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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

probably should have warned my roommate

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@Slasher

4 years

from today's Magic Pro Tour finals, when you gotta go you gotta go

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4 years

For sale: 4 Uros, never played.

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4 years

I'd forgive all of it if I could discard 2 Arclight Phoenixes to Faithless Looting again

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5 years

PW rule change idea: instead of attacking players or PWs individually, creatures all attack a player and then unblocked creatures can assign their damage either to that player or to a PW that player controls. Simplifies gameplay, weakens PWs without fundamentally changing them.

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6 years

Won the Pro Tour.

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4 years

free Mox Opal and Faithless Looting

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@nalkpas

5 years

I miss best-of-5 in top 8 as both a spectator and a player

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@nalkpas

6 years

today in questionable cost-benefit analysis

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@nalkpas

5 years

Despite the rough first impression, Dreamhack was the sickest Magic tournament I've ever played. No clock worries, no game rule violations, no shuffling, responsive staff, the best tournament structure. Playing vs. the same people again and trying to adapt better was super fun.

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@nalkpas

5 years

Really really want to shout out the @DreamHackMTGA staff now. Been feeling sick and had an uncontrolled bowel movement, and they extended the commercial break and somehow produced wet wipes and new pants for me. Managed to hold it together for a nice win against @Ni_Hao_DyLan .

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@nalkpas

4 years

The Arena Open was super fun despite the heinous formats. Getting to play for meaningful stakes with a chess clock and impartial arbiter, from the comfort of my home, at my own pace, is a paradigm shift. Hope a bunch of cards get banned and day 1 is bo3 next time.

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@nalkpas

5 years

I am 2-0 at Dreamhack Anaheim. It is 5 PM and round 2 is still going. My capacity to suffer for money is being seriously tested.

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@nalkpas

6 years

Magic tournaments would be so vastly improved by a dedicated lunch break

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@nalkpas

5 years

team 7% limited prep (always interested in process feedback, if people have any) draft data: limited survey results: final rankings: limited meeting recordings:

THB Limited Meeting

www.youtube.com

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@nalkpas

4 years

Drew with Patrick Fernandes into t8. Made 3 big mistakes (that I noticed), but super happy with my gameplay and prep overall. This is the hardest Magic tournament I've played by a lot, I loved it.

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@nalkpas

5 years

the state of my life after 3 months of Magic tournaments

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@nalkpas

5 years

Gingerbrute being the best Affinity 1-drop now is some major Eldraine feels

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@nalkpas

5 years

won, too tired to say anything more

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@nalkpas

5 years

Finished 14-1-1 after drawing with @mtghofbot , should be first seed.

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@nalkpas

4 years

I like the Uro ban, I was worried I'd have to actually test for the Grand Finals this week

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@nalkpas

5 years

wrote an "article" an productive and unproductive mindsets

Magic Frameworks | Article

There are so many factors to improve your skill and Allen Wu 🇺🇸 thinks that correctly identifying what mistake you made is key to avoiding the same mistake.

article.hareruyamtg.com

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

2 years

I don't really understand the outrage at SCG. Every concert I've been to lately waived the vax requirement and the line moved twice as fast with half the staff. I'd bet 97+% of attendees were vaxxed anyway.

Daryl Ayers

@daryl_ayers

2 years

So, I was planning on attending a super spreader event with 500 friends in an enclosed space, but the company removed a marginal safety precaution. After 3 weeks of bullying their staff, and many discord accounts later, they wouldn't budge. Still going, vibes gonna be off tho 😩

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@nalkpas

5 years

it's 2019, how is there not a better way to exercise than exercising yet

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@nalkpas

2 years

Won an LCQ in Atlanta. Maybe not washed?

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@nalkpas

4 years

you vs. the guy she told you not to worry about

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@nalkpas

6 years

bayesian inference and opportunistic cheating

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@nalkpas

1 year

A funny story from the day. During deck registration, the player across from me asked if we needed to "count our sideboards". When I asked what he meant, he explained what a sideboard was to me.

Allen Wu

@nalkpas

1 year

Fired an RCQ because it was so close and the store seemed nice (Gamelandia), won. Sealed left, draft right. Played decent and got lucky, as you do.

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@nalkpas

5 years

I received 25 copies of Archon of Sun's Grace instead of the cards I ordered. Confused.

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@nalkpas

5 years

Postmortem thoughts: 1. I sure won a lot this weekend and won literally nothing. 2. I never want to play a match for $10000 and stone zero ever again. 3. Increasingly convinced that the most efficient way to practice by a lot is 2x speeding coverage and streams.

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@nalkpas

5 years

3-0 into 12-0 with one of the more absurd decks I've ever drafted

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@nalkpas

4 years

@maro254 @SheaStrausman @sickofit I reject the premise that determining that Lurrus would warp every eternal format takes any testing.

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@nalkpas

3 years

If you're going to keep running PTQs on your ramshackle client after gutting organized play, shipping an invite when someone loses in the top 8 to a gamebreaking bug is the least you could do.

Jonny Guttman

@ginky_mtg

3 years

Despite being in an insanely good position in game one and lethal on board game two, along with a game-breaking bug that I had no way at all to play around, I don't get the invite. Insanely crushed. Just the most sickening way to go out in the final PTQ of the season.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

2019-2020 had some legit 10/10 designs (the Castles, Omen of the Sea, the ELD hosers, Shark Typhoon, Neutralize vs. Absorb, Shatter the Sky, the interactive Adventures, Soul-Guide Lantern) but man the mistakes cast a long shadow

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 months

10-2 in the RC, locked Amsterdam (probably) and have a win-and-in for top 8 (probably).

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@nalkpas

4 years

can they just errata all basics to be snow? Snow is a cool mechanic, but I hate that normal basics are functionally banned in every format now

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@nalkpas

2 years

Won the Friday PTQ in Philly. Opened the two best rares and then the @ZKiihne special was good for the key win.

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@nalkpas

5 years

In a weird spot with respect to Magic. On one hand, I'm finally improving again after having been stuck in a plateau for a year and want to see where that takes me. On the other, my time, enjoyment playing, and confidence in design and organized play are all at a lifetime low.

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@nalkpas

3 months

Lost then ID'd into 11-3-1, probably top 32. Would have been nice to win two more but happy to qualify. Thanks to everyone who tested with me, though particularly to @Tristan_MTG_ for the deck, advice, and spiritual guidance.

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@nalkpas

3 months

Won an LCQ at Dallas. Deece.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

Austin was not the bestest boy but man this is draconic

Oliver Tiu

@TheTiuTangClan

4 years

Based on what was seen here, this seems very wrong from wotc's end

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@nalkpas

5 years

8-1 after day 1 at GP Austin. The Urza deck is stupid.

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@nalkpas

5 years

was feeling shitty so I ate a giant bag of tortilla chips and I do not feel better

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@nalkpas

2 years

Won an RCQ.

Minhtos

@Minhtos

2 years

RCQ where you can play against people of your skill level to take your first step into playing with the big time players. Also pictured: 1 PT and 4 GP trophies @nalkpas @bad_at_mtg

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@nalkpas

4 years

if people just never fell below platinum or whatever after hitting mythic, I would play a lot more Arena

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@nalkpas

5 years

Finished 8-2 to end up 3rd(?) seed. With UW Control on basically no practice. @StanCifka is a genius.

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@nalkpas

5 years

team 50% of the top 8

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@nalkpas

4 years

2real

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@nalkpas

3 years

I skipped the last Arena PTQ and this one. Haven't been enjoying standard, historic, the Arena PTQs, or the PTs, so I'm done for a bit. I do miss the battle, but that's life.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

6 years

winning a Pro Tour and more than doubling my income aside, I get a little happier every day that I quit working at WotC

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

it took some real ingenuity to come up with something as awful as this sudden death rule

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

thesis: it's cool that new printings are hitting older formats but it's problematic that so many of them have deeply warped the character of said formats -- Paradoxical Outcome and Assassin's Trophy are good additions; Lurrus, Astrolabe, and Oko are not

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@nalkpas

6 years

an absurdly long report, subtitled "honestly you're an absolute waste of time, craving attention with your self-deprecation"

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@nalkpas

4 years

analysis of Sam Black and Josh Utter-Leyton's match from the semifinals of PT Philadephia 2011

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@nalkpas

5 years

wonder what it feels like to win regionals with a ham sandwich

Collin Rountree

@CollinRountree

5 years

Back to back regional champion with Temur Reclamation! Let’s goooooo

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@nalkpas

1 year

Team Handshake are kinda better at Magic than I even thought it was possible to be.

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@nalkpas

4 years

I shifted my sleep schedule from 6PM-2AM to 10PM-7AM and have observed no benefits and the considerable disadvantage of now being hot the majority of my waking day

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@nalkpas

4 years

Feels fucking weird that I lost playing for $50k+ in the quarterfinals of RPT Phoenix, and that my most successful year of competitive Magic was stone erased. Still happy for @ZKiihne and @Corey_Burkhart , especially since Corey should have been in the MPL to begin with.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

5-3, 4-3, 6-3, 2-3 in bo1 with 2x Sultai, 2x Jund, then 4-0 in bo3 with Sultai. Have regrets. Think I'm done with bo1 for the rest of life.

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@nalkpas

3 years

wrote an article on some interesting algorithms and how they might apply to Magic

Hareruya English

@hareruyaEnglish

3 years

Allen Wu's ( @nalkpas ) articles are familiar for their professionalism and long usefulness. I'm sure this article will be useful to you too! "Algorithmically Playing Magic" #HareruyaPros

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@nalkpas

4 years

@MagicEsports I'm proud that I top 8'd 2 PTs and won 2 GPs this year

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

just played a game of chess that ended with me blundering my queen and then my opponent blundering their queen, felt like I was playing Magic

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

6 years

bad Codenames clues will follow you around your whole life

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

Magic Organized Play was an utopia for neurodivergent nerds to find their people and prove themselves. To that end, was it exclusionary and sometimes toxic? Sure. But we can still celebrate the haven it represented.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

I increasingly feel like Wilderness Reclamation is the unappreciated hero of this standard format. Jund Food would be a way more oppressive and miserable best deck.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

kinda staggering how many $20-50 purchases have immediately and dramatically improved my life

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

my PT Finals report is up -- particularly proud of the sections on my match against Michael Jacob

Hareruya English

@hareruyaEnglish

4 years

Check out Allen Wu's tournament report at the Players Tour Finals! He look-back on the PTF with the importance of eating and sleeping, how he practices, and the big mistakes he made. "Bullets Through Rotten Fruit (4th in the Online PTF)" #HareruyaPros

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@nalkpas

4 years

It's nice that I got to live vicariously through both @AaronGertler and @mtghofbot making the finals. That last game against Nassif definitely showcased the advantages of our build.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

although I'm not that concerned about the risk coronavirus represents to me personally, I have come around to the argument for not traveling in order to slow the spread of the disease in general

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

I was skeptical seeing how powerful the MH2 cards were but I played a ton of modern this weekend after scrubbing the limited event and the format is crazy fun rn. @mtgaaron truly the GOAT.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

did my part for #256omnaths , though it looks like the dream is already dead

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

1. Women start with $1900 to men's $1500, and collect $240 > $200 for passing Go. 2. The properties in this game include Spanx. 3. The woman who invented Monopoly, Liz Magie, is not credited as such. somehow Veil of Summer and Oko weren't the worst 2019 Hasbro products

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

8-0 in the Runeterra Seasonal. Chose my lineup using a spreadsheet last night since I hadn't played in a while, but it turns out that spreadsheets are pretty strong.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

I am really missing a compelling competitive outlet

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

I wrote a report on my top 8 at PT Phoenix and the preceding GPs

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@nalkpas

4 years

the Play Design team and the entire competitive Magic community birding @CorriganAbe 's PTQ finals is really peak 2020-21

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

arena draft is this bizarre version of sealed where you have to guess what cards you opened

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

6 years

11-2-1, first seed going into top 4.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

exercise would be a lot more pleasant if it wasn't so unpleasant

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

2 years

Played a PTQ to try to feel something, lost to @daniel_brodie in a 71/75 mirror playing for t8. Thanks to Brodie, @ZKiihne , and @CorriganAbe for the deck. Standard is low-key super fun rn.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

8-1 Runeterra seasonals to make top 32 with maximum Ionia. I've been struggling a bit recently and it feels good to compete and win again.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

My main struggle with the social distancing thing isn't the day-to-day, which is mostly the same for me as before the pandemic. It's that there's nothing to look forward to. Why do anything today when I could do it a month from now, when things will be exactly the same?

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@nalkpas

3 years

wrote an article on organizing, joining, and working in teams in Magic

Hareruya English

@hareruyaEnglish

3 years

Can you contribute to the team? Allen Wu ( @nalkpas ) talks about the importance of teamwork and how to solve problems, and more. The keyword is "Optimism Under Uncertainty". "For Successful Teamwork: Optimism Under Uncertainty" #HareruyaPros

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@nalkpas

2 years

I wanted a hot dog so I got a package of seven hotdogs and ate them all in one sitting with no buns, only ketchup. Now I feel a bit queasy.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

fun fact: there are 58 cards with the mana cost 5W legal in Legacy and they are all bad

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

1 year

Fired an RCQ because it was so close and the store seemed nice (Gamelandia), won. Sealed left, draft right. Played decent and got lucky, as you do.

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Allen Wu

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6 years

Overheard a group of people gossiping about how "Team Hotsauce, who won the PT" are 0-2. I stared someone in the group in the eye. We're 2-0.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

Went 12-3 at GP Columbus with BUG Urza, getting ninth on breakers. Played interaction in the flex spots and it was great. Deck is just unreasonably good.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

4th player to Master's, not bad. Played Poppy-Tristana until I got bored and then Zoe-Nami, which I'm not bored of yet. I'll post lists in the replies.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

1 year

6-2 day one at Vegas with a stone 6.5. Happy I get to draft, I was spooked hearing about the 6 uncommon packs.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

oh, I do want to thank @morticiansunion for stone teaching me how to play this format

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

2 years

The definitive Legion Angel tier list, with ordered tiers. I will not be taking questions at this time. A: 0-0 B: 1-3 2-2 1-2 C: 0-4 1-1 0-3 2-1 D: 0-2 3-1 0-1 1-0 E: 3-0 4-0 F: 2-0

Percsalert

@mtghofbot

2 years

PT testing going well! I had to finish some work and came back to 1286 discord messages on legion angel splits Full on tier list for every single possible split. No1 is even testing Just vehemently defending their legion angel/theoretical sideboarding/deckbuilding position 🤦‍♂️

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@nalkpas

5 years

inspired by @OliverTomajko 's poll and my games this weekend, I wrote a short piece on intuition and logic in Magic

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

I left all the group chats I was in and now I feel as lonely as I always was

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

4 years

Discussions re: whether the MPL Discord was an advantage miss the point. Newcomers were definitely disadvantaged by the sudden changes in platform and timing, and the conflicts of interest here only underscore the problem of the MPL being the entire and only focus group for OP.

Jacob Nagro

@JacobNagro

4 years

Maybe an extra 2 weeks of standard testing not feeling like a big deal is correlated with you already being one of the best players in the world.

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@nalkpas

1 year

You're on the play and your hand is Swamp, Swamp, Dark Ritual, Dark Ritual, Hymn, Thoughtseize, Sheoldred. What's the play?

April King

@CubeApril

1 year

You’re on the play with an opening hand containing Swamp, Dark Ritual, Thoughtseize, and Hymn to Tourach. Which discard spell do you cast first, following Swamp into Dark Ritual?

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

Weird how we spent the whole morning berating @crokeyz for not bowing to more experienced players and now we're berating @jmmtgo for taking Elspeth > Crypt vs. reassessing our own priors.

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

3 years

wrote on article on some ideas from other games that helped me improve at Magic

Hareruya English

@hareruyaEnglish

3 years

Allen Wu ( @nalkpas ), who enjoys playing many other games besides Magic, will share some useful perspectives on Competitive Magic from other games. I am sure you will find it useful. "Applying Lessons from Other Games to Magic" #HareruyaPros

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

5 years

opening up sign-ups to this Pioneer thing with a revised structure to comply with the MTGO EULA. Will announce Thursday morning if enough people sign up.

Zach Dunn Open Signup Form

These are sign-ups for the Zach Dunn Open, the Pioneer tournament I'm trying to run on Theros prerelease weekend, with Theros Beyond Death cards legal. The tournament will be on Saturday, 1/18, at 9...

docs.google.com

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Allen Wu

@nalkpas

1 year

10-4. Pushed the boulder up the hill.

Allen Wu

@nalkpas

1 year

got a pin this time, that's cool