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Let me start by saying, that my fiancee Erica and I would like to thank Wizards for connecting us via this wonderful game! To all the haters of the current version of wheel chat all I can say is: communicating in Magic Arena requires certain time to master, but it's so worth it in the end!
Ok, so a couple of months ago I was playing a random game when I faced "Morse_code_Erica". I checked that username but didn't give it much thought at first, answering her "Hello!" with mine. But after her first "Hello!" there came a second, third and forth, followed by pause, and then "Hello" twice again. As I was about to mute this obvious troll as I always do when idiots start to spam the chat wheel, I suddenly remembered something. Back in my good old scout days, in summer camp we used to fool around and try to talk in Morse code verbally, like, instead of saying "Let's go!" I'd yell out "Dot-dot-slash-dot-slash-dot-dot-dot-slash-dot!" and everyone would understand, because, well, we were nerds and had too much of spare time on our hands.
Anyway, the sequence of hello's suddenly felt so familiar that I didn't click the "mute" button. My eyebrows raised as I remembered the most common code I've used myself a decade ago: "dot-dot-dot-pause-dot-dot". Still not being sure, I replied Morse_code_Erica the same way, saying "Hi" in Nerd language. And as soon as I did that, she started typing like crazy! Instantly I picked up that "Hello" stands for dot and "Good game" (lol) meant dash - that's it! Of course, I'd never figure it out if it weren't for her nickname, but still, I felt quite proud! Obviously, the game itself wasn't the center of attention, we were roping and simply delaying, luckily it was Bo3 and when finally the first round went to her, naturally, she let me win the second one so we could "chat" longer. The first thing she typed was "how r u?" (dot dot dot dot dash dash dash dash dot dash dash dot dash dot dot dot dash, which translated into "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Good game" "Good game" "Good game" "Good game" "Hello" "Good game" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Hello" "Good game"), I answered "fine" with... well, you get the point :)
As you can imagine, even by roping like crazy and going to our third game, time wasn't on our side. She managed to ask "what ur name", I answered. She said she liked it, then said where she was from, turned out it was Europe, same as I! Once I had to answer my phone and lost her "typing" for a second and couldn't keep up, so had to say "repeat" and she started over.
Our third game was close to end, both our reserve time was nearly over, when she said "I facebook Erica M...." - and she ran out of time and lost the match! All I could manage to say was: "Hello!" - and the fairy tale was over.
Without much hope I searched for Erica M on facebook, but there were thousands of results, it was pointless. And though we exchanged just a bunch of phrases, I felt we did have some special connection. After reviewing my options, I decided that the only realistic way to find her was to get to connect to her in-game again, and so... the longest 8 days of my life began. Any spare moment I got I'd queue up for the same standard Ranked Bo3 in hopes I'd find her again. Even though prior to this encounter I was just a couple of games away from hitting Mythic for the first time, I started the matches and immediately disconnected as soon as I checked the username. I tanked to the bottom of Diamond 4 in the first hour of my search, but I felt it was worth it. And, like I said, 8 days later, the Wizards have finally answered my prayers! As soon as I saw " Morse_code_Erica", she started "typing" her family name. The moment she finished, I looked her up in facebook, there was only one with that name, I added her and instantly got accepted! Turned out, she was also looking for me, but couldn't find. We typed so quickly with actual words for a change - it felt insane! And yes, this wild adventure connected us on such level, that we spent the whole night chatting. And the next day, and the one after that... 2 weeks later I was already on a plane and... well, the rest is history :)
Yesterday I gathered all my will and proposed - and she said yes!
So again, Wizards, thank you so much for your chat wheel - I think if it was just an ordinary chat like everyone here demands, then none of this'd happened! So don't listen to these haters! Stay true and don't ever change, Arena!
Just kidding. Your chat wheel sucks.
The story is made up obviously: chicks don't mtg.
CHAT WHEN WIZARDS??
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