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Airdate - 8/22/18
First Pick
Bertoncini Top 8’s GP LA; Fallout of being 1st seed (Rd15 opp did not ID)
During:
https://twitter.com/tommartell/status/1031306348187672577
https://twitter.com/nicknprince/status/1031328753203404800
Mods Debate:
Con https://twitter.com/BGxMage/status/1031374542076342272
Pro https://twitter.com/dixonij/status/1031361393914785794
After:
Evan: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/evanerwin-08212018-much-ado-about-alex
From Alex himself: https://m.facebook.com/notes/alex-bertoncini/my-statement-and-commitment-to-the-magic-community/10217732335966625/
Ced: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/98ziy5/be_better_tomorrow_followup_post_from_cedric/
Brad: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/37623_How-We-Handle-Cheating.html
Chalice and Gut Shot
https://twitter.com/G3RRYT/status/1030268202301849600
Gather the Townsfolk
Magic Mics Kickstarter finishes tonight
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/misterorange/the-complete-guilds-of-ravnica-set-review-from-mag
Matthew Foulkes also DQ’d this weekend (stealing)
https://twitter.com/matthewfoulkes/status/1031390251447668737
https://twitter.com/CedricAPhillips/status/1031620248435343367
Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame Drama
https://twitter.com/OndrejStrasky/status/1030155842602057729?s=19
https://twitter.com/realmtgnews/status/1030176609268060165?s=21
https://sperlinggrove.blogspot.com/2018/08/lee-shi-tian-seth-manfield-are-getting.html
https://itslikeslangfromengland.blogspot.com/2018/08/racism-in-professional-magic-community.html
Kai and Zvi’s ballots:
https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/chris-pikula-belongs-in-the-magic-hall-of-fame/
PT Announcements/Changes
https://i.redd.it/vt89ns7ttig11.png <--Hipsters of the Coast summary
https://twitter.com/tirentu/status/1030199469109903361?s=21
Pro Player Ambassadors
https://twitter.com/tirentu/status/1030202367776411648?s=21
Pro Club and RPTQs
http://magicorganizedplay.tumblr.com/post/177072194001/pro-club-and-rptq-update
Owen’s Thoughts
http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/37610_A-Pros-Thoughts-On-The-Recent-Pro-Tour-Announcement.html
Counterfeits Continue To Be An Issue
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/the-fake-card-problem
https://twitter.com/Gfabs5/status/1030906149867012096
TCGPlayer response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCckEnNpiNg
Desperate Ravings
Magic at PAX West, featuring Josh Lee Kwai and TappToeClaws https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/magic-pax-west-2018-08-21
Gerry T Auctions Stuff for AFSP https://twitter.com/G3RRYT/status/1031860250528239616
Various National Champions https://mtg.gamepedia.com/2018_National_Championships
Autumn Burchett back-to-back English champion https://twitter.com/AutumnLilyMTG/status/1031267135845216257 Joel Larsson Swedish champion https://twitter.com/JoelLarsson1991/status/1031117921093861376 Ada Wasala wins Norway; Nicolai Herzog HOFer top 8s https://twitter.com/UrborgLibrarian/status/1031181662825144320 Marc Tobiasch wins, NissaCosplay gets 9th on breakers at Swiss Nats https://twitter.com/NissaCosplay/status/1030804972219363329
Premier of “CardKingdom: Local Game Show,” #CKLGS, with Cedric Gaby Ashlen and Prof was today, with hosts TJ Rogers and creator Sam Tang - Reuben time!
Splash Damage
DotA’s crazy The International prize pool
https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1031389934412853248?s=19
Twitch: "You Bought Twitch Prime to Skip Ads? Lol.": https://twitter.com/TwitchPrime/status/1031617703390453762?s=19
The Finisher
This week was so action packed with Twitter drama, social media shade, response articles, callouts, shoutouts, dropouts, mudslinging, tea drinking, policy updates and official announcements that we didn’t even touch on Monday’s Banned & Restricted announcement! And of course the reason is because… no changes. Thank the DCI gods that no new drama was added to stir the pot, but if you could have made one change to Wizards of the Coast’s Banned & Restricted list, what would you change and why?
