Gothenburg, WSK Preparations and Arcon notes

Six weeks of some combination of vacation and leave of absence has just started. Gonna catch me some fish and get me some chilax. Went to a new barber in Gothenburg to get a summer moustache.

It's a sweet moustache.

There's an E-Sport bar in Gothenburg called GG Bar. Something of a mecca for nerds who enjoy the combination of beer, games, cocktails and chiptunes. The local 93/94 players recently decided to make that their meetup point for monthly 93/94 spell slinging, and I had the chance to join the first gathering this Monday. Nine people met up, and we hosted an impromptu casual tournament. Worth noting may be that out of the three decks that didn't play Mishra's Factory, all three of them made it to the top4. Mishra-schmishra. The final standings in the top4 looked like this

1. Farsan (Lestree Zoo; UGR Zoo)
2. Mg (Party Crasher Porter; BW Geddon)
3. Halo00, aka Beyonce (Trick Deck; BRu Underworld Dreams)
4. Kalle, aka Egget (Power Monolith; 5c Power Artifact)

I wanted to test out my new BW brew before the Wexio "state championships" in Småland next weekend. Lestree Zoo was a fairly hard matchup, as expected, and I think that WW will be rough. I'll throw in a few extra sideboard cards and cross my fingers.

Gathering some spell slingers.

Blue Beatdown Mirror between Tibia and Iceman.

Tricky matchup in the semis vs Halo00.

Build-your-own-Baneslayer vs Mr Sinclair with The Deck.

Kalle goes deep. Check out that Island btw.

Just over a week ago, the annual Arcon convention in Oslo, Norway, hosted their first 93/94 tournament. They gathered 14 players, where 13 were local Norwegians and your truly was the sole expat (though myself dropping after round two to meet up with family). That's pretty damn cool. The Norwegian scene is by all ways self-sustainable by now, with multiple tournament organizers and twenty-ish players. Who'd guessed that a year ago? We had zero Norwegians at n00bcon 7 in 2015, and today a non-proxy tournament gathers 14 (more than the Vintage tournament at the convention). I don't have all the decks from the top4 yet, but I can spoil 75% of the piles:

Erland's MonoBlack. 1st Place.

Kenneth's Big White. 2nd Place.

Hasthi's Dead Guy Ale. 3-4th place.

Speaking of growing communities, last weekend marked the first UK Championships in 93/94! Word on the street is that we'll receive a report from the first UK champion Bryan Connolly in the not to distant future, so I'll keep the spoilers on the down-low for now. Also, there's something brewing in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, close to Barcelona in Spain. Francesc Montserrat and a few fellow mages are in the startup phase for their local community. If you're in Northeast Spain and want to swing some cards, try to get in touch!