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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:06 am
by zemanjaski
Also Kai > Finkel not close.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:06 am
by LP, of the Fires
I don't think it's fair to compare CFB to SCG all time since CFB was the only super team for like 2/3 years and most of the star city guys where on that team including Owen and Martell.
Granted it's ALL team CFB now

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:07 am
by zemanjaski
If they are jumping it's good times for Zem.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:07 am
by zemanjaski
They new i was the hero they needed.
I really need to qualify for the PT

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:10 am
by LP, of the Fires
Well, considering what both Kai and Finkel have said in the past, it sounds pretty close. And from everything I've heard, Finkel was more talented, he just quit early.
RE Pro tour: ME TOO. I have 3 PTQs and that's it this season since I doubt I'm going to anymore GPs this season. I did find out that one of the stores in the LA area is offering travel expense to the winners of it's GPTs from now on though which is sweet.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:10 am
by zemanjaski
Knew*
You can see why I need multiple editors.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:11 am
by LP, of the Fires
If you want an agro deck to play, GR agro is the shit so far in testing.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:12 am
by zemanjaski
Don't make me dig up the Sartre quote. All that matters is what you've done, never what you could have done. There's no shame whatsoever in being no. 2 all time, that's an incredible accomplishment.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:12 am
by LP, of the Fires
have done zero sideboard games though.
Prophet courser bant? Not so much

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:12 am
by zemanjaski
I'm not that interested in playing a green creature deck tbh.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:13 am
by zemanjaski
Terror effects, wraths and Lifebane Zombie rule the format. Green creatures aren't where I want to be in a big field.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:14 am
by LP, of the Fires
I never was arguing accomplishments(or arguing period really). I'm just stating that the difference in skill between the two is marginal at best and from everything I've heard, finkel was the better player. Kai even said he had to be incredibly lucky to just win 7 pro tours. that's something like 21-0 in top 8 matches which is unreasonable by any metric.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:19 am
by Lightning_Dolt
CFB loses points for employing TWoo.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:19 am
by zemanjaski
This reminds me of when people try to say Fisher was the greatest chess player ever because he was so talented. There's winning and losing, beyond that there's nothing.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:20 am
by zemanjaski
It's good they employ Travis. It means I'm not the worst player on the roster.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:21 am
by LP, of the Fires
You can enjoy your myopic view all you want.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:22 am
by Lightning_Dolt
I need a PT invite too. I don't think I'm there yet though. We'll find out when I get home.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:22 am
by LP, of the Fires
While Basketball is a team sport and the metrics don't translate as well, that's like saying Michael Jordan was better then Bill Russell.
Apologies for acknowledging context.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:26 am
by Lightning_Dolt
How long until we get "Channel Z" videos?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:27 am
by Lightning_Dolt
Also, how did you get started with CFB?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:30 am
by LP, of the Fires
Josh Silvresti if I'm as smart as I think I am.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:33 am
by zemanjaski
With all the new players providing content I doubt there will be substantial demand for me to produce video content as well. Schedule is pretty packed as is and I'm lucky that ill be sticking around.
I got hired after someone linked my work to Josh Silvestri, following his write up of my PyroRed deck at gatheringmagic.com; josh asked me to write up a brief article on the deck for him to use as notes for his weekly column; they liked it so much it became a full article. My views are 40% higher than their average, so they've kept me around.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:35 am
by LP, of the Fires
Adding decks to my BNG testing gauntlet. Did the UW deck have 2/1 split was in favor of what? Ephara or Rapid hybridization?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:52 am
by Platypus
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:11 am
by LP, of the Fires
Saw a Twoo article had 175 comments and decided to some skimming.
The results? Vomit.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:41 am
by zemanjaski
I like how he takes mj's deck, makes it worse and calls it his own.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:22 am
by RaidaTheBlade
So, I WAS going to ask who TWoo was and why we hate him, and then I actually tried reading his article and gagged a bit.
The first 5 paragraphs is nothing but him stroking his own dick... >.>
And he's not NEARLY as good at that as Redthirst...
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:23 am
by zemanjaski
He's the hero budg caj players deserve.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:24 am
by zemanjaski
Well, he also plagiarised some of my work last year, there's that too.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:24 am
by zemanjaski
He's done well for a ~1670 rated player! That's competitive at FNM!
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:26 am
by RedNihilist
I've watched so much random anime that I don't even remember most of it. The ones that I do are therefore probably the best.
- Trigun
- Cowboy Bebop
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Samurai Champloo
Going through the list at Funimation, some that I think I watched but don't really remember at all:
- Aquarion
- Black Blood Brothers
- Claymore
- Dance in the Vampire
Bund (what?)
- Darker Than Black
- Devil May Cry (huge fan of the game, probably watched this)
- Eureka Seven
- FLCL
- Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (this one I actually do remember, it was good)
- Speed Grapher
- Trinity Blood
I've come to find out that there's four things that almost always means an anime will be absolutely horrible
1. It's set in a school.
2. The protagonists are children.
3. The protagonist is clearly a Mary Sue.
4. The title is random garbage and/or couldn't be bothered to have an English translation
It's pretty easy to use these rules to spot garbage. To demonstrate, I will bold exactly where in the following synopses that you should first be able to tell that this series blows. There is no point in reading past the bold parts because you have all
of the information about how much the series sucks already.
Fairy Tale
"When
four young wizards team up to take jobs across the kingdom, they forge a bond more powerful than any magic and grow stronger with every mission."
Heaven's Lost Property
"
Girl-crazy Tomoki's quiet life gets turned upside down when beautiful, winged Ikaros falls from the sky -- and starts calling him master."
Soul Eater
"Maka and the other
students at the Death Weapon Meister Academy must kill 99 evil humans and one witch, absorbing their spirits when they die."
Okami-san and Her Seven Companions
"Ryoko and her friends form Otogi Bank,
a social club that specializes in resolving issues for classmates using some rather aggressive tactics."
Rosario + Vampire[/u:
16wjru7n]
"When Tsukune accidentally enrolls in a school for monsters disguised as humans, he must hide the fact that he's really human or risk losing his life."
My Bride is a Mermaid
"After a cute mermaid saves him from drowning, a young man agrees to marry his rescuer to avoid the wrath of her father."
Chrome Shelled Regios
"A talented but mysterious young fighter named Layfon uses his skills to battle the Contaminoids, an alien race that now rules the planet."
B Gata H Kei - Yamada's First Time
"Yamada is the cutest girl in school, and she wants to have her way with 100 different boys. There's just one problem: She's never even been kissed! Dear god, why are you still reading this?!&
quot;
Use this power wisely.
Soul Eater is actually good.
Soul Eater was good until Kurona, then the quality of it all started dropping.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:28 am
by RaidaTheBlade
Well, he also plagiarised some of my work last year, there's that too.
What? O.o And FoS didn't flay him alive? I would have imagined pitchforks getting involved...
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:36 am
by LP, of the Fires
In general, I'm indifferent to so and so receiving credit or taking credit for something since in the age of the internet, it's not very important.
In my year or so with the clan, my stance is mostly the same with the amendment that credits not important so long as TWoo doesn't get any.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:45 am
by zemanjaski
It was pretty shitty times for us. That was before the clan was really formed as a solid entity; in many ways it was one of the first things that brought the early members together: yarpus, LP, redthirst, ham and a few others, including some who have moved on to other things all put huge work into that deck and primer and to have it brazenly taken and credit withheld was quite shit.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:59 am
by LP, of the Fires
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:42 am
by Khaospawn
I think I was one of the few others.
Give me all of the spotlight!
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:45 am
by Khaospawn
But, look what happened after all of that. We have a kick ass Clan (that's more of a brotherhood, really), we've moved on to a better site, and now Z has an outlet to move some knowledge to the masses. Things worked out pretty good.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:46 am
by zemanjaski
And that my friends, is history.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:06 pm
by TBuzzsaw
So, I WAS going to ask who TWoo was and why we hate him, and then I actually tried reading his article and gagged a bit.
The first 5 paragraphs is nothing but him stroking his own dick... >.>
And he's not NEARLY as good at that as Redthirst...
I rather get kicked in the balls than to read his shit.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:31 pm
by zemanjaski
http://www.twitch.tv/andrewcuneo/b/499254407
Amazing cube stream by Andrew Cuneo, includes beating an active Tamiyo ultimate (active for a lot of turns). He's a real master of technical play. Enjoy!
[deck]UGr Opposition[/deck]
Creatures
1 Acidic Slime
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Man-o-war
1 Mystic Snake
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Shardless Agent
1 Thragtusk
1 Ulvenwald Tracker
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Planeswalkers
1 Domri Rade
Spells
1 Impulse
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Opposition
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Skullclamp
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Tidings
1 Treachery
Lands
1 Gruul Turf
1 Hinterland Harbor
1
Rootbound Crag
1 Taiga
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Strip Mine
1 Wasteland
5 Forest
5 Island
1 Mountain
[/deck]