nemuke Profile Joined April 2011 36 Posts Last Edited: 2014-07-12 04:01:51 #1

My name is nemuke. I'm a Japanese Hearthstone player and also a e-sports writer. I do the activities like reporting events or news, translating article, interviewing Japanese player or event organizer in my website.

My website (Japanese):



As one of my activity, I tried to rewrite my report in English to post on Liquid Hearth because there seemed lack of information about Japanese scene. I'd be so happy if this post can be a little help of your curious about it.



*Caution: I'm not a native English speaker and I'm still in the course of studying English so my articles may include many mistakes. Please don't hesitate to correct my article if you noticed anything wrong in the article. I'd like to improve my English writing through this activity.



Photo report of Japanese gathering event held on June 14th

Original article of this post (Japanese):

First gathering event:



On June 14th, 27 participants were gathered in the second Hearthstone Gathering event held again in a community center called "Midorigaoka bunka kaikan" on Meguro ward in Tokyo, Japan.

Participants brought their own Tablets and laptops to play Hearthstone, free play, limited swiss draw tournament and open-hand game with strategy discussions.



Event time table

9 am : Event startsettings and free play

12 pm : Break

2 pm : Limited swiss draw tournament

5 pm : Free play and open-hand game with strategy discussions

8 pm : Event close











Photos: The event place called "Midorigaoka bunka kaikan".







Photo: The list of today's content in Midorigaoka bunka kaikan. Same as the last time, The name of Hearthstone gathering event (ゆるHearthstone会) were written in the section of first training room, from 9 am to 9 pm(第一研修室・午前９時～午後９時) on the whiteboard. Although it was the second time to see for me, it looked weird that the digital game Hearthstone name lined up with the other activities such as Go club, nurturing circle.







Photo:The door of the first training room. I arrived 12:30 pm because I overslept a little XD





Photo: A view of the first training room. Unlike the second training room, which is small and can only fit 16 people, the first training room has more open space.





Photo: The event organizer Shinzaki at the registration desk. I paid 500 yen (approximately 5 dollars) to him to participate in the event.





Photo: The event explanations like time table, rules of the limited swiss draw tournament, security password of WiFi provided by Shinzaki and participants were written on the whiteboard.





Photo: I spread out my tablet and devices on the front table after the registration. Because I suffered the trouble of unstable internet connection and the difficulty of touch pad use last time, I prepared USB Wireless LAN adapter to make internet connection stable, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to make pointing/typing smooth. They worked fine this time.







Photo: Shinzaki also rent two WiFi router from a telephone company. They made the internet connection even more stable.



Free play









Photos: Until the limited swiss draw tournament start from 2 pm, I practiced my own deck against other participants for the tournament. Eating and drinking were allowed in the event place so some participants bought and brought foods such as rice ball and sandwich during the break.



Limited swiss draw tournament

In the limited swiss draw tournament, each participant prepare two decks with different heroes to play best of three matches. Legendary cards were banned this time. The limitations were loosened compared to the last time, which banned all hero-specific rare cards and anything with epic or higher rarity.



I thought aggro and midrange decks will be more popular with this regulation because control decks that utilize heavy-hitting legendary cards like Ragnaros



My deck list



With that in mind, I prepared tempo Rogue to counter aggro decks and midrange Shaman to counter the control decks which cannot be beaten by tempo Rogue for this tournament.





Photo: Same with the last time, participants fill match score and the total amount of remaining health in the score counting sheet then give it to Shinzaki after the match. The total amount of remaining health were used for the tie breaker.









Photos:After Shinzaki announced the match-ups, participants moved close to their opponents to started their match.





Photo:I won the third round against noa, who is only female participant and skilled player of Handlock (Legendary around 400th currently on NA), by 2-1 with Shaman against Handlock and Aggro Hunter after losing with Rogue.





Photo: I lost the forth (final) round against void, who I faced many times in the various offline tournament before, by 0-2 with his unstoppable Zoo Warlock.





Photo: My Shaman shattered with the last draw of Argent Commander





Photo: A view of final round progression







Photos: Top two players plays in the final round, Sosui (Top) and Daru(Bottom). The winner of this match will become the champion of the tournament. Both participants chose the same hero combination as Druid and Priest, which have plenty way to shut the opponent attack out, so their match went very long.





Photo: Two Chillwind Yeti Druid of the Claw



Daru's deck list

For the tournament, he brought a control-oriented deck containing interesting cards such as Ironbark Protector Abomination Wild Pyromancer



I ended the tournament in 7th place, lower than many of the other 3-1 participants because my total health remaining was lower. I think using Rogue that is easy to lose your health due to the high usage of hero weapons affected the result. Maybe it's fun to try to make the deck specializing in not taking damage next time (Warlock is worst hero then).





Photo: Shinzaki (front side) announces the final result.



Open-hand game with strategy discussions

It was past 5 pm when the tournament finished. Then Shinzaki starts the open-hand game with strategy discussions which player open their hands and explain their thoughts during the whole game. Observers are also allowed to ask the players what they were curious about.





Photo: The participants surrounding tablets to discuss how to play



It was really interesting to listen the other players' thoughts through the discussions. We also had very excited moment when we saw interesting play like "spawning Leeroy Jenkins Shadowstep



After the full enjoyment of Hearthstone, it already went past 8 pm. As it was close to 9 pm, which is time limit of room use, we placed the desks back in the original position then exited the room and go back to home.

Although the date of next event isn't decided, Shinzaki said he's going to host this event every other month. When the next event comes, I'd like to participate and report the event. Hello Liquid Hearth people!My name is nemuke. I'm a Japanese Hearthstone player and also a e-sports writer. I do the activities like reporting events or news, translating article, interviewing Japanese player or event organizer in my website.My website (Japanese): Nemukejp As one of my activity, I tried to rewrite my report in English to post on Liquid Hearth because there seemed lack of information about Japanese scene. I'd be so happy if this post can be a little help of your curious about it.Original article of this post (Japanese): ６月１４日に開催された「第二回ゆるHearthstone会」、オフラインで集まってプレイするHearthstoneの楽しさとは？ First gathering event: Photo report of Japanese gathering event, May 10th On June 14th, 27 participants were gathered in the second Hearthstone Gathering event held again in a community center called "Midorigaoka bunka kaikan" on Meguro ward in Tokyo, Japan.Participants brought their own Tablets and laptops to play Hearthstone, free play, limited swiss draw tournament and open-hand game with strategy discussions.9 am : Event startsettings and free play12 pm : Break2 pm : Limited swiss draw tournament5 pm : Free play and open-hand game with strategy discussions8 pm : Event closePhotos: The event place called "Midorigaoka bunka kaikan".Photo: The list of today's content in Midorigaoka bunka kaikan. Same as the last time, The name of Hearthstone gathering event (ゆるHearthstone会) were written in the section of first training room, from 9 am to 9 pm(第一研修室・午前９時～午後９時) on the whiteboard. Although it was the second time to see for me, it looked weird that the digital game Hearthstone name lined up with the other activities such as Go club, nurturing circle.Photo:The door of the first training room. I arrived 12:30 pm because I overslept a little XDPhoto: A view of the first training room. Unlike the second training room, which is small and can only fit 16 people, the first training room has more open space.Photo: The event organizer Shinzaki at the registration desk. I paid 500 yen (approximately 5 dollars) to him to participate in the event.Photo: The event explanations like time table, rules of the limited swiss draw tournament, security password of WiFi provided by Shinzaki and participants were written on the whiteboard.Photo: I spread out my tablet and devices on the front table after the registration. Because I suffered the trouble of unstable internet connection and the difficulty of touch pad use last time, I prepared USB Wireless LAN adapter to make internet connection stable, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to make pointing/typing smooth. They worked fine this time.Photo: Shinzaki also rent two WiFi router from a telephone company. They made the internet connection even more stable.Photos: Until the limited swiss draw tournament start from 2 pm, I practiced my own deck against other participants for the tournament. Eating and drinking were allowed in the event place so some participants bought and brought foods such as rice ball and sandwich during the break.In the limited swiss draw tournament, each participant prepare two decks with different heroes to play best of three matches. Legendary cards were banned this time. The limitations were loosened compared to the last time, which banned all hero-specific rare cards and anything with epic or higher rarity.I thought aggro and midrange decks will be more popular with this regulation because control decks that utilize heavy-hitting legendary cards likeWith that in mind, I prepared tempo Rogue to counter aggro decks and midrange Shaman to counter the control decks which cannot be beaten by tempo Rogue for this tournament.Photo: Same with the last time, participants fill match score and the total amount of remaining health in the score counting sheet then give it to Shinzaki after the match. The total amount of remaining health were used for the tie breaker.Photos:After Shinzaki announced the match-ups, participants moved close to their opponents to started their match.Photo:I won the third round against noa, who is only female participant and skilled player of Handlock (Legendary around 400th currently on NA), by 2-1 with Shaman against Handlock and Aggro Hunter after losing with Rogue.Photo: I lost the forth (final) round against void, who I faced many times in the various offline tournament before, by 0-2 with his unstoppable Zoo Warlock.Photo: My Shaman shattered with the last draw ofPhoto: A view of final round progressionPhotos: Top two players plays in the final round, Sosui (Top) and Daru(Bottom). The winner of this match will become the champion of the tournament. Both participants chose the same hero combination as Druid and Priest, which have plenty way to shut the opponent attack out, so their match went very long.Photo: TwoFor the tournament, he brought a control-oriented deck containing interesting cards such asI ended the tournament in 7th place, lower than many of the other 3-1 participants because my total health remaining was lower. I think using Rogue that is easy to lose your health due to the high usage of hero weapons affected the result. Maybe it's fun to try to make the deck specializing in not taking damage next time (Warlock is worst hero then).Photo: Shinzaki (front side) announces the final result.It was past 5 pm when the tournament finished. Then Shinzaki starts the open-hand game with strategy discussions which player open their hands and explain their thoughts during the whole game. Observers are also allowed to ask the players what they were curious about.Photo: The participants surrounding tablets to discuss how to playIt was really interesting to listen the other players' thoughts through the discussions. We also had very excited moment when we saw interesting play like "spawningAfter the full enjoyment of Hearthstone, it already went past 8 pm. As it was close to 9 pm, which is time limit of room use, we placed the desks back in the original position then exited the room and go back to home.Although the date of next event isn't decided, Shinzaki said he's going to host this event every other month. When the next event comes, I'd like to participate and report the event.

jubil Profile Joined March 2011 United States 84 Posts #2 Wow, looks like it was a really fun event! Nice surprise to see Priest decks doing well too, I'll have to try it out. Marineking-Polt-Maru-Fantasy-Solar-Xenocider-Suppy fighting!

TiberiusAk Profile Joined August 2011 United States 88 Posts #3



Since you also requested feedback on your English, here it is:

+ Show Spoiler +

Abomination Wild Pyromancer

He brought control-oriented deck for the tournament with a interesting put such as Ironberk Protector,. In his priest deck, minions all have attack 4 withoutso it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.

Both of these sentences contain some mistakes that made them a little hard to understand. Similar mistakes can be found in other places in your article, so I picked this part as an example.



In the first sentence "a interesting put" doesn't make sense because "put" is a verb and it's not obvious exactly what its subject and object are. So I'd either replace "put" with a noun like this:

Ironbark Protector Abomination "...with interesting choices such asand."



Or, you could use the verb phrase by adding a subject ("cards") and a preposition to state where the cards are being put, for example:

"...with interesting cards put in the deck such as..."

Since we all know cards are gonna be put in his deck in this context, you could simplify that to:

"...with interesting cards put in such as..." You probably noticed I changed the end of the sentence too. See "lists of things" below for a full explanation.



Now for the second sentence: By "without" did you mean "except"? That is, all his minions other than wild pyromancer had 4 attack? "Without" just means "the absence of" so it sort of implies he took the Pyromancer out, and there were only 4 attack minions left in the deck after that. But given how priest decks work, I assumed Pyro was still in. If so, I'd write the sentence like this:

all minions have 4 attack except for Wild Pyromancer

In his priest deck,so it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.

I also swapped the order twice in the part before except because "all minions have 4 attack" sounds slightly more natural to me. I can swap both of them back, but to make it sound right would require a lot more words:

the minions all have an attack of 4 except for Wild Pyromancer

In his priest deck,minions all haveattack4 exceptso it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.



Here are two other points of feedback which might help you with this paragraph, and in general:



Lists of Things

You wrote:

Abomination ...such as Ironberk Protector,

When writing a list of things, follow this pattern:



A

A and B

A, B, and C *

A, B, C, and D

...etc.



Use a conjunction (for example "and" or "or") when there are two or more things. When there are more than two things, then you start adding commas. A comma alone cannot replace the conjunction.



* + Show Spoiler + I was traditionally trained so I always include it. I think a significant number of English writers drop the last comma (the comma right before the conjunction) so the lists for 3 or more look like "A, B and C". The last comma is known as the "Oxford comma" and sometimes we like to argue about whether it's correct to include it or not.I was traditionally trained so I always include it.



Articles (a, an, and the)

I imagine this is one of the hardest parts of English to learn if you're coming from a language that doesn't have them. A lot of yours were fine but you missed some here and there, so here's a quick explanation. I am not an English teacher, so take this "with a grain of salt", as we say.



First off, here's a chart on how to do it generally:

http://d2uk0r32c70vka.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/article-flowchart.png

Source article (might also be helpful):



I'm not sure how to express the intuition behind English articles, but I'll try. When listening to or reading English, an English speaker always want to know "which one?" for every noun phrase. When I read He brought control-oriented deck I think "which control-oriented deck? Is it one referred to earlier in the article?" If so I'd expect to read He brought the control-oriented deck ...just like you correctly did for "the tournament" later in the sentence.



To remove the need for an article, the noun phrase either has to be plural (if it's plural then the presence or lack of "the" tells me if it's a set of decks we've referred to before or not, respectively) or it needs to be so specific that I'm sure which one it is. For example, "He brought Trump's control-oriented deck from the previous tournament" would work because it's a specific deck I could go find. But the phrase "control-oriented" is not specific enough to remove the need for an article.



English is complicated in this way. As Uther likes to say: "I am sorry." Keep it up and you'll get it! I hope my explanations helped.



Thank you again for translating your article for us!

English is my first language and I think I was able to understand the entire thing pretty well overall. (Good work.) I'm just going to focus my feedback on this part:Both of these sentences contain some mistakes that made them a little hard to understand. Similar mistakes can be found in other places in your article, so I picked this part as an example.In the first sentence "a interesting put" doesn't make sense because "put" is a verb and it's not obvious exactly what its subject and object are. So I'd either replace "put" with a noun like this:(Also note the spelling of "Ironbark" there.)Or, you could use the verb phrase by adding a subject ("cards") and a preposition to state where the cards are being put, for example:Since we all know cards are gonna be put in his deck in this context, you could simplify that to:You probably noticed I changed the end of the sentence too. See "lists of things" below for a full explanation.Now for the second sentence: By "without" did you mean "except"? That is, all his minions other than wild pyromancer had 4 attack? "Without" just means "the absence of" so it sort of implies he took the Pyromancer out, and there were only 4 attack minions left in the deck after that. But given how priest decks work, I assumed Pyro was still in. If so, I'd write the sentence like this:I also swapped the order twice in the part before except because "all minions have 4 attack" sounds slightly more natural to me. I can swap both of them back, but to make it sound right would require a lot more words:See "articles" below for more.Here are two other points of feedback which might help you with this paragraph, and in general:You wrote:When writing a list of things, follow this pattern:A and BA, B, and C *A, B, C, and D...etc.Use a conjunction (for example "and" or "or") when there are two or more things. When there are more than two things,you start adding commas. A comma alone cannot replace the conjunction.I imagine this is one of the hardest parts of English to learn if you're coming from a language that doesn't have them. A lot of yours were fine but you missed some here and there, so here's a quick explanation. I am not an English teacher, so take this "with a grain of salt", as we say.First off, here's a chart on how to do it generally:Source article (might also be helpful): https://expertedge.aje.com/2012/06/12/editing-tip-of-the-week-the-basics-of-article-usage/ I'm not sure how to express the intuition behind English articles, but I'll try. When listening to or reading English, an English speaker always want to know "which one?" for every noun phrase. When I readI think "which control-oriented deck? Is it one referred to earlier in the article?" If so I'd expect to read...just like you correctly did for "the tournament" later in the sentence.To remove the need for an article, the noun phrase either has to be plural (if it's plural then the presence or lack of "the" tells me if it's a set of decks we've referred to before or not, respectively) or it needs to be so specific that I'm sure which one it is. For example,would work because it's a specific deck I could go find. But the phrase "control-oriented" is not specific enough to remove the need for an article.English is complicated in this way. As Uther likes to say: "I am sorry." Keep it up and you'll get it! I hope my explanations helped.Thank you again for translating your article for us! Thanks for the write up and photos! Looks like a fun event.Since you also requested feedback on your English, here it is: "I like the new weapon, it's solid removal with a really nice deathrattle in a mech deck. The murloc is a little confusing though, not sure why they thought shamans needed a murloc."

Lancatron Profile Joined October 2010 Canada 1 Post #4 Really fun post to read. I think discussing strategy with other people is my favourite part of the game. Hopefully soon I'll be near some kind of offline meetup. mCg team stream. different member will be streaming on this to get a variety of gameplay. We are not a high level clan as of now, and will be streaming games from members between bronze and platinum for now.

nemuke Profile Joined April 2011 36 Posts #5 On June 28 2014 11:57 TiberiusAk wrote:

Thanks for the write up and photos! Looks like a fun event.



Since you also requested feedback on your English, here it is:

+ Show Spoiler +

Abomination Wild Pyromancer

He brought control-oriented deck for the tournament with a interesting put such as Ironberk Protector,. In his priest deck, minions all have attack 4 withoutso it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.

Both of these sentences contain some mistakes that made them a little hard to understand. Similar mistakes can be found in other places in your article, so I picked this part as an example.



In the first sentence "a interesting put" doesn't make sense because "put" is a verb and it's not obvious exactly what its subject and object are. So I'd either replace "put" with a noun like this:

Ironbark Protector Abomination "...with interesting choices such asand."



Or, you could use the verb phrase by adding a subject ("cards") and a preposition to state where the cards are being put, for example:

"...with interesting cards put in the deck such as..."

Since we all know cards are gonna be put in his deck in this context, you could simplify that to:

"...with interesting cards put in such as..." You probably noticed I changed the end of the sentence too. See "lists of things" below for a full explanation.



Now for the second sentence: By "without" did you mean "except"? That is, all his minions other than wild pyromancer had 4 attack? "Without" just means "the absence of" so it sort of implies he took the Pyromancer out, and there were only 4 attack minions left in the deck after that. But given how priest decks work, I assumed Pyro was still in. If so, I'd write the sentence like this:

all minions have 4 attack except for Wild Pyromancer

In his priest deck,so it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.

I also swapped the order twice in the part before except because "all minions have 4 attack" sounds slightly more natural to me. I can swap both of them back, but to make it sound right would require a lot more words:

the minions all have an attack of 4 except for Wild Pyromancer

In his priest deck,minions all haveattack4 exceptso it was very effective against Sosui's Priest deck.



Here are two other points of feedback which might help you with this paragraph, and in general:



Lists of Things

You wrote:

Abomination ...such as Ironberk Protector,

When writing a list of things, follow this pattern:



A

A and B

A, B, and C *

A, B, C, and D

...etc.



Use a conjunction (for example "and" or "or") when there are two or more things. When there are more than two things, then you start adding commas. A comma alone cannot replace the conjunction.



* + Show Spoiler + I was traditionally trained so I always include it. I think a significant number of English writers drop the last comma (the comma right before the conjunction) so the lists for 3 or more look like "A, B and C". The last comma is known as the "Oxford comma" and sometimes we like to argue about whether it's correct to include it or not.I was traditionally trained so I always include it.



Articles (a, an, and the)

I imagine this is one of the hardest parts of English to learn if you're coming from a language that doesn't have them. A lot of yours were fine but you missed some here and there, so here's a quick explanation. I am not an English teacher, so take this "with a grain of salt", as we say.



First off, here's a chart on how to do it generally:

http://d2uk0r32c70vka.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/article-flowchart.png

Source article (might also be helpful):



I'm not sure how to express the intuition behind English articles, but I'll try. When listening to or reading English, an English speaker always want to know "which one?" for every noun phrase. When I read He brought control-oriented deck I think "which control-oriented deck? Is it one referred to earlier in the article?" If so I'd expect to read He brought the control-oriented deck ...just like you correctly did for "the tournament" later in the sentence.



To remove the need for an article, the noun phrase either has to be plural (if it's plural then the presence or lack of "the" tells me if it's a set of decks we've referred to before or not, respectively) or it needs to be so specific that I'm sure which one it is. For example, "He brought Trump's control-oriented deck from the previous tournament" would work because it's a specific deck I could go find. But the phrase "control-oriented" is not specific enough to remove the need for an article.



English is complicated in this way. As Uther likes to say: "I am sorry." Keep it up and you'll get it! I hope my explanations helped.



Thank you again for translating your article for us!

English is my first language and I think I was able to understand the entire thing pretty well overall. (Good work.) I'm just going to focus my feedback on this part:Both of these sentences contain some mistakes that made them a little hard to understand. Similar mistakes can be found in other places in your article, so I picked this part as an example.In the first sentence "a interesting put" doesn't make sense because "put" is a verb and it's not obvious exactly what its subject and object are. So I'd either replace "put" with a noun like this:(Also note the spelling of "Ironbark" there.)Or, you could use the verb phrase by adding a subject ("cards") and a preposition to state where the cards are being put, for example:Since we all know cards are gonna be put in his deck in this context, you could simplify that to:You probably noticed I changed the end of the sentence too. See "lists of things" below for a full explanation.Now for the second sentence: By "without" did you mean "except"? That is, all his minions other than wild pyromancer had 4 attack? "Without" just means "the absence of" so it sort of implies he took the Pyromancer out, and there were only 4 attack minions left in the deck after that. But given how priest decks work, I assumed Pyro was still in. If so, I'd write the sentence like this:I also swapped the order twice in the part before except because "all minions have 4 attack" sounds slightly more natural to me. I can swap both of them back, but to make it sound right would require a lot more words:See "articles" below for more.Here are two other points of feedback which might help you with this paragraph, and in general:You wrote:When writing a list of things, follow this pattern:A and BA, B, and C *A, B, C, and D...etc.Use a conjunction (for example "and" or "or") when there are two or more things. When there are more than two things,you start adding commas. A comma alone cannot replace the conjunction.I imagine this is one of the hardest parts of English to learn if you're coming from a language that doesn't have them. A lot of yours were fine but you missed some here and there, so here's a quick explanation. I am not an English teacher, so take this "with a grain of salt", as we say.First off, here's a chart on how to do it generally:Source article (might also be helpful): https://expertedge.aje.com/2012/06/12/editing-tip-of-the-week-the-basics-of-article-usage/ I'm not sure how to express the intuition behind English articles, but I'll try. When listening to or reading English, an English speaker always want to know "which one?" for every noun phrase. When I readI think "which control-oriented deck? Is it one referred to earlier in the article?" If so I'd expect to read...just like you correctly did for "the tournament" later in the sentence.To remove the need for an article, the noun phrase either has to be plural (if it's plural then the presence or lack of "the" tells me if it's a set of decks we've referred to before or not, respectively) or it needs to be so specific that I'm sure which one it is. For example,would work because it's a specific deck I could go find. But the phrase "control-oriented" is not specific enough to remove the need for an article.English is complicated in this way. As Uther likes to say: "I am sorry." Keep it up and you'll get it! I hope my explanations helped.Thank you again for translating your article for us! Thanks for the write up and photos! Looks like a fun event.Since you also requested feedback on your English, here it is:



Wow, Thank you so much for your detailed explanation! This kind of explanations are very educational for me because I can notice the way of native speaker's thinking. I edited the article to reflect your corrections



Yeah, "a interesting put" isn't correct because it's a verb with no its subject and object. I was impressed that can be written as "interesting cards put".

Also I didn't really get the difference between "without" and "except for" clearly before, now I understood!



It was really good to know that how the native speaker thinks when they read the English article. It's like "Something is missing". Sometimes I confuse which one (a and the) I should choose though, I think "the control oriented deck" is the best way. If I write the phrases like "a control oriented deck", it would be kind of strange because I mentioned the deck as a certain deck but "a" means "One of many kind". The flowchart you sent me is very easy to understand!



Again, Thank you so much! I can be more grammatically careful next time with your help!! Wow, Thank you so much for your detailed explanation! This kind of explanations are very educational for me because I can notice the way of native speaker's thinking. I edited the article to reflect your correctionsYeah, "a interesting put" isn't correct because it's a verb with no its subject and object. I was impressed that can be written as "interesting cards put".Also I didn't really get the difference between "without" and "except for" clearly before, now I understood!It was really good to know that how the native speaker thinks when they read the English article. It's like "Something is missing". Sometimes I confuse which one (a and the) I should choose though, I think "the control oriented deck" is the best way. If I write the phrases like "a control oriented deck", it would be kind of strange because I mentioned the deck as a certain deck but "a" means "One of many kind". The flowchart you sent me is very easy to understand!Again, Thank you so much! I can be more grammatically careful next time with your help!!

VirtuallyJesse Profile Joined February 2011 United States 33 Posts #6 I enjoyed reading this, thank you for sharing. ^^