Magic tournament
Mar. 12th, 2006 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaYesterday, I was in Little Rock with the Rouge (Anime Mike) and the Black Mage (Lucky Andy) playing the collectible card game known as Magic: The Gathering. It's hard to explain my fascination with pieces of cardboard, but it has to do with more than the game itself (even though the game is very interesting to play).
I like going to these tournaments because I meet people that I would have never met otherwise. I got to meet a guy doing his student teaching in history from St. Louis, a guy working for an alternative school for kids who have been kicked out of public schools in Memphis, and a guy from Oklahoma City who happened to visiting his girlfriend in Jonesboro for spring break. I played against people from Springfield, Missouri and East Texas and Northern Louisiana.
Stories are told again and again. The tournament organizer recounted the pithing needle story. I told the story of how I forgot to make an obvious play to win the game because I cracked under the pressure.
Anime Mike was the assistant judge, and he later took his Level 1 test to be certified. He managed to only miss 14 of 50 questions, barely clearing the 70 percent hurdle at 72 percent. He'll be a zebra soon enough.
I had a good day, even though I felt bad. I managed to "win" a match because I wrote the results wrong and both my opponent and I signed it. So even though I really lost the match, I "won" because the results slip said I did.
Let me explain. At these bigger Magic tournaments, both players put their signature on how the match went (usually 2-0 or 2-1). Well I accidentally wrote two games to one...in my favor when it was really the other way around.
I profusely apologized to the guy afterwards, who shrugged it off and said it was his fault. He believes in taking responsibility for your actions. Sorry, mon ami.
Tournament report to be forthcoming on the Star City Forums soon, as I capitalized on my clerical error to finish in the Top 4 out of eighty four people.
I like going to these tournaments because I meet people that I would have never met otherwise. I got to meet a guy doing his student teaching in history from St. Louis, a guy working for an alternative school for kids who have been kicked out of public schools in Memphis, and a guy from Oklahoma City who happened to visiting his girlfriend in Jonesboro for spring break. I played against people from Springfield, Missouri and East Texas and Northern Louisiana.
Stories are told again and again. The tournament organizer recounted the pithing needle story. I told the story of how I forgot to make an obvious play to win the game because I cracked under the pressure.
Anime Mike was the assistant judge, and he later took his Level 1 test to be certified. He managed to only miss 14 of 50 questions, barely clearing the 70 percent hurdle at 72 percent. He'll be a zebra soon enough.
I had a good day, even though I felt bad. I managed to "win" a match because I wrote the results wrong and both my opponent and I signed it. So even though I really lost the match, I "won" because the results slip said I did.
Let me explain. At these bigger Magic tournaments, both players put their signature on how the match went (usually 2-0 or 2-1). Well I accidentally wrote two games to one...in my favor when it was really the other way around.
I profusely apologized to the guy afterwards, who shrugged it off and said it was his fault. He believes in taking responsibility for your actions. Sorry, mon ami.
Tournament report to be forthcoming on the Star City Forums soon, as I capitalized on my clerical error to finish in the Top 4 out of eighty four people.
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Date: 2006-03-13 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-03-13 11:11 pm (UTC)Clearly you're a talented player, despite the slip up.
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Date: 2006-03-14 02:40 am (UTC)Oh, if you look here, you will see that I am an average tournament player with a 1700+ rating in both Constructed and Limited.