The weekend begins with being let out of work early Thursday afternoon, with my car already packed, I hit 81S for roughly six hours. I drive by Philadelphia and then Baltimore before arriving in Washington, DC. One of my good friends and former roommates from college, Chris, greets me at his ...
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Ah, tournament nights. Those with electric sparkles in the air, with a pressure so strong it pushes everyone to their limits, aggravated by the strong winds outside? A shiver of survival where the tension is so dense it’s palpable? You don’t have to be in the hundreds for such a ...
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GP Lille is in the books and what a blast it was! Close to 1700 Legacy aficionados battled for the crown in this year’s only European Legacy Grand Prix over three days. The weekend was full of trials, side events and the intense 15 round swiss main event which was followed by a Top 8...
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I begin the weekend by getting out of work early due to the holiday weekend, pick up Nick Patnode, and we’re on the road. The trip isn’t long, just under four hours, mostly just sing-a-longs and figuring out strategies for the weekend. We get to Worcester hours before our friends ...
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The trip down to Tales of Adventure in Pennsylvania wasn’t as bad as his first event, where I spent most of the morning wonder why I woke up at six and slightly hungover. On the bright side, I did manage to top 8 as did my ride — Brian Finlayson-Schueler. Brian offered to drive again,...
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The trip down was a little rough, having to leave Syracuse the night after my job’s holiday party by 7AM wasn’t ideal. Brian Finlayson-Schueler, Nick Patnode, and myself made decent time on the way down — Brian was nice enough to offer to drive. Honestly, if he didn’t I ...
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For the last few large events I’ve gone to (mainly Star City Games events), I’ve been avoiding my classic Tendrils of Agony playmat for two reasons. The first reason being that it directly telegraphs what I’m playing for those who don’t know. Although, I’ll admit, ...
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I had been practicing counting to twenty for weeks leading up to Star City Games: Washington, DC. I felt that I had lost some of my skills, because of this I ran the deck in weekly local events for three weeks where I normally opt to play something else. I also piloted The EPIC Storm...
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Friday was miserable, there is simply no other way to put it. With storm Nemo on the horizon, when I awoke for work I knew it was going to be a tough day. Since when does society name snowstorms? If they continue this, I just hope the next one is Dory. Anyway, I left work...
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For a long time in Syracuse weekly events I had been playing a different deck every week trying to dodge metagame hate, as well as play the best deck possible for the event. This all changed when my work schedule changed for the holidays, I get home too late to have time to spend looking...
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The alarm went off at 7AM and the day had finally come — the last Jupiter Games NELC qualifier! All I had to do that day was beat one man, Eli Kassis. In case you don’t know going into this event, I had 35 points and Eli had 33. I needed to at least tie...
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The night before was my birthday, I went downtown with a few Magic players &mdaash; it was a good time. Luckily, I was in tip-top condition to sling cardboard the next day! Jon Quackenbush picked me up in the morning, we headed over to Adam Phillips’ place where we met up with Phillips and Tariq...
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