1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,800 Hello and welcome back to Illumination, the Disney Lurkana podcast. 2 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,000 My name is Max and I'm Sam. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,400 And we are joined today by two very special guests, folks that are in our testing group, 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,000 folks who are fans of the podcast. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,660 I'm just going to go out on a limb and say I'm getting mixed response on that one. 6 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:34,920 Our friends Cliff and Olivia, who recently got back from their first DLC in Las Vegas. 7 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:40,560 So with Seattle coming up here in just a scant few weeks, we wanted to get their opinions, 8 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,600 their thoughts and some advice for all of you who may be attending your first ever Disney 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,060 Lurkana Challenger event. 10 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:50,320 So I will kick it right over to them. 11 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,920 If you want to give us a rundown, just a quick brief overview of what you did through the 12 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,520 tournament, through the event itself. 13 00:00:58,520 --> 00:00:59,520 What did you do? 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:00,520 Would you play? 15 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,360 How'd you spend the days and introduce yourself? 16 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,760 Say hi so that everybody can get to know you as well. 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,240 Cliff, I'll send it over to you first. 18 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,640 Hello, I am Cliff Lurkana-er. 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:09,640 That's you. 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,880 This is a large chunk of our practice group. 21 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:11,880 Yes. 22 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,000 So yes, it was my first Lurkana challenge. 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 I'm Olivia. 24 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,960 I'm a big fan of the podcast, by the way. 25 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:18,960 Thank you. 26 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:25,080 I'm Cliff's wife and I went to the thing with Cliff. 27 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,080 Excellent. 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,160 So we found out that the Friday pre-signup started at like 10 o'clock. 29 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,360 We ended up getting there around 1130. 30 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,960 So it was stand in a long line, get our promo, which was the Kristoff, and then just get 31 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,540 a feel for the room. 32 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:46,240 Near where the registration signup was, was the prize wall and on-demand events signups. 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,520 There was six vendors and the artists and where the main stage was set up was on the 34 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,640 opposite side. 35 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:56,600 So Friday, I did not sign up for any of the large competitive events because they were 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,680 like 256 or 500 players. 37 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,600 So they were like the majority of the day and we had dinner reservations. 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,080 So I didn't want to risk doing well in the tournament and then having to drop out to 39 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,080 go eat dinner. 40 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,360 Yeah, that would be kind of terrible for your bonus that you beat. 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,460 Most surprisingly about that was that that large event was the biggest amount of prize 42 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:16,920 wall tickets you could win. 43 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,560 So first place at the 11 and 1130 were 300 prize wall tickets. 44 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:22,560 Whoa. 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,880 So that was like, if you did well, the best return on your time. 46 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:28,880 Awesome. 47 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,440 So we did a bunch of on-demand instructeds and I was just doing that to get a little 48 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,600 bit of last round practicing in for the main event on Saturday. 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:42,240 I was playing blue red popsicles and was at the lowest point of the whole event leaving 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,480 there Friday because I got destroyed every eight man. 51 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,000 It was not even close. 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Lost two decks. 53 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I should not have lost two. 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,280 I mainly just lost to myself, got stuck on three inkables, multiple games and it just 55 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,280 felt terrible. 56 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,600 But for the events, they fired rapidly. 57 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,240 They did a good job with where they were being held, having judges on hand and keeping them 58 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,440 in like a timely manner. 59 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,720 How did they inform you that your event was ready to fire after you signed up? 60 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,000 So they gave you an entry ticket and you just walked over to the Emerald or Ruby or Sapphire 61 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,200 banner wherever they were having those events being held at the time. 62 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,480 And the judges walk up to you and depending on the color of your ticket, they knew if 63 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,120 you were doing pack rush, draft or constructed. 64 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,520 And then they gave you a bracket to write your name on. 65 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,720 And then when it filled to eight, they just asked you to hang out in that general area 66 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,240 because they were filling up in probably what? 67 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:29,240 Every 10 minutes. 68 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,160 Yeah, it would depend on what group was signing up. 69 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,880 Sometimes it would come in rushes. 70 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:35,880 Sometimes not. 71 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,240 Sometimes you'd be waiting for your eighth person and you'd be waiting for a while. 72 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:45,040 You got one prize wall ticket just for entering and then you ended up getting 10 if you won. 73 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,360 So getting 11, one for entry and 10 for winning. 74 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:49,640 How much did it cost to enter? 75 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,640 15. 76 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:57,640 Yeah, Friday we were paying $20 to do the constructed and we didn't realize until Saturday 77 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:03,600 whoever was taking our money had a confusion about it because they were like scrolling 78 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,360 through their price list. 79 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,760 And then he had a question like, is this 15 or 20? 80 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,280 He was asking someone else. 81 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,840 Oh, it's 15 because I had noticed on the banner behind them. 82 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,760 It's like, oh, constructed 15. 83 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,160 They were charging 20 yesterday. 84 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,400 Luckily someone stepped in and they handled that right away. 85 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,680 As long as you had the credit card you used when you paid, they were able to look up your 86 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,680 transactions. 87 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,680 That's awesome. 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,840 Yeah, that's really cool. 89 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:30,320 And the refund went through like right away. 90 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,320 So I checked my credit card statement. 91 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,680 I had a $30 credit within five minutes. 92 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Oh, that's great. 93 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,800 So even though there was confusion, at least they handled that right away. 94 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Yeah, you love to say it. 95 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,120 Everybody's allowed to make a mistake. 96 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,240 It's about correcting the mistake and how you handle it. 97 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,240 It's the important thing. 98 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,000 And it seemed like it got corrected without any issues or anybody having to cause a scene 99 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,600 or arguing or fighting with anybody for the right thing to happen. 100 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,600 Fair enough. 101 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,600 That was largely your Friday. 102 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,640 So Cliff, you played in the main event on Saturday. 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,960 So give us your rundown. 104 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:58,960 How did it go? 105 00:04:58,960 --> 00:04:59,960 What did you think? 106 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:03,600 Because this is your first time really at this point playing heavily in the two game 107 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,600 format. 108 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,600 Correct. 109 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,980 So we did spend a lot of time testing the two game format for like the month leading 110 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:13,040 up to it because we had to do a lot of extra testing because of the Bucky ban. 111 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,080 Whatever you want to call it. 112 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,400 And then just a lot of practicing. 113 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:20,080 We came to the conclusion that you wanted to go first, second, because your third breaker 114 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,520 is game two is weighted more heavily than game one. 115 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:24,520 Right. 116 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,540 The concern that you would run into while playing is if your opponent wins game one, 117 00:05:28,540 --> 00:05:31,520 you have to make sure you're paying attention that they're not slow playing. 118 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,880 Not that I think my opponent in round four was intentionally slow playing, but he took 119 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,880 a minute and 30 or 45 seconds to figure out what to ink on turn one. 120 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,320 And he had won game one. 121 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,480 So after that, when I was like, Hey, I just need you to play a little faster playing blue, 122 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,480 red. 123 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,080 My deck does not end the game quickly until it's ready to end the game. 124 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,080 That's right. 125 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,560 But that could take 15 or 20 turns a little bit. 126 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:54,560 Yeah. 127 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:55,560 Even trying to quest aggressively. 128 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:01,040 They did the normal for large events where they had player meeting, everyone sat down. 129 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,600 And for me, like the big frustration with that was seeing so many empty seats, knowing 130 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:09,200 like you guys and so many other people that wanted to go to see that 150 people know showed 131 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,200 the event. 132 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,200 Yeah, that sucks. 133 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,320 But the ultimate feels bad. 134 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,880 I guess I can talk about that more of what they did kind of on Sunday when we get to 135 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:16,880 that. 136 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,280 After the player meeting, we had some rounds and my first two opponents were green purple 137 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,720 and that felt good. 138 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,120 And melee does update immediately because I submitted my results for round one and I 139 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,560 got a text from Sam. 140 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,400 You did a good job as like I hit submit and the text message came through. 141 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,360 So I was being stalked and that's okay. 142 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Yes. 143 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,640 Yeah, I'm a little bit of a stalker. 144 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,120 We are keeping an eye on you. 145 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,720 I played green purples. 146 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,720 Then I played a blue red mirror and my deck failed me. 147 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,960 It was just poor on my side. 148 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,080 Then I played against the lemon lime deck and that was the slower player. 149 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,420 And I understand that it's a little complicated in its play patterns or like that. 150 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:59,720 But I feel like if you've practiced enough, you should be able to play any deck at a reasonable 151 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,640 pace from what I was gathering. 152 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,400 He was like recounting everything I did every turn and counting the number of cards I should 153 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,480 have had at every moment because in between the one round, there was like a 40 minute 154 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:10,480 delay. 155 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,760 I think it was in between rounds four and five where somebody had marked that they won 156 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:14,760 and they didn't. 157 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,320 So the judges had to find all the players that were playing in that area to corroborate 158 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,400 stories. 159 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,240 There was a guy that did well in Texas that was drawing extra cards and pretending to 160 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,420 be new at the game. 161 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:28,260 So there was a bunch of cheating that went on that slowed the event down a little bit 162 00:07:28,260 --> 00:07:33,440 and that was also happening Friday during the big constructed events that were being 163 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,440 run. 164 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,360 I ended up with a bunch of draws because the two game format's a little tough and just 165 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,940 like the being on the play being on the draw, there's so much of a difference. 166 00:07:40,940 --> 00:07:45,920 But the odd thing was I lost both games on the play against green purple and then beat 167 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,280 them on the draw. 168 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,520 So a bunch of the games that I won, I was on the draw and not on the play. 169 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,200 So like I was winning the games I shouldn't be winning and losing the games I should be 170 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,200 losing. 171 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,200 Right. 172 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,760 I ended up playing all nine rounds. 173 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,600 Somebody had said there was a statistical probability that if I had won the last round, 174 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:05,480 I could theoretically have made the top 128 with how breakers ended up. 175 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,400 But what I did in round nine, since I'd reached the 30 point threshold, so what they do in 176 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,080 the main event is you don't get the dragon fire until after round three or around three 177 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,080 starts. 178 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:15,080 They give everyone the dragon fire. 179 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,040 Then if you want to drop, you can. 180 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:22,800 If you get to 10 match points, you got five prize wall tickets, kind of like a low rate. 181 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:23,800 It is. 182 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:24,800 Yeah. 183 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:25,800 You're playing three hours to get five tickets. 184 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,520 We'd let you get two first chapter packs. 185 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:28,520 Yeah. 186 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:29,520 And like a shimmering skies pack. 187 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:30,520 Not a lot. 188 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,280 Then you needed 20 match points to get like 10 prize wall tickets. 189 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,600 And then you needed 30 to get, I got 20. 190 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:37,600 20 for 30. 191 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,800 So I had to play. 192 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,460 I got to, I broke the 30 point threshold in round eight. 193 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:46,720 And then at 33 points, I had already known going into it that if I lost game one, I was 194 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,480 just going to concede to my opponent because there's no sense in me winning game two, both 195 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,640 of us getting to 36 points. 196 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,000 And nobody having a chance whatsoever. 197 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Correct. 198 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Yeah. 199 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,220 No matter how small the chance was, it's better to have that. 200 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:02,280 It took some explaining to my opponent as to why I did it because I stood to gain nothing. 201 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,160 So I think if anybody's listening, isn't sure what to do, like if you're in that situation, 202 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:07,160 just do the right thing. 203 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,600 If you don't stand to gain anything from playing that last game, just concede. 204 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,400 Cause I wasn't losing anything. 205 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:13,400 Right. 206 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:14,400 Sportsman like conduct. 207 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:15,400 Right. 208 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,600 So if I had won, instead of being like the top 21%, I'm in the top 17%. 209 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:20,600 Right. 210 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,600 It doesn't matter. 211 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,320 The difference between like 400th and 350th. 212 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:25,320 Exactly. 213 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,440 Through all that, I ended up with the 20 prize tickets. 214 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,640 And for myself, I had had high expectations. 215 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,120 I told Max beforehand. 216 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,640 My expectations were to day two. 217 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,480 I've got a lot of gaming experience in Dutch. 218 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,240 It's where I set my goal was to day two. 219 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,960 I really wanted to let it go, but I really wanted to be playing for something. 220 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:41,960 Absolutely. 221 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,480 Since like so many of my friends could not make it. 222 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,360 I kind of wanted to do well for the team just to show that like we do well. 223 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,360 Right. 224 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,160 I don't think that we are in any way, shape or form like outclassed. 225 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,320 Didn't feel like anybody there was so much better than any of us. 226 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:56,320 Sure. 227 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,120 So it feels good knowing that like I haven't played card games in a while and through testing 228 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,800 and like grinding with like you guys and the other friends of the podcast that were, you 229 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,920 know, we're kind of at that level that felt good. 230 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,520 And you guys did a great job trying to make me feel better about my frustration. 231 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,520 Yeah. 232 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,000 You finished pretty darn high, especially for your first outing, especially for your 233 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,960 first outing in the two game format. 234 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,200 I think ultimately the two game format is a detriment to the game because it just feels 235 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,200 terrible at the end. 236 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,440 I would rather have lost than been like, okay, I got three points and I already know I'm 237 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,640 effectively out. 238 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,040 Yeah, it's rough. 239 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,680 I know that the ideas they had in the theory behind it makes sense, but it seems like the 240 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:36,040 more of these events that get put under our belts, the more the statistics are pointing 241 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,640 to too many negatives as a result. 242 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:43,520 At least I would think my observation again, just me, not anybody else. 243 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,280 It doesn't make the rounds any faster. 244 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,800 They gave us 45 minute rounds and obviously judge calls and stuff. 245 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,160 You get time extensions at big events. 246 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,040 I had a three minute extension when I had an issue with, I think it was around five, 247 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,160 only drew six cards after his mulligan. 248 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,680 The result is everything was randomized at that point. 249 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,560 He just failed to draw his seventh card. 250 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,680 So we just called a judge over the doors. 251 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,160 Like, do you know where anything is? 252 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,160 We do not. 253 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,960 We were just resolving mulligans, draw a card. 254 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,360 He got a warning and we got a three minute time extension because we had to wait for 255 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:10,360 one of them to walk over. 256 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,360 Sure. 257 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,200 With the 45 minute rounds and two games, your pace of play can be a little slower because 258 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,120 you have a longer time for each game. 259 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,740 So like it's incentivizes more thought, which is good because then you're less prone to 260 00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:25,040 making mistakes, but it also does the day just as long. 261 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Yeah. 262 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:30,600 So Olivia, what were you doing while Cliff was playing in the main event on Saturday? 263 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:39,360 I know I did at least one constructed event, side event, and then I did a scheduled sealed 264 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,360 event. 265 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:41,360 Okay. 266 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:42,520 And what were you playing during the constructed events? 267 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,520 What's Jack? 268 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,600 Yellow, purple, super aggro-y deck. 269 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,600 Yep. 270 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,600 The classic hyper aggro. 271 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,840 Everybody's afraid of Daisy Duck and you were bringing the Daisy Ducks. 272 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,160 I'll say that there's been a few opponents of mine that were not happy I was playing 273 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:57,160 there. 274 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:58,160 That's fair. 275 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,160 You definitely can win a game fast. 276 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,360 We're not going to time in a room full of Daisy Ducks. 277 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:02,360 That's for sure. 278 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,240 And what did you think of the sealed event? 279 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,920 This was your first sealed event, correct? 280 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:06,920 Yeah. 281 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:07,920 And did you like the format? 282 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:16,160 I was a little intimidated by doing it because I know I've never done it with Lurkana before. 283 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,160 Right. 284 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:24,280 I mean, I've done it years ago with Magic, but that was a long time ago. 285 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,520 Basically it's just like, I've got a few pointers from Cliff. 286 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,440 Just don't take so many uninkables. 287 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,320 Just get big, statted characters. 288 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:40,960 Just look for things like that and nothing too specific, nothing too niche. 289 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:47,840 You just want a good mix of big stats and as little uninkables as possible. 290 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:48,840 Big butts. 291 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:49,840 Good curve. 292 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:50,840 Yeah. 293 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:51,840 Good curve. 294 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,840 Escalating threat every turn. 295 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,840 That makes sense. 296 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,880 That's good deck building principles in general, right? 297 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,760 Limited in this game is I think how the designers want the game to be played because it's so 298 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:02,760 combat intensive. 299 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,140 It is. 300 00:13:04,140 --> 00:13:06,160 And it's where all that stuff matters. 301 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,000 It does not translate into constructed. 302 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,360 What matters in limited, which is weird because it doesn't really at all yet in constructed. 303 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,360 Yeah. 304 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,360 I think support is awesome in limited. 305 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,600 That and all the little heal items. 306 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,920 This is shimmering skies. 307 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:24,920 There's the lantern that taps and heals something for two is ridiculous in limited and sealed. 308 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:25,920 Right. 309 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,000 And then even the amber chromicon that heals all of your dudes for one is a reasonable 310 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,280 thing to put into your deck. 311 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:31,280 I agree. 312 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,080 We got through Saturday. 313 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,080 Now what about Sunday? 314 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,240 Yesterday we weren't entirely sure if we were going back other than to trade in all our 315 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,820 prize wall tickets on Saturday before we left. 316 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:44,840 When I conceded they closed the prize wall at eight. 317 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,240 I would say I think that they can work on in the future for sure because round nine 318 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,480 was still going on and there were still events to be had and keep the prize wall open. 319 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,520 And I think until everyone is done kind of forcing people to come back on Sunday if they 320 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:56,800 didn't get a chance to spend it. 321 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:01,880 They were also only giving you prize tickets when you were done the event. 322 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,380 So at round eight I had 33 points. 323 00:14:04,380 --> 00:14:06,320 So I was guaranteed the 20 tickets. 324 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,560 If I'd wanted to get them then I would have had to have dropped from the tournament. 325 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:10,560 That's weird. 326 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:11,800 And not gotten to play around nine. 327 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,360 I can't go back below the 30 point threshold. 328 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:15,360 Right. 329 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,680 So why aren't they just provided at that point? 330 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:20,920 So as soon as I was done you had to go get in line and show them the melee app, show 331 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,880 them how many points you had for them to verify. 332 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,680 And then they gave you the prize wall tickets. 333 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,960 So what we ended up using our prize wall tickets on Saturday was a first chapter booster box. 334 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:35,400 So they were 38 tickets more than the Rapunzel's and Cinderella's but I feel like it's a worthwhile 335 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,160 thing to hold on to or have. 336 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,160 That makes sense. 337 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,560 So Sunday we ended up going back and just doing two. 338 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:46,680 We did two of the on demand constructed events because I had looked really early in the morning 339 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,320 Sunday that there was a first chapter sealed that still had like three open seats. 340 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:52,320 Okay. 341 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,280 But it was like 5 a.m. and I wasn't sure if we were going to make it there for it so I 342 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:57,280 didn't sign up. 343 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,720 I was like yeah we would be able to make it there. 344 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,600 It had filled up because I would have done that just to do a first chapter sealed and 345 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,040 maybe open an Elsa and enchanted Elsa and make the whole event totally worthwhile. 346 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,040 Free. 347 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,040 Yeah. 348 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,000 But we ended up doing the two constructeds and when we were signing up we were fortunate 349 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,320 that we were able to put ourselves on opposite ends of the bracket. 350 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,960 So the only way we'd play each other is if we got to the finals and we happened to get 351 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,200 to the finals both times. 352 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,200 Awesome. 353 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,520 Which made those events fly because it was like game one, round one, round two, oh round 354 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:23,520 three Olivia wins. 355 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:24,520 Right. 356 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Get in the next one, put us inside, win, win, oh Olivia wins. 357 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:32,560 So by doing that it was $30 but we were getting 17 prize wall tickets. 358 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,560 That's awesome. 359 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,760 So we had a couple left over from the day before so we ended up getting a second first 360 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,440 chapter box and one first chapter pack that was not very good. 361 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,440 I see. 362 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,440 No enchanted Elsa. 363 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,440 No enchanted Elsa. 364 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,440 No it was just bad. 365 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:46,440 Checked out the vendors a bunch. 366 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,200 I was able to get a bunch of the foils I was looking for. 367 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,360 In general all of them were very nice. 368 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,480 The one vendor table kept all their cards in a binder alphabetized. 369 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,840 Oh weird. 370 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,080 So it was like hard to look at what they had if one person was looking at that binder. 371 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:03,480 You couldn't see cards A through F. Can you just go back one page? 372 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:32,040 Well pretty good extensive run down.