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Are you spiritual and/or religious?

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Yes and no. I believe in the existence of a higher power. I was baptized as a teenager. I reject most of the institution of religion however as I have found it frequently contradicts itself and acts out of self-interest before the interest of others. I don't believe it's my job to convict anyone else of my beliefs, either - people may (no, MUST) come to their own conclusions. I don't pray, I don't read a Bible or anything...I'm pretty secular overall, I just still hold the core belief that there is something greater in the universe than ourselves.

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Who is your idol and why?

I don't think there's anyone I explicitly idolize - I don't find it productive to look at someone and say "I want to emulate that person". There are people whose presence in my life always challenges me to be a better person, though, and I value those people very highly.

If you could make one change to the Magic community, what would it be?

Ban Islands. :P
Honestly, the biggest change I'd like to make is to stamp out the bizarre classism that exists, particularly in the middle ranks of players - it's roughly correspondent with the "Levine Trench" ( http://www.channelfireball.com/home/raging-levine-conventional-wisdom/ ) and the need for the "middling" players to be utterly derisive toward other players (particularly less skilled ones) is beyond me. It goes the other way too, mind - they tend to put pro players on some kind of pedestal instead of just treating them like people who happen to win a little more often.
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What is the largest competitive Magic tournament you've played in? How do you feel during competitive tournaments as a player?

Largest event I would count is 570; Baltimore SCG Open about a year ago, I went 7-3 on the day. (I enrolled in the more recent ~650 player open in Baltimore, but went 0-3 drop so I don't really count that.)
I think tactically, so my play decisions are all weighed carefully and I'm constantly re-evaluating my actions (though not really to the point of analysis paralysis - I almost never go to time anymore), which makes Magic kind of a stressful game in general; I've also got the personality of "hate to lose" in the sense that losing feels like I've failed in some way and it's directly my fault, so if/as the game turns against me I tend to stress out even more about what I may be doing wrong.
There's also a little social anxiety involved, since it's a lot of faces I don't know in the event hall - I try to mitigate this by being sporting and friendly with my opponents, so when they get all "game face" with me while trying to do that it tends to throw me off balance.
I think it's largely a personality thing; competitive events by nature foster a play to win atmosphere and that's not really what I want out of the game.

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Do you always smile for pictures?

I try to, but it's hard to feel like the smile is genuine sometimes, and I would rather not smile than feel like the picture looks forced.
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Oh :L, So when they're on the ground, i'm guessing you easily stamp on them?

Well, I should clarify, I generally only move to kill it if it's indoors or otherwise actively disturbing me. I don't like, seek out critters to squish.

are there any insects you stamp on?

If we're restricting to just insects, I try to preserve when possible, as most insects I encounter aren't menacing. Ants are gassed with extreme prejudice, and if I cannot easily catch a cricket, then that'll often be killed too. Spiders or other multilegged creepies, on the other hand, are kill on sight.

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I think the most accurate thing I can say here is that yes, I trust them - somewhat out of necessity. I do not necessarily have faith that this trust will be rewarded with results, however.

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