So I've been on the forum for while. Even though it doesn't seem like it, and I've been noticing a lot lately that when I go into sub forums like Standard, Limited/Sealed, or even General Discussion, the same posts are at the top and most of the times replies to threads are very slow.
I'm just curious if the website's visitor count has been down drastically or if there's another reason to it.
Well I have a story that happened at the last FNM Tournament.
It was Modern night for FNM, I don't play Modern, as I mostly stick to Standard, but my friend at the shop has a few extra Modern decks and lets me use Mono Green Infect.
Round 2 starts up, I play this guy, let's call him Kalvin, so I sit down and say whats up. He doesn't say anything and just continues to shuffle his deck. I don't like the guy all too much so I could care less. We go into Game 1 and he wins with Mono Red Burn, nothing bad really happens here so we just go into Game 2. Game 2 I win pretty fast, turn 4-5, so we go to game 3. Nothing at this point that we all consider bad has been said at this point.
Now this is where all the weird stuff happens. We start up the game, it goes pretty late I would say, turn 6-7. He bolts me and has Monistary Swiftspear and Ash Zealot on board, I have a Inkmoth Nexus and he's already at 3 Infect, he taps out the turn before, putting me to 3. I activate Inkmoth Nexus and swing, knowing he's tapped out I make my 1/1 bigger for the win.
At that point I obviously win and he starts throwing a total ***** fit. He starts talking crap on how 'Infect is such a cheap way to win' and calling me overall bad, I pretty much ignore him and smile at him. He then proceeds to look at the next 5 draws and starts saying 'If I had this I totally would of won' As before I just take out my sideboard and smile at him. He gets up and starts to call me a '*****' under his breath.
The thing is, he was calling me cheap for playing Infect because it takes no skill but he was playing Mono Red Burn..
My friend and I talked about it, laughing because Kalvin does that constantly whenever he plays, and we continue to make inside jokes the whole night over it.
I've made a few mistakes while playing Magic before, we've all been there. A misplay that loses us the game, being a dick to later feel bad about it, things like that.
Let me introduce myself alittle, also if you want to just skip down to the very bottom to see what actually happened, you can do so, my name is Kyle. I'm 17 and I've been playing the game for around 4 years now.
The FNM started off pretty meh. It was just an average FNM, I was playing a B/W Control deck that won a Top 8 at a SCG Open a while ago.
Round 1:
Get 0-2'd by my friend, Damn you Mana where were you!
He was playing a rough version of B/R Dragons
Round 2:
2-1'd a new guy to the shop.
He was playing a decent Eldrazi Homebrew, was overall a fun deck to play against.
Round 3:
Now this is where all the Magic happened and which I consider my worst mistake ever while playing MTG.
I was playing this guy named Ben, were similar ages and we've known each other for awhile. We're cool with each other and the game starts off pretty normal.
He was playing a G/R ramp deck, it's mostly an easy matchup for me sense I have a lot of 1f1 removal spells to take out his big boys.
Game 1:
I win the game pretty quickly, nothing special happened here.
Game 2:
This is where the mistake happened. We were deep into the game, Turn 8-9, he had nothing on the board and I had 2 Thought-Knot Seers (Played one that turn), a Seeker of the Way, and a Sorin on the board.
He was at 8 and I was at around 18 or so. I activated Sorin's +1 ability giving all my creatures +1/+0 and Lifelink till the beginning of my next turn, swung in the with seeker and the Though-Knot for lethal.
At this point I guess I just assumed I already one so I didn't really pay much attention which practically lost me the match. He plays a spell that looks his library for a basic land and he gains 6 life. At first I didn't know what the card did and I didn't hear him saying how he gained 6 life, so I just ignored it thinking I 'won.'
I pick up my cards, put them into my deck and start shuffling, I sign the slip 2-0 me. At this point he just asked if I conceded, I still didn't understand what happened, thinking he was joking. He then proceeds to explain that he gained 6 life from his spell and that he didn't die. I felt dumbstruck at that time so I was in shock.
Next thing we call over a judge, I already knew it was a game lose sense I picked up all my cards and started shuffling, unsurprisingly the judge said it was a game lose on my part.
We go to game 3 and he just completely recks me.
After that I was just completely bummed out considering I would of most likely would of won in the next few turns, winning that round.
That was one of the most stupidest things I've ever done in MTG, conceding thinking I was going to win but in reality I jumped the gun.
Round 4:
Nothing special here, I was still really bummed out at my misplay so I just signed the slip 0-2 and gave it to my opponent.
Easily one of my worst experiences ever.
IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE SUM UP IF THE STORY:
I was playing B/W Control and I was 1-1 going into Round 3.
Round 3, I won game one against ramp. Game two was going great, had 3 creatures out w/h a Sorin. Swung for lethal, in response he plays a card that looks for a basic and he gains 6 life, I pretty much ignore, in my case I didn't hear it, the life gain. Thinking I won I picked up my cards, put them into my deck and signed the slip 2-0 me. I find out I practically conceded and we go to Game Three where I get whipped, overall losing the round.
Thanks for taking time to reply to the thread Feyd and Jay13. It's great to know a forum I visit multiple times a day isn't dying as feared before.
I'm just curious if the website's visitor count has been down drastically or if there's another reason to it.
Thanks for Reading,
Kyle
It was Modern night for FNM, I don't play Modern, as I mostly stick to Standard, but my friend at the shop has a few extra Modern decks and lets me use Mono Green Infect.
Round 2 starts up, I play this guy, let's call him Kalvin, so I sit down and say whats up. He doesn't say anything and just continues to shuffle his deck. I don't like the guy all too much so I could care less. We go into Game 1 and he wins with Mono Red Burn, nothing bad really happens here so we just go into Game 2. Game 2 I win pretty fast, turn 4-5, so we go to game 3. Nothing at this point that we all consider bad has been said at this point.
Now this is where all the weird stuff happens. We start up the game, it goes pretty late I would say, turn 6-7. He bolts me and has Monistary Swiftspear and Ash Zealot on board, I have a Inkmoth Nexus and he's already at 3 Infect, he taps out the turn before, putting me to 3. I activate Inkmoth Nexus and swing, knowing he's tapped out I make my 1/1 bigger for the win.
At that point I obviously win and he starts throwing a total ***** fit. He starts talking crap on how 'Infect is such a cheap way to win' and calling me overall bad, I pretty much ignore him and smile at him. He then proceeds to look at the next 5 draws and starts saying 'If I had this I totally would of won' As before I just take out my sideboard and smile at him. He gets up and starts to call me a '*****' under his breath.
The thing is, he was calling me cheap for playing Infect because it takes no skill but he was playing Mono Red Burn..
My friend and I talked about it, laughing because Kalvin does that constantly whenever he plays, and we continue to make inside jokes the whole night over it.
Pretty Good FNM.
Let me introduce myself alittle, also if you want to just skip down to the very bottom to see what actually happened, you can do so, my name is Kyle. I'm 17 and I've been playing the game for around 4 years now.
The FNM started off pretty meh. It was just an average FNM, I was playing a B/W Control deck that won a Top 8 at a SCG Open a while ago.
Round 1:
Get 0-2'd by my friend, Damn you Mana where were you!
He was playing a rough version of B/R Dragons
Round 2:
2-1'd a new guy to the shop.
He was playing a decent Eldrazi Homebrew, was overall a fun deck to play against.
Round 3:
Now this is where all the Magic happened and which I consider my worst mistake ever while playing MTG.
I was playing this guy named Ben, were similar ages and we've known each other for awhile. We're cool with each other and the game starts off pretty normal.
He was playing a G/R ramp deck, it's mostly an easy matchup for me sense I have a lot of 1f1 removal spells to take out his big boys.
Game 1:
I win the game pretty quickly, nothing special happened here.
Game 2:
This is where the mistake happened. We were deep into the game, Turn 8-9, he had nothing on the board and I had 2 Thought-Knot Seers (Played one that turn), a Seeker of the Way, and a Sorin on the board.
He was at 8 and I was at around 18 or so. I activated Sorin's +1 ability giving all my creatures +1/+0 and Lifelink till the beginning of my next turn, swung in the with seeker and the Though-Knot for lethal.
At this point I guess I just assumed I already one so I didn't really pay much attention which practically lost me the match. He plays a spell that looks his library for a basic land and he gains 6 life. At first I didn't know what the card did and I didn't hear him saying how he gained 6 life, so I just ignored it thinking I 'won.'
I pick up my cards, put them into my deck and start shuffling, I sign the slip 2-0 me. At this point he just asked if I conceded, I still didn't understand what happened, thinking he was joking. He then proceeds to explain that he gained 6 life from his spell and that he didn't die. I felt dumbstruck at that time so I was in shock.
Next thing we call over a judge, I already knew it was a game lose sense I picked up all my cards and started shuffling, unsurprisingly the judge said it was a game lose on my part.
We go to game 3 and he just completely recks me.
After that I was just completely bummed out considering I would of most likely would of won in the next few turns, winning that round.
That was one of the most stupidest things I've ever done in MTG, conceding thinking I was going to win but in reality I jumped the gun.
Round 4:
Nothing special here, I was still really bummed out at my misplay so I just signed the slip 0-2 and gave it to my opponent.
Easily one of my worst experiences ever.
IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE SUM UP IF THE STORY:
I was playing B/W Control and I was 1-1 going into Round 3.
Round 3, I won game one against ramp. Game two was going great, had 3 creatures out w/h a Sorin. Swung for lethal, in response he plays a card that looks for a basic and he gains 6 life, I pretty much ignore, in my case I didn't hear it, the life gain. Thinking I won I picked up my cards, put them into my deck and signed the slip 2-0 me. I find out I practically conceded and we go to Game Three where I get whipped, overall losing the round.