MTG thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Chimney
Trakanon Raider
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Almost 100% certain they are going to roll and tube ship them.
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Punko
Macho Ma'am
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Seems like a lot of effort while they could just wait a month while the sheet goes pringle.
Leadsalad
Cis-XYite-Nationalist
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Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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It'll be interesting seeing how much these sheets are worth in a decade if magic's still around.
On the one hand, there'll be more of them in the wild than previous uncut foil sheets. But on the other hand, they'll have a specific community event/moment tied to them to increase notoriety.
On the one hand, there'll be more of them in the wild than previous uncut foil sheets. But on the other hand, they'll have a specific community event/moment tied to them to increase notoriety.
If I could buy a giant fucking binder that held uncut sheets then I would collect them.
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Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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Yuuya removed from MPL and Hall of Fame; Banned for 30 months.
All those articles last HoF voting season accusing white people of being racist against the Japanese and assuming they're cheaters are kinda funny, with this being the second Hall of Famer from Japan to lose their seat due to cheating.
All those articles last HoF voting season accusing white people of being racist against the Japanese and assuming they're cheaters are kinda funny, with this being the second Hall of Famer from Japan to lose their seat due to cheating.
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pharmakos
soʞɐɯɹɐɥd
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Your belief is that literally all of the pros who consistently perform well are cheating, or?
Chris
Potato del Grande
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That sounds about right. When I played it always seemed that the higher status the tournament the worse luck you'd have.
I played aggro around Ravnica 2 and Theros so it was all about winning before that boardwipe came down on Turn 4. You went to a PTQ you could guarantee they had a boardwipe on Turn 4. FNM sometimes you'd have extra turns before they drew it, you knew the players at FNM so you knew if they had a finished deck and if they were any good so I don't think it was quality issues.
It was always those annoying alpha nerd types who would shuffle and play some sort of control really quickly who you'd have a much lower winrate against, even though tournament stats had your deck as favoured.
Funnily enough the best players in the store who had some limited pro success I had positive winrates against, probably because they were judges and couldn't be caught cheating so didn't. They also played control decks.
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I'm in the camp that at least in standard/modern all pros cheat.
Magic is a game of averages and pro players really don't have that much of a higher win % than SCG tournament grinders. It's the small things that they do to raise that % is what sets them apart.
From being angle shooters like LSV and settle the wreckage to just marking your deck I feel every pro player who consistently does well is cheating at least during swiss.
Cheating in top 8 and cheating during feature matches is stupid but if I'm a MTG pro and I sit across from some local rando in round 3 then why take the chance of getting flooded or them drawing the nuts.
Also MTGA will fix all this and they should make it the official platform for standard.
Magic is a game of averages and pro players really don't have that much of a higher win % than SCG tournament grinders. It's the small things that they do to raise that % is what sets them apart.
From being angle shooters like LSV and settle the wreckage to just marking your deck I feel every pro player who consistently does well is cheating at least during swiss.
Cheating in top 8 and cheating during feature matches is stupid but if I'm a MTG pro and I sit across from some local rando in round 3 then why take the chance of getting flooded or them drawing the nuts.
Also MTGA will fix all this and they should make it the official platform for standard.
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aalllllllways shuffle your opponents deck. If I play against someone who cuts or at worst "taps" my deck then I start getting all types of funny ideas
Registration is closing in a few hours for this months tournament, We are having 5 rounds of swiss and a top 8 this time.
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5/10 FoH Open War of the Spark Tournament, Now with CASH PRIZES + Future Events
Let me know if you want to join or if you already have keep an eye on the thread to find your opponent.
5/10 FoH Open War of the Spark Tournament, Now with CASH PRIZES + Future Events
Chimney
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Pretty much. I don't think there is a competitive event at the top end where the players aren't doing what they need to do to gain advantages since everyone is going to be pretty close to the same level skill wise. It's rampant in every sport that exists so why would MTG be different?
pharmakos
soʞɐɯɹɐɥd
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Vaclav
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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Quantity helps in MTGO/A - playing a deck flawlessly over 1000+ games in a season is one thing compared to only a handful of actual qualifying games for a PT season, etc.
Additionally, matching is far less strict in MTGO/A than RL.
(Mind you, I'm not the type that thinks that MOST pros cheat - but comparing the two systems is flawed)