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Death Bot posted:The conclusions that he draws are that he doesn't regret the experience, but that really he enjoyed the travel through Europe more than he did being stressed about cards around people who were in the same place, and that while playing magic is fun even competitively, the Pro Tour really sucks and you would probably be better served skipping out on testing and PTs and just seeing a movie with your friends or whatever. Which is a fine opinion to have but isn't an indictment of the Pro Tour in my opinion. It just means his interests don't align with the lifestyle of competitive play. Almost nothing of what he described is any different from what I had already imagined occurred the days leading up to and during the event itself. Pro magic at the highest level is an utter and complete grind, no poo poo lol. edit: i also enjoyed the part where he lived the stereotype himself and left for the venue on day 1 unshowered
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lifehack: if you're not interested in playing on the PT, don't go to the PT
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May 1, 2015 13:07
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PROS HATE HIM! dad discovers one weird trick to not have a lovely time at the PT
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May 1, 2015 13:08
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Only a person whose life is devoid of any joy aside from Magic would be so derisive at the joy other people get from Magic.
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May 1, 2015 13:32
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also is there any more cracker rear end aspiration than wanting to travel europe
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May 1, 2015 13:35
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I like how that guy thinks he can tell how good people are at magic just by looking at them.
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May 1, 2015 14:09
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Only a person whose life is devoid of any joy aside from Magic would be so derisive at the joy other people get from Magic. He did say he had turned his back on his past life of having sex with women
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May 1, 2015 14:16
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speaking of european tournaments that only bitch rear end children nerds care about, bazaar of moxen is next weekend!!!
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May 1, 2015 14:22
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Starving Autist posted:I like how that guy thinks he can tell how good people are at magic just by looking at them. That's a stretch, but if he had claimed he could tell how into Magic people are just by looking at them, that would've been another story. MiddleEastBeast posted:He did say he had turned his back on his past life of having sex with women Yeah, this being right up at the top of the essay wasn't a good sign from the start.
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May 1, 2015 14:27
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MiddleEastBeast posted:He did say he had turned his back on his past life of having sex with women This is about one step worse than even the dumb otaku poo poo of "I only enjoy 2-d women."
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May 1, 2015 14:36
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Starving Autist posted:I like how that guy thinks he can tell how good people are at magic just by looking at them. Wait, you can't? That's like basic stuff. Spells cost mana, untap upkeep draw, sensing power levels, green cards have different effects than black cards.
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May 1, 2015 14:38
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As I read that post, all I could think of was "Diary of a Caw-Blade Player." Then I realized he was serious.
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Death Bot posted:The conclusions that he draws are that he doesn't regret the experience, but that really he enjoyed the travel through Europe more than he did being stressed about cards around people who were in the same place, and that while playing magic is fun even competitively, the Pro Tour really sucks and you would probably be better served skipping out on testing and PTs and just seeing a movie with your friends or whatever.  Only reason my friends and I even tried for PT Honolulu was to get a sweet surf trip. lol if you actually went and didn't surf.
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Chill la Chill posted:
Want to know why some pros looks so happy after they tweet "0-3 drop"? Bc their feed is always crammed with stuff they are doing with their friends/partner the rest of the weekend. Well adjusted ppl 
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May 1, 2015 15:51
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oh lol I gave up on that stupid article so soon that I didn't realize he got in the classic "yeah, well I have sex  " nerd jab. haha what a loving piece of garbage
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:Here's my buddy's ahh, 'tournament report' you could call it, from the pro tour. It's different and I think it says a lot about our community: I made it to this part and I felt like it made reading the whole thing worthwhile: quote:
 Although I think I'm dying from overdosing on sodium from reading this please send help. Zoness fucked around with this message at 16:22 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 16:10
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As regards to the part of the blog where he talks about not sleeping with any women anymore, IIRC, the author is actually gay. Or am I misremembering?
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quote:On the flatscreen we saw Patrick Chapin, talking to a judge. Hundreds of people were clustered around the flatscreen while the events transpired in a higher resolution fifty yards away. I watched the argument for a couple minutes and was happy. I really didn’t give a drat. So I yelled: “Come on, Patrick, you’ve beaten tougher charges!” and no one turned around, no one laughed. It was in this moment that I understood why Rob had said, after his first PT, “I don’t want to be anything like those people.” I left the hall.  "Nobody laughed at my inappropriate/uncomforting joke made in bad taste so I don't want to be like them."
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May 1, 2015 16:37
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Lol if you don't split the last round of every FNM so you get more time to chill with your magical card buddies. I give out the promos to 3-0's and 2-0-1's and the players who want to play it out so they can win an extra pack and deny their opponent a promo are literal monsters imo.
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May 1, 2015 16:43
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BXCX posted:Lol if you don't split the last round of every FNM so you get more time to chill with your magical card buddies. I give out the promos to 3-0's and 2-0-1's and the players who want to play it out so they can win an extra pack and deny their opponent a promo are literal monsters imo. Some people enjoy playing the game and the experience is worth more to them than some dumb promo.
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Starving Autist posted:Some people enjoy playing the game and the experience is worth more to them than some dumb promo.
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May 1, 2015 17:02
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Starving Autist posted:Some people enjoy playing the game and the experience is worth more to them than some dumb promo. Almost everyone still plays it out for shits n' gigs, but when presented with "you can split for a promo and 3 packs or play it out for 4 packs+promo for the winner and 2 packs for the loser" I'd argue that the person who chooses the latter is the wrong kind of person. Coincidentally, the top players at our much more competitive standard FNM almost always split since that event pays out in store credit based on standings and the gulf between being 4-0 and 3-1 can be pretty wide depending on how many people showed up.
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May 1, 2015 17:09
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Zoness posted:
Yeah if this guy actually knew anything he'd know that Chapin didn't actually beat the charges.
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CountFosco posted:As regards to the part of the blog where he talks about not sleeping with any women anymore, IIRC, the author is actually gay. Or am I misremembering? I'm pretty sure I've read some of CML's other stuff where he said he is. e - that was old info, never mind Bugsy fucked around with this message at 17:31 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 17:28
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I wonder if LSV is gonna do one of his set reviews for Tempest Remastered. I never did the whole block, only triple Tempest, and there aren't a ton of resources available for a block that old (particularly given like 2/3 of the cards aren't even there anymore!) I mean, the set's only available for three weeks.
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BXCX posted:Almost everyone still plays it out for shits n' gigs, but when presented with "you can split for a promo and 3 packs or play it out for 4 packs+promo for the winner and 2 packs for the loser" I'd argue that the person who chooses the latter is the wrong kind of person. Coincidentally, the top players at our much more competitive standard FNM almost always split since that event pays out in store credit based on standings and the gulf between being 4-0 and 3-1 can be pretty wide depending on how many people showed up. Alternatively, crushing the person that didn't want to split 2-0 rules
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I don't understand people who always want to split everything when it's just FNM or something. If it's a GPT and you're IDing into the top 8 or something, sure, but when it's just FNM and it's a difference of a couple packs, don't get all salty at me for actually wanting to play the game I came to play. I swear some people don't actually like playing magic, they just treat the whole thing as some kind of EV grind.
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May 1, 2015 18:23
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Entropic posted:I don't understand people who always want to split everything when it's just FNM or something. If it's a GPT and you're IDing into the top 8 or something, sure, but when it's just FNM and it's a difference of a couple packs, don't get all salty at me for actually wanting to play the game I came to play. i like splitting at my FNM because 1) we can still play for the promo 2) it promises me more store credit than i paid to get in, therefore enabling me to "go infinite" 3) sometimes i like to have dinner with my wife on fridays, despite her being very understanding of my desire to play wizard poker
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May 1, 2015 18:26
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Angry Grimace posted:Yeah if this guy actually knew anything he'd know that Chapin didn't actually beat the charges. Actually the witness for the real charges OD'ed, which is why he was only away for a few years.
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:Actually the witness for the real charges OD'ed, which is why he was only away for a few years. Yeah, it sounds pretty sinister if you phrase it as "the key witness died under mysterious circumstances right before trial." Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 18:36 on May 1, 2015 |
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One more reason that article sucks: we're back to arguing about pchapins shady past. I really hope nobody paid that guy for his Basalt Monolith Plus I mean the whole Salty Story About The PT article was already done by some canadian guy who is infinitely better at actually writing years ago Zoness fucked around with this message at 18:39 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 18:35
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Entropic posted:I don't understand people who always want to split everything when it's just FNM or something. If it's a GPT and you're IDing into the top 8 or something, sure, but when it's just FNM and it's a difference of a couple packs, don't get all salty at me for actually wanting to play the game I came to play.
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May 1, 2015 18:42
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why is it a douchebag thing to do lol
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May 1, 2015 18:43
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Entropic posted:I swear some people don't actually like playing magic, they just treat the whole thing as some kind of EV grind.
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Zoness posted:One more reason that article sucks: we're back to arguing about pchapins shady past. I don't know why he considers it a revelation that Wizards is cheap as gently caress since us random non-PT playing plebs already knew the only people making a ton of money off of Magic cards are Hasbro. Whether he's being disingenuous about his hate for MTGO or not, I don't blame Brian Kibler at all for looking for other ways to parlay his notoriety into other ways to make some money.
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I don't think anybody is in the wrong because we all play the game for different things. I know I play way more casually if we play "for fun" games after a split and while FNM isn't a GP there's something to be said for having fun playing with the knowledge your opponent is actually playing with some effort involved. Angry Grimace posted:I don't know why he considers it a revelation that Wizards is cheap as gently caress since us random non-PT playing plebs already knew the only people making a ton of money off of Magic cards are Hasbro. I mean the guy is a non-name no talent serial commenter on real (and SCG Grinder) articles who thinks adopting 'CML' is a thing that's going to make him relevant. (I mean to be fair it would be better than LOVE CHRIS as a sign off). Really we should stop talking about him because all he wants is attention let's be honest. Zoness fucked around with this message at 18:48 on May 1, 2015 |
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only lame-o nerdlords split  *hops on harley and speeds off leaving lgs full of exhaust smoke*
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Some days I really want the packs, I did this a lot in Khans and FTR because of Fetches, and I make sure to set up a split in the last round so that I can guarantee myself as many packs as possible. But honestly, I like playing to beat people, to outplay people, and to win. I'm not going out of my way to show up on a friday to not try and beat someone. If I lose, thats fine. What? I lose out on like 8 dollars of worth of packs....who cares. I am playing for the W. Hanging out with people in a friendly environment is a plus, but I want to win dammit.
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The only thing that's really worth more discussion is that its a little sad that winning a PT pays $40K. That's not considering the kind of travel/grinding you have to do to even get into the events, the fact that the game is loving luck based and that winning is rare enough that if you win more than one PT you're basically a Hall of Fame candidate. I honestly don't really know how PT grinders even manage to stay afloat financially.
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Angry Grimace posted:The only thing that's really worth more discussion is that its a little sad that winning a PT pays $40K. That's not considering the kind of travel/grinding you have to do to even get into the events, the fact that the game is loving luck based and that winning is rare enough that if you win more than one PT you're basically a Hall of Fame candidate. Poker... A lot of the PT players are gambling addicts and are loving GOOD at it. Hell EFRO has a few bracelets doesn't he?
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