Friday, February 7, 2014

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal

a) I Jamison Jackson affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b) Jarrett, Trick. "10 Tips to Playing Better Competitive Magic." GatheringMagiccom RSS. N.p., 10 July 2010. Web. 06 Sept. 2013. <http://www.gatheringmagic.com/10-tips-to-playing-better-competitive-magic/>.

d) Throughout the 30 hours of my independent component I created decks, tested those decks online, and took my skills and knowledge from the tests to local tournaments.

Interpretive

 The entirety of my 30 hours of my independent component consists of trial and error, risks and rewards. I've competed in a few Friday Night Magic Tournaments to determine how well my skills carry over in a live competitive setting. I've challenged myself with the task of creating multiple high quality decks where each card has a specific reason and not just thrown in there just because... As a result of the numerous variety, I spent a lot of time independently trying to determine which cards fit which brews and why. Down to the numbers and probabilities of the matter. I'm very precise about ratios. I'm a perfectionist and spent numerous hours working out the perfect formula. However with feedback I've gotten to the desired result. Along with that, I had to test the decks over and over again. A good magic deck is like scientific theory. It's only as good as if it's proven to work. When you Start brewing you have a hypothesis. My goal in my independent component was to make as many sound theories as possible. As well as increase my skill level in order to comply with my EQ: what is the best way to win a MtG Pro Tour. Every action I took for my independent component stood for an advancement in knowledge. Just like how each action I take in a MtG match is to win the game.
(The evidence is posted Below)

Applied

The way that the independent component helped me understand the foundation of my topic better is simple. It reinforced the importance of the idea that every little but counts. The more time I spent homebrewing (creating decks) the more I understood how the mechanics of good cards worked together. The more time I spent play testing online the more information I was able to utilize at tournaments. For example if I play tested my gruul list online, I would be able to perform better with my gruul list at tournaments which I actually did. This goes to reinforce the ideology that all the small things matter and every single action makes a difference in the end. The end of a game can be reduced to the swing of one damage. In my play tests online, elvish mystic can be the game decider. The independent overall helped me understand my EQ & foundation of my topic overall because of these experiences.


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