Talk:Magic Deck Vortex

This is for discussion of all Magic Deck Vortex content on the MDV page. ~Streetz~

Not sure if I'm doing this correctly...
 * Quadruple tildes, John (if you don't mind that). ;) MM (talk!) 02:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thinking about updating this.
Thanks, MM.

I'm not sure where to begin as I have no clue how to do wiki stuff.

What sort of information would be appropriate for this?

For instance, I could info from my About Us page:

Mission Statements To excel as a net provider of information regarding Magic: the Gathering. To become a great CASUAL deck resource via content. To gather great and unique decks from around the world. To serve as a portal for all Magic: the Gathering players on the net. To provide reference material to design decks. To provide well written articles regarding casual magic. To never charge money for any content on this site.

Brief History Magic Deck Vortex was founded in August, 2002 by John Streetz and Jason Streetz. It started as just an EXCEL database of 100 decks John Streetz had collected from a variety of sources (60 of which were actually put together as actual decks for casual play at the time). Note: Jason does not play magic... he helped to establish MDV by hosting it on his site: www.streetzuite.com. Many thanks to Jason for his help in the beginning.

Originally, Magic Deck Vortex brought people in by having a deck clinic, regular contests and a deck submission page. Magic Deck Vortex as a 'magic' site has been expanding internally and externally ever since August 2002 through other means such as articles, it's combo and deck database, and it's linking network across the net. Now, Magic Deck Vortex is linked to on over 70 different websites around the net including web rings and popular portals like www.dutchmagic.com, www.maroox.com, and others.

Since the beginning, MDV has grown from 100 decks to over 1500. Features have expanded from minimal to better. This trend will continue until there is nothing left to expand (which is impossible considering the many different directions of the site now). One of the hopes of the webmaster is to have the site referenced and/or mentioned on the main site, www.magicthegathering.com. [Who am I kidding.. MDV isn't www.brainburst.com. Oh well. Until then...]

Or then there's the bit about the deck database:

Introduction to the DDB

Magic Deck Vortex(MDV) is a good site. It has art, it has fictional cards, it has combos, links and more. Like I post in some links around the net, MDV is more than meets the eye. However, the true purpose of MDV is it's deck database. That is... it's unique selection of mediocre to excellent to unique decks as presented in the Deck Database (DDB). Hence the name Magic DECK Vortex. When you think of vortex, what do you think? An endless pit of something that eventually leads into something else. That something else is creativity, inspiration and idea. Two of the mission statements for MDV are:

To become a great CASUAL deck resource via content and art. To gather great and unique decks from around the world.

I hope to continually make the MDV Deck Database bigger and better and most importantly, more organized. The two main ways I sort the decks is by color and by type(category). I provide the deck lists, descriptions if available, the author, the type and then thumbnails of the some of the cards in the deck for your viewing pleasure. In all of this, I believe I am fulfilling the above two mission statements (of several found on the About Us page).

Where are the decks from?

Currently, there are over 1500 decks. Mind you, that's not including all of the deck submissions and other miscellaneous decks throughout the site that aren't cataloged in the DDB. Each deck is hand picked and selected which I myself, John Streetz, then take a great deal of time to layout and add to the main database. I've been known to collect decks from a variety of sources including some of the more popular MTG sites on the net, some of the not so popular sites, Scrye, Inquest, players at tournaments I frequent, visitor submissions and of course, myself. Also, you will see decks provided to me by the new 'submit deck' page brought to you by www.adventureson.com, which are submitted by you, the visitor. Did I ever mention, thank you for visiting Magic Deck Vortex. I really do mean it. (Note: I think I mention this in 90% of the blurbs I post on the front page.) I really, really do mean it. MDV would not be such a great success without all of you visiting it.

Obviously, those items would need to be updated. Anyone care to help me out? :)

--Streetz 22:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Streetz


 * Well, at the moment, I've replied to some, hopefully that is, of your edit. I shall edit later. =) No probs. MM (talk!) 09:10, 15 August 2007 (UTC)