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Dominion => Variants and Fan Cards => Topic started by: Freddy10 on December 14, 2018, 07:22:20 pm

Title: Canoeist
Post by: Freddy10 on December 14, 2018, 07:22:20 pm
I was thinking to post this on RBCI, because it's action is based on things that change between translations, but I think is not really that bad.

(https://i.imgur.com/orGbdhZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: King Leon on December 14, 2018, 07:39:55 pm
I was thinking to post this on RBCI, because it's action is based on things that change between translations, but I think is not really that bad.

(https://i.imgur.com/orGbdhZ.jpg)

So, you could name „E“ to jump over Copper, Silver, Estate, Province and Canoeist to find Gold, Potion and Laboratory. Interesting!
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: GendoIkari on December 14, 2018, 11:00:53 pm
It's not terrible, but it's pretty close to strictly better than Laboratory.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on December 14, 2018, 11:44:13 pm
I'm confused about the name. What do letters have to do with canoeing? That said, you can prevent it from being strictly better than lab by renaming it to "Quick Brown Fox That Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". Though I suppose then people could choose Thorn or something.

Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: GendoIkari on December 14, 2018, 11:58:08 pm
Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

Only due to accidental mistranslations, right? And perhaps the strange Patron (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Patron) issue.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: Freddy10 on December 15, 2018, 07:49:38 am
I'm confused about the name. What do letters have to do with canoeing? That said, you can prevent it from being strictly better than lab by renaming it to "Quick Brown Fox That Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". Though I suppose then people could choose Thorn or something.

Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

The name uses the seven most common letters in English, but I don't think it matters too much.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: GendoIkari on December 15, 2018, 11:18:46 am
I'm confused about the name. What do letters have to do with canoeing? That said, you can prevent it from being strictly better than lab by renaming it to "Quick Brown Fox That Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". Though I suppose then people could choose Thorn or something.

Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

The name uses the seven most common letters in English, but I don't think it matters too much.

That is brilliant naming actually.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: Commodore Chuckles on December 15, 2018, 01:03:59 pm
Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

Only due to accidental mistranslations, right? And perhaps the strange Patron (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Patron) issue.

Yeah, that was the joke. Though I didn't know there was a problem with Patron; is it because the word "Reveal" is translated differently on some cards?

I'm confused about the name. What do letters have to do with canoeing? That said, you can prevent it from being strictly better than lab by renaming it to "Quick Brown Fox That Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". Though I suppose then people could choose Thorn or something.

Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

The name uses the seven most common letters in English, but I don't think it matters too much.

That is brilliant naming actually.

Huh, I didn't notice that. Is that why that name was chosen?
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: Freddy10 on December 15, 2018, 01:22:12 pm
Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

Only due to accidental mistranslations, right? And perhaps the strange Patron (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Patron) issue.

Yeah, that was the joke. Though I didn't know there was a problem with Patron; is it because the word "Reveal" is translated differently on some cards?

I'm confused about the name. What do letters have to do with canoeing? That said, you can prevent it from being strictly better than lab by renaming it to "Quick Brown Fox That Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". Though I suppose then people could choose Thorn or something.

Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

The name uses the seven most common letters in English, but I don't think it matters too much.

That is brilliant naming actually.

Huh, I didn't notice that. Is that why that name was chosen?

Yeah, the idea was that if you want to exploit a common letter in order to get a specific card, it won't chain with itself, like hunting party does.

So, I threw ETAINOS in a scrabble word search page, put some comodins, and looked for the most dominionish word.
Title: Re: Canoeist
Post by: GendoIkari on December 15, 2018, 11:19:04 pm
Oh, and there are already plenty of cards whose behavior changes between translations.

Only due to accidental mistranslations, right? And perhaps the strange Patron (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Patron) issue.

Yeah, that was the joke. Though I didn't know there was a problem with Patron; is it because the word "Reveal" is translated differently on some cards?


Some people had concerns because cards that all use the word “reveal” in English might not all use the same word-that-means-reveal in the translated version, but then Patron says that it only applies when the word “reveal” is used.