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  • posted a message on Double elimination instead of Swiss: Would you be open to it?
    Quote from Kirblar
    Swiss, when used with a T8 bracket, effectively IS double elimination.
    What is a T8 bracket ?
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Request Signature
    Signature is something you write yourself under "User CP" (user control panel).
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Triggers at FNM
    Quote from MadMageQc
    Ya, the word probably shouldn't be there (see what I did there? :D) If the judge believes you in that you really didn't know you were doing something wrong, you won't get USC-Cheating. Cheating infractions are all about intent.
    Saw what you did yes =).

    But does it bother you too that he included that word in there ?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings Archives
  • posted a message on Triggers at FNM
    Quote from Studoku
    The answer to this is always going to be what the judge says. However, if you genuinely thought your triggers were your opponent's responsibility (and the judge believed this was the case), you'd probably not get a DQ.


    Why the word "probably" ?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings Archives
  • posted a message on Whats the most suspicious deck you could face in limited before calling a judge?
    Quote from AdamM
    ...
    ...I knew the guy wasn't 100% legit player for limited.
    ...


    What is a 100% legit player for limited ?
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Would you concede this match?
    *Warning* I will be monitoring this thread closely, and if it becomes a heated debate it will be closed down immediately.

    Really? Infraction issued.
    -Memnarch



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    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Live Video Coverage Schedule Expanding for 2014
    LSV's brain might slip when commentating like it happened that time he wasnt DQ'ed for something when playing and Toby Elliott wrote an article about his brain and how it can slip.

    Other than that he probably is quality material.
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on game draws?
    Quote from Studoku
    Yes, this is legal. Two players can intentionally draw a match- in this case the result is 0-0-3.

    This would only count as bribery if one of the players offered an incentive for the draw. In this case, neither player is doing so.

    This means that it is allowed to rig standings as long as it is the tournament organizer and/or WotC that offers the incentive, which pretty much means all of organized play, right ?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings Archives
  • posted a message on Grand Prix Paris Capped at 2,000 Players
    Quote from Kahedron
    TBF the organizers of the last GP got the change sprung on them at the last minute so they couldn't let anyone know any earlier.


    What does "TBF" mean ?
    Posted in: News
  • posted a message on What should I do - abusive store owner
    Quote from Brentane
    What should I do ?

    Critisize wotc.

    Spam infraction issued. -Xen
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Card proxies yes/no
    Quote from Crimeo
    No, it's illegal casually too. Doesn't matter if "everybody there is okay with it." WOTC isn't, and neither is federal law.

    http://www.gatheringmagic.com/new-counterfeit-and-proxy-policy/

    If you invent your own cards entirely from scratch and make up your own rules and use your own art, then it has nothing to do with WOTC and isn't a proxy and go for it. But if you're representing a MTG card, it's almost impossible to do legally.

    If you enjoy the game, then pay the people who worked hard to give it to you. It's simple.
    What you write falls flat because of the fact that cheating is allowed in mtg.
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Hexproof and Anger of the Gods
    Quote from delfam
    ok, seems like saying "all creatures" would have been better when designing the card. Saying "each creature" makes it seem anger is targeting all the creatures separately.
    Agree.

    Then again, MtG is like this; WotC wants the text on cards to be up for discussion, which is also true for the rules documents, tournament policies, and etc, pretty much everything they write.

    This means that in order to learn the rules you have to get familiar with the interpretations of the Judge-apparatus in addition to reading the cards and documents themselves.

    This has nothing to do with the rules or answering the original question. Spam infraction issued. -Carsten
    Posted in: Magic Rulings Archives
  • posted a message on MTGO Has lost 11% of it's Market Value - Forbes
    Quote from Sene
    I don't believe any of this for a single second. There is nothing wrong with the shuffler, humans just have a difficulty with grasping randomness, and we are also prone to selective memory. And we cope with failure (losing) by blaming forces beyond our control. In this case, it is almost certain that all were in play, and that if your friend lost 90% of his games, he almost assuredly drafted, built and/or played poorly. Magic Online cannot be blamed for this.


    Don't let thoughts about the MtgO shuffler being random cloud your mind, because it isn't, and probably never have been.
    Posted in: Submit News
  • posted a message on Time Travel
    Quote from Golden
    How so?

    I agree with Ixias on that one personally. The simplification of that aspect of combat actually made the decision making process more difficult in most cases.
    More possibilities = more complexity, its as easy as that.

    So you are wrong about agreeing with Ixias.
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on Time Travel
    Quote from Ixias
    I disagree, with combat damage off the stack there is far more strategy to cards like the Fanatic. Before, you put damage on the stack and sacrificed it. It was by far the best thing to do so there wasn't really much choice. Nowadays, you need to choose between combat damage OR sacrifice. There's much more choosing, and cards like Morphling/Aetherling are also harder to use and more strategically interesting.

    It IS harder to outplay someone, but that just means it's deeper and no longer as "no-brainy" as it used to be. Combat damage on the stack, then pump/sac was ALWAYS the correct choice. Now you need to think.


    Wrong, reality is the opposite of what you say.

    Scandic
    Level 0 Judge.
    Posted in: Magic General
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