Introduce Yourself Here

[ryan1989]

I'm Ryan and im desperately seeking a way to make Mask viable ( i bought a playset and made Vengeur Masque and found out it sucked)

[Revert_To_Saved]

well...this is my first post.
i'm eli, 15, living in houston, tx.
i've only been playing since around onslaught, and have no clue about my dci rating (i only played in 1 prerelease)
i'm moving into being a serious player, and at heart i'm a control player, but i can't afford 1.5 legal control cards (fow, mana drain, etc.)so, right now i'm working on food chain.
yeah...that's probly about all anyone'd wanna know about me.

[Kadishack]

Hey
Im Matt Kadilak, 15
I live in Baldwinsville, Ny
I started when scourge came out and was mainly playing type 2 and draft and after i got tired of the format i switched inot 1.5 and i have top 4ed in my first 4 tourneys
I mostly play Zilla Stompy
And Soccer is my sport :D

[Klea]

Hello!

John Ruggerio Here!
I currently Live in *nowhere*, NC which just happens to be exactly 42.2 miles from Winston-salem, NC!
Native northern NewYorker *soon to be returning*
Lover of Altered States big tournaments and quirky rulings
A player of many decks, Lover of many tuned-up heaps!
Favorite decks: Aluren, MUC, Three deuce!
See you soon Syracuse!

You may of seen me playing in altered states team games on quite a few occasions 2002-2003!

[Bob2-D2]

Bob Hannock, Massena New York, 17 gonna be a Senior in September. Closest tournaments are in Norwood New York which really is the middle of nowhere. I've been playing since just after Urza's Legacy came out, just about the time when Morphlings were $6 each (anyone else remember that time?). A few people have started considering me the best player in my town although out of 15 or so people that's not too difficult i guess. If I'm not playing Magic I'm prolly reading about it, listening to music (punk forever bitches) or with my awesome girlfriend of 2 years.

[Raatcharch]

Hey Everyone! I just realized I haven't properly introduced myself.

I'm Tim Parrotte, some of you might remember me from my infrequent visits to various Altered States tournies. I was usually the guy playing some version of 10-Land Stompy, or more recently, Parfait. Yes, I usually did poorly. :p

I watch the 1.5 metagame a lot, but I haven't had much chance to either play or playtest in a while. I've played some limited, but haven't touched 1.5 for months.

I go to school at SUNY Geneseo, which explains why I don't show up at Altered much. I am studying Anthropology there, and am heavily involved with the Geneseo Area Gaming Group (GAGG). If anyone is interested in weekly $10 booster drafts on Geneseo campus, drop me a PM.

[AngryTroll]

Hi. My name is Don, and I play at Alternate Universe with Pault, linkXwing, frogboy, setnakt, wertyacid, and runesword. I played casually back in the days of ice age. Got my first really competitive deck back in oddessy block when a friend traded me the stuff for U/G Madness. I played that deck at AU when it rotated out of type 2. In those days it was the exact type 2 build with yavimaya coasts.
This was back before pault and LinkXwing. Steven (runesword?) and I would have really intense Madness v. Shadow matches. At one point a preconstructed deck won the weekly tournament. Then Pault showed up, crushed the snot out of everyone, and people had to start playing good decks. I had to find tropical islands, intuitions, force of will and stuff. AU got competitive. Decks evolved. I have won a couple of tournaments at AU using Madness, sometimes riding the mistakes of opponents, sometimes just winning. Madness can be broken.
I finally got around to updating madness, built zilla stompy, found batcave, and started reading the source. I have been here for a few months, but never saw this thread. So, vitals:
Age: 17, going into senior year
Location: suburbs of Portland, Oregon
Decks: U/G Madness, Zilla Stompy
sex: male
favorite color: blue
Favorite magic color: green, with a splash of something else. FEAR THE FATTIES!!!!
Favorite cards: Spiritmonger, Verdant Force, Troll Ascetic
Least Favorite card EVER: Exalted Game Swinging Angel
Least favorite play: Incinerate being misdirectioned at my troll (linkXwing)

[thecomedian]

Hi I dominate Bret And paul on a usual basis. I am the best magic player ever. Thank you!

huh? who is this? whatever, I am Lewis, I play 1.5 because it is like T1 without money. I play whatever else is going on that I can play in (i.e. extended tournies, PTQ's JSS, whatever) I am from Portland, and I am a savage netdeacker. Can't build a deck worthwhile if my life depended on it.
That's about it.

[syntaxerror]

I've been one of the "lurkers" that people have been bitching about in the past few weeks, and I figured i'd pop my head up and let people know i'm hanging out and hopefully participating more in the future.

My name is Jim, and I've been playing Magic: The Gathering since slightly after the release of "Revised Edition" This was obviously back in the day when you could still get unlimited boosters (albeit expensive ones), and before the mistake that was Fallen Empires.

I played mostly at the card shop that was in Camillus Mall (Was this Tails or am I mistaken?), and the occasional tournament that was held at the now defunct SportStar2000. When these locations closed I was forced to play the occasional tournament at George's, until soon after Ice Age came out.

Once Ice Age was released, things changed in my life and I moved out of playing Magic (Didn't have the money, or the people to play with anymore). I didn't touch a Magic card until walking into Altered States to play in a Booster Draft at the end of June. TeenieBopper clued my brother and I into the format, and how the draft would work, and I was off.

Since then I've been playing regularly in Type 2, working to make waves, and use the winnings to move back into the Type 1.5 arena. This is the format I have been looking for, and I can't wait to be playing regularly again.

From this point you'll see me playing Type 2 on Fridays and Saturdays (I'm that annoying guy who brought Tooth and Nail back to Altered), and hopefully Sundays with whatever I can scrap together.

That being said.. the Source has been an amazing resource, and I hope to have something to contribute to the forum soon.

Thanks all

- Syntaxerror

[Shabbaman]

Hello all, I'm from the Netherlands and I've been playing magic since Ice Age came out. I'm fed up with vintage, since the more I got into it I kept the feeling that it's not really competitive when you don't have all the power... and then it's just topdeck mode :(
Anyway, I like extended better. The old extended was my favorite format, though I like it as it is now. With the coming extended rotation, most of the cards I've grown to like are history... but not here! So, here I am.

[Hunter]

James White..... Regional Champion.... Yeah Yeah big whooop... Hey how many of u have topped in a big t2 tournament over 561 lol.... Im from Castleton, NY..... Good Magic player..... Maybe a lil over confident yet just my own fan club how sad :D I play magic 4 times a week 3 tournaments 1 casual... I play basketball, paintball love paintballing NOONE Beats me Just learn that now and when u play u wont get upset when i shoot u in a named part that i say... Play chess and most board games Know a lot of card games yet my fav and best im at is Hearts.... Poker what can i say Im average go to Turningstone casino and play the 1-3 tables when i get some money want to play no limit 100 buy in though... Im pretty good yet its hard when u can only afford the 1-3 tables and people stay in and River u.... I hate that river it should die a horrible death.... I wear sunglasses when i play u can call it intimidation.... I use them in magic and Poker.... Yes sometimes i wear glasses they can see my hands yet i flip through my cards so fast u cant see them plus u can only see a bit of the picture so only good players would beable to know what they are if there looking good enough...

[on1y0ne]

Greetings all. My name is Rich Bourque. (Yes, like the hockey player. We're related somehow.) I am a level 2 judge from Syracuse. FakeSpam has nicknamed me "Communist." TeenieBopper informed me of this place while he was on his way into Garvey's sister's room and I was on my way out. I have a vast knowledge of the Unglued "Rulings," and have removed my pants (faster than a mana source) twice in tournament play in order to block a Hurloon Wrangler. Back, like five years ago, I was one of the most feared 1.5 players in Syracuse, and then, I met a girl (don't worry, it could happen to you, too, some day) and my magic playing dwindled to only once or twice a week. I have since entered in 12 1.5 events and have posted a winning record in only one. :( I still draft regularly, and judge at every prerelease at Altered States (I'm the loud one.) I have no power cards any more, and am only 36 cards away from having a full playset of dual lands... :D

[FyndhornBrownie]

I'm phil!

Ya, kinda late for that, I know.

[Garbados]

I didn't even know this thread existed... which would explain why I haven't posted in it yet.

I'm Max, from Portland, OR. I /occasionally/ play at AU, but rarely do I find myself actually there. I also respond to: Priscilla; Percilla; Dude; Jesus; Master of Tim.dec; Zen Platoist Agnostic; Eww, what's THAT?!; and others.

Longtime tim.dec player, I have a tiny tiny /tiny/ card pool. When Aaron Forsythe says he doesn't want to hear about theoretical crud, he's talking about people like me. I honestly don't play much, but I wish I did.

Big interests include philosophy, theology, psycholinguistics, psychology, and... philosophy? Whatev.

Dual land count: 1 (savannah! Thanks to runesword for the b-day present)

[hellfire1134]

im frank from PA. i play whenever i can and i pla ythe roguest thing i can play and still win. i play like once or twice a week cause theres like no torneys in PA.

[Nonsensical]

Nonsensical.

[quicksilver]

My name's Dave Price. I know there is another Dave Price out there who plays magic but I'm not him.

I play mainly at Millenium Games in Rochester, NY.

I'm 21 and majoring in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

[Gaius Darkfire]

Im Harlan from Connecticutt. High School student, National Honor Society, AP classes, soon college. I run and judge my local tournaments where we are nearly ready for Wizards sponsored legal FNM. And I read far too much: Dune 6 right now. No, I dont have a life.

[Kryand]

Name's Nick, and I suck at Magic because I never think before I play things. Ever. If it looks like I'm thinking, I'm really not, I'm just staring blankly at my hand.
I only play in tournaments at Horizon Games in Houston, TX, because it's the closest one I am willing to go to and spend money on every week.
My brother began collecting cards back in Revised, but I didn't start playing until Mirrodin. You may think I have a lot of good old cards, but nope, they all got stolen (the good ones). I already spent all of the money I can afford to spend buying crappy cards for crappy decks that are useless. I did manage to purchase a few good cards in there, but not enough to build anything worth playing.
My team consist of two other people, neither are great players. There's a fouth member also, who was a good player, but he got sent to military school, but not before giving me all of his cards for the time being (still nothing good, though). One of the others plays and wins $30 in Duel Masters tournys every week, but won't spend any of it on Magic cards. The last just has an assload of cards because he has two brothers that buy booster boxes out the ass.
Did I mention I suck at Magic? I do.

Other random stuff:
Age 16, grade 11, not doing to well in school because I don't study at all and I never do homework.
Favorite game: Tribes, Tribes 2, Tribes: Vengeance
Favorite MTG color: black
Favorite decks: GFC, Goblin Sligh, Aluren (I wish it didn't suck), U/G Madness
Favorite food: Pizza I guess
Favorite card: Donate
Favorite book: I hate reading, but I'd have to say 1984 or Animal Farm both by George Orwell. I also enjoyed the Redwall and Xanth series by Brian Jaques and Piers Anthony respectively. Read from the beginning of both to Lord Brocktree (Redwall) and Xone of Contention (Xanth). Don't remember any part of either series though...

[Blackie]

I did not notice this existed til now. Cool.

Anyways I'm a pharmacy major studying at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Can. I'm taking a semester off of school to work and go on a holiday. I live in a town called Kamloops, which is about 200 miles northeast of Van.
I started playing magic during The Dark, but I quit from Tempest until Legions when I started again last year. I kinda play all formats (or basically whatever format is being played each week at the local comic book store I play at) but my favourite is probably type 1. I've really been taking an interest to 1.5 lately after the recent bannings (how ironic that I finally picked up a playset of drains just a month after!)
Yeah so that's about it. In case you're wondering about the nick it's actually something I picked up from a youth exchange I did to Poland that had many participants from Canada, Poland, and Ukraine. It was given to me by my Canadian counterparts, and by no means carries any derogatory meaning.

Cheers,

Blackie