A brief moment of honesty

Hey all,
            

             Sorry for no blog posts. The main reason I haven't written anything is that I've got nothing really to say about the game right now as it stands. The game is a bit stagnant. I'm not one just to ramble about nothing continuously. I eventually stop. Haha. I've gotten entranced by Might and Magic: Duel of Champions and it really has me thinking and having fun. I'm still in my first week of it and I'm giddy.

          I am a person who loves games as mental exercises and outlet for a myriad of emotions including a desire to stand victorious. I hate to say that is one of my emotional needs. I've lacked that fulfillment from Heroclix and that is why some of my blog posts have been going down hill. I don't have much coming out of my own head right now. I want that feeling of really beating my opponent due to skill not because the mechanics are broken. Yes Might and Magic has some OP cards that make me cry at night. But at least it is not a whole deck from start to finish.

          So the blog will be on a break for a while. I may write more next week. I don't want to turn this into a I hate heroclix and I love "x" game. Because I don't hate heroclix. But I'm frustrated.

Sorry for the blackout.

Check you all later,
Edward Shelton aka darklogos.

AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHH MY SHOW IS GONE

Hey all,

              I had a show recorded. I REBOOTED AND LOST MY SHOW. I will rerecord today some time. Feeling out job applications and other things. Thee may be a late show but I will get it up!

Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka darklogos

Old eps and New eps: The trals of Darklogos

Hey,

       Hope everything is going well you. I've recorded Friday's episode. Just need to do some post production after I finish watching Majestic Prince.

        I had a viewer point out that some of my old videos on youtube do not play correctly if at all. If you find such video let me know so I can delete it. Pretty much every ep up to 24 can be found on Itunes.

      I'm going to be on Dial H for Heroclix on Saturday so check them out. It is a more adult podcast so if you have small kids you may want to listen to it first before you share the cast with your children. Darklogos loves the kids!

      Anyway I'm getting somethings cleaned up in my recording area. It is amazing to see all the stuff I need to organize. At the same time I have no place to put a good chunk of it. First world problems.

Check you all later,
Edward Shelton

update: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NHETGrsI8Q

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Show, delays, and car parts

Hey,

         I'm sorry for the late show post. I was hesitating about putting the show up. Wizkids admitted that there are some figures to watch. That made me question if I should put up what I recorded.

        I'm still going through emails trying to figure out the next show.

        I got to pick up some car parts today.

       I'm stuck in potential optimism mode right now.

Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka darklogos

The tiping point

Hey,

       I hope you all have seen this. When I saw it I thought maybe just maybe there will be a chance for the game to get back on track. Then I read it again and I got the vibe that nothing major will be done just minor tweaks if anything. I don't see them putting the nerf hammer down on Team Bases even though they need it. The main reason is sadly the rules being printed on the card. Also they are back to the same problem as before "Why buy super boosters?" I assume Super Boosters makes Wizkids a lot of money.

I think everything on that list needs to be looked at. I think that Brother Voodoo needs a minor nerf. I don't want him to have it but he needs something so he can't mind control for free each turn. Maybe on the same turn he took an action. That way it is worth something. Oh well.

Give me your thoughts below.

Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos

Mistakes were made...

Hey all,

            I thought for some reason Wednsday was Tuesday. So yeah. Sorry for the late post. I'm stuck trying to think of what to play for this Friday's tournament. It is a 600pt game with no team bases, resource dials, or feats. All carded figures allowed. The darkness of Spiral looms over my head. I want some creative options though. If only loaded dice and super senses dependence was legal.

Oh well.

The Batman TV show stuff looks fun. I wish more stuff was like that.

Hmmm I wonder if I should go Gotham on Friday? We will see.

Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos

Show ideas...

Hey,

        I'm out and about. I've been trying to thinl about content and where to take the meta. I've come up with very little just due to the alpha strike nature of things. At the same time the idea of turtling harder seems to be a fools errand. The prolblem is that the amount of turtling you need to be effective takes away your offense so much that one kill can not be guarnteed.

I'm starting to think Spiral may be balanced at 300. The only reason I say that is the number of complaints about her went down.

Check you later.

Hmm and Hmm some more.

Hey,

      I've been on a heroclix play break for 2 weeks now. Just mainly due to the fact that I've been busy. I've ran around and helped some friends and family out and not to mention my big planned debut of my SHIAR KILL YOU ALL TEAM  was squashed by a street festival and parking was crazy high priced.

      So I've gone back to playing some other games that have challenged me to think differently and has helped me look at clix in a different way.

The first game is Shadowrun Returns. I finally beat the main campaign. The last levels difficulty is way to crazy to mention.  When I learned to just kill the dang bugs it turned out a lot better. I came to understand that my placement still sucks and that my squad building compensated for my lack of placement skills. It left me wondering if my placement was better what would open up to me as a player.

The second game is League of Legends. Yes I mention this game a lot and it sucks more time up then I would like to admit. This game has taught me how much I dislike relying on a team. Maybe that is why I do bad at 2v2's in heroclix. I stuck to support roles that help my team but when it comes to late game I want to get objectives and my team wants to fight. I think that is my biggest problem is that I want to get objectives and not kills.

The last game is FTL:Faster than Light. This game is hard. I mean really hard. But it has you coming back and playing more and more and more. I can say this game has me not just thinking about my next jump but the next 2 levels I will have to face. I'm using the Bravis aka the Crystal ship. I was glad to get it and have found out it is crazy hard to unlock. Oh well I didn't know I got it about 3 weeks into playing the game. FTL's biggest asset is that you don't know what you are going to get equipped with during the game so you have to treat almost everything like it is your only chance to get it.

New show may be up Thursday or Friday depending on how I feel and my time constraints.

Thanks for reading,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos

Recordings, food, and thinking

Hey,

       How is everyone doing? I hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day if you are State side. I recorded a show today. It will be up sometime this week. I figure you all would want a brief break from the show avalanche I just launched not to long ago. Now that the busy season of heroclix is over we go into the lull. I'm sort of glad and at the same time want to see a bit more con action.

     While eating some steak and ribs I realized how I'm stuck thinking about how to make an actual threatening Spiral team without using Ghost Rider. Right now the only thing that I can think of is Cersie and a Cop Car. That may be the key or not. I don't know right now.

Enyoy the rest of your weekend!

Check you all later,
Darklogos