It's the end of the world, boys.

Have you louts seen this shit? Unbelievable. The small child that everyone loves to hate, Owen Turtenwald himself, has written a review of Lorwyn's red cards on the somewhat respectable Brainburst.com . The boy is like what, 15? He's on his way to one measly Pro Tour and now he's getting writing gigs. Here's the thing; he's not really half bad. Now before you shout me down, let me explain. No, his article is not Flores-esque beauty. It ain't even Peter Jahn-esque solid writing (man is from the WI. Gots to give him a little credit). But picture in your head the smelly, profane, and cocky sumbitch who we all know as Owen and you see that this kid is a fucking Voltaire given where he had to start. I don't know about you guys, but I'm willing to read him. Some of his metaphors are strained, and he seems to be obsessed with some marginal combo, but I listened to Owen when he talked about strategy in person, even though he was arrogant and a dick. The kid usually saw interactions that I had missed, and was thinking about two levels above me strategy-wise. The fact that his article is almost unreadably long is a function not of his writing style but of the assignment given him (or did he have to beg for it? We don't know). Besides, you can't blame a guy for writing incredibly long, boring magic treatises. Really, his article (which admittedly has had the advantage of being professionally edited) is on par with the best of what being written over here and ya'll know it. I haven't played with the new set and so have no place criticizing his analysis, but I saw little that raised my eyebrows; most of it seemed spot-on. But hey, I want to know what you guys think. Does he suck? Should he never write again? Does this make him somewhat redeemable? Is it possible our little asshole is... maturing? Wait, check out the last little throwaway paragraph at the end of the article. Owen seems compelled to remind us all that he went 7-1 at the prerelease- and won two boxes of Lorwyn as a result. Totally gratuitous bragging. Well, maybe things don't change.
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