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Topic: The Post for Magic Stuff, Part XLI
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yakusoku
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posted September 07, 2010 10:19 AM
      
It was the kind of crowd that would flock to an Unhinged release party. In other words, they were far, FAR more concerned about building decks and having fun, particularly with crazy Unhinged mechanics like playing under the table or with shoes than worrying about getting a basic land. Every single round I played, I got people questioning me, as they just couldn't understand why I would sacrifice fun for money.
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Bruised
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posted September 07, 2010 11:40 AM
 
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Originally posted by yakusoku:
It was the kind of crowd that would flock to an Unhinged release party. In other words, they were far, FAR more concerned about building decks and having fun, particularly with crazy Unhinged mechanics like playing under the table or with shoes than worrying about getting a basic land. Every single round I played, I got people questioning me, as they just couldn't understand why I would sacrifice fun for money.
I don't want to poo-poo on your choice of hobbies, but if you aren't playing Magic for fun, you are probably doing it wrong. Let's build this financial portfolio for you. 4 hours of scooping to net 41 unhinged lands works out to a shade more than 10 an hour. However, once you factor in the payment for the draft you end up with something approaching minimum wage, seems like a sound investment to me. It must've been fun to draft Zendikar with you.
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hilikuS
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posted September 07, 2010 11:55 AM
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Originally posted by Bruised:
I don't want to poo-poo on your choice of hobbies, but if you aren't playing Magic for fun, you are probably doing it wrong. Let's build this financial portfolio for you. 4 hours of scooping to net 41 unhinged lands works out to a shade more than 10 an hour. However, once you factor in the payment for the draft you end up with something approaching minimum wage, seems like a sound investment to me. It must've been fun to draft Zendikar with you.
I think it was more like basically paying the fee to buy some Unhinged lands. Then you can deck them, and have fun looking at your awesome lands. __________________
Originally posted by Gawain:
Have you HAD gravy???
[Edited 1 times, lastly by hilikuS on September 07, 2010]
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-PoX-
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posted September 07, 2010 01:19 PM
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Originally posted by OGB:
You don't need to be super rich to make the world worse, -PoX-. You're doing a great job as is.
I try my best but I have to admit it would be a lot harder without you helping me out. Thanks!
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OGB
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posted September 07, 2010 01:23 PM
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Originally posted by -PoX-:
I try my best but I have to admit it would be a lot harder without you helping me out. Thanks!
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Myy
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posted September 07, 2010 01:47 PM
cigam
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gaeacradle
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posted September 07, 2010 02:51 PM
So DoJ is the new FOIL Player's Reward card. I guess I'm glad I haven't played in many tournaments lately.
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stu55
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posted September 07, 2010 03:48 PM
Ugh, another Stone idiot trying to pack to power here at CMU...did I overreact when I told him I hated him? I think not personally...
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Eatatjoes
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posted September 07, 2010 03:56 PM
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Originally posted by gaeacradle:
So DoJ is the new FOIL Player's Reward card. I guess I'm glad I haven't played in many tournaments lately.
What a disapointment Wrath of god (awesome)
Damnation (awesome)
Cryptic command (awesome)
Lightning bolt (not bad, not awesome)
Day of judgement (i dont think anyone is excited about this)
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thror
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posted September 07, 2010 04:11 PM
Guys, stop whining about free stuff. It's free, and this one isn't a common. The other 2 textless cards are Doom Blade and Brave the Elements. Overall, could have certainly been worse.
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caquaa
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posted September 08, 2010 12:20 AM
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Originally posted by yakusoku:
After you are finished drafting, you play other people in your same pod. This isn't like football or baseball, where you can play others outside of your group
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Not all TOs are aware of this and I have seen both violations of pod drafting.
Tournament rules: 7.6 Draft Pod Assembly
For Booster Draft and Team Rochester Draft tournaments, players assemble into drafting circles (called pods) of roughly equal size at the direction of the Head Judge. Tournament officials then distribute identical sets of booster packs to each player.
Players within a pod may play only against other players within that pod. In Regular REL tournaments, the Tournament Organizer may elect to lift this restriction. This must be announced before the tournament starts.
Players may not communicate in any way with, or reveal hidden information to, other individuals during a draft, apart from tournament officials. This applies as soon as the draft pod pairings are posted and lasts until players hand in their decklists.
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Timmyhill
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posted September 08, 2010 04:12 AM
I wasnt sure where to ask so the post for magic stuff will have to do. How does pre selling cards work say for Scars of Mirrodin? Do these people buy a few cases rip them open in a frenzy when they come in then mail out the cards? Or is there more to it? For example when you see a pre sale on ebay for a playset of Scars... how do they know they will get a whole playset?
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wayne
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posted September 08, 2010 04:34 AM
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Originally posted by Timmyhill:
I wasnt sure where to ask so the post for magic stuff will have to do. How does pre selling cards work say for Scars of Mirrodin? Do these people buy a few cases rip them open in a frenzy when they come in then mail out the cards? Or is there more to it? For example when you see a pre sale on ebay for a playset of Scars... how do they know they will get a whole playset?
If it is by a shop, I'm guessing they open enough cases for a playset. If it is by an individual, maybe he plays in a lot of flights / does a lot of trading / opens a lot of boxes.
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JoshSherman
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posted September 08, 2010 10:09 AM
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Originally posted by caquaa and yakusoku:
stuff
Thanks, guys! Can either of you explain how to make pods work in WER? __________________
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yakusoku
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posted September 08, 2010 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by caquaa:
Tournament rules:In Regular REL tournaments, the Tournament Organizer may elect to lift this restriction. This must be announced before the tournament starts.
Thanks. I was unaware of that. However, it seems that the TO at the time was still not operating correctly as we only found out after drafting and when we were paired up that we were doing cross-pod pairings. It's not particularly shocking, since this was the same place where I complained that someone was blatantly stacking his deck in front of me and the response was, "Well, if you think he's cheating, just shuffle up his deck before he draws his opening hand." quote:
Thanks, guys! Can either of you explain how to make pods work in WER?
I would read through the Reporter Guide (www.wizards.com/dci/downloads/DCI_Reporter_guide.pdf)first. I think that has information on creating pods within one event.
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OGB
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posted September 08, 2010 01:03 PM
I don't understand how so many idiots have come out of the woodwork recently and have found their way to MOTL.__________________
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stu55
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posted September 08, 2010 01:25 PM
How many elspeth vs tezz decks are too many?
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OGB
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posted September 08, 2010 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by stu55:
How many elspeth vs tezz decks are too many?
At what price point?
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yakusoku
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posted September 08, 2010 01:50 PM
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Originally posted by stu55:
How many elspeth vs tezz decks are too many?
Depends what you want. I wanted 1 Swords to Plowshares and 1 Elspeth (for my cube), so one EvT actually surpasses my needs. If you wanted a playset of StP, then you clearly need 2. If you wanted a playset of Elspeth, you need 4. If you wanted to hoard them for your own personal collection or to speculate on them rising above MSRP, then that's entirely up to you, but you should know that they're available at Walmart, so it's not like there's a shortage of them.
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Myy
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posted September 08, 2010 02:00 PM
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Originally posted by yakusoku:
If you wanted a playset of StP, then you clearly need 4.
doesn't it come with 2 StP?
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yakusoku
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posted September 08, 2010 02:11 PM
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Originally posted by Myy:
doesn't it come with 2 StP?
I was thinking faster than I was typing. I was past the StP and thinking of Elspeth already 2 for StP and 4 for Elspeth.
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thror
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posted September 08, 2010 02:19 PM
4 is a good number. Gets you the new Mishra's factory, elspeth, swords, and some swords to trade away.
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stu55
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posted September 08, 2010 05:09 PM
so not 36?
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Bugger
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posted September 08, 2010 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by stu55:
so not 36?
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(Humans) are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just self-congratulatory delusion. Next Question."
-- Michael Crichton, The Lost World
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caquaa
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posted September 08, 2010 05:48 PM
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Originally posted by yakusoku:
Thanks. I was unaware of that. However, it seems that the TO at the time was still not operating correctly as we only found out after drafting and when we were paired up that we were doing cross-pod pairings.
yes, but at the same time is more of a "common knowledge" thing for most FNM or lower level events. While it doesn't fall directly inline with the rules, its also generally accepted that most stores running drafts don't do strict draft pods unless they are large enough to do 8 man drafts all night. My FNM sees between 8 (or under) up to 12ish (yes, that sad.) This means doing two flights of 8 would be impossible and cross pairing pods of 6 just makes sense. If you aren't making deck lists or playing with stamped cards I'd suspect cross pod pairing will happen.
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