part of the update involves some backend stuff that is going to be used in a larger update that is incoming.
New Features
You can now rate news articles.
Dev Notes: I'm not sure how well this is going to go. I feel like people are going to downvote stuff because they don't like it even if it is quality content. If we find that to be the case, we may get rid of this since it looks awkward to have articles with low ratings and it may detract viewership. We'll see!
Article ratings are found at the top of articles, on the byline.
Magic Portal is now live.
There isn't much on it yet, but it is using some improved tech that will later be applied to HS, Runeterra, and other games.
Forums are now game aware.
Game portals will now only display forum threads from forums that are from that game.
Do note that non-game forums such as off-topic and site feedback and support also display here.
Due to the non-game forums display, you may occasionally see a feedback thread for a game that isn't the one that you're on the portal for. There isn't really a way around this unless we made feedback forums for each individual game - not happening.
If you are going to play a "fun deck" A.K.A. "bad deck" then you are going to have to expect to lose to "boring decks" A.K.A. "good decks".
people just understood badly what i meant. control decks are No Fun Allowed but its for others, not for us playing those decks. I play control decks mostly and im already building the Ultimate Control deck created by swim. my no fun allowed expression was created by Zalae when he built a control warrior deck that could beat pre nerf galakrond shaman and during his streams he would check how many shamans werent having fun cause the deck was specifically tailored to beat them.
Open Tracker. Click overwolf's icon on tray. Then UI will come to left side of the screen. Choose Legends of Runeterra deck tracker from there. Then Sign In on the opening window. You need to sign up on the site and then sign in on browser at first time too.
It works but tbh, it sucks, doesn't fit game's UI etc. I didn't like so i uninstalled it. I don't think we need deck tracker in this game. Maybe just usable for tracking stats by closing the deck pop-up, graveyard, enemy's deck etc.
win/lose xp are halved to 0 daily. There is a daily cap.
30 wins / 20 loses for against PvP
20 wins / 10 loses for against AI
Maybe you played more than these.
How does this work exactly? Does it count wins and losses separately? Because if this is the case, getting to 30 wins would encourage you to lose all your games afterward because you will only get xp for losses, which would be pretty weird.
They are separate. Also PvP and AI are separate too.
You can go normal game to surrender. Today my win rate was like %80 so I had to do like that. Join and surrender. I was doing AI loses just like "join and surrender".
Or you can just try weird decks on normal. It also gives you some creativity.
It's there so people won't get so many cards so fast, which is the problem with hs's solved metas.
Also, If there was no cap, people would do join-surrender abuse which will lead another problems. Cap is a need. I'm not a fan of caps either but I know that people would abuse the system. Also there is a fact that you can gain experiences from friendly challenges. It would take just 1 hour to complete all region rewards with a friend if there was no cap.
I honestly think skydiving instructor is pretty powerful. It is two bodies for one card, plus it gets rid of a bad topdeck. You mentioned that a combo wouldn't be reliable because you wouldn't always draw it, but if you draw your one drop on turn one you probably won't be very upset. You don't need to get the perfect draw each time for this to be worth it.
Hi Flux thanks for that. Actually this was a very rogue ad. On the iPhone the OOC page was in lock-down with the only action available to keep hitting block. It took multiple attempts to make the original post
What exactly does Trail of Evidence do? The text is not clear to me.
The way I see it, it Discovers a spell, and then what that spell is cast, you Discover another spell. When that spell is cast, you Discover another spell, and so on. So, as long as you can keep playing the Discovered spell, you'll always Discover another spell after you cast it.
I'm pumped to try Escaped Manasaber I think it will be better than people think.. The beast tag doesn't do a ton for me either. Any class can utilize this card. Solid 4-drop
I really like this set! I do have some questions, tho:
If you split Syndicate Council, wouldn't the choice that readds "itself" only give you the choice again and not the original card? If so, what usage does this card have outside of Untapped Potential decks?
What exactly does Trail of Evidence do? The text is not clear to me.
Does Possibility Unbound add the mage spells to either player's hand immediately when a space is freed up? if so, wouldn't that basically invalidate both players' decks since every card would be burned?
I've read the interview about the flavour of Neve but how is his powerevel as a herocard justified? A 2-mana hero that deals two damage and gives you a cheap access to a value-based hero-power seems nuts to me but maybe I just lov control-rogue as an archetype too much...
Other than that, I really dig the whole focus on discover and deck manipulation, latter being something I feel like Hearthstone desperately needs....
You act like this wasn't going to happen. An online TCG made by the same developers as LoL. Literally has so much backing by this huge company, a huge player base will instantly come and try it, and of course, we all immediately resort to all we know from other OTCGs, net/meta deck spam. Besides, the closed beta had given a lot of streamers time to find good decks, and now they're just being popularized on websites to these new players, which means you get more net deck spam. I mean, it's really not Riot's fault either, that's just how all TCG communities will be.
Regarding a possible secret package, in my experience if you run Phase Stalker and Master's Call, you will pull and draw your secrets pretty quickly, so to make Subject 9 worth it you'd have to run at least 6 secrets. I've used a 4-secret package without Subject 9 in my Master's Call quest deck:
Have you tried Hunting Mastiff? That card did surprisingly well for me in the quest deck. Obviously summoning multiple minions isn't as important for your deck as it is with the quest or when running Scavenging Hyena, but the Mastiff is flexible removal and it can complete the sidequest by itself on later turns.
If you encounter an issue like this in the future, can you please use the "Report Ad" button on the add which is triggering the popup on the page alongside any other information you have (like the link you provided). This can help us get a report upstream so it can be handled.
My assumption is another site in the ad network got to report it before us so it was cleaned up quickly!
I think this deck currently in its state for constructed is fine. It is a control deck killer and I think having decks like this are good they make the meta more balanced. That being said I believe the deck is a little strong and could use a few nerfs like mushroom cloud, and puffcap peddler.
The real issue i have with the deck however is in expedition mode. It is extremely hard to build around this deck since you are given so few options especially in terms of lifesteal. For Freljord which has 2 heals and 0 lifesteal options. I think it is unfair to allow a deck of this strength in its current form where you can possibly get 26 mushrooms in 1 turn is pretty broken not to mention teemo can double that with his upgraded form. I believe that if less options are given in the draft it would be much easier to deal with. Draft already has enough rng it doesnt need more added in terms of puff mushroom draws especially when few options can solve the issue.
25th January update: Tranxit's WILD Old Gods Reno Mage: 14 Health Doomsayers rule! (1080p)
I was looking for something fun. I found it. Old Gods. Reno. C'thun lethals. I am not brave enough to try this on the ladder (yet). Perhaps I will change my mind soon...
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-01-25
Yeah, this is pretty much why this was added.
A while back we had talked about letting people let staff know they enjoyed an article. When we first brought on a bunch of new content contributors, comments on the news articles were high and spoke of praise but that stopped shortly after. Had we of had a rating or upvote system then, we likely would have continued getting that positive feedback.
Glad you'll make use of it! Though, don't ever be afraid to leave comments like "loved this article". It can encourage others to comment and of course it gives others warm fuzzies. Definitely at least rate the stuff you love though <
So basically there is a space missing
Definitely a bug! I have to deploy the site again so I'll ninja this in momentarily.
Thanks for the report!
So basically there is a space missing
I went to change my avatar and noticed that in the sentence "An image that represents you displayed on content you create. You should use a square image!" there isn't a space between "an" and "image" so it reads "animage". Not apocalyptic or anything but just an error I noticed.
Also, I had no idea what to prefix this as
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-01-25
For articles getting downvoted, I’d recommend the voting system being on the page with a question right above the votes/score/points/whatever metric is used to simply ask “Do you like X?”
i.e. “Do you like that Blizzard signed a deal to exclusively stream on YouTube?”
Just because that score is negative doesn’t directly mean that the article/content was well presented. But at the same time, it depends on how you, the Admin and Mods, accurately want to get a feel of how everyone thinks.
Sidenote: You guys present data/news pretty objectively, so it’s not like fake news where stuff is biased all the time
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-01-25
I am actually pretty excited about being able to rate news articles. Sometimes I read a very good article and I don't really want to make a comment just saying "good job" but I still want to show that I liked. Very often I wish that I could up-vote a news article just to show that I liked it without having to make a post.
Legends of Runeterra Meta Decks - The Best Runeterra Community Decks
So, were you genuinely looking forward to seeing new decks? Or was that sarcasm and you are salty about how your homebrew decks are constantly being preyed on by "no brainer net decks"?
"From the Forums" on game portals should not show other games
This is now live. Here are the update notes.
https://outof.cards/forums/out-of-cards/site-updates/2617-out-of-cards-changelog-2020-01-25
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-01-25
We've got a weekend update with some new stuff and a bunch of bug fixes. Part of the update involves some backend stuff that is going to be used in a larger update that is incoming.
New Features
Changes
Bug Fixes
Legends of Runeterra Meta Decks - The Best Runeterra Community Decks
people just understood badly what i meant. control decks are No Fun Allowed but its for others, not for us playing those decks. I play control decks mostly and im already building the Ultimate Control deck created by swim. my no fun allowed expression was created by Zalae when he built a control warrior deck that could beat pre nerf galakrond shaman and during his streams he would check how many shamans werent having fun cause the deck was specifically tailored to beat them.
Mobalytics Deck Tracker
Open Tracker. Click overwolf's icon on tray. Then UI will come to left side of the screen. Choose Legends of Runeterra deck tracker from there. Then Sign In on the opening window. You need to sign up on the site and then sign in on browser at first time too.
It works but tbh, it sucks, doesn't fit game's UI etc. I didn't like so i uninstalled it. I don't think we need deck tracker in this game. Maybe just usable for tracking stats by closing the deck pop-up, graveyard, enemy's deck etc.
no xp bug?
They are separate. Also PvP and AI are separate too.
You can go normal game to surrender. Today my win rate was like %80 so I had to do like that. Join and surrender. I was doing AI loses just like "join and surrender".
Or you can just try weird decks on normal. It also gives you some creativity.
Or just play Teemo. You will rarely win. lol.
Also, If there was no cap, people would do join-surrender abuse which will lead another problems. Cap is a need. I'm not a fan of caps either but I know that people would abuse the system. Also there is a fact that you can gain experiences from friendly challenges. It would take just 1 hour to complete all region rewards with a friend if there was no cap.
Out of Cards Reviews - Galakrond's Awakening #2
I honestly think skydiving instructor is pretty powerful. It is two bodies for one card, plus it gets rid of a bad topdeck. You mentioned that a combo wouldn't be reliable because you wouldn't always draw it, but if you draw your one drop on turn one you probably won't be very upset. You don't need to get the perfect draw each time for this to be worth it.
whos good idea was it to make those puff cards
Why are we complaining about puffs when Fiora is still in the game
New Site popup issue
Hi Flux thanks for that. Actually this was a very rogue ad. On the iPhone the OOC page was in lock-down with the only action available to keep hitting block. It took multiple attempts to make the original post
[Custom Expansion] - Syndicate of the Mourning Sun
The way I see it, it Discovers a spell, and then what that spell is cast, you Discover another spell. When that spell is cast, you Discover another spell, and so on. So, as long as you can keep playing the Discovered spell, you'll always Discover another spell after you cast it.
And also thanks for reading the interview. :)
Out of Cards Reviews - Galakrond's Awakening #2
Animated avalanche can also be abused with khadgar and conjurer's calling.
Out of Cards Reviews - Galakrond's Awakening #2
My hopes ride with Scalelord, Rotnest Drake and Steel Beetle. (:
Leeroy OTK Deathrattle Spell Priest [6-0 run from Rank 5 to 4]
First game, lost to pirate warrior. Second game, milled Leeroy vs a mecha'thun lock. Rough start.
Out of Cards Reviews - Galakrond's Awakening #2
I'm pumped to try Escaped Manasaber
I think it will be better than people think.. The beast tag doesn't do a ton for me either. Any class can utilize this card. Solid 4-drop
[Custom Expansion] - Syndicate of the Mourning Sun
I really like this set! I do have some questions, tho:
If you split Syndicate Council, wouldn't the choice that readds "itself" only give you the choice again and not the original card? If so, what usage does this card have outside of Untapped Potential decks?
What exactly does Trail of Evidence do? The text is not clear to me.
Does Possibility Unbound add the mage spells to either player's hand immediately when a space is freed up? if so, wouldn't that basically invalidate both players' decks since every card would be burned?
I've read the interview about the flavour of Neve but how is his powerevel as a herocard justified? A 2-mana hero that deals two damage and gives you a cheap access to a value-based hero-power seems nuts to me but maybe I just lov control-rogue as an archetype too much...
Other than that, I really dig the whole focus on discover and deck manipulation, latter being something I feel like Hearthstone desperately needs....
Legends of Runeterra Meta Decks - The Best Runeterra Community Decks
You act like this wasn't going to happen. An online TCG made by the same developers as LoL. Literally has so much backing by this huge company, a huge player base will instantly come and try it, and of course, we all immediately resort to all we know from other OTCGs, net/meta deck spam. Besides, the closed beta had given a lot of streamers time to find good decks, and now they're just being popularized on websites to these new players, which means you get more net deck spam. I mean, it's really not Riot's fault either, that's just how all TCG communities will be.
2020 Beast Hunter
Regarding a possible secret package, in my experience if you run Phase Stalker and Master's Call, you will pull and draw your secrets pretty quickly, so to make Subject 9 worth it you'd have to run at least 6 secrets. I've used a 4-secret package without Subject 9 in my Master's Call quest deck:
Wild · Quest Hunter · by Zelgadis · 6 years, 8 months ago
Have you tried Hunting Mastiff? That card did surprisingly well for me in the quest deck. Obviously summoning multiple minions isn't as important for your deck as it is with the quest or when running Scavenging Hyena, but the Mastiff is flexible removal and it can complete the sidequest by itself on later turns.
New Site popup issue
I'm sorry I missed this thread.
If you encounter an issue like this in the future, can you please use the "Report Ad" button on the add which is triggering the popup on the page alongside any other information you have (like the link you provided). This can help us get a report upstream so it can be handled.
My assumption is another site in the ad network got to report it before us so it was cleaned up quickly!
Sorry for the trouble!
whos good idea was it to make those puff cards
I think this deck currently in its state for constructed is fine. It is a control deck killer and I think having decks like this are good they make the meta more balanced. That being said I believe the deck is a little strong and could use a few nerfs like mushroom cloud, and puffcap peddler.
The real issue i have with the deck however is in expedition mode. It is extremely hard to build around this deck since you are given so few options especially in terms of lifesteal. For Freljord which has 2 heals and 0 lifesteal options. I think it is unfair to allow a deck of this strength in its current form where you can possibly get 26 mushrooms in 1 turn is pretty broken not to mention teemo can double that with his upgraded form. I believe that if less options are given in the draft it would be much easier to deal with. Draft already has enough rng it doesnt need more added in terms of puff mushroom draws especially when few options can solve the issue.
Darkseeker's channel - 13th November update: KOtsosKOtsos' Reno Evolve Shudderwock Shaman - ft. Archivist Elysiana
25th January update: Tranxit's WILD Old Gods Reno Mage: 14 Health Doomsayers rule! (1080p)
I was looking for something fun. I found it. Old Gods. Reno. C'thun lethals. I am not brave enough to try this on the ladder (yet). Perhaps I will change my mind soon...
Deck code: AAEBAf0EHooBwAGrBMsE7QS5DfcNwxaFF9isAuCsAumsApOtAouvAsmvAsuvAs+vAti7ApjEApvTAsXzAsCYA4qeA6GhA/yjA5KkA7+kA4GxA5GxA+G2AwAA
https://youtu.be/x-OTlxtu6q4