i am a blath man has ragequit [8]

[Mathochism]

That game was absolutely worth the money.

[Kazekirimaru]

i'm compelled to buy it

[Checkbox]

I really want to buy it

[iamabadman]

im poor

[Kaitscralt]

bertoncini got caught cheating again lol

explore me twice, shame on me, explore me three times, shame on you

[Thrillho]

What happened now?

[Kaitscralt]

apparently paul rietzl caught him drawing from the bottom of his library. there's a facebook post about it on paul rietzl's FB but i don't have FB because i am an angry old man

[imopen2]

I thought I would share what I witnessed at Grand Prix Phoenix this past weekend. I've seen a lot of crazy rumors on twitter and the internet, so out of fairness to Alex I think it makes sense to just get the facts out there.



In Round 12, I was easily defeated by the amiable Florian Koch at Table 41. Next to us, at Table 42, Chris LaVassaur was locked in battle with Alex Bertoncini. As I packed my deck, dice, and pen into my bag, Alex cast the spell Supreme Verdict, wiping Chris's board and leaving Chris with only Mutavault to attack Alex. I noticed that Alex had tapped three blue and one white mana for his Verdict, leaving up another white mana and Mutavault.



I immediately informed Alex that he needed two white for his Verdict and then started to walk away.



Although I don't know Alex personally, his reputation precedes him, so I decided to quickly check out Alex's hand to confirm that this was an
honest mistake. As soon as I walked behind him, I noticed the card he had at the front of his hand: Last Breath.



I sprinted to the head judge to let her know what I had witnessed and suggest that they pause the match and investigate. Although I don't know all the details of the on-site investigation, Alex was not assessed a penalty.



It's virtually impossible to prove intent in situations like this, but the combination of a simple board state, motive (the Last Breath vs. opposing Mutavault) and the player's reputation set off alarm bells in my head.



Unfortunately, I don't have information such as life totals, what game it was, or other context. And I made a critical mistake by not forcing the players to pause the match while I got a judge. My instinct was just to run to someone wearing a red shirt, and I followed it.



Please take two things away from this:

1. Protect yourself at all times and please don't be offended when your opponent does the same. Holding your
opponent to a high technical standard and calling judges for seemingly minor infractions doesn't mean you are accusing them of cheating. It's making the world a better place.

2. If you see something that doesn't look right, pause the match and find a judge. Don't let the players keep playing. I blew it, and I regret it.



Best regards,

Paul Rietzl

[iamabadman]

cheaters gonna cheat

[Kazekirimaru]

[Kaitscralt]

apparently twitter is making up a different story

[Kaitscralt]

that sounds like when Alex cast cryptic command against me with 2 blue mana

[Thrillho]

I heard something with haste elvish visionary and supreme verdict and something else but admittedly this was off of seds twitter and also was literally just a picture of those cards

[iamabadman]

agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. YOU HOMOS

[DroppinSuga]

we need less furries

[iamabadman]

burn the furries

[Kaitscralt]

I heard something with haste elvish visionary and supreme verdict and something else but admittedly this was off of seds twitter and also was literally just a picture of those cards

this was Sam Black making an illegal play, different scenario that also got a lot of attention because people called him a cheater

[Kaitscralt]

Though by all accounts it was an honest mistake

[iamabadman]

Though by all accounts it was an honest mistake

If your in the cheaty mcCheatrrs club.

[iamabadman]

Hey guys, ultimate warrior died.


Drugs will do that

[Thrillho]

He cheated too

[rezombad]

Though by all accounts it was an honest mistake

If your in the cheaty mcCheatrrs club.

He is.

[iamabadman]

madding hacks mtgo

[hamfactorial]

His shuffler isn't rigged, ban him

[iamabadman]

his cards are actually randomized to his benefit

[Mcdonalds]

>Plays dota with 3 other people

>random manages to against all logic fuck the game for us

Can safely say I have never had that happen to me in either dota or league

[Thrillho]

Xenphire outright talking shit to mtgs members because they don't like Kruphix.

[Thrillho]

Like yeah magic players are entitled babies but how is people saying a card sucks for constructed when ug is notoriously a hosed color combination in a thread discussing those cards the venue for that

[Thrillho]

+10 points for the "I am the person who founded mtgs" drop

[Thrillho]

It just wouldn't be mtgs without staff being passive aggressive hypocrites

[rezombad]

Such lols. Very reported for trolling.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Dial R for Raging faggot

[Col. Khaddafi]

Xenphire is the moderator MTGS deserves

[rezombad]

He started at ground zero, now he's here.

[Thrillho]

He started at the bottom then dug down

[Stardust]

You're supposed to dig up, stupid.

[Thrillho]

Xenphire is a shining paragon of what an MTGS user is broadly. He staffs over a public of whiny entitled children with an arsenal of whining and entitlement.

He has lived died and came back to life as the villain.

[Thrillho]

He's an undead abomination. The MTGS lich.

[Stardust]

His phylactery is in New York.

[Mcdonalds]

Holy fuck I am hungry