Hi all,
I was happily opening my shiny new Ebony Kingdom boosters, when
happiness turned into sadness and surprise...
I had previously opened half of a box that I shared with a friend,
finding the usual optimal distribution typical of small sets.
However, when I turned to the next box, I found out that several
boosters contained NO rares at all (either 2 commons or 1 common + 1
Aye/Orun in the 2 possible "rare slots"). I noticed that the
"unwanted" additional commons were always either Brutal Influence or
My Kin Against the World.
After opening half a box, namely 18 boosters, and finding that NINE of
them did not contain any rares, I stopped, leaving the second half of
the box unopened.
50% of the boosters in half a box without a rare?!? Was anyone else
similarly screwed?
Emiliano
Hi Emiliano
I opened an Ebony kingdom boosters box and i found 14 boosters without
rare card.
Instead of the rare card i found a copy of "Brutal influence" or "My
Kin Against the World" or "aye/orun" or "pallid".
I'm very angry.
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On Jun 5, 9:58 am, Emiliano Imeroni <emiliano.imer...@gmail.com>
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Contact, as always Oscar Garza III org...@vtes.net in regards to any
extreme sorting errors.
Even thou i'm not from WW, to give you a straight answer, here is my
opinion of what might have happened to you (and that also happened to
me).
I open up a box of EK boosters and i also thought it didn't have any
rares, but then, after opening all boosters, i found out the
distribution on my box was:
4 common, 3 uncommon (vampires), 1 rare, 3 common.
After i got home i check the rarity of those cards and i was right.
Probably they altered the "distribution" on the boosters. I think that
in 3rd Ed ou LotN, the rare was the first one. So it's just a question
of order.
Fell free to check the amounts of cards you have and look at their
rarity, you might find i'm right.
Ricardo Marta
Prince of Lisboa
Portugal
Emiliano Imeroni schrieb:
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We had similiar experiences with other customers.
If you are European, please direct all those complaints to store at vtes
dot de I will replace the faulty boosters for you.
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Yes, especially since you (original post and one or two who concurred)
mention Brutal Influence, My Kin Against the World and Aye/Orun, which
were the commons that correctly occupied the last place in the pack,
I'm convinced you're looking in the wrong place for the rare. It was
just behind the vampires.
The rarity order in a pack is CCCCVVVRCCC.
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Johannes,
in my displays I had like it was said, 1 first rare then in the rare
slot either aye, orun, brutal influence or my Kin against the world
I was rather happy as I find them useful... but should I get angry
also?
just to be sure.... ^^
On Jun 5, 3:58 am, Emiliano Imeroni <emiliano.imer...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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In any and all cases like this, please document the packs as best you
can, check the contents against the checklist, and email me all the
information you have. I will compensate you where appropriate.
http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=Checklist_EbonyKingdom
--
Oscar J Garza III
Organized Play Coordinator
CCP|White Wolf
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As mentioned, the last card in the pack is *NOT* the rare card in this
set. It is always one of 4 cards: Brutal Influence, My Kin Against the
World, Aye, or Orun.
You will find the rare immediately after the vampires. Check it out
against the list on WW.
Now, if you received Brutal Influence in the slot right after the
vampire, then you have a legit beef.
I'd hate for retailers and WW to issue mass replacements to people when
it isn't necessary.
best -
chris
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Oscar,
Do you think you should use the NG and the WW forum as a place to
mention that the card order in the packs (based on rarity) is different
in this set than folks might be expecting?
best -
chris
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Dude, do you think I am an idiot?
I know how to read. I know how to count.
NO rares means NO rares.
Thanks for the confidence,
Emiliano
PS More seriously, thanks a lot Johannes and Oscar for the useful
answers.
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He was actually offering constructive comments (in his other response) and a
helpful suggestion (in this one), with no implication good or ill of your or
anyone else's intelligence or counting ability.
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Did anyone say that? Relax, man, jeez.
I don't think it was a weird thing at all to suggest that some people
(not even you personally!) might've overlooked something. And that
mentioning this when a change in distribution happens, might be a good
idea.
I know tons of CCG players who, when opening boosters, only check the
first or last card (whatever the 'regular' rare slot for the game
might be) at first, and put rest of the pack aside for later.
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Not really. We have documented cases where definitely the rare slot is
either missing or occupied by something else.
At least, if your boosters are correct, thats not a general problem.
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Scott is right. I am sorry, Chris, please accept my apologies. I
completely misunderstood the sense of your two posts, and my reaction
was rude and unjustifiable.
Apparently I canNOT read so well after all... ;-)
In any case, to everyone who suggested I may have missed the rare
because of the order of cards in boosters, I assure you that it is not
the case. 9 boosters I opened (out of 18 of a half box) contained no
rare at all. My friend Luc-Olivier, who received another box out of
the same shipment, found no rare card in 10 out of the 36 boosters in
the box. The third box of the shipment, which we shared, was instead
perfectly ok.
Thanks again to all the people who offered assistance,
Emiliano
On Jun 7, 4:22 pm, Emiliano Imeroni <emiliano.imer...@gmail.com>
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Hi !
Sorry, but I have to confirm this. 10 boosters opened and no rare at
all in them. And I know the order has changed, and I've checked
thoroughly the checklist (and even the ardb).
An example of booster I have here after checking once more : Dusk Work-
Tunnel Runner-Jua Vema-Unholy Radiance-Abu Nuwasi-Aisata Sanou-Abiku-
My Kin Against the World-Invoke Poison Glands-Pallid-Aye. No rare. And
if I quite remember, the My Kin Against the World was upside-down. And
following your order (CCCCVVVRCCC), this should have been the rare.
I'll bring that box tomorrow in Germany to show it to Johannes. ;)
Thank you,
-Luke-