# How to get second place at a PTQ and not be too torn up about it except your podcast cohost gives you a hard time for it because he expects better because you wrote *THE* article about winning PTQs

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Podcast: [Spike Colony](https://stenobird.com/podcast/spike-colony-6420017)
Published: 2025-10-07T14:53:18+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spikecolony/episodes/How-to-get-second-place-at-a-PTQ-and-not-be-too-torn-up-about-it-except-your-podcast-cohost-gives-you-a-hard-time-for-it-because-he-expects-better-because-you-wrote-THE-article-about-winning-PTQs-e3977v0
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