What a weekend! Winning the battle hardened and PTI event in the same weekend feels so cool, especially in my home court! Couldn't let anyone outside of stl win our events! Thanks for all ofmy friends for coming out, met so many amazing people I can't name everyone.
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Ended 18th at
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pt Baltimore. After going 7-0 day one, I'm a little bummed about going 10-4 and missing top 8, but I'm still incredibly happy with the finish. I don't think I did anything wrong in my losses, overall a great weekend so far!
I hate losing, everybody does, but I think my match against
@Hadesblade
was my favorite, even though it didn't go very well for me. I usually study any matches I have on feature, and I think this is one of my most interesting matches I've played.
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#SCGCONIndy
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My year in
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Top 8 calling indianapolis
18th PT Baltimore
Top 8 Bh Atlanta
Top 4 US Nationals
T4 Team BH Portland
2nd place Pti Events Portland and Colombus
1st place BH STL
1st Place Pti event STL
1st place in the first ll event BH Barcelona
My year in Flesh and Blood:
126-43 in rated events (75%)
4 Pro quest wins
42nd Calling Indy
Day 2 protour2
15th Calling Baltimore
10th BH Chicago
36th US Nats
34th Dallas Calling
67th Worlds
23rd Constructed Elo
Had an amazing year playing the game, but much to improve on.
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12-2 into 3rd place at
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us nationals. Shoutout to fellow runaways
@Disc_Golf_Dan
@PheanoBlack
@TinMan354
for clutching half the top 8 and getting us the results we deserve! Congrats to the other top 8 contestants as well!
Cannot agree more.
@EthnicSmoke
played a pro tour at this pti event, playing brodie in Swiss and then beating Michael then brodie then myself in top cut. Absolute monster.
Pankaj (
@EthnicSmoke
) put on a dazzling performance today. In the quarterfinals he left me dumbstruck and on a constant state of “wow, I got got”. Not something I’ve felt too often. Absolute masterclass Iyslander play. Congratulations on the win, it was well earned!
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This is the list I played in the 10k at colombus. Might make some changes but deck felt smooth. Want more figments, heralds, and fewer metamorphs.
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Very disappointed in the handling of draftfab. I hope it is understood by the whole
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community that this draft format will not be played competitively by the best players, but by people who are lucky to have time and 7 friends, and by everybody else forcing a hero. Livid.
Huge congratulations to
@gordyfab
for winning the most underrated nationals in Singapore to become the 2x national champ!
@TCGRunaways
has monsters in all corners of the globe 💪
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Special shoutout to
@ManSantFaB
for being the real mvp all weekend, to
@brodiespurlock
for the awesome finals stream,
@TCGRunaways
for helping me get the big wins, and everyone else that came out! If you want tips and a community for getting better at fab, check out our discord!
Calling didn't go my way but I'm so incredibly proud of my team the
@TCGRunaways
for getting 8 out f our 14 contestants into day 2 at such a hard event! Special shoutouts to
@ManSantFaB
for being the goat and
@YuanjiLi
for being washed. Time to win another BH tomorrow!
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I was wrong heavy hitters sealed is actually good I'm sorry. Games are much more interesting than I thought. Kayo is boring and too easy imo but good for growing the game.
I actually loved the
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banned and restricted from the perspective of worlds. For sooner tournaments I think it has some weaknesses but we basically know the worlds format as soon as bright lights drops, which is awesome.
Went 7-0 today, but as usual top cut wins evade me, still a fun event. Shoutout to
@Disc_Golf_Dan
for giving runaways 2 top 8s, and shoutout to the rest of the top 8, really an elite group. Iyslander the best though.
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One of the pillars of the community imo, love Nathan and the cardguyz for everything they do, some of the friendliest and genuinely kind people out there and we're so spoiled and blessed to have them in our community. I'd like my ptis back though guys please 😅
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During worlds weekend 93 people told me that they loved the content, 27 asked me to sign something and 18 people asked to take a picture with me. I just wanted to say thank you and it meant so much to me that I counted each and every one of you. Love this community!
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Rewatching some stream games and I cannot emphasize enough how much fun it is to watch
@EthnicSmoke
and
@Samjobyrne
cast
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. Hard work from these guys paid off, absolutely deserving of the cast. Hopefully they get my stream tomorrow:)
Wanna let everyone knkw the
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website is wring about my decklist, I have no red staunchest or turn timbers in my list, so if you find you have 84 cards thats why.
Got 2nd place at the first Living Legend Battle Hardened tournament, only losing to
@ACHILLES2032
(twice!). Now I am officially washed up, only the second best Starvo player in the world.
Here it is! The first episode of the runaways podcast! We have many members so expect a diverse future cast with many different personalities, experiences, and opinions!
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Episode 1 of the Runaways Podcast is now live on YouTube:
Please be sure to leave a like, subscribe and let us know what you think!
Coming to podcast platforms soon!
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Watched
@ACHILLES2032
dig through bulk boxes and binders to build starvo Saturday night
he said to me “this worlds is the worst i’ve ever done in a tournament, time to redeem myself tomorrow”
actually crazy he didn’t even find the 80 cards he wanted and still won the event
Excited to watch all the action at the Realm Rumble this weekend?! Join us on our LIVESTREAM!
@WatchFlake
,
@thatCHARM3R
and
@Samjobyrne
will be bringing you live coverage of the $20K Invitational - with giveaways, flash sales, and more! Join us this weekend!
Link below👇
Got 2nd, lost to the great
@CardsWithM
in the finals in a great game. Made a small misplay that cost me the game, but still happy with the finish. Team
@brodiespurlock
Michael and me is looking even better for Portland after this weekend. Look out blitz 😈
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📣 We now have our Top 8 for the
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PTI (Classic Constructed)! Whoever finishes in 1st place will earn a Professional Tournament Invite and a Gold Cold Foil (C/M), in addition to a ton of Prize Wall tickets. Best of luck to you all! 🍀
#SCGCOL
First I want to say thank you to
@fabtcg
and papa
@james_white
for this opportunity again. It's an honor to get to spoil such an important card.
Also want to shout out
@AsurArt
for this gorgeous art. You are quickly becoming one of my all time favorite artists
Lucky
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✨SPEEDY AWARDS 2023✨
Join
@WatchFlake
and
@FreshBudsPod
as they celebrate the best of the year in
@fabtcg
. We recognize the community's votes for:
-Player of the Year
-Fave Cosplayer
-Community Champion LGS and Player
-Podcast of the Year
-much more!
Join us!
Thanks everyone for the support from this weekend! So many people I hardly knew coming up and cheering me on till I made t8! Thanks to everyone from stl and especially
@TimMothMichael
and
@kennon_jesse
for testing for the event. First time 2 of the exact same 80 in cut?
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2
@TCGRunaways
in top 8!
2 in top 16
3 in top 32
1 in top 48
Phenomenal showing from the guys!
Let's see if
@YuanjiLi
or
@MantenFAB
can take it down 💪💪💪
So proud of everyone in the group!
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It's been a few weeks now and I wanna voice a little bit of frustration at the lack of ptis given out for US nationals. I'm not actually sure that anyone in the top 8 is gonna use the worlds invite. For some of the smaller nationals I understand it.
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The combination of the enjoyment of the game and how much I can learn from it is amazing. The use of crown of seeds and taking low value plays to set up for the endgame is something I'll definitely look back on this game for, I think everyone should study their losses.
Fab goals for 2024:
Top 8 a tier 4 event
Get 6 ptis(ast year 5.5, wanna top it)
Win another bh
Reach top 5 either elo leaderboard
Accomplish one of the above with a "spicy" hero
Help get the
@TCGRunaways
back on top
💪💪💪
Ambitious but I think I can get 1 or more fs!
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FAB Goals for 2024:
1. Win a major event (BH or higher)
2. Top 8 all PT level events
3. Get Living Legend points for Dromai and Prism
4. Commentate a major event
5. Travel to more European major events
Same goals as 2023 pretty much. 2024 will be the year.
@MATTHEWFOULKES
@james_white
I'm happy to take up the mantle. I'm the best player in the world and anyone who disagrees is the silliest of geese. I just need to win an event to prove it.
I am beat after a long weekend in Las Vegas, I am so happy for how
@TCGRunaways
did and special congrats to
@TinMan354
for taking down the event!
We are planning to do bigger and better things in the
#fabtcg
community and appreciate everyone’s support
One of the best run events I've been to, very smooth, judges came pre-equipped with important questions, no dragging rounds. Absolutely phenomenal group.
Possibly the best judge staff ever? Seriously, we are so grateful for these amazing people. We hope to see all of you at the next MinMax event, you will always be welcome here.
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Excellent deck tech from an excellent player. One of the best competitive caster/content creators put there putting a sweet spin on my favorite hero! Go check it out!
Got some questions regarding the Iyslander list I took down the PTI event with last weekend, so here's a 40-minute ramble on weathervane disguised as a deck tech
Boltyn sucks confirmed.
Almost as unplayable as Dromai.
Jokes: aside it was a dream of mine to have a finals match with
@Hadesblade
and it was awesome to finally make it happen.
Bonus meme:
SOME BLUES ARE FREAKING GOOD IN BOLTYN
Not sure on my thoughts yet aht rhinar getting reprinted but I wish we knew earlier. Having this revealed before a spoiler break kinda kills the vibe especially after yhe awesome kayo reveal.
i wanna discourse tonight
@BryanGFaB
idk whose decision Rhinar was in the end, but I like it :)
as much as I dislike majestic adults and opening an adult rhinar is gonna feel bad, I understand why it’s there
thanks for making fab and maybe I can be good at limited finally
I'll be interviewing
@TinMan354
the 2023 US National Champion himself this friday about hit nats run and about his beefy briar deck list. If there are any topics you guys would like me to cover or any questions you would like to ask please leave them here.
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No clue how humble snuck it's way up there with me skipping it 9/10 times on the Playlist but it is what it is 😅
Not proud of everyone on the list but the basic nature of my music taste is really popping 😅
I like giving an opportunity for people to go to worlds without making too many ptis enter the pool, but topping the 3rd largest event of the year and not getting a pti feels strange when there was no prizing increase from last year, just a replacement with a non-prize.
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I don't wanna make people think I'm complaining about the prizing, it was phenomenal and I loved the event, it just feels like there should be ptis moving forward at us nationals.
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Ok so for
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players. Why is everyone talking about blitz being included for worlds and not talking about the finals prize difference being $75,000? Like the difference between 1st and second is absolutely insane.
@YukiLeeBender
@YevAraphel
I'll let you in on a secret: pitch stacking isn't real. It's only a few matchups that it matters, and even the best players don't know their exact stack. Obviously you gotta know where power cards are but average stuff isn't super important.
Me trying not to guilt
@ManSantFaB
and
@PheanoBlack
into showing me their
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spoilers cause the team needs them early (I am exceedingly impatient and unable to contain excitement for shadow heroes).
Hi FAB Fam - if you're purchasing a PTI and need a 'middleman', I am offering to act as an Escrow. I only ask for $1 for my time. PM me for more details. Please don't get scammed! If it sounds shady, it probably is.
Cody gives some great insight for players that are newer to iyslander here. People make so many arsenal mistakes that lose them games without them even realizing it. Go check it out!
To anyone going to the
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Battle Hardened in St. Louis, there will be a Friday armory at Yeti Gaming at 7pm (cc or draft depending on what ppl want), location is 8924 watson rd. I'd love to see people there 😁
I thunk sealed is the best fab has ever done in the format but I am worried draft may be vanilla. Not a whole lot of interesting decisions to be made and the games are boring. That being said I do love me some boring flesh and blood 😁
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The jig is up
Check out the return of the Librarians of Solana Podcast, featuring special guest...
@ACHILLES2032
!
Tune in as we discuss riveting topics, like what Shock Charmers does.
You won't want to miss this!
@BryanGo
@SavageFeats
I'll admit I was a bit worried about the format going in, but now I'm just excited to play more. The best deck being underplayed and yet unsolved was super fun, and I look forward to showing people the truth at nats!
We want to welcome
@CardsWithM
and
@brodiespurlock
as official MinMaxGames Brand Ambassadors! You can read more about it here on our updated content hub. We are excited to have them on the team!
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@CardsWithM
@IanTCG_Ian
I'm glad you came back with a smile and fucking smashed it the next day! Recovering from losses is one of the most underrated and difficult skills in tcgs
Runaways, to my knowledge, are the first pro Team with production value in
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. I'd love to see how other pro teams like the Wolfpack, Magnolia, Kayfabe, or Ascent respond. We're talking about something *incredibly* unique in the card game sphere. Runaways set the tone!
ANNOUNCING the casting team for
@SCGCON
Pittsburgh!
The talented pro players Naib and Yuanji will be bringing us their deep insight into the game as we stream the FIRST and FINAL event before the
@fabtcg
World Champs.
Link below, giveaway and sponsor announcement tomorrow!