Comments | chrysologus400: Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease tournament

chrysologus400

Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease tournament

Apr 17, 2010 20:15

I was still debating whether to go to the Rise of the Eldrazi prerelease tournament while lying in bed at 9:30 am (doors opened at 9). I finally decided to, jumped out of bed, packed a lunch, and got ready as fast as I could! Quite a bit different than the old days when you had to drive to Seattle the night before! It should be noted that I had ( Read more... )

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chrysologus400 April 27 2010, 20:17:32 UTC

I'm not familiar with any of the proper nouns in that comment! Actually I do know Mulldrifter.

robandjodi April 27 2010, 19:40:21 UTC

I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to lose to a new card from not knowing exactly what it does. Yeah, we all read the cards, but everyone is bound to make a mistake like that at some point ( ... )

chrysologus400 April 27 2010, 20:15:11 UTC

That does sound rather frustrating. Must've been a real kick to your rating, too! Overconfidence can be deadly. I'm glad I'm not a soldier.

Unlike in Yakima, I have many opportunities to raise my ranking, since Dream Wizards has some very good players (e.g., one of the columnists on DailyMTG). If only you lived here! :)

robandjodi April 29 2010, 01:21:36 UTC

Well, it was a release event, so there's only so much damage that can be done. Probably 6 points at an 8k event.

That's cool. Which one? Looking back at my history of events at some point, I found out I had beaten one of the Seattle pros at the Urza's Destiny prerelease, possibly before he got good. Don't know how old he was or anything.