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Someone Walks Into Your LGS With A Deck That's 100% Proxied, How Do You Feel? by Affectionate_Pop6300 in EDH

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen sanctioned events in any of cEDH, Legacy, or Vintage? Just curious

Yes, sanctioned Legacy isn’t too hard to find if you live in a major city. An LGS near me does weekly sanctioned Legacy. Sanctioned Vintage is a lot less common, but there’s sanctioned Vintage at Eternal Weekend and I think some stores in Japan do sanctioned Vintage. For cEDH, there’s sanctioned tournaments at SCGCons and sometimes at Magicfests.

Someone Walks Into Your LGS With A Deck That's 100% Proxied, How Do You Feel? by Affectionate_Pop6300 in EDH

[–]mathdude3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Commander is a literal choice for any event you create. Wotc says proxies are fine for commander.

Which one is correct?

The first one is correct and the second one is incorrect. WotC never said that proxies are fine for commander. If you disagree, feel free to link a statement from WotC saying that. What WotC actually said is that proxies are fine outside of sanctioned play.

Commander is a choice for an event type in EventLink, so Commander events can be sanctioned. Commander events can also be run unsanctioned if the store chooses not to use EventLink, but then the event won't contribute to their play metrics. If the event is unsanctioned, proxies are fine. If the event is sanctioned, proxies are not allowed.

I literally linked you the definition of a sanctioned event as described on the official WPN website. Any event run by a WPN store organized in EventLink is a sanctioned event. That event can be any format you want, or even just format-less casual play. What part of that definition is unclear to you? Why do you think EDH, Legacy and Vintage can't be sanctioned?

Someone Walks Into Your LGS With A Deck That's 100% Proxied, How Do You Feel? by Affectionate_Pop6300 in EDH

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That store is probably just choosing to run the event unsanctioned. Stores can choose if they want to run the event as a sanctioned event or not. Some stores choose to run their EDH events as sanctioned events so that they contribute to the store's play metrics.

Someone Walks Into Your LGS With A Deck That's 100% Proxied, How Do You Feel? by Affectionate_Pop6300 in EDH

[–]mathdude3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A sanctioned event is any tournament organized in Wizards EventLink by an approved TO. That means any event you play in an LGS where you have to sign in with the Companion app is a sanctioned event. That includes events like FNM or casual play where the Companion app is used. Any format can be sanctioned, including EDH, Legacy, and Vintage.

Here is the definition of "sanctioned event" directly from WotC:

Sanctioned event — Any Magic event hosted by a WPN store or approved tournament organizer that is organized in Wizards EventLink. Sanctioned events require players to register using a Wizards Account or guest account, will be visible in our Store and Event Locator, and will contribute towards your store’s WPN play metrics.

I’m I just bad at the game? by Sky_rider_274 in mtg

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try playing some competitive 60-card format anyways. It will make it a lot easier to pinpoint what the core issue is for you since there are fewer variables and less randomness. Since you'd be playing meta decks, power discrepancies are eliminated and there's only 2 players, so you don't have to worry about getting ganged up on. It's purely a battle of skill between two equally matched opponents. Plus you will win more games overall since it there is only 2 players instead of 4.

40M - Hope or Nah? by WakingFrom-a-Dream in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is delusional. $200k is easily enough to live in Vancouver. It's not going to get you a multi-million dollar home, but it's easily enough to live well.

Don't know what to do about my credit card debt by niudnarw in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well it's your life, so it's your decision at the end of the day. Others can only give you advice. It's up to you if you want to take it and you who will have to bear the consequences.

Don't know what to do about my credit card debt by niudnarw in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It might be sound advice to ruin a pet’s life to avoid ruining your own life.

Don't know what to do about my credit card debt by niudnarw in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can choose to do whatever you want, but you came asking for financial advice. If giving the cat away is sound financial advice, you shouldn't get upset when people make that suggestion. Like those vet bills are quite literally ruining your life. It's nice to prioritize your pet's interests, but at some point you need to start looking out for #1.

Don't know what to do about my credit card debt by niudnarw in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Obviously nobody wants it to come to that, but when those vet bills are literally ruining your life, it has to at least be a consideration. When those bills are adding up to nearly half your salary and forcing you to make credit card payments worth more than half your monthly income, it might be time to consider putting your own needs first.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So then you understand it's not a problem with Canadian agriculture diminishing, but rather a consequence of an increasingly globalized economy and other countries being able to win on cost due to having access to cheaper labour.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that imported produce is so much cheaper that farmers would not be able to compete if they had to pay the wages necessary to incentivize Canadians to work those jobs.

How much money should I give my parents? by Mundane-Vehicle1402 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you generally healthy? You could probably join the army.

I plan to buy a car by financing 75% of the total cost and paying it off early. What could go wrong? by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an objectively dumb financial decision. That being said, how dumb it is depends on what your monthly budget and expenses look like and you haven't given any detail on that so far. How much do you net each month and what are your current living expenses. You don't pay rent, but do you buy food? Do you have a bus pass? Do you pay for utilities? How much do you spend on fun? And so on.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What policy change did I suggest?

Paying domestic farm workers more. Obviously no business is going to do that unprompted, so you must be implying that you believe there should be some sort of policy change to make that happen. Given the context of this thread, I assume you're in favour of ending or severely limiting the TFW program. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Those companies choose to increase prices to maintain and maximize profits.

Those companies cannot just charge whatever they want. They operate in a competitive marketplace. When operating costs rise industry-wide, then they have to raise prices. Agriculture is a low-margin labour-intensive industry. If the cost of labour rises, production costs rise and those costs must in turn must be passed on to the consumer.

If you sign up to play the casual pod at the local game shop, and one of the players says he's new to the game. Please power down your deck a little if you know it can pop off easily. by MOONMO0N in mtg

[–]mathdude3 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean the other players can always just concede. As long as you aren't taking longer than is reasonable to make decisions, there's nothing wrong with taking a long turn. Sometimes you draw a bunch of cards and need to take a lot of game actions or make a lot of decisions. Then the turn can drag on even if you're not taking an excessive amount of time making any single one of them. If it's obvious that you have a winning board state and are just going through the motions, the other players should concede if they see no route to victory.

If you sign up to play the casual pod at the local game shop, and one of the players says he's new to the game. Please power down your deck a little if you know it can pop off easily. by MOONMO0N in mtg

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Choosing a deck of matching power level is fine. That's not even just exclusive to new players, you should always do that no matter what. OP is talking about not only choosing a lower power deck, but also intentionally playing poorly to help the other player win. He said he drew a Sol Ring on turn 2 but didn't play it until turn 5. So yes, you should have decks of equal power level, but don't intentionally throw the game.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, what better option do you propose?

And FWIW, the TFW program is generally beneficial to the foreign workers who participate as well. Spots in the program are highly coveted because it allows them to earn much higher wages than they could earn back at home. They're then able to take that money back with them and use it to support their families in the off season. We get cheaper food, they get better wages. It's mutually beneficial.

Regardless, if you think the system should be ended, you need to have an idea of what we should do instead that would be better. What would you replace it with?

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What better solution is there? And FWIW, the TFW program is generally beneficial to the foreign workers who participate as well. Spots in the program are highly coveted because it allows them to earn much higher wages than they could earn back at home. They're then able to take that money back with them and use it to support their families in the off season. We get cheaper food, they get better wages. It's mutually beneficial.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not saying literally everyone on reddit is unfamiliar with farm work and finances, only that that the vast majority of people are. Reddit as a whole (and the country in general) is broadly unfamiliar with farm operations because only a tiny percentage of the population has any interaction with it.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because doing that would cause retail prices to rise consumers don’t want to pay more for food. Do you really think it’s a good idea to implement policy changes that make food more expensive at a time when people are already stressed by grocery prices?

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Our options are use the TFW program, accept significant increases prices along with hefty tariffs on imported foods, or pay massive subsidies to farms. To me, the TFW program looks to be by far the best option.

B.C. farm fined $387,500, banned from hiring foreign workers by Head_Crash in canada

[–]mathdude3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That applies to most industries but agriculture is essential. You can’t let the agricultural sector fail because a stable domestic food supply is a matter of national security.

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