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Wandering without Wander – n00bcon 2024 report by Alex

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It is quiet around here these days. So it is my pleasure to again offer this void to Alex Rutten to break the silence for a spell. Enjoy! /Mg out   After the last monstrosity , which almost killed the blag, I will try to keep this tournament report more comprehensive… For me, n00bcon has always been connected to my dear friend Wander. He joined me for n00bcon 9 in 2017 as a travel companion and spectator. During the pandemic that followed, we were both collecting cards for Swedish legal decks. We were dreaming of revisiting a future n00bcon as a small team of 2 players. Thus, from the get-go, n00bcon always felt like a shared project. He is also the only other ‘non-flying Dutchman’ crazy enough to get in the 17 to 24 hour train ride with me to an obscure Swedish pub. On our last journey home, we played The Deck mirrors for hours to find out what the correct number of Serra Angels was. In 2024, however, Wander skipped n00bcon # 15, so I had to travel solo. For that reason, I was afr...
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Arvika According to Wheel

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It is my extraordinary pleasure to get to share Will Magrann's notes from the last Arvika Festival. Please enjoy! /Mg Out After the Arvika Festival in 2023 I did not think I would be back. I had gotten second place, the Shark was likely a one time thing, I did not have anyone to travel with, and there are just too many good events to travel to. As the 2024 event calendar filled out I initially thought that I would be attending the Team World Cup which fell on the same weekend as Arvika, but then I talked myself out of that and had settled on not going to an event in February. Towards the end of December the FOMO started to set in as I began hearing of people’s plans for Arvika and the World Cup. In one such conversation with Danny Friedman it all clicked for me. Danny was telling me how excited he was to be getting back to Arvika and that he and Shane Semmens were planning to take a train from Oslo to Arvika and back. I asked if I could ride their logistical coattails, Danny was fi...
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n00bfest 2023 – A tribute to the greatest and best tournament and travel report in the world (by Alex and Wander)

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We shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads converged in a pub, and we— we took the ones less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. (after the poet Robert Frost)  Preface We will soon give you, dear reader of this old school blog, a meaningful choice. Legends say, there once was a great report of n00bfest 2023, the mysterious event that marked the end of n00bcon, but also a new beginning. It was a travel report, full of adventures, hope and tragedy. In fact, it might have been the greatest tournament report ever written. But it never came to be. Memories of all participants almost instantly flowed away in an ocean of expensive beers and shots. People passed out. And now, months passed. We were there as well, but simply can’t remember all the parts. So the best we can do at this point is a tribute to that report. Nevertheless, it’s going to be one hell of a tribute.    Where to start our story? When we talk about life as a...
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