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weasel · Last edited by weasel on Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:10 pm; edited 1 time in total

Paper-Gamer.com presents:

Talking Crap!
A magical podcast
Episode 11

Talking crap is a podcast starring Levi "Thinks-he-owns-the-place" Hinz, and Cameron "Controversial" Veigel, bringing you opinions and insights you can happily ignore, or pass on to your children's children.

Nah nah nah not listening...

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In the much anticipated first episode of 2009:

* Magic Online - what we've been playing
* Worlds recap
* Conflux previews
* The illegal deck fiasco
* SALAD!
* The extended format

Credits:
Starring: Levi Hinz & Cameron Veigel
Recording Date: Sunday 18th January, 2009
Title and end song: Unkle - Burn My Shadow
Running time: 64 mins
File size: 23 Mb
Unofficial Rating: PG. Mild coarse language.

Note that SALAD is not on this week, it was canceled since the recording.
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silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 698

Yay! My Heroes!

silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 698

There were 2 tron decks in the T8 of valencia.

It is crap now though.

Sheep3k · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:51 pm Post subject:

ramble ramble if I was teh drunks so would I

oh wait.

nvm...

weasel · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject:

wut
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Sheep3k · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:32 am Post subject:

nvm I amz teh australia day pwnin...

props to talkin crap, love the content

badlittlemonkey · Monkey Magic Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 2769

Have only listened to the first half so far. Sort of tuned in and out of the block constructed talk since it’s a format only relevant to modo but it set up the talk about conflux pretty well.

Haven’t played any block but its pretty obv Espleth is the card to get. Its already very good in type 2 and will get harder and harder to get.

So happy to hear some other people that aren’t crazy over nicol bolas. That said you sort of glossed over the casting cost differences between Cruel and Bolas but I think the colored cost is a big difference because you can play bolas in more traditional 2 colored control decks (with grixis lands and perhaps 2 vivids) rather than five color.
Or you could play it in the same deck as demigod, with just a blue splash.

Interesting neither of you seem that fussed about attending the large pre release. Makes me think it wont be that big because I know ace guys are motivated by prizes so they will prolly prefer going to Ipswich, Nundah. Mind games and Ace (with all these stores supposed to be getting more prize support from Wizards this time).

weasel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:03 am Post subject:

Yeah the Big prerelease doesn't really appeal to me without some big prize events. I guess if I'm backing myself to win the whole thing I might as well go for a prerelease where coming first matters.

That being said, if there was a single flight where prizes were top-heavy at Mike's prerelease, I'd be there for sure, just for the atmosphere created by having lots of people.

I'm sure it will be big-ish though, Mike probably still has a lot of player contacts, and was always better at promoting than other stores were.
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badlittlemonkey · Monkey Magic Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 2769

He is offering drafts with top heavy prizes ... hopefully they fire.

Mike will get all the people that haven't played for 6 months....but the pre releases were getting smaller and smaller and Mikes database isn't getting new names on it every week like it used too.

Previously some of the small sets attendance were so so and now with the ace regulars not attending and prolly not people from the sunshine coast..... well i just hope I am wrong and he keeps doing pre releases.

But then I looked at the schedule and wasn't that excited about it. Thought to myself if I really want to play with new cards I could wait a week and have much cheaper drafts.

I think he dropped the ball on not having one event that would have appealed to the same people that the PTQ appealed too but then at most pre releases the win a box event wasn't that well attended.

Without Levi and Andrew is it really an event

Magus of the Mindslicer · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 418 Location: Brisbane

Yay, it's back! Thanks guys, keep on Talking Crap this year.
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