Sam Steffanina

@jooste02 @itzBolt @origins_tcg

@itzBolt @jooste02 @origins_tcg

wow @origins_tcg raised another $400k via kickstarter in the last hour or so. love to see it. 35 days left, wonder how high it goes.

Instagram launches longform video - Instagram Longform accepts aspect ratios from about 1.91:1 (wide/horizontal) up to 9:16 (vertical) for Reels and feed videos. - Reels length: Up to ~20 minutes in the app (rollout has varied). Anything over ~3 minutes is generally not recommended to non-followers (so reach is mostly limited to people who already follow you). - Longer feed-style videos: Up to 60 minutes possible via desktop for many creator/business/verified accounts (mobile is usually lower, often 10–20 min). - Stories remain short (60 seconds per clip). every platform will be every platform.

I ended up securing Top 8 in the Crimson Cup of @origins_tcg !! huge because that gets me a 1/7 promo card once the trading goes live on Steam. could be worth a lot... we'll see. on a personal note: I've always wanted to be an esports pro and I trained a lot for this tourney, but I'm not good at clicking heads and I could never break through in Starcraft 2. when I won the 2024 Alpha Tourney for Origins, I know a lot of people thought it was a fluke, so I really wanted to perform at this one since it had over 2,000 sign-ups. I'm certainly not the best TCG player in the world but it's validating to see this top-8 result. on top of that, I feel like I learned a tremendous amount from seeing the other decks people brought. I can't wait to have another shot at bringing home a title.

ended up getting knocked out of the tourney around the top 10, damn. shoutout to @itzBolt who really helped me prepare, dude is a wizard. I had a crazy lower bracket run, winning 8 straight best-of-3 matches and only dropping 2 games that entire time unfortunately I SUPER low rolled locations + hand on game 3 of my last series and got an un-winnable game (opponent got 4 free 6/6s on turn 4 from double on-reveal location + -1 mana location making the combo possible like 3 turns early and giving an extra 6/6) but it was a great tournament and a fun meta to prepare for. I can't wait to play again when the rest of the cards in this set are released. (image says I'm in 1st because I've currently won the most games since I dropped to the lower bracket early and had to maul my way through, but it'll eventually change)

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