ckinsigniaPtolemyV

@ckinsignia

VGTeamLeague’14 SG Top4 • G ACQ’18 SG 1st• VMC Winter’20 SG Winner • PTCG SG Regionals’23 Top16 x2• PTCG SG Nationals’24 Top32•BCS’SG24 Top16

Joined August 2013

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ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

over 2 years ago

Singapore Regionals Vol.3 Top 16 Ranked 5 in swiss Thanks to everyonee it was a joined efforttt @nuewbii for decklist @SGAhIce @Taminat0r_ @bestshadowsea for endless nights of playtests and believing in my ability to pilot zard @BidoofAcademy peeps for playtests #pokemontcg

ckinsignia's tweet photo. Singapore Regionals Vol.3 Top 16
Ranked 5 in swiss
Thanks to everyonee it was a joined efforttt
@nuewbii for decklist
@SGAhIce @Taminat0r_ @bestshadowsea for endless nights of playtests and believing in my ability to pilot zard
@BidoofAcademy peeps for playtests
#pokemontcg https://t.co/SjX8N2CCZS

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

about 10 hours ago

@flameoveraqua no play angry one la , go TSI complain

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

about 21 hours ago

3-0 my local Nexus Night! R1: Akali ✅ R2: Teemo ✅ T3: Master Yi✅ Heron Irelia but i played Heron only against the akali

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

7 days ago

LIFE DAMN SAD STACKED DECK BAN HOW I SAY TO PPL NOW “不是，只是幸运”

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ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

8 days ago

@Oscarweb0 totaled a car

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

8 days ago

sayreals this guy is my idol , he totally obliterated his opponents like exodia to kaiba

Jace @JacePtolemyV

8 days ago

Lost my account for a bit but I'm back now! With Asia's first copy of the Serial Strike Freedom EX Base!

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Jace @JacePtolemyV

8 days ago

Lost my account for a bit but I'm back now! With Asia's first copy of the Serial Strike Freedom EX Base!

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

8 days ago

@samuelsequinox huhhh my irelia buddy play bigbad wolf now..

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10 days ago

@jxspxr_ql @KashMann27 play rb btr

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

10 days ago

@jxspxr_ql @KashMann27 this point is the best

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

10 days ago

unrecoverable board state 1 prize penalty?

ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

14 days ago

@Taminat0r_ @arisresonance @riftboundop play akali!

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15 days ago

wholesome journey

ayu 🪷🌿

@ayukuraaa

16 days ago

It’s been a little over a year since @GoricaLoL started playing TCGs, so I thought it’d be cool to share his improvement arc from an “inside” perspective. Back in February, after watching Alanzq win RQ Bologna, Alex got deep in thought, so I asked what was up. He took a long time to respond, but finally, he said he was confident he could win a regional. I’m not sure why, but intuitively it felt true to me too. Maybe it resonated with me, since I’ve felt similarly before playing League competitively. But I’ve also struggled with not “realizing” that potential in time, and I didn’t want that to happen to him. So I told him we needed to start setting specific goals to make it happen. The path was pretty rocky… At RQ Vegas, Alex didn’t even make top 64 despite feeling very strong on Ezreal. He practiced a lot online, but had issues going to time in person, so we decided he needed to take in-person practice much more seriously. For a while, we had scheduled “dates” to play so we could spend time together and meet his goals. We focused on dexterity, speed, and pace of play, since he got burnt on time A LOT at RQ Vegas. At RQ Atlanta, he got in his head and overcooked Teemo, fixating on making a “bad deck good” instead of “a bad deck as good as it can be.” He swears it wasn’t bad, but realistically, he didn’t have enough reps to pilot it in time. After not even Day 2ing, we had another deep talk. He felt like he was at a crossroads: play meta and seriously try to win a regional, or commit to metal hunting for EV. But I kept revisiting that “I can win an RQ” moment because of how powerful and aligned it felt, so I pushed him to go for a RQ win. We made a rule that he’d only play a deck if he genuinely thought he could win a RQ with it. He swapped to Diana in Set 3 and played pretty well in testing, but struggled at his RQs. I think he was putting a ton of pressure on himself, especially since Diana was considered BDIF. He felt like he had no reason to lose except his own lack of skill. I often caught him doing results-based analysis after losses, blaming himself even when he’d played correctly based on the information he had. Eventually he’d accept it was fine, but still be unsettled. By the end of Set 3, he seemed pretty burnt out. He was still putting a lot of effort in, but something was wrong. It was hard to tell what though. When Akali came out, we weren’t sure it could actually win a RQ. The teased cards looked pretty mid, and Alex kept praying Akali would be good, which I found really funny. But in early testing, he told me she was a lot better than he thought and was down to lock her in. I was so happy, so I forced him to play Riftbound as much as I could. After work every day, I’d push him to test or ask if there were tournaments he should play that weekend. I can only recall 2 or 3 times when he thought resting would be better. Seeing him like this reminded me of when he was building Teemo for RQ Houston. He was constantly thinking about the game again, testing ideas, changing things, and trusting his own understanding. Out of my own anxiety for him, I’d link him every list I saw on X, and most of the time his reaction was “that list looks like some ass” or “they don’t know how to build her”. I think that’s what was missing in Set 3. Since he considered Diana “solved”, there wasn’t much of himself in it, but with Akali, he had complete ownership. He wasn’t playing just to prove he could win a regional, but because he strongly believed in his own ideas about the deck. His mental form was immaculate; once he stopped putting so much pressure on himself, he played the best Riftbound I’ve seen him play. Our goal for this event was top 8, so it’s crazy to me that he won it all. I still haven’t fully processed it yet tbh 🥲 Watching him become more of what I knew he could be keeps making me think of this line: “Perhaps the best we can do for those we love is to make them more.” Congrats again, Alex 🥺❤️

ayukuraaa's tweet photo. It’s been a little over a year since @GoricaLoL started playing TCGs, so I thought it’d be cool to share his improvement arc from an “inside” perspective.

Back in February, after watching Alanzq win RQ Bologna, Alex got deep in thought, so I asked what was up.

He took a long time to respond, but finally, he said he was confident he could win a regional.

I’m not sure why, but intuitively it felt true to me too. Maybe it resonated with me, since I’ve felt similarly before playing League competitively. But I’ve also struggled with not “realizing” that potential in time, and I didn’t want that to happen to him. So I told him we needed to start setting specific goals to make it happen.

The path was pretty rocky… At RQ Vegas, Alex didn’t even make top 64 despite feeling very strong on Ezreal. He practiced a lot online, but had issues going to time in person, so we decided he needed to take in-person practice much more seriously.

For a while, we had scheduled “dates” to play so we could spend time together and meet his goals. We focused on dexterity, speed, and pace of play, since he got burnt on time A LOT at RQ Vegas.

At RQ Atlanta, he got in his head and overcooked Teemo, fixating on making a “bad deck good” instead of “a bad deck as good as it can be.” He swears it wasn’t bad, but realistically, he didn’t have enough reps to pilot it in time.

After not even Day 2ing, we had another deep talk. He felt like he was at a crossroads: play meta and seriously try to win a regional, or commit to metal hunting for EV.

But I kept revisiting that “I can win an RQ” moment because of how powerful and aligned it felt, so I pushed him to go for a RQ win. We made a rule that he’d only play a deck if he genuinely thought he could win a RQ with it.

He swapped to Diana in Set 3 and played pretty well in testing, but struggled at his RQs. I think he was putting a ton of pressure on himself, especially since Diana was considered BDIF. He felt like he had no reason to lose except his own lack of skill.

I often caught him doing results-based analysis after losses, blaming himself even when he’d played correctly based on the information he had. Eventually he’d accept it was fine, but still be unsettled.

By the end of Set 3, he seemed pretty burnt out. He was still putting a lot of effort in, but something was wrong. It was hard to tell what though.

When Akali came out, we weren’t sure it could actually win a RQ. The teased cards looked pretty mid, and Alex kept praying Akali would be good, which I found really funny. But in early testing, he told me she was a lot better than he thought and was down to lock her in.

I was so happy, so I forced him to play Riftbound as much as I could.

After work every day, I’d push him to test or ask if there were tournaments he should play that weekend. I can only recall 2 or 3 times when he thought resting would be better.

Seeing him like this reminded me of when he was building Teemo for RQ Houston. He was constantly thinking about the game again, testing ideas, changing things, and trusting his own understanding.

Out of my own anxiety for him, I’d link him every list I saw on X, and most of the time his reaction was “that list looks like some ass” or “they don’t know how to build her”.

I think that’s what was missing in Set 3. Since he considered Diana “solved”, there wasn’t much of himself in it, but with Akali, he had complete ownership. He wasn’t playing just to prove he could win a regional, but because he strongly believed in his own ideas about the deck.

His mental form was immaculate; once he stopped putting so much pressure on himself, he played the best Riftbound I’ve seen him play.

Our goal for this event was top 8, so it’s crazy to me that he won it all. I still haven’t fully processed it yet tbh 🥲

Watching him become more of what I knew he could be keeps making me think of this line:

“Perhaps the best we can do for those we love is to make them more.”

Congrats again, Alex 🥺❤️

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@GoricaLoL

16 days ago

What an unbelievable weekend. When Akali got teased way back in set 2, my partner @ayukuraaa jokingly told me that I'd have to win the Best Of for her when she comes out. We joked about it over the months leading up to Vendetta, but one night she said "You know... it really would mean so much to me if you won the Best Of Akali. You don't even have to actually win it, but I want to see you try your hardest to". I decided at that moment I would win it no matter what. Once Akali's whole package was teased, I was in the lab for hours every day. The early renditions were pretty horrible ngl but I was motivated as hell to solve the deck. Ayu constantly encouraged me to keep testing and practicing more Riftbound over spending quality time together, which was genuinely painful at times, but it ultimately made the difference. I felt confident going into the RQ (as evident by my numerous tweets) but I never thought it would take me this far. I had a 70%+ win rate in my internal testing but there was always that little voice in my head that casted doubt on the deck I built and my own skill. Plenty of people told me my deck was clunky, un-optimal, and played too many weird/bad cards. However, I knew it was working for me, so I stuck with my gut (and I'm so glad I did). Fast forward to when I was setting up for my top 8 match on stage, Ayu came by to wave to me, and I had to quickly message her to leave because I was tearing up and getting emotionally overwhelmed by simply looking at her. Being reminded of her sacrifice and support and seeing it pay off in real time was just too much for me to handle. Anyways, I'm super happy I was able to lock in for the last few matches and take it home. My goal for this event (besides the Best Of) was top 8, but winning it all was a nice cherry on top of course x) I wanted to give a special shout out to: @GhaelWindss and my locals for cooking me every skirmish @Linsanitylol, @KitzuoLoL, @OnlyRengar for testing with me everyday and helping me hone my list and of course Ayu for supporting me every step of the way ❤️

GoricaLoL's tweet photo. What an unbelievable weekend.

When Akali got teased way back in set 2, my partner @ayukuraaa jokingly told me that I'd have to win the Best Of for her when she comes out.

We joked about it over the months leading up to Vendetta, but one night she said "You know... it really would mean so much to me if you won the Best Of Akali. You don't even have to actually win it, but I want to see you try your hardest to". I decided at that moment I would win it no matter what.

Once Akali's whole package was teased, I was in the lab for hours every day. The early renditions were pretty horrible ngl but I was motivated as hell to solve the deck.

Ayu constantly encouraged me to keep testing and practicing more Riftbound over spending quality time together, which was genuinely painful at times, but it ultimately made the difference.

I felt confident going into the RQ (as evident by my numerous tweets) but I never thought it would take me this far. I had a 70%+ win rate in my internal testing but there was always that little voice in my head that casted doubt on the deck I built and my own skill.

Plenty of people told me my deck was clunky, un-optimal, and played too many weird/bad cards. However, I knew it was working for me, so I stuck with my gut (and I'm so glad I did).

Fast forward to when I was setting up for my top 8 match on stage, Ayu came by to wave to me, and I had to quickly message her to leave because I was tearing up and getting emotionally overwhelmed by simply looking at her. Being reminded of her sacrifice and support and seeing it pay off in real time was just too much for me to handle.

Anyways, I'm super happy I was able to lock in for the last few matches and take it home. My goal for this event (besides the Best Of) was top 8, but winning it all was a nice cherry on top of course x)

I wanted to give a special shout out to:

@GhaelWindss and my locals for cooking me every skirmish
@Linsanitylol, @KitzuoLoL, @OnlyRengar for testing with me everyday and helping me hone my list

and of course Ayu for supporting me every step of the way ❤️

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ckinsigniaPtolemyV @ckinsignia

17 days ago

@lwillet96 @KashMann27 @CameronShenoy unfortunately … some people in SG is just disgusting and urgent for the points. That being said , i fully support your passion for the game and i hope the next time you come back to SG you have a better experiece

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トレカむき@パワー系ストーリーテラー

@torekaneki

19 days ago

何年もの付き合いになる友人が、親の借金で苦しんでいたそんな状態が数年続いていたが、金を貸してくれと言われた事は一度もなかった 3年前、その友人に初めて金を貸してくれと言われた泣きながらもう死ぬしかないとその姿を見てすごく心が痛んだ家に帰ってからもずっと地面にひれ伏している友人の姿がずっと目に焼きついていたその3日後、200万貸した無期限、無利子で友人は泣きながら、ありがとうありがとうとずっと繰り返したその日中にすぐに借金を完済したそこから友人は、寝る間を惜しんで仕事に打ち込み、5年の月日をかけて年商10億の会社を作り上げた借金も満額返済してもらった現在は家庭も持ち、奥さんと子供に囲まれて幸せそうな生活を送っているそんな友人はガンダムカードが昔から好きで生活が安定してからはずっとプレイしていたようだ私とはしばらくの間、疎遠になってしまっていたが、今日久しぶりに連絡が来た友人「渡したいものがあるんだ」久しぶりに会った友人は、良い時計をつけて品もあり一流に見えた友人「最近は疎遠になってしまっていたけど、あの日の事を忘れた日はないよ。お礼を渡したくて来てもらったんだ」そう言って渡されたのは画像のカードだった私「まだガンダムカード続けていたんだね。でもこれシリアルナンバー入りの超高いカードだよ？本当にいいの？」友人「あの日がなければ、そのカードも手に入ってはいない。 ◯◯(私の名前)に渡すことは、そのカード以上の価値がある」私「ありがとう。ありがたく受け取るね」そのまま解散となったが、友人とは一生付き合っていくことになるだろう何がきっかけで人生が変わるか、それは誰にも分からない。自分の小さな行動が相手の人生を大きく変えてしまう事もある。あなたには大切な人がいますか？という夢を見た。