The Observor: On the Subject of Fame

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Nate Price

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  1. My sentiment is vote for Saito. In Baseball, older voters cling to the concept of “First Ballot votes”. Sometimes they understand that a player is HoF worthy, but since _____(lets say an all time top 20 player) didn’t make it first ballot, this ____(all time top 50 player), shouldn’t be a first ballot entry. This person, knowingly understands that the latter player is deserving and plans to vote for him eventually. However, he will obstruct this player in the first year for a reason I believe is petty. What is past is past. We are looking at a player who is beyond deserving, who is unquestionably a HoFer.

    So what marks the difference between someone who enters on the first ballot and someone who doesn’t? They’re all HoFers. Will what people remember about Saito be that he got in on his second time on the ballot? Objectively, a person is a HoFer if he is a HoFer. To temporarily delay a vote for someone is nonsense. They don’t suddenly become a HoFer because it’s his second ballot. His alleged “cheating” either disqualifies him from the HoF or it doesn’t.

    (My Bias: <3 SAITO. <3 NASSIF TOO. So terrible, watching Nassif play fills me with such glee)

  2. My bias would go towards Bram Snepvangers (huge resume and did a *lot* for the game), but I really don’t know enough about enough players to make a well-informed decision.

    Saito I would probably vote for, though. He’s a real master and ‘bribery’ is such a strange thing in MtG. Plus, it was frickin’ 9 years ago! If he’s still cheating then he’s pretty damn proficient at it because he plays plenty of feature matches and he does just fine.

    Other than that, Nassif is obvious. I would vote for Finkel and Kibler too. Finkel has been around and has lead a crusade against cheating, which is something I personally despise too (note: still voting Saito and I don’t think that’s contradictory). Kibler just seems like an all-around great guy. He’s very outgoing, has played magic forever and is always fun to hear from on ggslive or whereever. Seems like a great guy and a real ambassador for magic.

    Hmm, guess I can fill up a ballot:
    Saito, Snepvangers, Nassif, Finkel and Kibler.

  3. Like you said, I think Saito deserves to make it in and probably will, regardless of whichever way you vote.
    To me it doesn’t matter if a player is on their first year of eligibility or say their fourth. If he deserves to get in, I would vote for him.

    I would also vote for tsuyoshi ikeda