We’ve had a busy week of Echoes production with a big test server patch going live on Wednesday. In this post, we’ll pull yet another new scroll from our bottomless beards, showcase a project from Scrolldier, and take time once again to recognize the members of our community.

Flavor of the Week

With another week comes another flavor text contest for Echoes content. First, I’d like to talk about exactly how cutting-edge these scroll reveals can be in regards to development progress. This particular scroll has changed completely in design as recently as a few days ago. I hope this illustrates how eager we are to share new content as soon as its ready to be shown – and also how easily subject to change each scroll can be. With each new scroll reveal, not only do we look to tease the next set, but we acquire valuable feedback from you, our players.

Now, on to the flavor text contest!

Steelwood Dedication:

Increase the beard counter by one! No, you can’t use that as your submission. Head on over to the Scrollsguide thread to submit your idea for what the flavor text for this scroll should be.

Scrolldier Custom Match tool

If you haven’t kept track of the updates this week, the test server has a new feature that will be brought to live servers along with Echoes: Custom Matches. The implementation of this in game is planned to be very rudimentary and builds upon already existing systems in game that generate Daily Trials. This means that you’ll have to type out each command individually to achieve the result you want. For large, complicated scenarios – this can be quite a chore.

Luckily the clever fellow behind Scrolldier.com, Agne, has quickly produced a web tool that eliminates much of the hard work. Take a look at this beauty:

In short, Scrolldier has provided a visual tool to accomplish your goals for custom matches within game. It’s very easy to use and, in my experience, seems to work very well. We’ve really been blown away with how great of a utility was produced in such a short time. While it’s still a work in progress, click this link to see the tool in action.

Community Rewards

In line with SeeMeScrollin’s post last week, we would like to continue recognizing those players who have contributed in significant ways to bettering the community of Scrolls. Our way of doing that? Scholar heads!

Content creation is an important and valuable contribution to an online community that really makes a valuable difference. We’d like to recognize, thank, and reward the following players in that regard:

Blinky : Blinky has provided countless hours of Scrolls content on his YouTube channel and otherwise. If you’re not familiar with his soothing British voice or his outspoken love for black pudding, you’re missing out.

: Blinky has provided countless hours of Scrolls content on his YouTube channel and otherwise. If you’re not familiar with his soothing British voice or his outspoken love for black pudding, you’re missing out. Nrp123 : You can’t mention Scrolls on YouTube without mentioning Nrp. A player who routinely remains comfortably at the top of the Scrolls ranked ladder, his channel has been full of great content for some time now.

: You can’t mention Scrolls on YouTube without mentioning Nrp. A player who routinely remains comfortably at the top of the Scrolls ranked ladder, his channel has been full of great content for some time now. Squiddy : Whether its his frequent Scrolls streams on his twitch channel, his podcast “Scrollstalks,” or his routine creative posts on /r/scrolls, he maintains a constant and impactful presence on our community.

: Whether its his frequent Scrolls streams on his twitch channel, his podcast “Scrollstalks,” or his routine creative posts on /r/scrolls, he maintains a constant and impactful presence on our community. ThePurplePanzy : His coverage of past tournaments on his twitch channel and creation of several niche competitions involving everything from bunnies, owls, and pizza has earned him a big thank you from all of us.

Content creators aren’t the only players who make an impact on our community, and by no means are we done recognizing players who contribute positively to our general environment. We’ve got a lot of recognition to dole out, so please bear(d) with us.

Tournaments

This is the last weekend before the next season of ESL begins next Sunday, which is receiving a few changes. A cash prize? Oh my.

Friday Minion League returns today at its new time. While the schedule is more North American friendly, there is plenty of gold and scrolls to be won by participating in this commons-only tournament.

In this unique tournament format, you have exactly 10 turns to do as much idol damage as possible. That’s it! It’ll be double elimination format and gold and scroll prizes will be available. It all takes place at 17:00 GMT! Construct a deck you think will be successful, and give it a try.

Have a good weekend – and remember: Never, ever shave.

-Gary(@Atmaz)