Sorry spidey, it is an "in-game" download, so you can't use useful utilities like the ones you listed.
Isty, has it gone far enough that you have a "magic.exe" or "modo.exe" program yet? if you run either of those, it should then check which files you still need and "skip" the others. I'm not sure, but those are some of the final pieces to the puzzle, so you may not have them yet, but hopefully you do.
We'll be waiting for you, it is worth it, trust me. and 33.6 is adequate to run the program, it just takes longer to do the upgrades. I only connect at 28.8 and don't have problems running the game, just patience when it updates the files. Also when you do get in, you'll notice that at the bottom right hand corner it will be still downloading, I'd wait for those to finish before doing anything else as you get horrible lag while it downloads, yes I realize it may take an hour or so. Then I would go into collection and set the quantity owned to "<=0" and flip page by page through the cards to get the images before playing. again hours, but all these hours spent early will greatly enhance playing later, avoiding more downloading while playing. when it goes gold, I hope they include all the card pictures on the disc, otherwise it will suck to have to dl them again. It could be worse, you could have been an Alphatester and after getting them all, have them erased and have to redownload them.
Again, it is worth the wait, honest.
Hints for those playing:
Try not to spend all your points, but try to keep below 50, as testers they frequently distribute 50 pts to everyone below 50, so you continually get points. frequently = 1-3 times per week. They do not look at your collections when doing these gifts, so you can keep product and event tickets in your collection for later use while staying below 50.
Join the leagues, they are fun, and a much funner way to open some packs. They usually have an IPA league and an OD league going.
If you are a good drafter, draft a lot, they run 8 player pods, and the winner get's 8 packs, 2nd gets 4 packs. You can do rochester or booster in OD, IPA, or 7th (yuck). If you look at the "spreadsheet" view of them, you can see the format for them, and avoid the "fast" drafts, fast is really fast. also look at the deck construction time, 5 min is barely adequate, but doable, while 10 is optimal imho.
Well, I could go on, but it would bore those not playing already, or those who already know. Perhaps later I'll put together an article.
