The Hall of Fame
After actually asking to get taken off of the nominating committee this year, Gary Wise found out he still had a vote for the 2015 Hall of Fame – and with great power comes great responsibility.
After actually asking to get taken off of the nominating committee this year, Gary Wise found out he still had a vote for the 2015 Hall of Fame – and with great power comes great responsibility.
Pro Tour Hall of Famer Gary Wise returned to Magic for Pro Tour Fate Reforged. In an honest and beautiful reflection, Gary compares the humble Pro Tour of his youth to the continually growing success it is today.
Monday, March 14 – Gary Wise is a Hall of Famer and was the first paid writer for the Dojo. His Untold Legend follows the heels of the tragic tsunami/earthquake disaster in Japan and gives it tribute, in his own small way.
By 10:30 in the morning of September 2nd, I was certain that I had written my last real article on Magic. It had been almost a year since my column work on Sideboard.com had ceased to be, I was far from in love with Wizards – and I’d just lost the first round of draft day at Worlds, prompting me to become the second of three-hundred-and five players to drop from the tournament. Forty-some Pro Tours and a few hundred articles later, I was done.
…But then came a shocking development.
Ken is very good at being wrong. The only statement he might ever be right about is calling himself the wrongest man ever, but he may be so wrong that he is wrong on that too.
Peter Szigeti walked up. He sized me up, looked me in the eye, and said,”I guess you took that whole gravy train thing and stuck it right up my ass.” Then he half-smiled and walked away. I took it as congratulations.
When I got home from PT: New York, I started packing. Awaking after getting in late on Sunday night, I could only think with wonderment about and the amazing things he’d done over the last year. A win in each of the three rated formats in Magic over one season went beyond anyone’s dreams a…