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First Pick
Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica:
- Andrew Elenbogen defeats LSV in finals; Dezani; Watanabe top 8.
- 510 players (most ever for non-team PT).
- Luis Salvatto defeats Seth Manfield 4-2 to win POY playoff.
- Wescoe (vacation) and Larsson (Artifact tournament) skip event.
- Trophy isn't embarrassing: https://twitter.com/Top8Games/status/1061628999993044993?s=09
- Tom Ross is back: https://twitter.com/Boss_MTG/status/1060681728287748101?s=09
- Reuben wins PT player draft, Evan wins card draft FantasyPT.com
Gather the Townsfolk
2019 MOCS: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/2019-magic-online-championship-2018-11-12
Dustin Wade Roberson: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/ptgrn/dustin-wade-roberson-2018-11-10
Willy Edel Retires: https://twitter.com/bazardebagda/status/1062016513245360128
Desperate Ravings
No free water bottles / t-shirts / pro player tokens at the PT: https://twitter.com/g3rryt/status/1060629312729219073?s=21
https://twitter.com/abaeckst/status/1060655131887370242?s=21
Bad PT Security: https://twitter.com/em_teegee/status/1061240855229534209?s=21
LSV Token Bluff: https://clips.twitch.tv/HumblePatientPresidentPMSTwin
After unfortunate hot take, Jeff Hoogland out of paper for a bit:
https://twitter.com/em_teegee/status/1062117909873549313?s=21
https://twitter.com/jeffhoogland/status/1062164383315488768?s=21
"The future of competitive Magic" announcement on Dec 6: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/major-competitive-magic-gaming-announcement-december-6-2018-11-09
Tolarian Community College: How Wizards Sabotaged Ultimate: https://old.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9v61bd/tcc_how_wizards_of_the_coast_sabotaged_ultimate/
Age old PSulli: https://twitter.com/BasicMountain/status/750728104440524800
Splash Damage
Reid in Alumni Magazine: https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/magic-live
Joseph Gordon Levitt & MTG Memories: https://io9.gizmodo.com/joseph-gordon-levitt-geeking-out-about-magic-the-gathe-1830324230
Keyforge bad deck names: https://techraptor.net/content/unfortunately-named-keyforge-decks-are-being-recalled
Artifact using APIs: https://twitter.com/PlayArtifact/status/1061009613661777920
God Complex... https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/31/18039908/twitch-god-complex-mmdust-parasocial-backlash-twitchcon
The Finisher
The folks at LoadingReadyRun are headed into Hour 131 of the Desert Bus for Hope 2018 over at twitch.tv/desertbus. Over the past nine years, the gang has (as of about 45 minutes ago) raised 5 million dollars for Child's Play, a charity that donates toys, games and funds to children's hospitals all over the world. The more money raised the longer the team has to keep playing Desert Bus, a minigame from Penn & Teller's mercifully unreleased Sega CD Smoke and Mirrors. And while the cult classic game is widely considered to be the worst game ever made, I think maybe we can do better... or worse. So if you were hired to make the next best worst game ever, what would you make?