HOUSTON, TX -- Sideboard reporter Ben Bleiweiss flew into a violent rage after being forced to type up 351 Pro Tour: Houston decklists Saturday. During his brief, 28-second rampage, which followed the uploading of the decklist HTML files to the Wizards website, Bleiweiss threw his pro-gun-sticker-emblazoned laptop computer on the ground, overturned a concession stand selling overpriced chili, and knocked Sideboard content manager Aaron Forsythe to the ground before being restrained by Pro Tour competitors Jin Okamoto and Victor van den Broek.

"I am terribly sorry for the calamity I just caused," apologized Bleiweiss after given a moment to calm down. "Nobody who knows me would say I am a violent person. It just goes to show you that nearly 11 consecutive hours of entering Extended decks ranging from brilliant to atrocious can drive anyone over the edge."

Signs of the pressure he was under trickled out slowly, with Bleiweiss making simple mistakes such as entering non-existant cards like "Polluted Marsh," "Mogg Piledriver," and "Exhomb" into the database. Soon he was typing in 56-card decklists, Aluren decks with a land base of "19 Mountain / 2 Barbarian Ring," and egregious misspellings, entering one competitor's name as "Eivind Eivingaard" and another as "Chris Psychatog."

Level 4 judge Rune Horvik glanced at Bleiweiss's screen as he typed in a common sideboard card, Stronghold Taskmaster, as "Forsythe Taskmaster," then realized his mistake and slammed his head against the table before correcting it. Horvik recommended to Aaron Forsythe that Bleiweiss be given a 15-minute break, a request which was dismissed with a chuckle.

It was just one hour thereafter that Bleiweiss completed his work and lost control of his emotions, damaging his computer, spilling $58 worth of chili (or $2.20 if you count by how much it cost to make), and shouting "I'll show you Uncommon Knowledge!" as he lunged at Forsythe.

"I'm alright now," said Bleiweiss between gasps for air. "Now that all of the decks are entered, I won't have to type up any overly lengthy Magic-related documents for a very long time."

Upon being reminded of his pledge to write 100 words for each of the 120 or so cards on his "White Extended Playables" list that didn't see any use after all, Bleiweiss once again had to be restrained.

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HOUSTON, TX -- Sideboard reporter Ben Bleiweiss flew into a violent rage after being forced to type up 351 Pro Tour: Houston decklists Saturday. During his brief, 28-second rampage, which followed the uploading of the decklist HTML files to the Wizards website, Bleiweiss threw his pro-gun-sticker-emblazoned laptop computer on the ground, overturned a concession stand selling overpriced chili, and knocked Sideboard content manager Aaron Forsythe to the ground before being restrained by Pro Tour competitors Jin Okamoto and Victor van den Broek.

"I am terribly sorry for the calamity I just caused," apologized Bleiweiss after given a moment to calm down. "Nobody who knows me would say I am a violent person. It just goes to show you that nearly 11 consecutive hours of entering Extended decks ranging from brilliant to atrocious can drive anyone over the edge."

Signs of the pressure he was under trickled out slowly, with Bleiweiss making simple mistakes such as entering non-existant cards like "Polluted Marsh," "Mogg Piledriver," and "Exhomb" into the database. Soon he was typing in 56-card decklists, Aluren decks with a land base of "19 Mountain / 2 Barbarian Ring," and egregious misspellings, entering one competitor's name as "Eivind Eivingaard" and another as "Chris Psychatog."

Level 4 judge Rune Horvik glanced at Bleiweiss's screen as he typed in a common sideboard card, Stronghold Taskmaster, as "Forsythe Taskmaster," then realized his mistake and slammed his head against the table before correcting it. Horvik recommended to Aaron Forsythe that Bleiweiss be given a 15-minute break, a request which was dismissed with a chuckle.

It was just one hour thereafter that Bleiweiss completed his work and lost control of his emotions, damaging his computer, spilling $58 worth of chili (or $2.20 if you count by how much it cost to make), and shouting "I'll show you Uncommon Knowledge!" as he lunged at Forsythe.

"I'm alright now," said Bleiweiss between gasps for air. "Now that all of the decks are entered, I won't have to type up any overly lengthy Magic-related documents for a very long time."

Upon being reminded of his pledge to write 100 words for each of the 120 or so cards on his "White Extended Playables" list that didn't see any use after all, Bleiweiss once again had to be restrained.

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