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 New
server, Forums back up, Virus gone?
11/19/07 - The old server MDV was on no longer works. It
apparently became "broken" recently (on Sunday) and thus I was forced
into migrating to a new server. And thus, welcome to the new
server. The forums were down most of Monday but as of 11:12pm
Monday night - they are back up (along with the Blog pages) thanks to
ButteBlues. Thanks, BB! Also, with this new server, the
virus that once plagues MDV should now be gone. If it isn't, go
here to discuss. Otherwise, go
here to discuss the new server and the fact that MDV is now back up.
~Streetz~ |
MDV
Forum Awards for 2007 Posted!
11/14/07 - The MDV Forum Awards have begun and you should be nominating
your favorite person in each category. The above link will take
you to the rules of the forum awards and then you can peruse the
categories and make your nominations. Nominations will run for a
few weeks and then voting will start. Things should get
interesting. I hope you enjoy this year's Forum Awards!
~Streetz~
Discuss Here. |
Big
Problems for Magic Deck Vortex. WARNING - Virus Attack.
11/7/07 - Magic Deck Vortex is going through some very tough times right
now. Recently, someone or something comprised the server which MDV
runs on and inserted something that is inserting malicious code into
random pages on MDV. This code tries to attack visitors computers
and install a virus (or virii). DO NOT EVER let MDV install Active
X controls onto your computer else you will be infected by a virus.
If you have been visiting the site recently, in the
past two weeks, please check your computer for viruses just to be sure.
Make sure you have antivirus software and also make sure you do a scan
to be sure you don't have anything. Make sure you have all of the
recent patches available for your operating system as well.
My host and I are working on this in an effor to
resolve this as quickly as possible.
Also, there are other problems I am experiencing like
the loss of my old computer which had all of MDV on it. I am
working on rebuilding things. Please be patient with me. I
would expect content to resume as normal in the next week. Thank
you for visiting MDV -- I appreciate everyone's patience as I work
to resolve all of the problems the site and I are experiencing.
~John Streetz~ |
Introducing
the New MDV Blog!
10/8/07 - Magic Deck Vortex's blog is officially up and more information
will follow. For now, there are two blogs posted. Expect to see a
variety of MDV faces posting blogs. Also expect to see a different
default theme in the next few weeks. ~Streetz~ |
Introducing
the New MDV Blog!
10/8/07 - Magic Deck Vortex's blog is officially up and more information
will follow. For now, there are two blogs posted. Expect to see a
variety of MDV faces posting blogs. Also expect to see a different
default theme in the next few weeks. ~Streetz~ |
What
happened? I'll tell you.
8/23/06 - You have noticed, no doubt, lack of updates over the pass two
weeks. Well, I apologize for that. However, this was out of my control for
the most part.
My high-speed Internet service provider has disappointed me greatly. I have
been out of Internet access for almost a full two weeks. Despite my
complaints, and my multiple calls to service to schedule an
appointment sooner, I still had to wait a LONG time to get a technician out
to my home. Mind you, I've had two technicians out to my place in two weeks.
They fixed it once last week... for a day and a half. And then they fixed it
again this morning. Thus I am making this quick update before I have to go
back to work. Let's hope my Internet doesn't go out again anytime soon.
The unfortunate aftermath of this is that two things have been delayed - the
upcoming theme week and the MDV IDOL 2 contest. Both of these things have
been planned for over the past several months... but without Internet
service at home I was unable to really do anything for the site or these two
events. The deadline for MDV IDOL 2 registration has been moved and that
exact date will be announced shortly.
Let’s not forget about some of the high quality and intriguing articles that
could have been posted over the past two weeks. There are some really great
ones that I can’t wait to post. Unfortunately, I do have to go back to work.
Again, I apologize for the lack of updates. I wish you could understand my
sincere aggravation throughout all of this. Thank you for visiting Magic
Deck Vortex. I really mean that. ~Streetz~
Discuss
this here. |
MDV
is Five Years Old!!!
8/16/07 - While MDV's exact birthday is unknown, one thing is for sure
-- MDV was first uploaded to the world wide web in August of 2002.
And thus, this month marks MDV's fifth year. While there aren't
any extreme things going on, be sure and wish MDV happy birthday in the
forums! Share your comments, memories, etc. there. ~Streetz~
Discuss
Here. |
Errata
erased on several cards...
7/14/06 - WotC has changed some errata... and then
changed the errata again.. and then erased that errata... on some cards.
I highly encourage you to read through
this
entire article on www.wizards.com by Aaron Forsythe. In that link
he talks about the recent errata changes to popular cards like Iridescent
Drake, Great Whale and Goblin Snowman. Then... vote in the new poll!
Thanks. ~Streetz~
|
Tim
Hildebrandt has passed away.
6/12/06 - Tim Hildebrandt, twin brother to Greg
Hildebrandt, died June 11th, 2006 from complications due to diabetes. This
is very unfortunate news as he was a great artist, person and inspiration
for Magic players, other artists and gamers from all over the world.
Please read
this
with regard to his death. In that link you can find information about
how to send your condolences to his brother, Greg. ~Streetz~ |
Quick
MDV Update...
5/5/07 - While I haven't been posting as much article content lately, it
doesn't mean there aren't things going on in the background. Read
more...
~Streetz~
Discuss
Here. |
MDV
Search Re-enabled...
4/17/07 - The search engine of old has been re-enabled. While it
has many imperfections, it still does the job. Be sure to read the
notes about using it to maximum the results. Thanks.
~Streetz~
Discuss
Here. |
MTGMobile
Premium Service!
4/13/06 - Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a
subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) in association with Proteus (a
leading provider of wireless applications and carrier connectivity) is proud
to announce a new service offering for its MAGIC: THE GATHERING fanbase:
Mtgmobile.com Premium. The wireless service will provide spoiler content,
trivia questions, news, alerts and exclusive polling for $3.99 per month.
"Many of our players have purchased wallpapers (including
the Dissension exclusives) from mtgmobile.com over the past few months, and
this service is the latest in our expanding line of mobile phone services
and products," said Jake Theis, Assistant Brand Manager for Magic at Wizards
of the Coast. "We want to give our players an opportunity to be involved in
the huge Magic community 24/7, and this service delivers on our unspoken
promise of community to our customers."
To join Mtgmobile.com Premium, text the word "Magic" to
26280 or sign up on mtgmobile.com. ~Streetz~ P.S. Can you tell I'm
quoting the news release? *grin* |
Magic
Deck Vortex on MySpace!
3/3/07 - MDV now has a MySpace page! You can find it by clicking
here. If you would
like to get updates on MDV happenings via MySpace, ask to be a friend.
I haven't decked out the page yet... ~Streetz~
Discuss
Here. |
Don't
Go Anywhere - Land Week Next Week!
3/2/07 - As the title suggests, don't leave MDV anytime
soon. Starting Monday next week, you will be thrown into another theme
week on Magic Deck Vortex. During theme weeks, MDV has 2-3 features a
day including combos, articles, database updates and contest resolutions.
That's right, the winners of the Thematic Landscapes will be posted next
week. Point here is that if you like lands, you must check MDV out
everyday next week. I look forward to all of your feedback during the
week's events. ~Streetz~
Discuss
this topic here. |
MDV's
back up! And now with a...
2/7/07 - ...dedicated server. That's right.
MDV is now hosted on a dedicated server. Many thanks to everyone for
your patience. But a big thank you goes out to ButteBlues for
assisting throughout the forum transfer and for helping to diagnosis the
problems. Also thank you to Hannes from MTGS, Dom from MTGCast, Jason
from Streetzuite and several other webmasters for their input and assistance
throughout this debacle. To make a long story short, MDV didn't have
enough resources to use on the previous VPS server I was using. The
loads went through the roof and the CPU usage was at 100% all the time.
With this new server, the site should be faster and I should be able to add
more features to be announced at another time. Thanks for visiting
Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ P.S. The forums are back up now!
Discuss
this topic here. |
Site
was down, then up, then down...
1/26/07 - Just like the title says. The site was
down for several hours on Wednesday and many hours on Thursday.
Finally, after many hours invested, the site should be working fine. I
will re-post the spoiler for Planar Chaos soon and everything will be back
to normal. Many thanks to ButteBlues, site techie, and Michael C. from
our server for assisting in solving the problem. While I still am not
sure what the cause was, it's fixed. The CPU was going through the
roof. After an upgrade of the forum software, and the deletion of a
bunch of old threads in the forum, the CPU levels are normal again.
Note: Michael C. was the only one from my server that actually helped and
didn't throw the 'get a better server' down my throat. Thanks for
listening and visiting! Articles and features will resume next week.
~Streetz~ |
A
Few Notes...
1/18/07 - The forums were down part of the day on Thursday
as my host decided to shut down the server because of an 'overload' --
which is also why the whole site was down for about 5 hours in the morning.
Anyway, I shut down the forums temporarily so that the 'node?' could
stabilize... so the main site could remain online. [Any suggestions on
a new server?] In the meantime, I haven't been able to make many updates on
the main site recently. I'm embarrassed to say, but it wasn't because
of anything urgent. It was because (here's the embarrassing part) I
went on a two day 'Heroes' marathon. I've watched all 11 episodes and
am HOOKED.
Updates will resume Friday including the latest Mechanix Podcast and
possibly the beginnings of the next deck database update. Thanks as
always for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~
You can
discuss this blurb here. P.S.
MTGS has the
complete PC spoiler. *grin* |
MDV
Forum Awards and More!
12/22/06 - Happy Friday to everyone! This marks for
me a four day weekend and the coming Christmas Holiday. In the
meantime, the voting has ended for the MDV Forum Awards 2006 -- and the
winners have been announced
here.
Thanks to everyone that participated and congrats to everyone that was
nominated and also to the winners. Next week will be something new on
MDV. That is, the writer's guild has determined the best six articles
on MDV from the year. Each one will be posted from Monday to Saturday.
Then, on Saturday, a vote will be posted and you, the visitors of MDV, will
choose the best article from MDV of 2006. More info will follow.
Many thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~ |
Going
on vacation...
11/4/06 - I am happy to announce I am going on vacation
for the first time in several years and in less than 24 hours I will be in
sunny and warm Florida. What does this mean for all of you? This
means the main site won't be updated for about a week (although I may find a
way around that). However, don't despair! There are plenty of
things to do on MDV. Such as...
- You could check out some of the old Combo Pages
found here.
- You could check out the
archives of articles over the past two
years here; I'm sure you haven't read them all.
- You could participate in the
Newbie
Mafia game which is currently waiting for a few more players.
- You could Submit an Article to MDV (email
them to streetz@magicdeckvortex.com).
- You could peruse the endless
deck database sorted by color and deck type.
- You could check out this month's
featured links and let me know what you
think of them.
- You could *gasp*
join the forums
and participate in hundreds of activities.
- You could, if already a member of the forum, join an
MDV
Clan.
- You could participate (or just look) at the
Time
Spiral Combo Thread!!!
- You could use the
Creature Visual Spoilers to build some crazy-wacky-cool deck.
- You could participate in the
MDV
2006 Forum Awards!!!
- You could stare at the home page long enough to see
the hidden message!
Point here is that even if there aren't new things
posted on the main page, there are a plethora of things to do on the site or
through the site. I hope everyone can appreciate the webmaster of this
humble website getting a break. See you all in a week. ~Streetz~ |
Upgraded
Server... again...
10/29/06 - Given the recent server issues, and the fact
that MDV gets more traffic than I think, I've had to upgrade the servers
(again). The last upgrade was suppose to be better, when in fact, it
was and wasn't. I won't go into that, as it's a whole article by
itself. However the new server has 60% more storage, 42% more
bandwidth, 50% more guaranteed RAM, 0% more max ram and 50% more guaranteed
CPU. Oh, and 33% more cost... So, in summary, it SHOULD be better than
any server I've ever had. Worst case scenario, I'll have to upgrade
again and pay 25% more for the next best server. If that doesn't work,
looks like its a dedicated server. Anyway, thanks as always for
visiting Magic Deck Vortex and making it one of the best casual MTG sites
around. ~Streetz~ |
Having
Server Issues...
10/27/06 - Well, the server was down for a few hours
earlier today (from about noon to seven or eight ... so I guess that's more
than a few hours). Anyway, my host didn't know why the server went
down but for some reason the site is still slow since they rebooted. I
have put in a request to my host to find out why as I sincerely doubt there
are a hoard of people on MDV on a Friday night! Anyway, hopefully this
will be resolved soon so I ask that you be patient in the meantime.
Thanks. ~John Streetz~ |
What
happened? I'll tell you.
8/23/06 -
You have noticed, no doubt, lack of
updates over the pass two weeks. Well, I apologize for that. However, this
was out of my control for the most part.
My high-speed Internet service provider has disappointed me greatly. I have
been out of Internet access for almost a full two weeks. Despite my
complaints, and my multiple calls to service to schedule an
appointment sooner, I still had to wait a LONG time to get a technician out
to my home. Mind you, I've had two technicians out to my place in two weeks.
They fixed it once last week... for a day and a half. And then they fixed it
again this morning. Thus I am making this quick update before I have to go
back to work. Let's hope my Internet doesn't go out again anytime soon.
The unfortunate aftermath of this is that two things have been delayed - the
upcoming theme week and the MDV IDOL 2 contest. Both of these things have
been planned for over the past several months... but without Internet
service at home I was unable to really do anything for the site or these two
events. The deadline for MDV IDOL 2 registration has been moved and that
exact date will be announced shortly.
Let’s not forget about some of the high quality and intriguing articles that
could have been posted over the past two weeks. There are some really great
ones that I can’t wait to post. Unfortunately, I do have to go back to work.
Again, I apologize for the lack of updates. I wish you could understand my
sincere aggravation throughout all of this. Thank you for visiting Magic
Deck Vortex. I really mean that. ~Streetz~
Discuss
this here. |
vB
Forums Up and Running!!! ... but...
7/3/06 -
Well, the good news is that the vB forums are running and working with
only a few things to fix up (like smileys). The bad news is that in
the transfer, all of the users were lost. I had to make a call between
losing all of the user accounts and losing many of the recent posts.
Considering some very important stuff has been posted recently, I had to
make the call to keep the posts and lose the users.
I am sorry about that, but this just means you will
have to re-register for the forums. In order to keep all of your
previous posts, you will need to register using the same name you had from
the previous forum setup. Then, contact an admin to let us know you
need your post count fixed and also let us know of any user groups you were
a member of.
Speaking of admins, Death_By_Beebles is now a full
admin for the forums. Lionden_56 is stepping down as a full-admin but
retain status as a co-admin. Your admin staff includes me (Streetz),
a simple façade (formerly ButteBlues), Death_By_Beebles and lionden_56.
The registration page is found
here.
Know that these new vBulletin forums are about 200%
more powerful and efficient than both phpBB and Invision. Once some of
the custom perks and smileys are added back in, things will be running as
normal and better. Thank you for visiting Magic Deck Vortex!
~Streetz~ |
Update
on the forums.
6/15/06 - Well, the upgrade to the forums is
almost complete. The new forum software has been installed thanks to
ButteBlues and aPo. However, there are a few mods that have to be
installed and all of the user groups and private forums have to be
re-instated (manually). So the forums will be down for a bit longer.
As mentioned previously, be sure to read some articles you've missed or
check out the extensive combo and deck databases on MDV until the forums
return. Thank you for your patience and thank you for visiting MDV.
~Streetz~ |
Forums
will be down for a bit.
6/13/06 - The techie staff of Magic Deck
Vortex will be upgrading the forums. And it will be a significant
upgrade. Please be patient while the forums are down and I anticipate
them to be down for less than 24 hours. Check out the deck database or
read up on some old articles while you're waiting. Thanks for visiting
Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
Sorry
for the lack of updates...
6/5/06 - Sorry about the lack of updates the
past week plus, but I've have a few unfortunate things happen and thus have
been a bit overwhelmed. However, the forums are still very alive and
well so while there are lack of updates on the main site you can always
check out the rumor mill, games, magic general or deck forum sections for
things do to on the site... or you could join a clan. Thanks for
always visiting MDV!!! ~Streetz~ |
Attention
Programmers! MDV needs help.
4/13/06 - MDV needs your help and if you are a
programmer - you might be the one to help. MDV is in need of a card
search function. Perhaps one better than any other card search
function on the net (for Magic: the Gathering cards). If you think you
are capable of such a feat and/or have any comments pertaining to this task,
please post about it in
this
thread. There is more information in that thread as well. Thanks
for being a part of Magic Deck Vortex -- What the casual players use!!!
~Streetz~ |
Articles
and Features start again next week.
4/6/06 - Because of the change of servers and
the fact that MDV's domain name isn't fully propagated throughout the web, I
am holding off on posting any relevant and important material until next
Monday. I don't want anyone missing out on new material on MDV.
In the meantime, I'll just do some background updates. Thanks for
visiting MDV! NOTE: The forums are fully active. To access them go to
here. ~Streetz~ |
What
happened?
4/4/06 - ...you ask yourself. Magic Deck
Vortex overloaded the server it was on, which was a shared server. My
host suspended MDV's account because this wasn't the first time it happened.
I guess I'm getting more traffic than the server can handle nowadays.
In the meantime, I have purchased a VPS server and all of the site
information has transferred there(here). The new IP address for the
site is currently being spread across the net. Again, I appreciate
your patience throughout all of this. The new server will ultimately
mean better MDV. Thanks for visiting MDV! |
Do
you live in Illinois?
3/19/06 - If you do, let me know what hobby
shops you play at in Illinois (or shortly over the border). I would
like to put a page together for Illinois players including hobby shops that
sell and play Magic, tournament locales, and so forth. Please post
where you shop, play at in
this
thread. Once I have enough information, I will post it on it's own
reference page. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~ |
MDV
now has a Techie: BB!!!
3/15/06 - If you don't know BB, he is
also known at ButteBlues. He has history on several forums including
the popular ManaTap and MTGSalvation. Please welcome him to the MDV
community and if you have any specific suggestions for upgrades to the MDV
forum, post it in
this
thread. Also, welcome him in that
thread
too. Thanks, ButteBlues- the official and only Magic Deck Vortex
Techie! This is very exciting stuff for me. So many things to
do, so little time. *grin* ~Streetz~ |
Druid
Week is officially over.
3/13/06 - You're all sad, I know. (Or
maybe not!) Anyway, druid week here on Magic Deck Vortex is officially
over. There was a plethora of material... in fact, the most material
MDV has ever had in one week. I owe a big thanks to all of the MDV
writers that contributed to this to make it successful. Also, I want
to know your opinions.
Please post your
comments about druid week in this
forum thread - good or bad! Thanks for visiting MDV!
By the way, if you haven't seen all of the stuff that happened during Druid
Week, please click here. ~Streetz~ |
MDV
is looking for a forum TECHIE!
3/2/06 - I am looking for someone
well versed in phpBB and programming that is willing to donate their time to
MDV as a forum techie. There are many things I would like to implement
into the forum, but lack the time, knowledge and expertise. And thus,
if you are willing to take up this duty, every MDV member, including me -
the webmaster - would be VERY appreciative. Please
email me if you are interested. Oh yes, and thanks for visiting
MDV! ~Streetz~ |
Added
Nav Bar to 2006 Article Pages.
2/26/06 - The other day I noticed
this cool thing on Londes that linked to the most popular content at the
bottom of their articles. I thought this was so cool that I added the
same thing to MDV's article - a section at the bottom of the page that links
to the top 5+ articles on MDV during the year of 2006. I hope this
helps you navigate better through the articles as well as provide you with
an opportunity to check the best articles on MDV without having to dig.
Thanks for visiting MDV! Note: This featured is based on the most
popular pages recorded in my Awstats. ~Streetz~ |
Wizard of the Coast
files suit against RE!
1/20/06.
Just when you think the drama is over, WotC files suit against RancoredElf!
Please find all of the information in
this PR release on
www.wizards.com. If you are lazy, let me quote the opening
paragraph:
JAN. 19, 2006 (RENTON, WASH.) – Wizards of the
Coast, Inc., the world leader in hobby gaming and a subsidiary of
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), today filed suit in U.S. District Court in
Washington against Daron Rutter of Vancouver, British Columbia, an
administrator of the website "MTG Salvation." The complaint alleges
that Rutter intentionally and repeatedly posted on the site Wizards’
proprietary information he unlawfully obtained. Specifically alleged
is the unauthorized display of prototypes from planned releases of
Wizards' world-famous Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game
(TCG). Also named in the lawsuit are individuals whom the company
believes provided Rutter with Wizards of the Coast trade secrets.
The names of these individuals are not known and they are identified
as “JOHN DOES 1-10” in the complaint.
I can't stand here and let this happen.
Assuming RE will get a huge fine for this, we have to plan out how we
are going to help RE. I don't think RE should be held
responsible for every rumor that every existed... or for every card
that was posted before the prerelease of any set. Perhaps this
is a scare tactic from WotC... perhaps it isn't. Please discuss
this in the MDV forums
here. Thanks for visiting MDV. ~Streetz~
|
Nominate
2005's best MDV article!
1/10/06.
The top 5 articles from 2005 will be posted again sometime in
February. In the meantime, I can't choose all of the best articles
myself - I need you to nominate them for me. Once all of the
nominations are received (deadline is 1/19), we will then vote on the
top 10 (or 8 - haven't decided yet). To see all of the articles
from 2005, go to the article archives, found
here. To post your nominations
(you get 2) and to check out more rules, go to
this
forum thread. In the meantime, thanks for visiting MDV and for checking
out of the articles on it. And thanks to the writers who have
written for MDV!! ~Streetz~ |
Please pray for
EinsteinMonkey.
1/5/06.
I have just received news of some very unfortunate circumstances for
our dedicated moderator - EinsteinMonkey. He has recently been
diagnosed with cancer and has been in the hospital for many days.
I ask that everyone pray for Einstein that he might overcome the
cancer and be strong throughout the recovery process and treatments.
I know I will praying for him.
I
ask that you do the same. EinsteinMonkey needs your prayer
and support throughout these times in his life. Why to bad
things always have to happen to good people? ~Streetz~
P.S. If you don't believe in prayer, please
keep him in your thoughts and do whatever you can to support EM. |
Magic
Deck Vortex gets a mini review!
12/13/05 - Ever heard of a site called
Critical Gamers?
No? Well, I hadn't either but they've heard of Magic Deck Vortex!
They wrote a brief article, linked
here, about magic 'combos' and referenced Magic Deck Vortex. I
always think it is very cool to get reviewed by another site - and this
review was even good! The last good review I got was from a forum site
(linked
here if you care) but that was from over two years ago (I think).
Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex!!! ~Streetz~ |
MDV
now has it's OWN forum!!!
9/10/05 - I will be commenting on this
sometime tomorrow, but in the meantime, since MTP is moving it's forums
and starting over, MDV will now have its own forum right here on Magic
Deck Vortex.. not somewhere else. Like I mentioned, I will go into
detail why I chose to do this tomorrow. In the meantime, Enjoy!
~Streetz~ The link to it is above. |
A
word about MDV's deck definitions...
9/1/05. I have not been able to update this page
like I would like to so I have opened it back up to you all.
However, the majority of the primers listed to the right are now
outdated and many of the deck descriptions below can either be expanded
upon, deleted or revised. If you are an expert of the deck types,
please let me know and help me update this page and the primers. Once
the forums are back up, you can discuss this subject in
this thread. Thanks for visiting MDV. ~Streetz~ |
MTP/MDV Forums down for a
week.
8/31/05. Magic Trading Post, home of the MDV forums, will be
down for a week (+/-) while the site gets a 'face lift'. To be
honest, I'm not too sure what all of this will entail, but hopefully it
will be a better forum overall. In the meantime, hold on to your
forum posts and save them for next week (most likely Wednesday) when the
forum is back up. Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex. Oh,
and if you have something you need to say and can't wait, you can always
email me! ~Streetz~ |
NEW!
MDV Search... check it out!
8/30/05. MDV now has a search button, click on the
link above, that you
can search all of MDV with a search term and simple click. No more Google searches that
may only grab 40% of the pages on MDV. This searches ALL of MDV. This
is in it's early stages and there are a few problems. Know I spent about an hour playing around with it tonight
to try and perfect it. However, it's still not perfect. If you find any
glitches or errors in this,
please let me know in the
forums or via email. In the meantime, enjoy it.
Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
MDV
is #3 on Alexa.com!!
7/31/05 -
And yet again.. another really big WOW... in just less than two weeks, MDV has jumped up another
two positions on the Alexa
charts from #5 to #3. Wow... above Brainburst! Who would have
ever thought!? Alexa tracks
the most popular sites by traffic and then sorts them by category (Sports,
Trading Card Games, News, Etc.). Alexa has a Magic the Gathering section and Magic Deck Vortex
is now number #3.
Very cool. All I need now is a few more reviews to make me happy.
Note that this may just be a temporary position.. but at least I know
MDV is in the top 10 and in the top 10 on
www.alexa.com to stay. That's quite an achievement in my eyes.
For just a little casual site that's been around for three years come
August I think that's great. Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex...
and may you review MDV on Alexa with ease. [GRIN] ~Streetz~ |
Hot
Linking turned off.
7/21/05 - While MDV has expanded it's bandwidth
significantly, there are too many people hot linking to images on Magic Deck
Vortex. Because of this I have temporarily turned off hot linking and
given access to only a few sites for this. This will cause problems
for anyone using certain routers since most of the images will come up
"x"'ed. If you have any problems with this, please let me know.
You can request access to MDV images and links if you ask. When 100
sites are 'stealing' images and using up my bandwidth it's not cool... which
is why I have done this. Thanks for visiting MDV. ~Streetz~
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MDV
is #5 on Alexa.com!!
7/11/05 -
Yet again.. another big WOW... in just ten days MDV has jumped up another
two positions on the Alexa
charts from #7 to #5. Alexa tracks
the most popular sites by traffic and then sorts them by category (Sports,
Trading Card Games, News, Etc.). Alexa has a Magic the Gathering cards
section and Magic Deck Vortex
is now number #5.
Very cool. All I need is a few more reviews to make me
happy. Anyone want to review MDV via
www.alexa.com? I wonder how long MDV will sustain position #5...
right below Londes, Brainburst, MTGnews and Wizards. Anyway, thanks for
continuing support by visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
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MDV
is #7 on Alexa.com
7/1/05 - Wow... in just three weeks MDV has
jumped up another position on the Alexa charts. Alexa tracks
the most popular sites by traffic and then sorts them by category (Sports,
Trading Card Games, News, Etc.). Alexa has a Magic the Gathering cards
section and Magic Deck Vortex
is now number #7.
Very cool. All I need is a few reviews to make me
happy. Anyone want to review MDV via
www.alexa.com? Mind you MDV may fluctuate back to #8 in the next
few months, but I think MDV is here to stay at 7 and then maybe onto #6. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
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MDV
is #8 on Alexa.com
6/7/05 - A neat little fact. Alexa tracks
the most popular sites by traffic and then sorts them by category (Sports,
Trading Card Games, News, Etc.). Alexa has a Magic the Gathering cards
section and Magic Deck Vortex
is number #8
currently. Kind of cool. All I need is a few reviews to make me
happy. Anyone want to review MDV via
www.alexa.com? Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
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MDV
looking for writers.
4/7/05 - Magic Deck Vortex is looking for good,
talented writers to post weekly musings on casual magic. If you
have a knack for putting together an unusual but fun deck and like to
write about it, please email
me. This could be
your chance to have your name in black and white on Magic Deck Vortex.
Plus, now that there is a forum (hosted by Magic Trading Post) we can
all discuss your article.I am not
looking for tournament reports, nor am I looking for a play by play
analysis of your current Extended Deck. I just want some wacky,
fun articles about random casual decks or philosophy. This can
include any casual format including singleton, normal casual magic,
group, and so on.
If you are serious, please send me an example of
your work pertinent to Magic: the Gathering- or just send me your
background of magic and let me know your reasons for wanting to write
for Magic Deck Vortex. I am very serious about this, and if it
pans out well, there could be monetary supplements for your work in the
future... although now I cannot offer much.
Also, know that this isn't a plot on the my
(webmaster's) part to get more traffic or become wealthier. It's
just an effort to fulfill something I have wanted to do for along
time... have articles. Casual Articles. I would write them
myself if I had to time or the artistic writing skills necessary for the
position. But I don't.
That said, email me or talk about this in the
forums
here.
Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex. ~John Streetz~ |
MDV's FORUM.
3/25/05 - As many have requested in the past, for a
forum that is, there now is one.
Magic Trading Post is the place where you can go to find this forum.
Thanks goes to
MTP for giving MDV a place to let us all chat about the happenings
of Magic Deck Vortex.
There is a section devoted to MDV and a lot of
other forums to discuss in. I would encourage you to check it out,
register and then tell me what you think about the site. This is a
great opportunity for you to help shape MDV into one of the greatest
sites devoted to Magic on the web.
Thanks as always for visiting Magic Deck Vortex!!! ~John Streetz~ |
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