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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 11:25AM
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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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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 9:30PM
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Good to hear it was a reporting error and not a serious illegal play. Also, congrats LSV, go you. Crazy awesome.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 9:38PM
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I would deffinitly play LSV's list but with brain freeze as the win condition because, like he said, it will be better in the mirror match.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 9:39PM
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Oh and congrats LSV! You were the man in that top 8! Way to keep your cool.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 10:26PM
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The part I really noticed in the interview was: BDM: Would All-In Elves—or any of the Elfball decks—have been able to exist alongside Sensei's Divining Top if it was still legal in the format?
Luis: It wouldn't be "not viable" but it would certainly not be as good as it is. It would be way, way worse. The fact that it can't beat an active Counterbalance plus Top plus the fact that the Counterbalance deck would naturally play a couple of Engineered Explosives—and if Elves were big it would go up to four—is going to be enough by themselves to eradicate Elves.
My translation:
Q: Should Top be unbanned?
A: YES!
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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 10:42PM
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I think that banning either Glimpse of Nature or Nettle Sentinal would be sufficient. Who wants to go back to having to sit through endless amounts of shuffling all over again?
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2 years ago ::
Nov 06, 2008 - 10:48PM
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It's nice to see that the drumbeat of "BAN! BAN! BAN!" is not completely drowning out the "See what banning that other card did?" There's plenty of time for any degree of success in further tournaments to drive it into a frenzy, though.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2008 - 12:10AM
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I have a question about this:
Editor's Note:
"An error in reporting led to the perception of an illegal play in the Round 16 feature match between Luis Scott-Vargas and Kiwanont Sukhum. Specifically, Scott-Vargas DID NOT make an illegal play by returning Eternal Witness to his hand with Wirewood Symbiote. The event coverage staff
apologizes for the confusion."
How exactly had that sitatuation happened?
Because in the report make clearly that LSV returned his Eternal to his hand...
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2008 - 3:13AM
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Reporters make stuff up sometimes for the sake of drawing a line between A and B. I'd compare it to the New York Times but in this case LSV actually did win so it seems like an unfair comparison.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2008 - 4:38AM
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Reporters make stuff up sometimes for the sake of drawing a line between A and B. I'd compare it to the New York Times but in this case LSV actually did win so it seems like an unfair comparison.
As a reporter AND as a fan of the New York Times, you sir, are a meanie.
However, half his point is about half valid. When you're trying your damnest to type at the speed of life, sometimes - especially with a 1,000,000-spell combo deck - if you look down to double-check your finger placement on the home row, you've lost a 10-spell string. Then, in the heat of things, you immediately have to reassess what happened and write it faster than you normally do to catch up with what is now going on - because now your 6 seconds behind.
Control decks are the hardest to make interesting and decifer the thoughts and minds of the players, but combo decks are the hardest to keep up with (unless it's friggin' Mind's Desire; all that shuffling is helpful).
It sucks, but it's understandable.
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