It is so irritating that singleton word is now using by everyone but 1 week ago there is not a word like singleton. What is this popular culture? What happened to highlander? These people are the guys copying a deck in first 1 min. from a streamer. You all fool.
I think the term is older than highlander. Someone can correct me since my knowledge on this is like 10-12 years old but I think Singleton was a Magic format back in the day. Highlander is the newer term.
What happened to the term, "unique"? Didn't that predate Pokemon and magic? I remember ccgs as old as legend of the five rings using that term for "1 per deck" only decks.
What happened to the term, "unique"? Didn't that predate Pokemon and magic? I remember ccgs as old as legend of the five rings using that term for "1 per deck" only decks.
I dunno when MTG introduced singleton as a format, but MTG predates Legends of the Five Rings by two years just FYI
Anyhoo, I'm pretty sure singleton is borrowed from MTG, just like Highlander
What happened to the term, "unique"? Didn't that predate Pokemon and magic? I remember ccgs as old as legend of the five rings using that term for "1 per deck" only decks.
MTG is the granddaddy and what really what started the whole craze in the first place. Even L5R is a year younger than MTG. And what you are referring to, unique/legendary is different from singleton/highlander as unique/legendary refers to a card being restricted by the rules for how many you can play, while singleton/highlander which refers to intentionally playing a single copy.
But I personally prefer at least for hearthstone, the term "Reno Decks", after Reno Jackson himself who started it all from League of Explorers as his name is much more synonymous with the deck-building style.
A singleton is a design pattern in software engineering. I assume since there are many coders/devs that play hearthstone, the term might've been borrowed.
It is always called Reno decks in HS, even the design team refers to them like this internally (watch the reveal stream). However now that each individual League of Explorers character have their own "reno" effect, it is being referred to as a singleton (from coding) or unique deck, it doesn't make sense to call it a Reno deck now when you are a Paladin with Sir Finley of the Sands.
A Singleton is a term that is used in software engineering to describe a type of object or class which can only ever be instantiated once.
Most classes can be instantiated repeatedly usually, unless abstract classes which are like singletons, but can only be used as-is and cant be instantiated at all.
It is possible the term was borrowed from this, but not definite since terms can often overlap in terms of source and meaning.
Single as in one, ton as in a lot of power. Basically a lot of power in one.
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It is so irritating that singleton word is now using by everyone but 1 week ago there is not a word like singleton. What is this popular culture? What happened to highlander? These people are the guys copying a deck in first 1 min. from a streamer. You all fool.
I think the term is older than highlander. Someone can correct me since my knowledge on this is like 10-12 years old but I think Singleton was a Magic format back in the day. Highlander is the newer term.
Singleton came first and what Blizzard uses.
What happened to the term, "unique"? Didn't that predate Pokemon and magic? I remember ccgs as old as legend of the five rings using that term for "1 per deck" only decks.
I dunno when MTG introduced singleton as a format, but MTG predates Legends of the Five Rings by two years just FYI
Anyhoo, I'm pretty sure singleton is borrowed from MTG, just like Highlander
MTG is the granddaddy and what really what started the whole craze in the first place. Even L5R is a year younger than MTG. And what you are referring to, unique/legendary is different from singleton/highlander as unique/legendary refers to a card being restricted by the rules for how many you can play, while singleton/highlander which refers to intentionally playing a single copy.
But I personally prefer at least for hearthstone, the term "Reno Decks", after Reno Jackson himself who started it all from League of Explorers as his name is much more synonymous with the deck-building style.
A singleton is a design pattern in software engineering. I assume since there are many coders/devs that play hearthstone, the term might've been borrowed.
It is always called Reno decks in HS, even the design team refers to them like this internally (watch the reveal stream). However now that each individual League of Explorers character have their own "reno" effect, it is being referred to as a singleton (from coding) or unique deck, it doesn't make sense to call it a Reno deck now when you are a Paladin with Sir Finley of the Sands.
A Singleton is a term that is used in software engineering to describe a type of object or class which can only ever be instantiated once.
Most classes can be instantiated repeatedly usually, unless abstract classes which are like singletons, but can only be used as-is and cant be instantiated at all.
It is possible the term was borrowed from this, but not definite since terms can often overlap in terms of source and meaning.
Single as in one, ton as in a lot of power. Basically a lot of power in one.