Just a quick fake-update corolla-RE: to yesterday’s Five by Flores (which talked about my five favorite Star City articles last year penned by YT)…
I said Spencer’s forum post was my favorite but I actually forgot about this one, which actually touched what passes for my soul:
oldbsturgeon
i just want to say that this article was very inspiring to me for maybe a very strange reason.
i work as a therapist in substance abuse and i sometimes have clients that have codependency issues with another person.
today we were discussing this persons relationship and how the other person is currently dictating the field of battle and that the client is agreeing to her strategy and will continue to stay with her. by eliminating interaction, such as dredge’s strategy, she can focus on her goal of bettering herself, and when her partner trys to interact in will not matter and she will ultimately lose. either her partner must accept the new terms or will fall further trying to pursue her faulty goals.
thanks mike
I was reminded of this because of an email this morning (which has transformed itself into a Star City forum post also) by Anthony LaCassa, or Ath0919 here and on Star City.
Anth0919
Mike,So I just read this article and all I have to say is holy crap!
I feel kind of stupid for being blown away by the article, since it’s pretty much based on simple math and I’m an accountant. I guess this is something I feel that I should have been able to realize on my own without having it explained. That being said, I’ve just begun venturing into competitive Magic over the past few months.
Thanks for this article… it’s the best I’ve read regarding theory on choosing a deck.
(Anthony’s was RE: The Basic Test of Metagaming Competence)
Which just goes to show: It’s not just for teenie weenie kids any more. Grown ups with jobs love michaelj too!
yes Yes YES
I will go over the deck that prompted young Zack Hall to proclaim “you should go into sales” to me yesterday. Maybe later today depending on Lost, Top Chef, etc.
LOVE
MIKE
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Did you just post other posts of people praising you?
Awesome!
Pretty much how I roll Oscar the grouch 🙂
Must be nice. I get praise so rarely that I almost printed out Mike’s post proclaiming me a poet to frame for my wall.
I actually think that that comment points out an underappreciated aspect of theory writing: that it quantifies the obvious. Even if people understood what a “scissors” deck was before, it would take a lot of time to explain. Now we can do it in one word. Things like card advantage, temperature, inevitability, phases, etc. are not ultimately difficult concepts, nor is it hard to grasp their strategic implications, but (at least my) thinking is greatly streamlined by such discussion.
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