Subject: Just thinking
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:03:53 -0400
From: eeyoo <eeyoo@aol.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc

I realized that every single one of my decks now is made up like a
tournament deck, so I made up the newest version of Purgatory.  I feel
like I have an obligation to some of the younger and less competitive
players to be able to pull out a deck that isn't a top of the line stone
cold killer deck once in a while.  Every once in a while I need a
reminder of that tho, and last Tuesday was a good one.

This 18 year old UVM student came down with his 'killer' decks.  I'd
just remade my ww geddon deck, so I played him a couple games.  he
played a 3rd turn Skull of Orm, 4th turn put a relic ward on it and
played a soul shepherd.

When I geddoned the 3rd time that game he made a funny growling sound
and turned a bright shade of purple.

He pulled out deck after deck, I smashed them all.  I kept switching
decks, and found myself doing something I hate; cheating by
underplaying.

I don't mind losing with a 'fun' deck, by it's my intention to always
PLAY it as if I intended to win.  It's the design of the deck that
classifies it anyway, and scrubs feel just as good beating a good player
with a bad deck as they'd feel if he had a good one.  And as long as I
play as well as I can with what I have in the deck, it doesn't hurt me a
bit, and can help keep others less skilled interested in the game.

Because in the final analysis, that's what it's going to take to keep
this game alive.  Not the Pro Tour, not the MTV spots, not overgrown
adolescents crying, whining, and generally acting like spoiled children
who didn't get their way.  The scrubs are the core of the game, and the
most significant thing about Magic is that_it's_fun.

A little bit of preaching, a little bit of rambling.....

alan webster