Spreading the love

Lost Hemisphere has the distinction of being the first ever “Hero of the Month” blog as decided by the powers that be at UDE; We received one of the first MUN previews, a bunch of guest articles for Crime Lords Month, and we’re a regular feature in the weekly Rallying Cry!; We’re consistently in the top 5 over at VS System Network’s rankings, but we’re not the only game in town. There’s a myriad of other blogs, podcasts and fora out there doing their best to cover our game, many of which feature on the rankings.

At the time of writing there’s no less than 46 entrants in the rankings. A couple of these are regional fora (*waves hi to VS-Chile, Expertforum and Skillze*), and others haven’t been updated in over a month (*shakes a fist at Emo VS, Just Grazing and Phoenix Rising*) [NB: examples chosen at random], but there’s some solid, regularly updated blogs out there that just don’t seem to be getting the attention I think they deserve.

Today I’d like to bring to your attention:

This wonderfully visual blog is put together by Neil04… I have no idea what happened to Neils 01 through 03, but 04 seems to have his act together.

Striking a balance between comics and cards, Neil04 not only gives is his opinion of titles he’s reading, but he actually goes to the effort of scanning the damn things so that he can walk us through, giving us a running commentary. Now, I don’t know about you, but I didn’t pick up a single issue of Countdown, or anything related to the Death of the New Gods – but I still had a passing curiosity as to what was going on. Thanks to Neil04’s work, I’m “in the loop”.

From the VS perspective, Neil04’s been burning through the preview cards as fast as they come up, with insightful, personalised thoughts on each. It’s always cool to see someone else’s thoughts on these cards, not only because they help you understand the card better yourself, but also because it gives a reflective insight into the type of person and VS player Neil04 is.

To add to the niftiness, Neil04 is also the power behind the only dedicated VS server for MWS, Darkseid.servegame.com. For keeping this server running, for opening it up for the scores of VS players who play on MWS and have had enough of being hassled by MtG players who can’t understand “VS System Only” in a game description, Neil04 deserves a hearty slap on the back… not to mention a round of applause for his providing easy access to updated MWS files for all the new stuff in a timely manner. 

In the end, Darkseid Revenge is a blog I visit almost daily to see if Neil04’s given us anything new to read, or any new thought-provoking posts to otherwise help me through my morning with happy VS musings.

If you can’t (or just won’t) vote for Lost Hemisphere on the rankings (Bill’s on the button up there on the right hand side), then why not give Neil04 a little appreciation?

I’m a fan, why aren’t you?