[Fedoras of Salvation] - White Knights ITT

[Khaospawn]

It's Halloween already?

[zemanjaski]

I am +$190 so far, so going well. I want to face as many red mirrors as possible, it is literally my best matchup. I just wreck-face in red mirrors. I think last season on stream I went 18-3 or something silly.

Devo red or real Pyrored vs Pyrored mirror?

(btw 1900+ rank DE have been weird tonight, fought through two Big Boros, one Dega Midrange and one MonoBlack (which is fun) - it was freaken HARD)

Any mono red mirror ever basically.

[Alex]

So, I started playing WoW again. See you guys in a few years.

[zemanjaski]

Good night sweet prince.

[Valdarith]

I feel the same way, Z. Any time I get the pair up against mono red I salivate, even though I'm not nearly as highly ranked as you are (yet).

Alex - stop before it's too late. I haven't played in almost two years. It was a great game but DAMN what a time sink. Plus the game was ruined by Cataclysm.

[magicdownunder]

Interesting, I havn't seen any Pyrored list online but the traditional Devotion Red list is favorable.

Really though I can't see why you'll ever really want to face a true mirror unless your many time better then your Opp. (even then they can luck you out).

[Helios]

I'm + $70ish, but I spend it on random things & entry fees.

Not sure if you're aware, but James is better than basically every red deck opponent:P

[Valdarith]

I really though I can't see why you'll ever really want to face a true mirror unless your many time better then your Opp. (even then they can luck you out).

I always feel this way playing red, especially locally in paper Magic because so few people that play red actually understand the mirror match.

[Khaospawn]

My top list of FoS members I'd love to play IRL:

1) Z

2) LP

3) redthirst (but only in EDH. With beer.)

4) Fate (because I think he'll wear Gruul warpaint)

[RaidaTheBlade]

I only know one person at the lgs I usually go to who understands "who's the beatdown". And they're playing american control right now, cause their rdw isnt done yet

Also, I would love to play most of you irl o.o

[Helios]

Fine, Khaos. I see how it is. I thought we had something special

[Khaospawn]

Helios, what we have is special and I'd rather not cheapen it with short, top 4 lists. You deserve much more than that.

[windstrider]

Throw in pictures, and my wife would love all of you for it. Giggity.

[redthirst]

Throw in pictures, and my wife would love all of you for it. Giggity.

How do you play M:tG at your house?

Nevermind. I'll never need to know.

[Khaospawn]

Sounds like good (or horribly bad) times at windstrider's house.

[Khaospawn]

Fuck it, horribly bad or not, I'm down.

[Alex]

To negotiate on articles. $10/ video which means every event is a free-roll.

Negotiate that you require my voice on the stream constantly. It'll help the viewership immensely. I don't even require payment, just a deck to play.

[Kazekirimaru]

It's Halloween already?

My reaction exactly.

[Self Medicated]

Nice article by Josh Silvestri:

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles ... ays-stats/

[RaidaTheBlade]

Throw in pictures, and my wife would love all of you for it. Giggity.

How do you play M:tG at your house?

Nevermind. I'll never need to know.

I'd actually really like to try strip-magic... I've had the idea for it before, but still...

It'd have to work somehow like every 2 life is an article of clothing. Btw, never play lofegain under that rule e.e

[redthirst]

Seems like a terrible idea considering the vast majority of people I play with are 15-35 year old guys...

[Helios]

I play with 15-35 year old guys...

Helios, what we have is special and I'd rather not cheapen it with short, top 4 lists. You deserve much more than that.

[Kazekirimaru]

I'd actually really like to try strip-magic... I've had the idea for it before, but still...

It'd have to work somehow like every 2 life is an article of clothing. Btw, never play lofegain under that rule e.e

Out of all the people I know in real life that play MTG, maybe four of them are female.

[DocLawless]

I know a lot of female players. I usually see them at game days and pre-releases. Exactly zero of them go to FNMs.

That should be telling of the kinds of people who do go to FNMs around here.



EDIT: I thought about it, and "a lot" equals 6. Which isn't actually a lot.

[windstrider]

My wife, her sister, and her best friend all play Magic, and I see quite a few women at the local stores. Surprisingly, not all of them are jailbait.

Edit: My wife jokingly refers to Jerry as my boyfriend since we talk on the phone a lot.

[Kazekirimaru]

Y'all are too gosh darn cute.

[Khaospawn]

Windstrider, stay away from mah man! Oh no you didn't!

[Helios]

If walking into a store full of undersexed nerds who can't flirt and stare constantly didn't make a lady feel uncomfortable, I bet more would play.

[DocLawless]

Rape jokes are flirting, right?

(This is where that sarcasm smilie would be handy.)

[Helios]

The sad part is, I've seen that happen.

The males thought they were flirting. Poor things.

[windstrider]

Windstrider, stay away from mah man! Oh no you didn't!

It's ok. We can share.

[hamfactorial]

that's why I play on MTGO where the men are men, and so are the women.

[redthirst]

Just like Sally: men are men, and the women are also men who wish they were women.

[RaidaTheBlade]

I know about 3 or 4 female players, though my girlfriend is one, which makes the strip magic a bit more appealing/likely.

Honestly, i've got a really hot female friend who is single, plays magic, and watches anime. She came to fnm and prereleases with me multiple times, and never actually got hit on.
Which was funny cause she actually was looking for a boyfriend, lol.

[DarthStabber]

One of my female friends plays, and she's got some good skills at sealed, but her lack of interest in doing research and testing hurt her ability to do well in constructed and to a lesser extent draft. There are also 2 female players that are regulars as the lgs i've been patronizing lately, but they're playing esper and I am playing a fast devo red so I'm running them over faster than they can stabilize so I am not seeing a lot of their play skill (turns out that when you are playing a deck that hates out removal piles, you tend to do well versus removal piles).

[Khaospawn]

Send her my way, Raida.

[rcwraspy]

Reading a Reid Duke article on SCG Premium. Gonna quote a bit from him, but it paraphrases to be pretty much the message that Z, LP, and others here have pushed for a while: play what you know.

This is the deck that I played this weekend at the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Indianapolis. I constructed the deck by following the advice I've offered above to a tee: I focused on myself and not my opponents. I built the deck with the cards that I wanted to play with, cards that contributed best to my own strategy. I came out with a finished product that had a few weaknesses, but it also maintained a powerful, consistent, and efficient game-plan that would reliably lead to a win if I was allowed to play my game.

You'll notice that the maindeck has very few cards dedicated to beating combo, despite Sneak and Show, Elves, Reanimator, and Storm being among the most-played decks in Legacy.

Once I decided
to play Bant, I faced the decision of whether to restructure the deck to fit in Force of Will and an adequate number of blue cards or whether to accept an unfavorable Game One against combo. I decided to maintain the powerful G/W creature base of the deck, and to accept an unfavorable Game One matchup against combo.

I tend to object to the expression “concede the matchup,” or “concede Game One,” because it can be misleading for players who don't have extensive tournament experience. What I've learned after playing thousands of matches in hundreds of tournaments is that there's no such thing as a 100%-0% matchup, no matter how things might look on paper. In Magic, people mulligan from time to time, they miss land drops, their decks don't always cooperate. This is especially true when it comes to combo decks. So I didn't “concede Game One” against combo, but what I did do was leave my tournament in the hands of my sideboard, my pairings, and the luck of the draw in my bad matchups.

[DarthStabber]

Just like Sally: men are men, and the women are also men who wish they were women.

Sally, where men are men, and sheep are nervous.

[Kazekirimaru]

Honestly, i've got a really hot female friend who is single, plays magic, and watches anime. She came to fnm and prereleases with me multiple times, and never actually got hit on.
Which was funny cause she actually was looking for a boyfriend, lol.

You're a dirty liar.

Such things don't exist.

[hamfactorial]

Kaze is looking for a lady, hook him up. Instant tier 69 access.