Mike Flores: Difference between revisions

From MTG Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
>LegacymtgsalvationUser1033
(→‎Literary career: made it an external link until an article is written about it here)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Mike Flores''' has been a pundit and expert of [[Magic: The Gathering]] strategy since there has been Magic on the Internet; he is the former editor of The Magic Dojo and a sometime professional player. Most of his articles have been about [[Sligh]] and the [["Sligh principle"]].
'''Mike Flores''' has been a pundit and expert of [[Magic: The Gathering]] strategy since there has been Magic on the Internet; he is the former editor of The Magic Dojo and a sometime professional player. He has written on every aspect of the game, but is most well known for writing the most famous Magic article of all time, Who's the Beatdown in 1999.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Flores is credited with the creation of several famous decks, including [[Napster]] and [[Jushi Blue]].  He has tested with a wide range of famous and more successful players including [[Jon Finkel]], [[Osyp Lebedowicz]], [[Mark Herberholz]], and [[Adrian Sullivan]].
Flores is credited with the creation of several famous decks, including [[Napster]] and [[Jushi Blue]].  He has tested with a wide range of famous and successful professional players including [[Jon Finkel]], [[Osyp Lebedowicz]], and [[Mark Herberholz]].


Flores is held with contempt by a portion of the Magic community who feel he is too egotistical and gives himself too much credit for deck creation. He has also receive a great deal of mockery due to his lack of success as a player, earning the nickname "Bad Player Flores". Despite this nickname, Flores has played on numerous Pro Tour events, participated in US Nationals three years in a row during the late 90s, been voted into the 2006 [[Magic Invitational]] in the Resident Genius category, and won the 2006 New York [[Standard Champs]] with [[This Girl]].
Flores is a somewhat polarizing Magic personality. Though he is the most popular Magic Internet columnist of all time, winning "Writer of the Year" honors multiple times at both Star City Games and magicthegathering.com, as well as the "popularity contest" Resident Genius award in 2006, Flores is also reviled by a small portion of the Magic community, particularly Eternal players. Flores has played on numerous Pro Tour events, participated in US Nationals, been voted into the 2006 [[Magic Invitational]], and won the 2006 New York [[Standard Champs]] with [[This Girl]].


===Literary career===
===Literary career===

Revision as of 20:33, 27 April 2009

Mike Flores has been a pundit and expert of Magic: The Gathering strategy since there has been Magic on the Internet; he is the former editor of The Magic Dojo and a sometime professional player. He has written on every aspect of the game, but is most well known for writing the most famous Magic article of all time, Who's the Beatdown in 1999.

Biography

Flores is credited with the creation of several famous decks, including Napster and Jushi Blue. He has tested with a wide range of famous and successful professional players including Jon Finkel, Osyp Lebedowicz, and Mark Herberholz.

Flores is a somewhat polarizing Magic personality. Though he is the most popular Magic Internet columnist of all time, winning "Writer of the Year" honors multiple times at both Star City Games and magicthegathering.com, as well as the "popularity contest" Resident Genius award in 2006, Flores is also reviled by a small portion of the Magic community, particularly Eternal players. Flores has played on numerous Pro Tour events, participated in US Nationals, been voted into the 2006 Magic Invitational, and won the 2006 New York Standard Champs with This Girl.

Literary career

Mike Flores has been playing and writing about Magic since at least 1995, when he started writing on Usenet. He has subsequently written for The Dojo, Neutral Ground, Brainburst, magicthegathering.com, and Star City Games.

A largely unedited collection of his columns from 1995 to 2005 was published by Top8Magic.com, under the title Michael J. Flores: Deckade.

External links