Subject: Misc (Re: people who play for fun)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:34:05 +0200
From: "Watermeyer Family" <gjw@icon.co.za>
To: <fkusumot@ix.netcom.com>

This subject of  Fun VS. Winning seems to remind me slightly of a deck
archtype...  Stasis   (Turbo, Chrono, Any form you please)

90% (From my perspective) of players hate playing agains`t Stasis, not
because it is unbeatable, but because it is boring.  From another 
perspective, that of my friend, who is a Stasis player, Is that it is a 
great deck to play... To me I think he enjoyed Magic for aspect of Winning.  
While I would change to a completely different deck every week to 2 weeks, 
he would constantly tune his deck, never dropping it.

Perhaps what I`m trying to get at is that "Variety is the spice of Life"
and that is what most of us  *Fun* players feel.  It is not fun repeating
match after match when it is Clear Cut and Decided who will win.  There is 
no Variety.

When you compare a match of Stasis Vs Red-burn to a match between two 100
Card highlander decks,  The one you would prefer to watch/play would be the
highlander match. The Reason is the Variety of Card and variety of
play/strategy
As for Deck Building Skills, to try build an effective 100 card highlander
deck is at least as challenging if not more so for the need of original
thought needed.

In Conclusion, what most of us *fun* players (whether they`re competitive
or not) is Variation/Intresting of play. Think of the last time you were
Slaughtered, but
in such an Unique original way that you could not help but be Inspired by
It.

P.S. If you Want them to be happy and give you a real challenge, Give them
the allowance of the use of proxies, You`ll enjoy the results! (So will
they)

Cheers People
               Quorg

gjw@icon.co.za
Gerald Watermeyer