Comments on: PlanetWalls’ Classic League 2012-13 QT #3 Matches

By: Tory

Tory — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 04:57:48 +0000

I could watch Scnledihr’s List and still be happy after reading this.

By: John

John — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:16:33 +0000

Great play! Using Meddling Mage effectively is one of the hardest strategies in the game. Very though intensive. You did an awesome job. Also has anyone ever told you that you sound like Tom Bodett, the Motel 6 guy?

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:07:02 +0000

Thanks for the comments, FNC. But they are on a Youtube playlist, already — linked to right above the first video.

By: Friendly Neighborhood Critic

Friendly Neighborhood Critic — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:14:50 +0000

The person “comments” had explained it in better words and more drawn out, and I understand that walking through why you make decisions helps some people to comprehend your thought process, it still decreases overall viewership IMO. Sorry if any of this offends you, but I think if you pick up any these tips it will make your videos better, and increase website traffic considerable here at mtgoacademy.

1 – Always remember your target audience. Who are you wanting to watch these videos? Most people watch magic videos for a combination of entertainment and skill building. Now do the math on how many people actually play classic competitively (very few) and then ask yourself how many of those classic players will watch your videos to improve their gameplay (you stated earlier you are not the fastest or most skilled player). So to get people to actually watch videos about classic matches in your situation it would need to be entertaining.

2 – With the target audience selected (entertainment/slight skill building) you can develop your videos with that in mind. People who want entertainment or skill building don’t have time to watch 6 hours of mediocre gameplay/commentary. You are the only person I have ever seen look at decklists almost more than you spend playing the matches and that wouldn’t be too much of a problem if you did it to familiarize yourself at the beginning of a match but you switch screens on a constant basis. Your thought process in-game can be entertaining if you speed up your decision time about 50% but nobody is gaining anything from you looking at decklists. Most well known magic video producers cut out down time. Sometimes they even cut out part of a video when an opponent is thinking for more than 30 seconds just to spare viewers wasted time and make a concise product.

3 – I’m not sure how to do it, but if you make your videos in an album on youtube then we can watch them in a row instead of having to click each one.

With a few small adjustments I think you could be one of the top magic video producers out there, thanks for the content!

By: dude

dude — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:17:10 +0000

Get A Hair Cut.

By: Greycamo

Greycamo — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:24:35 +0000

In regards to a comment made above, I’d like to say that for what it’s worth, I enjoy long videos. As someone who is unfamiliar with Classic, it is helpful to have the decks and interactions explained, so the extra time spend doing that is definitely a plus for me.

By: xMiMx

xMiMx — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:14:45 +0000

I’m through half of the fourth episode. I enjoy listening to you a lot :). You are like this guy from a cartoon that always fears of the doom and then walks out of the cinema with the prettiest chick at the end of the episode: “I don’t actualy think i have a lot of chance to win this round” is probly the standard opening and then you always crush them (besides round 3 where you really gave the game away).

I also like how you can think about a board state of two lands and a hand of magus and meddling mage for basicly 7 minutes. A lot of people (including me especially) plays semi automaticaly today, this is like a completely different dimenssion. I will happily watch more of those, so very, classic movies.