MPDC 24.11 Cancelled because of MTGO Crash / Zombie Creeping Flesh

"The Dead have risen from the grave"

"Only human flesh satisfies"

Peter will  either harm or please your ears, clicking the video is up to you.

Since There was  a "Blackout". Further explanation is needed indeed.

I have been a bit disappointed with my Clan-Captain duties and the lack of good results succeeding in making more members involved in Clan's daily life (a.k.a Clan chat window on MTGO) ,  forums, and on this blog (by author's permission, members just have to ask and I grant it).

After that and as promised, I decided  to attend MPDC 24.11, and have a good time with my old fellows Standard Pauper players on MTGO again. 

Like I can remember I'm a player sometimes.

Registering  on /join mpdc  and /join mpdccom chats and saying "Hello" to everyone as usual and expected, opening many chat windows with long time friends or brand new recruits. That's what I do like and need once a week at least.

All in the name of Fun and Challenge. That's what we're here for aren't we?  

I really felt like playing an archetype I had missed for too long, but nothing else given nowadays' mood background. Meta-game choice as well of course. MBC has been the deck to beat for so long. I wanted to play it straight forward and test those UW and WW Heroic match-ups, they have been performing so well in the last MPDCs indeed. 

Here's the list I played on Monday, three rounds of Swiss were scheduled given the 21 players attendance :

BONES
2 Servant of Tymaret

2 Corpse Hauler

3 Disciple of Phenax
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Perilous Shadow
4 Basilica Screecher
2 Deathcult Rogue

FLESH
3 Pharika's Cure
3 Grisly Spectacle
4 Devour Flesh
3 Read the Bones
3 Stab Wound
4 Quag Sickness

BLOOD
21 Swamps

Sideboard SURGERY
4 Razortip Whip
2 Duress
2 Crypt Incursion
2 Mind Rot
2 Altar's Reap
1 Midnight Recovery
1 Grisly Spectacle
1 Corpse Hauler

And here's how it went.

- Round 1 VS Beatnik Bobby playing his famous and well known HEXPROOF list.
Game 1 : slow start and Mana issues for Bobby.
Game 2 : Bobby wins it with skills and experience, I get bad draws.
Game 3 : Bobby plays around Devotion, removing all I can play. But discard and Gary do the job before we both go on top-deck mode and a removal wins it all.

2 -1 GGS Mate !

- Round 2 VS MikeyK playing a BWR well tuned control deck.
Game 1 : Mikey struggles getting rid of Stab Wounds and wins it with Sunspire Gatekeepers..
Game 2 : Garys and removal backed with Extort do their job.
Game 3 : we both settle things until mid game then Mickey mills me and 2 Garys go to the grave while I have a Corpse Hauler and 3 untapped swamps on the battlefield.  He then quits immediately, I could easily understand that.

2-1 GGS Mate !

Big Ups to Mikey for being able and ready to attend the event, our format really needs and deserves highlights and attention from such great and famous players / streamers. MikeyK Radio !

- Round 3 VS JMason playing either WW or UW.
Game 1 had just started for 3 turns when MTGO crashed badly, very badly, sadly never allowing the event to complete.
That was a real good start. Top 8 was there already but I would have enjoyed playing all matches until their ending.

You can read about that crash and how it impacted the event, our favorite host's report on his blog :

http://writeradept.blogspot.fr/2014/05/magic-online-crashes-during-mpdc.html

Well that was it for Monday. Of course that was a bit frustrating, I was counting on my last Season Points increasing opportunities, but they just melted like butter with the crash. I was there for Fun as always so there's no big deal, I 'm not going to go that way as respectful and legitimate as it may be.

http://www.starcitygames.com/article/27314_The-Magic-Online-Championship-Series-Should-Not-Exist.html

MPDC is the one and only Standard Pauper Championship, thanks to Gwyned, and we all want it to be that way in the future. Please attend the series if you can. It's really fun and challenging when MTGO is running well.

Never mind the crashes, are you ready to stand up and fight for the Standard pauper Revolution ?

No discussion, Dennis will only please your ears.

But Peter can play punchy Reggae too : Trapper ain't got a Bird !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3x3lFd6jqk

That's it for today, see you at MPDC WORLDS next Monday !!
Will that be with a MBC list ? Who knows?
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