On Going Pro At Magic - The Gathering

VonGuard writes "It's been 12 years since Magic: the Gathering was released, by WotC, and the game is now six million players strong. The East Bay Express has a long-form piece narrating the trials and tribulations of a man who's trying to turn pro at this addictive trading card game . Richard Garfield is always demanding the mind athletes be treated with the same respect as physical athletes. As you can see in the story, however, we're not quite there yet."

Comments

Re:throw new LanguageDilutionException();

[knife_in_winter]

Hey, maybe you should read ALL the definitions of the word athlete before you over impress everyone with your, what is that, stupidity?

To quote, for others who are perhaps too freaking LAZY to read down that far:

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

So, yes, smartass; as dumb as it sounds, Gary Kasparov is a "Mind Athlete".

By the way, how the hell did you manage to spell athlete correctly the first them, but then incorrectly as athelete?

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Re:Rich Kid Wins syndrome

[SuiteSisterMary]

I still says the finest CCG ever was the original Jyhad, with no expansions.