I played magic since revised came out in blegium and keep playing until Tempest or smthg like that. At the end i wasn't buying as much cards as before. I was testing decks playing online games with apprentice (a soft to play online) and then, when i was comfortable with the deck, i just had to buy the few cards i needed to play on small local tournements...
Then i quit, having no more time to play as i was traveling. and more than that, WotC had made shut down apprentice site. smthg about copyright...
A few month ago i find out that apprentice was still there, that WotC actually let them make the software (did they lost the trial?) and that many ppl where playing on-line magic. Now i'm a casual on-line player. i don't have to buy any cards and i can play any legal or ilegal deck i want, having virtually all the cards i want. i just have to find opponent on the IRC.
I also play casual games with friends with my 2000+ cards (enough to build several strong and funny deck).
It's fun and all in all i really think paying that much money when i was a kid was worth it. I mean, all my friend spend as much money in CD, other games,... and they don't enjoy it anymore. I still enjoy my cards and the rules and skills i learned...
The cat only kills to keep itself alive
Most cats don't kill to survive or keep alive... They do it while "playing" with the mice... catching it and set it free again because a mice is much more funny than a ball...
sometimes they also kill birds or mices to show you how good they are, and then bring the mice to your bedroom at 6.00 AM as a present...
I love cats
Actually, predicting the future on a scale like this is *really* stupid
Is it really a prediction? For what i see it's just a scientific suggestion based on a matematical model. It may not be perfect but still worth. Hay, they use something similar to convince us to stop using CFC...
It's not stupid to "predict" what will happen in 10, 30 or 50 years. Of course it's in a long time in one life. But most of us will be still alive in that time. And it isn't a long time for humanity.
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I played magic since revised came out in blegium and keep playing until Tempest or smthg like that. At the end i wasn't buying as much cards as before. I was testing decks playing online games with apprentice (a soft to play online) and then, when i was comfortable with the deck, i just had to buy the few cards i needed to play on small local tournements...
Then i quit, having no more time to play as i was traveling. and more than that, WotC had made shut down apprentice site. smthg about copyright... A few month ago i find out that apprentice was still there, that WotC actually let them make the software (did they lost the trial?) and that many ppl where playing on-line magic. Now i'm a casual on-line player. i don't have to buy any cards and i can play any legal or ilegal deck i want, having virtually all the cards i want. i just have to find opponent on the IRC.
I also play casual games with friends with my 2000+ cards (enough to build several strong and funny deck).
It's fun and all in all i really think paying that much money when i was a kid was worth it. I mean, all my friend spend as much money in CD, other games,... and they don't enjoy it anymore. I still enjoy my cards and the rules and skills i learned...
The cat only kills to keep itself alive Most cats don't kill to survive or keep alive... They do it while "playing" with the mice... catching it and set it free again because a mice is much more funny than a ball... sometimes they also kill birds or mices to show you how good they are, and then bring the mice to your bedroom at 6.00 AM as a present... I love cats
Actually, predicting the future on a scale like this is *really* stupid
Is it really a prediction? For what i see it's just a scientific suggestion based on a matematical model. It may not be perfect but still worth. Hay, they use something similar to convince us to stop using CFC...
It's not stupid to "predict" what will happen in 10, 30 or 50 years. Of course it's in a long time in one life. But most of us will be still alive in that time. And it isn't a long time for humanity.