Bad behavior

Ok I played in a legacy tournament this weekend in Springfield, Mo.

3rd round in my opponent and I are both 2-0

I am playing goblins, my opponent is playing U/B/G landstill

First round

I get out 3 aether vial in the 1st 4 turns he looks at me says "are you fucking kidding me" scoops puts his deck in his box and chucks it at my head (misses thank god), calls me a fucking loser and grabs his bag, walks out gets in his car and leaves. I proceed to pick up his deck off the floor (yes he left it). I go to the store owner and he says he has no idea who the guy is very first time they ever seen him in there. I hand them the deck he ask me "what do you want me to do with this" i asked it to return it to him when he comes back, the owner told me to keep it. But I left my phone number in case the dude comes looking for his cards.


Short stroy is this odd for legacy or does it happen a lot with people throwing fits and walking out and shit, or did I just get that one psycho magic player. or is it my charming personality that makes them snap. I have been described as a mix between Drew Carrey and Robin Williams. (and I talkt o my cards as I play them)

EDIT: I came in second place and won a set of Seas (and there was another set in the deck LOL)


EDIT 2 : PROOF READING YOUR POST IS MAD TECH SO PEOPLE DONT THINK YOU ARE RETARDED....OOPS TO LATE(its why I am the founding member of team short bus LOL)

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Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic

the owner told me to keep it. But I left my phone number in case the dude comes looking for his cards.

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(/sees opportunity for a free deck...)

GIMME MY CARDS, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!!



Ok, no, it was not really me. Some people get too emotionally invested in shit. (Vials... Seas... What were you playing, btw?)

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Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic

I am playing solidarity, my opponent is playing U/B/G landstill

I get out 3 aether vial in the 1st 4 turns

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Originally Posted by ykpon

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i was wrong I was playing goblins i just been deck desting solidarity all day today so my brain is fried

I've never heard of such a strong reaction.

I've actually never even heard anyone get cussed out, much less physically assaulted.

That guy had to be on some sort of meds to not only do that but then to abandon several hundred dollars like that. Bizarre...

If you really feel bad about keeping the deck you can give it to me. It'll save me a lot of money getting all the blue stuff to start playing legacy for real and not just on MWS.

I would also be happy to take the deck off your hands.

I would keep the cards as payment for emotional distress.

I've been pissed after a lost like I'm sure many of us have. For instance, I drew against some douche bag (who's on the source) in the second round of GP: Chicago, I cussed him out for slow playing and just overall being a prick. I can't say that I threw anything at him, but I sure wanted to jump the table and punch him for taking a second turn game 1 of over 6 minutes that resulted in land, go.

That shit would get you banned from the DCI for years if it got reported. Keep that deck.

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Originally Posted by [SLAYER]chaos

If you really feel bad about keeping the deck you can give it to me. It'll save me a lot of money getting all the blue stuff to start playing legacy for real and not just on MWS.

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Originally Posted by heroicraptor

I would also be happy to take the deck off your hands.

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Jeez, do you two start sticking your hands down a girl's pants when your buddy's making out with her, or is it just Magic?

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Originally Posted by rockout

I drew against some douche bag (who's on the source) in the second round of GP: Chicago

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Haha.

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Originally Posted by rockout

6 minutes that resulted in land, go.

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...less funny.

it happens alright. This is minor opposed to major. If you caught the guy cheating in plain sight, you have the right to do what is necessary to maintain the law.

I've come across people worse.

Here's one done back in 2004:

Tri Tran; plays a bunch of illegal moves with his affinity deck. Caught in the act, tries to turn it around by accusing his opponent of cheating by declaring himself, by default, the winner of that game.

My buddy points out that he was cheating. Tri plays against my buddy (who was using a random tron deck, made from spare parts). Tri loses horribily to Searing Wind, and burn spells. While that game was going on, Tri tries to cheat, and is caught again.

Everyone catches onto his habits, he leaves for good.

The reason why you always want to be on good terms with people, rather than bad (it snags).

Keep the deck, if he asks for it carefully aim for his head...

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Keep the deck, if he asks for it carefully aim for his head...

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You should sign a message on the FoW's or board sweeper for him first. Perhaps the message should say: 'This card is good against Aether Vial (a deck-throwing condition), but it magically cannot be found in the opening draws of persons lacking sportsmanship.'




peace,
4eak

You can always throw it back at him. Make sure you don't miss though.

My friend has told me of someone coming over the table at him (which was stupid, because the assailant was apparently not big or thinking clearly, and my friend was at the time a skilled 300-lb lineman on a well known high school team). Other than that, though, the most I've known people to do is sulk a little in the hall or out on the porch, a sin I'd guess we're all guilty of on occasion.

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Originally Posted by rockout

I drew against some douche bag (who's on the source) in the second round of GP: Chicago, I cussed him out for slow playing and just overall being a prick. I can't say that I threw anything at him, but I sure wanted to jump the table and punch him for taking a second turn game 1 of over 6 minutes that resulted in land, go.

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Forgive me for not locating the particular section in the comprehensive rules, but the technical term for this is stalling. You can, and should, call a judge on this kind of shit. That's beyond ridiculous.

That reminds me of the story Jacob Van Lunen posted a couple of weeks ago in his Dragons to Riches column a couple of weeks ago.

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Originally Posted by Jacob Van Lunen

I opened a decent Sealed Deck and started the tournament with a 6-0 record. In Round 7 I was paired against the most pugnacious Magic player I’ve ever met.

It was Game 1, and the board state was pretty simple. My opponent tapped out for a Cytospawn Shambler and attempted to pass the turn. He only had a Cytospawn Shambler and a Centaur Safeguard in play. I cast Wrecking Ball on his end step targeting the Centaur. He started laughing uncontrollably.
Cytospawn Shambler

Centaur Safeguard

“You’re so stupid. Why didn’t you kill my Shambler? Oh my God, you’re perhaps the dumbest person I’ve ever met. Can I take a picture with you after this match? I want to show people that I met the biggest idiot alive.”

“Is it my turn?”

“Yeah, it’s your turn, moron.”

“Twisted Justice?”
Twisted Justice

I’ve never seen someone turn more red in my life. He picked his deck up off the table, stood up, and spiked the deck as hard as he could at my face. He was promptly disqualified, and I had my spot in the Top 8.

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As for me I'm glad I have never met a player whom was such a poor sport to want and try and throw objects at my head. That said I have met a few jerks in my time. From my experiences though such players seem to be in a minority which is good as the rest of us can enjoy the game much better without such individuals around.

He just lives the dream! :tongue:

Sometimes you just think of what he just did with his deck!

well like a friend said, It was most likely the only way he was doing 20 damage to my skull after that opening.

Back in my Star Wars days I had a guy yelling at me during the entire match. I was playing baraguins, which was basically a combo deck. Thing was, Star Wars didn't have combo decks. Also, it didn't kill you all at once, any time anyone figured out a combo like that Decipher errataed it. The deck was was like losing to Solitary Confinement lock with Rod of Ruin as the only win con. The guy was yelling to his buddies, "hey come meet the biggest asshole ever!" and shit like that. The TO came over to give him a game loss, and asked what the hell was going on. I told him to look at the board, it took him a minuet to realize what I the situation was. He decided not to give the game loss, because playing it out was a much better punishment, "play it out, stop yelling kid."

Another time, I traveled to a tournament about an hour away, and their was another contingent from my local meta who showed up as well, they were cranky we were there since me and my friend jockeyed back and for for the highest rating in the state and they were looking forward to a tournament we were not at. There were about 120 people there, and the fist pairing that was called out was Me vs. one of them who I had never lost to, ever. He screamed "Fuck!" and windmill slammed the table he was at, bouncing about 6 decks onto the floor. Awesome, I won that game too.

Holy Christ, I'm glad I've never met anyone like that. The worst I've ever seen was a guy going into a rage after he drew a card too many in a casual multiplayer game and got caught on it. He started shouting, packed his bags and left.

O_o

Some people just confirm the antisocial magic-player stereotype a bit too well :(

Sounds like he doesn't play Engineered Explosives.

Back in the day I used to play T2 at a local shop. My brother and our friends were all around 14-16 and we would often beat the adults or the 20-something dudes. There were about 3 or 4 of them that HATED losing to any of us. One guy had a crazy temper and has thrown his entire deck across the room before (not in a deck box mind you, sleeves flying everywhere) and two others would just be absolute pricks to us little kids, talking all kinds of shit and picking our cards up off the table and throwing them on the floor. It was awful playing against them and we didn't know enough to call the judge/owner over. Eventually those two were banned from the store. Despite all the trauma, it was so so satisfying any time any of us beat them.

Nowadays I play one or two events weekly and both events are full of people pleasant to play against. So it doesn't seem like it's too common, although if you asked me 8 years ago I would probably have a different opinion.

If my opponent threw their deck at me I wouldn't give them a chance to get it back.

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Originally Posted by Fons

If my opponent threw their deck at me I wouldn't give them a chance to get it back.

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This.
I hate to sound like an internet thoughguy though :cool:

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Originally Posted by coraz86

My friend has told me of someone coming over the table at him

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Why the hell would anyone do that?

I could have sworn their was someone on the source that got banned for a number of years because he jumped the table and beat the shit out of his opponent. I don't know the whole story, but if someone could tell it it would be nice reading material.

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Originally Posted by rockout

I could have sworn their was someone on the source that got banned for a number of years because he jumped the table and beat the shit out of his opponent. I don't know the whole story, but if someone could tell it it would be nice reading material.

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Ask Pinder about it

I think that is who it was I may be wrong

Wrong. It was IBA. It wasn't his opponent, and he didn't beat the shit out of him by any means. Although he should have.

@Spatula; I don't remember the story in minute detail, but it was a case of a 16- or 17-year-old kid way outsmarting a 30-year-old adult and the adult being upset at being so roundly smited. I think my friend got the Pandemonium/two Dreadnoughts kill on turn 2 is what happened.

@rockout; if you check (again, forgive me for not posting the link, but since Wizards did a 200% overhaul on magicthegathering.com I can't find shit on that site anymore), the DCI keeps a list of people it's banned, and there are a number of people on it who've been banned for eight and ten years for assaulting judges. I've never borne witness to it, but apparently it happens. >.< I've had judges (at Regionals, let alone locally) do retarded things, but I can't imagine what goes through the mind of someone who would physically accost a judge over a game of cards.

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Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic

Ok I played in a legacy tournament this weekend in Springfield, Mo....

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AHAHA. Good thing he's so preposterously uncoordinated that he couldn't hit you with an object from 3 feet away.

Although in reality, I'd definitely get hit in the head with a deck box for 4 underground seas ++.

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Originally Posted by Forbiddian

AHAHA. Good thing he's so preposterously uncoordinated that he couldn't hit you with an object from 3 feet away.

Although in reality, I'd definitely get hit in the head with a deck box for 4 underground seas ++.

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it was more like 6-8 foot and i ducked its was one of those ION deck boxes so it would have hurt pretty badly

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Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic

Ask Pinder about it

I think that is who it was I may be wrong

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AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHhaahaahaaa....whew.

That was good. Thanks for that.

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Originally Posted by Pinder

AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHhaahaahaaa....whew.

That was good. Thanks for that.

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Don't be fooled by his lies... I still have the scars from where the table Pinder destroyed gashed my legs.

hey i will be the first to admit I was wrong I heard the story from a friend of a friend of a friend who was there.


And after going back and thinking about it, it was Jack Elgin that did it.

I heard Bryant Cook once set fire to his opponent's face for playing a Rule of Law.

This is definately my favourite thread. Lovely, Revenge of the Nerds: the MtG edition.

I've heard stories of douchebaggery going on at tournaments, but I think this thread takes the cake.

I never threw my deck at anyone. I`m sure you all no Lego he`s on the Source,but I did threw his deck!

Inciting memories of the old gamer's guild...

Matt Cole losing to Gary playing Kobold Combo (after clamp), picking up his deck and throwing it across the room.... Next week, didn't even play Gary, threw the deck anyways.

Certain unnamed individuals threatening minors with a knife because his buddies binder got stolen. Incidentally, the person being threatened didn't touch the binder or know what the fuck was going on, except the knife in his face.

I was told I was going to get my tires slashed for beating anti-red white weenie (silver knights, sofi's, cop reds, exalted angel) with lackey-less vial goblins for a box of Betrayers one day.... That was good times.

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Originally Posted by Magic Fanatic

I proceed to pick up his deck off the floor (yes he left it). I go to the store owner and he says he has no idea who the guy is very first time they ever seen him in there. I hand them the deck he ask me "what do you want me to do with this" i asked it to return it to him when he comes back, the owner told me to keep it. But I left my phone number in case the dude comes looking for his cards.

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Is it possible that this guy wasn't the owner of the deck? He was new to the store, and obviously didn't feel that getting the cards back was a priority; perhaps he had borrowed the deck from a friend.

I ask only because several people have expressed the thought that keeping the cards is some sort of "punishment" for the childish temper tantrum you witnessed. You should consider the possibility that you are punishing someone else entirely.

Obviously, leaving your phone number with the shop should eventually lead to the rightful owner of the deck getting it back (if he wants it), but if the store owner is trustworthy, I would recommend simply leaving the deck there (doesn't he keep a lost-and-found?).

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Originally Posted by Obfuscate Freely

Is it possible that this guy wasn't the owner of the deck? He was new to the store, and obviously didn't feel that getting the cards back was a priority; perhaps he had borrowed the deck from a friend.

I ask only because several people have expressed the thought that keeping the cards is some sort of "punishment" for the childish temper tantrum you witnessed. You should consider the possibility that you are punishing someone else entirely.

Obviously, leaving your phone number with the shop should eventually lead to the rightful owner of the deck getting it back (if he wants it), but if the store owner is trustworthy, I would recommend simply leaving the deck there (doesn't he keep a lost-and-found?).

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he didn't want to be responsible since he has employees in and out all day long and figured he could trust me more, since then he only has one person to point to. and so far it has been 4 days and no one even came looking for it.