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Welcome to the Krim Blog where we have the greatest competitive GA content around! Today we have a banger: Grand Archive World's Runner-Up tries the McRib for the first time. "What the hell is this?" "That's a lot of sauce..." "What is this meat? Look how thin it is!" Shawn wouldn't be Shawn without finding the best line: "I need a fork." I think moments like these were my favorite during my time in GA; the juxtaposition of having the most amazing talents in the game just doing the most mundane things.  Can you say the National Champ and your wife attempted to wall-mount a TV? I sure can! So many times, Grand Archive almost felt like just the backdrop of content my friends and I used to crack jokes, to generate discussion, and to work towards something together.  Join the Yap Club Patreon today! A subscription includes personalized training with any deck from 5 World-Class tutors! You too can learn how to make a 5/4 Baby Red! Sometime...

GOC and GK RWC Double Store Champ Weekend and Training

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Hey guys, I won Game Kastle Redwood City's Store Championship. I played Slimes, so what did you expect? There's nothing really else to say, so thanks for reading! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, all joking aside, hi friends! I thought I was pretty much done for the season after my last blog post. My mental state was/is super fragile, things weren't going my way in-game, and lots of bad things kept happening in life, so I was prepared to just take a break. I spent the weekend of the SoCal Regional  relaxing at home with my wife and watching the Omnidex intently for the results. By the end of it, Steven, Christian, Jeremy, and Eustace took home invites. Special shoutout to Eustace for getting his first top/prize card. Eustace has been 2nd place and bubbling so many times that I thought he needed an exorcism to get rid of his curse. He's too good of a player not to make it...

The Competitive Mindset, A Tristan Case Study, and Uncertainty

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Hi friends!  This is probably going to be a longer post as it could have been three different entries, but I've had many thoughts that I wanted to get out there. This is going to be separated into three different parts: one motivational, one informational, and one about my personal journey. I realize some people don't need anything to already be a competitive player, I realize that many players are at a level where there is not much to learn from a player at my level, and I realize that some people aren't as interested in what I've been up to since last time. I appreciate you being here reading no matter what the reason. If you want to skip to certain parts, use CTRL + F on these: *Competitive **Informational ^Player Improvement^ !Back to Tristan! ***Personal *Competitive The Competitive Mindset Many of us are either TCG or video game veterans, so the idea of being competitive isn't new to us. However, there are many who have just entered the TCG space with GA as th...