Chit Chat Challenge World Championship 2025 Event Report!
Wowza! What a weekend. Another Chit Chat Challenge World Champs is in the books!
Somewhere between a peaceful lakeside retreat and an unregulated cardboard asylum, eleven brave souls gathered for the Chit Chat World Championship, a high-stakes, low-sanity celebration of Old School Magic: The Gathering.
This was a great gathering, one that ol' Dicky G would be proud of.
The rules were simple:
Play ATL ’93-’94 Magic.
Talk trash.
Don’t drop your cards into the lake.
Wait your turn for the poop canoe.
There are no bathrooms at the CCCWC so we had to take a canoe
and row out into the water far enough to pee/poo. If you zoom in a
little, you can see Jordan paddling his way back. There were lots of
beers being drunk, so there was always a small line for the canoe.
The Attenders:
Parker – The dedicated host. Declared “it’s just for fun” moments before playing turn-one Library of Alexandria.
Amy – The LORD OF THE SMOKE PIT, the grillmeister, she made everyone feel at home, and made sure nobody died!
Jordan – The control player everyone wishes they were, the best in the biz at alpha card detection.
Antonio – Known for turning every game into a philosophical discussion about whether Serra Angel could beat 2 bears in a fair fight.
Maria – The undisputed queen of keeping her board state neater than an army barracks.
Matt – Had more bills than the ducks, and tech so spicy it should’ve come with a Scoville warning.
Nick S. – The combo scientist; banned from casual conversation for using the word “synergy” too often.
Joven – The namesake of Joven’s House of 1000 creases and a man who has destroyed more cardboard than a recycling truck..
Darin – The event’s winner, official instigator, and spiritual mascot.
Tom – Arrived with a binder full of dreams and a deck box full of chaff. Trades?
Larry Garfield – Allegedly designed a Magic set once, also allegedly owns a playmat.
Chris –Played Mono-Black, because smiling is for people without Hypnotic Specters.
Honorable mentions to our "Webcam Challengers" who were sadly left out as we all got too drunk to work a computer.
You are not forgotten, and WILL be getting promos.
Noah GS,
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The Lake Incidents
Chris and Parker played a match on a f*kn boat.
Maria quietly dismantled opponents while smiling in a way that said, “I’m sorry,” but her Juzam Djin said, “I’m not.”
Matt countered three spells in a row, including his own, just to make a statement.
Nick S. declared himself “King of Value,” and was immediately voted off the dock.
Darin topdecked like a god, winning several matches and at least one moral victory.
Antonio spent so long calculating life totals that a nearby duck evolved thumbs and started sleeving cards.
Larry Garfield got to relive his glory days by actually casting Chains of Mephistopholes, which caused time to stop both in-game and emotionally for everyone else.
Chris ran a spicy brew involving…no wait, it was just mono black.
Jordan’s deck achieved sentience and started tutoring for itself.
Matt dried someones tears with a $100 bill when they lost.
At least one Chaos Orb was “successfully resolved” onto a floating beer can.
Someone (we’re looking at you, Joven) tried to wash their duals in the lake for that “fresh look.”
Larry Garfield nearly made love to a chicken tender.
Someone suggested next year’s event include a “No Power, No Pants” rule — though that one didn’t get seconded (publicly).
Tom played against Joven in an unsleeved game of AB40 on a plank of wood next to a firepit; nobody has trusted them since.
Pics or it didn't happen. (In no particular order)
The Top 4
Parker, Darin, Maria, Chris
When the campfire smoke cleared, only one mage stood triumphant.
After hours of grueling battles, desperate top decks, and a few questionable rulings,
the 2025 Chit Chat World Champion was crowned:
🥇 Darin, whose calm mastery, surgical precision, and serene dominance proved once and for all that kindness is just another form of control magic.
Final Thoughts
In the end, the Chit Chat Championship wasn’t about winning —
it was about camaraderie, nostalgia, and drunkenly arguing whether
Chaos Orb still works if it lands in the water.
As the sun set over the lake, eleven cardboard warriors packed up their decks, their dignity, and their wet sleeves, already planning for next year. Until then — may your sleeves be sticky with rib grease, your draws be fair, and your opponents always forget their upkeep triggers.
Hope to keep the magic going at the AB40 World Champs in January:
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