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Brian Kibler

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11 May, 12 tweets, 3 min read

Shiro woke me up at 5 AM for breakfast so I guess we’re watching the start of #msi2021 today before doing my gym stream

@Cloud9

I literally yelled “wtf” when @Cloud9 didn’t ban Rumble so we’re off to a good start

@Cloud9

Wait @Cloud9 has a gold lead?

Oops it was gone by the time I tweeted

Seems like Perkz TP’d sooooo late there. Feels like that could have gone so differently if he was there to start it

Does C9 need Greivous Wounds just to ever kill Showmaker?

...as Fudge builds Chainsword

@Cloud9

Equalizer in these jungle fights just keeps shredding @Cloud9

Let’s goooooooooo

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Brian Kibler

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13 May

https://twitter.com/MagicEsports/status/1392857282719805449

So I haven’t been involved in competitive Magic for years now, but I felt compelled to comment on this, since it was such a big part of my life for so long. I am frankly not surprised to see the MPL being dissolved –

https://twitter.com/MagicEsports/status/1392857282719805449

While it was an exciting idea when it was announced, the fact that its existence meant cutting back massively on other organized play hurt interest in competitive Magic overall, and the league itself was implemented and produced so poorly that it was doomed to fail from the start

Covid obviously hurt competitive Magic overall, but it was more a matter of giving it time to bleed out from the self-inflicted wound that was the MPL. Yes, people are interested in watching top players compete, but they’re also interested in the dream of competing against them,

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