In this, our first week of Nationals coverage, we talk with the absolute biggest names in U.S. Magic, including Patrick Chapin, Paul Cheon, new National Champ Michael Jacob, our own Reuben Bresler, Zac Hill, Billy Moreno, rising stars David Sharfman and Carl Dillahay, and more. Let’s go!
A special thanks to Wizards for providing me access to anywhere I wanted to film, and of course the huge list of pros, players, and fans who took the time to talk to me in Chicago.
Topics covered:
– What are you playing and Why?
– An Evan Erwin Impression
– The Impact of Eventide
– The Steve Sadin Story
– If You Could Change One Thing About Magic, What Would It Be?
– Ten Stitches
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A short list of the people I spoke to in this one, big thanks to all (in no particular order):
Michael Jacob
Paul Cheon
Patrick Chapin
Billy Moreno
Melissa DeTora
Kyle Sanchez
Jacob Van Lunen
David Williams
Adrian Sullivan
Carl Dillahay
David Sharfman
Chris “Doc” Lachmann
Reuben Bresler
Steve Sadin
Lan D. Ho
Gerry Thompson
Gadiel Szleifer
Shaheen Soorani
Sam Black
Next week I’ll be back with a full interview from the winner and including full match coverage of the finals!
Another milestone this week, behind the curtain, this marks the first show ever edited and compiled in Final Cut Pro. I’m still working out the kinks, but wow is this program a huge, huge upgrade from iMovie ’06 that I have been using for over a year now.
Feedback is encouraged, as always.
Evan “misterorange” Erwin
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Next week: The mad cheats, what Nationals means to these guys, and how to boil down a deck to just one word.