My Opinion on the State of States

You know, year after year I would march to the tune that States should mean more. A few months after the euphoria had died down from winning States in 1999, it hit home that winning really didn’t mean anything. There were few pros playing, so I wasn’t truly the best player in the State that day. I didn’t get an invite or byes to some higher-level premier event. I had a plaque and a bag and a modicum of satisfaction that I was no longer considered a complete scrub by the more competitive players out there, but that was it. I mean, you still have to play fairly decent Magic to win one of these things, so do something to make it matter. This year, I changed my mind.