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LA Conflux-Dential: Not the In-flight Updates I Was Expecting

bdm | February 1, 2009 | 12:28 pm

Updates did not quite go as planned yesterday. I had hoped to post updates throughout the day and in between rounds of my flights. The first update went up pretty fast but after that it was pretty much non-stop Magic for the next 11 hours as I pitted my Sealed Deck against other competitors, giving away a Conflux booster if I lost a tournament match or gunslinging game.

My opening Sealed Deck aquitted me quite nicely giving up a minimum of packs losing only to Elspeth in the final round and a couple of draft decks that could easilly out-tempo a Sealed Deck.

I played a handful of Constructed matches, borrowing a red Burn deck from someone who’s name I have embarassingly misplaced. I lost one game to five color but it incinerated the rest of the challengers — including a timely rip of Demigod of Revenge to squeak out a win against an opponent at 10.

Anyway… I am going to catch up on my updates while flying home to catch the Superbowl. There is wireless Internet access on the flight which is both cool and bizarre. Cool because I can chat, email, and update via my iPhone (good thing I did not bring a laptop because, let’s face facts, I would just be running midair Modos) but bizarre because the plane I am on is not exactly a model of cutting edge aviation technology.

The armrests basically have plates with the no smoking symbol soldered over the ashtrays and thumbwheel controls for the audio programming. Basically it is like being on a bus that is capable of time travel.


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3 responses

ReeceP | February 1, 2009 | 6:12 pm

:o You mean The Magic School Bus?!?!?

Daniel | February 2, 2009 | 6:18 pm

What airline did you fly that had wireless internet?

bdm | February 3, 2009 | 10:55 am

It was American Airlines. They have a vendor called GoGo Wireless who provides wireless service for a fee. It was a really strong signal throughout. Apparently Singapore Airlines also offers wireless.

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