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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Juri » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:35 am

I think I actually enjoyed this format enough to run it back, so will probably try to schedule a 2nd event on GG sometime in the future. The guys from offsite i organised this first draft with have all been scared off
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Post by Khaos » Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:21 pm

i probably wont have access to my computer or steam till next weekend. could you maybe let quart know?

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Post by catonkeyboard » Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:52 pm

Juri wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:18 am those games were sick khaos, thanks for participating in what turned out to be a really awesome draft
Khaos draft isn't just a way to get rid of extra packs, it's also the best format.
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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by seathesee » Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:07 pm

Juri wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:40 am The Arena updater stopped working one day, and I just stopped playing MTGA instead of fixing it

Also I don't think I qualified in the end
oh bummer. arena is a pretty temperamental program in my experience too.

went 3-3 after not practicing the format enough and changing decks 10 p.m. the night before the event because i decided the decks i had been playing with were not cutting it with the way the meta is shaping up. it was fun, though!
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Post by Khaos » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:18 pm

i just realized i could have ulamog'd your sleep-hero because ulamog is still on the stack when the exile trigger resolves.

that cube was hard (fun)

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Post by Juri » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:54 pm

Khaos wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:18 pm i just realized i could have ulamog'd your sleep-hero because ulamog is still on the stack when the exile trigger resolves.

that cube was hard (fun)
lol awesome

yeah the complexity of gamestates in that cube is totally off the hook it breaks your brain sequencing some turns. i've never played onto so many on-board tricks in my damn life

i'm really shocked that the games were actually so much fun to play
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Post by Juri » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:56 pm

Khaos wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:21 pm i probably wont have access to my computer or steam till next weekend. could you maybe let quart know?
it looks like i didnt get to this message in a timely fashion, but he doesnt appear worried about it so its all good
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Post by Khaos » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:30 am

i finally played against quart, game 1 they conceded turn 1 to my fastbond ulamog nonsense

game 2 went slightly longer before i banefired them for 24

i also forgot to put kikijiki and pestermite in my deck

so whats the final record for everyone? i think its a 3 way tie

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Post by Juri » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:10 am

me and daria are 4-1 each, snood is like 0-5, maha is 2-3 quart is 2-3 or 1-4 or something. id have to go back and check
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Post by Juri » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:10 am

nice work khaos
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Post by Khaos » Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:02 am

yeah i think my only loss was to aeldaar

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Post by Shiny Days » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:20 pm

Juri wrote:me and daria are 4-1 each, snood is like 0-5, maha is 2-3 quart is 2-3 or 1-4 or something. id have to go back and check
that's so snood

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Post by seathesee » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:55 pm

i just had a game on arena, where it was my beginning of attack phase. my opponent had nothing in hand, but a creature with an activated ability they could activate. on their priority, the game stalls. i waited a while until the rope should have shown, then think "uh oh my game fucked up."

from time to time, my connection will go bad, i will disconnect, and the game basically freezes. this will always be fixed when i exit, restart, and am reconnected to the game (usually with me roping and a few timeouts gone).

this time i was not reconnected to the game. "oh shit," i think, "i somehow got a loss for this." nope. the game just never happened. im now wondering if i fell asleep, dreamed about playing half a game of theros beyond death draft, and woke up. no new wins and no new losses. this has never happened to me.

i get that this is probably a horribly boring story, but i am absolutely flummoxed. ive played a lot of arena in my days. never.
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Post by Khaos » Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:09 pm

i think that probably happened. im sure i had a game where both heads exploded when i joined a game and it didnt count for anything

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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:37 pm

oh i forgot to mention that you should ask for comp

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Post by drk » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:10 pm

Khaos wrote:oh i forgot to mention that you should ask for comp
No you didn't!

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Post by Juri » Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:39 pm

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I like this reprint art
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:02 pm

That's cool art
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm

i cant stop working on cubes you guys
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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:35 pm

i like this idiot

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just hurl some rocks
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Post by Doug » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:19 pm

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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:22 pm

Doug wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:19 pm Each land has only one rock
its on like, a little pedestal

look see
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you can't hurl just ANY rock, man
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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:23 pm

climbing for days to the top of the ancient mountain to attain the Designated Throwing Rock and pelt it directly at your rival's head
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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:30 pm

Can't believe i died with the Swordtooth on NINE permanents. Little fucker.
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Post by the_zoomies » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:38 pm

Aside from the obvious, "Almost Got 'em" joke, (I'm super embarrassed to admit I care), but bloody handprints is so clearly RG.

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Post by the_zoomies » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:40 pm

Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm i cant stop working on cubes you guys
I made a joke sentence including one, four and nine before remembering that those are squares. It may be time for me to quit trying to discuss math with Jeb

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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:40 pm

the_zoomies wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:40 pm
Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm i cant stop working on cubes you guys
I made a joke sentence including one, four and nine before remembering that those are squares. It may be time for me to quit trying to discuss math with Jeb
Please continue to make math jokes with full confidence that I am too uneducated to understand if you get anything wrong while doing so
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Post by Doug » Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:10 pm

Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm i cant stop working on cubes you guys
Those Russian videos that are all clips?
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Post by Juri » Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:16 pm

Doug wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:10 pm
Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm i cant stop working on cubes you guys
Those Russian videos that are all clips?
im not sure i know what these are
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Re: Random Magic Discussion Thread

Post by Doug » Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:41 pm

Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:16 pm
Doug wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:10 pm
Juri wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:32 pm i cant stop working on cubes you guys
Those Russian videos that are all clips?
im not sure i know what these are
Well there's a category of YouTube video that are just compilations of 10-second clips, for example "fails" or like a boss" or "watch someone die inside" and so on. The idea being that you can just veg out while you watch clip after clip

Well one series is called "cubes" for some reason. The thing about the cubes ones is that the thumbnail is almost always a hot chick, who represents about 10 seconds of the entire video. The vast majority of the video will go like this: awesome snowboard trick; car wreck; guy makes a basket from full court; son startles mom; dog does something funny; really good cosplay; ship hits reef; guy flips over cups really fast; etc.

In the middle of this, hot chick jounces for 10 seconds

And it's called a cube for some reason
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