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#paythepros

Lately, Wizards announced serious cuts in appearance fees for Hall of Flames and Platinum level players.  Take a look what Wizards planned to do in order to increase the World Magic Championship prize pools from $150,000 to $250,000 in 2016, and to $500,000 in 2017. Platinum players were suppoused to receive an appearance fee of $250 for competing at Pro Tours (previously $3,000), an appearance fee of $250 for competing at the World Magic Cup (previously $1,000), and an appearance fee of $250 for competing at a World Magic Cup Qualifier (previously $500).

It is not hard to tell, that reaction of community was instant. So was Wizards of the Coast. Changes were reversed due to overwhelming community feedback. What is more, the Worlds payout increase remains for 2016 (total prize pool of $250,000, an increase of $100,000). The possible changes will be talk through with pro players during the Pro Tour Eldrich Moon.

The point is that we, as a community, are strong. Fortunately, Wizards are sometimes listening to players opinions. It is silver lining, that any future unfavorable changes will not be passed by without any reaction.

MTGO Library Bot 11.00

We released ML Bot 11.00 some minutes ago. The new version improves a number of things. Among these:

• ML Bot has been compiled with Net 4.5.2 to offer a better compatibility with Mtgo.
• Some weeks ago, WotC updated Mtgo and broke the "blinking" of the submit button in trade. As result, the bot was unable to detect the submit and needed an explicit "done" command in the chat to finalize the trade. We fixed the problem by changing the way the bot detects the submit and now typing "done" is no more necessary.
• Opening trade with other bots is now faster and more reliable.
• We fixed some DKA cards with wrong names

Aristocrats wins the Pauper Gauntlet S03

The Pauper Gauntlet is over! In the first two-man round, one deck won and one deck lost, making Aristocrats (formerly known as "Suicide is Painless") the winner of the whole season!

What is the Pauper Gauntlet?
All about the Pauper Gauntlet Season 03: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-pauper-gauntlet.html
All the deck lists: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-decks-of-pauper-gauntlet-s03.html

Round twelve
Round ten was played in the Two-Man tournaments.

Cyborgs opened, losing a close match to an Orzhov Midrange (?) deck that just had too much value.
Aristocrats played a nailbiter against RUG Tron, losing the first duel but then managing to barely win duel 2 and 3.

This means that Paul Jones, being both the brewer and the champion of Aristocrats, wins 100 bot credits with mtgotickets.com. Congratulations!

What happens now?
We will evaluate the Pauper Gauntlet together (there will be a video and an article about that) to make the whole experience even better next year.

If you want to help make Season Four of the Pauper Gauntlet a reality, you can contribute on our Patreon at patreon.com/magicgatheringstrat

If the Patreon meets its goal the Pauper Gauntlet will start its fourth season on December 4, 2016.


The full results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03
Winner: Aristocrats (Suicide is Painless)
2nd place: Cyborgs
3rd place (round eleven): Green One
4th place (round ten): Spiteful Leeches
5th place (round nine): WW Soul Tokens 
6th place (round eight):  BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield
The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10
10th place: Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness 
Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness,  RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 
19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 
24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 
36th place (round four) Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume
45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green
70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness,  Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.

Here is an excel sheet with every single match result from the Pauper Gauntlet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PWhJFDjhw0GZ_BVKpHMOVX8qS_7KJPo90tZJNjbczTA/edit?pageId=106024238989036834136#gid=1242894574

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Mtgo update to Net framework 4.5.2

WotC updated Mtgo to the Microsoft Net framework 4.5.2. To run Mtgo you need to install the Net framework 4.5.2 and then to update Mtgo manually.
A ML Bot update is not required, but you still need to update Mtgo manually to use it.

We will be online on LiveChat if you need help. You may need to unistall and then reinstall mtgo to have mtgo update successfully.

Two decks makes it to the round 12 of the Pauper Gauntlet

Three decks entered round eleven and only one of them lost!

What is the Pauper Gauntlet?
All about the Pauper Gauntlet Season 03: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-pauper-gauntlet.html
All the deck lists: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-decks-of-pauper-gauntlet-s03.html

Round eleven
Round ten was played in the Tournament Practice room. Here are all the matches of the round.

Aristocrats ran into a very easy match.

The Green One had an intense battle with JeskaiKitty.

Cyborgs took on Turbo Angler.


What happens now?
The Tournament Practice rounds are over. Round twelve will be played in the two-man tournaments. If both decks win or both decks lose we move to the next round. Round sixteen will be the league round.

The player who chose the right deck to win the Pauper Gauntlet will get 100 bot credits from mtgotickets.com. The two players remaining are Paul Jones (Aristocrafts, also the brewer) and TheBlackGauntlet (Cyborgs).


The results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 so far
3rd place (round eleven): Green One
4th place (round ten): Spiteful Leeches
5th place (round nine): WW Soul Tokens 
6th place (round eight):  BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield
The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10
10th place: Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness 
Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness,  RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 
19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 
24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 
36th place (round four) Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume
45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green
70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness,  Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.

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Enter the Battlefield - Life on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour

Wizards of the Coast prepared a documentary movie. Enter the Battlefield is a feature-length documentary movie that follows seven Magic: The Gathering players through a season: Reid Duke, Owen Turtenwald, William Jensen, Patrick Chapin, Shahar Shenhar, Melissa DeTora, and Chris Pikula. While their goal for every game is to defeat their opponent, their lives on the Pro Tour are about personal goals. More than anyone, they compete with themselves.

As a reminder: after next downtime, MTGO will use NET 4.5.2, which is not supported by Windows XP. Vista users need to install at least Service Pack 2 to be able to run MTGO.