Not that the weather patterns and seasons play a huge role in any of their scheduling but I have always wondered why they set up so many GPs in distant and cold weather areas in the winter months. Seems like they are subtly pushing Modern into a dark corner through the continued scheduling like this.
To be fair, GP Vancouver wasn't originally supposed to be Modern. The community forced them to make it Modern at the same time that they made Pro Tour Fate Reforged Modern.
1116 players. That's awesome. It's right in the expected range for North American 2014-2015 Modern GPs and actually probably a little higher, given that Vancouver seems like it might have historically low numbers. For reference...
Attendance Range - North American GPS: 1055 - 2290 players
So although the format might have issues, the GP attendance at Vancouver doesn't necessarily reflect them.
For those unsure where the stream is, it's at http://www.twitch.tv/magic2. They are currently hosting magic1 until round 4 starts at GP Van. Hopefully that will get started soon.
Josh Utter-Leyton, playing Junk/Abzan, is listed (on screen) as playing "Amulet Bloom." Alex Hayne, playing Amulet Bloom, is listed as playing "Abzan Pod."
They did correct it after a few minutes, but was funny to see.
EDIT: Also, Josh should've totally taken the Azusa away with the Thoughtseize, not the Hive Mind.
Mulligan to a 3 with T1 discard, blown out by leyline. RIP the dream.
This is why I disagreed with the mull strategy period. Of course Alex was going to bring in Leyline, and if he snap kept the hand my guess would be that it had a Leyline in it. I'd have to rewatch the clip, but it looks like Josh is more focused on his own hand and didn't look like he gave a lot of thought to Alex's. But I also didn't see the cards in the opening 7 or the following 6, so maybe those hands sucked for other reasons beyond not having targeted discard.
His first hand had at least 4 lands and a Noble Hierarch. Next two hands were one-landers. He was pretty unlucky. If McLaren is also on Junk, then Modern definitely needs to be fixed.
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Again with the handling of coverage. We have a turbo match followed by 10 minutes of what it seems is the other stream which is Standard. Why not just show the turbo match in regular speed?
Yep I really do not like how they keep putting standard on my TV. I keep having to mute it because I really don't want to listen to it. I tuned in for modern, not for standard (or any other non-modern format for that matter). If they want to fill the time, anything modern related would be preferable (replays, talking heads etc).
I guess I can just think of it as advertisements as it has no value as a viewer to me.
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KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
I know, right? I want to watch Modern and not Standard. I keep getting confused when I walk away and come back and it's Standard. I guess WOTC doesn't people to watch the Modern Stream...
Cuneo played Infect at the PT, McLaren is on Abzan. If you want to interact in Modern, it's Abzan or Twin (in this case interaction is optional). There's no reason to play inferior shells like UWx.
So uhh... Amulet going off in this Turbo Magic segment. Dayuumm
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Legacy:UR Sneak and Show IUBG Team America IX Metalworker MUD Modern:UBR Blue Jund IWBX Eldrazi Processors IX Affinity IWRG Nacatl Burn IGR Tron IUBR Grishoalbrand
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To be fair, GP Vancouver wasn't originally supposed to be Modern. The community forced them to make it Modern at the same time that they made Pro Tour Fate Reforged Modern.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
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I dunno but theres one streaming on twitch right now with 450 viewers. Was more but SCG went live.
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Oh thats great! Looking forward to the results and analysis (dont ban Twin, I'm building it!)
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It starts in 45min at http://www.twitch.tv/magic2
1116 players. That's awesome. It's right in the expected range for North American 2014-2015 Modern GPs and actually probably a little higher, given that Vancouver seems like it might have historically low numbers. For reference...
Attendance Range - North American GPS: 1055 - 2290 players
So although the format might have issues, the GP attendance at Vancouver doesn't necessarily reflect them.
They did correct it after a few minutes, but was funny to see.
EDIT: Also, Josh should've totally taken the Azusa away with the Thoughtseize, not the Hive Mind.
EDIT: Josh. wat r u doing. Josh. STAHP!
I guess he could have kept the 1 land hand, but it still sucks to have games decided by this.
This is why I disagreed with the mull strategy period. Of course Alex was going to bring in Leyline, and if he snap kept the hand my guess would be that it had a Leyline in it. I'd have to rewatch the clip, but it looks like Josh is more focused on his own hand and didn't look like he gave a lot of thought to Alex's. But I also didn't see the cards in the opening 7 or the following 6, so maybe those hands sucked for other reasons beyond not having targeted discard.
Currently sleeved:
WUR Copycat ft. Stoneforge Mystic
I guess I can just think of it as advertisements as it has no value as a viewer to me.
KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
Modern:
UWUW TronUW
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CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
Vintage
WWhite Trash
Cuneo played Infect at the PT, McLaren is on Abzan. If you want to interact in Modern, it's Abzan or Twin (in this case interaction is optional). There's no reason to play inferior shells like UWx.
These decks are so boring I don't think anyone is paying attention.
Special thanks to Hakai Studios and SushiOtter for the sig!
Legacy: UR Sneak and Show I UBG Team America I X Metalworker MUD
Modern: UBR Blue Jund I WBX Eldrazi Processors I X Affinity I WRG Nacatl Burn I GR Tron I UBR Grishoalbrand