Weekend Update: 2014 Posting Schedule

For the first Weekend Update of the New Year, I'll fulfill my promise made in my Holiday Update as to how updates to this blog will look for the rest of the year.  Since then, the next edition of Standard & Pauper has been submitted and should see publication on PureMTGO soon.  The details of the 20th season of SPDC have been finalized as well. That leaves only a regular posting schedule for Cabel the Pauper.

And here it is!

But first, a little reasoning behind the time table: I found last year that posting twice daily was too much work. Even after reducing this I found that once a day was still too difficult to fit into real life demands.  My hopes of a site that published daily content about Standard Pauper seemed dashed.

But this is okay in the end because others are posting regularly as well (check them out on the sidebar of this blog).    A daily stream of submissions has can be achieved by circumstantial collaboration so that no one person has a post-a-day responsibility that, in the end, is too demanding.  So since Gwyned over at Writer Adept has announced his intent to post three days a week, I'll fill in the holes on the four remaining days.  This leads me to present to you the 2014 blogging schedule for Cabel the Pauper:

Mondays - The Monday Metagame Report 

This feature will appear a few hours prior to the MPDC tournament and will contain all the updated metagame information compiled from the previous weeks' MPDC and SPDC tournaments.  This column will always be about Standard Pauper.  

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesdays!

This silly feature from last year will continue, if only for my own selfish amusement.  I will at least try to be funny here once a week while discussing pretty much anything Magic related that strikes me as wacky.  I'm sorry if I do not succeed :-D

Fridays - Freestyle Fridays 

All those non-Magic related topics mentions in the blog description are reserved for this column.  Even though they seem unrelated to M:TG, the goal here will be to find hidden parallels.   Expect more philosophy and pop culture themed posts than anything else.  Or, if the last night's SPDC event was particularly exciting, I'll provide a tournament report like the last one.  The point is to provide me with the freedom to do one or the other as circumstances permit.

Sundays - The Weekend Update 

Finally, this will be similar to the Freestyle Friday format, but will only ever focus on either Standard Pauper or other Rarity Restricted Casual Competitive formats on Magic Online.  The Update portion itself will contain announcements for Standard Pauper events in the upcoming week and a quick wrap-up of the best format coverage elsewhere on the web during the past week.  The rest of the post will essentially be my Sunday morning "talking head" style of editorial, mostly focusing on what I've been playing on MTGO, or some metagame comments that will be elaborated on as the next week of updates to  follow.

There you have it!   I'm looking forward to writing these pieces all year, hopefully improving my writing and Magic playing skills in the process.  These are two of my main personal goals in the New Year.  I've been successful in all the other ones I've made for myself by taking things one day at a time.  One play at a time, the best one I can with what the shuffler deals me.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the year and meet your goals, too.   Until next year, it will go without saying: Thanks for reading and good luck & have fun!  Peace,

- C

Holiday Update 2013

I've missed over a week of daily posts here thanks to the hectic pace of the American Holiday Season.  As good and universal excuse as any!

But it is true!  Magic: The Gathering kind of has to take a backseat at this time of year.  Playing Standard Pauper on Magic Online keeps me going year-round.  The holidays, even though I don't necessarily follow the religous reasons for them, are still a traditional time to set aside some time for others in my life.  My family and my friends, those I love and those who love me.

So this blog has been on the back-burner in the lead-up to the big one, Christmas.  Now that Santa Claus gets to cash in on his seasonal unemployment compensation (snicker!) I can return to blogging about Standard Pauper.

And I've got more than cookies on my plate!

In the final days of the Old Year, Cabel the Pauper will be making preparations for the New Year.  Here's what you can expect:

1) A regular posting schedule, the most constant of any Standard Pauper blog, that is still consistent with my in-real-life schedule...

2) The next installment of my continuing monthly Standard & Pauper series at PureMTGO...

3) Final details on the next season of Standard Pauper Deck Challenge tournaments sponsored by PDC Magic on Thursdays in 2014!

You will find all that and more on Cabel the Pauper in 2014.  More Post-Tournament Posts and more Cards of the Day, more random posts on philosophy, and the addition of posts on the music I love and make as well.

But first...let me make it through the rest of the holiday season and maybe get a couple of relaxing matches of Standard Pauper in :-)  Until next year, good luck and have fun!  Peace,

- C