In tournaments, I tend to play VERY conservative unless my start is really good. If I have a tough start, I'll simply try to connect for a base of 3 lands and stack high, doing my best to negoitiate position through the chatbox. Third or fourth place is usually pretty attainable if you chat actively with the leader(s).

If I have the chance for first, and get to choose who lives or dies, I will generally smack down the players with the most points early in a tournament. Towards the end of a tourney, I'm more apt to kill the lower point players in an effort to ensure higher placement in the payout.

Definitely PIIHB IMO

As my style of play,i would just play for a position not worse than 4,to stay in the tourney,in this case any place won't be enough to eliminate me...So now there are two options,eliminate the low points to decrease the amount of players in the tourney or if i can't be 1st,be sure that 1st player is a player that has lower points than me...I would pick one of these,but as i said before i wouldn't care any outcome since i wont be eliminated if i am not 1st...

Like others before me have commented, it depends on what part of the tournament this game takes part in.

If it is at the beginning or middle of the tournament, I am playing similar to my previous posting for the 0 and 100 tables. Go for first (somewhat aggressively) if I think I have a good shot depending on my start, however a 2nd or 3rd will keep me growing and alive. Achieve this by grabbing a few connected lands early and using the chatbox to ensure that if there is an obvious first player, he knows that I am no threat and that I will help him get that first. I do not worry about tourny strategy at this point.

Later in the tourny when we are down to a single table (or close), I still do not target top point players to try to kill first... I just don't. Maybe that is a tourny flaw of mine. I do tend to be more aggressive in getting positive points... and if I feel like I am coming close to going home, I might target some low point players to try to take out first to bump my final position.

I never go into a game thinking that I will 'gang up' on the points leader... at least I do not consciously do this. I generally try to let the board that is given determine how I am going to play each game. Like was previously said, this is not necessarily good tourny strategy... and maybe that is why I don't do as well in tournies as some other players. I do well enough for me though... so I'm not going to change the way I play just for some points.

I again second jpcs sentiment.

But really you play the game the same way fucktard, you kill shit and try to win.

But like I said last time, if it is you, you get a PGA to sit with you so you have a guaranteed place kthxbye.

Why is it that Sam and I are the only one's who understand this?

Bahaduras: when you going to finish the thread SG?
StudiousGangster: soon
StudiousGangster: its for proof of concept
Bahaduras: you forced everybody to do it!!! they are waiting
The Werewolf: sweet!
Bahaduras: proof of concept?
StudiousGangster: yes
StudiousGangster: stupid connect
Bahaduras: timeline on when you will be done?
StudiousGangster: soon
StudiousGangster: but not proven til later
Bahaduras: soon one day? soon one year?
StudiousGangster: hang on

Older players punked by a noob? *Gasp*

hell leek as far as i know your the only person who thinks i pga.

Dude you pga'd every night time tourne that was the only reason you had any points i should know I played them and you ruined it for everyone else, so don't even claim you didn't

For once Leek is right

Hey Magic it helps if you attribute the quote and direct your response to detenmile. Your post is confusing and should read something like this:

@detenmile "hell leek as far as i know your the only person who thinks i pga."

We all know you cheated STFU you ruined it for the rest of us.