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Posted on Oct. 12, 2014, 9:20 p.m. by GlistenerAgent
I just wanted to express my joy that Ari Lax, my favorite professional Magic player, is in the finals of Pro Tour KTK. He's on Abzan Midrange, and his opponent, Shaun McLaren (who is also pretty badass) is on Jeskai Wins. Feel free to discuss this matchup and the Pro Tour metegame in general.
GlistenerAgent says... #3
Nah, he just gets excited and has very strong convictions about certain things. The way he expresses his convictions may come off as a little haughty, though.
October 12, 2014 9:26 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #4
Lax is a fine player, but I really couldn't care less about this match. I hate both decks, and am not a fan of either player.
Also, John Finkle and / or a rando PTQ winner are not in this match, so I have no one that I actually want to show support for.
If I had to choose, I choose the guy playing Dig Through Time .
October 12, 2014 9:27 p.m.
I hate the way Ari shuffles... and I also dislike playing against Azban so Go Jeskai? I guess..
October 12, 2014 9:29 p.m.
magic_monicle says... #6
Heres hoping Lax loses. He is super cocky and will mock the opponent and laugh in their face. VERY rude IMO...
October 12, 2014 9:30 p.m.
TheRedDude says... #9
im guessing jeskai wins is a bit faster, so i hope he wins with every ounce of my body and soul
October 12, 2014 9:35 p.m.
BIGGEST upset of a pro tour ever ari lax is nothing but a child and did not deserve to win
October 12, 2014 10:08 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #11
Ari Lax wins! He really deserved this. He's a very strong player.
October 12, 2014 10:10 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #12
I really don't understand the hate for Ari. It just seems to me that he's just trying to have a decent conversation. Also, the amount of emotion he shows isn't a bad thing, he's excited! He is playing for $40k, shit, I'd be standing up and pacing between games.
Just because he's chatty and he shows emotion doesn't mean that he's arrogant.
October 12, 2014 10:20 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #13
Do remember that he's only 24, and not everyone is a fucking stoic, unbreakable brickwall of emotional fortitude.
October 12, 2014 10:24 p.m.
I don't hate him.. but his shuffling is obnoxious and his interview changed my opinion on him a little bit. I would have liked to see a game 5th though.
October 12, 2014 10:24 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #15
In the semis, when he slammed his Elspeth off of the top, everybody in the Twitch chat was giving him some serious shit for not being considerate of his opponent. Like Ohthenoises said, if that were me I would be running around the room. When you're playing for lots of money, it's more than fine to express yourself. You can't expect people to be rocks.
In fact, I hate playing against people who refuse to talk to me about the game, because we are, in fact, playing a game.
October 12, 2014 10:26 p.m.
Dalektable says... #16
I dislike Ari's manners, but he deserved to win that pro tour. He is a very skilled player and played his deck well. I would have liked for Shaun to take down the PT, mainly because I'm on Jeskai Tempo/Burn/Wins/Aggro/WhateverTheHellYouWantToCallIt, but I'll settle for a finals spot.
October 12, 2014 10:28 p.m.
So, time to main those Disdainful Stroke I guess. I'm playing in the top8 tourny of my shops FNM league this friday and I know 5 of the players are already on the Abzan train with the remaining being G/u devotion, Mardu midrange and myself of Jeskai. Since you can deal with all the 1-3 drops out of those decks and you only really need to stress about the 4+ drops I think this will be the way forward for me. Especially when playing Jeskai on the draw you really need to stop the turn 3 Rino/Polly.
October 13, 2014 6:51 a.m.
TheRedDude says... #18
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... no!
DrFunk27 says... #2
Ari Lax is bad mannered. He might be a nice guy, but his manners are severely lacking. He is a bully lol
October 12, 2014 9:22 p.m.