Subject: To print or not to print deck lists?
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:07:44 -0400
From: kevman12@juno.com (Kevin D Koch)
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

        Unless you've been in a cave you have heard about "the dojo
effect" and the debates that follow.  I think there are positive and
negative sides to printing entire deck lists.  However, it is in my
opinion that the cons outweigh the pros.
        Some people say that it is the not the deck that wins, it is the
player.  While this is true I still have a few problems.  First of all
you can't divide the Magic community into those that can build good decks
and those who can play.  Magic is supposed to be the mixture of those two
qualities.
        If you can remember way back when you first started playing
Magic, you should remember that half the fun was designing your own deck.
 You felt good when you won because it was your idea, it was all you and
nobody else.  Magic has lost that because 99% of us can't design a better
deck than the ones listed on the dojo.  We have slipped into just
accepting these decks as the best and not even trying to build better
ones.  I am tired of being able to predict almost all the cards in my
opponent's deck by turn 3.  This is why blue is so good, you already know
the key cards in the deck to counter.
        I suppose at the dojo you have thought about how eliminating deck
lists would effect your popularity and how your sponsors will respond.
Don't worry about this.  Every person you lose is a scrub trying to get a
deck to copy.  Are you worried about losing your scrub popularity?  I
seriously hope not.
        Stop printing entire deck lists because it is right.  Don't worry
about public demand, they don't realize it but they would be more happy
making their own decks.  You should print deck concepts and combos but
not deck lists.  Printing deck lists kills creativity and creativity is a
fundamental part of Magic.  Magic lives off creativity and the dojo is
unintentionally killing it.  Please stop printing deck lists.
                        Thank you for your time, Kevin Koch.

If you have any comments ( not about my grammar) e-mail me at
kevman12@juno.com


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