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'''Cathy (Catherine) Nicoloff''' is a former professional ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' player, deck designer, writer for sites such as [[The Dojo]] and [[StarCityGames]], as well as the creator and webmaster of ''Meridian Magic'', one of the earliest portal/content aggregator sites for the game. | '''Cathy (Catherine) Nicoloff''' is a former professional ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' player, deck designer, member of [[Team Legion]], writer for sites such as [[The Dojo]] and [[StarCityGames]], as well as the creator and webmaster of ''Meridian Magic'', one of the earliest portal/content aggregator sites for the game. | ||
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==== As a deck designer ==== | ==== As a deck designer ==== | ||
Mirage/Visions Constructed | {| class="fandom-table" | ||
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|PT Paris 1997 | |||
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|Both [[Brian Weissman]] and [[Matt Place]] took this deck to Pro Tour Paris in 1997. Weissman placed in the top 16 (11th) <ref>Pro Tour Paris 1997 Final Standings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/ptpar97</ref>. | |||
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|US Regionals 1997 | |||
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|Five Color Green (5CG)<ref>Cathy's 5CG tournament report from 1997 (with additional commentary by Eric Taylor and Erik Lauer) at classicdojo.org: http://classicdojo.org/history/5CG_01.html</ref> | |||
|Cathy played 5CG to victory in the 1997 Florida Regional Championships, with all three 5CG decks in the tournament making top 8. Created as part of a collaboration with [[Matt Place]], with extensive input by [[Dan Burdick]] and [[Nate Clarke]], 5CG was called a "near perfect metagame deck" by [[Tom Guevin]] <ref>Tom Guevin, 1997: The Magic Year in Review (long!): https://classicdojo.org/bou97/bou.971231tgu.txt</ref>. 5CG made up just 7% of the field during the US Regional Championships that year, but 62% of those who played it qualified for US Nationals.<ref>Analysis by '''[[Frank Kusumoto]]''' of The Dojo, originally posted on | |||
''rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy'': https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/8WKnVWq3n_c</ref> | |||
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==== As webmaster of classicdojo.org ==== | ==== As webmaster of classicdojo.org ==== | ||
Revision as of 00:52, 30 September 2021
Cathy (Catherine) Nicoloff is a former professional Magic player, deck designer, member of Team Legion, writer for sites such as The Dojo and StarCityGames, as well as the creator and webmaster of Meridian Magic, one of the earliest portal/content aggregator sites for the game.
As a deck designer
| Tournament | Format | Deck | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| PT Paris 1997 | Mirage/Visions Constructed | Black/Red | Both Brian Weissman and Matt Place took this deck to Pro Tour Paris in 1997. Weissman placed in the top 16 (11th) [1]. |
| US Regionals 1997 | Standard (Type II) | Five Color Green (5CG)[2] | Cathy played 5CG to victory in the 1997 Florida Regional Championships, with all three 5CG decks in the tournament making top 8. Created as part of a collaboration with Matt Place, with extensive input by Dan Burdick and Nate Clarke, 5CG was called a "near perfect metagame deck" by Tom Guevin [3]. 5CG made up just 7% of the field during the US Regional Championships that year, but 62% of those who played it qualified for US Nationals.[4] |
As webmaster of classicdojo.org
In 2020, two posts on Reddit revealed that Cathy has been the secret webmaster of classicdojo.org, a nearly complete archive of the original pre-Psylum Magic Dojo, since 2002.[5] [6] In these two posts, she also revealed that the site had been created using a backup given to her by Frank Kusumoto and that she was now in a physics Ph.D. program.
Personal Life
A search for 'Catherine Nicoloff' on ResearchGate turns up a profile with over a dozen peer-reviewed physics publications since 2015.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Pro Tour Paris 1997 Final Standings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/ptpar97
- ↑ Cathy's 5CG tournament report from 1997 (with additional commentary by Eric Taylor and Erik Lauer) at classicdojo.org: http://classicdojo.org/history/5CG_01.html
- ↑ Tom Guevin, 1997: The Magic Year in Review (long!): https://classicdojo.org/bou97/bou.971231tgu.txt
- ↑ Analysis by Frank Kusumoto of The Dojo, originally posted on rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/8WKnVWq3n_c
- ↑ "classicdojo.org missing, my apologies": https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/gvd80d/classicdojoorg_missing_my_apologies/
- ↑ "classicdojo.org returns": https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/gwjh58/classicdojoorg_returns/
- ↑ Catherine Nicoloff, Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catherine-Nicoloff