Officially Acknowledged Content Archive August 18, 2008 | mtg, contest GP Denver Report - Kithkin Yu by llarack After doing virtually no playtesting the week before, and playing in 2 GPTs with Faeries going 0-1 and 1-1, I decided it was time to switch decks. Looking at the Kobe coverage, the Kithkin deck seemed to be a very solid beatdown deck with its only fault being a lack of reach. More... August 18, 2008 | mtg, contest Shards Preview Month Contest by Good Gamery Ugh! What can we do in order to fix this trainwreck of nerdiness and transform it into a train-creation of awesomeness? The only sufficient response is an AMAZING HUMOROUS CONTENT SUBMISSION CONTEST. More... August 11, 2008 | mtg, serious business Social Empathy and the Magic Condition by Marc Calderaro The problem with this so-called Plutonic ideal of a Magic player is that it's completely inaccurate. Though this disparaging image of Magic players proves somewhat true at the PTQ level -- at large-scale tournaments (like, for example, Nationals) nary a smelly dude can be found. But why is that? Why the stark dichotomy between the top-level players and those below that? How can it be that the better players are consistently better kept? More... August 11, 2008 | mtg, humor Alaran Villain 'Chops Sworn Enemy by paz Grebredos Cire, archvillain of Alara, modified a digital image of his sworn enemy, the hero Laenaellis, a ranger of Eos. Mr. Cire practiced using Adobe Photoshop for several hours before finally making the modification. More... July 16, 2008 | mtg, strategy, thread NJ's Eventide Constructed Review by NicotineJones Featured thread! NicotineJones, prophet among a chosen people, applies his wisdom and foresight to Eventide constructed. Observe as he parts the sea of uncertainty and guides us to a promised land of vital Eventide information. More... July 14, 2008 | mtg, strategy, thread Eventide Prerelease Thread by avatarofdumb Featured thread! Contains bragging, griping, and dicks. Everyone's posting their prerelease reports, so don't be a lurking loser. More... July 14, 2008 | mtg, strategy, thread Eventide Limited; Rampant Speculation by wcbarksdale Featured thread! "I like trying to figure out cards before actually playing them," says wCB. Come see what he has figured out. Peppersprayed also has an Eventide set review here and begs NicotineJones to write a better one. More... - aziraphale & paz July 1, 2008 | mtg, humor GoodGamery Content Management System 3.0 by slearch GoodGamery.com members will now be able to contribute more user content than ever before with the advent of "GoodGamery Content Management System 3.0." More... - paz June 10, 2008 | mtg, humor MTGO Players to Receive Twice the Anticipation by slearch Starting with Eventide, players of Wizards of the Coast's wildly successful Magic: the Gathering Online (MTGO) will be given the opportunity to look forward to two sets as opposed to the usual single set. Since Shadowmoor has yet to be made available online, the Eventide Preview Booster on www.magicthegathering.com marks the first time ever that MTGO players have been able to see cards they can't play with two sets in advance. More... June 9, 2008 | mtg, humor Second Eventide Preview Booster Surfaces by slearch Greetings friends! Another preview booster has appeared on magicthegathering.com, and as usual I have the real scoop. I have once again been leaked a second preview booster, and wanted you to be the first to see its secrets. More... May 23, 2008 | mtg, humor Pro Tour Hollywood Captions by everyone! Magic players sure get themselves in some ridiculous situations! Let us poke fun at them using captions in our time-honored tradition. Helpful links will help you make your own! More... May 23, 2008 | mtg, strategy Early Shadowmoor Results (Updated!) by peppersprayed Well the first Shadowmoor results are in, and there are a few interesting developments. More... May 19, 2008 | mtg, strategy PS Elves Yu, Redux! by llarack Attending the SCG 5k, I knew that I didn't want to play Faeries, because the mirror was way too random for my tastes, and I had been doing well with Elves in modo 8mans. I came to the conclusion that the following list was probably very good, and is what I ended up registering for the 5k. More... May 14, 2008 | mtg, contest Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest: END! by Good Gamery The Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest has come to a COMPLETE end! Skeletor 1st place, Dr. Magic Cards 2nd place, Slearch 3rd place, NicotineJones 4th place. More... May 8, 2008 | mtg, contest Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest: VOTE! by Good Gamery The Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest has come to an end! Did you have fun seeing all the awesome content pour in? Shut up! We've got no time for such nonsense. We'll have two votes. The first vote is "WHAT WOULD YOUR IDEAL TOP 4 BE?" You can vote for up to 4 contributors! Drop on in and catch up on what you might have missed! More... April 29, 2008 | mtg, humor Invincible Counterfeit Troll by Skeletor USA, EARTH - Borderland Behemoth got +8/+8 at a press conference early Wednesday morning after two money-printing giants announced that they were entering play together. More... April 25, 2008 | mtg, humor Zen and the Art of Shadowmoor Limited by FyrexianSurvivr By now, many of you have realised that you are bad at shadowmoor limited. Your 3-2 prerelease record and first round draft losses have left you feeling empty, while the Swans of Bryn Argoll you sold for a dollar has left your wallet feeling the same way. But don't lose hope! I too attended a shadowmoor prerelease, and my 4-1 record and second round draft loss have left me fully equipped to teach you the intricacies of shadowmoor draft and sealed. More... April 25, 2008 | mtg, humor Zen and the Art of Shadowmoor Limited by Skeletor Local Wumpus hunter and bear-arm collector Rune McKnight was killed yesterday in a hunting accident when he went out after threshold. More... - Skeletor April 25, 2008 | mtg, humor Deep Blue/Black Sea by Dr. Magic Cards he voices in the auditorium died down as the projector came to life, displaying a tranquil maritime scene: a seal swimming on the surface of the ocean. Click. A single fin appears behind the seal. More... April 24, 2008 | mtg, humor Top 8 to 10 by Skeletor LOCATION, STATE - Federal agents raided the top 8 of a 10-proxy Magic: the Gathering Vintage tournament Saturday evening after being alerted about the event that morning by the Trading Card Association of America (TCAA). At the scene officials collected some 80 proxy cards and arrested every player in the top 8 for copyright infringement on ten of the cards trademarked by Wizards of the Coast. More... April 22, 2008 | mtg, humor Magic Arcana: I Want to Ride My Charcycle by slearch As you no doubt have seen at your prerelease, there's a 10 card cycle in Shadowmoor based on an updated wording of our old favourite, Char. More... April 21, 2008 | mtg, strategy NJ's Shadowmoor Constructed Review by NicotineJones NJ applies his keen insight and prophetic foresight to the evaluation of Shadowmoor cards in Constructed. His first big contribution to GG, NJ has instituted a covenant with a chosen people; don't pass over this one. More... April 21, 2008 | humor And Now for the Other Crap II by The Jester So as an attempt to create more content for the hallowed front page at GG, I have decided for this submissions theme as an attempt to further clean up my reputation at being such a belligerent ***hole/troll to so many people(1). More... April 18, 2008 | mtg, strategy PS Elves Yu: FNM Report by llarack The story of an FNM with B/G elves! More... April 17, 2008 | mtg, humor New DCI Promo Announcement: LOLSpellz by Skeletor The textless promos have been hugely popular, but unfortunately some players forget what a card does when it has no text printed on it. So we have made a comprimise: We will offer you a hint as to what the card does, but we won't waste your time with the exact Oracle text. More... April 15, 2008 | general gamery, humor The HMS Titanic: What Really Happened? by the sage Nintey-six years ago today, the ocean liner HMS Titanic slipped beneath the frigid waters of the northern Atlantic, taking some 1500 souls with her to the sea floor miles below. The cause of this tragedy has been long attributed to a collision with an iceberg. However, we here at Good Gamery have a different theory as to what sank the "unsinkable ship". More... April 15, 2008 | mtg, humor The Downtime Diaries by Dr. Magic Cards ('chop by Changling_Bob) Day 1 without MODO: Looks like v3 is up for review today, just in time for them to pause the countdown again. Worth is “highly confidant” that “[they’ve] got their ducks in a row,” whatever that means. It’s a good thing this process has some oversight: without their bosses there to talk them off the ledge, they might have actually released this “work in progress” to their paying customers. More... April 14, 2008 | mtg, humor Shadowmoor Nights, Part II by Dr. Magic Cards As far as Sid could tell, the only reason Hugo hadn’t yet removed him from the game was that the giant enjoyed watching him struggle. Hugo had protection and, with it, the luxury of slow-rolling the win; there was nothing Sid could do about it. With that realization, Sid relaxed and awaited his fate. More... April 11, 2008 | humor And Now for the Other Crap... by The Jester So, this little forum project has come quite a ways. Content seems to be added to the site fairly regularly, and now talks of a pod cast? DAMN IT, I don’t even own an I-pod. (Warning: This article contains language.) More... April 10, 2008 | mtg, humor Shadowmoor Preview: Holy Shift, Batman! by Skeletor Before I reveal today's preview card, I want to talk a little bit about Time Spiral block, which was code named Reprint, Misprint, and Print. More... April 9, 2008 | mtg, humor "Sympathy for the Inneffable" Lyrics by FyrexianSurvivr FS shares with us the lyrics to the classic song, first performed by Wall Creatures May Attack As Though They Did Not Have Defender. More... April 8, 2008 | mtg, humor Shadowmoor Previews: Grin & Bear It by Skeletor Welcome to week two of Shadowmoor previews! Today I am going to introduce you to the first ever ultramegacycle minitheme. Shadowmoor has a minitheme of Bears, implemented as an ultramegacycle of common creatures: The Nonrarebear cycle. More... April 7, 2008 | mtg, humor Shadowmoor, Torment Crash M:TG Reunion Party by alfred The Magic: The Gathering set reunion party was off to a great start, with the MC for the evening, Ravnica, doing his best to entertain the crowd with a few off-color jokes, while a steady supply of mana beverages kept the conversational tempo flowing. The festivities quickly turned sour, however, when two of Magic: The Gathering's self-proclaimed "bad boys" arrived at the party unannounced. More... - ein April 5, 2008 | mtg, humor The Last Jelly Moose by FyrexianSurvivr This is the story of the last Jelly Moose. Once there were many Jelly Meese. Jelly Mooses. Game-Trail Changelings. Once there were many Game-Trail Changelings. The covered the plains of Lorwyn, crowded the forests, swam through the swamps. But one day, something changed. Somethings changed. More... April 4, 2008 | mtg, humor Second Shadowmoor Preview Booster Surfaces by slearch There was a lot of buzz when the Shadowmoor Preview Booster appeared on magicthegathering.com. It piqued a lot of players' interest, but it also raised a lot of questions. What was going on with Beseech the Queen? What was up with all the hybrid mana? Would that spider get that bunny? I have been leaked a second Shadowmoor teaser booster and I wanted you, the good people of GoodGamery.com to be the first to see it. More... April 3, 2008 | mtg, humor Wizards Announces Shadowmoor Theme Song by ein Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast today unveiled a new marketing scheme that will accompany the release of the next stand-alone expansion to their popular Magic: The Gathering (MtG) card game, called Shadowmoor. To help get players -- new and old alike -- excited about this mechanic, Wizards has tapped popular recording artist Josh Groban to write and perform a thematically appropriate song that champions Shadowmoor. More... April 2, 2008 | mtg, humor Shadowmoor Nights, Part I by Dr. Magic Cards Sid Burns reclined on his darksteel armchair, tapped a mountain, and lit his cigar against his forehead. Bitter, too bitter; but the way business was going lately, Tattermunges were the best he could afford. The chair wasn’t comfortable either, but he needed something that could survive his temper. He fished out a bottle of Ballynock from his desk drawer and took a swig. It burned. At least something still worked. More... April 1, 2008 | mtg, strategy PS Goblins Yu: GP Philadelphia Report by llarack All-in all, it's a pretty good tournament for me, and playtesting paid off in spades, giving me 2 pro points, and 400 dollars. If I had won one more match, I would have qualified for hollywood, but this is not too bad of a performance for my 3rd GP ever. More... March 28, 2008 | mtg, contest Shadowmoor Preview Month Contest by Good Gamery One fantastic article could win it. A dozen "pretty funny" items could win it. It's up to the plebes! The person who wins first place in the vote wins an entire box of Shadowmoor booster packs. Second place wins 18 Shadowmoor booster packs. Third place wins 9 Shadowmoor booster packs. Fourth place wins 3 Shadowmoor booster packs.More... - Skeletor March 27, 2008 | mtg, chop 'Chops: Best of Chumpblocker by chumpblocker Chumpblocker posts his picture legacy, which happens to contain profound insight and subtle hilarity at once. Shake your head in sad understanding at "Mike Long, Hall of Famer," and scratch your head in entertained confusion at "Ice Cauldron," both on the front page. More... March 24, 2008 | general gamery, humor Leaked Info About Next Smash Bros. Game by peppersprayed (w/ PaZ) Though Super Smash Bros. Brawl was just released two weeks ago, Good Gamery has discovered that Nintendo is already hard at work on the sequel: "Super Smash Bros. Altercation." Today we'll be looking at a few of the new characters that have been leaked. More... - slearch - slearch - slearch March 3, 2008 | mtg, humor, video MODO Game Commentary, Part II by JoINrbs Hey guys, it's JoINrbs here for GoodGamery.com. Now, I caught a little, little bit of flack for that last game that I broadcasted. You guys were saying that my white creature deck just go paired against the perfect matchup, Enduring Ideal, like it couldn't beat anything else and... well, **** you guys! Honestly! So we're going to play another game and I'm going to show you how the deck works, again, and maybe this time you'll get it. More... March 3, 2008 | forum game -[ARENA 03]- Pipe Dream by PaZ Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, LucasArts's "Pipe Dream" revolutionized pipe-based computer puzzle gaming forever. It also confused many people who couldn't understand why they didn't seem to be punished for dying. Do you think you have what it takes to be the best Pipe Dreamer around? As with all arenas, even mere participants get prizes. More... February 27, 2008 | mtg, contest Uncle Mark's Make-a-New-Format Contest and MWS Tournament by alfred Six brand new formats have been chosen, and now it's up to YOU to determine under which format we run our MWS tournament! The potential formats are: "Mini Epic," "Mythbusters Auction of the GG," "Paint Drops," "Potpourri," "Look at me! I'm the DCI," and "Soceries & Basics." Come on in and participate! More... February 22, 2008 | mtg, contest Uncle Mark's Make-a-New-Format Contest and MWS Tournament by alfred Have you ever dreamed with your heart to make a new Magic format that folks the world over would scramble to build decks for and compete in? Dream no longer, and do instead! Good Gamery has proudly teamed up with (the essence of) Mark Rosewater to present you this once in a lifetime opportunity to change the face of Magic forever. More... February 20, 2008 | mtg, humor AOD Legacy: MODO Sunday by avatarofdumb Avatarofdumb pays his hilarious MODO-themed homage to the most virulent internet meme of 2006, "Lazy Sunday," which happened to be the only source of SNL laughs that year. More... February 20, 2008 | mtg, humor, video How to Get Into MODO on Your Mother's Computer by JoINrbs Hola hombres y zapatos -- and welcome! -- to another instructional video from JoINrbs for GoodGamery.com. So I've showed you how to get into MODO on your computer and I've showed you how to get onto MODO on my computer... which was useless, wasn't it! Well what's not going to be useless for you is knowing how to get into modo on your mother's computer. And that's what we're going to be going through today. More... February 20, 2008 | general gamery, serious Team Fortress 2: Badlands, First Impressions Review by Changling_Bob So Badlands is the new official map for TF2, by Steam. I've not played it yet, so I thought I'd do a little review type thing. The information available on the internets claims Badlands is a control point map, similar to Granary. Great. Granary sucks. More... February 20, 2008 | mtg, humor 'Chops: Best of Skeletor Skeletor posts his picture legacy, including several hilarious and high-quality 'chops. Three of the best, "Fractal," "Coke Machine," and a very familiar looking "Darksteel Colossus" grace the front page. More... February 13, 2008 | mtg, humor Can I Give You Two Life? by Ajani Goldmane (or, Ohty) Hi there, friend! Have I got a proposition for you! How would you like to gain two life? You would? Fantastic! Here, take it! I just love to give people life, two points at a time! More... 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