I know, an imaginative title for a first blog post right? Simply using one of the catch phrases of the show – pure genius. Or not.
But give me a break, I’m new to all this, both the game and trading card games in general. That’s right, I’m completely new to TCG’s. The closest I’ve come is playing Pokemon on the Nintendo GBA and then DS (and now the Wii). So I’m pretty much your definition of a newbie!
I came across the Chaotic brand watching Jetix and have to say I was impressed. The animation is, well, cooky – but after a bit of watching I decided I liked it. More than that though I liked the concept. I like how it worked.
Chaotic Online
So I got onto Google and had a look around, and and was surprised to see that the game was playable online. So on I hopped, registered and got going.
Or didn’t.
I simply couldn’t work out how to do it. I got my apprentice deck (Underworlders) but I had no idea how to actually work the site. So I went over and logged into the forums looking to try get some advice. I browsed through the stickies and learnt, pretty much nothing. I learnt how to use a Chaotic Pad – which wasn’t the play function on the website.
After awhile I gave up. I didn’t get it.
5 days later I came back. I had again seen the show on Jetix and wasn’t about to let a kids show beat me! So I spent a long time working through the forums. Eventually I worked out how to download the pad and got doing some gaming. Of course having no idea what I am doing, and only having an apprentice deck, I only managed a few wins.
Eventually I decided I was going to do the website again, I would beat it. I spent ages clicking around and, almost by accident, worked out how to auto-challenge. Result, at last I could play properly!
The screen itself proved to be yet another challenge. I could not work out, for a long time, how to see the cards – all I could see was the board at an angle that showed the cards from a distance – just enough to guess who the characters were, but nothing else. I think it was by accident that I discovered that right clicking on the cards brought up the information I needed!
Quality
But despite all these problems, or maybe because of it as I am a stubborn oaf, I got hooked on the game. I was still loosing far, far more than I was winning with my apprentice deck – but I was loving it.
Weirdly though my account had gained some cards. I’m not sure how it happened but overnight I gained a creature or two and a couple of rare wargears, attacks and locations – all underworld.
So a couple of days ago I nipped out to Toys ‘R’ Us and bought some cards. In what has to be the least organized move ever I bought an Overworld starter deck (I like their sprites in the main) and a Dannian tin (the only ones available in the store) – which gives me quite an unfocussed collection!
Using the new cards I’ve had for a couple for days I’m winning as much as I am losing, which is hardly an achievement. But I am loving this game – and shall continue to try improve my deck and learn some tactics, oh and perhaps work out a bunch of stuff such as how the hell to work Mugic!
Will I ever get a physical game? No idea, but for now I’m enjoying working out what the hell I’m doing online!
Thanks for reading this long-winded rubbish – please do check out the forums… they are just starting up, ready and waiting for you to come in and have your say on anything Chaotic – or use the off-topic forums to talk about anything that you want!
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August 11th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Hi there,
I saw you added my blog to your blog role, and I wanted to thank you
Much appreciated 
I came across chaotic almost the exact same way you did. Not really knowing about the tribes, I just picked Underworld, but quickly shifted to danian when I figured out about them.
But everyone has trouble starting off, the game takes some poking around and getting used to (It’s okay that you haven’t played TCGs much before, because chaotic is hardly comparable to any other game. Yu-gi-oh, magic, pokemon, duelmasters are all kinda similar to each other in gameplay, and totally different to chaotic’s) so if you are lurking around the forums, feel free to look me up in the army builds section or team section and I’d be glad to try and give you some pointers (If I have any worthwhile ones
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August 11th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Cheers for the comment (and joining the forums)
Good to know I am far from unique when it comes to finding and learning the game. Been around the forums there and it is interesting reading – though the reason I have barely posted there, and indeed set up the forums here, is just how many childish posts there are on it – normal for something targetting teh demographic I’m sure, but kind offputting to an old man like me!
Which is why these chaotic forums are set up
a) to have somewhere else
b) to be able to set up extra ’senior player’ sections for older players if things take off
c) because I am teaching myself web development in my spare time and fancied starting a chaotic forum!
Loving your blog btw, a lot of interesting concepts there for me to take on board – and a lot of ones I just don’t understand at all!
August 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
same thing happened to me cept the kids show won after i started using mugic 1 match online and like a billion in Real life and still don’t get it.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
can you tell someone if you know any gamemaker that he make a game like in a show that is playable online, like: you port to chaotic, and battle online with your friends online, or to port to Perim like in a show and scan creatures.