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Anyone on here in the DC area and need a team for GP DC? My friend and I need a third person. Just looking for someone that's reasonably serious about Magic and drafts once a week at FNM or on MODO or whatever. You can send me PM or @Boco_T on Twitter if you wanna talk.
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GonSmithe posted:It was, and it was the most hype poo poo I had ever seen in my life when I was 12. i mean i think it was pretty hype but a large part of that is because all the trailers i've ever seen are those atrocious "photoshop arms and legs to move on promo art" ones
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Jan 29, 2016 16:49
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Lightning Lord posted:I'd say it should be an EDH manga but then a match would take ten story arcs. Turns out it was to trick his opponent into casting it into Gather Specimens!!!
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Jan 29, 2016 16:52
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mandatory lesbian posted:i mean i think it was pretty hype but a large part of that is because all the trailers i've ever seen are those atrocious "photoshop arms and legs to move on promo art" ones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0zxVkTH6A
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Jan 29, 2016 16:54
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Irony Be My Shield posted:This makes me want a Kaiji-style manga, where our hero battles against unscrupulous grinders in 10 volume matches. In the first arc he is held to the name "Borborygmos" with his Pithing Needle. When's the arc where our hero dons a pair of rad sunglasses after being told maintaining eye contact passes priority and loses an important match??
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Jan 29, 2016 16:54
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mandatory lesbian posted:i mean i think it was pretty hype but a large part of that is because all the trailers i've ever seen are those atrocious "photoshop arms and legs to move on promo art" ones I think that Ravnica one actually influenced some later art. A frame near the end made me think of Shattering Blow.
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Jan 29, 2016 16:55
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Didn't that one just straight up fall flat to all reception?
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Jan 29, 2016 16:55
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Ramos posted:Didn't that one just straight up fall flat to all reception? Probably. Their mistake was not continuing this fantastic line of ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HztAWVUO1Zo
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Jan 29, 2016 16:59
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Chill la Chill posted:Probably. Their mistake was not continuing this fantastic line of ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HztAWVUO1Zo Would play more Magic if the average player looked like that. Edit: not the idiot in the blue Hawaiian shirt, but those beachpeople.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:01
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okay putting the mana symbols in the little magic orbs is a bit too on the nose
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Jan 29, 2016 17:02
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Chill la Chill posted:Probably. Their mistake was not continuing this fantastic line of ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HztAWVUO1Zo i am learning so much about 90's advertising today my conclusions are that it's all weird as heck
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Jan 29, 2016 17:05
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mandatory lesbian posted:i am learning so much about 90's advertising today Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:07
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Drone posted:Would play more Magic if the average player looked like that. You would play more magic if the playing population was less sweaty nerds and more generically attractive people? I wonder why WOTC didn't think of that when they designed the game.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:08
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Drone posted:Would play more Magic if the average player looked like that. It was sometimes like that back on Oahu when Da Planet used to be located in Kapiolani. It was maybe 4 blocks from waikiki so some of us would drop by for an afternoon game/tourney before or after we hit the surf. E: funny enough, I used to joke about how the place was an above-ground basement. the owners would keep the blinds drawn even though we were on the second floor and much higher than the street or buses so nobody would be able to see inside anyway. but they said a bunch of the regulars didn't like that idea. Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 17:09
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JerryLee posted:There have been one or two people in here who unjokingly defended the reserved list on the basis that they didn't want their "investment" to be revealed for the fairy gold that it was (my words rather than theirs, obviously). Guy at a local Prerelease said it was because "the reserved list is the only thing that keeps magic cards worth money" and said that "i worked, traded up, and bought smart for years to get into modern, other people can do that too" without a hint of irony.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:22
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Skyl3lazer posted:Guy at a local Prerelease said it was because "the reserved list is the only thing that keeps magic cards worth money" and said that "i worked, traded up, and bought smart for years to get into modern, other people can do that too" without a hint of irony. Abolish the reserved list to gently caress with this guy because gently caress him specifically.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:24
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:Abolish the reserved list to gently caress with this guy because gently caress him specifically. Reprint his deck at common too, because wow.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:26
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Skyl3lazer posted:Guy at a local Prerelease said it was because "the reserved list is the only thing that keeps magic cards worth money" and said that "i worked, traded up, and bought smart for years to get into modern, other people can do that too" without a hint of irony. Is he aware of the fact that literally zero cards in Modern are on the Reserve List and are all worth fucktons of money? I mean jesus loving christ.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:26
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Any UKgoons off to Manchester this weekend for the Magicmadhouse open? I am heading there with a couple of friends for the weekend to also attend the FanBoy3 pptq on Sunday. looking forward to totally getting the UK meta wrong as usual.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:31
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"Million dollar Magic Pro Tour" *picks a foil Tarmogoyf instead* also time to head to the vancouver convention centre to play some sealed or whatever
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Jan 29, 2016 17:32
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Some Numbers posted:Is he aware of the fact that literally zero cards in Modern are on the Reserve List and are all worth fucktons of money? It's the (wrong) idea that if WotC could reprint anything at any time, WHY WOULD ANYTHING BE WORTH ANYTHING???? Ignoring the fact that WotC could reprint a card any time it hit 50$ tcgmid and every card would still just be 50$. e; If anyone is going to Baltimore for the legacy 5k tomorrow we should say hello to each other
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Jan 29, 2016 17:36
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Skyl3lazer posted:Guy at a local Prerelease said it was because "the reserved list is the only thing that keeps magic cards worth money" While I think this could be interpreted as something about wotc's promise making ability leading to player retention (as in some kind of trusting w/e wotc says thing) and card value retention, I'm pretty sure recent mtgfinance has shown that a card's playability isn't actually necessary to a card costing a fuckton. Either way the cost of entry to constructed magic is really stupid. Skyl3lazer posted:It's the (wrong) idea that if WotC could reprint anything at any time, WHY WOULD ANYTHING BE WORTH ANYTHING???? The most plausible argument I've seen is that if WotC revokes the reserve list whats to keep them from, say, stop paying out for PTs or GPs or something else, which, given how wotc has handled public affairs recently and the actual payout of a GP, the latter is probably more likely to happen even if the former doesn't happen. I think slippery slope type arguments are stupid but hey I mean wotc is clearly going to ban anyone who ever sees a fake card ever so there you go for how magic players believe things work. Zoness fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 17:40
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Make a vintage masters paper set with power 9 and other restricted vintage and legacy staples but really terrible looking art.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:40
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Drone posted:Would play more Magic if the average player looked like that. What, you don't play at a country club with a strictly enforced dress code? Pleb.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:43
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DoctorOozy posted:Any UKgoons off to Manchester this weekend for the Magicmadhouse open? Going to wait for London, I'm not ready for Oath standard yet, but based on my last FNM it will be 50% Aristocrats.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:43
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Kibler, after quitting MTGO out of frustration like a year ago, will be streaming Oath drafts today. I hope he runs into some of these new rules bugs, because they seem to be a new level of ridiculousness.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:47
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It seems like they devote most of their testing to the new sets. Which is why I only use MTGO for drafting.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:49
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ThePeavstenator posted:Make a vintage masters paper set with power 9 and other restricted vintage and legacy staples but really terrible looking art. So, the Vintage Masters art?
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Jan 29, 2016 17:50
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suicidesteve posted:So, the Vintage Masters art? To be fair the worst VMA art is probably brainstorm.
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Jan 29, 2016 17:54
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Terrible Horse posted:Kibler, after quitting MTGO out of frustration like a year ago, will be streaming Oath drafts today. I hope he runs into some of these new rules bugs, because they seem to be a new level of ridiculousness. Kibler non-ironically had nice things to say about the client like 3 weeks ago while streaming it (he was playing some kind of Stompy through a few leagues)
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Jan 29, 2016 17:59
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Terrible Horse posted:Kibler, after quitting MTGO out of frustration like a year ago, will be streaming Oath drafts today. I hope he runs into some of these new rules bugs, because they seem to be a new level of ridiculousness. Angry Grimace posted:Kibler non-ironically had nice things to say about the client like 3 weeks ago while streaming it Oh gosh 
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Jan 29, 2016 18:00
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BizarroAzrael posted:Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Mark Rosewater was a TV writer in the early '90s. Imagine Mark Rosewater on cocaine.
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Jan 29, 2016 18:06
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Angry Grimace posted:Kibler non-ironically had nice things to say about the client like 3 weeks ago while streaming it (he was playing some kind of Stompy through a few leagues) Yeah I saw a notification recently that he was streaming magic, but wasn't able to watch it. Every time I do tune in its Hearthstone or Duelyst
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Jan 29, 2016 18:08
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To be fair to Kibler, the client today is a lot better than the client a year ago was. It's still dreadful to look at but the functionality is there, at least for limited/major constructed formats.
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Jan 29, 2016 18:09
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Some Numbers posted:Is he aware of the fact that literally zero cards in Modern are on the Reserve List and are all worth fucktons of money? Well, "costing fucktons of money" is something that would also need to be dealt with and is in fact the relevant factor in 99% of bitches about the reserved list (the other 1% are Maro grumbling that he can't print a particular french vanilla creature). The list is an easily-to-reference symbol of the shittiness of guys like that one, but it's not as though mtgfinance, and the reprint philosophies that give rise to it, would be all hunky dory just as long as there wasn't a literal list out there somewhere.
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Entropic posted:Mark Rosewater was a TV writer in the early '90s. Imagine Mark Rosewater on cocaine. his voice would become so high-pitched that only dogs could understand him
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Jan 29, 2016 18:11
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Mikujin posted:The list I'm currently running: Hmm, this deck really reminds me of Burn for some weird reason. Win condition is to play 6 cards as fast as possible. I really see the value in playing 4 Surgical Extractions. It's making me think of cabal therapy in a good way, especially sense the turn 1 and 2 plays in modern are almost always 4 of's. Extracting their Serum Visions, Bolt, et cetra seems really strong. And Trap plus Extraction on your Turn Zero seems pretty hilarious. What about Ensnaring Bridge and Serum Powder? Seems like you dump your hand pretty quick. And you need a pretty strong opening grip (must have Trap) to be able to win.
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What time is Oath live on MTGO tonight? I'm itching to do some prerelease sealeds but I guess they won't be up until late UK time
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Jan 29, 2016 18:32
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Ghost Quarter + Surgical Extraction seems like a hilarious way to kick Tron's rear end. Popping a single piece of Tron virtually eliminates any chance of them winning before you count to 50.
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Lancelot posted:What time is Oath live on MTGO tonight? I'm itching to do some prerelease sealeds but I guess they won't be up until late UK time
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