Comments on: Limited Resources: ME4 #1

By: RiotPatrol

RiotPatrol — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:16:21 +0000

Thanks for the draft vid Marshall. You have a very creative mind for Magic, which makes for fun situations. It’s not fun listening to Ryan complain about every interesting pick. A deck needs flavor, limited is different from constructed. Lim-Dul’s Cohort is unsexy, but perfect in a draft that you know Nightstalkers are prowling around. I get the feeling you don’t like playing any cards that haven’t made a Grand Prix decklist.

By: QuicksilverJohny

QuicksilverJohny — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:57:48 +0000

In match 1, you needed to assign at least 3 damage from the trampling giant to atog instead of going with MTGO’s default 2.

Did your opponent play you based on the bad interface?

By: Plejades

Plejades — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:35:43 +0000

@JG: Mirrodin Besieged goes online February 21st and that is the earliest you can expect an online recording. I don’t know exactly when the draft queues start firing but assume a week later.

By: JG

JG — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:36:33 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for the videos, they’ve helped my drafting skills in both paper magic and online.

When can we expect a video draft for MBS/SOM?

By: Oraymw

Oraymw — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:24:37 +0000

Yeah, Marshall and Ryan are totally legit. Believe me, they have absolutely no problem talking about when they don’t do so well. i.e. Ryan’s “success” with RoE and Scars at the beginning of their seasons. They have no problem talking about failure and discussing how to deal with it. In fact, out of all the other people out there posting vids, these guys are the most legit, the most honest.

The fact that they vigorously defend their reputation is not a problem. Here is the thing about making a baseless accusation about someone’s character without knowing the details: This is the internet. Anything you post is there pretty much forever. If you say that they don’t post their losses and they don’t defend themselves, then the majority of viewers are just going to assume that is the truth, and that comment is going to follow them around for a long time. In the internet age, you are required to defend your legitimacy and reputation vigorously, or your name will become Mudd pretty fast.

In any case, I think that Ryan responded with reasonable arguments, pointing out different sources that show his and Marshall’s record. These guys are good drafters. They are better than many Pros at limited, (*cough* Darwin Kastle). Of course, Ryan is a Pro so maybe that is why they are so awesome.

By: knx

knx — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:11:18 +0000

At steveS ; you’re right; but i watched the video in which they go 0-6 and now they feel more ‘real’ and it was interesting to see how this can happen to better players too (let’s say educational on a mental level)
At torerotutor : beside the fact that i don’t understand the words ‘donk’ or ‘trolling’ your agression is not worthy of a response of my side

By: SteveS

SteveS — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:43:45 +0000

knx: One problem with watching ‘draft a good deck and then lose to mana screw’ is that it’s not very educational. Let’s say you watch some pro with a nut draft deck keep a three-land, four-spell hand and then flood out with seven lands in their next eight cards to lose. What have you learned? ‘Hey, flooding happens?’ That’s a lesson most Magic players have all-too-well ingrained into their psyches already. There aren’t likely to be any interesting gameplay decisions, there aren’t going to be any good tips to take away. If the goal of a series like this is to educate both in drafting and limited play, then matches where the player loses to screw of one form or another are letting the reader/viewer down on half of that education.