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[Alec Benson Leary]

I still have a bunch of my old cards from when I played years ago. I had a great squirrel deck that would overwhelm the opponent with massive numbers of squirrel tokens. I think I may update my strategy by crossing out every instance of "squirrel" on my cards and writing "islamist" in its place with sharpie and only addressing my opponent as "Europe". That wouldn't get me kicked out of a tournament, would it?

 

[Ebonic Tutor]

I still have a bunch of my old cards from when I played years ago. I had a great squirrel deck that would overwhelm the opponent with massive numbers of squirrel tokens. I think I may update my strategy by crossing out every instance of "squirrel" on my cards and writing "islamist" in its place with sharpie and only addressing my opponent as "Europe". That wouldn't get me kicked out of a tournament, would it?

It's not legal in any format though. (it's from the newest un-set)

Edit: probably would get you kicked out too.

 

[Fervent Champion]

Honestly you can tilt some people just from playing a deck that isn't top tier and doing well. I can't count how often people get mad losing to Eldrazi Tron or 4 Color Death's Shadow if they're playing humans in modern.

 

[Barracuda Joe]

Honestly you can tilt some people just from playing a deck that isn't top tier and doing well. I can't count how often people get mad losing to Eldrazi Tron or 4 Color Death's Shadow if they're playing humans in modern.

I'm still trying to make my u/b treasure/artifact gimmick deck faster since that kind of *literally never needs to hit you* deck infuriates some people. When you Siren's Ruse your prosperous pirates like twice in the same turn, get 2 free card draws and suddenly have 6 artifacts and deadeye plunderers on-field with mechanized and revel synergizing...you are sooo close to playing unstable tier stuff in standard. Also...TEZZERET BAYBEEE. Also, should we talk about the Quartering/Unsleeved Media going off the deep end post-ban?

 

[Noose]

Hold on guys I'm gonna tap Dvarboriongalebo the Dwarf for 5 forest, you have to discard 4 cards fgt.

 

[Barracuda Joe]

I think this thread-idea would work a bit better as more of a compilation of WotC exceptional individuals, honestly. It's not hard to mock the stereotypical (but relatively prevalent) TCG sperg, bit most of the 'tism seems to happen either in WotC, or on youtube among big channels (Tolarian, Lion) etc.

 

[Harlan Wick]

My LGS died because of MtG spergry, autism, and shitty fantasy art. I would include links to the shit this guy passed off as "art" for a cringy laugh but given I live in a 1/4 horse town it would pretty much dox me.

Anyways, my local LGS was originally run by an older couple and because they were the only LGS in town it was the only place one could meet to play MtG, D&D, Warhammer, and the like. There were two types of gaming nights casual and competitive. Casual nights usually drew out the guys that had a night off from the family and just wanted some fun. Competitive nights drew out the spergs that would tell you, in great detail, how they would build a turn one Wrath of God deck. Gaming night rules were simple, no basic hygiene, no manners or self control, no gaming that week. You could come in and buy shit but you couldn't play. 98% of the fuckwits figured this out and it fairly well.

Then the couple sell the business to the Artist. Somehow this dipshit came up with enough money to buy the place. Best way to sum up the Artist is he thought he was the next Stephen King and Frank Frazetta rolled into one. He then hires his friends to work there, people more concerned about MAGA hats and pronouns than ringing up sales. The spergs love this at first because they can purge the impure by use of the M word. Casual gaming nights are dropped and a win at all costs attitude is adopted for MtG and Warhammer the money drain. Finally the cherry on this shit sundae was placed when a LARP group, made up of 60% of the town's atheism plus community, was invited to play at the store.

Fast forward 20 months later and the store is a mess. Friday night Magic ended months earlier due to the Artist being too busy with his breakout master piece. The staff is reduced to the Artist and his stupidly loyal friend as the rest discover you can't pay the rent when you're not getting paid. The LARP group imploded because social skills of a komodo dragon and polyamory is surprisingly not a good mix. Also it came out that the Artist was robbing Visa to pay Mastercard to keep the store open. Backed into a corner he had no choice but to release his master piece on Indiegogo as the only way to save his business. His master piece brought in less than $50. So the landlord and the creditors give him the boot and sex toy store that went into the same spot is stuck trying to unload a bunch of gaming crap.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

This is really pathetic of WOTC:

I'd understand provocative usernames that involve slurs, but this is a new low.
>Name "Magic Aids" is a play on "Study Aids"
>WOTC sees it as "Magic the Gathering is AIDS"
>Bans guy without any warning or asking to change his name, takes a few days to explain why he was even banned.
>Guy has always been neutral, and rarely ever got involved with the politics/drama like Jeremy would.

The slippery slope is getting worse and worse I tell ya.

 

[Barracuda Joe]

My LGS died because of MtG spergry, autism, and shitty fantasy art. I would include links to the shit this guy passed off as "art" for a cringy laugh but given I live in a 1/4 horse town it would pretty much dox me.

Anyways, my local LGS was originally run by an older couple and because they were the only LGS in town it was the only place one could meet to play MtG, D&D, Warhammer, and the like. There were two types of gaming nights casual and competitive. Casual nights usually drew out the guys that had a night off from the family and just wanted some fun. Competitive nights drew out the spergs that would tell you, in great detail, how they would build a turn one Wrath of God deck. Gaming night rules were simple, no basic hygiene, no manners or self control, no gaming that week. You could come in and buy shit but you couldn't play. 98% of the fuckwits figured this out and it fairly well.

Then the couple sell the business to the Artist. Somehow this dipshit came up with enough money to buy the place. Best way to sum up the Artist is he thought he was the next Stephen King and Frank Frazetta rolled into one. He then hires his friends to work there, people more concerned about MAGA hats and pronouns than ringing up sales. The spergs love this at first because they can purge the impure by use of the M word. Casual gaming nights are dropped and a win at all costs attitude is adopted for MtG and Warhammer the money drain. Finally the cherry on this shit sundae was placed when a LARP group, made up of 60% of the town's atheism plus community, was invited to play at the store.

Fast forward 20 months later and the store is a mess. Friday night Magic ended months earlier due to the Artist being too busy with his breakout master piece. The staff is reduced to the Artist and his stupidly loyal friend as the rest discover you can't pay the rent when you're not getting paid. The LARP group imploded because social skills of a komodo dragon and polyamory is surprisingly not a good mix. Also it came out that the Artist was robbing Visa to pay Mastercard to keep the store open. Backed into a corner he had no choice but to release his master piece on Indiegogo as the only way to save his business. His master piece brought in less than $50. So the landlord and the creditors give him the boot and sex toy store that went into the same spot is stuck trying to unload a bunch of gaming crap.

That sucks dude. Honestly if there's a venue there or a neighboring city (pizza places particularly), it's usually not a bad idea to ask for a backroom to be rented out for actually playing the game. Considering the shitshow that was your LGS and the fact that it imploded, there's literally no reason to not by singles/boosters/supplies online. Plus, if it's a pizza joint they might be super cool with you using the place as long as you buy something/bring in potential customers.

 

[Harlan Wick]

There's a bar that a few of us get together and play at. The patrons and the bouncer scare the socially awkward from coming in and playing. Also beer and MtG is a not bad mix.

 

[TheMonkeyMan]

I heard that there was some drama over someone in the Magic community getting banned from Twitter, does anyone have any info on this?

 

[Fervent Champion]

When did it happen? Wouldn't surprise me, but I've not heard of any MTG spergs getting the Twitter ax today.

 

[TheMonkeyMan]

It was pretty recent. From what I've heard, it was a troon who was calling for the death of TERFs?

 

[Fervent Champion]

I missed that entirely. I was too busy enjoying the salt from the Deathrite ban. Was it a troon or a "content creator"?

Also, on the subject of Deathrite, you can likely find some good deals on Legacy staples if the waves of butthurt I've been see are correct.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

I heard that there was some drama over someone in the Magic community getting banned from Twitter, does anyone have any info on this?

When did it happen? Wouldn't surprise me, but I've not heard of any MTG spergs getting the Twitter ax today.

It was pretty recent. From what I've heard, it was a troon who was calling for the death of TERFs?

I don't know anything about that in particular, though I did post a video in Boogie's thread about some controversy going on between him and WotC.

However, because it's a video from Jeremy, I'm very hesitant to watch it when I know how sensationalist the guy can be.

 

[Belligerent Monk]

I still have a bunch of my old cards from when I played years ago. I had a great squirrel deck that would overwhelm the opponent with massive numbers of squirrel tokens. I think I may update my strategy by crossing out every instance of "squirrel" on my cards and writing "islamist" in its place with sharpie and only addressing my opponent as "Europe". That wouldn't get me kicked out of a tournament, would it?

It's not legal in any format though. (it's from the newest un-set)

Edit: probably would get you kicked out too.

I'd argue though that MtG is, as The Quartering so succintly put it, the most exciting game to play and the most boring one to watch largely in part because we don't really get to see these crazy decks in major streams.

I would relish the opportunity to see a major stream where aside maybe from deck size limits there was a wild-west kind of mentality where we get to see these really crazy decks highlighted in play with pros who have been around forever. BFM, Knights of the Hokey Pokey, all legal... that would be great.

 

[DiceLord]

I'd argue though that MtG is, as The Quartering so succintly put it, the most exciting game to play and the most boring one to watch largely in part because we don't really get to see these crazy decks in major streams.

I would relish the opportunity to see a major stream where aside maybe from deck size limits there was a wild-west kind of mentality where we get to see these really crazy decks highlighted in play with pros who have been around forever. BFM, Knights of the Hokey Pokey, all legal... that would be great.

I think that staleness is why Seth from Mtggoldfish gets the amount of love that he does. Everyone loves to watch a spicy brew

 

[Burning Fanatic]

There's a channel called the Aether Hub, which mainly deals with giving the sparknotes of MTG's lore and current stories. He had like two highlight clips of him playing MTG Arena on his channel, and the one I watched was titled along the lines of, "TREASURE FAIL!" I was expecting him or his opponent to incorrectly play his treasures, but instead, the video was just him losing to a guy playing Revel in Riches. Rather than playing it out, he gloated about folding right before the upkeep trigger as to deny his opponent from winning through that card.

The video has since then been deleted (makes ya wonder why that is), but boy, did that annoy me quite a bit. I hate players that can't just play out a game, and instead, concede only when things are getting good for their opponent. Such a bitch-move to pull.

 

[Ebonic Tutor]

There's a channel called the Aether Hub, which mainly deals with giving the sparknotes of MTG's lore and current stories. He had like two highlight clips of him playing MTG Arena on his channel, and the one I watched was titled along the lines of, "TREASURE FAIL!" I was expecting him or his opponent to incorrectly play his treasures, but instead, the video was just him losing to a guy playing Revel in Riches. Rather than playing it out, he gloated about folding right before the upkeep trigger as to deny his opponent from winning through that card.

The video has since then been deleted (makes ya wonder why that is), but boy, did that annoy me quite a bit. I hate players that can't just play out a game, and instead, concede only when things are getting good for their opponent. Such a bitch-move to pull.

Eh, IRL if you know you are about lose you tend to scoop before it actually happens. It's not like they are literally taking a win away from them or anything.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

Eh, IRL if you know you are about lose you tend to scoop before it actually happens. It's not like they are literally taking a win away from them or anything.

Reread what I wrote.

"He had like two highlight clips..."
Are you seriously telling me that somebody scooping before their opponent wins, and then gloating about it is really some sort of highlight?