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1  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: N.Y.S.E. Open III - Power Eight, Workshops & Bazaars Tournament - 6/26 - 6/28 on: June 27, 2015, 11:57:48 am

Says the stream is offline for now.

Anticipation is rising.

GET HYPE!
2  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Your favorite standard? on: April 28, 2015, 01:33:54 pm
Saga/Masques block standard is by and large my favorite.

Bargain. Ponza. Tinker. Draw-Go. Stompy. Rebels. Sneak Attack. Sui/Finkel Black.  Replenish.  Trinity Green.  Accelerated Blue.

All of my favorite decks.
3  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: Comic Book Depot - Friday Night Vintage - 3/6/15 on: March 05, 2015, 11:46:23 am
I like this and fully support the idea.
4  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: TMD Open 16 - Milford, CT - August 23, 2014 on: July 23, 2014, 09:27:50 am
Good luck to everyone!

Though without cardboard, I wish I could make this.

I will be moving around this time so it is not something I can do, sorry for anyone that was looking to crash as I will no longer be in the NE area.

Best of luck to all, and I can't wait to see the results!
5  Eternal Formats / Eternal Article Discussion / Re: [Free Article] The Return of Superman by Nick Detwiler on: July 16, 2014, 01:25:44 pm
Still thrilled that you ended up with it, Nick.

Can't think of a better place for it than your walls   Smile
6  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: N.Y.S.E. Open II - Power Eight, Workshops & Bazaars Vintage Event - 6/21-22 on: June 23, 2014, 05:02:42 pm
Great event, Nick!

It was great seeing all of you guys there, even if I couldn't play.  Hope to see you guys in the near future - the community is really what sets Vintage apart.
7  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: N.Y.S.E. Open II - Power Eight, Workshops & Bazaars Vintage Event - 6/21-22 on: June 20, 2014, 10:18:46 am
GET HYPE, NUGGETS!

8  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: N.Y.S.E. Open II - Power Eight, Workshops & Bazaars Vintage Event - 6/21-22 on: June 18, 2014, 01:05:36 pm
THIS is what I ill do to the competition.


Laying underneath someone isn't the best strategy.

May I advise something like this?

9  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: N.Y.S.E. Open II - Power Eight, Workshops & Bazaars Vintage Event - 6/21-22 on: June 18, 2014, 09:39:28 am
Just saying, but for my retirement party, I'll part words with this:

I'm the greatest alive OR Dead.  You bring 'em out of the grave, and I'll put 'em back in.

And this is what I envision happening:

10  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: For Prospero’s a Jolly Good Fellow on: June 17, 2014, 11:56:09 am
I can't state anything that hasn't already been said, but I wanted to chime in as well.

Nick, you are good people.
11  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Um.. Judge.. Foil.. FORCE OF WILL on: May 09, 2014, 12:35:27 pm
It's arbitrary in the sense that it's completely up to Hasbro what the supply is, and they have no consistent or good rubric for determining what gets reprinted, when, and in what quantity. That is determined per their fiat. So, yes of course the market determines price points by supply and demand, roughly, but the supply is completely arbitrary, so therefore the price is arbitrary as well.

Hasbro only has so much control.

Supply in circulation is not the same as supply available to purchase on the market.

Price is demand driven just as much as supply.  See price of staples vs price of Dwarven pony.

They obviously don't have enough supply of staples in circulation for most people to be happy, sure, but price speculators and hoarders aren't making this any easier.
12  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Um.. Judge.. Foil.. FORCE OF WILL on: May 09, 2014, 11:59:16 am
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Market will drive the price, not a dartboard.

...except Hasbro effectively has a local cartel with this game.  So it's almost entirely supply driven, especially as the design teams have become more and more adept at crafting metagames.

I don't see the contradiction.

It is still driven by the market and not arbitrary.
13  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Um.. Judge.. Foil.. FORCE OF WILL on: May 09, 2014, 08:10:09 am
Jetskis are 5k because they cost 2k to make. Magic cards are effectively $0 per card to print. Any target price point set on them will be aribitrary. These cards are just a way to pay the judges under the table while leaving them responsible if the IRS finds out they sold these for $500 without reporting it.

Not sure about arbitrary.

Many people fall into the trap that price is purely based on cost.  It is a factor, but value is the biggest driver.  Check out Xerox and the first copy machines.  They cost something like 3,500 to make.  They sold them to businesses for ~27,000 because of value provided.

Market will drive the price, not a dartboard.
14  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Um.. Judge.. Foil.. FORCE OF WILL on: May 08, 2014, 03:26:26 pm
On the other hand, Imperial Recruiter and Karakas.

To be fair, Imperial Recruiter was in a product with a run far larger than FoW will be and played less.

Karakas is not a 4 of (FOW is a 4 of in nearly every deck with U in it) and the run will be smaller.

I expect it to be north of both of these.
15  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: Undiscovered Realm - 4/19 - Vintage For A Mox Ruby on: April 17, 2014, 02:41:09 pm
I'll try to make it out there. What's the tournament format? Swiss + cut to top 8?

Usually, but I imagine this is based on attendance.
16  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Forum Avatar Request Thread on: April 17, 2014, 11:53:21 am
Hit me.

Always Observing.

Well met.  Though at first I mistook it for some weird looking vagina.
17  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Forum Avatar Request Thread on: April 17, 2014, 11:29:28 am
Hit me.

Always Observing.
18  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Forum Avatar Request Thread on: April 17, 2014, 09:44:51 am
Well, this topic gave me the idea of changing my avatar, but the server won't let me upload an avatar.  Not writeable.

Trying to change it removed my old avatar.

Now stuck with blank.

So, sign me up for a new one!

Upload one to imgur and point to it.
19  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: Undiscovered Realm - 4/19 - Vintage For A Mox Ruby on: April 10, 2014, 10:03:42 am
AHHHHH I wish I could make this.  Maybe I'll show up later in the evening.

Hope the rest of you guys enjoy!
20  Eternal Formats / Midwest U.S. / Re: Xtreme Games Monthly Vintage 3/22/2014 on: March 08, 2014, 09:52:48 pm
Dude, you never go to tournaments, as far as I know.  So, fine.  If you go to the Xtreme Games 3/22 Vintage, I will pay for your entry.

Gauntlet = thrown.

It also depends how far you're willing to drive.  I drive about an hour and a half, and frequently make the trip alone, but I don't have to deal with Chicago driving or the FUCKING RIDICULOUS tollway system.

Try tolls out here on the East coast.  You guys have it EASY.
21  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: Sat 3/8/14 Undiscovered Realm Hartsdale NY Vintage w/ Proxies for a Mox Ruby on: March 06, 2014, 10:37:31 pm
In for one!  See everyone on Saturday!
22  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Hi from Peter on: February 24, 2014, 01:39:09 pm
Where are my manners?

Hi Peter, how has your stay been?
23  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Best Films of 2013! on: February 04, 2014, 11:43:41 am
Another resounding recommendation for the Wolf of Wall street for those who have not seen it.

Great dark comedy.

Extra bonus/entertaining if you work in Finance.
24  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: The Fitness Thread on: January 23, 2014, 12:28:38 pm
Mike;

Just oral some Clen/T3 and then blast some Tren/Dbol.   Cruise on that by April while doing slin.   You'd be ripped as faurk.

Not into controlled substances so much.

In any case, my heart murmur worries me when it comes to things like clen (not sure how I would react to such stims/jitters).
25  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: The Fitness Thread on: January 23, 2014, 12:08:14 pm
I've been sticking to the stronglifts program for the past month.  With a clean-ish diet, I've lost 10lbs since December (started at 236) and my shirts are starting to get tight in the shoulders / chest area again (gettin' swoll).

I eat like a dog -- essentially the same thing every day:

Breakfast meal replacement:  2 scoops of whey protein and about 20oz. of skim milk.  Multi vitamin.

3 egg omlette with a tiny bit of cheese for lunch.

Dinner is popcorn and some cheese, chicken and asparagus, salmon and asparagus.  Most of the time it has been popcorn and cheese, due to laziness.

Going keto?  Have you considered adding a carb up day once a week after your initial phase of forcing ketosis?
You should be able to fall back into Keto pretty easily after staying there for a few weeks.


I'm about to go on a cutting cycle after bulking since October.

Standard breakfast is cereal/oats and 30g protein shake with water, multivitamin.

Snack is a qtr cup of almonds 90 min later, usually some BCAAs.

90 - 120 min later is usually some sort of chicken and rice (8 oz or so for 25-30g protein) and some side vegetables, between asparagus, broccoli, whatever is available, multivitamin.

2 hours later I will have another 30g shake.

An hour or two later I will have something like greek yogurt+some fruit or half a baked sweet potato to get me through my lift, where I have a post workout shake of 30-40g protein and ~40-45g carbs (blend, but mostly waxy maze) and a multivitamin.

I'll then eat either a turkey burger on some protein bread or half a tub of cottage cheese for another 30g of protein before bed.  Aiming for 150-160+g/day.


Rinse, repeat.

Cheat days are weekends, but that is slowly turning into Saturday/Sunday only, and after March, one meal a week, into May, where will be clean until mid June.

I'm in decent shape, but am not aiming at a weight in mind.  I want to cut about 5% bodyfat or so before the summer, I think I'm about 15% or so at the moment.

Currently 4 day split training routine, adding one day of cardio, and another day of a carb deplete in the coming weeks.
26  Eternal Formats / Northeast U.S. / Re: 1/18/13 Undiscovered Realm Hartsdale NY Vintage w Proxies for a Mox Emerald on: January 17, 2014, 09:37:19 pm
Ill be there and trying to get cards for my cube.

Bring foils!
27  Eternal Formats / Eternal Article Discussion / Re: [Free Article] Insider: Spotting Fakes on: January 14, 2014, 05:50:06 pm
Wizards needs to find a way to stop this and hella fast.

They depend on the secondary market to ensure their cards have after market value and this will straight up annihilate the markets if left unchecked.

Props to this guy for gathering this information, I just have low confidence that Wizards will be able to effectively act on it.

Even then, this is just the first of what will likely be many more such instances and they will need a more comprehensive plan to deal with the vorcious demand for fakes that this has uncovered.

Why anyone would actively support fakes, I can't understand.  You think that the counterfeiters are going to stop at just Vintage / Legacy staples?  Fat Chance, not when every standard card over $10 would still offer them crazy margins and be even easier to move unnoticed.

Modern and Standard are the ones that are most targeted by this as things stand.
28  Eternal Formats / Eternal Article Discussion / Re: [Free Article] Insider: Spotting Fakes on: January 14, 2014, 02:42:16 pm
Looks like there is another wave on the way, due to ship on the 19th:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ql-q0INFZI

Sounds like power is next, and the initial runs were used as a 'test' run.  It's not surprising that they sent earlier shipments out in order to gauge how to improve their product.
29  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Magic movie in the works on: January 14, 2014, 11:18:14 am
Here we go, how about the Weatherlight Saga but with Planeswalkers in the place of the classic characters. 

I wouldn't put it past them.

This doesn't even make sense.

The target audience is all geared towards those who play the game, anyway.  I can't imagine people outside of the M:tG spectrum being particularly interested in this.
30  Vintage Community Discussion / General Community Discussion / Re: Magic movie in the works on: January 14, 2014, 10:52:29 am
Unfortunately the amount of back story required for the weatherlight's saga would take up multiple films in itself,

20th Century Fox has closed a deal to acquire the screen rights to the hugely popular fantasy card game from Hasbro and will develop the property with an eye to launch a massive franchise on the scale of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.

Sounds doable.  There are 8 Harry Potter films and 5 in the LOTR series so far.
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