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Title: Running out of Combos?
Date Posted: Sat Dec/19/09 at 7:58am

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Lately I've been noticing a decreased amount of combo being posted... Which prompts me to ask this question: Are we running out of combos and/or ideas to post?
Date Posted: Sat Dec/19/09 at 10:20am

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

I think it has more to do with holidays, everyone is busy with other stuff, vacations, gatherings, etc...  I don't think we are running out of combos, especially with the situtation of not being able to see old ones, would mean old ones would get posted at some point
Date Posted: Sat Jan/09/10 at 12:57pm

duk-jr
Posts: 47
Joined: 28-Sep-07

I think the system prevents you from posting a combo which already exists.
Date Posted: Sat Jan/09/10 at 2:01pm

ghostfire86
Posts: 496
Joined: 04-Nov-09

Nope, combos have been reposted several times since i have been on this site lol.
Date Posted: Mon Jan/11/10 at 2:07am

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Actually, when a combo is old enough, i just don't know when, but when it gets old enough, it gets removed... Ready to be reposted...
Date Posted: Mon Jan/11/10 at 9:43am

flagshippredator
Posts: 101
Joined: 22-Dec-09

I think maybe some people are hesitant to actually decide what classifies as a combo. I mean there's obvious combos like Panoptic Mirror + Time Warp which is a classic or even Isochron Scepter + Orims Chant. But what classifies as a combo or even a good combo? There's no rating system on this site which makes the quality of combos hard to see.

So Maybe we should incoproate something that states exactly what a combo is. Maybe then we'd not only get more combos but better combos then isochron scepter + random instant.
Date Posted: Mon Jan/11/10 at 11:41am

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

As I stated before, I personally don't think there is a difference between combo and synergy in terms of card interaction.  As such, I feel that if there was to be a concrete defination of what a combo is, it might lower the number of posts even further, especially as people start getting slammed by "that's not a combo" comments,  I also don't like the rating system as I feel if people get low ratings on a combo they are proud of they might hesiate to post again.  The best rating is if someone chooses to consider a posted combo for one of their own decks.

As for old combos getting reposted, so what, more people join this site everyday who might not know these old combos, and seeing some of the old ones can spark ideas for new ones using newer cards
Date Posted: Mon Jan/11/10 at 4:01pm

ghostfire86
Posts: 496
Joined: 04-Nov-09

I have to agree with gericault. I've tried to converse on other sites only to be chewed for no reason about combos and deck entries. Worse yet is that unlike this site very few are willing to help not only educate but help improve your ideas.

This is not to say that i don't believe that there are potential improvements that can be made to the website, but i do believe Sync has done well overall.
Date Posted: Wed Feb/17/10 at 9:05pm

Huubert
Posts: 10
Joined: 28-Jan-10

By giving other members a definition of a combo, you really limit what they can and can't post. I agree with people when others start saying, "That's not a combo," your not only forcing the person who posted the combo to re-consider re-posting the combo, your also giving them the idea that they might not know as much as other people.
Date Posted: Fri Mar/05/10 at 1:38am

Icuonuez
Posts: 241
Joined: 02-Mar-10

I haven't really seen that many "slam" comments. I mean I've seen one, but everyone slammed him for it, lol. One thing I don't understand is that if you hit forums and then look at the post number for the combo list, it tops 1k, but it only shows about what? 20? I love this site, whereas I've only been a member for a few days, but I would really enjoy checking out more extended combos. Meh.
Date Posted: Wed Mar/17/10 at 9:00pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

Really, a problem with this site, is that older combos, arn't easily accessible, there is no list, nor is there any random combo button (which I think would be a great idea) so combos posted awhile ago are simply forgotten
Date Posted: Thu Mar/18/10 at 2:54am

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

And also some older combos are deleted when it becomes old enough.. Why do i say this? when you search for it nothing comes up...



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