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Your favourite (offbrand) controller

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I've been lucky, found a cheap one nearby and got it, I like the pad a lot! It'll take some time to get used to the low position of the abyx buttons and the lacking second joycon, but once I get it I'm set.

Didn't get it to work with Bluetooth yet, guess I have to update the controller firmware, but it's fine with cable.

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[Discussion] Have you upgraded the internal storage in your deck?

I just got the 64GB version and I plan to replace the SSD soon. I'll reinstall steamOS, and before that I need to figure out what's the best way to have encrypted data on it (e.g. credentials for communities etc) or even have Full Disk Encryption. Haven't settled my mind on this but generally it'd be good to have the whole deck secure so in case it gets stolen nobody can empty my wallet on the steam store.

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What format do people play in Arena?

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I somewhat reject the "play competitive" vs "play for fun" distinction. I'd call the later casual play or similar. I mostly play competitive, but for me, that's playing for fun. It's not a decision between fun and competitive.

As for the formats, I enjoy explorer a lot. In competitive formats, make sure to play BO3, as that's what they are balanced around.

Many people enjoy historic as well, but I dislike the Alchemy exclusive mechanics and also like that explorer is close to Pioneer paper.

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cheapest format?

The cheapest format that is somewhat widely played is Pauper. All cards that have been printed as common once are legal, most competitive decks are sub 100€/$. Casual even cheaper! I like it a lot, the card pool is deep and the meta somewhat balanced, except for affinity maybe.