Tag: JoINrbs

  • Pauper DE: UR Post

    JoINrbs pilots a customized UR Post deck through a Pauper DE. Notable changes include Deep Analysis over Mystical Teachings.

    Building the Deck

    JoINrbs builds the deck while explaining how it works.

    Round 1 vs. Kiln Fiend

    Stick around at the end for some analysis of Surging Flame, which turns out to be bad card. Certainly much worse than Needle Drop, which is the best card in the world.

    Round 2 vs. Mono Black

    There are also some chess tactics vs. the slightly disfavored black pieces.

    Round 3 vs. Kiln Fiend

    Needle Drop, still the best card in the world.

    Round 4 vs. The Mirror

    Not a great game pre-board. Post-board, the entire deck changes, and it becomes a battle of stone rains.

    Be sure to stop by the forums thread to weigh in with your feedback!

  • Modern: Ascension Vs. MTGO

    Poker prodigy JoINrbs takes us through a match of Ascension versus various decks on MTGO. Since this is exclusive premium content, he recorded his face so you can watch him while he plays!

    Ascension vs. Infect

    Just playing and talking and picking my nose.

    Ascension vs. Goryo

    There is an entire game in this match where I know what my opponent is playing.

  • JoINrbs’s PT Philly 2011 Top 8 Predictions

    My top 8 predictions (decklists here):

    Sjoblom (Ascension) vs Nakajima (Affinity):

    Sjoblom is going to be hating those remands and muddles preboard, and his combo kills all suffer from his opponent having 20 life. Winning the roll will help, but even then he’s going to be an underdog g1. Maybe you live the dream and have someone Fling into Remand at FNM, but in the top 8 of a PT with public decklists he really has no tricks and his deck looks to be about half a turn slower than his opponent’s.

    Postboard the matchup doesn’t improve. A single Shattering Spree is the only great value he’s getting out of the board, while his opponent gets four copies of Mindbreak Trap. Trap can be quite underwhelming, but backed up by a good clock it’ll push the matchup even more in Nakajima’s favor, and I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he isn’t going to be keeping any 2x trap 2-power of creatures hands.

    All that said, these decks don’t interact very much at all, and other than fairly basic sideboarding and mulliganing I don’t think there is much room for play for either player. Sjoblom might try to force play by leaving Remand up or something but that just seems terrible. A lot of it is just going to come down to who gets the better draws.

    Nakajima over Sjoblom with 65% equity.


    Prost (Ascension) vs Estratti (Twin):

    I like Prost’s build of Ascension a decent amount more than Sjoblom’s, but he still suffers from Remands, and also has a jaw-dropping FIVE non-blue lands (although he does have three lands more than Sjoblom overall). Lands are great for Ascension vs Twin, but those Grove of the Burnwillows are looking quite silly in a matchup about casting blue spells around creatures which tap your lands. At least there are no copies of Gigadrowse in Estratti’s 75.

    Preboard Prost needs to keep Deceiver Exarch off the board with Remand and Mana Leak long enough to set up a win. He has four copies of Noxious Revival thank god, but his counters put him in a very awkward spot as soon as Twin can represent the kill as he lacks blue mana to continue casting cantrips while holding up counterspells. While his four copies of Lightning Bolt are not completely dead, they are a unappealing backup, as any time he is pointing them at Kiki-Jiki he risks losing to Pact of Negation, which is otherwise a dead card in the matchup.

    My brain sort of overdrives here; very complicated matchup. I think Twin has a tiiny edge g1 thanks to a lower chance of misfiring (every Twin list should have those combo extra pieces!) and a slightly better maindeck for the matchup, and depending on board plans could definitely do well post board as well. I like +1 Clique, +2 Engineered Explosives, +1 Deprive, -3 Firespout, -1 Lightning Bolt.

    Postboard Prost has absolutely nothing and Twin improves a fair amount, giving Twin a decent edge in a 5-game set. Ascension needs cards like Dream’s Grip and Boomerang here to find a way to slow Twin down a turn and get the combo off. Without them it’s just a speed coinflip with better disruption and flexibility for Twin.

    Estratti over Prost with 60% equity.


    Hampton (Post) vs Black (Shoal):

    lol GG preboard. I love Black’s list btw, it is miles and miles better than the other lists we’ve seen. The redundancy is very good. My only concern is that he’s playing just eight infect creatures and once your opponents know that their boarding and postboard game become both quite obvious and very effective. Post is just so slow that he can find plenty of counter backup and win the game though. The board with 3 Punishing Fire (put one of these maindeck? seems obvious) and 2 Dismember will help a little, but even postboard Post’s plan is not extremely compelling,

    Black over Hampton with 75% equity.


    Utter-Leyton (hope your deck sucks) vs Portaro (Twin):

    The PT’s combo decks are woefully built and inconsistent, and Kibler’s team has done a good job of capitalizing on this by playing a fairly bad deck which can surprise people with 80 IQ and five Seething Songs. Unfortunately they missed the Arena + Knight of the Reliquary tech for this matchup, and without it they have a total of five relevant cards preboard (okay I guess 9 if you count Green Sun’s Zenith for Qasali Pridemage). (Punishing Fire yu).

    Meanwhile the Twin deck Utter-Leyton is up against is not a poorly made deck at all. Streamlined and consistent, the deck looks highly polished and effective. With little help from the board and his rogue list completely public I expect Utter-Leyton to get Utter-Stomped here.

    The most interesting part of this matchup in my opinion is whether Portaro boards in Blood Moon. I think it’s good enough on the play, but doesn’t make the cut on the draw. He has about 70 playable cards to choose from postboard so there’s a lot of room for play for him there, and the match may ultimately pivot on his boarding strategy (or more likely whether the match is 3-0 or 3-1 may do so).

    Portaro over Utter-Leyton with 70% equity.


    SEMIFINALS

    Nakajima (Affinity) vs Estratti (Twin):

    I don’t know much about this matchup, but feel like it has to be tilted heavily towards Affinity’s side of the aisle preboard on the back of 4x Galvanic Blast and a good clock. Four damage turns out to be just the perfect amount. With 1 Shrapnel Blast and even 2 Fling Affinity has seven good (well, five good, two passable) disruption spells coupled with an explosive clock.

    Public decklists definitely favor Affinity preboard too, as he gets to know exactly what he’s worried about (not much). No bounce, 1 Lightning Bolt, 1 Disrupting Shoal (this could potentially cause a blowout vs Fling), and 3 Firespout.

    Postboard public decklists definitely favor the combo player, who gets to see exactly what hate is coming in against him. In this case it’s just 3 Torpor Orb, and I have to imagine Estratti will be happy to see that, packing 2 Ancient Grudge and 2 Engineered Explosives which were already coming in and deal with it nicely. Even so, the matchup doesn’t change greatly after boarding, and it still looks to favor the artifact men to me.

    Nakajima over Estratti with 60% equity.


    Black (Shoal) vs Portaro (Twin)

    This is going to be a crazy matchup (okay, if it happens. My predictions aren’t actually reality… yet. I hope it happens). Look at all those cheap counterspells. Both decks pack Pact of Negation to power through their combo in situations where they sometimes can’t pay the mana if they see their next upkeep, and a self-inflicted Pact death with all the free/cheap counters lying around is a real possibility.

    It’s hard to understate how amazingly good Gitaxian Probe is in this matchup. Perfect information? Yes please! Twin has so many different modes – “kill you now!” all the way to “counter your threats and then do nothing until turn 15” – that learning exactly where your opponent stands is greatly valuable. Unfortunately Black is only playing two.

    He has 1 Watery Grave to fetch, meaning Slaughter Pact is a real option… only he only has one of them and it’s in his board.

    I also have no idea how boarding works here for Black. It looks like Black could reasonably board in every card in his sideboard, but there isn’t anything obvious to take out. Meanwhile Portaro has tough decisions of his own. Blood Moon shuts off Inkmoth Nexus, but it’s so slow and requires tapping out. Is Firespout good enough? The best plan in my eyes is to give up on the sorcery-speed spells entirely, and try to fight at instant speed. Dreadship Reef would be amazing here but isn’t in the list. With 1 Dismember, 4 Punishing Fire, 4 Remand, 2 Spell Pierce, 2 Pact of Negation, and 2 Dispel I think you’re even at a point where you can bring in 2 Mindbreak Trap and expect to cast it for 0 on the critical turn.

    To make room for this I would be boarding out win conditions. Goodbye Kiki-Jiki and Splinter Twin! It’s just unrealistic to expect to tap out and not lose immediately here. Instead I would rely on end of turn Punishing Fire recursion and 2 Vendilion Clique to win the game.

    This seems like a very counter-intuitive strategy for a Twin player, and I’m not optimistic that it gets played, but Portaro made it to the top 8, and hopefully he’ll be creative enough to find it and give it a try. If he does I think Black has a LOT of trouble getting through short of god drawing. Looks to be a thrilling and complicated matchup!

    Portaro over Black with 60% equity (assuming good boarding).


    FINALS

    Nakajima (Affinity) vs Portaro (Twin):

    Not too much has changed between this round and last for Nakajima. Affinity looks to be a favorite over Twin in my eyes, but not overwhelmingly so, and Affinity always has the chance of choking on itself. However, Portaro’s list I believe is better equipped for this matchup, with Firespout (four postboard) and Punishing Fire recursion (also up to four). Portaro has plenty of mediocre counterspells to board out, but only TWO answers to Torpor Orb to bring in.

    Given how much trouble he has answering Torpor Orb, I like the idea of boarding out a few combo pieces again here for Twin. Could we see Punishing Fire recursion taking down both the semis and the finals of this “fast” modern format’s PT? I for one would not be too surprised.


    Portaro over Nakajima with 55% equity.

    So there you go. I think Twin will win this PT by boarding out the Twin combo. What do you think?

  • Heart to Heart Chat with Mike Long

    Sunday evening, JoINrbs was playing on Skeletor’s (Reuben’s) MODO account when his opponent became curt. A verbal battle ensued, which slowly morphed into a heartfelt discussion about love, life, success, and the measure of a man.

    Then, it turned out his opponent was none other than Mike Long, former professional Magic player with no shortage of wacky money-making schemes.

    Enjoy!

    – Good Gamery Administration



    10:47 PM Wildeyed: can you play a bit faster please?


    10:48 PM Reubs: can you conceed please?


    10:48 PM Wildeyed: why are you acting lame


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: are you a 14 year old?


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: well?[


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: what’s your deal?


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: what did i do?


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: i politely asked you to play faster


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: is this the way you act in person?


    10:49 PM Reubs: play faster please


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: why don’t you respond to what i said?


    10:49 PM Wildeyed: are you proud of the way you’re acting?


    10:50 PM Wildeyed: are you not going to answer?


    10:50 PM Wildeyed: do you have any class at all?


    10:50 PM Wildeyed: hello?


    10:51 PM Wildeyed: answer me or have fun waiting 14 minutes


    10:51 PM Reubs: fyi


    10:51 PM Wildeyed: actually forgetabout it


    10:51 PM Reubs: well, first i am fine with waiting


    10:51 PM Reubs: go for it, your clock


    10:51 PM Wildeyed: just enjoy wayiting


    10:51 PM Wildeyed: great


    10:51 PM Reubs: when i have a decision


    10:51 PM Wildeyed: enjoy


    10:52 PM Reubs: and have 1.5 minutes less than you on my clock


    10:52 PM Reubs: it’s sort of rude to ask me to play faster


    10:56 PM Wildeyed: ps i built that deck, so like um, smart networking too


    10:57 PM Reubs: cool


    10:57 PM Reubs: i built it too


    10:57 PM Reubs: smart networking


    10:57 PM Wildeyed: uh huh


    10:57 PM Wildeyed: sure you did


    10:58 PM Wildeyed: pat? didn’t think so


    10:58 PM Reubs: not networking with you seems +ev


    10:59 PM Wildeyed: smart thinnking – because i haven’t um helped several people win pro championships or anything


    10:59 PM Wildeyed: oh no wait, i have


    10:59 PM Wildeyed: it’s really great when the new generation brings a real sense of courtesy and fun to the game, thanks for that


    11:00 PM Reubs: i’ve been playing a long time


    11:00 PM Reubs: i switched to poker


    11:00 PM Reubs: i make a lot of money


    11:00 PM Reubs: you have reminded me why i stopped magic


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: i bet you aren’t happy


    11:00 PM Reubs: thank you


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: ;)


    11:00 PM Reubs: right


    11:00 PM Reubs: that’s why i play poker


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: have are things with girls


    11:00 PM Reubs: and you don’t


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: ;)


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: um hum


    11:00 PM Reubs: girls are pretty good


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: you have no idea who you’re talking to dip-sh*t


    11:00 PM Reubs: big date with stephanie in a couple of days


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: i’m a millionaire, i could give a sh*t


    11:00 PM Reubs: lol


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: big date?


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: lol


    11:00 PM Wildeyed: nice


    11:00 PM Reubs: you are a millionaire


    11:01 PM Wildeyed: have fun


    11:01 PM Reubs: and you are timing out on me


    11:01 PM Reubs: in a two ticket HU queue


    11:01 PM Reubs: you are awesome dude


    11:01 PM Wildeyed: funny how the human system works


    11:01 PM Reubs: thanks for the games


    11:01 PM Reubs: g1 was close


    11:01 PM Wildeyed: you treat me with contempt – click, whir, i do the same


    11:01 PM Reubs: not sure about my play in g2


    11:01 PM Reubs: holding anathemancer, fallout, bit blast, leech, finks right now


    11:01 PM Reubs: had a lot to think about


    11:02 PM Wildeyed: you should look at the way you treat people before you see steph – or you’ll be scratching your head as to why she left you


    11:02 PM Reubs: gave you credit for not attacking and pumping leech if i telegraphed pyroclasm though


    11:02 PM Reubs: ggs


    11:02 PM Reubs: enjoy your thrilling mtg career


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: yeah that’s where i derive all of my pleasure – no i have a great life. usually i come to the magic world to help pople


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: people


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: but sometimes


    11:03 PM Reubs: that’s awesome dude


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: if you work at it a bit


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: while i’m mana screwed


    11:03 PM Wildeyed: you can bring the animal back out ;)


    11:04 PM Reubs: well you get mana screwed some % of the time


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: ggs gl with poker, i apologize for timing out


    11:04 PM Reubs: what point is there getting upset


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: also


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: read blink by malcolm gladwell if you want to know why i got upset


    11:04 PM Reubs: read it already


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: the respect study


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: uw


    11:04 PM Reubs: also i went to uw


    11:04 PM Wildeyed: they have all the couples have phoney fights


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: eventually they can tell by watching a 5-minute clip whether they will be together in 15 years


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: 95% of the time


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: with the sound turned off


    11:05 PM Reubs: they aren’t phony fights


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: they are


    11:05 PM Reubs: they are everyday discussions


    11:05 PM Reubs: no, you listen for contempt


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: look how argumentative you are


    11:05 PM Reubs: you are trying to tell me something that is incorrect, so i am correcting you


    11:05 PM Wildeyed: ha, you put it a poor way


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: that’s the point


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: you think you can interact with people


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: and treat them that way]


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: fine


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: but


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: you’ll some people off


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: even good people


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: let that be a lesson


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: i’ve away a lot of opportunities


    11:06 PM Reubs: thank you for opening my eyes to the world


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: i’ve had big ceos eating out of my hands


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: then whoosh


    11:06 PM Wildeyed: nothing


    (those poor hungry ceos ;___; – GGA)


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: i used to be that way


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: i’m just saying


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: you want to act like you know everything – great


    11:07 PM Reubs: well let me develop through my grouchy early 20s


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: i’ve got my lesson and my reward for my own bad behavior


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: you’re probably way to bright to be grouchy


    11:07 PM Reubs: then i will calm down and get chained down and learn to be nice to people


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: you read bink


    11:07 PM Wildeyed: you can correct me


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: but do you understand the point ?


    11:08 PM Reubs: yeah, it’s something i’m aware of


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: you can dig yourself in such a hole the way you’re going


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: make people hate you


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: they will hurt you


    11:08 PM Reubs: i don’t really care to make time for other people i’m not close to


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: they won’t see you as a person


    11:08 PM Reubs: i have a lot of excellent close friends


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: they’ll steal from you


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: sure


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: so did i


    11:08 PM Reubs: and all the connections i need right now


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: and so many of them stabbed me in the back when i made it


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: you have?


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: what?


    11:08 PM Wildeyed: do you think i’m lobbying you?


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: bah


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: you’re right


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: you know it all


    11:09 PM Reubs: i do not have aspirations of being president or a millionaire or anything


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: and you know everyone you need to know


    11:09 PM Reubs: i make plenty of good money


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: and they will never screw you


    11:09 PM Reubs: at the moment i am focusing on slacklining a lot


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: good luck wiht that system kiddo


    11:09 PM Reubs: and rock climbing


    11:09 PM Reubs: and poker


    11:09 PM Reubs: it’s working pretty well


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: great


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: well


    11:09 PM Wildeyed: good luck with taht


    11:10 PM Reubs: you should not pm people who are marginally behind you on time to ask them to play faster


    11:10 PM Reubs: it is irritating


    11:10 PM Reubs: and comes off as very rude


    11:10 PM Wildeyed: you were taking forever


    11:10 PM Reubs: and you should not time out on people, that’s just absurd


    11:10 PM Reubs: i play poker with two cards


    11:10 PM Reubs: magic has 60 cards in each deck


    11:10 PM Reubs: and 7 cards in each hand


    11:10 PM Reubs: and an infinitely more complex board state


    11:10 PM Reubs: and i don’t know every card in your deck


    11:11 PM Reubs: there is a huge huge amount to think about


    11:11 PM Reubs: to maximize ev


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: anyways


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: i’m not defending my actions


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: i don’t agree with my actions


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: that’s why i apologized


    11:11 PM Reubs: cool, i’m sorry i was short with you then


    11:11 PM Reubs: i have no way of knowing you aren’t a random mtgo


    11:11 PM Reubs: d1ckhead


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: i mean


    11:11 PM Wildeyed: if you treat people


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: as if


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: there are


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: random dickheads


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: i mean


    11:12 PM Reubs: that is what you did to me right?


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: you’ll bring out the dickheads even in cool people


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: no what i did was gay


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: i don’t like feeling bad around magic


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: that’s why i’m sticking around to resolve this


    11:12 PM Wildeyed: i don’t like feeling bad surrounding anything


    11:13 PM Reubs: magic constantly makes me feel bad


    11:13 PM Reubs: i played at gp: seattle


    11:13 PM Reubs: worst feeling of my life


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: i used to be such an animal


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: at live tournaments i’d lose my mind


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: regularly


    11:13 PM Reubs: poker is so much better


    11:13 PM Reubs: i 24-table


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: that’s how i got a reputation, not cheating, just being a


    11:13 PM Reubs: play with the same guys every day and they are all nice and well-mannered


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: 24-table?


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: ah yeah


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: sure


    11:13 PM Reubs: general understanding that you’re there to take money off bad players


    11:13 PM Wildeyed: poker should be better


    11:14 PM Reubs: and that you should be nice to the bad players so they keep coming back


    11:14 PM Reubs: it’s gentlemanly


    11:14 PM Reubs: magic is like


    11:14 PM Reubs: lots of people with emotional issues trying to be superior to each other


    11:14 PM Reubs: over a card game


    11:14 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:14 PM Wildeyed: i was typing that


    11:14 PM Wildeyed: it makes you feel morally superior


    11:14 PM Wildeyed: because you feel so freaking smart when you win


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: but it’s so often a lie what you’re feeling


    11:15 PM Reubs: i generally feel like an idiot when i win


    11:15 PM Reubs: because i didn’t play perfectly


    11:15 PM Reubs: that’s all magic has going for it in my eyes, infinitely complex


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: my friend david is a 2 time pt runner up


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: still can’t play


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: his mind is so jacked from the competitive days


    11:15 PM Reubs: david who?


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: he gets so angry when he loses]


    11:15 PM Wildeyed: mills


    11:16 PM Wildeyed: he’s still a brilliant deck builder


    11:16 PM Wildeyed: but he can hardly play without suffering


    11:16 PM Reubs: poker completely removes tilt from games of magic


    11:16 PM Reubs: like, you realize how absurdly high variance is


    11:16 PM Wildeyed: heh


    11:16 PM Reubs: and how little in the game is actually up to you


    11:17 PM Reubs: i just feel awful because i am spending hours playing magic instead of making tons of money playing poker or exercising and being social and stuff


    11:17 PM Wildeyed: my friend david williams suffers over mtg all the time lol


    11:17 PM Wildeyed: well


    11:17 PM Reubs: he also does foot pornos and buys diamond studded toothpicks


    11:17 PM Wildeyed: you’re falling pray to the fallacy of the inverse


    11:17 PM Wildeyed: do you know what that is?


    11:17 PM Reubs: i do not


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: if it rains the sidewalk gets wet


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: if p then q


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: our minds are really screwed up when it comes to that idea


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: we always think q = p


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: there’s zillions of studies about it


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: so


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: if it’s good to make a million dollars playing poker


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: then…


    11:18 PM Wildeyed: we feel like it’s bad not to


    11:19 PM Reubs: yeah


    11:19 PM Wildeyed: thus chasing opportunity in this manic state


    11:19 PM Reubs: i don’t know


    11:19 PM Reubs: i am not like, phil galfond obsessive over this


    11:19 PM Wildeyed: it’s very powerful to have no negative expectations


    11:19 PM Wildeyed: i don’t know phil


    11:19 PM Reubs: he’s a high stakes cash guy who doesn’t really enjoy life despite making millions


    11:19 PM Wildeyed: exactly


    11:20 PM Reubs: he’s basically the perfect example


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: i know so many miserable millionaires


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: soooo manuy


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: many


    11:20 PM Reubs: i like having an idea of what my time is worth


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: i was miserable


    11:20 PM Reubs: i’m still able to take time off poker no problem


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: i remember the day


    11:20 PM Reubs: but i value my time more


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: a half mil cleared into my account


    11:20 PM Reubs: and make sure i’m doing stuff that i like in my time off


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: and i was like: i am not a happy person


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:20 PM Wildeyed: i work around 4 really hard hours a day


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: which takes usually 8 hours


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: then that’s it


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: dnd


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: magic


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: girls


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: around


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: f*cking around


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: that 8 hours is my contribution to the world


    11:21 PM Reubs: i do 1-3 hours a day and spend the rest of the time outside usually


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:21 PM Reubs: i make a lot less money than you, fine by me though


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: anyways like i said, sorry for timing u out


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: bah


    11:21 PM Wildeyed: the money isn’t really that important


    11:22 PM Wildeyed: it’s true that i’m a millionaire but it’s false that it matters, which i certainly implied


    11:22 PM Reubs: i dropped out a year ago for poker


    11:22 PM Wildeyed: it just means that if i want to i can lock my door and turn off my phone and probably nobody will bug me


    11:22 PM Reubs: was making 10k a month


    11:22 PM Reubs: thinking this is awesome


    11:22 PM Reubs: then i realized i needed like 1.5k a month to do everything i wanted to do


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: dude


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: that’s a really key realization


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: i didn’t realize it until i was


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: um


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: jeez


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: 32


    11:23 PM Reubs: glad i got it out of the way early


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: anyways, it was good to met you, sorry i was lame


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:23 PM Wildeyed: for sure


    11:24 PM Reubs: what’s your name
    ?

    11:24 PM Wildeyed: good to meet you man, take care


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: mike long


    11:24 PM Reubs: lol


    11:24 PM Reubs: k


    11:24 PM Reubs: do you remember


    11:24 PM Reubs: whatever t2 had owl


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: sure


    11:24 PM Reubs: you were playing RG aggro


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: we had a fun owl deck


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: yeah


    11:24 PM Reubs: JoINrbs


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: i had a great rg deck


    11:24 PM Reubs: is opponent name


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: what happened? did you beat me?


    11:24 PM Reubs: pitches autochthon wurm to nourishing shoal


    11:24 PM Wildeyed: owl could beat anybody


    11:24 PM Reubs: twincasts twice


    11:25 PM Reubs: you disconnect game one and don’t come back


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: oh yeah


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: really?


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: that’s weird


    11:25 PM Reubs: yeah


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: that’s not like me


    11:25 PM Reubs: one of my favorite moments from magic


    11:25 PM Reubs: ever


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: it must have been an internet proble


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: problem


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: or a girl


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: or…


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: i dunno


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: something else


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: or maybe i just lost it lol


    11:25 PM Wildeyed: that is funny though from your perspective


    11:25 PM Reubs: i will always believe you were like ‘ did that guy just do’


    11:25 PM Reubs: and disc’d


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: hahaha


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: sure, enjoy the thought


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: honestly


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: it’s entirely possible


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: it’s just not like me


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: that rg deck was really good


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: won a lot


    11:26 PM Reubs: owl was okay, i got a bit pet decky with it


    11:26 PM Reubs: wurm + shoal gave you over 50% in some aggro matchups


    11:26 PM Reubs: and control was always a walk


    11:26 PM Reubs: so yeah, that was fun


    11:26 PM Wildeyed: i once won 5 straight 8-mans with it right after the PT


    11:27 PM Wildeyed: anyways, that’s a cool story


    11:27 PM Wildeyed: that’s what i love about magic


    11:27 PM Wildeyed: almost everyone is connected by like 1-2 degrees


    11:28 PM Reubs: i will come make fun of you for cheating or something if i ever see you at a gp or pt


    11:28 PM Wildeyed: ok i’m gonna dash


    11:28 PM Wildeyed: sure do that


    11:28 PM Reubs: gluck


    11:28 PM Wildeyed: lol


    11:28 PM Wildeyed: that would be awesome


    11:29 PM Wildeyed: u2


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