Mtgo

[rkoelsch]

I played my first game on MTGO this morning. I was in the practice room using an Armada deck against a black deck. I was making some bad mistakes considering I hadn't played any Magic since February. Time was getting close for me to leave for work and I was losing badly anyway. He had just dark banished my Samite healer(my only creature) during his turn to attack. I had cast a Angelic page to try an stave off the damage. He requested an undo. I know you can request an undo of a mana ability. he untapped his land and dark banished my page. I will have to review this game but that looked suspicious. I might be overreacting. anyone else have this problem

 

[Spiderman]

It does sound kind of fishy, but I'm a bit confused. Was it the same Dark Banishing that he used on the Healer to re-cast on the Page?

It sounds more like the kind of move that "casual friends" would allow, like you starting to untap your lands and then remembering you wanted to do something in the End Phase of your opponent's turn. If it was "friendly" and nothing was at stake, I'd probably let it go. Just be straight with your opponents from now on about that kind of thing, whether it's allowed or not

 

[Istanbul]

The black deck does have two Dark Banishings in it. It's quite possible that he simply had both in hand.

Also, you can't untap land that you've already used the mana from, so I think that what actually happened was something else.

 

[rkoelsch]

well I replayed the game and what he did was tap too much mana for the spell. I like that replay function. now all I have got to do is stop mana burning myself. I tap mana to play a spell then instead of selecting the spell I hit ok and go to next phase.

 

[train]

I have heard the one great thing about it is that it keeps you within the boundaries of the rules... This will help a lot of people to play properly...

 

[Spiderman]

This popped into my head as I was reading of the front page articles... how bad is "game dropping"? Is it a factor? Nothing to worry about?

 

[Notepad]

Yeah game dropping is a problem on MTGO. It's really annoying to have a good game going and then the person drops. But, unlike real Magic, at least you can get to the next game quickly.

Personally, I drop every once in a while without notice myself from time to time. Mostly its just because 99% of the people I encounter are jerks. I have my goblin deck, go into the casual room. When its obvious I'm playing against UG Madness, I just concede on the spot and go to an actual casual game. Or, if I'm REALLY screwed. Like, in a game where I have a two land hand and go with it, only to go seven turns without any land draws (yeah, it happens a lot). No chances of recovery, so I just pack up without a word. I used to ask for a draw and retry, but people are such jerks they'd always force me to concede. So, I just got used to conceding without even wasting time asking for a draw and retry.

 

[Spiderman]

So there's no penalty to dropping? Is there a penalty to conceding, and that's why people just drop?

 

[Notepad]

No penalty to conceding at all, unless you're in a tourney. Conceding is called dropping though. Or at least with the people I talk with. So people just drop like jerks in the middle of a good game (Elves vs Goblins...both are going well, playing at the edge of your seat...and they just suddenly CONCEDE on you!). It takes away the full fun of the game. Then there's when I drop/concede, because people are just such lamers they have to bring their tourney decks into casual rooms, or won't even give me the benefit of a rematch when I am obviously mana screwed. Heck, I always draw and retry if I see my opponent wants to do so. Its lame to crush a person with your fully developed board and they're sitting there with one friggen basic land.