As of about 30min ago I got to 3rd in state piloting Esper control. Videos of the first round in top 8 will be posted tonight, but the second round the battery died and I lost to weak draws against godly aggro draws.
This is for Idaho btw.
Very nice!! Congrats!
Sweet!! Congrats man! How many players? What were the prizes?
32 players. That was unusual, I anticpated closer to 100 based on past events. However only 2 or 3 o the big dogs were missing.
I got 9 packs the mat and 10 pro points. First gets a champ mat, a plack, 32 packs, and an invite to a $50,000 first place event.
Game 2 of round 1 recorded by Dillon on my phone. Game 1 is on his phone
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=gWXyLbIri-w&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgWXyLbIri-w%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player
This video showcases my aggro sideboard as well as one of the 4 custom tokens I drew at 4 am last night.
I realy want to do a non lgs tourney I think I'm ready, I've only done drafts limited standard game days prerelease ect at several lgs at semi competative invirments. I also placed 1st on Friday with jund and 1st the previous Friday with junk rites
Congratz man! Nice tokens/mat. Only suggestion is to have your friend tape it from above so I can see what is happening! That's really cool, best of luck in future competitive endeavors. Down with aggro!
Congrats man! I'm doing states today and its my first actual tournament. Any advice to a tourney like this?
That's a damn nice mat!
Have a good side board
Congrats man!!!
He couldnt do from above in that setting.
As for advice, keep your goal in mind. Dont doubt yourself even for a second. The human brain is very good at problem solving on it's own, so if you set a clear goal your brain will think of every possible way to meet that goal. I told that to Dillon at fnm on friday when he said "it's gunna happen again, ill get to the last match and choke." He changed his thought process and got 5-0 when that last match was a losing match up.
Thanks for the props on the token and mat, I did the tokens pretty fast, but the mat took a very long time. We're thinking of using it as the template for the team mat which we'll get actually printed.
Quote from: Kaleo42 on May 19, 2013, 12:35:10 PM
He couldnt do from above in that setting.
As for advice, keep your goal in mind. Dont doubt yourself even for a second. The human brain is very good at problem solving on it's own, so if you set a clear goal your brain will think of every possible way to meet that goal. I told that to Dillon at fnm on friday when he said "it's gunna happen again, ill get to the last match and choke." He changed his thought process and got 5-0 when that last match was a losing match up.
Thanks for the props on the token and mat, I did the tokens pretty fast, but the mat took a very long time. We're thinking of using it as the template for the team mat which we'll get actually printed.
This for advice. It's very easy to psych yourself out of a win. Also, have a good attitude even when losing. Jon Finkel still loses but doesn't throw his deck across the room. Also, if its shaping up to be a long tournament, stay away from energy drinks like red bull. The crash will definitely affect your game.
Quote from: Kaleo42 on May 19, 2013, 12:35:10 PM
He couldnt do from above in that setting.
As for advice, keep your goal in mind. Dont doubt yourself even for a second. The human brain is very good at problem solving on it's own, so if you set a clear goal your brain will think of every possible way to meet that goal. I told that to Dillon at fnm on friday when he said "it's gunna happen again, ill get to the last match and choke." He changed his thought process and got 5-0 when that last match was a losing match up.
Thanks for the props on the token and mat, I did the tokens pretty fast, but the mat took a very long time. We're thinking of using it as the template for the team mat which we'll get actually printed.
That was amazing advice. +1
Congrats man!
My favorite problem solving story is the Chapin high tide story. The deck is meant to massive ramp into forcing them to draw their library. The opponent was playing {survival of the fittest} kinda same concept as the old {birthing pod} decks. The opponent took his {high tide} with {lobotomy} and the combo was gone. No real wincon the match was over an survival won the major event, but Chapin carried on a pleasant conversation saying things like "we're gunna play this out", "im gunna make you kill me". The next turns kept going in the same manor. What his opponent didnt know is that Patrick Chapin had not given up. He thought about what he had to do to win and came up with an idea. He drew a many cards as he could to play as many islands as possible. His opponent was showing lethal but grabbed one more creature card out of the deck. Patrick lunged at the opportunity having calculated he was one card away from being able to force the drawing mill and that last creature cards openned the window. Chapin won and shocked everyone.
I had three game like this yesterday. I won these with the extorts off the singleton {blind obediance} while i couldnt fully answer what I was facing. I looked at my lack of relevant answers and te low likelyhood of drawing the relevant ones and just used the less relevant to stem the bleeding while I extorted every spell I cast making their first an third turn shocks from lands their death sentence.
Quote from: Kaleo42 on May 19, 2013, 01:07:27 PM
My favorite problem solving story is the Chapin high tide story. The deck is meant to massive ramp into forcing them to draw their library. The opponent was playing {survival of the fittest} kinda same concept as the old {birthing pod} decks. The opponent took his {high tide} with {lobotomy} and the combo was gone. No real wincon the match was over an survival won the major event, but Chapin carried on a pleasant conversation saying things like "we're gunna play this out", "im gunna make you kill me". The next turns kept going in the same manor. What his opponent didnt know is that Patrick Chapin had not given up. He thought about what he had to do to win and came up with an idea. He drew a many cards as he could to play as many islands as possible. His opponent was showing lethal but grabbed one more creature card out of the deck. Patrick lunged at the opportunity having calculated he was one card away from being able to force the drawing mill and that last creature cards openned the window. Chapin won and shocked everyone.
I had three game like this yesterday. I won these with the extorts off the singleton {blind obediance} while i couldnt fully answer what I was facing. I looked at my lack of relevant answers and te low likelyhood of drawing the relevant ones and just used the less relevant to stem the bleeding while I extorted every spell I cast making their first an third turn shocks from lands their death sentence.
Amazing story +1. This is what I do when I am about to lose.. I use every spell like it is the last I have , I always need to remember to do the most Logical thing possible!
Quote from: Kaleo42 on May 18, 2013, 07:01:01 PM
As of about 30min ago I got to 3rd in state piloting Esper control. Videos of the first round in top 8 will be posted tonight, but the second round the battery died and I lost to weak draws against godly aggro draws.
This is for Idaho btw.
NVM, Great Job!
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck_search_result.asp?Location=2013%20Spring%20States
The lists were finally posted.
Grats man! The mat is amazing ain't it? :)
Congrats!
Quote from: Flipm0de on May 23, 2013, 01:49:59 AM
Grats man! The mat is amazing ain't it? :)
Shapies, a blank mat, and a lot of patience. Dillon was a big help on this one too. His input helped make the final design look very high quality.