Not that I know of... But if it does, let me know. That'll definitely make my editors job a hell of a lot easier.

That would be insanely hard! To give you an example, the last video you posted was 9 minutes and 30 seconds. Every second is comprised of 10 frames. and every minute is comprised of 60 seconds. So for every minute of video you have, you will have to place scores and hand sizes on 600 frames. So for your last video, you would of had to rewrite 5700 frames.

It takes my editor close to two weeks to do put that much text on that many frames, and he does this for a living. I don't want to sound like I am discouraging you, but it is a lot of tedious work.

A tripod won't make any difference when it comes to lighting; the reflection is actually the florescent giving you problems. Unlike other light sources, florescent is made to bounce harder to give you more light. That is why most florescents needs a cover. That is also why everything we use on set needs reflectors: to keep it from bouncing into oblivion.

The only thing stronger than a florescent light is natural sunlight.

What a tripod will help with is shakiness. Its easier to focus with a tripod because you are not constantly moving the camera.

Starcity would jump at that... Maybe call it "Meddling Mage exploring Vintage."

How do you sideboard against Bant Counterbalance, Enlightened Counterbalance and BUG Counterbalance? I see a lot of cards that I would like to bring in, but I cannot find the space. And we all know Counterbalance is the bane of combo.

The list looks really solid though. And congrats on your finishes ^.^

I found the fact that most of these list didn't run the full set of Forces to me more jarring than the presence of those cards, lol. At least Drain still earned its spot.

This format looks insanely fun. I might have to get a couple friends together to track it up here. Thanks for posting the results ^.^ You definitely got my interest, and hopefully I can make the next one (work blew my philly game day weekend, so its bound to blow another planned weekend :-/ )

If you can afford it (and you run a mac), Final Cut is THE best editing software you can get. Every cut has its own tab, which makes it super fast to use while still letting you mouse click through everything for the editing noob like yourself. Its easier to fade with Final Cut too, so you don't have to separate the games with individual videos.

Oh, and color correction helps when you are either in a room full of florescent light (note: cameras HATE florescent light) or their is not enough lights in the room period. That aspect of editing takes a little more time to pick up, but once you knock it out, your videos will look amazing.

If you run a PC, I'm afraid you are out of luck. PCs blow when it comes to editing software. Although it isn't impossible to come out with a good quality video (Evan Erwin himself uses iMovie), but its not gonna have the same crispness as Final Cut can offer you.

Can you give me the same cold? I need a good excuse to come out for this as well.

-7 Flying Men, -7 Unstable Mutations, +14 Force of Will

Although I don't go to a lot of these, I am really impressed with how the meta-game is involving. It only seems like yesterday that Time Vault was dominating everywhere. But now it looks like the Time Vault decks need to find a new approach in the meta-game. Congrats to the top 8 and to the meta-game evolutions.

So for games 3 against Oath and Tez, what do you side out to bring the Chalices back in (obviously keeping in mind what kind of hate they already presented to you)? What if they are running a smattering of hate cards like you have been suggesting in the last couple months? Do you miss Serenity? That card is an absolute blow out against Stax!

Great article though ^.^ And I agree with everything you said about dredge: It is a very hard deck to hate while still presenting the pilot many challenges on his/her own. I played a Dredge deck this weekend just 5 cards shy of Mark's deck, and I can honestly say in all of the games I lost, I made a mistake. Even Mark said he made a few mistakes this weekend too. If that is not proof that Dredge is a tactical deck, I don't know what is. Good job again.

I have a few questions, mainly pertaining to your sideboard, but I will wait to see the article. Congrats on another good finish and on your string of good articles. And lastly, congrats to Nick Coss for hosting these amazing events.

This was a wicked awesome event! Even though I scrubbed out from play mistakes, I still had a blast hanging out with friends and just relaxing. I can't wait till the 13th (as work gave me off that day ^.^)

This is what I love about some of the online TCGs I play currently... They have a constantly shifting banned list that changes every week based off player votes. And players gain votes based on how well they do in events.

Either way, I really like these ideas and I wish I live closer (or it was closer to me.) I currently have off that day, but I have to work Sunday morning (which would be hell on the travel.) I hope you get a great turn out though along with some amazing tournament reports ^.^

I'll be there to win that delicious wolf shirt so I can cure my aids!

Considering the regularity I get ninth place, I like this ^.^ I also like the structure both Nick's are supporting now though. So I'm happy with either.

If someone we would like to be on our team cannot attend this event, can we sign him up this weekend for the team event or does he have to be there?

Dude! Maybe I can cure my aids if I win one those sexii wolf shirts.

LOL Date saved. We'll avoid the highway this time.

As someone who use to work for a film festival, I can honestly tell you that it is a daunting task to make it in. Most small festivals have a crew of at most 12 people, all doing multiple jobs. In the two years that I have watched independent films, I have watched close to 1000 films and can probably say only 10 of them were really worth watching. My festival has only accepted a total of 400 movies in its two years of running (which is a lot, I know... But we have several criteria that we grade things on.)

As for my suggestions: Make sure your content is interesting. As a documentary, your content has to be deep while providing outlets to making your audience want more. Try not to veer too far off the path. I have seen one documentary where the camera crew was messing around for ten minutes in the middle of a movie, giving me nothing on the actual subject of the movie. Also, try to avoid making your documentary longer than an hour and a half. Most audiences refuse to sit through a documentary that is longer than that. And more often than not, they are instantly declined without even watching. I can tell you for a fact that Sundance follows this criteria, and it wouldn't surprise me if more than half the running festivals are doing the same thing.

Good luck man. Its a harsh world, but a rewarding one if you spend your time well ^.^

I seriously missed out on a Wolf Shirt? I might have been able to cure my Aids problem ;-;

I could have made it, but decided against going for the better judgment of my wallet and the fact that I haven't played a single game of Vintage since the week before the last Philly Open... I didn't feel up for playing at all Friday, so it was probably for the better.

Congrats to whoever won my 9th place prize though!

On top of that, you also have to consider the fact that Tez is still very much active in our metagame.

I did this yesterday as I was attempting to build a "The Deck" fixed for our meta, so I'll post it here. This is a short list of all the arch types and how often they top 8ed in our area, and where they placed in the top 8 (2 Blue Bell events, NYSE 3, and the Philly Open 4)

Tez (12)                          2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
Dredge (4)                      1 3 3 5
Aggro/Fish Varients (3)     1 1 5
Oath (3)                         1 3 5
Stax (2)                         3 5
Red Shop Aggro (2)         3 5
TPS (2)                          5 5
Steel City (1)                   3
Counterbalance (1)          5
Painter (1)                      5
Landstill (1)                     5
Dragon into Tez (1)         5

Clearly, Tez is STILL the metagame favorite, despite the restriction of Thirst for Knowledge. Of course, this doesn't mean its the best deck to win the whole thing. But you still need to prepare for it, despite all the hype based around Oath and Dredge (which is clearly deserved, as the recent developments on those decks are pretty nuts.) So if your dedicating 8 sideboard slots to Dredge, you need to think about where the rest of your slots are going to go.

I'm not well versed in the making of a stax list, but I would imagine you definitely have a lot of homework when it comes to sideboarding.


By the way, I'm quoting this in my sig... That was well worth the epic lawlz.

She would look great next to my Carnival of Souls ^.^

Ok, so I lied... Mr. Mykie Noble has offered to drive my team down... We don't have a name yet, but it'll consist of Mark Hournang, Brandon Sedgwick, and myself ^.^

So hold on to the terrible 9th place prize, cause I'm coming for it!

I can't help but agree with this statement... Since I made my transition from dedicated Dredge player to dedicated Time Vault player, I noticed that my diet has changed as well. No longer do I live in the days where I can go to Wawa and order a decent size lunch, followed by a night of whatever alcahol I can get my greedy hands on. Now my lunch looks like it could have been the remeants of an abortion.

As far as the IQ is concerned, I think Mark Hournang can prove that Dredge players drink more than Tez players, but that has yet to be proven on the Stax players. Stax vs Dredge drinking teams has yet to be playtested. But if you want proof that Dregde drinks more than Tez, just look at the photos in Mark Hournang's facebook. Particularly, his current profile pic. Is that enough proof?

P.S. Love ya Marky lol.

In seriousness, I like Wmagzoo7's suggestion, but I feel like that could be a seperate article. Its not like people are not getting to know the major players in our area, much like people are getting to know the Ohio crew in Menendian's article. Something like this could help a new and/or experienced player get into the mind set of our local champions. Kind of like how the deck techs on Wizards coverage helps a player understand the ins and outs of the best performing decks. But again, it should be a different article.

Good job Matt!

I cannot stress enough how excited I am for this event... Looks like I need to fix up my EDH decks now ^.^

Evan played Dredge? I thought he had an undying hatred for that deck?! My god, hell is gonna freeze over!

If it was nothing BUT Ichorid (at least thats what 9 out of 12 decks will dictate to me), I would think about going the same route as you are... It is as everyone has said previously, Leyline is the worst card to play against ourselves. So its easily the best card for that metagame. I would probably try something else in the Chalice spot though, possible Breakthrough to help make the Force plan more consistent.

Never mind, what I originally wrote does not apply to the thread... If someone can, please delete this post. Greatly appreciated and sorry for the inconvience.

If both of you guys feel like the Ichorids game 1 are moot, why don't you play the Savages main over them? Swap the cards around. This way, if you don't hit a second land while Powdering away, you have a chance to dredge into your Savages instead of relying on a subpar card to get you there. And having the Ichorids in the board will still give you the resiliency that you are looking for in games 2 and 3.

It would look something like this:

2 Ichorid
1 Iona
1 Angel of Despair
4 Force of Will
4 Chain of Vapor
3 Echoing Truth


I would keep the 3rd Ichorid in the main anyway to add redundancy to the main deck (essentially, returning him when you need to.)

In regards to Manaless Ichorid:

Why Echoing Truth? Isn't that card too slow of a hate card to be running in dredge? Wouldn't it be faster to run more specific hate cards like Wispmare, Ingot Chewer, Darkblast, or Greater Gargadon? I understand Dakmor Salvage helps with the casting cost problem, and I do understand that most of his mana base is blue sources, but 2 mana just looks too slow for dredge. (Even if you are slowing your clock game 2.)

In regards to Unmask in the board in general:

When we talked over the phone, you said that you NEVER sided Unmask in. What would you suggest for replacements for it? How would you incorporate it into your current sideboard shell? I'm very positive this will change your sideboard technique, and I'm sure it'll help people on the forum to understand this advancement in dredge (as most primers are suppose to address the things you discovered in testing.)

The Vintage event would have broke 70 if my buddy didn't get into a car accident with a drunk driver ;-; At least no one got hurt and the idiot got locked up.

Congrats to Mark for winning the whole shebang! I know you worked your ass off to get a faster variant of dredge working, and it obviously worked from your results. Glad that I could have a helping hand in the development of your deck ^.^ Mad props yo! I hope you don't continue this trend of playing your friends in the semi-finals though lol. You house us all!

Congrats to Mykie as well! Two straight top 8s is pretty good man. Keep up the good work.