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1 year ago ::
May 02, 2012 - 2:15PM
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This thread is to discuss Pro Tour Avacyn Restored, which begins Friday, May 11. The three-day live video webcast begins at 3 a.m. ET on Friday. To find the start time in your time zone, visit the webcast home page. The Pro Tour formats are Innistrad/Avacyn Restored Block Constructed and Avacyn Restored Booster Draft, with a Block Constructed Top 8.
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1 year ago ::
May 07, 2012 - 4:19PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 14, 2012
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sweet
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 3:47AM
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I am watching the stream and I can literally count the pixels on the screen. During the deck tech with Conley, BDM was holding cards towards the cam and most of them were hardly recognizeable. It's even worse when the cam moves arround. What is this, 2002 ? Props for increasing the coverage staff and everything but all goes down the drain if the quality of the primary channel to the viewers is as low as this.
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 9:32AM
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Date Joined:
May 11, 2012
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I watched Jurkovic with my own eyes use Restoration Angel to blink his Sigarda, which should be an illegal target. Did anyone catch this and correct the situation?
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 11:52AM
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Bring back Ashas Favor+Brakenwater Elemental!
Also, how did the guy in the tournament center intro get harvester of souls in play?
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1 year ago ::
May 11, 2012 - 2:20PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 21, 2010
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Nasif just won a game 1, with only 9 minutes left in the match. He was clearly stalling, stack shuffling either 5 or 6 times between the round. People were saying how nice Nasif is, but that was obviously some gamesmanship, trying to run out the round. That is a tactic that I strongly dislike, and I think it's bad form.
I am loving the coverage though. Very good quality. My only suggestion would be a camera-rail rig, where you can position the camera over any table in the room.
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1 year ago ::
May 12, 2012 - 9:23AM
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Date Joined:
May 27, 2006
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Nasif just won a game 1, with only 9 minutes left in the match. He was clearly stalling, stack shuffling either 5 or 6 times between the round. People were saying how nice Nasif is, but that was obviously some gamesmanship, trying to run out the round. That is a tactic that I strongly dislike, and I think it's bad form.
That's just bs. You need to shuffle properly even if there's not much time left on the clock. He mulliganed several times, and there was nothing strange about those mulligans either since the viewers could see his draws and they were definitely bad.
So no, players aren't obliged to do poor shuffles and lose just because the round is about to end.
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1 year ago ::
May 12, 2012 - 9:42AM
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Dec 25, 2009
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He got a warning for shuffling for more than 3 minutes he then also argued with the judge for some time. He also argued with the opponent if he used white mana from the Cavern of Souls  . He did try to stall the game and eventualy he did succed in that.
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1 year ago ::
May 12, 2012 - 10:46AM
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Jul 28, 2008
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Great show! What I'd love to see added is some more footage from the "floor". Just walk through the hall and do something like quick interviews or simply show the people sitting at their 140ish tables. It gives that PT feeling, that you miss so much if you have experienced before. =]
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1 year ago ::
May 12, 2012 - 11:24AM
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Jul 21, 2010
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That's just bs. You need to shuffle properly even if there's not much time left on the clock. He mulliganed several times, and there was nothing strange about those mulligans either since the viewers could see his draws and they were definitely bad.
So no, players aren't obliged to do poor shuffles and lose just because the round is about to end.
Yeah, I agree that shuffling is key, especially after a long game like that one, but his opponenent had sided, shuffled, and presented the deck for cut two minutes before Nasif was even warned by the table judge. Then, Nasif continued to shuffle while they were waiting on the event judge. It wasn't really that Nasif broke the three minute rule, it was that he did it so blatently. As for the mulligans, I agree, except when he was at five cards.
My original point was that if he wanted to be shady, which he clearly was, he should have taken a couple of mulligans. Even with a fine hand, shuffling on a mulligan isn't included in the three minute rule between rounds. It's still bad form, but he played an excellent game one.
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