![]() The desire to balance’ the game meant that it could be very volatile. ![]() ‘Nerfs’ and ‘buffs’ were part of the metagame. If I left the game for a couple of months and returned, I could find that a combo or strategy I devised was no longer viable or optimal. The first of these was the malleability of the game the text, effects and power levels of the cards were not fixed and could be adjusted by the developer. I left this game soon after beginning however for two reasons. I still hold this game in very high esteem. I could wield shouts as the Dragonborn, summon huge mechanical constructs as the Clockwork God Sotha Sil, or plunge my opponents into a series of oppressive commercial contracts using the skills of the Thieves Guild. This game allowed me to immerse myself in battles between legendary heroes that I had spent hundreds of hours role playing on my Switch and PC. I was very impressed by Elder Scrolls Legends, an intellectual property based on the epic fantasy series of the same name. I was rewarded with 20 free foil cards for this feat, and chose to complete my ‘Traditionaldmor’Īfter leaving Shadow Era I looked for another game to play. This loss reminded me that no matter how successful I became, there will always be more talented people who push me to improve.īecoming the first player to obtain 1000 wins with my chosen ‘hero’, ‘Loest, Savior of Layar’. Mentoring newer players and seeing them succeed.īeing soundly beaten in RS’ intra-guild tournament by the guild’s best player, PhillipW. Innovating a new deck, ‘Traditionaldmor’ that could cast a game-ending ‘Ally’ card as early as turn 4. Highlights include:Īchieving the number one ranking on 1st April 2018. I have many fond memories of my time playing Shadow Era. The game provided a relaxing dopamine rush in downtime as well as a fraternity I became a member of a ‘guild’ called The Rising Sun (RS). ![]() Between 20 I was an avid player of the game Shadow Era. The advent of online card games provided an opportunity for me to compete. Unfortunately as a poor kid from the inner-city I could never afford to play seriously. Trading card games have been a hobby of mine since I was a six year old playing Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh alongside collecting Magic the Gathering (MTG) and Digimon cards. Given the constraints of physics I had to accept the simulcrum of simulations. In another life I would have loved to be a wizard of some description. I read Terry Brooks’ Magic Kingdom of Landover series, the Hobbit and Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy. As a child I was fascinated by the fantasy genre. ![]()
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