Drafting the World Championship

[Thomas David Baker]

•  Yuuya Watanabe (2012 Players Championship winner)
•  Stanislav Cifka (Pro Tour Return to Ravnica winner)
•  Tom Martell (Pro Tour Gatecrash winner)
•  Craig Wescoe (Pro Tour Dragon's Maze winner)
•  Dmitriy Butakov (2012 Magic Online champion)
•  Josh Utter-Leyton (2012–13 Player of the year)
•  Willy Edel (Top Pro Points, Latin America)
•  Lee Shi Tian (Top Pro Points, Asia Pacific)
•  Eric Froehlich (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Ben Stark (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Shuhei Nakamura (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Brian Kibler (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Shahar Shenhar (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Martin Juza (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  David Ochoa (Top Pro Points, at-large)
•  Reid Duke (Top Pro Points, at-large)

Pick three players and nominate one of them as your captain (for tiebreaking). 3 points for each win in the World Championship (including the Sunday).

That is some line up even without PV and LSV. How do we go about drafting it? Pick your top 3 including a captain for tie breaks and allow dupes? Or 1-8, 8-1?

magic.bluebones.net/ptdraft/ was quite fun at the last pro tour so let's do something similar for the World Championship.

[Thomas David Baker]

Looks like we are playing Brazil in r6 with Willy Edel :(

[Louis Mackie]

So this is happening right?

Board Games/Magic? I'll bring my updated cube

Thomas David Baker said:

Confirmed with the missus that we can do this at mine. (Laptop into 40" TV, two sofas, assortment of other uncomfortable chairs.) If people are interested?

Or there's that esports bar thing which might show it???

[Simon O'Keeffe]

I should be able to make Sunday too, maybe not for 8am though.

[Thomas David Baker]

Yes, this is happening. I seem to have quite a few definite yeses and I have a TV and an internet connection and the necessary wires and a number of cubes and even some board games somewhere even though they suck because they are not magic.

[Charlie Grover]

I'm in!

[ross miles]

i might make the afternoon

[Ben Titmarsh]

How the hell did Rashad Miller ever get this job?  All he ever says is "Player X plays Snapcaster Mage", it's never "Snapcaster Mage is great in this spot because...".  Get some bloody insight man!

[Charlie Grover]

What time at Bakers tomorrow/Baker what is your address?

[Simon O'Keeffe]

Stupid pool system!

Ireland have the 2nd best record in the tournament. Not in the top 8 :-(

Pools make sense at the beginning of a tournament but are pretty dumb as a second stage.

You don't see the World Cup operating backwards.

[Levi Hinz]

Someone's got to be the "colour guy" while the other is the "details guy".  

That being said, Rashad is shit at both. 

Ben Titmarsh said:

How the hell did Rashad Miller ever get this job?  All he ever says is "Player X plays Snapcaster Mage", it's never "Snapcaster Mage is great in this spot because...".  Get some bloody insight man!

[Louis Mackie]

racist

Levi Hinz said:

Someone's got to be the "colour guy" while the other is the "details guy".  

That being said, Rashad is shit at both. 

Ben Titmarsh said:

How the hell did Rashad Miller ever get this job?  All he ever says is "Player X plays Snapcaster Mage", it's never "Snapcaster Mage is great in this spot because...".  Get some bloody insight man!

[Levi Hinz]

lol

Louis Mackie said:

racist

Levi Hinz said:

Someone's got to be the "colour guy" while the other is the "details guy".  

That being said, Rashad is shit at both. 

Ben Titmarsh said:

How the hell did Rashad Miller ever get this job?  All he ever says is "Player X plays Snapcaster Mage", it's never "Snapcaster Mage is great in this spot because...".  Get some bloody insight man!