Subject: Unglued: You're not the only one who cares Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 13:47:20 -0400 From: "Bruce Cofman" To: In response to the article, Unglued: does anybody really care? I must say that I do. I've been playing MTG since Legends and Unlimited. I have so many cards that I don't know what to do with them (50,000+). Sometimes I build large towers, flip them into a hat or I even play with them the way they were intended. I've tried the tourney scene with good results, but I keep getting older and the players seem to get mentally younger. I don't need to play MTG for money or fame. That's why I have a real job. It only took a couple of "bad seeds" to drive me away from the local stores and tourneys and into my home. If I want to watch someone throw a fit because they lost a game, I'll spend some time at a local daycare instead. My mother also told me that cheaters never prosper, but I guess she never played bridge with the organizers and top players of the DCI. (Disclaimer: I'm not saying that the entire system is corrupt, but the bad usually brings notice to itself more than the good.) This is another reason why I've stopped judging alltogether. Too much whining and dealing with people who feel they are superior. Why? I'm not sure. Again its only a game. Now, I play with a select group of friends who share my similar tastes. That is how Magic has been able to maintain the fun for me that I originally discovered years ago. Now WOTC has released a set geared towards me and my "beer-drinking buddies": UNGLUED. I've just read a spoiler list and I plan on enjoying myself to the fullest extent as I make an ass out of myself in a positive way. (I'll even do this in a non-tournement setting where this is usually as a negative result and seems to have become the norm.) How can I not enjoy cards that can make my opponent get me another beer? (Ashnod's Coupon) Or others that make me sing (Clam Session) or talk in rhymes? (I'm Rubber, You're Glue) I will crush everyone with Minotaur that has denimwalk (If defending player is wearing any denim, this creature is unblockable). I will dance the Hokey Pokey and I will chug a beer if necessary. But everyone needs to notice this set. My plea is that these so-called serious Magic players try to lighten up and try some Unglued or at least stop being so shitty and almighty to everyone they play against. There is no reason for this game to be taken so seriously and if it was up to me, I'd stop the Pro Tour and everything remotely like it. People need to realize that this is only a game and there is more to life. God, go on a date, get some sun or at least take a bath. (This last comment was directed at towards the many "stinky" MTG players I've met. And I don't mean just scrub-type gameplay.) I'm stepping off my soapbox now, Bruce Cofman simon-the-cat@msn.com Inactive (By Choice) Level II Judge Send me a message even if it is only to tell me I'm being a dick.