I drew the last round of swiss to be the #2 seed hoping to dodge the #1 who I'd be on the draw against. But paired into him in the quarters. Rough beat for me but he seemed really upset about it. It took me a sec to realize it was due to his immense respect for me as a player

I love random compliments at tournaments. Once I beat a UW player with affinity in swiss (I had a really good plan for the matchup!) and he adjusted and beat me in the quarters. He said he never lost to affinity and I said "my own experience is roughly 50-50" and he said "yeah…