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Prime said:
Betting isn't the same as stating as fact. In betting, you can lose if you are wrong. In stating as fact, you can't lose, because it's already true. And I've made the point before, because you've brought up the whole "me stating as fact" thing before (for some odd reason, you felt it important to bring up again), and that I usually always cover myself with words like imho, feel, think, etc, etc. I don't have any insider sources like some people might, so all my thoughts are exactly that, just thoughts, and I hope I make it quite clear of that.

Why am I negative? Give me two examples of me being negative with the new set. 1 lv.X per box. One. Now, give me a second. You won't find it. It might sound negative, but in reality and imho, it's somewhat rational and realistic. I can't remember sets off the top of my head, but I remember people have better luck with lv.Xs in sets that had less than 4 in them. I seem to remember people pulling 2 lv.Xs more often in earlier sets than they do now (almost never it seems). Why should this change? More lv.Xs in the set? Has it changed between MT and MD? Nope. I don't see why it would change now. We aren't even guaranteed 8 lv.Xs. We are guaranteed more than 4 thanks to the "more lv.Xs than ever before." 5 is more than 4.

I don't see how you can apply EX-set logic to lv.X set logic. They are two totally different kinds of cards. We had so many sets where we had over 4 EXs in the set (all of them, I think, had more than 4), and we have never had a set with over 4 lv.X in them (yet). So there is no pattern for you to jump upon to (hopefully) "prove" me wrong.

I don't know what your problem with me is. You seem to be trying to find reasons to call me out, because you don't seem to be quoting anyone else here that shares the same views with me. I would think you might have better stuff to do with your life than come up with excuses to put down a fellow player of the game.

=/ [DEL]'Mom[/DEL] Prime
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Well, the second was that you said that we would be only getting 4 Lv. X. There are 2 sets I can think of that had only 3 Ex, which is almost the same as 4. HP and DS. Well, I think I call you out because it just seems like you make these comments whenver a new set is going to be release. I am pretty sure on that actually. I dont see anyone else thinking of the worst when the set is going to come out but you. I am not going to get into this any farther as I dont want to get into anytype of flame war with you one way or the other, however we will find out who is correct then and if I am wrong you can feel free to send my a PM telling me so, but until then let's drop it one way or another, okay? :thumb:

Drew
 
Saying there would be 4 lv.Xs in the set before the press release was out, was negative? O-kay.

If I kept posting that we were going to get 14 lv.Xs in the next set (DP5+DP6), would that be overly positive?

Again, EXs =/= Lv.Xs. You could come up with a pattern, but with only 2 sets (according to the information you provided) with 4 or less EXs, it would be quite hard to connect the dots.

I would never rub it in your face or anyone else's if I were right. I only speak speculation, so if I am right, it is no better or worse than if I am wrong.
 
Prime said:
Saying there would be 4 lv.Xs in the set before the press release was out, was negative? O-kay.

If I kept posting that we were going to get 14 lv.Xs in the next set (DP5+DP6), would that be overly positive?

Again, EXs =/= Lv.Xs. You could come up with a pattern, but with only 2 sets (according to the information you provided) with 4 or less EXs, it would be quite hard to connect the dots.

I would never rub it in your face or anyone else's if I were right. I only speak speculation, so if I am right, it is no better or worse than if I am wrong.
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Now, I wouldnt complain if there were 14 Lv. X in a set. I can only think of 2 Ex Sets that came even close to that number. RG had 12 and UF had 13 or 14 depending if you count the Box-Topper as one. I loved those sets because it was so diverse. I think overly-positive isnt the word I would say, but unrealistic might be. I feel that Ex = Lv. X. Ex were rotated out as the Lv. X are in. If you look it seems that Lv. X have the same type of border as Ex's and seem to comes as frequently as the sets that had Ex's with close to the same number.

I understand speculation. Maybe I just took your post as saying something with a lack of info. I just dont see where the other 4 or 2 Lv. X would go. I could be wrong, and if I did anything to upset you, I'm sorry, but I like voicing my thoughts/opinion as I can see you do. :thumb:

Drew
 
THE NEXT SERIES AFTER THAT WILL FEATURE DUSKNOIR AND RAICHU LV X, WHICH CAN ATTACK 2 times in a turn, and giratina can send pokemon to the lost zone, if you want i could write a thread article about it.
 
I can see the logic that Ex was the ultra rares in sets, and now Lv.X are the ultra rares in sets. But we've had 5 sets so far, and we've had no more than 4 Lv.X in a set, which makes me think that this is totally different system. Disregard that last sentence, I just realized that regardless of how Japan does the sets, PUI controls how many Lv.Xs are get in a box.

Maybe we haven't gotten many Lv.Xs in a set before because the JPN sets haven't had that many Lv.Xs. But that logic can only take you so far since JPN has theme decks that come with Lv.Xs that are eventually added into the english set and magazines that come with Lv.Xs too.

I hate to go off on a tangent, but this just popped into my head. Japan is able to supply Lv.Xs to the community through so many outlets. Sets, theme decks, and magazines. Why are we limited to just getting them through a single set? I would LOVE to be able to score an interesting Lv.X in a magazine, or go to the store and buy a Lv.X in a theme deck. I guess the Tins are our JPN theme decks, but there has been a few sets that we haven't gotten any Tins for. Why force the players to buy the cards? PUI will get revenue through whatever outlet it sells the cards, why not take advantage of different outlets? I think the game would grow a lot if the whole game wasn't about buying packs to get every card. I know I love YGO because I can buy Shonen Jump magazines and get some rare cards, buy a few Structure Decks and get a lot of playable cards, and then buy a few packs and singles online and get the rest of the cards I need. There are many different outlets for players to get good cards and I feel it keeps the players excited about what to expect next.

Back to the main topic...

The DP sets have been really weird when compared to the EX sets since the EX sets (other than Power Keepers) were straight card for card sets. Many DP cards have been moved around to other sets for different reasons. For that reason alone, I don't see anyone correctly guessing the entire list of cards for DP sets in the future. As long as we are behind in sets, there is the chance that our set could have some cards from a future set or promo collection added into it.

There isn't a good place for the Lv.Xs to go. If LA did have less than 8 Lv.Xs, then those Lv.Xs would just be pushed onto the next set (unless we got lucky with tins, which I doubt), and that would push more Lv.Xs into the set after that. It would just keep repeating. If PUI would take multiple outlets to getting those rare cards to the community, we wouldn't have this problem with the constant migration of cards.

TheDarkTwins said:
I feel that Ex = Lv. X. Ex were rotated out as the Lv. X are in. If you look it seems that Lv. X have the same type of border as Ex's and seem to comes as frequently as the sets that had Ex's with close to the same number.

I understand speculation. Maybe I just took your post as saying something with a lack of info. I just dont see where the other 4 or 2 Lv. X would go.
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Thanks for the list DF206, I appreciate your prognostication. But I finally got Unown P, what more
could I want?
 
Woah- I started an elaborate debate between two prof.s/staff members...:redface:
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Oh yeah and the heatran lv. x promo prolly won't be in this set since a reprint is gonna be in Intense Fight of the Destroyed Sky (Japanese DP6.)
 
TheDarkTwins said:
Prime, I have a serious question? Why are you so negative about new set releases all the time? You ALWAYS think of the absolute worst possibility and then say it like it is a fact.

Here is why your actually wrong, If you look at sets that have had 8 Ex's then you would know what is going to happen here. Most of the time if a set has 1-4 Ex's/Lv. X it is 1 per box. If it has 5-7 Ex's/Lv. X it is 2 per box. 8 is interesting because it was about 2-3 per box. 9 is 3 per box.

Now, I dont know why you wouldnt use past history for this but saying it as fact or "betting" (which I feel is the same) isnt the greatest way to say it.

Oh, and B_T, I agree with you that would be absolutely horrifying to try to get the Lv. X and I might be in the same boat with you possibly.

Drew
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DarkTwins and Prime, I have a serious question,

Why are you always arguing?
 
yoyofsho16 said:
DarkTwins and Prime, I have a serious question,

Why are you always arguing?
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We are not always arguing, we just happen to have a nice friendly, debate about the next set. Nothing wrong with a little bantering back and forth as long as it is friendly.

Dunsparce Fan 206 said:
Oh they always do that? Guess it wasn't just me then... :lol:
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No, it wasn't you, and no we don't always argue. I don't know why you would listen someone and think it is true.

Drew
 
Drew, I can't believe you said that...j/k

Yeah, just heads butting every now and then.
 
mrdraz07 said:
Big set = hard to get the good cards BOO

At least most of the Lv Xs are playable in this set...
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When Majestic Dawn came out short of a bunch of cards, some people commented that the smaller number was preferable, since the cards would be easy to get. With this (much bigger) set, I guess my reply here is that this is a trading card game. One shouldn't be able to get every single card they want just by buying a single box of cards. You have to trade for them a bit, which is actually pretty fun.

A second note: I sincerely hope that they increase the number of Lv.X's per box with this set, and that they don't do anything stupid like cut out Lv.X's and reprint Master Balls and Dusk Balls again. If they just leave this set like it's supposed to be, we might have a set comparable to Unseen Forces in terms of playability and variability.
 
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