MTGS is a joke... check this out

[Tormod]

Some user got mad because Tormod and I kept "liking" each others' posts. I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I liked his posts too. I may have gotten a warning for that, but I don't remember.

Yeah its true. Apparently "liking" a post when you're a Legacy player can get you in "trouble"

LOTP, you're one of my favorite people on MTGS.

Our brotherhood was forged by battling against the horde of ignorant views on Legacy. Hopefully you can find new allies against this scourge.

[Phoenix Ignition]

If we're looking out for our mouse wheels, the first order of business would be to remove the signatures. These easily take up more space than the posts themselves.

I think everyone likes signatures since it's fun to know a little bit of the personality behind the poster. But if even 5 people just quoted something and said "This." in a thread it would be the most obnoxious thing ever.

[Higgs]

Actually not having the sigs makes the Source more readable at work. I wish there was a gatherer without images as well so I could look up cards to my heart's consent.

[Megadeus]

I like the plain text sigs. That is more than enough to show your difference. Feels much more professional, and like was said, is much easier to use on a mobile device.

[nedleeds]

I think everything I've posted there has resulted in some pussy from



reporting it as feelinghurt.

[TheArchitect]

At least signatures here are neat, text-based compositions. I judge my forum's validity by the amount of huge, colorful, animated signatures rampant throughout conversations. The amount of "I am x/y" or website banners at the bottom of each one word post over there is a nogo for me.

I judge the crap out of message boards based on what they allow for sigs. On MTGs there are a ton of extremely long and obnoxious ones. I like The Sources sigs policy a lot.

Here's the first one I happen to run into while looking for an example of the kind of ridiculous sigs I am talking about (no offense to the poster, and fellow legacy player):
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showp...2&postcount=19

Our brotherhood was forged by battling against the horde of ignorant views on Legacy.

There's too many of them! Its a futile effort, but when I'm on browsing (as Mild Wongrel) and and see a post about about how legacy is just turn 1 combo decks and costs 100x more than standard I cant help but rage post.

[Dan Turner]

used to be a rule years ago that no more than 4 lines of text and a fixed size banner. I used one of the lines to link to my Blog where I had my decks, trades, etc listed. It is so far out of control it make sit hard to use. It is why when I received Harm's Way to spoil, I spoiled it here instead of there. Ended up with me not receiving any spoilers since though.

[monovfox]

What. Who got 2nd?!


Also, the only good thing on MTGS is the modern section (there are like, 3 people who actually know jack shit in that section. So I generally just go directly to them), and the Death and Taxes thread. I still have no fucking clue why that thread isn't more active here (I am kinda at the point where I don't normally go to threads for DnT, as I am confident enough in my deck knowledge to know EXACTLY how to play.)

[Phoenix Ignition]

The sad thing is the Modern section here is pretty similar to the Legacy section there, with a bunch of trolls popping in to just start shit and leave. "LOL Have fun with the banlist n00bs!" is equivalent to their "Legacy is 100x more expensive than standard!!"

The modern forums there are pretty great actually. I'm sad to see so much animosity from our Legacy crowd in our Modern forums.

[Dice_Box]

you're going to love this. For this suspension:

My first infraction, I don't even know what it is because they have deleted it...
My second infraction, I got for posting: " Are you done being combative?" to some deuchebags picking on dice_bag in the modern forums
My 3rd infraction, i got for "Maybe if you actually provided a link to support your claims that would be more persuasive than your toxic responses." to Bocephus, a really rude user.

Oh oh, sweet now I know your on here too. Cool. Yea that thread was toxic as hell, I need to find a better place to talk about modern with people.

If it makes you feel any better, people notice you there. You post a cut above the normal shit that place has. These days I more or less only go there to talk about the decks I play and send the smart people here. On the bright side, your friends are smarter than both only us if they don't post there so your in good company.

[Arianrhod]

I play Mafia on Salvation, but I gave up trying to actually do anything magic-related there years ago. The site is a cesspool.

[BKclassic]

Actually not having the sigs makes the Source more readable at work. I wish there was a gatherer without images as well so I could look up cards to my heart's consent.

When using Gatherer, after you have searched for something you can select "switch to text spoiler" on the upper right.

[AlmostGrown]

So...9 votes would've won? Sounds like they don't get a lot of action in their legacy forums over there.

[Finn]

Actually not having the sigs makes the Source more readable at work. I wish there was a gatherer without images as well so I could look up cards to my heart's consent.

I read my Magic stuff with "Display Images" turned off on my browser at work. If you still want to see a card, you can click on it to bring up the pic. Also, Tormod, don't sweat it. It is a popularity contest and nothing more.

[lordofthepit]

So...9 votes would've won? Sounds like they don't get a lot of action in their legacy forums over there.

The Legacy forums don't get too much traffic, since most of the dedicated Legacy players come here.

Of course, there are people who use the low viewership of the Legacy forum as an indication that the format dying.

[Michael Keller]

Don't worry or care about what anyone thinks of you.

The most you'll ever be able to do in your competitive Magic career is to do the best you can. Your peers will respect and admire you more for who you are and how you play as opposed to winning contests.