Alright, I'll admit it; I am an avid player of M:tG.
At one point I was spending about 20 dollars a week on the game though (but I havent spent any in the past few months). True, I once did play for...24 hours straight or so (went to a tournament at 5, got back to dorm around 1 in the morning and played with friends til 5 the next day), but in generaly I think I have it under control (of course, all addicts think that). Even so, twenty bucks a month was about the maximum I EVER spent on the game, and for the most part it was 10 dollars a so every two weeks for a booster draft tournament (8 guys get 3 booster packs each, draft their cards, play 3 rounds, and get to keep the cards they draft).
Some people think that M:tG is prohibitively expensive to play; and in a way, it is. If you build EVERY deck ever, then of course it's going to cost you; if you play the most powerful cards of course it will cost you. In reality though, you don't always build every deck. What I do is every once in a while, when I feel like playing standard (the most popular format, that rotates every 2 sets) I research all the decks, find one that isn't ridiculously priced, has cards which I might use for random purposes outside of this deck, and is competitive (can actually win tournaments). After I get tired of playing the deck, or the format rotates, I sell the cards I no longer use, and save the cash until the next time I feel like playing. This way, I can play standard and not break the bank, and I can use the powerful enough cards for my one other deck (for "extended",a format that doesn't rotate as much).
Another way I manage to save money is by drafting. Instead of buying boosters and hoping to pull what I want, through drafting I get to play in tourneys and collect the staple cards for my decks. Furthermore, I can usually trade/sell my winnings and the cards I draft to reduce the cost of playing, or even make some cash. Being able to use cards I drafted to build my deck also defrays the cost.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that Magic: The Gathering isn't all about collecting and who has the best and most expensive cards; you can still have fun without spending a lot of money. Whether it's through playing budget decks with your friends, drafting, or simply being economical, It's possible to not spend that much and still have fun) It's just that many new players and observers seem to think that expensive "god cards" will always win, and that buying individual booster packs is the best way to build a collection and get good cards (It's not; in fact, its rather ineconomical).
the reason there aren't any recommended sound cards is that doom3 relies on cpu power for sound, so it wont make a huge difference whether you have onboard sound or the newst audigy card(creative is evil)
IIRC, in the (awesome, but underrated) guilty gear franchise, one of the male characters, Venom, loves another male character, Zato-1, but his love goes without reciprocation.
So homosexual themes/characters/etc in games has been here for a while, especially in Japanese games, considering the lack of it being a taboo.
I still have a problem with it though (I have seen too much yaoi/homoerotic fanfic for my poor eyes)
Not everyone is a geek, and i know plenty of non-geek regular people buy Celerons.
From any, say...Best Buy ad, you can see cheap celeron based pc's aimed at families buying their (possibly first) computers. All they need is to browse the internet, listen to some mp3's, instant message, and thats about all. Celerons can accomplish that. They don't really care about overclocking or playing doom 3 or benchmarks or much of that.
Also, dell likes to use celeron processors for its lower end systems, so i'm sure dell contributes alot to that.
well, im also considering rather to buy a tablet pc, laptop, or stick with regular methods.
instead of spending all that cash consider using a pen and a notebook for your own notes and a tape/digital sound recorder for the lecture.
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I'd demand pics. Or it didn't happen.
...of these would actually be kinda cool
Alright, I'll admit it; I am an avid player of M:tG.
At one point I was spending about 20 dollars a week on the game though (but I havent spent any in the past few months). True, I once did play for...24 hours straight or so (went to a tournament at 5, got back to dorm around 1 in the morning and played with friends til 5 the next day), but in generaly I think I have it under control (of course, all addicts think that). Even so, twenty bucks a month was about the maximum I EVER spent on the game, and for the most part it was 10 dollars a so every two weeks for a booster draft tournament (8 guys get 3 booster packs each, draft their cards, play 3 rounds, and get to keep the cards they draft).
Some people think that M:tG is prohibitively expensive to play; and in a way, it is. If you build EVERY deck ever, then of course it's going to cost you; if you play the most powerful cards of course it will cost you. In reality though, you don't always build every deck. What I do is every once in a while, when I feel like playing standard (the most popular format, that rotates every 2 sets) I research all the decks, find one that isn't ridiculously priced, has cards which I might use for random purposes outside of this deck, and is competitive (can actually win tournaments). After I get tired of playing the deck, or the format rotates, I sell the cards I no longer use, and save the cash until the next time I feel like playing. This way, I can play standard and not break the bank, and I can use the powerful enough cards for my one other deck (for "extended",a format that doesn't rotate as much).
Another way I manage to save money is by drafting. Instead of buying boosters and hoping to pull what I want, through drafting I get to play in tourneys and collect the staple cards for my decks. Furthermore, I can usually trade/sell my winnings and the cards I draft to reduce the cost of playing, or even make some cash. Being able to use cards I drafted to build my deck also defrays the cost.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that Magic: The Gathering isn't all about collecting and who has the best and most expensive cards; you can still have fun without spending a lot of money. Whether it's through playing budget decks with your friends, drafting, or simply being economical, It's possible to not spend that much and still have fun) It's just that many new players and observers seem to think that expensive "god cards" will always win, and that buying individual booster packs is the best way to build a collection and get good cards (It's not; in fact, its rather ineconomical).
"But my mom says Java is cool!"
"Hal Finney is inviting folks to test drive his new hashcash-based server rpow.net. " /.
Sure, if by "test drive" you mean
yes, except in soviet russia, where employees spy on employers!
uh. then what are you doing reading slashdot? dont the sections kinda tip you off?
the reason there aren't any recommended sound cards is that doom3 relies on cpu power for sound, so it wont make a huge difference whether you have onboard sound or the newst audigy card(creative is evil)
well...isn't doom3 also native for linux?
so maybe its possible to coax doom3 into running on a gamecube, through some forgotten dark arts.
IIRC, in the (awesome, but underrated) guilty gear franchise, one of the male characters, Venom, loves another male character, Zato-1, but his love goes without reciprocation.
So homosexual themes/characters/etc in games has been here for a while, especially in Japanese games, considering the lack of it being a taboo.
I still have a problem with it though (I have seen too much yaoi/homoerotic fanfic for my poor eyes)
What's a "telephone"? Is it like VoIP
Now imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
eh. wtf. its worse than that.
i think im slowly losing math power
It's almost as bad as this number skip:
One!... Two!... Five!
wtf? ethical and wardialing in the same paragraph?
how do you ethically wardial?
well, you don't even have to buy a duron.
IIRC, some of the athlons are competitively priced against the celerons.
Not everyone is a geek, and i know plenty of non-geek regular people buy Celerons. From any, say...Best Buy ad, you can see cheap celeron based pc's aimed at families buying their (possibly first) computers. All they need is to browse the internet, listen to some mp3's, instant message, and thats about all. Celerons can accomplish that. They don't really care about overclocking or playing doom 3 or benchmarks or much of that. Also, dell likes to use celeron processors for its lower end systems, so i'm sure dell contributes alot to that.
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no...i took it and you get 3 hours..
well, im also considering rather to buy a tablet pc, laptop, or stick with regular methods. instead of spending all that cash consider using a pen and a notebook for your own notes and a tape/digital sound recorder for the lecture.
heh...30 minutes...more like 5 the game definitely feels more like a collage than a game. i'm still trying to figure out if there was a point to it.