[{"text":"Hello everyone!&nbsp; We've had an excellent year here at DCDeckbuilding.com and we wanted to give everyone a recap of the year, and then announce some new changes. "},{"header":"2018 recap"},{"text":"Articles Published on dcdeckbuilding.com: 50 Players ranked in DCDB Competitive Play and Trivia: 182 Premier Events Held: 6 (Events held in Oklahoma, Tennessee &amp; Texas) Premier Event Average Player Count: 14 Match Results Recorded: 489 VP Accumulated in Recorded Games: 52,765 Trivia Questions Answered: 12,927 Those are some great stats for the year, and give us some nice goals to beat as we move into 2019!"},{"header":"changes to dcdb public records"},{"text":"A player's rating will no longer be displayed unless they are among the top 10 ranked players for that category.&nbsp; Any player not falling within the top ranked players will still have a rating, the only difference is that their rating will only be visible to them via their unique personal page. You will be able to view your rating and individual games via your unique ID number.&nbsp; This allows players who are concerned with their score to work on increasing it, while also letting those at the top feel the pressure of those beneath them catching up to them as players enter and exit the top rankings. This change effects both games and trivia.&nbsp; You can see the revised leaderboards here: https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/ratings\/ How to access your personal page is explained in the Website Updates section below."},{"header":"events calendar"},{"text":"2019 will see the start of online tournaments via Table Top Simulator.&nbsp; We plan to begin with these as casual events at first, and we hope this gives players from around the globe a chance to enjoy DCDB at the highest levels of play.&nbsp; We are also expanding our events, with Kentucky hosting its first ever Championship in 2019.&nbsp; You can view our calendar here and see if there are any events you'd like to participate in: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1t-PIDxIHCc2Fl82NoqKb4cDzTejicjAHKWgRdj9GVn4\/edit?usp=sharing"},{"header":"dcdb enthusiasts"},{"text":"The reason most people find our group is because they enjoy DCDB.&nbsp; Among those players, we have come across some who really, really enjoy DCDB.&nbsp; These players might be found chatting in Discord or on Facebook, racking up hundreds of games, doing thousands of trivia questions, driving all over the country, etc.&nbsp; To acknowledge these participants, we have created the DCDB Enthusiast award! Although this award doesn't carry a specific set of criteria, nor does it have a set of checkboxes you can tick off to ensure you will receive the award, we feel that the players receiving this award are fitting of it for any number of reasons, and their names are some of the most well known in the DCDB community!&nbsp; Without further ado, your 2018 enthusiasts, and their reasons for receiving the award are (in alphabetical order):"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Huffster - This player went to great lengths to setup the Tennessee Championship. Setting up an event is a logistics nightmare to say the least, and after months of preparation this event went off without a hitch and was one of our best events of the year."},{"caption":"Oshi - This player is always willing to take time and teach anyone the interface on TableTop Simulator. This feat requires both great patience and a willingness to offer his own time to help another."},{"caption":"V3ng3vin3 - Having made the finals of every Championship in 2018, we look forward to great things to come in 2019 for this player."}]},{"text":"As a means of recognizing these players, the following applies for Jan 2019 - Jan 2020:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"A placard will be placed in the TTS mod, depicting the previous year's enthusiasts."},{"caption":"Each player will have an &#34;Enthusiast of the Year&#34; tag applied to their name in our Discord group."},{"caption":"Each player is able to ban one card of their choice from the main deck."}]},{"header":"Enthusiasts Banned Cards"},{"text":"Without further ado, the following cards are banned from cube play from Jan 1st, 2019 to Jan 1st, 2020:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Boomerang [Equipment] (Oshi)"},{"caption":"Larfleeze [Villain] (V3ng3vin3)"},{"caption":"Shapeshift [Super Power] (Huffster)"}]},{"image":[{"src":"boo451520boomeran.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"image":[{"src":"lar311955larfleez.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"image":[{"src":"sha464563shapeshi.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"header":"website updates"},{"text":"We've updated the site to track your unique user ID via cookies.&nbsp; This is a fairly big update to the site, and we've moved away from using your user ID in the url because it is a hassle for players having to constantly have to enter their user ID.&nbsp; We expanded the use of this cookie for trivia, personal stats, etc and should overall make navigating the site easier for everyone. To save the cookie on your device, change the X in this link to your unique user ID: https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/setuser.php?playernumber=X Once the cookie is set, it will automatically pull up your user page.&nbsp; If you receive an error following the above link, it most likely means that you have cookies disabled on your device. Once the cookie is set, you no longer need to use that link unless you want to save the cookie on another device.&nbsp; i.e. you'll need to set the cookie on your computer, and then again on your phone, etc. With the cookie set, you can now access the following page, which contains some new links to help you navigate around: https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/playerInfo\/ Your personal page displays your trivia stats, as well as hyperlinks for each game you've played so you can see who you played against, what MCs each player used, etc. We also implemented a minor change to trivia; you will now need to click a link to get the next group of questions, rather than refresh the page.&nbsp; This should help prevent the page being inadvertently refreshed for any number of reasons."},{"header":"2019 - the year ahead"},{"text":"We look forward to another great year of DCDB with all of you, and we hope to get out and meet more of you at events or in the Discord\/Facebook group. Happy New Year!"}]