76 Reply by Hellnikko

(61 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Monolith wrote:

hahaha my response to Hellnikko was more of a joke.

the whole ordeal of bad/good/trustworthy trading is what set's my paranoia, and why I only dabble in local trades. eventually I may come out of my shell and partake in a long distance trade. I'm slowly working my way to that point.

I was going to reply too. I took it as joking! I'm not necessarily worried that the dead guy is worried about the botched deal, it's that the person who gave him feedback would now post his name in the bad trader forum and condemn him while his family and friends are mourning him. For me, I'd be worried about the person being okay before I thought they were a crook. Probably too trusting that way, but if I do find out they jipped me intentionally, I can be a vindictive sonofa.

And you know, I was scared when I did my first long distance trade here. I gave double the value to the guy because I was the FNG at the time. Now that it's done, I don't think I can stop. I'm just late to the party and don't have enough to give unless I get lucky. lol

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77 Reply by Hellnikko

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For the record, my reply to mbknight in no way represents that I harbor bad feelings for him. He was hella nice to make a second (er, third) trade with me to make it better.

Like I said, we worked it out, but I wanted to state that I made a mistake that I was afraid may warrant a negative feedback from him. So I know we want to weed out the bad traders, but still think of the innocent mistakes and not to be quick on pulling the trigger.

And yes, my schedule overlaps the PO hours like an eclipse. It sucks when I make deals on Monday and have to make the other person wait until Friday to ship. I feel bad and hope the other person understands.

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78 Reply by Hellnikko

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And another thought, and maybe because I'm a family man with a son and experiencing my own mortality...

Who knows, maybe the dude died. And now you just gave him a negative feedback as their going away present.

I know, it's a little funny to think about but a little sad too. I hate being old. sad

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79 Reply by Hellnikko

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mbknight wrote:

Been looking at this thread and while i am sorry you have to deal with this it brings up a few points I am dealing with.

What exactly deserves a Negative feedback rating?  Now obviously someone who takes cards and never mails yours is a bad trader, but is that the only thing that requires a negative score? If someone proposes a trade, you both agree and then five days later you dont hear anything and they cancel the trade without any notice saying they are no longer interested. While no cards were exchanged or lost would you also consider this a bad trade as they have held up your cards that could have been traded to others?  Especially if they are the one that proposed the trade.  Currently facing this myself as someone I have never traded before made a deal offer and while it seemed a bit too good for me, they made the offer and so I agreed. Now almost a week later and they have not mailed the card or really responded. Sent an email so still waiting for a response but if it fails I feel i should be able to leave a negative score without getting one in kind.  I was suspicious of the trader (only +1 and that was a while ago) so them sending first is part of the agreement.  This may seem petty but i decided to pass on offers due to this agreement being finalized and its irritating that he screwed me on those offers.

I want to add I have had a great experience on here so far and lots of wonderful honest people so want to keep it honest and safe for all of us as long as possible.

You know, I have similar questions. Mbknight and I had traded and I was for certain he was going to give me a negative feedback on a misunderstanding, but I wanted to make it right. I'm glad I could give him what he wanted even though it originally didn't go that way and I could make it up the only way I knew how... traded more value.

My opinion, there shouldn't even be a neutral feedback. It was either good or bad. If it starts to go bad, you make a second or third trade to make it good. When they are bad, there's no do overs. They are so gone that mending the issue is impossible.

Even reading this, I'm a little worried because one of my current trades is with a +1 person... Everyone I dealt with, besides my very first trade, has never enforced the "lower feedback sends first" rule. Not sure when that rule can slide into the "exception" category, but I fear I should have waited for them to send first.

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80 Reply by Hellnikko

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Hmmm, I don't seem to have that problem. I log in from PC, Kindle Fire and my phone with zero log in. Sometimes all three at the same time. (Don't ask)

Hell, I think I forgot my password. hmm

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81 Reply by Hellnikko

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I'd wait until the 3 week mark. Especially if it's a largish package. Just something small for me took under 2 weeks.

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82 Reply by Hellnikko

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You know, I see it both ways. I completely understand the keeping of the privacy of your cards, especially concerning trading and it's bad when a few less sophisticated traders want to put pressure on you for wanting things you aren't willing to give.

On the other hand, and this goes for me, I think it's a good way to see what others have in their inventory for ideas, beyond just decks that have been built. I've noticed there's not a lot like me out there who want to inventory everything. Some seem to have themes or a collection that would be nice to view for inspiration. Giving a key, it's much easier to lock up then to show off.

If it's just concerning the bad trade option, have it lock up to not allow the card to be put on the table until the owner puts it in as tradeable?

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83 Reply by Hellnikko

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Good and Bad?

More like "Excellent" and "eh, I'll live".

This is definitely an Excellent idea. Always looking for inspiration or trying new things. It's basically what I have to do being so new.

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84 Topic by Hellnikko

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How easy would it be that if any time you add a card to your inventory or tradelist that it's automatically deducted from your wishlist?

Just a thought.

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85 Reply by Hellnikko

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Well, there's the thinking portion and then there's the messing around with options and then trying to remember what the default trade was supposed to look like before I started messing around.

I totally agree on the chatting and that's an acceptable work around, but the above situation is what I'm looking at. Also, I want to make sure that when I am messing around and I'd like to give the person options with hundreds of dollars while they have a few bucks on the line, when I close the browser and it shows I've made a configuration that I'm not actually proposing that deal.

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86 Reply by Hellnikko

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There should be a few out there. What you might have to do is click on the card and then click on the bottom users that have the card and change it so that it's from their wishlist. Then you go to each person and see how many and what they want from your tradelist.

I got three that way. Good luck!

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87 Topic by Hellnikko

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This is a question and could be a feature request.

When making trades, it would be nice to make it a draft before proposing. I started to make a trade request but I kept wanting to alter the cards. I needed to leave and think on some stuff and when I came back, the other person had already altered what they wanted from it. I never proposed or anything to them.

So my question is if someone offers a trade to me and I want to alter it, but I can't finish altering it, is there a way to cancel and revert it back to it's original state? Or rather if I close it out and I made changes, is the program going to assume to the other person I proposed a new deal when I really didn't?

I hope I'm explaining this right. That sounds confusing, but I don't know how else to put it.

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88 Reply by Hellnikko

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I have made the adjustments to this deck and I gotta say, it's mean. Probably too mean that everyone seems to gang up on me since I mostly play multiplayer. I do get to the point of doing a lot of instant/sorcery plays and they know the pikes are coming out. I haven't won with it yet.

I do have another deck I'm trying out and I like some things and hates them too. If anyone wants to take a look, here it is. It's different and maybe I need to put more focus on it. http://deckbox.org/sets/139500

On this one, I focused a little more on venser, but I'll be damned if he hasn't made an appearance. I've won a three-way multiplayer with it so far. That was out of four. Gideon made two appearances. Go figure.

P.S. I need to get more creative with my names.

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89 Topic by Hellnikko

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Hola.

This seems annoying to me just now, but I was trying to see how many cards I had in my decks and I looked all over the place for the number and distinct counts. I could see that it was showing on the sideboard but not the deck itself. Finally my wandering eyes picked up that it's ABOVE the new advertisements we have. Probably needs to be put right below it next to where the deck starts, right? Food for thought.

*2 cents*

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90 Reply by Hellnikko

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I can see the first scenario and forgot about the advanced search, but here's my ideal situation for the second: I unload a full box today and I want to see what the highest priced cards are for that day, not total. Otherwise I have to go through a few pages and pick out prices that stick out.

So what if we have an option to take out time and just keep the date for this?

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91 Reply by Hellnikko

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Okay, scratch the last one. I swear that  "Users having in" never had a "wishlist" option.

I still like the first request though. tongue

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92 Topic by Hellnikko

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Probably already addressed, but there was nothing on the front page.

What would be really nice is having up to 3 sorting categories that you can plug in per column you want. For instance, my first category could be color white, then the second could be price. Then it would sort your highest priced whites first before everything else. Or first could be recently added and then price to see the price what your last haul got you.

My second requested feature is about looking for cards with a home. So far, when I look at a card, it tells me how many users HAVE it, not WANT it. For instance, I've got a Sorin and Huntmaster but I have no clue how to find people in need of that card.

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93 Reply by Hellnikko

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Don't do that. It wasn't that easy for me to figure out either.

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94 Reply by Hellnikko

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You have to go to the top to view and then pick show value.

Hope that helps!

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95 Reply by Hellnikko

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I just snagged two more runechanter's pike from a friend of mine. I owe him at least a curse of misfortunes plus something else.

It probably hasn't been established yet, but is Sorin, lord of innistrad still worth to have in the deck or should I let him go and still make it a 3 colored deck?

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96 Reply by Hellnikko

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Awesome Feedback... Did not know about the Intangible Virtue. That's eye opening. I've been playing wrong. hmm

Do you have any advice on making this a decent multiplayer and having a proper Sideboard?

I fear making a competitive multiplayer involves gaining life constantly.

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97 Topic by Hellnikko

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http://deckbox.org/sets/130030

Hope I'm doing this right. This is a deck I've created with my current inventory and hoping it's competitive enough if I decide to do tourneys. Of course it's not finished and I need to weed out some cards to make it official.

When making this, I pretty much opened a box of DA and went to a friends place to trade. My focus was spirits with hexproof and flying, but I wanted to throw in my Sorin, Lord of Innistrad just because. Of course looking at it, I may just go W/U only and throw him out. Then again, I like my tragic slips and tormented souls.

On a separate topic, I'd also like some deck ideas for a good multiplayer, or convert this one to one. My friends and I usually do FFA but I've also done the group a favor and picked up two archenemy decks that they really like.

Keep in mind, I'm pretty much a few months old in starting. Anyway, any comments or criticisms are appreciated.

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