40enWed, 25 May 2011 11:10:18 GMTWed, 25 May 2011 11:10:18 GMTShann T_T haha it's ok Blaaster my man is still ALIVE!]]>Sun, 15 May 2011 07:32:44 GMTSun, 15 May 2011 02:59:15 GMTBangers 2HKO is more strategic than hitting for a poison then gaining a life i don't really see how u can? Winning the first round is now probably more important than it was beore because poison is now in play in most games.The new system is better than the old because now i cannot be 2HKO'ed by cwing dregen.These are my opinons disagree with them if you will but the Urban Rials Staff have made their desicion live with it. OK.]]>Sun, 15 May 2011 02:49:16 GMT
]]>Sun, 15 May 2011 01:50:41 GMTELO nowadays = 50/50 90% of the games

Please bring 12 life back. With no danger whatsoever of a 2-hit-ko, people will just not throw any pills when they think their opponent has overpilled. Double old has become the most used strategy nowadays, if it wasn't that bad earlier on. Winning the first round is pretty much useless now because people won't be afraid of being knocked out on the 2nd round (which used to give a big mind-game advantage to whoever won the 1st round)
It pretty much took the strategy factor out of the game and luck started counting a whole lot more.]]>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:57:20 GMTElo change has generally been for the best. It has gotten rid of the old 'Top ELO decks' and you cant just use GHEIST/ Roots and expect to win every time. the 6 0 6 pill schem is gone and people actually have to think in ELO instead of just Ko'ing.

I don't like the bans though, too many cards are just being chucked on this list when they become a little bit dangerous.
Freaks finally are able to be used and people instantly ban them? It's a joke!
Temp staff bans should be removed with the exception of Sigma and Ojibway
For player bans i really like that other dudes idea of cards only on the ban list for 3 wks, then auto unban. It would mean we actually get to see cards like Toro/ Leviatonn etc that keep getting banned. Who cares if they're strong, they were made to be used, not just sit around. I also think player bans should be kept to a max. limit-say 10, that way we are less likely to have 2-3 cards from one clan banned at a time.

AS for players leaving UR? Well I think inflation plays the part here. Prices are rising ridiculously.
People say 'aww if ur gun complain then don't buy him' but it's the new players who suffer. They come on, see cards like that wit huge price tags then get bored trying to accumulate enough clintz to pay for them and leave. UR shud jus put a cap on card prices for a while until everything settles down.
And the players leaving ELO? these are old players who don't want to adjust to changes and want to use their 2HKO GHEIST decks.]]>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:09:08 GMT
Though I do agree some with dark eagle. There are other factors as well. Maybe its the inflation, maybe people were just sick of constant bans. This change may have just been the straw that broke the camels back. We don't have the data to say one way or the other how much an effect it has. But we can say that it is definately one of the factors, and thus open to be looked at.]]>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:16:58 GMTELO is awesome, if people aren't playing because they don't like it, fine. I agree with some of the posts that all the clans are very balanced now, I mean come on, Freaks are viable The reason you are seeing not as many people playing is that they either can't adjust or that their standard destroy everyone decks actually require thought and strategy. You can't just slap together a Roots deck and win now, with 14 life you can't 2HKO unless you are using the power clans like Fang Pi and La Junta. The big problem is, too many people have gotten used to pill 6 wait, pill 6 2HKO. that's not strategy, you can't do that anymore and I think that frustrates people to the point they either adapt or quit. It's great to know the world is populated with people who when the going gets tough quit.]]>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:04:32 GMTELO changes. Not the only reason, but many players play mainly ELO. They do play other game modes, but now when ELO is horrible, they don't play UR as much, or just leave it completely.]]>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:53:46 GMTELO, but of less people playing UR in general. The market inflation (and lack of intervention taken against this) has discouraged just as much or even more players from playing UR anymore. People who actually like ELO will not be discouraged by changes, only the people that arent any good at ELO and got points with cookie cutter decks maybe. But then do you want a big prize in clints, or do you want to get better at the game and have a chance of winning a cr?

but seriously saying less people playing elo because of the changes is a lil too straightforward of an assumption, it will have some part to play, but no more significant then changes in the market and or game itsself]]>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:11:14 GMT
all of you looking for the problem...there it is

alot of people have stopped playing since the change

so clearly something is wrong]]>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:13:06 GMTelo hasn't broken 3 mil clintz. That means that not nearly as many people are playing. Supposedly more balanced or not.]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:36:52 GMTELO needed, and it balanced out the clans, not making it favorable for certain clans. i see alot more different clans now then i ever did with the old ELO. Admins: keep up the good work!]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:32:10 GMTELO for weeks now because of the life change. And it looks like it's gonna stay.

Dear admins, the fact that we stopped complaining doesn't mean we accepted the change. It's just that we already said what we could, no point in repeating.

Or at least increase star limit by 1 or 2 to balance the life change. Not like I would play it, but some people may find it interesting]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:05:16 GMTelo type 1 into garbage. I used to have a a half a chance with a not-too-expensive Sakrohm deck, I could at least break 1200 and it was enjoyable. Now instead of having fun I'm sitting here totally disgusted with it, I can get in the top 150 in daily tournaments with ease with my Sakrohm decks, but now I can't even maintain 1000. I used to be able to beat Vortex players with Sakrohm, now I might as well go smoke a cigarette and let the battle timeout when I see one of them because I can no longer rely on finding some strategic way of dealing 12 damage to them to win because now theyll survive, and not only that, theyll survive with a mountain of pills.
ELO type 1 used to be about how you play your 2 and 3 star cards.. now its all about how many 4 and 5 star cards you can squeeze in your deck. Pathetic

ELO Type 1 is Type 1 rules and 12 damage... thats what type 1 is... if people want a foolishly imbalanced ELO system that favors certain clans and leaves others out in the cold then fine.. Call it ELO Nub Division, make another room for it and another ladder and give me back my ELO Type 1.]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:57:46 GMTGHEIST, which I happen to like a lot, has Toro, Bristone, Rolph and Leviatonn all permanently banned. Bristone doesn't even belong on the list, for one thing, and that's a lot of GHEIST to be banning when there's cards out there significantly more annoying and ubiquitous than any of those.]]>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:10:58 GMT
What I would like to see though is the following:

Remove the weekly staffbanned cards
Remove the rule that says that only cards that have received more than 5% of the players vote will get (un)banned.
Make a new rule that says that the 20 cards with the highest % of the votes will get (un)banned.
Make a new rule that says that the same card cannot be (un)banned more then 3 weeks in a row. (3 weeks of being voted to stay means an autoban, 3 weeks of banning means an autostay)

This way the players will control which cards are (un)banned and also the same amount of cards is being (un)banned every week." sweet idea ]]>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:46:17 GMTSat, 05 Mar 2011 16:25:51 GMT
What I would like to see though is the following:

Remove the weekly staffbanned cards
Remove the rule that says that only cards that have received more than 5% of the players vote will get (un)banned.
Make a new rule that says that the 20 cards with the highest % of the votes will get (un)banned.
Make a new rule that says that the same card cannot be (un)banned more then 3 weeks in a row. (3 weeks of being voted to stay means an autoban, 3 weeks of banning means an autostay)

This way the players will control which cards are (un)banned and also the same amount of cards is being (un)banned every week.]]>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:15:47 GMTBonnie Ld...

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lol but duing that time you were playing you were getting money for winning each match....]]>