Tabletop games

Foils tend to bend, even if double sleveed. In addition, most of the time you can't even see the artwork clearly because they are darker, instead of doing a shit ton of "premium" sets with foils only, they should go for full art instead. I love full arts, you can appreciate more the artist work.

EDIT: also extended art, having more of those would be really appreciated. They take less work to print, and they outclass foils in my opinion.

This was the case last weekend at RC Montreal. The story was relayed on Twitter by Patrick Wu, who asked a number of different eyewitnesses and collected the stories to question the person that caused the incident, Eduardo Sajgalik, who did not deny his description.

The two players involved were named Brian Bonnell and Eduardo Sajgalik. The former is a relatively unknown player, while the latter seems to be a pro and a teammate of Mengucci.

This RC has a total of 13 Swiss rounds, with 12 PT spots. In the final round, the two parties met. The qualification competition is fierce, basically who wins who gets the PT qualification, and who loses has only the consolation prize. But at this top table, a draw means they are both out. Who doesn't want PT qualification? On one side, we have Eduardo Sajgalik, a semi-professional player who makes money and accumulates professional reputation by playing in the PT, on the other side, we have Brian Bonnell, a player who has never been to PT and wants to have a chance to compete with the best players in the world. Therefore, Eduardo and Brian agreed that if the round was going to time, the player behind on board would concede to ensure that one of them would qualify for PT, and they both agreed. Whether or not Eduardo feels he is a "better" player and therefore more likely to gain an advantage, the agreement carries weight in the eyes of both contenders who are desperate to qualify.

As a result, the game really went to time, and Eduardo's board was very behind. Brian's deck is UW control, with full control of the board and could diminish Eduardo's life total in three to four turns, this is very clear to both sides. As agreed upon, Eduardo should surrender and let Brian qualify for PT.

However, things changed: the game at the next table also went to time. This means that if there is an extra draw at the top tables, then one person is likely to make the top 12 to qualify via a draw, and Eduardo has a higher tiebreaker than Brian. So Eduardo reneged on his promise, refusing to honor his offer to surrender, instead choosing to draw with his opponent Brian.

The drama occurred: the players at the next table who went to time, They also know how points are calculated, and they also know that a tie may result in neither of them getting in, so they made a similar agreement, so that one person at the end of the table surrenders and sends the opponent a PT qualification. Because there was no tie at the next table, Eduardo and Brian's both did not make the top 12 via a draw, and Eduardo finished 13th.

Here's what he tweeted after the game:

This story and these light tweets immediately ignited the anger of the bystander: you, a person who made a promise and then broke it, deprived an ordinary gamer who dreamed of playing PT, but complained on Twitter. “13th out of 12 invites” ？ The community was furious:

Eduardo had to issue an "apology" after being questioned by the community:

His "apology" was so ingenuine that no one is buying it. I could not have said it any better than Patrick Wu:

I agree with everything Patrick Wu said. Eduardo's apology read: "I won't make a deal like this again unless it's with someone I know (my teammates)." What kind of apology is that? Is everyone mad because you made that deal? The point of everyone's anger is that you make such an agreement, but then you don't honor the agreement, and you take the initiative to break the agreement for your own benefit.

Finally, Brian came out and settled the matter:

When you make a decision to not honor anagreement like this, although you seem to get some immediate benefits, But your "dishonesty" tag will follow you for the rest of your life. After all, the Magic community is a small community. Many stories are told by word of mouth. Eventually other people will be reluctant to communicate with you or have any other relationship with you. Think about how much this will cost you, and you'll see how stupid it is.