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i was getting pretty damn close to writing off magic all together and had been watching less and less of it. i thought about it increasingly little, but shotgun lotus is creating some of the most interesting content in a long time imo so im hoping others will check it out and chat about the various formats they're running.
it helps that i've always been a randy beuhler fanboy and he's been so heavily involved.
for those who haven't checked it out at all a quick rundown of what they're doing:
1. Vintage Rotisserie Drafts : featuring many notable players along with cube qualifier winners. 8 have been run and the winner of each is going to be in the championship VRD this weekend (the 27th). this will be followed by a "bonus VRD" with fan favorite players and wonky new rules for fun. then they are moving right into VRD season 2
format has been evolving rapidly, and some sweet cards are getting played. i love it way more than i thought i would.
2. Vintage Super League : randy beuhler got to talking with SGL after making a big debut in vrd 6 (iirc?) about an idea he'd had for a vintage league. he got a ridic crew of the top players (menendian, maher, pikula, dave williams, lsv, martell, utter-leyton) playing with a new deck list (if they want) after each 3 weeks. last place after round robin will be eliminated.
this is single handedly making me brew vintage for the local proxy vintage events. so many sweet decks
3. TEAM ROCHESTER : this is what i'm most excited for actually. this is my favorite format and i have so many fond memories of watching old team roch PTs.
apperantly SGL had been founded wanting to do something similar to VSL but with cube because they are cubists at heart. but it just wasnt all that feasable because even the one person over the shoulder they do for PTs and whatnot is hard and SGL has surprisingly high production values (that keep getting better) so they didnt want to look janky. but team roch solves it, and is also an amazing format. They're planning on kicking it off soon with sponsored 3 man teams and regular events, and i am So Fucking Stoked to watch that shit
it helps that i've always been a randy beuhler fanboy and he's been so heavily involved.
for those who haven't checked it out at all a quick rundown of what they're doing:
1. Vintage Rotisserie Drafts : featuring many notable players along with cube qualifier winners. 8 have been run and the winner of each is going to be in the championship VRD this weekend (the 27th). this will be followed by a "bonus VRD" with fan favorite players and wonky new rules for fun. then they are moving right into VRD season 2
format has been evolving rapidly, and some sweet cards are getting played. i love it way more than i thought i would.
2. Vintage Super League : randy beuhler got to talking with SGL after making a big debut in vrd 6 (iirc?) about an idea he'd had for a vintage league. he got a ridic crew of the top players (menendian, maher, pikula, dave williams, lsv, martell, utter-leyton) playing with a new deck list (if they want) after each 3 weeks. last place after round robin will be eliminated.
this is single handedly making me brew vintage for the local proxy vintage events. so many sweet decks
3. TEAM ROCHESTER : this is what i'm most excited for actually. this is my favorite format and i have so many fond memories of watching old team roch PTs.
apperantly SGL had been founded wanting to do something similar to VSL but with cube because they are cubists at heart. but it just wasnt all that feasable because even the one person over the shoulder they do for PTs and whatnot is hard and SGL has surprisingly high production values (that keep getting better) so they didnt want to look janky. but team roch solves it, and is also an amazing format. They're planning on kicking it off soon with sponsored 3 man teams and regular events, and i am So Fucking Stoked to watch that shit