Dubious milestones….
I felt compelled to post about this.
Recently, when I haven’t been able to synch up with a daily, I’ve been playing 2 man queues. To an extent, it pads my ego, because the players aren’t as good as in the Dailies. But really, it also helps me actually get some packs out of what I’m doing.
If i spend 12 tickets on 2 dailies…with my track record I typically come out with exactly 0 packs. If I spend 12 tickets on 2 man queues…I have a tendency to come out with 3 packs. Which is kind of just like buying packs, but I get practice. It’s funny, if I were a better player, Daily and Premier events would be obviously higher EV. But because I’m mediocre, 2 man queues are actually much higher EV…for me.
Anyway, I’m not posting this to talk about how I’ve started playing in 2 man queues more, although I suppose that is interesting.
Instead I’m posting about my very dubious milestone. At the beginning of the blog I talked about how I was a very casual player. My very first day of playing magic involved losing, and I’ve never had a rating over 1600. For those of you who don’t know, that’s the rating you begin with the very first time you log onto MTGO. From there, in sanctioned play, every loss loses you points and ever win gains them.
I’ve never ever had a rating over 1600. Just too casual. Although my limited rating has hit like, 1650, I’ve consistently been terrible at constructed in every way.
I’ve actually gotten worse at limited (which I enjoy and can’t resist playing) since I started concentrating on constructed. I just don’t play enough. So, for the first time in a long time, my rating has recently slipped under 1600. But, the plot thickens as my constructed rating rises towards 1600.
This happened last night. I feel somehow that I may be the only person ever to view this particular sight. I could not possibly have planned it.
Tonight, after playing in a couple of 2 man queues, it happened. While completely meaningless to the average MTGO player, it does actually mean something to me. My composite rating is over 1600 for the first time ever. So, as much as I’m still terrible, the blog is working, at least a little bit.
Years after making my account, and after 3-4 months of blogging about trying to get better, I can finally say that at least for a moment, I am slightly better than someone who just made their account. 
Cool stuff and congrats
I know you’ve posted two posts with videos. I’ll get to them but I got two emergency big projects at work in the last two weeks.