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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 4:31AM
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Thank you for putting in the one line bios, bubba0077. That was one thing (why were these people selected?) I wanted to know when reading over the announcement and it was strange that it was not there.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 5:21AM
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Congrats and good luck, though I doubt you'll need it to beat that lot again...
Thanks for the Bios bubba, I didn't know most of these people, but I guess that's mostly because I barely have time to play MTGO, much less watch streams and listen to podcasts :P
Also, have fun on your second trip, bubba. This time it should be less hasty and rushed than your previous experience.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 5:55AM
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One of the things that I would like to personally do is get a list of topics that you would like for me to speak with the staff about(with their approval) and try to setup some interviews. This is something that Erik did( puremtgo.com/coverage/community_cup) as he cared about the future of the game and making sure your voices were heard. I'm assuming I will need to have the questions approved ahead of time so the sooner you get them to me the better. I guess the best thing to do would be to post them in this thread or you can send me a direct message on the forums. I will compile the list and then send them over to WOTC for approval. Good luck. You're going to need it!
May the trash talking begin!
I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?
Sorry that is the only account that I use and I was not aware that our twitter names were going to be used so heavily with the cup. In the spirit of the cup I will however agree to greatly reduce any sort of business posts until the cup is over.(I will still have to tell people when we have RTR in stock for instance.) You can also reach me on my MTGO name wilmheath.
 Cape Fear Games located in Wilmington, NC. Get 20% extra MTGO credit for your paper cards.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 7:19AM
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The community team for this year has been announced. This thread is to discuss the announcement of the team, reaction to the formats/structure, and build excitement. Separate thread(s) will be created for community deckbuilding help when the constructed format(s) are announced.
2012 Community Team Members
Jon Loucks - @jonloucks
Limited Resources cast member.
Neale Talbot - @wrongwaygoback
Creator of the Wrong Way Go Back Magic blog network.
Jessie Smith - @Smi77y
The Eh Team cast member and SCG writer.
Heath Newton - @MTGOTraders
Creator/sponsor of PureMTGO.
Conley Woods - @Conley81
Channel Fireball writer and Magic Pro.
Jackie Lee - @JackieL33
Competitive up-and-comer, writer, streamer and card alterer who has also helped expose and stand up to misogyny in the Magic community.
James Turner - @James_LRR
LoadingReadyRun comedy group member, including the Friday Nights series.
Walter Kolczynski - @bubba0077
That's me. I'm VCL for the Magic and Magic Online boards.
Congrats to all, especially Heath (finally for him) and Walter (for being the first repeat!)
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 8:02AM
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Thanks for the bios. These REALLY need to be on the main page though. Other than Conley, none of the names are familiar.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 8:17AM
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Woo hoo! Congrats to all! Tickeld pink at some of the names there, especially bubba, Heath, & Jackie... Kick ass and bring home the Hammy!
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Raoul Duke
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 9:02AM
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Congratulations to everyone who got selected. It looks like a good team, I'm going to have to check out some of those articles/streams as I only recognise a couple of the names. 
I've bought the cards and made a deck Now how do I win at this?
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 9:45AM
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Neale Talbot - you picked a bad example for Necrotic Ooze  with Arms Dealer  - it's a reprint! I do appreciate the sentiment though...
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 10:55AM
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- Momir Magic Maker
- Grrr baby, very grrr
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Congrats and good luck to the whole team, with an extra slice of goodness to Heath and Bubba.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 19, 2012 - 4:19PM
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- with a lance and a windmill to tilt
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Well, Bubba is a 'bot, so he's not the first repeat player. I mean no human can be online as much as he is, especially on MTGO. So, he is the first repeat AI.  I'm also glad to see Heath on here, it's nice to see some familiar names from the boards, and Heath represents a sub-community of people who are truly economically-invested into MTGO which I think needs to be represented at these sort of events. The one thing I'd like to see, and I know budgeting is a concern, is a more global team going forward. I'm not sure if there's a way to hold a companion event in relation with both a European and Asian community audience -- but the contributions of both sides of the world bring a lot to the MTGO experience, and I think a bit of that should be reflected here. Maybe somewhere in those last two sentences is a good question for Heath to ask while he's up there. Anyway, best of luck to you all. And even if you don't win (and you just know WotC is due ...), have as much fun as you can while being forced to wear pants. Later, Don!
A failure to plan, is a plan to fail.
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