by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2016 | Articles, Fundamentals, Tournaments
One of the major factors in making Magic: the Gathering successful and popular is how well Wizards supports the game with an organized play program. The strength of organized play has set the game above the other CCG’s. Taking advantage of the systems in place...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Feb 7, 2016 | Articles, Tech, Tools
Today, as part of the continuing series on streaming a live Magic tournament to Twitch.tv we’re going to cover creating an account on Twitch and getting your OBS settings ready to go. If you haven’t read the first entry in the series, you should go do that...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 30, 2016 | Articles, Community, Fundamentals, Marketing
Being on the play is generally where you want to be in Magic. There are exceptions, sometimes the extra card is more important but most of the time having the tempo of playing first is a big advantage. The same idea applies to life and our everyday interactions that...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2016 | Articles, Community
Pat’s Games, a pillar of the Austin, Texas Magic community and past guest of the Manaverse Podcast has suffered quite the blow recently. According to a post they made on Reddit, they were broken into in the wee hours of the morning and had $75 000 worth of Magic...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles, Tech, Tools, Tournaments
Streaming is the future If you’ve never heard of Twitch.tv before, you will soon. Twitch.tv essentially allows millions of viewers to watch other people play games live over the internet. It originally focused on PC games like Minecraft and League of Legends but...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles, Mindset, Tom's Blog
This post is a little different from the usual topics I write about on this site but it’s been on my mind recently and I wanted to lay out my thoughts on paper so to speak. Maybe you will gain something from my ramblings, maybe you’ve felt the same way so...
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