Qualifying for Nationals: It’s Time for a Change
The way I figure it, my system of handing out slots for Regionals depending on the attendance, it would add only ten or twenty more people. Is that broken?
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Going Off Like A Bomb In A Nipple Ring
The Ferrett finally weighs in on cheating, the DCI, and why he can’t find it in his heart to condemn Mouth. About as mad as the weasel gets.
The Road To Ontario Regionals
The Oshawa YMCA has a very nice swimming pool. It has somewhat of a stigma attached to it as far as Magic is concerned, though – if you’re playing anywhere near it, it means you are, for lack of a better turn of phrase,”sucking huge”.
Why Rizzo Was Useless Compared To Kai Or Finkel
How much has Magic grown because of a Wakefield article? Has anyone ever bought more cards because of one of his articles?
You CAN Play Type I #38: The Control Player’s Bible Part XIX – Head To Head With Stacker 2
Turn 1: Mountain, Mox Pearl, Mox Sapphire, Grim Monolith, Su-Chi. How does the Deck come back from a blazing start like that… Or can it?
Hi, I Am Hip-Hop
Maybe it’s better that he never showed me. Maybe he wasn’t supposed to follow the Wakefield model of”stay the course – qualify – die happy, thinking I made my point.” Maybe he wasn’t supposed to end up on Team CMU… But I’m glad he was.
Let’s Guess the Friggin’ Announcement!
The Ferrett has promised the revelation of a great secret on Friday regarding the mysterious fate of John Rizzo. My palms began to sweat; what could it be?
How Rizzo Made Me Write Again
In an article entitled”Note to self,” I find the following line: (Note to self: legally change name to”Blisterguy” to get Blisterguy to write again. And then tease his natty dreads into 80’s Mallchick Hair. Or maybe a mullet.)
My Jamie Wakefield
Doubtless Wakefield’s writing warranted the fame he received, but I can’t testify to that. The man for whom I can testify is the man I consider to be Jamie Wakefield’s replacement: John Friggin’ Rizzo.
How Rizzo Friggin’ Changed My Life
Rizzo should have been a flash in the pan – a freak of nature dismissed among the serious players out there who are”names.” But he has become – like it or not – the conscience and soul of Magic. How?
WHAT IT IS, RELOADED: A Tribute to John Friggin’ Rizzo
You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed with your wife and eggs. Everyone loves you, you pound out 10,000 words a week, you’re a legend among geeks. You’ve got 3-5 tournament records for as long as tournaments exist.
Rizzual Fridays #1: What John F. Rizzo Means To Me
Many readers write to me regularly to tell me that”other than Rizzo, you’re my favorite author, dood.” I’m on a silver medal dias, and if I take a quarter turn, I’ve got a startlingly correct view of Rizzo’s ass.
Rizzo Died For Your Sins
Rizzo’s left Magic – and he’s never been happier. Why? The Ferrett explains it all to you, UNCENSORED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT STARCITY, and issues the challenge to the next generation. But if you want a piece of Rizzo’s legacy, you’re gona have to work for it.
Dave’s Northwest Regionals 2002 Report
The Sexiest Man In Magic takes Itchy and Scratchy to Regionals! What’s Itchy and what’s Scratchy? And how did Dave do?
Deck Clinic #1: Beating The Infamous Rat Deck
A tutorial for beginning players who don’t know why they’re losing, Will looks at a typical beginner’s deck… And dissects it to see what lessons we can learn about consistency.