Magic: The Gathering via Webcam

[FadedOasis]

Okay, so I know I've asked people several times before, but I keep forgetting who actually owns a webcam and plays Magic. Let's get an actual list in here. :-)

Here's how we normally do things: games are played on TokBox. During the game, we look up cards at Gatherer or MagicCards.info. Make sure you have a way of keeping track of your life, and bonus points if we can see it, too!

THE LIST
FadedOasis (Paul FadedOasis)
The Church
TheFooFish (Foo Fish)
Rhench (Rhench the Mighty)
FiveAlarm (Corey Smedstad)
Blight (?)
Jamez (?)
Xadera (Me Myself)

Favorite Deck: "WUBK/2", a 500-card Highlander deck with no non-land tutors. Created 7 years ago as a 94-card deck that I couldn't trim down. :-)

^{Note that my router tends to overheat occasionally when sending/receiving too much information, so I may drop out of a game unexpectedly. At that point, I run into the other room, prop up a desk fan pointed at the router, and reconnect.}

Anyone up for a game tonight?

[thechurch]

hm, i'm interested but i prolly can't do it tonight, sorry.

[Billy, Angel of Wrath]

Has Cam + Cards. Would be interested in this.

[jamez]

I have a cam + cards and would be interested as well.

[FadedOasis]

You guys should POST YOUR INFO.

[Billy, Angel of Wrath]

Skype is TheFooFish, I'll need to set up the other one.

-That was easy. Tokbox is also TheFooFish.

[FadedOasis]

Quick Note: TokBox displays whatever you put as your name. I highly suggest not using your real name, since that's what the contact list uses.

[thechurch]

so,
skype: lydian.church
TokBox: The Church

*favorite deck: older samurai deck

[FadedOasis]

Who would be interested in a game tonight? Let's say 8pm Eastern?

[rhench]

Most of my cards were recently stolen, but I'm going to try to regrow my collection soon.

Skype: rh3nch
Tokbox: rhench

[fivealarm]

Hey dudes. I bought a webcam to join these shenanigans. I'm corey.smedstad on skype. You can find me by searching for FiveAlarm as well. (I think).

I know you've had plenty of time to think about it but, I thought keeping track of life with some coins in the playfield would work well.

Penny = 1
Nickel = 5
Dime = 10

Just use them like poker chips.

[FadedOasis]

FiveAlarm and I have been playing a bunch of Magic via Webcam. Anyone interested in some multiplayer soon?

[thechurch]

i would be very interested, however, i am still having trouble setting up my web-cam. the situation is that i have a web-cam built into my monitor, but i need to use my other web-cam. the problems is that i cant figure out how to configure my settings to use my external web-cam instead of the one built into my computer. also, how should i set up my web-cam when i do get my settings right?

[FadedOasis]

What I do is I open Skype, go to the video settings, and you can select a camera and change the webcam focus and stuff there. It's a bit of a hassle to open Skype every time, but it makes things work.

[blight]

This is relevant to my interests

Skype:blighttdm

[FadedOasis]

We don't use Skype anymore, we pretty much exclusively use TokBox. It's much nicer on the bandwidth, and it allows for multiplayer.

[jamez]

Skype: sjauker
tokbox: jamez

This will probably be the most nerdy thing I ever do, but oh well, sounds like fun!

[blight]

Tokbox: Mike_blight

[FadedOasis]

Vultanphase wants to Magic on Saturday, so I guess I'm Magicking on Saturday. Anyone else in? :-)

[fivealarm]

MTG YOU SAY!?

[FadedOasis]

Reminder that this is happening tonight.

[phevnil]

So, I don't really know anything about Magic, but I saw this video and decided I had to post it here. I enjoyed it, even with my lack of knowledge.

[fivealarm]

That was pretty awesome.

"Of course Graham, theres magic everywhere in this bitch."

[metaljoe]

I just got my webcam in the mail and I am excited to play MTG. I don't know anyone in my town except my roommate who plays, so it will be nice to play new people.

My Skype is MetalJoe515. If I'm not working or sleeping, I'll most likely be down for a few matches.

I can give you a schedule if you want.

[fivealarm]

Yay, more people!

[rhench]

I'm in the process of rebuilding my library of decks after they got stolen with my car during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Once I get a few back, I'll be in this again.

[fivealarm]

Just a bump for anyone that wants to pop their webcam magic cherry: We've been playing 3-5 player FFAs pretty regularly on Saturday nights. Also, ask Faded to add you to the MKWEA MTG group if you'd like to receive announcements when people want to start a game.

[msouza0411]

EDIT BY FADED: Removing spam.

[rhench]

We kind of do our own thing, and it's on random days, but we still do this. We use VSee now, a free program available on the interwebs. Tokbox stopped being free or something else unfortunate. In good news, VSee does a lot of cool things and is free.

If you want to play, it's as simple as telling someone else on the list. To the best of my knowledge the following people still play:

Rhench
Vultanphase
Xadera
FiveAlarmAwesomeSauce
The Church
Heller
.:sora

And a couple people who used to don't:
FadedOasis
Melonater Man

[beanstalklive]

Hey guys,



I am working on a project to make web cam play easy. I want to be able to play people out to state, which started the idea.



It would be great to play against you on Skype (beanstalklive) and I would appreciate any feedback on my site: beanstalklive.wix.com/startup.



Is this even something that people want?



Thanks!