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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 1:33PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's The Week That Was, which goes live Friday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 9:07PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 25, 2007
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Ooh, cool team format.
HoF picks, in no real order:
1. Oliver Ruel
2. Chapin
3. Mark Justice
4-5. No idea.
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 9:15PM
#3
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Date Joined:
Jun 12, 2007
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HoF picks
1. chapin
2. oliver ruel
3. craig jones
4. ?
5.?
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 9:21PM
#4
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Date Joined:
Apr 27, 2006
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Picks- no order
Ruel
Chapin
Justice
Wiegersma
Craig Jones
anti-vote- Mike Long
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 9:44PM
#5
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Date Joined:
Aug 17, 2007
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mine are(no particular order)
1. o.ruel(both ruels should get in)
2. long(why not some controversy, rose and bonds should get in baseball's)
3. rubin
4&5 both oms bros
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 9:46PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 17, 2007
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although id say blume and shchvartsman should get in easily. Schvarstman for years had the record of most top 8 gp appearances
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 10:11PM
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Date Joined:
May 26, 2008
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Ben Rubin
Olivier Ruel
Justin Gary
Mark Justice
Michael Long
Even though Scott Johns probably deserves the slot over Justice, before Finkel and Budde, your money would be on Justice.
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 10:15PM
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Don't care who gets in, provided Mike Long doesn't. Why is that man even on the ballot with his history of cheating? I just don't get it.
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5 years ago ::
Aug 14, 2008 - 10:32PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 28, 2006
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Picks- no order
Ruel
Chapin
Justice
Wiegersma
Craig Jones
anti-vote- Mike Long
Anti-vote for Long, and yet you vote for Justice? His career is hardly pristine.
Long is on the ballot because he fits the strict criteria. Fortunately the vote decides who gets into the Hall of Fame, and that's what has kept him out. But it's worth remembering that MaRo tossed him a vote as a sort of way to remember Magic's first great villain, because he made a huge impact even if it wasn't directly positive. (Much the way Time Magazine's Man of the Year was once given to Hitler.)
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5 years ago ::
Aug 15, 2008 - 12:33AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 24, 2006
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For me, Mike Turian, Scott Johns and Olivier Ruel should be no brainers this year. They not only have the accomplishments but their love for the game made them make major contributions to it. I think this three should go in.
Baberowski, Blume, Rubin, the OMS, Hacker, Ishida and Schwartzman are contenders for the other two spots. I think Baberowski and Rubin are a little bit ahead of the pack.
Jelger, Bram & Chapin will eventually go in, but I think we should be aiming for the first classes for this year's inductees (exception made for Ruel).
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