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["God's Beard!"]

This game is great.

Then again, I have a habit of drawing my way of tournaments so what do I know.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Wizards regretting untimed rounds right about now.

 

[xptoxyz]

What is the time on this game? If this was a timed round would this game alone have taken the entire match time



I play Modern and Draft. This specific standard is insanely complicated

Okay, yeah I believe that, having been following a lot to tbh. Seems there's a lot of interactions happening for decks that really aren't control. Being mirrors, just seems to have come a game of a slow slugfest fight between creatures without either player getting hit in the face.

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";215897587]This game is great.

Then again, I have a habit of drawing my way of tournaments so what do I know.[/QUOTE]

Those graveyard sizes! haha

 

[bigkrev]

Man, choosing to activate Dustwatch Recruiter instead of cracking a clue when he had Dromoka's Command on top of the Library is going to eat at BBD the rest of his life if he looses this match

 

[El Topo]

I'm really enjoying this game.

 

[A Serious Man]

Tragic Arrogance finally showed up, this game may actually end.

 

[bigkrev]

Apparently PVDDR, Willy Edel and Thiago were forced to move due to Twitch chat complaints?
https://twitter.com/bazardebagda/status/772566937838596097

Sam Pardee and Oliver Tiu were also forced to move as well according to Twitter. What the fuck is going on?

 

[Crocodile]

"I have errands to run but I'm going to finish watching the finals before I go out"

*Game 3 takes an hour*

FML

Game was crazy swingy though.

 

[SigmasonicX]

It finally ended!

It's too bad for them that the matches aren't best out of 3.

 

[kirblar]

Apparently PVDDR, Willy Edel and Thiago were forced to move due to Twitch chat complaints?
https://twitter.com/bazardebagda/status/772566937838596097

Twitch chat said they were cheating with hand signals.

What the fuck are they thinking giving in to that shit?

 

[Santiako]

I didn't see this one posted:

Could be strong in limited.

 

[Imperfected]

They need to update their Dromoka's Command infographic from "can trade two-for-one under the right circumstances" to "can trade ???-for-one if the board state is an unholy mess".

 

[SigmasonicX]

I didn't see this one posted:

Could be strong in limited.

Actually a bit surprised equipment wasn't completely supplanted by vehicles.

 

[bigkrev]

Twitch chat said they were cheating with hand signals.

What the fuck are they thinking giving in to that shit?

.....
Typical Wizards. Make GIANT strides- seriously, the coverage has been on point, the spoilers great- but always find a way to eat shit on the dismount. They were SO CLOSE to perfect weekend!

 

[The Technomancer]

I didn't see this one posted:

Could be strong in limited.

This can go on vehicles

Have fun thinking about how that works

 

[bigkrev]

This can go on vehicles

Have fun thinking about how that works

You have been able to cast Remove Soul on a Souless One for 15 years. Logic went out the window ages ago

 

[The Technomancer]

You have been able to cast Remove Soul on a Souless One for 15 years. Logic went out the window ages ago

Oh wait I misread

it can go on Artificers not Artifacts

 

[Hero]

Complete whiff on CoCo 3. Wow.

 

[Imperfected]

Though not as much of an oxymoron, I personally like the fact that Emrakul the Promised End seems to have a metric ton of trouble actually ending games in the current meta.

 

[FreedomFrisbee]

Twitch chat said they were cheating with hand signals.

What the fuck are they thinking giving in to that shit?

I mean, they were concerned about the players hearing the commentators to begin with. Its hard to make games with hidden information work on a large stage, you just have to look at starcraft games getting effected by audience reactions to know that.

 

[SigmasonicX]

Damn, 15/15 Thalia's Lieutenant.

EDIT: BBD wins!

 

[El Topo]

BBD wins. Well-deserved.

 

[A Serious Man]

Congrats to BBD! I'm guessing Tragic Arrogance is his favorite card ever right about now.

 

[blindrocket]

BBD FOR THE WIN!

 

[Santiako]

Starcity's management must be kicking themselves in the ass.

Congrats to BBD!

 

[An-Det]

Damn that was a good match. I don't even follow standard and that was exciting.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I can picture the teleprompter saying "look busy" to Marshall and LSV.

 

[kirblar]

Starcity's management must be kicking themselves in the ass.

Congrats to BBD!

BBD's facebook status should be a middle finger to Cedric. But it won't be.

Really happy for him.

 

[Matriox]

Wow. Fun games to watch.. Wasn't it less than a year ago bbd was let go of scg because he wasn't putting up results?

Edit: posted before seeing others posts, seems that was the case. Good for him!

 

[Hero]

BBD's facebook status should be a middle finger to Cedric. But it won't be.

Really happy for him.

I don't follow the circuit drama but what beef did Cedric and BBD have?

 

[Santiako]

Rich said there is a big announcement coming from LSV? Could he be going to work for WotC?

 

[SigmasonicX]

Oh, it looks like there's going to be extra stuff that's not listed on the schedule today, before the awards ceremony. EDIT: Or after, rather.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

BBD deserves this a thousand times over.

Getting off the SCG train was probably a really good thing for him; i.e., spending less time with B+ talent and more time with A+ talent.

 

["God's Beard!"]

BBD deserves this a thousand times over.

Getting off the SCG train was probably a really good thing for him; i.e., spending less time with B+ talent and more time with A+ talent.

To be fair Brad Nelson was already A+ talent. But even Brad has leveled up the past year.

 

[An-Det]

BBD deserves this a thousand times over.

Getting off the SCG train was probably a really good thing for him; i.e., spending less time with B+ talent and more time with A+ talent.

Yup, between getting in with the actual pros and using the boot from SCG as an inspiration to try even harder, it's definitely been a positive for him overall.

 

[kirblar]

I don't follow the circuit drama but what beef did Cedric and BBD have?

Cedric runs SCG editorial. If BBD leaves SCG, it's because Cedric fired him.

 

[El Topo]

Rich said there is a big announcement coming from LSV? Could he be going to work for WotC?

He's worked on a card game already, no?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

They didn't renew his contract.

He's a father now. Wouldn't be surprised if he decided to take a stable job.

doesn't he have 2 stable jobs? He's working for a game dev already with multiple projects right now.

 

[El Topo]

doesn't he have 2 stable jobs? He's working for a game dev already with multiple projects right now.

I meant regarding Magic obviously, i.e. giving up on tournament play.

 

[Crocodile]

Congrats to BBD!

He's worked on a card game already, no?

He's currently working on Eternal (a digital TCG) by Direwolf Digital

I dunnoo why he would/or have to announce he is retiring from playing pro Magic (which seems to be the top speculation). He could just stop showing up. It's not like everybody doesn't know he's busy and just had a kid.

 

[kirblar]

I meant regarding Magic obviously, i.e. giving up on tournament play.

He's Platinum though. Him doing coverage FT would mean they're giving him a lot of money.

 

[El Topo]

He's currently working on Eternal (a digital TCG) by Direwolf Digital

That game that is absolutely totally nothing like Hearthstone, right?

He's Platinum though. Him doing coverage FT would mean they're giving him a lot of money.

On the other hand, given how unsure/unreliable they seem to be regarding their pro scene, he could simply try to be ahead of the curve. We all remember how they previously announced the changes regarding the reward system, only to backtrack (for now) after the outrage. That was probably a wakeup call for some.

 

["God's Beard!"]

I love this president guy. Nice.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

BBD is just 26!? I estimated him well above 30

 

[kirblar]

BBD is just 26!? I estimated him well above 30

Going bald young does that.

 

[A Serious Man]

Yeah, special LSV announcement. I wonder what this is.

EDIT: Full-time coverage team member.

 

[An-Det]

LSV confirmed for full time coverage team.

 

[El Topo]

LSV announces he's joining the coverage time as a full-time member (for a year). That's a fantastic get for WotC and those of us that watch the events.

 

[Santiako]

Yeah, going to work for coverage on WotC. This is great because his commentary is awesome.

 

[kirblar]

Buehler->LSV is a ridiculous upgrade.