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If you live in my house, you know that my wife does most of the cooking for the simple fact that I'm not a very good cook, and Amber amazes me every time she makes anything (even sandwiches). I guess if we could all live off hot dogs, frozen pizza and microwave popcorn, I could be the cook. For some reason I don't see that happening.
Once in a while I get the chance to cook up some venison for the family, but most of the time it turns out rather blah. I'm usually the only one who eats more than one or two pieces. Well, my chance to cook venison for the family arrived once again, and I had to impress. I knew if I failed once more, my boys might not ever eat venison again.
Let's back up the story just a bit. A few months ago, before I started working for the North American Hunting Club, I received an offer from Melissa Yerxa of Local Legends Marinades. Melissa offered to send me out a sample of each of Local Legends' marinades if I would do a write-up on my blog, Ben G. Outdoors. Thinking my freezer was void of wild game, I told her it would have to wait until after I harvested some this coming fall.
Bottle of Local Legends Marinade
A couple weeks ago, Amber and I had to defrost the freezer, also getting rid of all the expired and long-forgotten food we never ate. To my surprise, I found a package of venison chops from last season buried at the bottom of our overloaded freezer. Instantly, I thought of Local Legends marinade and offered to cook supper the following evening.
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I thawed the chops that night and threw them in the Large Game marinade the following morning, letting them soak through the day. When I returned home the same evening, I started cooking like crazy. I poured the chops and the marinade into the frying pan and went to work (really, I just watched the chops fry and flipped them).
Pouring marinade into a bowl full of venison chops
Venison chops frying like crazy
A short time later, the chops were done. I called everyone into the dinning room and plopped one chop on each of their plates. The moment of truth had almost arrived. Would they like the chops with the new Local Legends marinade, or would they never touch venison again?
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I peeked at my youngest son, Nolan, who eats most anything. He was asking for more before I even had the chance to sit down. Alright, the easy one likes it, I thought to myself. Then, shortly after that, Amber reached for another chop. Does she like it, or is she just being nice? I pondered. When I saw her reach for a third chop, I had to ask, "Do you like it?" She replied with, "Amazingly … yes, I do."
My oldest son, Wyatt, is always the toughest one to crack. He doesn't like to try eating anything new. I carefully picked out my words so I wouldn't discourage him from eventually taking his first bite. "Wyatt, did you see Mommy and Nolan eating the deer I cooked?" I asked. He replied with, "Uh huh," while shaking his head up and down. "Would you like to try some if I cut it up in small pieces for you?" I inquired. "I guess," he answered.
I proceeded to cut the chops into small chunks and gave him his first bite. "That's yummy, Dad!" Wyatt exclaimed. After the first bite, I couldn't cut the venison quick enough for him.
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London calling for the Vikings
Vikings are the top candidate to host games in Wembley Stadium over the next four seasons.Weve expressed an interest, and theres a process the league is following, team V.P. of public affairs and stadium development Lester Bagley said. Well see how it shakes out.
If you want to watch an American sport in person, come to America & watch it.
IMO, it's not fair to Vikings fans who enjoy watching the Vikings play to possibly lose one of our home games. Yes I'm aware that quite possibly it could be an "away" game for both teams.
I'm also aware that the jet lag from a flight to & from that game could impact the London game as well as the game the following week.
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Well can't say I'm surprised at this and wondered if we might be in line when the Rams announced their withdrawl after this years game at Wembley.
Given the upcoming stadium building coming up then its not surprising that the league and the Wilfs would seriously consider the Vikes. Means the league wouldn't have to try and get some of the 'big names' in the league to give up a home game. Also means one less game for the Wilfs to be messing about trying to get problems resolved with the TCF regarding alcohol sales, Pepsi/Coke sales etc etc that I've seen people on here moaning about.
Regarding a game the following week the league usually schedule a teams bye week for the week following the overseas game.
Incidentally Mark & Scottish Vike - sounds like a possible day out at Wembley ..Time spent annoying a Packer fan is never time wasted...
I believe the alcohol issue was already resolved & a bill passed by the legislature to allow it.
Yes, they will sell alcohol. That legislation was passed several weeks ago and sort of got buried with the recent stadium debates.
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Well the current story on the NFLUK site is that Goodell is flying to Jacksonville tomorrow to announce that the Jags will be playing in the IS 2013-2016. Also seems games may be split between London (Wembley), Ireland (Croke Park) and Mexico City.
So daresay a few here will be happy then
Looks like I need to cancel my hotel reservation for Travelodge thenTime spent annoying a Packer fan is never time wasted...
Not surprising when they have problems selling out their home games. Even with the cost of bringing them to London the owner will make money on the fact that he'll have a sell out game. In fact three potential sellout games in three years will set a franchise record I'm sure :-)
Time spent annoying a Packer fan is never time wasted...
London is still a possibility for the Vikings.
Jacksonville won't be the only team playing a home game in the U.K. | ProFootballTalkZeus wrote:
When are you going to realize that picking out the 20 bad throws this year and ignoring the 300 good ones does not make your point?
Really an easy fix if you ask me, plus it could be made a nice little extra for those die hard Vikings Season ticket holders, some of them anyways. One, as stated above, the game would have to be schedualed for the week before the Vikings bye week, gives them plenty of time to get over jet lag after the trip home. And they could make the trip early in the week to go to the host country, to settle into practice and get over that small jet lag, remember singer, it's europe, mex, ect ect, nothing like traveling to SEA or even Asia, and dealing with that kick ass jet lag 12hours..yuk.... And for those die hard fans here, the hosting country/stadium, should have a raffle, for a full paid trip for those lucky season ticket holders. Hotel, 2 meals a day and game tickets, for 2 or 3 days. Limit the raffle to like 500 people, they can afford that for sure. Fans would love the chance at winning and would make for some great interviews and story lines.....
Just a thought
PS: And to top it off, on big ass catered tailgate party, for all those lucky winning season ticket holders...Hell, Zeus could lead the Vikings Fight Song with the Queen of England...Last edited by NordicNed; 08-21-2012 at 03:37 PM.
yep seen that story floating about over here and believe that Goodell mentioned last year about a possible second game - hence the league hinting about dropping 2 preseason games and then replacing them with 2 overseas games - that way teams could keep their 8 homes games a year and help keep the fanbases happy. For the 2 extra games then they would be no home or away side as such.
If they did that then wouls also allow the second game to go elsewhere other than Wembley, as Mexico, Ireland have been suggested and they would also geta sellout game in Germany as well. That will only happen though with agreement of the players and would then also interest the likes of Dallas, Pittsburgh etc as it wouldn't cost them a home game.Time spent annoying a Packer fan is never time wasted...


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on May 15, 2009 at 6:52 am
Although it's always sad to hear of someone's demise, I am very happy that this person was arrested. Good work Danville police!
on May 15, 2009 at 7:30 am
Seems this person has been in the business for some time and is not very good at it. Here is a link to a similar arrest a few years ago.
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on May 15, 2009 at 7:42 am
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Great Job Danville PD. Always near when you need them.
on May 15, 2009 at 3:13 pm
While we are fortunate to live in a still fairly safe community, this tells us we are easy marks for criminals. Fortunately, they caught one of the burglars, but where is the other one? Probably waiting to steal another car and do it again when his partner gets out of jail.
on May 16, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Our town's turning evermore into a ghetto by the day. We're on the map. Windemere brought them here. The group homes brought them here. And all their homeboys got wind of us through these means.
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The Yocto Project infrastructure provides many image recipes. These can be used as the basis for your own customization, or you can design your own image from your own image recipe. In this session, we will examine the details of image recipes, the variables that control image creation, and how to modify images to suit your needs. Specific examples will be used to illustrate concepts. Minimal and full-featured images will be covered.
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I can only say to all little cbUdren. to all grownap cblldreu, to all who are lookiuM; back u» well aa to those who are looking forward, to them 1 can say with Tiny Tim. "God bless you each this happy CbriBtmas time." and if you would bc very sure to get its meaning best make a real Christmas for somebody «£ who might not hare It but for JA^ you.—Kate Langley Bosber. ,tck Christmas In The Farmhouse Wben as n child you read stories of Christmas celebrations where the bouses were decorated with holly and mistletoe and the people bad sucb jolly times putting them up, didn't you look around your own bouse and wonder bow that would look If trimmed with those same greens? And didn't you long to smell their spicy fragrance and to have a hand in putting them up where you tliought they would look the best? And didn't you long to feel that peculiar Christmas spirit that Is in the very iiir In cities and villages for more than a week before Chrismas day Itself? .Vnd then did you Just settle back !iiid say to yoni-self: "Woll. It's uo une. "As long as 1 live on a farm Christ mas must be Just the same as It al¬ ways has been—an e.vchango of gifts and afterward an unusually big din ner?" I want to tell you that you are mis taken—that you can have Just those very same things, even to bringing In the old time Yule log, If you aro so fortunate as to have an open fireplace in the farmhouse. City people pay from Z'l conts to $1 for a small house (Mirlstnias tree, .-ind every one who can nflford It buys n tree every year for his children How often do farmers' children h.'ive trees? And why not? lieeause the parents say, "We haven't gifts enough to make a pretty treo." Many people never put a gift on—simply mako It a tree of beauty for the fhlldren. Strings of popcorn, wishbones and canes gllde<l. gold star.s—iinything bright and shiny hung on a tree delights n child—n hag of popcorn with a few candles In It tastes five times ns good If It hns only once hung on a tree. Even if the gift mnst be underwear, shoes ,nnd things actually needed to wear, have them come ns surprises and In as "Chrlst- masy" looking packages as possible It is well to keep the Christmas spirit in the home. ' \ It seems a pity for us country people, surrounded by these benutlfni things deemed luxuries by our city friends, to mnke no use whatever of them and to let our lives hecome so common- plnce. riirlstmas Is not solely a dny for gift giving and receiving and eat¬ ing. It Is a day for doing everything In your power to add to the joy of the children—a day to remember the feeble nnd lonely old people—a day to think of the strangers and the poor. 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Tou may stand In the cold Till a century old. Not a blossom to speak of com«a. But bere In an hour I'm all In flower With niltt«ns and dolls and druma I know so well— And daren't to tell- So much that I'm like to burst: Tliere's a mystery hung Or a secret swung On each branch from last to flrst. How rd love to shout All my feel Ings out! But I daren't even cough; And just the half Of a great big laugh Would shitke all my candles off. So I have to hide All th^ fun Inside Till I'm full as I can be. Whatever folks siy, I'm king of the day!" 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And before these words of Joy and praise had fairly Im., 1, ipmu tlie old man's lii*s ti tutWl mon* ng<'<l person, a propbete!«s. fomiiig Into ;l;e temple, •'nnglit up the lingering strnlns of tlinnkfu'ii'-ss nill spike of l'i' 'hild to ;ill tho-- that 1 .i^kt.l for redvn',.tU>n in I *rael. >'u'b in brief wm- some of 'he pe- 1 i.V.ttr rir'-nmstniiff< of thai wondnios iKlvent "br>^f ie1iii:ilng nni'ivi-rsiiry .;,,;iunQ li'i'K •!« !!• !'.!•• Christla;-. i-^mplo "rr<*ring t'i;iiiUs ;!ml ^'ng and mnlse to fJod. Throughout the nges since then Its Influenfe has crown and broadened and deepenc<l until tbe story of the King's coming Is told In every sone and nation. Business and Pleasure. "We wunt lo keep business ont of tiolltks." said the reformer. "Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "vou've taken all tbe pleasure out of It. If yon take all the business out of it. too, 1 don't see what's going t» be left"—Washington Star. OBITUARY. 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Shipping Season in Cleveland
From my office window, I can see the Port of Cleveland. It is encouraging to see the traffic of cargo ships coming and going though the Great Lakes shipping channels and docking in Cleveland.
This must mean that we have some positive industrial activity going on in Northeast Ohio. It also means that the docks are active and using hydraulics to get the job done. Winches, skid steers, and cranes, all using hydraulics to load and unload.
There are many markets for hydraulic components and systems because it is the right design choice. One of those markets is the shipping industry.
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We will not be bringing you any of the Nationals decklists until the Saturday portion of the event but that does not mean you will have to wait until then for a look at the Japanese metagame for Standard. There were six Constructed grinders on Thursday each feeding two players into the big event.
Each tournament had 64 players and the fact that the first grinder put two AngelFire decks into Nats is probably a good indication of what to expect over the weekend. Well perhaps AngelFire is not completely accurate to describe both of these decks. Hassuku Jinpei played a fairly traditional version that lives up the name but Kimura Takuto's - a friend and schoolmate of Naoki Shimizu - version should probably be called AngelGang. Takuto has the recently reprinted Siege-Gang Commander where other versions have had Demonfire - or more recently Molten Disaster.
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The second grinder churned out two more aggressive decks with Matsuo Yoshiyuki burning and bashing with a fiery take on Gruul. Once again Siege-Gang Commander rears its ugly head(s) along with Antonino DeRosa's pet card, Fatal Frenzy. In the other slot Endo Ryota got there with a deck that looked very similar to Michael Jacob's mono-green from U.S. Nats with the addition of the Skarrgan Pit-Skulk.
The winners of the third qualifying event split the difference from the first two events. One bracket put AngelFire (only technically clinging to the name through the Seal of Fires in the deck) played by Konno Kosei into Round One of Nats. The other featured Gruul-packing Mitsui Hideo. I don't know how much earth-shattering tech that represents but his list actually sent me back to Gatherer to confirm that Weight of Spires was an actual card name.
The fourth grinder put forth yet another Gruul deck, this one piloted by Hasegawa Gaku, with Siege-Gang Commander continuing to make a case for breakout Xth Edition star. I mean we all knew he was good in the goblin decks but the guy is a self contained goblin fighting force even without the usual suspects, prospectors, and piledrivers to accompany him. The other bracket spit out Ishibashi Kazuma and his Blink deck when it was done grinding.
If there is any player you might expect to reap the rewards of Xth Edition reprints like Incinerate and Mogg Fanatic it would be Tsuyoshi Fujita. I can't promise that the first deck from the fifth grinder is what Tsuyoshi is playing this weekend but it seems likely since the pilot is Fujita's significant other Asami. From the other side of the grinder another deck archetype was heard from in Mori Yuya's GoyfRack deck.
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There were only 32 players in the final Constructed grinder and as such only one player was extruded into Nationals. Inoguchi Hironobu masterminded Project X for the last slot up for grabs and even displayed a little tech with Magus of the Disk getting some extra value out of the Saffi.
Enough with the grinding already…let's see what we are going to cook with this meat.
Make no mistake. Japan's had a quiet year, at least in comparison to the blockbuster achievements the nation's players have achieved in the last two years. The achievements of Europe's Magic powerhouses can't be understated. But there's a depth and breadth of experienced and technical play prevalent throughout the deep player base of Japan. If you've read any web coverage of recent events, you're certain to be familiar with the very top of the Japanese field. But the roster of less recognized yet solid talent's so deep. I've been watching top level play in the Land of the Rising Sun for years, and watched greats like Katsuhiro Mori and Masashiro Kuroda break their way out of the pack and into the limelight. Japanese Nationals is the premiere springboard for hungry players to establish their rep. Here's my four picks you ought to keep your eyes on this weekend.
Ryou Ogura
Nagoya's finest made the spotlight at Worlds last year, falling to Mihara in the finals. Ogura's made the Top Eight at two Worlds events. He's got great mental endurance, a tool necessary for excellence in long, grueling tournaments. The ability to switch gears in tournaments with multiple formats is absolutely essential to reach the top tables, and Ogura's got that talent in spades.
Ogura brings a nonchalant, lighthearted tone to the table, but he obsesses over the details of Constructed metagames. Japanese deckbuilders have always trended towards control, so he's almost always tuned whatever deck he brought to savage control decks. He's been one rung from the top of the ladder before. This could be the weekend he finally gets the big trophy.
I'm sick and tired of him beating the crap out of me regularly at Friday Night Magic.
Shingo Kurihara
I shouldn't have to introduce Shingo Kurihara. Kurihara's breakout performance with two Pro Tour Sunday appearances cemented his name as one of the strongest Rookies of the Year in memory. Unlike many Japanese breakout stars I've watched over the years, Kurihara's primary forte lies in Limited.
Kurihara's approach to the game really stands out in comparison to many American and European stars. He doesn't like to take compliments. He bemoans his imperfections and errors in his Constructed play, saying he's been practicing but doesn't feel like his work has paid off dividends yet. Does that deter him? No way. Kurihara has been putting his nose to the grindstone for the last few months, and he has every shot to reap the fruits of victory.
Naoki Shimizu
It's a little counterintuitive to call a member of last year's National team a diamond in the rough. Shimizu's been toiling away for months with a pack of talented teammates in search of the ideal control build. I'd have a hard time picturing him hammering away at opponents with giant monsters.
Watching Shimizu reminds me of watching old videos of Harry Houdini doing what only Houdini could do. Houdini would look at every potentially deadly hazard as a puzzle to work out. Shimizu approaches each game with the same mental focus, trying to react to his opponent's moves and nullify them so that he can take the game home in the long run. We'll see if the metagame's right for Shimizu's honed skill set.
I'm rooting for Shimizu to win again because I love to watch a player who genuinely loves Magic. Shimizu's face betrays little emotion in the game's midst, but before and after the game, he's always smiling. What beats a good game of Magic? Masashiro Kuroda used to be the leading public face of Japanese players until he made a serious commitment to the salaryman lifestyle, and I'd say Shimizu would be an ideal guy to step up to that role.
Yuuya Watanabe
Did someone mention Standard? Japan's prowess in that format is without peer. Hailing from the crowded card shops of Tokyo, Yuuya Watanabe broke out of anonymity at Grand Prix Kyoto this year with a vicious Izzetron remix that laid the field low. He's been playing the long Tokyo afternoon and evening Standard battles for years. Kenji Tsumura's credited him as a solid practice partner throughout lean years and prosperous years. Watanabe's a true fan of Blue, but is fond of cramming a few more threats into his sixty cards.
Japanese Nationals will be the testing grounds to see if he can demonstrate talent with Limited decks. Unlike Kurihara, he wasn't too talkative about his efforts to step up. He and Kenji squeaked into Day Two in Time Spiral Two-Headed Limited, and rallied back all the way to fifth place, one spot shy of a Pro Tour Sunday. Was Watanabe standing on Tsumura's shoulders? Or will he defy expectations? Stay tuned.
There are sure to be some pretty big stars occupying the Feature Match action this weekend. With so many huge names playing in this tournament I am going to be trying something different for the first three rounds. Rather than isolate one feature match every two rounds or so I am going to recap the results and - more importantly for all you tech-hungry readers - the Standard decks being played in every Feature Match for the first three rounds of Standard.
Ryota Endo vs. Shuhei Nakamura
If Ryota's name sounds familiar to you it is likely because I just featured his deck in the Grinder round-up to open the coverage. He was playing what looked to be the same MonoGreen concoction complete with Pit-Skulks. Ryota seemed a tad star-struck by his illustrious opponent and two-time Level 6 mage, Shuhei Nakamura.
Shuhei, who was playing an AngelGang deck, did not disappoint the young player and made short work of the aggro deck with a steady diet of Lightning Helix and post-board Pyroclasms. Ryota showed no signs of dismay at the loss and asked his opponent to autograph the sheet of paper that displayed both their names after the match.
Shuhei - 2 Ryota - 0
Itaru Ishida vs. Takuya Oosawa
There were no grinder winner's in this match-up. Itaru Ishida has been playing Magic for longer than it has been available in Japan. In fact he became eligible for the Hall of Fame - one of five players in the room currently on the ballot - as part of the year two class. Although Itaru has only one Pro Tour Top 8 he has a staggering seventeen Grand Prix Top 8 s and is one of the best deckbuilders in the world. I certainly had to push my coverage reporter's version of the poker face to the limits when I glanced at his hand and saw Dragonstorm tucked away to one side.
From what I could gather from watching the match - and rest assured I will look at this deck in detail tomorrow - the deck had two components. The first was a burn package that started with Incinerate and Lightning Helix and ended with Riddle of Lightning and Bogardan Hellkite. The Hellkite dovetailed nicely with the Dragonstorm package - and the Dragonstorm's high casting cost worked well with Riddle of Lightning - which also included the hasty Tarox Bladewing.
Ishida winced as I made notes on his deck. Apparently he did not consider it an example of his finest work. "It is a fun deck," he said as he played against the decidedly anti-fun Takuya Oosawa. Oosawa who has largely made his name on the back of two Limited Pro Tour Top 8's - including one win and one finalist finish - was playing a Dredge deck that seemed to go off considerably faster than Ishida's 'fun deck'.
Takuya - 2 Itaru - 0
Yet More Standard: Round Two
Akira Asahara vs. Tsuyoshi Fujita
When I walked over to this pairing of two of Japan's greatest deckbuilders Hall of Fame candidate Tsuyoshi Fujita was groaning that the match-up was nigh unwinnable for him. Akira was hoping to revive AggroLoam for its brief period of legality in Standard thanks to the reprinting of Seismic Assault. Tsuyoshi was playing a Gruul deck that bore more than a passing resemblance to the Gruul deck his girlfriend Asami qualified with on Thursday.
When Tsuyoshi spent an Incinerate and a Mogg Fanatic in an attempt to kill a Tarmogoyf, Akira cycled Edge of Autumn to save it and that was enough to prompt Tsuyoshi to throw in the towel despite being at over 20 life. In the second game a looming Greater Gargadon was more disruptive from suspension than it could possibly have been in play foiling Tsuyoshi's sideboarded Threatens. Fujita laughed and mockingly Threatened and Fatal Frenzied the Gargadon that kept him from being able to do the same to either of a pair of Mystic Enforcers that would go on to win the game for Asahara.
Akira - 2 Tsuyoshi - 0
Shu Komuro vs. Kenji Tsumura
Despite Kenji's much longer resume Shu Komuro's contains one thing that Kenji can still not put on his. Despite the five times Kenji has played on Sunday at a Pro Tour he still does not have a winner's trophy to show for his efforts. Shu is batting 1.000 in that regard with one Top 8 and one trophy in his career, winning Pro Tour Nagoya a couple of years ago. Neither player was going to be able to pad that section of their resume this weekend but making a National team - especially in this room - would be no small feat for either of them.
This match-up brought the total number of deck archetypes in the Feature Match area to a whopping total of eight out of eight players so far featured. Shu was sporting a Blink deck that appeared to share some genes with the GerryT Blink deck from the Kentucky Open and Kenji was playing an AussieStorm list that apparently had some special meaning for him which he promised to share if he was able to play the deck to a successful finish.
In the first game Kenji clung to life by sacrificing lands to Claws of Gix while waiting for a play set of Lotus Blooms to hit play over two turns. It looked like he was going to be able to clear the board of threats with a combination of Hellkite and Grapeshot but a speculative Repeal on his Claws of Gix gave him the hope - and the Perilous Research - to win the game instead of merely staying alive. His Research yielded Hatching Plans which, when sacrificed to the Claws, dug him to not only the Pyromancer's Swath he needed but the Remand to protect it for the win.
Game 2 flew by as a pair of Tarmogoyfs and a smattering of disruption from Shu were faster than Kenji's suspended artifacts. Game 3 saw Kenji keep a zero land/double Lotus Bloom hand on the play. He drew two straight lands and on turn three was perhaps a spell off from winning with Pyromancer's Swath and Grapeshot when his first Bloom was countered with Mystic Snake. Shu was able to keep Kenji off balance with a steady diet of Venser and Clouskates to lock up the win.
Shu - 2 Kenji - 1
Yet More Standard: Round Three
The dream of twelve deck from twelve players came crashing to Earth this round with two more AngelFire decks crossing the ropes into the Feature Match area. We did end up with ten different decks though as each AngelFire player squared off against a new archetype for the roped off area.
Yuuya Watanabe vs. Yuuta Takahashi
Watanabe is a rising star on the Japanese scene who made the Top 8 of the Finals last year and recently won Grand Prix Kyoto as an amateur. He was piloting the AngelFire deck that seems to be the darling of many of the Tokyo players. His opponent this round was Yuuta Takahashi, last seen making the Top 4 of Pro Tour San Diego. These players have surely faced off in the past as they are both regulars at the Ikebukuro Ogre card shop in Tokyo. Yuuta must have missed the AngelFire memo and was playing a blue-black Teachings deck which emerged victorious in three games that I will confess to missing. I was paying more attention to the other match and one of my favorite players of all time.
Yuuta - 2 Yuuya - 1
Masashiro Kuroda vs. Ryouma Shiuzu
Masashiro Kuroda is the first Japanese player to win a Pro Tour opening a floodgate that the rest of the world has barely been able to slow down much less close. Kuroda has played the game intermittently since his win as a wife, baby, and real-life career have conspired to keep him from the travel demands of the Players Club. I was happy to learn that the Pro Tour champion managed to get vacation time to coincide with Pro Tour Valencia where he will attempt to add a third Pro Tour Top 8 to his prodigious list of accomplishments. Kuroda recently crossed the 100 Pro Point threshold and will find himself on the 2008 Hall of Fame ballot.
Kuroda was playing AngelFire and could only grin at his deck choice because it featured all his favorite colors doing the things they do best; killing, flying, drawing cards, and winning games. His opponent Ryouma Shiuzu was an old hand on the Grand Prix scene with five Top 8s to his credit. He was hoping that his black-green Rack deck could represent the remaining two colors admirably. I hear that Tarmogoyf has been doing some good work lately.
In Game 1 Kuroda's eyes nearly popped out of his head at the prospect of Booming a karoo and his own Flagstones but without any action to follow it up he tucked his eyes back into place and eventually fell to an army of not-so-little green men. Kuroda had a more successful Boom in Game 2 when Ryouma stumbled on his land drops and Pyroclasm cleared Dark Confidant and Augur of Skulls.
Despite getting his Lightning Angels Extirpated Kuroda managed to cobble together an offense with a Court Hussar and Vesuvan Shapeshifter. Kuroda, who does not play nearly as much as he did in his heyday, had originally played the Shapeshifter face-up to copy the Hussar in order to dig for cards. He had expected the card to go to the graveyard but his opponent pointed out that since he paid white mana as part of the casting cost it would stick around. Kuroda 'appealed' to the judge who confirmed that the Shapeshifter would live to copy another day. Kuroda repaid his opponent's kindness by copying a Call of the Herd token and then using Lightning Helix to clear the way.
Masashiro - 2 Ryouma - 1
The bonus Shapeshifter gave Kuroda the oomph he needed to emerge from the Standard rounds with a 2 -1 record. Watching from the rails was an all-star team of his contemporaries languishing at 1-2 that included Akira Asahara, Tsuyoshi Fujita, and Itaru Ishida. Perhaps they should have gone with AngelFire…
There's no money riding on my initial picks, but Yuuya Watanabe and Ryou Ogura clocked into the first draft pod undefeated. I picked covering Ryou Ogura, since I'm horribly partial towards Nagoya's players. Tokyo and Osaka rightly get tons of attention, but the rest of Japan deserves some credit as well.
Pod 3 was jammed with talent. Level 6 mage Shuuhei Nakamura, persistent money winner Chikara Nakajima, Pro Tour Nagoya winner Shuu Komura, and member of the 2006 National team Hideaki Katayama were waiting in the wings. Also at the table was Masami Ibamoto, a deckbuilding prodigy from years past. Ibamoto is leaving professional play to join Wizards' Japanese office later this year, and he wanted to punctuate his professional Magic run with an exclamation point. Two of Tokyo's hottest up and coming talents, Masaki Yokoi and Kunihiro Yano, rounded out the table.
Before the draft, Ogura said he preferred drafting Blue and Red, but seeing many familiar faces at the table, he shifted gears. His first pack offered up Coral Trickster, Outrider en-Kor, Gemhide Sliver, and Durkwood Baloth. He went for the stout Baloth. Red presented an option with Rift Bolt in the second pack, but Ogura signed up a Penumbra Spider instead. He reached for tempo pick with Benalish Cavalry, then a gassy Yavimaya Dryad. Late picks included Saffi Eriksdotter, Deathspore Thallid, and two copies of Pull from Eternity. He sent a loud and clear signal to his left that he was declaring Green to be his turf.
Ogura was hoping for Planar Chaos packs laden with Giant Duskwasps and Pallid Mycoderms. That didn't happen. Right off the bat, two Saltfield Recluses shored up his defensive game, but he needed beaters to drive the game home. He snatched a Pallid Mycoderm in the third pack, and then kept getting handed tricks like Dawn Charm and Utopia Vow instead of the meaty beaters he needed. A ninth pick Uktabi Drake was a step in the right direction, but it wasn't enough to stem the tide. Future Sight's fantastic green needed to step up to the plate.
Heading into the third pack, he was less than pleased with a first pick Lucent Lumenid. Where were the Sprout Swarms? Where were the Sporoloth Ancients? He mused wistfully over a Take Possession before adding the 3/3 flier to his pile. He followed with two copies of Judge Unworthy, one over a Sporoloth Ancient. At that point it was clear that he wasn't going to be getting any Sprout Swarms. Two Thornweald Archers helped fill out the bottom end of his curve, but he didn't get any late pick bodies to help him out.
Ogura's usually sunny disposition turned sour during deckbuilding. He could stall offensives and save his men from removal spells, but he just didn't have anything that could close the deal. Four rounds of piloting this concoction would be a tough road to hoe.
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Masaki Yokoi's shoulders shivered slightly as I sat down next to him. Everyone's a little anxious when it's their first feature match. Yokoi faced off against the player drafting to his left, Worlds 2006 finalist Ryou Ogura, piloting a Green/White concoction. Yokoi's White/Blue deck lacked the high power flyers and beaters to break through most conventional offenses, and Ogura had Utopia Vow and two copies of Judge Unworthy to stymie his offense. But at least Yokoi's troops boasted evasion. Ogura's sketchy offense lacked any trickiness. He'd have to bash his way to glory.
Yokoi started off his first feature match on the wrong foot, mulliganing on the play once. Then twice. Then once more for good measure. Ogura started off with a Saltfield Recluse and Pallid Mycoderm while Yokoi was stuck on a single land. It took four more turns for the younger player to find a second land and make an Errant Doomsayers. Penumbra Spider and Benalish Cavalry made sure that the Doomsayers' words were prophetic.
Ryou Ogura - Masaki Yokoi 1-0
On the bright side for Yokoi, he hadn't been forced to reveal his second color.
The second game went much more swimmingly for Yokoi, who stalled an early Ogura Thornweald Archer offensive with a D'Avenant Healer. Yokoi bogged down the board with Saltfield Recluse and Spiketail Drakeling. Ogura called for a Penumbra Spider, and the blood stopped flowing.
Both players dug trenches, trying to get an edge. Neither player could profitably attack. After looking deeper with Foresee, Yokoi got an edge with Stormfront Riders, spawning a slowly growing army of 1/1 Soldiers. When Yokoi found a Whitemane Lion two turns later, the recruitment machine swung into full gear. Ogura's Thallid Shell-Dweller and Pallid Mycoderm kept adding counters, but the mass of Soldiers were leaving them in the dust. When Soldiers are outbreeding Saprolings, the gods must be crazy. Ogura had not one but two Dawn Charms in hand when Yokoi sent 28 troops in to Ogura's 10, leaving a dozen home. Seeing that Yokoi wasn't willing to overcommit attackers, the veteran scooped. What would the Dawn Charms accomplish? Better to keep them secret. Yokoi's cagey play paid off.
Ryou Ogura - Masaki Yokoi 1-1
Ogura was cursing his luck. His draft had gone awry and wasn't coming up with the offensive goods. But when you're boasting a front of Thallid Shell-Dweller and D'Avenant Healer against an enemy D'Avenant Healer and Saltfield Recluse, you're not going to see a lot of action. Ogura rammed an Uktabi Drake into a Spiketail Drakeling and saw both fliers go down. He committed more defensive creatures to the board.
But the tide turned when Yokoi chipped away at Ogura's board with Reality Strobe. The neverending sorcery revisited him time and time again, keeping his Thallid production from kicking into high gear. Yokoi bewitched an attacker with Spirit en-Dal time and time again to slip through Ogura's leaky defenses. Stormfront Riders showed up and blew through a ton of mana to add more and more tokens to the board while allowing a Shaper Parasite to gnaw away at the intestines of Ogura's army. He went for the kill on the second extra turn. Ogura was hoping for a draw, leaving two mana for a Dawn Charm open. But the Charm met Dismal Failure. Masaki Yokoi took home the match.
Masaki Yokoi defeats Ryou Ogura 2-1
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It just wouldn't be Japanese Nationals without a high powered artist being flown in to sign cards, sell prints, and show off some snazzy original art. Daren Bader more than lives up to that billing. The San Diego artist's work has graced almost 150 Magic cards over the years from Akroma, Angel of Fury to Zephid's Embrace.
Daren brought a big stack of original artwork with him that included a couple of cards that have seen their share of tournament play. Interestingly, while most artists will prefer the look of their original artwork to the printed piece, Daren prefers the printed version of Deep Analysis to the painting. He feels the printed version is darker and more ominous.
Wing Shards and Deep Analysis are from the only tournament playable cards that Daren has illustrated - they were just the two most notable pieces that he still owned the original artwork for. There was a non-stop line of people with playsets of Mystic Snake, Condemn, Akroma, Angel of Fury, Sarcomancy and Oath of Druids for the artist to sign.
Despite the lines, Daren still took the time to add special touches to cards. In this picture he can be seen applying gold highlights to a Mystic Snake. It was something of a guerilla affair as the ink was coming from a rubber stamp inkpad and the tool he was using was the tip of a pencil. It didn't matter to the lucky recipient of a customized playset of Snakes though who could barely wait for the ink to draw before running to show them off to his friends.
Customization seems to be Daren's bag. In addition to the detailing he did on the cards each Akroma print he was selling this weekend came with a specially cartooned version of everyone's favorite morph.
He even customizes his artist proofs with an Akroma rubber stamp and some hand coloring. It may not make for the toughest jigsaw puzzle in the world but it sure looks hot in a binder.
Everyone is always in awe of customization master Seishiro Ookubo. His three dimensional work has been documented at plenty of past events but it is hard to pass up on an opportunity to show it off again. The man literally puts the gnarl in the Gnarled Mass.
Okay, you want something nobody else has? How about Eli Kaplan's alternate art, foil, Japanese, three dimensional Coffin Puppets that he picked up from Ookubo this weekend? I am not sure you could pry it from Eli's collection though as he has been waiting on delivery since Worlds in 2005.
Earlier in the coverage I mentioned that Masashiro Kuroda was going to be attending Pro Tour Valencia. I did not realize at the time that he had to earn that invitation the old fashioned way via a PTQ. I asked Kuroda about his list after he told me it was green-white: "So Serra Avengers and Tarmogoyfs?"
Kuroda laughed and waved off such nonsense. "I played a control deck with Spike Feeder, Voidstone Gargoyle, and Quagnoth." It is not surprising that Kuroda would play with Spike Feeder since it was a key card in his Nationals deck way back in 1999 but Voidstone Gargoyle? Really? This was a deck I needed to see.
Now I know that the time for Block Constructed is past us - with the exception of those of you attending GP Firenze - but I cannot resist sharing a Tsuyoshi-designed, Kuroda-driven decklist when I have the opportunity.
Neither of these players are strangers to the Top 8 of a Japanese event. The Kanagawa Prefecture's Masaya Kitayama may not be a household name to you, but he was the anchor of Team Standard Constructed Grand Prix Hamamatsu's winners, Tanii Monogatari. He's no slouch at draft either, sweeping Pod 1 3-0. Well, he almost swept it. It turns out that when there are four rounds in a draft, crazy things happen such as Kitayama facing off against Tokyo's Jun'ya Iyanaga, the 2005 Japanese National Champion. Well, Iyanaga would have been the champion if not for being in a room with video cameras, trailblazing judges, and a controversial play involving Sword of Fire and Ice. Controversy aside, Iyanaga was performing well again at Nationals and a 6-1 record would allow him to stay near the front of the pack.
Game 1
After a short stopover in Paris, Kitayama started off with a deadly series of drops, suspending Ivory Giant on turn one Shade of Trokair on turn two, and actually deigning to play a Sinew Sliver right then and there on turn three. Iyanagi was stuck on two forests. He tried to mount a comeback by slowing down the Sinew Sliver with Utopia Vow, but that just gave Kitayama access to the red mana he needed to play Oros, the Avenger on his fifth turn.
Iyanaga just laughed and scooped up his cards.
Game 2
With a big smile Iyanagi announced he'd keep his hand. Kitayama shrugged and kept a hand on the draw with 5 lands, Knights of Sursi, and Sunlance. He topdecked Trespasser il-Vec the next turn, giving him a sigh of relief, but he was in hot water. Iyanaga queued a Giant Duskwasp into the Phantom Zone with a four turn sentence, and followed up with Dreamscape Artist. Kitayama's Trespasser was allowed one turn of shadowy infiltration before being pressed into a Utopia Vow, and this time there was no Dragony consequences.
Kitayama kept drawing land after land after land while Iyanagi used the combination of Tolarian Sentinel and Llanowar Empath to churn out an army in a hurry - including one Empath into Empath turn. Kitayama tried to play catch-up but the game was out of his reach.
Masayama Kitayama 1-1 Jun'ya Iyanaga
Game 3
Kitayama started off tepidly with a pending Ivory Giant followed by Errant Doomsayer. With Pulmonic Sliver, Necrotic Sliver, and Poultice Sliver in hand, everything would be fine provided he drew a swamp. Iyanaga jumped right into the fray, summoning Thallid Shell-Dweller and Kavu Primarch.
Most Japanese players don't vent their feelings when they're feeling the pinch of land screw and Kitayama's yowl of disapproval rattled the crowd. Iyanaga started up card advantage hijinks with Tolarian Sentinel and Llanowar Empath again, but Kitayama's land stall ended at just the right moment. When your board's a destructive band of Poultice Sliver, Necrotic Sliver, and Pulmonic Sliver and your opponent is playing Blue/Green, there aren't many permanent ways to throw a wrench in the works.
Except that Iyanaga actually had a wrench to throw in the form of Ixidron (if you can dodge an Ixidron you can dodge a ball!) and the Time Spiral morph hoser turned the exotic hivemind into a gibbering mess. The two armies swung back and forth, and thanks to a timely Aether Web, no morph was left standing.
While Kitayama found a fresh batch of Slivery goodness and Gathan Raiders, Iyanaga's deck stopped handing him spells and he fell beneath the wheels of the Kitayama juggernaut.
Masaya Kitayama defeats Jun'ya Iyanagi 2-1 to go undefeated on Day 1.


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215: Letting Go
Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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Title text: At least I never gave her the root password. |
This comic references the Unix command userdel, which means deleting a user's account, in connection with breaking up with a loved one. The user in the picture, separated with a woman called Megan, deletes her account at his computer as the indication that the relationship is finally broken.
The alt text continues the theme of Unix terminology in relationships, as the root password means complete access to the system.
- [A picture of Cueball and Megan in a heart is being held by someone, it has been ripped down the middle, separating the two people]
- [Cueball sits at computer, looking at the picture]
- [It is night, Cueball still sits at computer with the picture in front of him and his head drooped]
- [It is day again, Cueball types on computer]
- Text from computer:
root@homebox:~# userdel megan
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Why Am I Not Surprised?: An R2-D2 Aquarium
He's been steampunkified, LEGOfied, made into cakes, a fridge, a USB hub, a home theater system, a trashcan (surprise, surprise), a computer case, and even a beanie, and now, in his latest incarnation, it's R2-D2 as an aquarium. The $129 aquatic habitat is sold by Hammacher Schlemmer and has a 1.75-gallon capacity. "R2's eye-piece even works as a periscope so you can get an up close look at your little buddies while they meander around." Then, you can eat them. Mmmm, fish sticks!
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I was just looking through a Chicago Tribune from last week, and there is an article on the appeal of metal. There is a quote from Mark Weglarz, owner and manager of the Chicago record store Metal Haven, regarding how metal got started:
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Rated 0 / 5 stars August 27, 2011
Tutorial fighting
Terrible, the tutorial was the only time you could fight.
Rated 0.5 / 5 stars August 27, 2011
It may just be a bug
You get one star for trying, and for the animation, but nothing happened. i went through the tutorial and you know, spacebar and so on, but when I tried to play the game, I went to the right and went off the screen and nothing happened. Maybe it's just a bug but there seems to be no progression, just try to make the screen scroll?
Rated 0 / 5 stars August 27, 2011
its a single screen with no enemies, no monsters nothing, you can go off the edge of the screen though, fat lot off good that does.... there are too many spelling mistakes to even know what to do sometimes "preform" means to make something before hand, "perform" means to do something. "know" means that you know something "now" means do it now. You need to tak this down, go through the bugs, maybe give some more effort on the graphics, add some sound of any kind and re submit it.
Rated 1 / 5 stars August 27, 2011
Horrible. Just horrible.
Bland interface, little to no gameplay, and graphics that look like they have been drawn with MS Paint. Everything in this "game" screams for a blam.
Rated 0 / 5 stars August 27, 2011
Doesn't Work
The game its self doesn't work, all you can do is walk offscreen.


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Pink Sugar Type |
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