Thread by @ghirapurigears

i'm in a weird place. I'm a casual, and hell, i'm one of the faces of commander, and yet i have a ton of friends who are top tier pros, who work behind the scenes at events as commentary or staff, and like, this sucks

I want my friends to succeed, to be happy, to be paid and get to do cool jobs that are super fun. I also want my community to have events that allow us to gather and share our love of magic. I just don't understand why this has to be either/or.

but i think the core here is that the top segment of pro basically aren't going to have a train to ride anymore. And that genuinely sucks for the folks who have built their lives and careers around this. But like, that's the MPL and Rivals, which is what, 100 ppl tops?

I wish the old system was still here, the gp into pt into worlds type of thing. I miss people coming from nowhere to pop up and live the dream. I miss seeing things like @ProggyBoog's son getting a feature match, or @DanaFischerMTG getting day 2 and celebrating with them

I hope whatever comes next allows more things like this to happen, and i hope it also allows for the Reid Dukes and Autumn Burchetts of the world to succeed and thrive too.