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Dom Harvey
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^playing Storm in a Modern DE
^playing Storm in a Modern DE
Dom Harvey
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Thanks Jason for tuning in. Results were bad but it's a lot of fun and I hope it was worth watching.
Just remembered that somebody who used to be in my playgroup had a pretty innovative Cube a few years ago. Worth checking out: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=6005740
Just remembered that somebody who used to be in my playgroup had a pretty innovative Cube a few years ago. Worth checking out: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=6005740
No problem. I didn't get to really see them in action, but the tutors didn't seem all that spectacular. And I do like some Pyro Ascension.
Rob Dennis
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I'm down to just sword of fire and ice and sword of war and peace after swapping most of the broken equipment with bonesplitters after having a fun MMA experience. UWR seemed to have the highest concentration of tools for fighting swords and after that I basically have no color protection other that mother of runes. Protection just isnt' fun 
I really dont tend to mind protection too much. I think it's a really spicy mechanic because it can mean such different things between which colours are interacting but also just between formats. It's something that I feel like has to be done thoughtfully though.
One of my first lines of thinking re: swords was that I can appreciate how Fire Ice can be justified given how much amazing removal is in red and how many broken cards are in blue. I also liked that it fit so nicely into green decks and gave that colour exactly the tools it wanted in the cards and effects on the board state it promised. It's a shame it does all the good stuff at once though. Hmph. It's also just not a green card and despite being slow and clunky just lends so much inevitability.
I don't know if I've grown out of that oppinion entirely, more I don't think I'm entirely sure thats the angle I want to be working from when considering cool cards.
One of my first lines of thinking re: swords was that I can appreciate how Fire Ice can be justified given how much amazing removal is in red and how many broken cards are in blue. I also liked that it fit so nicely into green decks and gave that colour exactly the tools it wanted in the cards and effects on the board state it promised. It's a shame it does all the good stuff at once though. Hmph. It's also just not a green card and despite being slow and clunky just lends so much inevitability.
I don't know if I've grown out of that oppinion entirely, more I don't think I'm entirely sure thats the angle I want to be working from when considering cool cards.
Hi all! Just came back from like 26 days of hitch hiking around the baltic sea. I'm completely out of the loop here, but it's nice to see all your lovely faces once again
I dunno if any of you guys have hitch hiked, but if you're looking for adventure, that's the way. I'll write a totally non-cube article about it if anyone wants. (might write one for uni anyway, but in a couple months)
yeah I was intending to hit Antwerp at the end of the trip and cube with Jason, but then it turned out I have an exam to do. The trip kinda went south as well, so I literally just went south and went home. Some other time! Maybe I'll hitch around and do a cube tour. How many of you guys live in Europe?
I dunno if any of you guys have hitch hiked, but if you're looking for adventure, that's the way. I'll write a totally non-cube article about it if anyone wants. (might write one for uni anyway, but in a couple months)
yeah I was intending to hit Antwerp at the end of the trip and cube with Jason, but then it turned out I have an exam to do. The trip kinda went south as well, so I literally just went south and went home. Some other time! Maybe I'll hitch around and do a cube tour. How many of you guys live in Europe?
Then I shall put something on paper. I gotta think about what though. And first I need to learn some general relativity. *salutes*
Except for Eric.
Grr, I'm writing something, but somehow I got caught up in telling last year's hitch hiking adventure and there is just way too much to wrote something reasonably lengthed.... No idea when I'll have this done. Hunter S. Thompson always impresses me for writing about complete madness with incredible clarity. I am also writing about chaos, but I'm not him. This is tough.
I need to read more Vonnegut. I read Slaughterhouse 5 and enjoyed it, but I didn't see what was so special about it. What did I miss?
A local L2 judge, Ryan, tried out my cube for the first time last night. In the middle of round 3, he came up to me.
Ryan: Do you write for ChannelFireball?
Me: No. But... have you heard of Jason Waddell?
Ryan: Hmmm, no.
Me: Oh. What tipped you off that I would write for CFB?
Jason: Well, you have multiple Steppe Lynxes, and Gravecrawlers...
Me: Ah! Heh. No, I'm not Jason Waddell. I'm merely a Waddell protege.
True story.
Ryan: Do you write for ChannelFireball?
Me: No. But... have you heard of Jason Waddell?
Ryan: Hmmm, no.
Me: Oh. What tipped you off that I would write for CFB?
Jason: Well, you have multiple Steppe Lynxes, and Gravecrawlers...
Me: Ah! Heh. No, I'm not Jason Waddell. I'm merely a Waddell protege.
True story.
CML
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Slaughterhouse-V is OK, as I see it the major accomplishment in it is writing a war novel that was readable. You know how good sci-fi (say, Murakami) and trippy 'conventional' literature (Borges, HST) kind of bleed into each other? I put KV somewhere on that axis. Cat's Cradle is certainly his best, with The Sirens of Titan second.
Dom Harvey
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Dom Harvey
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('today' meaning it's edited today for publication tomorrow, presumably)
Interested in seeing his take on it. I think other people have done a lot more grid drafting than I have.
I like how Ryan became me halfway through the story.