Hello,
Quick blog update. Checked out the new preview of Dr. Light. I must say that I am not impressed. I think he does way to little for the cost. The trait that should lower his cost doesn't do a good job. He has a "live" power that is okay. I feel that the cost of playing this figure is not worth it. I don't feel that this is good product.
What are your thoughts on Dr. Light? What needed to be fixed and what needs to stay?
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
You choose my adventure!
Hello,
Today is a special posting. I will be doing a first. You will pick most of or build my whole team for a game this weekend. I will not punk out. But you got to give me something to work with. I'm not the wizard of Oz so I can't turn crap into magic. The tournament is 800pts modern age. I will say what elements I picked up and what stayed at the side line. I have just about all the modern age objects and I have just about all the modern age figures minus some chases. At least I have a full CUR or everything since Superman set for sure.
All entries must be in by Thursday this week.
DUN DUN DUH!
Check you later,
Edward Shelton AKA DARKLOGOS
Today is a special posting. I will be doing a first. You will pick most of or build my whole team for a game this weekend. I will not punk out. But you got to give me something to work with. I'm not the wizard of Oz so I can't turn crap into magic. The tournament is 800pts modern age. I will say what elements I picked up and what stayed at the side line. I have just about all the modern age objects and I have just about all the modern age figures minus some chases. At least I have a full CUR or everything since Superman set for sure.
All entries must be in by Thursday this week.
DUN DUN DUH!
Check you later,
Edward Shelton AKA DARKLOGOS
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Fear I have of Fear itself.
Hello,
After reading up on some Fear Itself promo material that came out recently I am a bit concerned. The idea of a prize support set was already bad. Add in the possibility of chases everything really gets scary. If you check out hcrealms spoil list section you can see there are about 35 figures outside of the le's. Add in the fact that events are said to be run with 1 FI booster and one booster from the current set. That is a bit weak if you ask me. This also can imply that there will not be a lot of product for restocking.
The Le's look cool. We will see if they are powerful or not. I hope they are not. If they are we will see crazy prices for them on e-bay. Speaking of e-bay. Supposedly retailers have to sign a contract saying they will not sell the prize support on the secondary market. How are they realistically going to enforce this? I don't see it happening. There are enough small business' that buy prize support just to sell back on the market. What then?
Over all I think this is one of those situations in which we will see how much good and bad comes out of this. I like the LE's selection and that everyone gets a hammer. I like the ATA's and the theme play. But the business model is whoring out the players a bit much for my taste. But hey if Teen Titans keeps going the way it is I may have money when it is June.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka darklogos
After reading up on some Fear Itself promo material that came out recently I am a bit concerned. The idea of a prize support set was already bad. Add in the possibility of chases everything really gets scary. If you check out hcrealms spoil list section you can see there are about 35 figures outside of the le's. Add in the fact that events are said to be run with 1 FI booster and one booster from the current set. That is a bit weak if you ask me. This also can imply that there will not be a lot of product for restocking.
The Le's look cool. We will see if they are powerful or not. I hope they are not. If they are we will see crazy prices for them on e-bay. Speaking of e-bay. Supposedly retailers have to sign a contract saying they will not sell the prize support on the secondary market. How are they realistically going to enforce this? I don't see it happening. There are enough small business' that buy prize support just to sell back on the market. What then?
Over all I think this is one of those situations in which we will see how much good and bad comes out of this. I like the LE's selection and that everyone gets a hammer. I like the ATA's and the theme play. But the business model is whoring out the players a bit much for my taste. But hey if Teen Titans keeps going the way it is I may have money when it is June.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka darklogos
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Lab day goals
Hey,
I've been doing some thinking lately. I've come to realize that we have a great oppoturnity right now. Since the prize support is not that great we can actually play around with team ideas that do not use resource dials. Some might say that this is a foolish idea I would like to go against the grain. There is not much to lose out there in the game sphere right now. Most of the prize support is moderate at best. Why not experiment.
After having a couple of various conversations I see that we can play with some strong combos. The bat signal is really strong and when combined with tk can make any figure on the board Cape Crusader. You can play the soul gem or any of the other infinity gauntlet gems by themselves. We already have forgotten about the power of kryptonite. Combine Dr. Octopus Arms, bat signal and red k what type of chaos could you cause for your opponent? It would all depend on the team I would assume.
I would say now is the time to have lull with our Brother Voodoo's and Cop Cars to actually develop some new tech. When everything is said and done when Teen Titans comes out we will be several steps in front of everyone else.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
I've been doing some thinking lately. I've come to realize that we have a great oppoturnity right now. Since the prize support is not that great we can actually play around with team ideas that do not use resource dials. Some might say that this is a foolish idea I would like to go against the grain. There is not much to lose out there in the game sphere right now. Most of the prize support is moderate at best. Why not experiment.
After having a couple of various conversations I see that we can play with some strong combos. The bat signal is really strong and when combined with tk can make any figure on the board Cape Crusader. You can play the soul gem or any of the other infinity gauntlet gems by themselves. We already have forgotten about the power of kryptonite. Combine Dr. Octopus Arms, bat signal and red k what type of chaos could you cause for your opponent? It would all depend on the team I would assume.
I would say now is the time to have lull with our Brother Voodoo's and Cop Cars to actually develop some new tech. When everything is said and done when Teen Titans comes out we will be several steps in front of everyone else.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
Monday, March 18, 2013
Harvest is plenty but the scythes are few.
Hello,
Hope everyone had a good weekend. I played the SC2 Heart of the Swarm campaign and multiplayer. Lets just say I'm not going pro in SC2. On other news, due to my gaming fun there is no episode this weekend. Good for me. Bad for you. I will try to make it up next week...maybe. I'm nearing the end of my work period so I will be gradually moving stuff back to K.C. in the next 2-3 weeks.
The meat of today's post is about the recent preview of Harvest. Lets jjust say I'm not that impressed. You are paying over 200 points for this mediocre attacker. He has running shot pulse wave but in the end his values and his consistency does not beat Ultron or Brainiac 5. He is a wildcard that is limited by a keyword. His scythe adds another double power action option on to an already pushed figure. All in all we are stuck looking at a pretty worthless figure unless you are a fan of the story arc.
I think by creating an object that con only be picked up on a 6 is poor game design. It doesn't fit the tempo of the game. There is no reason I would pay 15 points for this object let alone 5 for the odds presented. I have to give up a full UB or a partial IG for this I really must have some super strong game plan. I don't see that happening unless feats are involved. I mean it. Feats must be involved to make this worth considering.
All in all they haven't sold me on Titan's like they grabbed me with Amazing Spiderman on the last half of their advertising blitz. I was giddy for Brother and Doctor Voodoo for various reasons and not just because they were broke good. With the massive amount of D.C. Batman stuff we had gotten lately with the street level grimy combat it was time to crank up the power. I think they have failed with that exercise. I don't know what they are trying create. Whatever it is it is rubbing me the wrong way. I will be amazed if I spend 100 let alone 50 dollars on this set when it comes out. You know what that means. We will see a lot more sealed events for No Man's Land Month Six to get rid of all this dud product.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
P.S. I will not talk about No Man's Land Month Six until we see all of Teen Titans set. Some venues will allow it and the meta will change. If Superboy is solid the stealth game may be dead? A big may on that.
Hope everyone had a good weekend. I played the SC2 Heart of the Swarm campaign and multiplayer. Lets just say I'm not going pro in SC2. On other news, due to my gaming fun there is no episode this weekend. Good for me. Bad for you. I will try to make it up next week...maybe. I'm nearing the end of my work period so I will be gradually moving stuff back to K.C. in the next 2-3 weeks.
The meat of today's post is about the recent preview of Harvest. Lets jjust say I'm not that impressed. You are paying over 200 points for this mediocre attacker. He has running shot pulse wave but in the end his values and his consistency does not beat Ultron or Brainiac 5. He is a wildcard that is limited by a keyword. His scythe adds another double power action option on to an already pushed figure. All in all we are stuck looking at a pretty worthless figure unless you are a fan of the story arc.
I think by creating an object that con only be picked up on a 6 is poor game design. It doesn't fit the tempo of the game. There is no reason I would pay 15 points for this object let alone 5 for the odds presented. I have to give up a full UB or a partial IG for this I really must have some super strong game plan. I don't see that happening unless feats are involved. I mean it. Feats must be involved to make this worth considering.
All in all they haven't sold me on Titan's like they grabbed me with Amazing Spiderman on the last half of their advertising blitz. I was giddy for Brother and Doctor Voodoo for various reasons and not just because they were broke good. With the massive amount of D.C. Batman stuff we had gotten lately with the street level grimy combat it was time to crank up the power. I think they have failed with that exercise. I don't know what they are trying create. Whatever it is it is rubbing me the wrong way. I will be amazed if I spend 100 let alone 50 dollars on this set when it comes out. You know what that means. We will see a lot more sealed events for No Man's Land Month Six to get rid of all this dud product.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
P.S. I will not talk about No Man's Land Month Six until we see all of Teen Titans set. Some venues will allow it and the meta will change. If Superboy is solid the stealth game may be dead? A big may on that.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Smells like Teen Spirit
Hello,
I don't know if anyone remembers the brand of deodorant called Teen Spirit? It was an interesting product that had a weird smell when combined with teenage perspiration. I fill the same way when it comes to the Teen Titans set so far. There is nothing that has really popped out in Teen Titans to make me say "Must buy that now!" I will admit that at first I was hesitant about Amazing Spiderman as well.
I guess the thing that grabs me is that I'm not looking for the next meta piece that will make the game balanced or really unbalanced. I'm looking for fun and more importantly filling out current tactics making them stronger or at least doable. The fact that the "teen" keyword has gone the way of "mutant." Without any solid foundation it seems that the only thing Wizkids had left was gimmicks. Thus enters team dials.
Ok, lets look at some solid modern age Teen Titans team without the Teen Titans set.
FF Hawk 100
FF Dove 100
Bats Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) 60
Blue Beetle 94
DC10 Robin 52
JL52 Cyborg 100
SM Supergirl 100
DC75 Donna Troy 79
DC75 Osiris 101
Eye of Amagato 12
Bat Signal 2
800
This team is pure bruiser Titan goodness. You have prob from Dove. Robin gives you enhancement and a potential promotion. You can have Blue Beetle pick up the the Eye of Amagato.If need be you can push Donna Troy to get prob. Beast Boy comes in as the Pterodactyl to deploy your ream. Then he can turn into whatever you want on your sideboard. It's not comic accurate by far but at least you stand a fighting chance against some of the major meta pieces out there.
Hope you had fun with the read. Tell me your favorite Teen Titan team below.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
I don't know if anyone remembers the brand of deodorant called Teen Spirit? It was an interesting product that had a weird smell when combined with teenage perspiration. I fill the same way when it comes to the Teen Titans set so far. There is nothing that has really popped out in Teen Titans to make me say "Must buy that now!" I will admit that at first I was hesitant about Amazing Spiderman as well.
I guess the thing that grabs me is that I'm not looking for the next meta piece that will make the game balanced or really unbalanced. I'm looking for fun and more importantly filling out current tactics making them stronger or at least doable. The fact that the "teen" keyword has gone the way of "mutant." Without any solid foundation it seems that the only thing Wizkids had left was gimmicks. Thus enters team dials.
Ok, lets look at some solid modern age Teen Titans team without the Teen Titans set.
FF Hawk 100
FF Dove 100
Bats Beast Boy (Pterodactyl) 60
Blue Beetle 94
DC10 Robin 52
JL52 Cyborg 100
SM Supergirl 100
DC75 Donna Troy 79
DC75 Osiris 101
Eye of Amagato 12
Bat Signal 2
800
This team is pure bruiser Titan goodness. You have prob from Dove. Robin gives you enhancement and a potential promotion. You can have Blue Beetle pick up the the Eye of Amagato.If need be you can push Donna Troy to get prob. Beast Boy comes in as the Pterodactyl to deploy your ream. Then he can turn into whatever you want on your sideboard. It's not comic accurate by far but at least you stand a fighting chance against some of the major meta pieces out there.
Hope you had fun with the read. Tell me your favorite Teen Titan team below.
Check you later,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Music selection in the new show
Hello,
I stayed up late last night to get the post production done on the show. Intro's and outro's are back. I picked the songs because I thought they fit the show. I talked with Wize for my another website I write for. I got his permission to use the song. He is a big comic book fan and has comic references throughout his music. He has a lot of references to Johnny Storm. A common phrase he uses a lot is "Johnny...Flame on" in his music. The "Spiderman" song comes from is called Course Language.
The second song is "Ali" by Sho Baraka. I picked the song mainly for the greatness theme. I think a lot of us think we can't be great heroclix players. Heck even I feel that at times. I wanted to set a tone from the start that we are shooting for greatness and not mediocrity. I also wanted to set up a tone from the start that we are taking steps forward. The song also addresses doubt. Having talked about doubt in the past we forget it is something we have to overcome. The previous intro I used was TheBreax "Better" I really liked that it got people hyped and it said a lot of things I aspired for the show. I feel this new intro is a lot better because getting better is worth shooting for. But we also can walk greatness. "Ali" comes off of Sho Baraka's Talented Xth album he just released.
I wanted to give about a minute for the intro and outro. I wanted the music to set tone and mood. Glass Cabinet Films and Push to Regen have made me up my game when I think about intro's. I think that they have distinguished themselves with really good intro's. Class Cabinet has some cool graphics and dubstep/techno music. Push to Regen has a custom theme song. It is one of the best intro songs in Heroclix podcasting. Don't be afraid to Push! To regenerate. New Episode on your dinner plate. lol.
Thanks for reading,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
I stayed up late last night to get the post production done on the show. Intro's and outro's are back. I picked the songs because I thought they fit the show. I talked with Wize for my another website I write for. I got his permission to use the song. He is a big comic book fan and has comic references throughout his music. He has a lot of references to Johnny Storm. A common phrase he uses a lot is "Johnny...Flame on" in his music. The "Spiderman" song comes from is called Course Language.
The second song is "Ali" by Sho Baraka. I picked the song mainly for the greatness theme. I think a lot of us think we can't be great heroclix players. Heck even I feel that at times. I wanted to set a tone from the start that we are shooting for greatness and not mediocrity. I also wanted to set up a tone from the start that we are taking steps forward. The song also addresses doubt. Having talked about doubt in the past we forget it is something we have to overcome. The previous intro I used was TheBreax "Better" I really liked that it got people hyped and it said a lot of things I aspired for the show. I feel this new intro is a lot better because getting better is worth shooting for. But we also can walk greatness. "Ali" comes off of Sho Baraka's Talented Xth album he just released.
I wanted to give about a minute for the intro and outro. I wanted the music to set tone and mood. Glass Cabinet Films and Push to Regen have made me up my game when I think about intro's. I think that they have distinguished themselves with really good intro's. Class Cabinet has some cool graphics and dubstep/techno music. Push to Regen has a custom theme song. It is one of the best intro songs in Heroclix podcasting. Don't be afraid to Push! To regenerate. New Episode on your dinner plate. lol.
Thanks for reading,
Edward Shelton aka Darklogos
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