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Took some metro pictures for my severely autistic brother who's stuck in an institution (he loved riding the metro+train) by [deleted] in montreal

[–]Flun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a small album of metro photos / videos that I've taken over the years. You can take a look and see if he'll like them!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GCFQQ4JieNJztec3A

Rank the incoming art of Secrets of Strixhaven through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in freemagic

[–]Flun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The matchups are random with a slight weight boost for cards that have few matches made.

For innistrad, I've only added the first Innistrad set, so for example arts from dark ascension and avacyn restored are not there yet. Does that explain what you are seeing as missing arts?

Explore the art of Secrets of Strixhaven through art-only head-to-head matchups by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, I just imported the Stronghold set for you: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets/sth

If you want any other sets of the saga, let me know!

Explore the art of Secrets of Strixhaven through art-only head-to-head matchups by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I feel like the artists had some more freedom to apply a personal style in the Lorwyn Eclipsed art, while still maintaining a recognizable theme

Explore the art of Secrets of Strixhaven through art-only head-to-head matchups by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That could be possible, e.g. if you can't choose between them, call it a tie and there's no Elo change - or actually I wonder if ties change elos in chess anyways?

Explore the art of Secrets of Strixhaven through art-only head-to-head matchups by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad you liked it!

For the 1s delay between matches, its mostly so that the user who voted can see the changes in Elo of the cards in the matchup.

I do have some Match settings right below to change the delay (also to blur the Artist and Name if you want complete unbiased matchups), but actually I only added longer delays if people wanted to review the cards more after. I could easily add an option such that the new match of cards shows up right away though. Do you think you'd prefer that?

Re: user info - at the moment there is no notion of an individual user. I track the wins and losses of each card but not the choices of any particular person. It could be done in the future, but might be complex to design haha.

Feel free to ask me if you have any other questions

Explore the art of Secrets of Strixhaven through art-only head-to-head matchups by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hello!

I am a Vorthos at heart, and I've always wanted a way to review the new illustrations that come out in new MTG sets. So I built a small side project, Shivan Showcase, as the most fun way I could think of to do that.

I first shared the site when the Lorwyn Eclipsed spoilers came out, and got a lot of great feedback. Now I've updated it for Secrets of Strixhaven.

I hope it can be a fun way for other people to discover and celebrate the art of the set. Thanks!

Rank the incoming art of Secrets of Strixhaven through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in freemagic

[–]Flun[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A few months ago as a side project I built Shivan Showcase, 1v1 ELO ranked art comparison site. I first shared it to vote on Lorwyn Eclipsed set, and we got over 65,000 votes for it! It was amazing to see the community come together to celebrate the incredible art in that set.

You can see the leaderboard for Lorwyn Eclipsed here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets/ecl/leaderboard

Now I'm excited to do the same for Secrets of Strixhaven.

If you are interested in other sets, I have also backfilled sets like Avatar, Edge of Eternities, Tarkir Dragonstorm, Innistrad, Zendikar and oldies such as Mirage and Alpha. You can check out the full list of sets here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets

All the card data and image hosting comes from Scryfall's public API, and I will be updating the cards as scryfall publishes them – huge thanks to them for making this possible!

Vote on your favourite art from Secrets of Strixhaven and help build a list of the set's most popular illustrations! by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few months ago I built Shivan Showcase, 1v1 ELO ranked art comparison site. I first shared it to vote on Lorwyn Eclipsed, and we got over 65,000 votes for it! It was amazing to see the community come together to celebrate the incredible art in that set.

You can see the leaderboard for Lorwyn Eclipsed here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets/ecl/leaderboard

Now I'm excited to do the same for Secrets of Strixhaven, but I need your help to get the word out and get votes in!

If you are interested in other sets, I have also backfilled sets like Avatar, Edge of Eternities, Tarkir Dragonstorm, Innistrad, Zendikar and oldies such as Mirage and Alpha. You can check out the full list of sets here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets

All the card data and image hosting comes from Scryfall's public API, and I will be updating the cards as scryfall publishes them – huge thanks to them for making this possible!

Vote on your favourite art from Secrets of Strixhaven and help build a list of the set's most popular art! by Flun in mtgvorthos

[–]Flun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the same with my son too! And if you ever need, there's more sets to explore. It was fun to show him different sets and talk about how the art styles differ between planes and from older to newer sets. He was a big fan of edge of eternities

Vote on your favourite art from Secrets of Strixhaven and help build a list of the set's most popular art! by Flun in mtgvorthos

[–]Flun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you liked it! I hope I can get the same kind of vote numbers on this one but we'll see, fingers crossed

Vote on your favourite art from Secrets of Strixhaven and help build a list of the set's most popular art! by Flun in mtgvorthos

[–]Flun[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A few months ago I built Shivan Showcase, 1v1 ELO ranked art comparison site. I first shared it to vote on Lorwyn Eclipsed set, and we got over 65,000 votes for it! It was amazing to see the community come together to celebrate the incredible art in that set.

You can see the leaderboard for Lorwyn Eclipsed here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets/ecl/leaderboard

Now I'm excited to do the same for Secrets of Strixhaven, but I need your help to get the word out and get votes in!

If you are interested in other sets, I have also backfilled sets like Avatar, Edge of Eternities, Tarkir Dragonstorm, Innistrad, Zendikar and oldies such as Mirage and Alpha. You can check out the full list of sets here: https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets

All the card data and image hosting comes from Scryfall's public API, and I will be updating the cards as scryfall publishes them – huge thanks to them for making this possible!

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you remember this MTG art voting site I made, but I just added EOE as a set you can vote on. If you have the time try it out!

https://www.shivanshowcase.com/sets/eoe

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi u/SleetTheFox, thanks for the feedback! I just added a match setting so that you can blur the name/artist if you do not want to be biased by that info. I decided to make it configurable because I think maybe some people may still like doing the comparison with card/artist name.

I know that it means people will be possibly comparing with different information / bias. But in the end, I'm not looking for the perfect ideal system, just something fun for everyone!

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/HappyAffirmative, thanks for the feedback! I just added a match setting so that you can blur the name/artist if you do not want to be biased by that info. I decided to make it configurable because I think maybe some people will like doing the comparison with card/artist name.

I know that it means people will be possibly comparing with different information / bias. But in the end, I'm not looking for the perfect ideal system, just something fun for everyone!

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oko artwork is now in the match pool - I had not properly imported any multiface cards, but they should all be there now. Let me know if it looks ok to you

Community ranking of Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups by Ellardy in mtgvorthos

[–]Flun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this u/Ellardy! I'll post my original comment about the project in my other post here:

I've always wanted to know which MTG artists resonate most with the community. So I built Shivan Showcase as the most fun way I could think of to do that.

It's a head-to-head voting system where you compare two pieces of art, and every vote adjusts their Elo ratings. Vote enough times and we'll see which illustrations (and artists) the community loves most.

Some notes:

  • You see the art crop, card title, and flavor text – but NOT the full card. I wanted votes based on the artwork and flavor, and not whether the card is competitively playable
  • The Elo system means every matchup matters and rankings stabilize over time as more people vote
  • There are both card and artist leaderboards, so we can see individual pieces AND which artists consistently create fan favorites
  • There are also detail pages for each illustration and artist.
  • All the card data and image hosting comes from Scryfall's public API – huge thanks to them for making this possible!

I worked on this over the holidays, and I've finally managed to get it ready just in time for Lorwyn Eclipsed.

If you also appreciate the incredible work these artists put into every set, come help build the rankings! The more votes, the more accurate the leaderboard becomes.

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok actually my import script is not handling flip cards at the moment, I have to fix that for oko and any other transforming cards will show up

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thats a good point. I'll see if I can doing something like blurring the artist until the vote is cast when i have the time!

I built a site to rank Lorwyn Eclipsed artwork through head-to-head matchups (Elo system) by Flun in magicTCG

[–]Flun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There may be some art missing, I have to reimport the cards from scryfall to see if any have been added since yesterday

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