Just Chatting - Take 3
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Posted on April 24, 2015, 4:02 p.m. by Didgeridooda
Third time's a charm.
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TheNextRedDude says... #2
Clearly we have a caffeine addicted dog owner who also milks cows on our hands!
October 25, 2015 8:37 p.m.
I guess. Anyway, ended up trading a vryn's prodigy for a sword of fire and ice (the one with the guy holding it up) and a jitte last Friday at fnm. Was pretty happy with that.
October 25, 2015 8:37 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #4
I got a pack foil Jace that's in an EDH deck. If I got a deal like that, I would trade it in a heartbeat. All that eternal value.
October 25, 2015 9:55 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #6
Tagging ChiefBell, xzzane and CanadianShinobi as I believe you guys were handling the modern tournaments on here. You should use this site to help you organize your games and reports a little better.
October 26, 2015 2:19 a.m.
I'm not doing it at the moment. Too busy.
Might do the next one.
October 26, 2015 5:38 a.m.
Coinman1863 says... #9
Hype! Made it to the top of the EDH subreddit in the Hot category.
Wheeee.
October 26, 2015 12:19 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #10
So i guess some dude is raising money to hold vintage tournaments and calling it the endangered format. Yeah man endangered for a reason. Shit cost more than a car to play. Leave it to mtgo lol
October 26, 2015 1:05 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #11
Lol it's endangered because nobody except people who have been playing since alpha-revised and those with shit tons of money can afford it
October 26, 2015 1:24 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #12
On the other hand i swear i feel like I've forgotten how to play or something. I keep misplaying really badly and misreading cards.
October 26, 2015 1:26 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #13
I felt like that, VampireArmy, after a hiatus and trying to play The Little Blue Pill again.
So many misplays, I even killed myself one game.
Turns out T2 Summer Bloom into Summoner's Pact when you forget to leave 2 bounce lands on the field kills you.
(I was playing against a control deck so I wanted to ensure he wasn't going to interact with me.)
October 26, 2015 1:55 p.m. Edited.
VampireArmy, I dunno if its a coincidence or the same dude, but I got an email from Pucatrade about Randy Bueler raising money through Patreon for the Vintage Super League. His reasoning is that it's really the only place you can watch professionals playing Vintage magic.
But the Vintage Super League is MTGO, not paper magic, and thus not nearly as expensive. I don't play MTGO, but I was under the assumption you could build real vintage decks with power for like, $100-200 dollars or something. Maybe less.
October 26, 2015 2:33 p.m.
kyuuri117 - As someone who has built Vintage on MTGO, it's not that cheap. It's infinitely cheaper than paper vintage, but Black Lotus is around 110 tickets ($110). What Randy is raising money for is more or less the "appearance fees" for getting the pros to come on, getting the streaming service guys paid (b/c Bueler doesn't do it himself), and also garnering interest. VSL has been amazing to watch and is a great introduction to Vintage Magic.
October 26, 2015 2:38 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #16
It seems to me like Vintage is a lot more money than it is worth. For a Spike, you can win with a couple hundred bucks in other formats, not a couple thousand. For a Johnny/Jenny, Modern and even standard have good combos too. Just go and buy yourself a Jeskai Ascendancy! For a Timmy/Tammy, it is just too unfun in general.
October 26, 2015 2:59 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #17
Was that article. I'm still sure that mtgo is the only place vintage will live.
October 26, 2015 2:59 p.m.
VampireArmy - Say that to the Vintage World Championships, where this year 400+ people gathered to play sanctioned Vintage. Now 400 doesn't sound like a lot, when Standard and Modern GPs attract thousands, but when the cards are as hard to obtain as the Power 9 are, that is a large number.
October 26, 2015 3:30 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #19
It's not like the power nine are the only issue (though It makes up most of it)
Note though that i never claimed it was dead. Im claiming that it will die soon. Maybe within the next 5-10 years because there is almost zero ways to increase the player base outside of mtgo
October 26, 2015 3:50 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #20
VampireArmy Everyone could become very, very rich, and then there would be ways.
October 26, 2015 3:55 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #21
The largest issue is the reserved list. There are only so many copies.
October 26, 2015 3:55 p.m.
You honestly have to be in one of the vintage hubs. Long Island is a vintage hub, I've got friends who play weekly and it attracts like 10-20 people a night.
October 26, 2015 5:44 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #24
Having lengthy bathes apparently makes your hair shine and sparkle like a jewel. I'm gonna have more bathes now that I finally got a place with one.
October 26, 2015 6:47 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #25
Also: This video with the rat's eyelids are quite creepy with the way they flutter and shake
October 26, 2015 7:23 p.m.
Coinman1863 says... #26
So Femme_Fatale, you finally got out of the last shithole you were in and found a better place?
Good, sounds like you needed a real place to stay.
October 26, 2015 8:02 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #27
The last place was clean, simple and spacious. It was just too far away and had no ventilation, so it caused mold to grow on the carpet.
This place has a tub, so I enjoy taking baths and showers are easier. It has proper ventilation and is closer to my lgs and grocery stores (probably about 30 minutes away). The work place is still going to be far away as Earls was the first company to offer me a job, but if it turns out that my distance doesn't get me the job then location won't be much of an issue. Oh, and rent is $450 instead of $840.
The bad parts are the fact that this place is a fucking dump, and the walls do not prevent sound. There doesn't seem to be any other girls living here, and there's probably more than a few years worth of grime built up on the walls, cupboard doors and all sorts of moldy shit inside the cupboards. The guys do not clean up anything and always walk around in their shoes, so I can't even keep the place clean for a few days before they dirty it up.
Sort of why I'm hoping to work at Earls, I can forever eat there and never have to cook food at this place.
October 27, 2015 12:46 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #28
Christ. What's with standard and their 4 colour and 5 colour decks. Ugh. I just spectated a deck that ran Siege Rhino, Crackling Doom, Treasure Cruise and a whole bunch of other removal spells and proceeded to decimate the opponent. I sure do hope Current becomes nothing like that.
October 27, 2015 5:30 a.m.
Didgeridooda says... #29
Would you guys consider Shattergang start a 25% deck? Not really looking for suggestions, just trying to build to a certain restriction.
October 27, 2015 1:43 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #30
Only a few decks are doing well up at the top tiers though.
Jeskai with a splash of black
Abzan of whatever flavor this month
And i think some ux control stuff? Not exactly the most entertaining but you can play a lot of stuff right now. Mana base allows for almost any splash
October 27, 2015 1:46 p.m.
I'm considering hopping back into the jc forum. is it worth it?
October 27, 2015 1:48 p.m.
ItchiUchiha117 says... #32
I took third with a GB Eldrazi deck a few weeks back at FNM. Most of the decks I fought were Mardu Aristocrats. I lost against an Abzan Megamorph deck that I got manascrewed the first game and he resolved three Siege Rhinos in a row on the second.
I didn't get a chance to see any four and five color decks.
October 27, 2015 1:53 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #33
None of the forums/threads are really of any worth to sticking around NecroPony. T/O has long lost its carefree and open social appeal.
October 27, 2015 3:02 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #35
Femme_Fatale so fuckin true omfg
I'm currently at a college visit and just had the best burger and malt ever
October 27, 2015 3:17 p.m.
Didgeridooda says... #36
Mind letting me know what you guys think? I am trying to have a different level of deck.
October 27, 2015 3:22 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #37
Honestly, this Standard looks like the most fun since INS/RTR. I may actually run something this season, at least until fetches rotate.
October 27, 2015 4:27 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #39
That feel when you're 21 but when your mom posts "call your father"over facebook it still strikes fear into you.
October 27, 2015 4:55 p.m.
NoviceMagician says... #40
@NecroPony, it depends. What do you see as worthwhile?
:3
October 27, 2015 5:08 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #42
My mother hasn't contacted me in about 4 months VampireArmy.
October 27, 2015 8:41 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #44
Yeah that would strike fear in me too. I hate that.
October 27, 2015 11:28 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #45
My mom texts me about once a month to remind me that she apparently still loves me and God loves me too despite the fact that she throws shade about me constantly
Glad I noped the fuck out of there 4 years ago
October 27, 2015 11:39 p.m. Edited.
Glad mine doesnt even try.. (Was raised by my grand mother...)
October 28, 2015 12:19 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #47
Yeah, apparently they only say they love you after you leave. My whole family was like that. Never heard a single "I love you" until I left the place for Uni.
October 28, 2015 3:27 a.m.
AngryKitten says... #48
It makes me sad to read that. I was raised in a Christian home and my parents always said they loved me and supported me. In my opinion, your "blood relatives" should be some of your best friends, at least early in life.
October 28, 2015 9:08 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #49
Thems the works.
Also, google ads knows I'm a mother. Bleerg.
October 28, 2015 2:05 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #50
In other news, LRR hits us with another hilarious edition of their radio video podcast youtube video ... thingy. Watch it.
Ohthenoises says... #1
Only time I've ever put shit in the trash is when it's in a dog bag or a diaper.
That's it.
October 25, 2015 8:33 p.m.