I think he should have acknowledged Philipp's contributions to the Miracles archetype, but some of you guys are going way overboard with the hate.
Just like you can get lost in the endless stream of shitty cliches Todd uses to somehow paint himself as a victim for having a wife that is slightly pissed off at him for being a perpetual loser.Originally Posted by dicknuts
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The hate IRT to the archetype misattribution might be a bit strong, sure. But the hate IRT that article where DudeBro complains that his wife wants him to get a job and stop running around trying to become a stupid MTG Pro - that hate is legit.
It grosses me out when Magic Pros (and that term grosses me out too but for unrelated reasons) try to wave their Creative Writing chops around. Tell me what you think of Limited picks 1, 2, and 3. But please don't try to spoonfeed me some Poetry 101 LiveJournal bullshit.
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The negative comments are a better read then the article.
That's pretty on-the-nose.Originally Posted by Daniel Godfrey
I've never understood the rage about deck attribution. The stakes just seem so low relative to the amount of bile that ends up getting sloshed about. On the other hand, this is the internet, the one place where you're not allowed to be wrong about anything, ever, and where emotions are always turned up to 11.
As for Todd himself, whatever. There are a lot of grinders out there with even fewer redeeming qualities as human beings than Todd Anderson has, so I find it hard to get worked up about it.
Let's try not to turn this thread into a circlejerk about how shitty X Magic-playing character is, and focus on the content instead. Yes, I realize it's behind a paywall, you don't have to bitch about that either.
Say what you will about Deck Attribution, Todd's personal life, or writing style.
I got as far as that and felt obliged to point out the quasi-religious discussion that big-time Legacy fans often participate in when it comes to Brainstorm, and Blue in general.Originally Posted by The Article
I think it's humorous how SCG will often avoid mentioning anything related to The Source. Of course, linking people to discussion over here where we are all just kind of staring dumbfounded at the thought that AbzanJunkBlade is something you should be prepared to face in Woostuh.
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all this talk about him being frustrated with a wife that hates his lifestyle choice, is making me want to get premium to actually read it. o.0
If you want to read the article about his wife, it was linked by Esper3K above. I don't remember if it was premium at the time it was published, but it's long since become free.
It's not really worth reading, though. Basically, Todd's wife (who, IIRC, also played Magic and did well in some tournaments around that time) had the temerity to point out that Todd's aspirations of being a Professional Magic Player were not really coming to fruition and suggest that he maybe get a day job and stop spending so much time (and, presumably, money) on card games. Todd ignored her, which led to predictable consequences, at which point Todd wrote a mopey, self-serving article about how sad it is to have people expect you to stop being a grown man-child. There was quite a bit of blowback about it at the time, not just because his wife's demands were totally reasonable, but also because one of the less charitable interpretations of his article was that he was essentially trying to blackmail her into leaving him alone by making her look - very publicly - like a villain. I haven't really kept track of the SCG Magic scene since then but my impression was that he kind of faded out of the limelight after that.
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I think there's a few things at play:
1. There's the perception that the correct attribution is "one of us" so by attributing to someone who is not "one of us" is a slight to "us" as a whole.
2. SCG is very self-centered. If the misattribution was to a non-SCGer, there'd likely be less complaints. This sort of thing seems to pop up all the time with SCG, especially in relation to legacy.
As an example, they originally called Maverick "Green and Taxes" and they've many times made references or said things that imply that the deck didn't exist before it showed up on their own tournament series.
3. Because of 2, people love to call out SCG when they're wrong
Brian Weissman invented Miracles, you're all fucking wannabes.
Wait, wasn't his wife that chick that won an SCG open because the guy in the finals just scooped to her?
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I do'nt have premium to read the article, but I would suggest to just google Drew Levin and Carsten Kotter's series on Legacy strategy first, and be done with it.
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Who is the actual man responsible for the silly f**king "AbzanDeathblade" SCG-made names?
Maybe Todd is not that guy.
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