March 31, 2013
So it
seems with Shino'sDad and MJM being so busy lately, they needed
someone new to keep the content flowing. Reaching out, they contacted
me, citing my vast knowledge of the rules of the game as well as the
current meta. I am honored to join the crew and hope that everyone
enjoys the articles I plan to set forth. Sorry for any odd auto
corrections that I don't catch, I am posting this from my phone.
(Sorry I don't know how to make it do the break on this phone).
More
Articles-
Deck
Articles
Apparently,
our first (and currently only) Deck Article about the Permanent Earth
deck was pretty popular and week received by most. We intend to
continue this with more new articles with the same format, especially
now that the new format is in full swing as shown by this weekend's
Shonen Jump Championship. MJM will be recording matches as well,
recreated with intense Photoshop skills and including audio
commentary from both himself and Shino'sDad, with me making a few
appearances as well when my phone allows.
Preview
and Preview Review Articles
These
usually don't come too often, since new sets only release every three
or four months, but the month or so leading up to the release dates
are always filled with review articles as we did with Set 28, and we
will most assuredly be receiving exclusive previews once more for Set
29. Shino'sDad does want to apologize for the last week of Stormy
Battle articles, since both he and MJM were busy, and then the whole
Information Extraction thing happened again, and took precedence over
finishing the review articles. Speaking of which, be sure to keep an
eye out for any interesting exclusive information if we ever stumble
upon it. Since Ultimate Minus Storm 3 released in early March, we
should be seeing Set 29's release slotting sometime in early June.
This means that previews should start up later in April, and span
through the month of May. We'll be sure to let you know ahead of time
as soon as we have any information.
Monday
Rants and Picture Books
Mondays
have always usually been for rants, and today will likely be no
exception. Be sure to keep an eye out for Shino'sDad rant about his
secondhand perspective of the events of the New York Shonen Jump.
Don't worry though, the names of the innocent will be left out, while
the names of the guilty will be in 25 font bold italics.
Picture
Book is the random article series that is our way of pointing things
out about the design of the game as well as designing things For the
game, such as Shino'sDad article that included printable token Ninjas
(SD Edit: They're called coins). Though, the latter will be
likely moved to it's own special section that we will discuss further
down.
Interviews
While
actual video interviews are likely going to be saved exclusively for
when we attend actual events and do some form of coverage during
them, audio interviews are something that we will be trying to aim
for in this coming tournament season. With the New York Shonen Jump
behind us, veteran players and unknown names alike secured themselves
spots in the Top 8, being the first big names to be on display this
season. Thomas Veazie (pyrot53 of 2ezforums Blog) took first place,
beating out Scott 'Dashy' (Genre) using the Tears and Rebirth deck
designed by Saul Pena (zbkillaz), who was quoted while expressing his
enthusiasm over the turnout by stating “Ladies and gentlemen, I
have created a monster”. While we would love to run a deck review
on the winning Deck, we are going to definitely leave that to its
pilot or creator to do a review. Be sure to check out either
2ezforums or Klowstr1fe on You Tube for the eventual video review. As
for us, we plan to try and get a few interviews of the rest of the
Top 8 as well, and their explanations on their decks they chose to
play as well as if they think the format will change at all as time
goes on, or if the Tailed Beast/ Fang's Rush Deck may be the new
powerhouse Deck for the competitive scene.
Downloads
Section
We will
also be adding a new page to the blog, where we will be uploading
various things that range from custom tokens, to custom mat designs.
As time goes on, we will continue adding new resources that we come
up with.
A
possible planned page as well would be a sort of Mull to Four trade
corner, where we will be posting our current cards and mats for trade
or sale.
As for
me, I will be doing occasional articles called Being the Fool, which
will focus on Laughing Man's inability to properly do Q&A, as
well as my observations on how certain rules are done. Hopefully, I
will be able to open other people's eyes to the terrible way that
Bandai writes their cards, and urge everyone to voice their concern
about these extremely confusing and vague answers that Tylar and the
rest supply us. I cannot tell you how many times I have waited an
entire day for a Q&A response and not received one. Also, I will
be doing Unlimited Deck articles, as that is my favorite format.
Currently, I am working on a Fool based Rush deck that aims to punish
the overuse of cards such as Ino (Childhood) and Shikamaru [Outwit].
It would include the two Fool Brothers Eon and Eric Hill, as well as
Being the Fool and The Fool and the Elite Mission cards. Anyone who
thinks that it won't be a good deck is likely very foolish.
That's
it for me. I hope everyone has a great April. Be sure to check out
the Mull to Four Facebook Page for any new updates that are posted!
