Dies to Removal

Only because you have never actually played either game.

Kait only plays Legacy Burn

I play Legacy Burn at chess tournaments

You strike me more as one of those Manaless Dredge players that only pretend that they actually know how to play Magic.

Shaun McClaren just wrote an article about this on scg premium.

You strike me more as one of those Manaless Dredge players that only pretend that they actually know how to play Magic.

that would require playing a bad format

Thanks for the advice gents.

I trust myself to be objective about my losses. My score pad is scribbled with things like "if I had fetched a shock instead of a basic, I ciuld have won this game" so that hopefully, in that instance, I learn to value clock over conserving life. I trust myself to be objective there.

When my draw is land, land, leyline, Inquisition, inquisition, intangible virtue, spectral on the play vs burn, that's a good keep. Then I rip his Destructive Revelry then he top decks another one and I never draw another land, I identify that as variance. I do not believe that it was my fault in that scenario. It was a peach of a hand. Doesn't get much better. But my opponent who runs 18 lands drew more than me (running 25) and I lost. It's hard for me to accept it was my fault.

The attitude of accept that and move on, while wise, is easier said than done. I have a pretty good idea of where I stand in my local meta, who's better, who's worse. It's easy to accept a loss to a better player. It's hard to accept a loss to a worse one, after the scenario I described above.

I suppose I need to:

A) Respect my opponents more
B) Laugh off bad luck
C) conduct myself as I would on camera
D) Complain less
E) take deep breaths

That's where I'm going to start.

FoS and tilting has been a recurring theme lately with multiple people seeking help

"Better lucky than good," is an expression that has no meaning in a Dechs world.
"Expertly drew perfect," is an expression without a hint of irony in a Dechs world.

In a Dechs world, shuffler randoms you.

There's no such thing as a top deck, just ask Top Dechs

LD, your list of things to improve on is good. If you want to take the card game more seriously, I would also add preparation, fine tuning, and keeping metrics of your games handy (if you're not current adept at rebuilding games and game states, practice it). Find out where your weak points are and build there. There's also something to be said for taking a break and refocusing everything.

Also your talley is never going to include "lost a million dollar hand." Remember that the money isn't yours until you've won—so saying losing a game means you lost $X is a logical fallacy.

To not rob Dechs of dues he is owed, it is almost criminal how many players cannot accurately gauge when RNG actually did them in and when pilot error was responsible and it's generally not responsible to even utter the words "drew bad," "land screwed," or "mana flooded."

His ideas are noble and righteous but he presents them far too nerdlike to be taken seriously. He's basically saying, "bad luck happens but you should never blame it," which is almost helpful but his unwavering stance and ignoring the lolfactor of bad beats acceptance makes his word walls more shit than anything at the end of the day

aka "laugh it off"

Kait, that's an awfully spergy interpretation of what DK was trying to say.

that just sounds like excuses to me, nancy.

like on a recent draft video, LSV was facing a total pile and he flooded out. He laughingly said, "yeah, I'll be medium if I lose to the Feed the Clan deck," and lost. He acknowledged he wasn't thrilled about it, laughed it off and moved on. It had nothing to do with anything Dechs said. It's okay to point out good or bad luck if you're not making a habit of blaming it for everything

Kait, that's an awfully spergy interpretation of what DK was trying to say.

No it isn't, you're a dumb person for thinking that

Kait, that's an awfully spergy interpretation of what I was trying to say.

No it isn't, you're a dipshit cunt for thinking that

Say what you want, but don't make fun of my record at FNM!

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Goblin ringleader

like on a recent draft video, LSV was facing a total pile and he flooded out. He laughingly said, "yeah, I'll be medium if I lose to the Feed the Clan deck," and lost. He acknowledged he wasn't thrilled about it, laughed it off and moved on. It had nothing to do with anything Dechs said. It's okay to point out good or bad luck if you're not making a habit of blaming it for everything

it sounds like someone who in the long run has made a mint off of magical cards and whose singular loss in an 8-man does not impact in any meaningful way his lifetime record.

we should definitely not look to mtg professionals for how to behave professionally in mtg

I suppose I need to:

A) Respect my opponents more
B) Laugh off bad luck
C) conduct myself as I would on camera
D) Complain less
E) take deep breaths

That's where I'm going to start.

That's a good action plan.

FoS and tilting has been a recurring theme lately with multiple people seeking help

There is exactly one, and over the course of a week he detailed exactly what the problem was. Some of us sincerely wanted to help.

open your eyes

We can't all be winners like Kait.

but you can strive for second place

Nice advice is also drinking.

but you can strive for second place

I forgot to mention that the event is a cross between rimming and sharting.

Every man sharts, but not every man truly rims

Shart me! He rimmed it!

there's the FoS humor we know and don't love

That's why I say "Hey man, nice shart."

Kaitshart

Every man dies, does every man truly shart?

Sharted from the bottom now we here.