
John Glasson, one of the authors of the book Urban Planning, is Professor of Environmental Planning and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) at Oxford Brookes University. He is also Visiting Professor at Curtin University Continue reading
Author Archives: Mark Ian Alloso
Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Activities at CONQuest

We have prepared a list of activities for the CONQuest event, the first eSports convention here in Iloilo city. Given the priority for the tutorial and learning to play booth with those interested in the game, the Modern tournament is also one of the features. Here below are the details.
XLN Standard Deck Tech: Grixis Aggro

One of the interesting Standard deck builds i have found from the PPTQ results last week was this version of a Grixis Aggro. The deck was piloted by Caio Amaral and he took down the tournament with the metagame of Temur Energy and Ramunap Red decks. Continue reading
Iloilo City on Serote’s Urban Forms
An urban form is defined as the physical characteristics that make up built-up areas, including the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. It refers not only to the physical layout and design of the city but also to the spatial pattern of human activities at a certain point in time. Continue reading
My BR Decklist for the Visayan Champs

This is the decklist I planned to pilot at the Visayan Championships 2017, held in Cebu last weekend. Good thing the beatdown from the late-night playtesting made me do a major adjustment in the deck setup.
Continue readingMagic: the Gathering XLN Standard Decks: Grixis Midrange

I continue to find interesting deck builds in Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix tournaments around the world. Another sighting is this midrange build of the Grixis colors (Black/Red/Blue) from GP Atlanta.
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