--- Dies To Removal --- MTGO Clan

[Jonnymagic]

@MDU I don't know, I don't really get to play enough to get more than I do currently. I'm in a good enough to spot to straight qualify for the championship this month if I play like I am now. I'm on track for 30+. Is that enough per month to be in the poty? I know I can't get more than that with my schedule, and I'm not skilled enough like zem or some of ya'll do multi queue
effectively and do as well as I'm doing.

[magicdownunder]

30 per month should be enough (assuming the other guys don't rank up as much ) I pretty much only get 35-40 each month via single queuing and I'm in top40 thus imo it is perfectly fine to stick to one event at a time

In regards too our multi-q'er I rate them on a different scale esp. Zemanjaski who IS the best grinder this standard season (this is a fact, not an estimation) - he is rated 1970+ and he made enough QP under 2 months to hit top100 in the potyr which basically tells us that not only is is capable of playing many games, he is doing it well enough too maintain an >90% win ratio....

[Jonnymagic]

@Imopen -- which limited are you going to do? I'll probably do one also since I need to be practicing sealed as I've got a PTQ coming up and I'll also be doing GP Atlanta. Let me know which I'll try to do that one with you.

[imopen2]

I'll probably be playing in the one that is in the early evening in CST. I think that's going to be 6:30? I'll be playing in the Wednesday one for sure. After that I'm not sure since my gf will be in town this weekend.

[Jonnymagic]

Awesome. I'll try to do it when you do.

[Kaitscralt]

When do the limited ones start

[imopen2]

Wednesday after downtime. Running every 3 hours for a handful of days. Final is the 27th

[Elricity]

Just missed the DE event by 1 minute because I tried to squeak home and didn't think MTGO needed to update. Le sigh.

[imopen2]

Just missed the DE event by 1 minute because I tried to squeak home and didn't think MTGO needed to update. Le sigh.

This happens to me all the time to the point where I started bringing my laptop to work so I could sign up or the event before leaving for home. Then one time I left my laptop at work and missed the event as a result

[Elricity]

not a bad idea. No worries, I got some stress relief in before the next DE. Beat maze's end game 1, made a couple of dumb moves match 2 vs MBC though like scrying down a skullcrack because I wanted a threat.

Phoenix was in my graveyard. Also kept a 5 land hand that game with assemble which of course got siezed turn 1. Not my brightest hour but no worries.

[magicdownunder]

Any limited players want to buy BNG boosters from me for 3 tickets each (you save 0.05 tickets)? (I'm ripping you off though since BNG should drop EVEN FURTHER in price soon)

EDIT: I sold them all (my gosh, I didn't expect the feeding frenzy of PMs)

[imopen2]

Hey, any way to save a few bucks. I prob would have bought some if I had been around last night. PTQ starts in 2.5 hours. I wonder how many people will be there

[Kaitscralt]

good luck hombre

[imopen2]

Sitting down to register pools. Small turnout. Looks like around 120... Here we go

[LaZerBurn]

GL dude!

[imopen2]

Opened a strong but difficult pool with herald if torment as the main bomb. Build GBu splashing 2 nimbus niad, thassa's emissary, and a retraction helix. My white was really good but really thin

[imopen2]

Lost round 1 to xenegod both games. Won round 2 when my opp had a game loss and my deck actually worked

[LP, of the Fires]

Good luck. 120 gives you an actual reasonable shot of top 8'ing.

#PTQsareTOObig

[hamfactorial]

Crushed the the Modern daily 4-0.

Ham's Force-of-Wallet

[imopen2]

2-2 drop I don't think I misplayed the whole tourney so that's good I guess...still dissappointed tho since this was definitely the softest PTQ I've ever attended, and it was a format I've played extensively. The magic gods were just not on my side today.

[Kaitscralt]

you suck

[imopen2]

I agree

[imopen2]

I maybe should have played 2 islands instead of 1

[Kaitscralt]

you should have opened elspeth

[hamfactorial]

Always open the Elspeth

[magicdownunder]

BNG dropped into 2.95 Ticket - I predicted further drops until the next downtime (it may pick up due too limited championship, however since the cash out is solid that spike won't last very long...).

[magicdownunder]

Is Johnnymagic the only person in DtR entering the constructed Championship?

EDIT: Redzone - is now in the Championship playing Bx Devotion taking a fantastic decider against Ux Devotion played by JisOrange (he is good) in the finals.

[Pedros]

I will try to play from today as I didnt have possibility to play before.

[zemanjaski]

Yeah don't have time I'm afraid. Only managed 15 QPs last week, but started strong with 3 yesterday. I'm wasting too much time working on limited.

[magicdownunder]

Yeah don't have time I'm afraid. Only managed 15 QPs last week, but started strong with 3 yesterday. I'm wasting too much time working on limited.

last championship we had 6 DtR Members running which all placed in top16-36 (except me since I slept in... but comeon!! it started at 2:00 AM) - this time everyone is preoccupied.

So the names which we expected Z, MDU, Kait and IO2 can't run for it, but I still think our other grinders can do it like Pedros, JM, Red, Dauntless, JK and few other.

p.s. LP, do you intend on getting active with MODO in the future?

[LP, of the Fires]

Eventually.

"Life's a bitch and then ya die"

etc. etc.

[Kaitscralt]

ESO

[BlakLanner]

ESO

This.

Well, that and the control deck I am testing is too expensive to build on MTGO. Stupid 30 ticket Jaces.

[Kaitscralt]

I'm hoping to do some Limited champs qualifiers

[imopen2]

I'm up to (all limited). Not going to have a ton of time to play this week but I should be able to play at least 1...maybe 2 BNG limited champs prelims.

[hamfactorial]

Nice work, io2. I'd really like to see the limited experts here stream an event to learn where I'm going wrong.

[imopen2]

I'm a streaming dummy. I've never done it and I run windows through boot camp on my Mac so idk of I can even do it. My computer is about 6 years old and it's slow enough that I can't double queue but I have been wanting to get into streaming and I might get a new computer soon. Any tips from you streaming guys?

[hamfactorial]

I can help you (or anyone else) get started with streaming if you catch me in the 2-3 hours before my Saturday DE stream (10 am pst). To get started, download Open Broadcast Software and sign up on twitch.tv

Streaming is very time-heavy at the start, but easy once you have the software set up and configured.

[imopen2]

Is there any money to be made?

[hamfactorial]

Yes, MDU makes some money posting his event videos to YouTube. Well-known streamers like Dzyl, Numotthenummy and Michael Jacob (Darkest_Mage) make some decent cash doing it, too.

If you stream enough to become a twitch partner, people can subscribe to your page for $5/mo and you share ad revenue.