hey graham! I don't know if you remember this but i was a little kid in a straw fedora that walked up to you and said something along the lines of "Are you the one who does the videos?" I was so excited and kept shaking your hand.
I remember that white draft deck from Magic 2015. You'd see the turn 1 Selfless Cathar and know what was going to happen on the next two turns. You couldn't stop it, but you know it was going to happen.
Turn 1, plains and Selfless Cathar, turn 2, another plains and either in your main phase or during the opponent's turn cast raise the alarm to put 2 soldier tokens into play, turn 3 play a third plains, then tap all your lands and your cathar and tokens for convoke to cast triplicate spirits. Having 3 1/1 fliers on turn 3 was very aggressive in draft and one of the most popular draft archetypes.
16:00 Also, James, I realize this is 3 years ago, but you do know you're describing the Babel-fish, as created by Douglas Adams from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Man, I remember this being the first GP I went to and actually hunting you guys down and stammering out a few words before running away. It's fucking crazy to think that that was 3 years ago. Thanks for sticking around.
I remember when I was in Canada for choir tour once. I loved Victoria, and I'd never been on the ocean before. Also I had to piggyback off of Rodger's for cell service the entire time.
It's weird seeing a video where I know all of the locations by first-hand experience. I live in Portland, my friend lives 2 blocks from the convention center, I've been on all of those sidewalks and can point them out.
It has been a few years since I was last on the Coho (from Port Angeles), but last time I was there... there was a strict 'no alcohol on board' rule, so... yeah.
The way deck registration use to work at sealed GPs was you would open a pool and register the cards and then swap that pool with someone else. Sometimes it was as simple as the person across from or next to you and sometimes the judges would collect them all and then randomly give them all back out. It was to prevent cheating and people slipping bombs into their pools etc. Now you just go through it with the person across from you I believe and open+register one deck at a time and keep your own pool. It became and issue and they had to change the rules with the original modern masters because you could drop at any time meaning if you opened a pool with a ton of value like a Goyf + foil Goyf many players would drop on the spot before swapping decks, especially since the value of that pool was far higher than your expected value on doing well in the event.
Nope, you're effectively opening and registering a pool for someone else. This way if you were to cheat and slip in a bomb mythic or such in place of a garbage rare you are only benefiting some random stranger who ends up with it. Because someone else went through it and registered it you never have a chance to cheat and put different cards in. You saw the little slips of paper where you write in how many of each card you open in that pool. The only way you could keep what you originally open would be to drop from the event before the pools were collected and swapped. A few people doing this wouldn't be an issue but with events like the modern masters GPs that were huge huge events and thousands of people you'd end up with hundreds of people dropping which would take a lot of time to deal with registering the drops on the event recorder and getting pairings done correctly after all of those drops.
I believe they've changed all sealed events to no longer do pool swaps like that anymore. It's especially problematic these days with masterpieces and such. You might be able to find a store here or there that still insists on doing pool swaps with gpts or pptqs but it would definitely be abnormal if you did.
Mara K Thank you, I didn't know that was a thing! I thought you had to ferry to Tsawwassen, then head over to Peace Arch. Welp that'll be good info for when I move to Nanaimo.
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hey graham! I don't know if you remember this but i was a little kid in a straw fedora that walked up to you and said something along the lines of "Are you the one who does the videos?" I was so excited and kept shaking your hand.
Oh god, Jer! Oh god old moonbase!
What happened with jer anyway?
chromatikscale I think he moved.
He and Tally moved to Vancouver
Oh god, pre-Penelope!
I miss seeing Jer
[Will not play with Jeremy Petter]
glad the upload wasn't late or something...
I remember that white draft deck from Magic 2015. You'd see the turn 1 Selfless Cathar and know what was going to happen on the next two turns. You couldn't stop it, but you know it was going to happen.
I wasn't playing then. What happened?
Turn 1, plains and Selfless Cathar, turn 2, another plains and either in your main phase or during the opponent's turn cast raise the alarm to put 2 soldier tokens into play, turn 3 play a third plains, then tap all your lands and your cathar and tokens for convoke to cast triplicate spirits. Having 3 1/1 fliers on turn 3 was very aggressive in draft and one of the most popular draft archetypes.
Generally, you died.
Jaaames, storm crow is a 1/2.
You seem to be under the impression that a mere token can be as mighty as the real thing?
16:00 Also, James, I realize this is 3 years ago, but you do know you're describing the Babel-fish, as created by Douglas Adams from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
18:05 left on screen
rare sighting of shahar shenhar out and about at the gp before he was famous
5:28 Jer with that Sick burn.
Was Jerry the Pineapple an inspiration for the joke in the OGW Prerelease Friday Nights about Gibb playing as Graham's teammate?
Man, I remember this being the first GP I went to and actually hunting you guys down and stammering out a few words before running away. It's fucking crazy to think that that was 3 years ago. Thanks for sticking around.
Neat! Glad to see you guys had a fun time in my hometown!
magic realy needs a card that summons storm crow tokens!
GirlPainting I love your W40k videos!
thx :)
Did....you just predict the future?
i think so
There is now, crow Storm!
Perfect on time...
I miss Jer and the old moon base so much
omg Jer aww I miss seeing him. but nice walk down memory road
This video is a trip through nostalgia.
Man, I never knew pineapple racism was so prevalent in the magic community. This exposé documentary was really eye-opening!
I recognized a lot of these places because I go to Portland every 2 years and I love those food trucks
Ive been waiting for this for 3 years!
Watching in 2020 and pv won the world championship
I remember when I was in Canada for choir tour once. I loved Victoria, and I'd never been on the ocean before. Also I had to piggyback off of Rodger's for cell service the entire time.
blast from the past
That's me at 5:30! I think I need to call my mom.
It is probably about time anyway
Wow, you do a very good Jer impersonation.
Liam Anthony Ha! I'm the guy in the background in the yellow and black shirt. But I do have a mean Jer impression.
I'm a simple guy. I see a video with Jer in the thumbnail, I click.
It's weird seeing a video where I know all of the locations by first-hand experience.
I live in Portland, my friend lives 2 blocks from the convention center, I've been on all of those sidewalks and can point them out.
My hometown is Victoria, but I'm currently living elsewhere in Canada. Many a video is a whiplash for me
Jer's t-shirt around 7 mins! You sir are a legend
Seaside down in Florida has a parking lot food truck thing like that.
I recognise that conference centre! And the down town. Never queued up for Voodoo though.
Ah, the before times
It has been a few years since I was last on the Coho (from Port Angeles), but last time I was there... there was a strict 'no alcohol on board' rule, so... yeah.
I miss jer :(
I miss jer.
This is when James retired from competitive Magic when he got first blood on LSV, wasn't it?
Ah, the old vlog mentioned on stream yesterday? (W+P) Hurrah!
I miss those old times
Is this like a re upload or did you just forget to upload it in 2014?
Wow, this kinda takes me back to 2014
Jer's Joy Division shirt!
Why post this video so early????
Time zone
The "1/1 storm crow" made me twitch a little.
18:05 The, at the time, reining Magic world champion Shahar Shenhar just hanging out all casual like.
How dare you attempt to Invasive Species into Oregon! For shaaaaaammmmmmmmmmeeeeeee! (*melodramatic pointing*)
I recognize that train!
Jers dream reminds me of that one friday nights at a gp where james gets people for drafts
Near the end, was that the CEO from that Beige company in CH ?
Hope you enjoyed those ciders.
Regarding James question at the 16:00 mark - *CoughCough* www.waverlylabs.com/products/
What happened to Jer?
He moved to Vancouver.
Around here ferries are basically water busses so I guess your food ferry is kinda cool?
What I want to know is what did Jer do to the Japanese community of Victoria...
now I need to make a Dudeman deck
No lie, that James Turner card would be a perfect fit for my Commander deck.
sweet
When is the next gp that the lrr crew will attend?
what card is that james is holding? i mean the real name?
Only. 2.5 years late
It is mono red remember
Also that technology does exist
Jer!
wait 13$ for a dozen isn't a good deal?
Burned by Luis Scott Vargas and Marshall Sutcliffe, the only way that could hurt more is if Richard Garfield and Mark Rosewater said it...
also I don't understand how you can open a sealed pool and not keep it if you kept the first sealed you would have done great.
The way deck registration use to work at sealed GPs was you would open a pool and register the cards and then swap that pool with someone else. Sometimes it was as simple as the person across from or next to you and sometimes the judges would collect them all and then randomly give them all back out. It was to prevent cheating and people slipping bombs into their pools etc. Now you just go through it with the person across from you I believe and open+register one deck at a time and keep your own pool.
It became and issue and they had to change the rules with the original modern masters because you could drop at any time meaning if you opened a pool with a ton of value like a Goyf + foil Goyf many players would drop on the spot before swapping decks, especially since the value of that pool was far higher than your expected value on doing well in the event.
Yeah see the pool swapping just sounds like nonsense do you at least get to the pool you originally opened back at the end?
Nope, you're effectively opening and registering a pool for someone else. This way if you were to cheat and slip in a bomb mythic or such in place of a garbage rare you are only benefiting some random stranger who ends up with it. Because someone else went through it and registered it you never have a chance to cheat and put different cards in. You saw the little slips of paper where you write in how many of each card you open in that pool.
The only way you could keep what you originally open would be to drop from the event before the pools were collected and swapped. A few people doing this wouldn't be an issue but with events like the modern masters GPs that were huge huge events and thousands of people you'd end up with hundreds of people dropping which would take a lot of time to deal with registering the drops on the event recorder and getting pairings done correctly after all of those drops.
Wow is it still like that or did they change all sealed events?
I believe they've changed all sealed events to no longer do pool swaps like that anymore. It's especially problematic these days with masterpieces and such. You might be able to find a store here or there that still insists on doing pool swaps with gpts or pptqs but it would definitely be abnormal if you did.
We don't even have ferries
rip old moonbase
THATS MY CARD!!!
Graham there is no such thing as extra donuts.
I gotta get back in time....
Dang I thought my time machine worked.
Why are you on the small Koho? Why not take a Princess?? They are the best with White Spots
that's what goes to Portland, I guess?
Mara K Thank you, I didn't know that was a thing! I thought you had to ferry to Tsawwassen, then head over to Peace Arch. Welp that'll be good info for when I move to Nanaimo.
That was a guess. I don't know the whole BC Ferries schedule.