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The Eye of Judgment - The Official Thread

Belfast said:
I believe someone said they worked, though it may depend on the quality of them.
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Might also depend on the lighting in the area you're using the camera. I imagine if the surface of the sleeve just reflects a lot of light back at the camera, it could cause problems.
 
Ten-Song said:
Might also depend on the lighting in the area you're using the camera. I imagine if the surface of the sleeve just reflects a lot of light back at the camera, it could cause problems.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking of. Also, some plastic sleeves, especially the harder ones, tend to get scratched up/smudged over time, which may also make it tough for the camera to read.

I don't see it being a huge or widespread problem, though, especially with the proven fidelity of the PSEye.
 
had to cancel my amazon order. i had the $59 price, but they kept pushing back the ship date so i said fuck it. picking it up at a store tomorrow.
 
I just hope someone around here has it by mid-day so I can go and grab it as soon as I wake up tomorrow. Same goes for Ratchet.
 
dfyb said:
had to cancel my amazon order. i had the $59 price, but they kept pushing back the ship date so i said fuck it. picking it up at a store tomorrow.
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Yeah, saw that it got shoved back to the 30th on Amazon. For whatever reason, my order on EB's website got pushed to the 24th... however, the booster packs I ordered have already shipped, so I'll have about 40 cards witch which I can't do anything for a couple of days haha. I'm not going to worry too much about waiting, seeing as either way I should still have it by the end of the week... I hope.
 
Got a 60gig with 8 crappy games on craigslist for $350 today, so i'll be marching down to eb to trade them in for EOJ and R&C tomorrow!
 
I want to take the plunge, I really do . . .

but I read the Shacknews review, and I don't know if I can stand the PS3 Eyetoy being non-wireless. This is seriously the only thing stopping me from buying it tomorrow.
 
Just buy a USB extender cable if the table is too far away.

The camera would either had to use a power adaptor cable or a USB cable wired to the console so from Sony's persepctive it's clear why they choosed the latter.
 
fubarduck said:
I want to take the plunge, I really do . . .

but I read the Shacknews review, and I don't know if I can stand the PS3 Eyetoy being non-wireless. This is seriously the only thing stopping me from buying it tomorrow.
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How can you expect a digital webcam to be wireless and have a reliable connection? Wireless protocols are inherently unreliable and lossy. Redundancy schemes slow down the data rate and would just make things slow.
 
SRG01 said:
How can you expect a digital webcam to be wireless and have a reliable connection? Wireless protocols are inherently unreliable and lossy. Redundancy schemes slow down the data rate and would just make things slow.
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That and I don't think I'd ever want to buy batteries for a webcam.
 
Anyone know why all the ship dates (EB, BB, CC, etc.) have suddenly changed by one day?? Everything, US at least, is now saying it's shipping on the 24th. Goddammit.
 
PuMa said:
Anyone know why all the ship dates (EB, BB, CC, etc.) have suddenly changed by one day?? Everything, US at least, is now saying it's shipping on the 24th. Goddammit.
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Ya pretty sure I won't be able to get it today, what a let down.
 
Got the game yesterday and played a few matches, but it's strange, somehow I didn't "feel" this game.

I love Magic and still play with one of my friends regularly, so I figured this would be perfect for me.

Hmm, I have to give it another try this evening.
 
i hope this doesn't turn out like duel monsters&Pokémon with ppl selling rare cards for outrages prices on the Internet
 
With all the great games coming out right now, spending another $15 on a Theme deck just so my wife can play is kind of a bummer. I just hope whatever theme deck I get isn't gimped compared to the starter deck I get in the box.
 
Remy said:
My boosters got shoved back on Amazon to November 23.

Augh.
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I will be curious to see if the boosters are in stock at Gamestop. Our boosters from our largest distributor were always scheduled for the 21st and now that Amazon has been pushed back as well.. Our other distributor just put the solicitation out this week for..... Nov 21st. If gstop has them I'd assume that the game stores have a timed-exclusive because any hobby distrib I've talked to says not until Late Nov.

DenogginizerOS said:
I need to build a second deck for my wife. Should I buy a bunch of booster packs or should I buy a Theme deck?
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In Magic the only way you could really build a new deck without a theme deck was to buy at least a box of boosters. Otherwise buying 5-8 packs wouldn't yield enough copies of sufficient land colors. It's like this in most games as well. So to build her a new deck your cheapest bet is to buy a themed one. If you plan on buying a half a box or more though (at least 18 packs) then yeah, you should be able to get a good deck out of it.
 
Well it would be a nice world if every co-op came with a second controller. :p
It's a card collecting game so players having their own deck is a part of it's nature.
 
Wollan said:
Well it would be a nice world if every co-op came with a second controller. :p
It's a card collecting game so players having their own deck is a part of it's nature.
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This is a bit different. I would think that at least two people could play what is essentially a board game right out of the box. I am still going to make the plunge, but I would like to have that $15 for Ratchet and Zack and Wiki. :(

Looks like Z&W will have to wait...
 
borghe said:
In Magic the only way you could really build a new deck without a theme deck was to buy at least a box of boosters. Otherwise buying 5-8 packs wouldn't yield enough copies of sufficient land colors.
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Err... As far as I know, there is NO lands in Magic boosters. But you can buy starter of the current edition (NOT theme decks) with lands included, and two of them is enough to have a sufficient number of lands (except if you want to go unicolor).

The main reason to buy boosters is that, once you have enough lands, it's cheaper to get cards, and you avoid getting land cards.
 
Koren said:
Err... As far as I know, there is NO lands in Magic boosters. But you can buy starter of the current edition (NOT theme decks) with lands included, and two of them is enough to have a sufficient number of lands (except if you want to go unicolor).

The main reason to buy boosters is that, once you have enough lands, it's cheaper to get cards, and you avoid getting land cards.
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hmm.. I am thinking way back, but I could have sworn that sets like Ice Age had lands in them. Note that I haven't played since the mid-90's.
 
borghe said:
hmm.. I am thinking way back, but I could have sworn that sets like Ice Age had lands in them. Note that I haven't played since the mid-90's.
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No lands in boosters...unless you happen to get a foil.
 
borghe said:
hmm.. I am thinking way back, but I could have sworn that sets like Ice Age had lands in them. Note that I haven't played since the mid-90's.
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Ice Age booster packs actually had Snow-Covered lands sometimes (which were basically regular lands that said "Snow-Covered" on them), since that was part of the "Ice Age" theme and some of the cards were dependent on them. IIRC, that was the only set that had "basic" lands in the booster packs unless they were rare/foiled/whatever.

Haven't played Magic seriously since '99 or so though, so I am still on the tip of whether or not to take the EoJ plunge . . . ugh.

I understand why the EyeToy needs to be wireless, but still--the table I would be playing the cards on is so far away from my PS3.

Does anyone know how long the built-in cord is?
 
fubarduck said:
Ice Age booster packs actually had Snow-Covered lands sometimes (which were basically regular lands that said "Snow-Covered" on them), since that was part of the "Ice Age" theme and some of the cards were dependent on them. IIRC, that was the only set that had "basic" lands in the booster packs unless they were rare/foiled/whatever.

Haven't played Magic seriously since '99 or so though, so I am still on the tip of whether or not to take the EoJ plunge . . . ugh.

I understand why the EyeToy needs to be wireless, but still--the table I would be playing the cards on is so far away from my PS3.

Does anyone know how long the built-in cord is?
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Anyone actually ever use the snow covered land required cards? Always thought those were the stupidest shit ever.
 
Ferrio said:
Anyone actually ever use the snow covered land required cards? Always thought those were the stupidest shit ever.
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Eh, some of the cards are useful, but it was pretty much meant specifically for that block. Similar to the Arcane/Spirit mechanisms from the Kamigawa block. Its good for sealed block tourneys, but almost worthless in other blocks.
 
fubarduck said:
Ice Age booster packs actually had Snow-Covered lands sometimes (which were basically regular lands that said "Snow-Covered" on them), since that was part of the "Ice Age" theme and some of the cards were dependent on them. IIRC, that was the only set that had "basic" lands in the booster packs unless they were rare/foiled/whatever.
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heh.. that was the only expansion I ever picked up (a couple of boxes off of ebay). That would explain why I thought lands were in boosters :P

I know in other games I played (Star Trek and Star Wars by Decipher) you could essentially build a real deck out of boosters, but again you really needed to buy at least half a box to be able to build a useable deck, vs. starter decks which you could always, well.. start with.

and for the record I just talked with my fourth distributor now (though very small) and they too have been told end of Nov by Wizards for cards. So if gamestop does indeed have the cards it definitely appears that the cards are limited to video game stores only for now. And I should note these are all gaming distributors who have everything on launch.
 
PuMa said:
Anyone know why all the ship dates (EB, BB, CC, etc.) have suddenly changed by one day?? Everything, US at least, is now saying it's shipping on the 24th. Goddammit.
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Hrm KOF XI changed too... wtf. California fires?
 
TerryLee81 said:
Got the game yesterday and played a few matches, but it's strange, somehow I didn't "feel" this game.

I love Magic and still play with one of my friends regularly, so I figured this would be perfect for me.

Hmm, I have to give it another try this evening.
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What didn't you "feel" about it? I love Magic as well, so just curious what wasn't as good about it.
 
If it wasn't for the fires I'd totally get this today even though it will probably never sell enough to form a decent online community and its essentially multiplayer only.
 
futnownarcade said:
it will probably never sell enough to form a decent online community and its essentially multiplayer only.
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You will be wrong. Online mode has worldwide play (and many options, downloadable replays, ladders..etc), no regional differences and people into this genre define dedicated.
 
at the request of a bunch of you, we have put up an actual product page. This is able to be ordered from, no credit card on file, no deposit. You can use paypal to pay for the order in full. If you use a credit card it will be authorized for the amount (but not charged until shipped). Shipping is free, and for orders of multiple boxes your price will be adjusted to $82 for each additional box.

Again, this is GAF-only offer, so please include your GAF username in the comments section of the order and fire me off a PM so I know to adjust additional boxes to the $82 price.

Disadvantage of this way over the other way is that you will need the entire order total available on your card for the authorization to go through, and some banks work funny with authorizations on debit cards (i.e. reserving the whole amount as long as the authorization exists). This is not up to us but your bank. The other way you only need to reserve your boxes and put down half of your order total which is probably preferable if your bank acts funny with authorizations (like with hotels or rental car places).

Pre-order Page (50% deposit required, card on file, no CC authorization)

Product Page (CC authorization required, no card on file, no deposit required)
 
UncleScr00ge said:
Just talked to my Gamestop and they said it's going to be pushed to tomorrow (Thursday). Sucks.
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Sadly seems to be the case. :(

Websites have pushed it back and it seems that more and more local stores are saying the same, too.
 
freezo said:
i hope this doesn't turn out like duel monsters&Pokémon with ppl selling rare cards for outrages prices on the Internet
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i sure hope it does. it can be an easy way to make money.
 
Has anyone found any starter/theme/booster packs around? Did EB get these early? Does BestBuy sell them?
 
Looks like there's very few copies of the game around. Sony style is already back ordered, on the official forums people are reporting stores are getting less than they have pre-orders (also someone reported on a twelve man line two hours before store opening).

Another thing, a UK card store is selling each card individually. All the Ultra rares are already sold out:
http://www.the13thfloor.co.uk/search.asp?catid=114&pagesize=55
 
For those that got their Amazon orders delayed and is in need of another site to get your online order. Hasbro now has them on their site and it says in stock and ships in 1-3 days. :D
 
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