A Magical Huffalump Resides Here: March 2009

A Magical Huffalump Resides Here

My name is Ed, I am a programmer. Just another dude with another blog. I like MTG, Open Source (more towards FREE software). I like sports, and eventually I hope to do business and do good for the world in general. This blog is gonna be about Magic The Gathering. Decklists and snippets will be posted here. It may lead somewhere or nowhere, as with all things arcane, that was bloody obvious =)

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Mouse Hunt Log!!! 090308

12:29am tomorrow
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Acolyte Realm: 2 Golem, 3 Gate Guardian, 1 Gorgon
Catacombs: 7 Skeleton, 3 Ooze, 8 Keeper's Assistant, 11 Spider, 4 Zombie, 14 Ghost, 6 Mummy, 4 Scavenger, 1 Lycan, 1 Golem
Total catches: 65
Average weight: 6 oz.
Gold and Points:
219,479 gold gained, 1,886 gold lost
286,326 points gained, 4,997 points lost
217,593 net gold, 281,329 net points.
Cheese:
Brie:
Attracted a mouse 0 times out of 14 hunts.
0 were eaten, 14 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Ancient:
Attracted a mouse 9 times out of 9 hunts.
9 were eaten, 0 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 84 times out of 103 hunts.
84 were eaten, 4 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was decent.
Loot:
Scrap Metal (x2)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x2)
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x19)

Labels: ,

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Birthday MICE!!!!!

11:22am tomorrow
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 4 Keeper, 8 Spider, 6 Ooze, 4 Ravenous Zombie, 2 Ghost, 1 Mummy, 3 Birthday, 5 Scavenger, 3 Golem, 1 Lycan, 2 Zombie
Bazaar: 1 Bionic
Laboratory: 1 Granite, 3 Zombie
Total catches: 44
Average weight: 6 oz.
Gold and Points:
169,614 gold gained, 160 gold lost
190,360 points gained, 1,153 points lost
169,454 net gold, 189,207 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 47 times out of 85 hunts.
47 were eaten, 6 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Brie:
Attracted a mouse 8 times out of 27 hunts.
8 were eaten, 15 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Super Brie:
Attracted a mouse 1 time out of 4 hunts.
1 were eaten, 3 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was poor.
Loot:
Birthday Gift (x3)
Fancy Birthday Gift (x1)
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x12)
Scrap Metal (x2)
Keeper's Candle (x1)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x2)

Labels: ,

Thursday, March 05, 2009

MouseHunt Log 090305

11:18pm
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 12 Ooze, 10 Ghost, 8 Mummy, 3 Scavenger, 3 Ravenous Zombie, 1 Bat, 2 Keeper, 4 Spider, 4 Golem, 1 Zombie
Total catches: 48
Average weight: 7 oz.
Gold and Points:
207,818 gold gained, 5,378 gold lost
232,210 points gained, 1,404 points lost
202,440 net gold, 230,806 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 71 times out of 120 hunts.
71 were eaten, 6 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Swiss:
Attracted a mouse 0 times out of 4 hunts.
0 were eaten, 1 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Ancient:
Attracted a mouse 1 time out of 1 hunts.
1 were eaten, 0 went stale and 0 were stolen.
Brie:
Attracted a mouse 0 times out of 4 hunts.
0 were eaten, 1 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was decent.
Loot:
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x13)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x1)

Labels: ,

Yet more logs 090304

11:17am
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 3 Zombie, 11 Spider, 12 Ooze, 12 Ghost, 2 Ravenous Zombie, 5 Mummy, 5 Scavenger, 3 Keeper, 4 Golem
Total catches: 57
Average weight: 7 oz.
Gold and Points:
238,704 gold gained, 5,174 gold lost
268,918 points gained, 2,462 points lost
233,530 net gold, 266,456 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 85 times out of 111 hunts.
85 were eaten, 6 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was good.
Loot:
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x18)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x4)
Scrap Metal (x3)

Monday, March 02, 2009

MouseHunt log 090302

Hmm yesterday was'nt all too great a hunt..... well not the best...



10:54pm
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 9 Scavenger, 14 Spider, 1 Lycan, 9 Mummy, 10 Ghost, 4 Ravenous Zombie, 5 Zombie, 5 Ooze, 4 Golem, 3 Keeper
Total catches: 64
Average weight: 7 oz.
Gold and Points:
261,400 gold gained, 7,486 gold lost
296,644 points gained, 5,178 points lost
253,914 net gold, 291,466 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 102 times out of 136 hunts.
102 were eaten, 7 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was good.
Loot:
Scrap Metal (x5)
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x8)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x1)


Online project management, task software, and free collaboration workspace: AJAXWorkspace


Labels: , , , ,

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Divine and Demonic

Well this kinda confirms that Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Luminous Angel will be in. Also in is the Lord of the Pit!!!


Now I am excited that Akroma is in.. but I really hope the fanboys don't cause the vendors to hoard as they are so very likely to.

I HATE vendors who hoard. FTV: Dragons was a really really really bad experience.

Please don't do that again WOTC/Hasbro. Or really you will face a fallout with M10 ... you don;t really think we print money do you?


Labels:

The Greater Power : Nassif

Wow...


Pro Tour Kyoto is just over and just wow...


I do love it when they do the webcasts...

I am not sure why they do not do it for the whole top 8, but I guess it might be due to costs??

In any case, it was a good thing they did it for this finals!

Two really amazing players.


Sure LSV has a great track record, but to really understand why he is in such a great standing as a player, you really just got to watch him play.

In the 4th game of the finals, he had two head games , one under the windbrisk heights and one in hand. He knew Nassif had a negate, and played like he wanted to play the head games, and you could see Nassif trying real hard to play and keep negate mana open, allowing Ajani Goldmane to resolve and terror and so on, so Nassif knew LSV was holding something big (if he did'nt know it was head games, which I think he knew). So Nassif played around and we were like staring at a board of kithkins Cloudgoat Ranger was there a bitterblossom??? and Ajani getting stronger... and finallyI think Nassif played a Cruel Ultimatum.. and BAM! LSV played a Head Games via WindBrisk Heights!

But there is a greater power. =P

Somehow Nassif clawed back slowly but surely, MullDrifter helped lots and eventually Broodmate dragon closed in and LSV's own bitterblossom did him in.

2-2

The game was much faster, and 2 cruel Ultimatum resolved. Cruel indeed. I was rooting for Nassif... mostly cos LSV has won lots already. But whomever won, this was a great match up and both players showed in they play that they were on top of their game.


Cards that may spike in value::

Cloudgoat Ranger???? Yes that adorable warrior giant has seen lots of play this tournament, so very cute and all. Head Games! this card is nasty if one can pull it off, which is also why the move by LSV was such a treat as he displayed his skill in setting up the game such that he could play it. Another card that may see a rise is that of windbrisk heights, its a really nice way to play stuff for free and various players have already incorporate it into their decks! Yet Another card that might see value spiking is Broodmate Dragon. Now if you were around when SOA first came out, many were wondering why the price of Broodmate Dragon was so low, 6 USD could get you a playset. Currently its value has already spiked to 8.99 USD on ebay (do the search).

Online project management, task software, and free collaboration workspace: AJAXWorkspace

I do not actually think the price will spike much higher. It really depends on how dominant 5 Colour Control gets. Should you get your playset? I do not really have sympathy for people who pick things only if the card is good (I am a collector.. so even the suck cards I would get)... but it really depends i haven't been following the market. If Broodmate Dragon has been seen "bad" enuff that everyone ignores it. Then yes you ought to get your playset as if the dragons were'nt bought, the dealer will now hoard it. But if the dragons have been selling on and off. Then no. The supply outside of the those card shark/dealers will be sufficient that the price spike would be there but minimal. Now the real question is how dominant will 5 colour control be? Because if 5 -colour control becomes the deck to beat (like faerie dominant), then yes the price will spike and continue to spike.

I do not know 5-colour enough to make the call, but from my limited experience, it is a good strong deck, but not insurmountable. hence my call based on my little experience? =P I think broodmates will rise to a decent level. 8.99 usd sound right. But will likely stay there or drop. Basically:

if
5CC --> dominant == Price of Broodmate Dragon --> go uppity up

else if
5CC --> decent == Price of Broodmate Dragon --> stay at current level 8.99 +-

else
5CC --> goes bust == Price of Broodmate Dragon --> back to previous level 6.99 +-


And thats all I have... go catch the archives if you missed it! Its amazing =)



Labels: , , , ,

More MouseHunt Logs, stale cheese, Brie and MORE ... well mabbe not

Y'all....



so now I have a ACRONYM trap I guess I will stat to put up the stats for who ever wants to compile em =)


9:32pm
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 2 Monster, 15 Ghost, 15 Spider, 9 Ooze, 10 Mummy, 7 Scavenger, 5 Zombie, 2 Ravenous Zombie, 3 Golem, 2 Keeper
Total catches: 70
Average weight: 6 oz.
Gold and Points:
291,170 gold gained, 5,276 gold lost
326,060 points gained, 4,463 points lost
285,894 net gold, 321,597 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 105 times out of 127 hunts.
105 were eaten, 2 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was good.
Loot:
Cheddar Cheese (x12)
Marble Cheese (x25)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x4)
Scrap Metal (x8)
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x8)





ACRONYM/dehydration

My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 14 Spider, 6 Ravenous Zombie, 10 Ghost, 7 Scavenger, 8 Lycan, 4 Zombie, 15 Ooze, 6 Mummy, 3 Golem, 1 Keeper, 1 Black Widow
Total catches: 75
Average weight: 7 oz.
Gold and Points:
328,135 gold gained, 6,323 gold lost
388,163 points gained, 1,627 points lost
321,812 net gold, 386,536 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 114 times out of 135 hunts.
114 were eaten, 4 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was good.
Loot:
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x25)
Scrap Metal (x9)
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x2)
SUPER|brie+ Cheese (x16)




090301

10:07am tomorrow
My last 1 day 12 hours of hunting:
Catches:
Catacombs: 14 Ghost, 3 Ravenous Zombie, 9 Spider, 6 Zombie, 3 Golem, 9 Ooze, 3 Keeper, 8 Mummy, 3 Scavenger, 1 Monster
Total catches: 59
Average weight: 7 oz.
Gold and Points:
241,916 gold gained, 3,023 gold lost
271,273 points gained, 4,256 points lost
238,893 net gold, 267,017 net points.
Cheese:
Radioactive Blue:
Attracted a mouse 91 times out of 116 hunts.
91 were eaten, 8 went stale and 0 were stolen.
My attraction rate was good.
Loot:
Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion (x1)
Radioactive Blue Cheese (x7)
Scrap Metal (x2)
Cheddar Cheese (x37)
Brie Cheese (x10)


Online project management, task software, and free collaboration workspace: AJAXWorkspace


And this is something culled from the MH boards... its a posting by someone... I am posting it for easy to find and posterity as these things kinda just disappear.....



I would summarise it.. but I am to lazy =P


@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@



Ok, so a lot of people are complaining about the price of SB, and how they can't hunt in the cats, blah blah blah, yada yada yada

To counter this, I'm reminding you and proposing that we gather up potions to use on brie. now, people keep saying "they don't drop" or "it costs too much money to convert brie" or "I am very hungry and I'd like to eat my brie and only use SB for conversion."

Here's my method:
Equip a trap/base combo that has a higher likelyhood of making stale cheese. (I'm using ACRONYM/exp). Buy swiss @ 100 pp, and hunt in the lab. As you hunt, you're more likely to have stale cheese and pots after a few days. They might not drop often, but I guarantee it's possible that something might drop eventually or not.... :-) This takes care of the first complaint.

The second complaint, the cost, is easily argued. The cost to convert 11 pieces of Brie to RB is covered by catching just one mouse. Those 11 RB will possibly net you a mouse worth at least 3k gold, so the gold works out in the end, and since we're all (mostly) used to waiting around anyways, we can handle the wait. Also, if your cheese goes stale, you could go make a few pieces of ancient cheese, and now you have a chance of catching better mice.

For the third complaint, you are on your own, because the snacking thing is not my specialty.

Ok, so I'm not the first person to try this, but I was bored and figured I'd share my idea with people. Nothing like typing a big old post up to get some excitement going.

LOL I was so happy to have thought of this that I posted this in the newcomer's lounge at first. I think I need sleep....

Labels: , , , ,


Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

HTML Hit Counter
HTML Hit Counter

Click Here to Advertise on my site
Firefox 2
//online countries Page Rank Tool
Support Wikipedia