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« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2004, 10:33:51 pm » |
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As stated earlier...All in favor of a Shortbus vs Meandeck 3 on 3 game of some type say "I". Two friends and I would be happy to take on either team or both in a draft. I would love to take you guys on in a draft but drafting is too much like doing law school homework - it's tough, grueling, and not exciting, even if it is rewarding and fun to win. THe only way I'll do a team draft is if we put money on it enough to get me revved - like $50 or more. On the other hand, if you want to do some T4  |
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« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2004, 11:36:59 pm » |
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I just happen to have 50 dollars in my wallet.....
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« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2004, 12:18:53 am » |
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Hm...This might be interesting. I need to see who else is going to Waterbury to be a Third. Seems Ashok is volunteering to be a second.
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« Reply #33 on: December 26, 2004, 12:37:53 am » |
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Here is my wish list.
1. Type 1 Mox tourney
2. Minimaster tourney (this sounds crazy fun)
3. Emporer tourney (3 vs 3, 3 good prizes)
*4. Girl on girl action (I can hold the camera and will act as stunt cock)
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« Reply #34 on: December 26, 2004, 11:25:51 am » |
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My wish list:
-Mox Tourney!
-Type 4!
-Dead or Alive/Soul Calibur?
@TheWhiteDragon:
No cameras, and CERTAINLY no stunt cock. Dyannah and I are both taken, last I knew.
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« Reply #35 on: January 04, 2005, 11:10:53 pm » |
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CONFIRMED EVENTS FOR DAY 2 Type 1 Tourney for a Mox PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES Registration 10-11:00 AM Starts 11:00 AM $15 Entry Fee 20 person minimum Highlander Tournament for an Italian Legends Mana Drain PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES Registration 12-1:00 PM Tournament starts after round 2 of Mox tournament $10 Entry Fee 8 Person Minimum Texas Hold'em Tournament(probabbly for a piece of power which will be based on attendance) PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES Registration 2-3:00 pm Tournament starts after round 4 of Mox tournament $10 entry fee Mental Magic Tournament for a BB Sol Ring PRIZE INCREASES AS ATTENDANCE DOES Registration 4-5:00 pm Tournament starts at 5:00 pm $5 entry fee TEAM Magic Trivia(teams may be up to 4 people) (Using Jeopardy template- 5 categories with questions of varying value.) Starts at 6:00 pm Prizes include, booster packs, cursed scroll, asian COTV, city of brass, powder keg, karn, doomsday, and more. FREE Entry Other(time undetermined until event) events Type 4(and plenty of it) Halo 2 Smash Bros Bacon Bit/Taco Bell eating contest Other ideas that come up before or on that day TEAM Magic Trivia(teams may be up to 4 people) Who quotes themself, anyway...I just want to reiterate the dopeness of a team trivia event. Cya at Waterbury |
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« Reply #36 on: January 04, 2005, 11:17:18 pm » |
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Steve, if you actually do want to team draft for $50, let me know |
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« Reply #37 on: January 04, 2005, 11:20:56 pm » |
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SOLOMON'S KEY!
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« Reply #38 on: January 04, 2005, 11:38:05 pm » |
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Team Jacob Orlove will totally own that trivia event, assuming the highlander tournament takes <5 hours.
Incidentally, what Mental Magic rules will you be using? And, will Tendrils be banned for Highlander?
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« Reply #39 on: January 04, 2005, 11:56:12 pm » |
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I suggest Tendrils does, in fact, see bannination. It would be nice to see new archetypes in the format and give a good impression of whether or not it needs to stay banned.
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« Reply #40 on: January 05, 2005, 12:26:13 am » |
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Tendrils will not be banned. If I did, people would just play some other combo deck like academy. Play a freakin Arcane Lab and that white Law reprint thingy people. Either that or play combo yourself. As for mental magic...these are the rules we will be using: http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandnews.php?Article=5512ADDITION: The card cannot be named as what it is...the author was vauge on this. ADDITION: To play the card or Morph it you must know what it is and what it does. At any time though, your opponent can ask a judge to VERIFY what it is you said. The judge will simply confirm whether you are correct or not, but will not reveal any unknown information. All the verdict this author put forth I agree with and so we will try that as a starting point for this first mental tourney and talk about it before day 2 of the next TMD after this one. |
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« Reply #41 on: January 06, 2005, 09:54:30 am » |
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Tendrils will not be banned.
If I did, people would just play some other combo deck like academy.
Play a freakin Arcane Lab and that white Law reprint thingy people.
Either that or play combo yourself. At Klown's Highlander tourney Tendrils turned in a freakish amount of turn one kills. Arcane Lab and Rule of Law cost three. The finals was a Tendrils mirror. Academy's not as fast or resilient. I agree with Ben Kobold. This would be an excellent time to try a Tendrils-free Highlander. |
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« Reply #42 on: January 06, 2005, 11:08:58 am » |
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Tendrils will not be banned.
If I did, people would just play some other combo deck like academy.
Play a freakin Arcane Lab and that white Law reprint thingy people.
Either that or play combo yourself. At Klown's Highlander tourney Tendrils turned in a freakish amount of turn one kills. Arcane Lab and Rule of Law cost three. The finals was a Tendrils mirror. Academy's not as fast or resilient. I agree with Ben Kobold. This would be an excellent time to try a Tendrils-free Highlander. What do others think? |
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« Reply #43 on: January 06, 2005, 08:26:39 pm » |
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« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2005, 02:13:43 am » |
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I agree, type one tendrils plays so many one ofs that you're basically asking people to play a highlander deck agains a somewhat poorly tuned type one deck.
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« Reply #45 on: January 08, 2005, 06:32:50 pm » |
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What I'm not understanding though, is how Tendrils is the problem. Could people just use Brain Freeze or even HUNTING PACK for that matter? If anything were to be banned to stop any of these strom decks...wouldn't it have to be Yawgmoth's Will? And even if this stops the Tendrils deck, aren't other combo decks still an option? Furthermore, if I ban something, what about the people who don't hear the message? Some people may come to the event hoping to play their Tendrils deck and then be screwed over. Perhaps, I will do a poll of the players playing HIghlander a few hours before the event starts on Day 2 and if the consesus agrees...maybe I'll make it the case then, but lets discuss this a little more before making anything final.
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« Reply #46 on: January 09, 2005, 02:06:56 pm » |
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Ray, will the Day 2 Type 1 Tournament allow proxies? Will the Highlander tournament?
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« Reply #47 on: January 09, 2005, 04:27:09 pm » |
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Ray, will the Day 2 Type 1 Tournament allow proxies? Will the Highlander tournament? Holy cow...I can't believe I forgot to mention that. Both the second chance and Highlander tourney will be 10 proxy. |
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« Reply #48 on: January 09, 2005, 10:31:31 pm » |
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Ray,
Does this mean that there will be enough tv's available to bring our own systems/games? I'd love to rock some N64 Goldeneye or MarioKart.
I can't make the main event however making day 2 seems more and more feasible.
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« Reply #49 on: January 10, 2005, 02:07:16 am » |
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The problem with highlander combo is not that it can win turn one--it's how often that happens. Tendrils is the main culprit when it comes to combo decks consistently winning quickly. Banning it not only has no effect on non-combo decks, but makes comboing off hard enough (~17 storm and 1U or 5 storm and 5GG), but also makes the kills less unstoppable. A single Blessing in the SB ruins Freeze, and tons of stuff can stop a bunch of creatures. Only tendrils combines low cost with a guaranteed kill.
The combo decks that won at the last highlander event had both cunning wish -> brain freeze and quirion dryad available, but those kills were never used. Tinker -> colossus won a few games, but tendrils was what put both of those decks in the finals.
Without tendrils, combo can still exist, but it won't be far and away the best deck in the format. Letting people have a chance with non-combo decks is good for the format.
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« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2005, 02:23:05 pm » |
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Ok...Moses convinced me...
Tendrils will be restricted...
lol...
I mean...Tendrils will be banned.
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