I will def take this under advisement. This isn’t the first time I have heard this before, though I do stand by the fact that when you’re taping, chatting elsewhere or otherwise, it’s much more time consuming than just playing. And again, in a PE, as you saw with my demise in Top 8, my clock and bad time mgmt ends up being a detriment moreso to me than my opponent. I never, ever ask anyone to hasten the pace in a sanctioned event. Waste all the time you like!

Anyway, enough with the excuses/reasons! I’ll try to pick up the pace, just like in those salsa commercials of yore!

Look I’m not trying to “piss in your cheerios”, so to speak, I just know if I was your opponent and you were taking forever when there really weren’t any decisions to be made it would really annoy me and knowing as I do that you’re just chatting with someone on completely unrelated issues I have the benefit of knowing for sure that it’s also pretty rude.

But in fairness none of that is really my business since I’m not your opponent, so lets just say this: When you’re done recording the video how about you edit out those 1 min pauses that show up constantly so I can watch a 12 min video instead of a 20 minute video? If you’re talking about making no preparation as adding value to the videos then surely you can see how long pauses where all the viewer hears is clacking of keys would also detract from it, yes?

I understand that to you this comes across as just some random asshole bitching about you on the internet but consider that every person who watches the video sits through those pauses each and every time you stop to have a chat. Every minute that would normally be just a minor nuisance for your opponent alone is now multiplied across everyone who watches your videos.

Anyways, I don’t really wanna argue about it. Just consider that if I didn’t actually want to watch your videos I wouldn’t have cared enough to say anything. With that said I’ll be honest in saying it does bother me a lot to waste my time waiting while you chat…so if that’s just your thing/how you play etc… then that’s fine too. I’ll just wish you the best and watch other videos. I really don’t want to be a demanding prick who thinks you owe it to me to do things my way – I’m just hoping my appeal will convince you.. Anyways, I’ll just leave at that since this already a ridiculously long rant.

jonp, if you can make Oath work, more power to you. Yes, yes, I have seen the latest Top 8 monstrosities that have popped up wince Eldrazi hit, but, after quite a bit of thorough testing and consideration, I don’t think it’s reliable or even so great.

Secondly, the majority of the field is Green right now, meaning lots of mana dudes and ways to get to basic land. There are some greedy mana bases out there, but I have won more games when my opponent has played a Moon or Back to Basics than I have lost. In fact, I would board out Moons against my deck were I to be Red. I can find my way to mana and quite easily.

And yeah, I was kinda dumbfounded I lost to Red as well. Happens. That deck can just overcome adversity in the most reputation defiling manner.

eXXa and shardfenix, ask for each others numbers already. Sheesh, pervos.

I’m noticing that most decks use all non basics from the Decks of the Week. I’m thinking some sort of Oath Build with main deck cards like Ruination, Blood Moon, and Back to Basics.