Comments on: And the Greatest Magic Article of All Time Is… http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/ Magic: the Gathering current trends, play tips, gossip Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:19:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MTG http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-3056 MTG Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:15:46 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-3056 Good stuff, keep it up. Good stuff, keep it up.

]]> By: The Hold http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-2371 The Hold Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:58:40 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-2371 Get Big or Die Trying Get Big or Die Trying

]]> By: Brian Kibler http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-666 Brian Kibler Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-666 I'm glad Flores twittered about this or I wouldn't have seen it. I agree that Mark's articles are easy to overlook because they're outside the strategic world that most Magic writing lives in, but Timmy/Johnny/Spike is probably #1 in my mind in terms of influential material written about Magic and perhaps even TCGs in general. It strikes me as very similar to the Bartle player profiles in terms of facilitating understanding of player motivations, which in turn gives a better sense of the community of the game in general - and that remains a major work in its genre many years and iterations later. I'd have to think more about what my choices would be, though they'd likely look like a lot of what's been mentioned already. I'm honored Frank mentioned my Toronto report, though I personally think Dragons and Deep Dish was my superior report - I suppose that was a bit after your time, though ;) PS I won a PTQ and I have the fever once again. Look out! I’m glad Flores twittered about this or I wouldn’t have seen it. I agree that Mark’s articles are easy to overlook because they’re outside the strategic world that most Magic writing lives in, but Timmy/Johnny/Spike is probably #1 in my mind in terms of influential material written about Magic and perhaps even TCGs in general. It strikes me as very similar to the Bartle player profiles in terms of facilitating understanding of player motivations, which in turn gives a better sense of the community of the game in general - and that remains a major work in its genre many years and iterations later.

I’d have to think more about what my choices would be, though they’d likely look like a lot of what’s been mentioned already. I’m honored Frank mentioned my Toronto report, though I personally think Dragons and Deep Dish was my superior report - I suppose that was a bit after your time, though ;)

PS I won a PTQ and I have the fever once again. Look out!

]]> By: Mike Turian http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-665 Mike Turian Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:26:39 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-665 I'm surprised none of Evan's Magic Shows have been nominated. They deserve to be. Mike I’m surprised none of Evan’s Magic Shows have been nominated. They deserve to be.

Mike

]]> By: Worth Wollpert http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-664 Worth Wollpert Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:31:50 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-664 LOL Frank...email #2...I cannot get away from the horrors of Wollpert-Geddon no matter how much time passes. I pray Pikula never sees this. I should kill Mike for writing such an email and contributing to the archive of badness. LOL Frank…email #2…I cannot get away from the horrors of Wollpert-Geddon no matter how much time passes. I pray Pikula never sees this.

I should kill Mike for writing such an email and contributing to the archive of badness.

]]> By: Frank Kusumoto http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-661 Frank Kusumoto Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:52:36 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-661 I believe you have to look at works in terms of context. Looking at it that way the short list is going to have be very short and concise articles full of pithiness. But it never works that ways does it? OTOH, you don't want like a math-like book that will teach you Calculus. Or do you want Beuhlers report when he won with Nerco in Chicago? That report wins the award for "Best tournament article to read before you go to sleep." The Mid-Atlantic Qualifiers "Song of Blood" deck deserves some kind of honorable mention. My detection meter, between true reporting and in this case a very good practical joke, was finely honed at that time. I read it word for word three times before I could decide and then decided to do it justice. I put it the real tournament reports section and let Shuler have his fun and glory. The next day I put a qualifier next to the title and people were still being fooled. And although Hacker's articles are the funniest and most outrageous (and influential), I feel Kibler's Tie-Dyed report get short shrift. Depending on what "Greatest" means there are so many by EDT that are going to fall just outside of that qualifies. I could explain why a lot of EDT's work didn't quite jell enough or why people didn't understand Johnathon Wills, but they were the best theorists at the time. I'll just leave all with links to these two emails (I save all the emails I didn't publish): http://www.studebakerhorology.com/GAME150/dojo1.gif http://www.studebakerhorology.com/GAME150/dojo2.gif I believe you have to look at works in terms of context. Looking at it that way the short list is going to have be very short and concise articles full of pithiness. But it never works that ways does it?

OTOH, you don’t want like a math-like book that will teach you Calculus. Or do you want Beuhlers report when he won with Nerco in Chicago? That report wins the award for “Best tournament article to read before you go to sleep.”

The Mid-Atlantic Qualifiers “Song of Blood” deck deserves some kind of honorable mention. My detection meter, between true reporting and in this case a very good practical joke, was finely honed at that time. I read it word for word three times before I could decide and then decided to do it justice. I put it the real tournament reports section and let Shuler have his fun and glory. The next day I put a qualifier next to the title and people were still being fooled.

And although Hacker’s articles are the funniest and most outrageous (and influential), I feel Kibler’s Tie-Dyed report get short shrift.

Depending on what “Greatest” means there are so many by EDT that are going to fall just outside of that qualifies. I could explain why a lot of EDT’s work didn’t quite jell enough or why people didn’t understand Johnathon Wills, but they were the best theorists at the time.

I’ll just leave all with links to these two emails (I save all the emails I didn’t publish):

http://www.studebakerhorology.com/GAME150/dojo1.gif

http://www.studebakerhorology.com/GAME150/dojo2.gif

]]> By: Thestarkingtonpost » Blog Archive » The Best Magic Article of All Time http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-658 Thestarkingtonpost » Blog Archive » The Best Magic Article of All Time Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:20:48 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-658 [...] Read the original project over on Top8Magic. [...] [...] Read the original project over on Top8Magic. [...]

]]> By: Aten http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-619 Aten Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-619 I'd be pretty surprised if Tim has even heard of more than a couple of these. Maybe things changed after he started writing, but I don't remember him ever reading Magic articles except to see if his name was mentioned in a tournament report or something. I’d be pretty surprised if Tim has even heard of more than a couple of these. Maybe things changed after he started writing, but I don’t remember him ever reading Magic articles except to see if his name was mentioned in a tournament report or something.

]]> By: mixedknuts http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-613 mixedknuts Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:20:54 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-613 Excellent work and something totally new to me. Sometimes you forget how long little Timmy Aten was hanging around before he got his "Rising Star" card :) Excellent work and something totally new to me. Sometimes you forget how long little Timmy Aten was hanging around before he got his “Rising Star” card :)

]]> By: Monty Ashley http://www.top8magic.com/2009/02/and-the-greatest-magic-article-of-all-time-is/#comment-610 Monty Ashley Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:48:34 +0000 http://www.top8magic.com/?p=1333#comment-610 Oh, the <a href="http://www.classicdojo.org/t983/nat.980709gwi.txt" rel="nofollow">ATM Report</a>? Yeah, I liked that one a lot. Oh, the ATM Report? Yeah, I liked that one a lot.

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