Linus’s Legends – And Fun Times were had by All
Posted by linus4pres on August 20, 2008
Phew.
That about covers it, folks. My second GenCon has come to a close and now, wife at work, child at pre-school, and myself typing in boxers waiting for my meal to cool down, I think back. NACC was a riot. I met alot of great people, had some interesting games, saw new card interactions that had never occured to me, and only went on slight tilt once (quite an accomplishment for me!)
I finally got to meet Jason and Jeff (the co-founders) face to face and receive my super cool website T-Shirt and dice. I ended up handing out 6 of my dice during the main event and the other 4 during side events to people who commented on the shirt and hat.
My buddy Josh Magelssen (feature match round 5) and I wandered around between rounds trying to scare him up some female fun times only to be ring-fingered by the Apples to Apples girl when he eloquently asked for their digits. How rude 
As an aside, Josh says most of these girls that go to the conventions wear rings so they don’t get hit on as much and I say girls aren’t that cunning and diabolical- Comment Poll: Who is Correct?
I ate a lot of bad pizza. I understand that a 9 round event is going to go late, but at least figure something out for lunch. If you are playing a control deck I think they just expect you to bring beef jerky along because a meal just isn’t happening. Control deck conspiracy?
I was introduced to the comedic gold that is the Venture Bros by my travel companions. Josh and I have decided to dress up next year as Dean and Hank doing Mecha-Shiva – it’s going to be classic. All I have to do now is buff up to carry 200 lbs on my shoulders for hours on end.
My team woke up late on Saturday morning and so missed out on the DMF, though we all entered the enormous 126 man Spectral Safari Sealed event. We all did pretty well, I got 9th, Josh got 13th, and two of our other teammates managed a 5-2 record. Maybe we should switch to being an all limited team?
Bryan Lyons ended up at the same hotel as my team and took advantage of the situation by stealing every card we owned at 2 AM when we were weak and weary from 12 hrs of card-flipping. I was mostly awake and alert until he distracted me with funny T.V. lines (my weakness!) and away went our Ishanahs and EA Varimathrases!
I met Kevin Lambert (Twylite) wielding Boomkin in round 2. I’m not quite sure how he managed, but he got alot closer to victory than I think Boomkin should against Priest – he actually pushed the game to overtime! He may be a masterful sorcerer, so beware. I mean, Jindo’s Evil Eye! I have to admit, I never saw that coming On a side note, he got his revenge on me in a Gadgetzan Sealed later the next day.
Jackie Spreadbury is Ladies Champion once again. Her competitor in the last round conceded because she wanted the I-POD instead of the MacBook to much giggling from the announcer. In entirely different news, I just bought a knit hat on Ebay that says “Concession in the Final” from a JSpreadbury832 on Ebay.
All the WoWTCGScrub writers got their pictures taken and are under the Friday section of the Photo Coverage all in a row on the main site (here). I had to add this in because I remember MaskedAmeoba (Jason Rippe) saying he wasn’t photogenic and thought it would be funny to highlight – pawn to E4, your play, sir.
That’s all I have for now. Later in the week I’ll be getting more serious with an article idea inspired by a buddy of mine. The team gag-order is up and I can finally write something relevant again! Let’s do this.
Until next time…IGNORE ME!
- Adam “Linus” Misner
BLyons said
Josh is in fact correct. The ring on the finger gambit is a classic easy out. My roommate used to run it himself because of the simple yet effective nature of the play. And don’t let the cute exterior fool you, girls are far more cunning and devious than we are.
twylite said
Yeah, disc priest is not a good matchup for boomkin.
audible-sigh said
Indeed, that same girl was the one sitting next to me while Lyons and I dominated the Apples to Apples games in the vendors area. Guess who wasn’t wearing a ring?
Oh, and as an aside, that feature match coverage seemed to shine a n00b-ful light on me. I was in no way surprised when Phil dropped the nut-draw on me, I was just hoping he didn’t have it. Desecrator was a bad match-up for me but I could have won game 3 if my hand I mull’d into wasn’t 3 8-drops and a Greench.
Glenn Jones said
I HATE the game Apples to Apples.
The ring on the finger is a common ploy.
It was cool to meet you, albeit only briefly.
Timmy T. said
When they play the ring gambit just uber sleaze it up and say “I’m looking for a good time, not a wife.” You’ll probably never see her again and every once and a while your dumpster diving will hit pay dirt. (emphasis on the dirt)
Rykia said
Actually the girl who conceded knew that there was no point in playing another 2 hours straight when in reality her deck wasn’t a good match against Jackie’s. Also she just wanted to get out of there ASAP. How do I know this?
That’s a secret.