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1. Very difficult to answer since "defeats" is not clearly defined. I would guess no since she didn't capture the Hero, Potiphar did.

2.a If played during the same phase, it fully negates it.
2.b See a
2.c See a
2.d Your opponent does need to allow for a dominant in response to anything he does before he switches phases.

3. No, "wise men" has been ruled too ambiguous to definitively be a magician.

1. Yes, but it's a loose definition that doesn't take everything into account, and it's the definition for "defeat," not "defeats" (that is, who is it that's doing the defeating and when is it calculated).

2. It should be pretty obvious if your opponent is trying to rush it. Unfortunately there isn't a written rule for how any sort of initiative/phase check works.

Quote from: Minister Polarius on July 06, 2011, 05:29:53 PM

Unfortunately there isn't a written rule for how any sort of initiative/phase check works.

I find that utterly ridiculous.
How could there be an absence of a written rule on how initiative and phase checks are acknowledged/passed.

Lets create a new definition for the game redemption:
A card game with loose definitions, vague wording, and unclear rules! oh joy!

Try javelin catching. Only one rule.

And He can bring peace to the middle east and show me how to win NATS this year.

Quote from: CountFount on July 06, 2011, 06:28:22 PM

And He can bring peace to the middle east and show me how to win NATS this year.

1.)
Peace in the middle east:
Chuck Norris

2.)
Ill show you how to win nats:
Have me concede to you in the finals.

You think I am over hyping my play ability?
I am ranked top .001% of another card game (which is much more strategic) in the WORLD (out of 20 million people or so).
I've been featured in magazines as well as having my match broadcasted on ESPN 3.

My friends have sort of persuaded me to play redemption, even though it is an inferior game in design but not principal.
I have invented a new type of deck that I refer to as "type 1.5" and it easily catching on though out my state and eventually the nation.
Everyone should know there are many problems in redemption that could be fixed with a bit more effort from the play testers and game creator, Rob Anderson.

When my playgroup and I meet Rob Anderson next week, I will make sure to propose many changes to the game.
I know that I am not alone in thinking that redemption has many flaws.
I would love to restore redemption to prominence as the top card game of all time.

Wat...

You think I am over hyping my play ability?
I am ranked top .001% of another card game (which is much more strategic) in the WORLD (out of 20 million people or so).
I've been featured in magazines as well as having my match broadcasted on ESPN 3.

I've heard about your success down in Florida, and I suspect you are a good player.  However, I'm really hoping you get to go to Nats this year so that you can test yourself against the best players from around the country.  I'm guessing that you'll come away with a greater sense of humility in addition to making some great friends

When my playgroup and I meet Rob Anderson next week, I will make sure to propose many changes to the game.

I hope you will do so with more respect than you have shown in this thread.

Uhm, I hope you are referring to the guy who asked me to catch a javelin...

He was joking. That is his usual humor, which being new to the boards you would not have realized.

I don't expect people to agree with me, many people haven't invested the amount of time I have playing different card games.

But some of us have. I have been playing many different card games over the last 15 years, ever since MTG started the CCG revolution. I was an official Pokemon Gym Trainer before becoming a Redemption host. Before MTG, there was only the standard deck card games, which I had been playing for 20 years before MTG came out. My parents taught me competitive card games ever since I was old enough to understand numbers and shapes. While the other kids were playing Chutes & Ladders, I was playing Bridge, Hearts and Spades.

I do not doubt that you have exceptional strategic ability, and that you can bring years of experience to this game. However, the manner in which you present your ideas determines whether you will be taken seriously. There are many other players in the Redemption ranks that are former MTG players, and some that were in the upper echelon (I believe Master KChief might be one). Your input could be a valuable tool if you will curb your disdain for Redemption's weaknesses long enough for your ideas to be heard. Right now, comments like the ones below will only make most of us tune you out before you even begin.

Please explain to me how I have been disrespectful (even though you have no right to judge me).

Certainly:

Everyone should know there are many problems in redemption that could be fixed with a bit more effort from the play testers and game creator, Rob Anderson.

You have no idea how much time Rob Anderson has put into Redemption, and Cactus Game Design does more than Redemption. Oh yeah, and then there's that whole being a husband and father thing.... but you wouldn't know about that, yet. 

Also, the playtesters are all volunteers from all over the country, so playtesting is likely very limited by each one's real life schedule.

The absurdity that is redemption is not disputable.

I would suggest that calling Redemption absurd would be disrespectful... maybe it's just me.... 

Lets create a new definition for the game redemption:
A card game with loose definitions, vague wording, and unclear rules! oh joy!

I really don't think I need to comment on this one.... 

FTR, I did notice that log in my eye. I have been taking it out piece by piece.....  that's why I keep using this smiley: 

All of the questions have been answered except for "how does one acknowledge the passing of initiative." That's been argued off and on for 4+ years.

All of the questions have been answered except for "how does one acknowledge the passing of initiative." That's been argued off and on for 4+ years.

We should probably have the discussion again. Maybe one of these times someone will actuall definitively rule.

Since when is Magic on ESPN? . I assumed poker.

I was guessing that the Magic World Tour was televised at some point, since it is an international event.