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Gathering Forums => Ideas and Feedback => Topic started by: Harmon74 on April 11, 2012, 12:00:23 AM

Title: Draft
Post by: Harmon74 on April 11, 2012, 12:00:23 AM
I was thinking the only thing imtg doesn't have is a draft simulator.  That would be amazing if you could put that in here too.
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: Piotr on April 11, 2012, 04:50:17 AM
That is not at all the only thing which iMtG is missing and at this stage I have no concrete plans for it. Note this is not the same as saying no.
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: cltrn81 on April 11, 2012, 08:15:07 AM
A draft sim would be cool.  I enjoyed some of the others in the App store but I didn't want to pay for each expansion update.  I ended up deleting that app after getting tired of Scars drafting over and over again.  I imagine the real work is setting up the sim mod......configuring it to use different expansions seems like the easy part.
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: Piotr on April 11, 2012, 09:14:09 AM
If you're talking about Decked Drafter, what I see as the biggest challenge is the commentary and points that need to be set by some drafting pro. I'm not able to do it myself.
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: cltrn81 on April 11, 2012, 09:55:56 AM
I could careless about the commentary personally.  But that's just me.  I can see how it's helpful but it would be very challenging to add decent commentary for all 10,000+ cards printed.  I just think it would be neat to do a beta draft and see what I come up with :)
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: Piotr on April 11, 2012, 10:52:24 AM
Well you could skip the commentary but you have to base your engine on something, and a point system seems natural first stage for that. I mean, you have to make the AI against which you draft make some kind of reasonable decisions, instead of just grabbing the mythics, right?
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: BlackJester on April 11, 2012, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Piotr on April 11, 2012, 10:52:24 AM
Well you could skip the commentary but you have to base your engine on something, and a point system seems natural first stage for that. I mean, you have to make the AI against which you draft make some kind of reasonable decisions, instead of just grabbing the mythics, right?
You could have a mock draft with 7 other members.  Then the engine would have to gen 8 boosters, and track what each person picked and  the table order.

I'm not saying any of this is easy, just throwing it out there.
Title: Re: Draft
Post by: Raven316 on April 15, 2012, 07:05:40 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on April 11, 2012, 08:15:07 AM
A draft sim would be cool.  I enjoyed some of the others in the App store but I didn't want to pay for each expansion update.  I ended up deleting that app after getting tired of Scars drafting over and over again.  I imagine the real work is setting up the sim mod......configuring it to use different expansions seems like the easy part.
I too had the drafter and would love to be able to do it here