Allergic to the BDIF Obssessed with Riftbound 20 Years of TCG Multi-Championship Multi-Player Winning Coach in Pokemon TCG Best of Poppy Gatineau Showdown
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This is the most important thing I have ever written.
Thank you for all that spoke with me - read- contributed before the final product.
This is my black square
#BlackLivesMattters
#PlayPokemon
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When youre the one in the biggest card show in Canada who believes the most in riftbound you get all the riftbound
Getting ready for the day at sports card expo in watching @playriftbound and my goat @rowan_stavenow on stream
Vending the largest card show in Canada
After hours 12:30 am
I can see why this deck has a 43% playrate
It's busted
#riftbound
I got married in Rome and was able to play a league challenge in Napoli.
It's extremely disheartening to me that such a beautiful and welcoming community would have there current best player and representative @AlbertoContiTCG muted.
This is disappointing coming from a place that taught us this is a world we must defend.
I go to nexus nights with real decks and lose.
Nexus nights are about a community getting together - and enjoying the game together.
It's to foster the love of riftbound.
I grew up playing Yugioh twice a week as a boy
Magic three to four nights a week as an adult
And then Pokemon 3-4 nights a week as a semi-pro at the time
I try to hit NN twice a weeek most importantly to learn.
Everyone saying the new riftbound rewards is like Pokemon system it's far from it
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everything in this post is why i hate thinking about EV
just sucks the soul out of the game good god
If Riot wants showdowns to be a necessary part of the competitive ecosystem next year like they announced today then showdown organizers need to stop scamming players.
Looking at you @LaughingMtg
If there's one thing playing riftbound has changed in me is how I react to situations to make sure people are having an enjoyable time playing.
At one piece I literally had a boyfriend basically communicating my had at locals and I knew it wasn't malicious. He'd say he has $100 cards in his hand and the old me would be annoyed but I'm at locals to learn.
So when I heard of riftbound creator program people who are selected because they are trying to make the game a better place, I am annoyed when I hear about one complaining at locals and making snide remarks
When losing to star-crossed etc. it situations like this that make people want to stop playing or going to locals where riftbound is trying to take this toxicity we've had in the card games before.
We're going to lose to unbeatable cards. We're going to lose to fizz starcrossed, we're going to lose to double defy, we're going to lose to bellows watcher, we're going to lose to missing a turn one play.
There is no reason to take this frustration out on your opponents playing the game. I'm actually so disappointed to have heard this about this creator because I know they try their best and if may have been a bad day. We're allowed to have those.
But I think if you make, making riftbound a better place your thing, and being a nice person your personality, then no matter what you have to stick to your mantra.
I'm the first to catch myself when those feelings and being snide like I was when I'm younger and put a chokehold on it. I've done it once playing riftbound. I've also gone over end game scenarios with my OPPs asking how I lost , could I have won.
You have to be the best person you can even when no one is looking. In Hartford, I had a spectator pass and in the 0-2 bracket vs an OPP in the Friday event, we played the Fiora mirror. He didn't have Aurora I did. He told me how he took the bus from jersey into New York everyday to work, this was his first card game cause he loved league. I know how hard it is to get into card games growing up with parents who couldn't buy singles. I connected with him working hard cause that was my parents. I reached into my backpack and I put three cards facedown and I said I'd like to gift these to you. He picked up three Chinese dazzzling aurora and did every thing he could to give them back to me and I said it would be bad luck and disrespectful to give them
Back so he gave me a poro coin.
I've told this story to less then ten friends and first time online. I know not everyone can do this nor do I expect anyone to, but I wouldn't be on my card game journey of others hadn't shown kindness to me, drove me, lent me cards, helped me get better. Yes I own a store, so that helps, but again. The kindness and the change starts with us.
I haven't been perfect all my life but I'm trying really hard now with these games and as a father.
Thanks for reading and be nice to your opponents.
Every interaction I've had with this guy whether it's at One Piece, Lorcana or Pokemon . He's a real one and does it for the love of the game.
RIFTBOUND OP & RIOT. THANK YOU for outlining your cheating framework. Accidentally making a mistake is not cheating. Intent matters. I've had so many players make mistakes against me, and I have had my fair share of mistakes too
It's easy to sit at home with a 32 oz bag of doritos and be like "nah I'd never make that mistake or I'd never do that." But reality is more complicated and shit happens
It's hilarious to me that we have players pretending that they are confused why me and certain others aren't banned, while there are players banned for actual cheating. Geez, I don't know why we aren't banned, maybe it's because we DID NOT CHEAT. No malicious intent, no premeditation.
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Also my allegations are actually ridiculous.
First when I won nationals, certain people said "I paid off the Blackbeard player." I appreciate the fact y'all think I'm Jeff Bezos, but I never made over 100k profit from One Piece prior to nationals, and I was in school not working. I know the patreon was good, but I blew money going 0-5 in Europe with Rebecca. This was ridiculous.
Then the next instance was "I read Twitch chat mid-game for advice," on a deck that I just won nationals with. I also lost in finals of that tournament, and then won One Piece day the next week(offline with zero twitch chat btw) with the same deck. No disrespect to my audience, but I'm not going to twitch chat for advice. I just won nationals with this deck💀
Then the other two are real mistakes. I added 4C Rebecca off 1C Rebecca ON STREAM. I got it mixed with leader ability, I apologize for this. Let's put our heads together for a second though. If I'm trying to cheat and secure a bag, am I really doing it on Rebecca lmao. Not only has this deck never gotten a top 8 during that meta, but I was probably the only guy on the deck in the tournament. Let's be for real
Then lastly I misused purple 7C Borsalino's effect ON STREAM (another card no one plays), and I used it as activate main, but it's actually end of turn(this is relevant because I can abuse it for more don with 7Sakazuki). The judges rewinded the play (because it's the easiest rewind), and everything was good. I misread the card, and legit added it the night before the tournament.
1st One Piece Locals since OP04
Yes that's zero 4
2-1
Pudding ⭕️
Luffy Ace ❌ 2nd
ST Whitebeard ⭕️
My deck sure is pretty but looks way different then my first one piece deck
