First Pick

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Blast from the Past -

What we learned: http://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2015/12/wwl-top-10-stories-2015/

Southeast L3’s, L2’s, including Regional Coordinator suspended over leaks: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3xrtyv/most_of_the_l3_judges_in_the_southeast_us_region/

Judge Apps down in protest: http://apps.magicjudges.org/

The Finisher:

Last week was Festivus, a secular holiday created in an episode of Seinfeld celebrated in the eve of the eve of Christmas, December 23.So happy Festivus for the rest of us! Among the traditions of this secular holiday include a Festivus dinner with friends and family, an unadorned aluminum pole, and the annual Airing of Grievances. So in honor of the holiday season, what grievance would you like to air?

First Pick / Pass The Salt - HUGE OGW Spoilers; WotC Reaction

http://mythicspoiler.com/newspoilers.html

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/why-leaks-hurt-2015-12-16

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3x38p5/dailymtg_why_leaks_hurt/cy14b1t

https://twitter.com/WalkThePlanes/status/676219313511137281

“How Activision turned Modern Warfare 3 Leak Into Opportunity” http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/11/23/how-activision-turned-the-modern-warfare-3-leak-crisis-into-opportunity/

The flipside, WotC doing good things too: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3x5fud/a_friend_of_mine_deployed_to_a_remote_location/

Gather the Townsfolk - PSulli announcing job at Activision, no longer full-time coverage

Going Infinite - Dress codes for events?

The Finisher:

Last weekend Italy was crowned the new World Champions after narrowly beating out Thailand in the finals with Esper Dragons, Atarka Red and Temur Megamorph. So if y’all were betting folks, which Reuben is, who would you bet will win the 2016 World Magic Cup?