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I dunno, I also played a lot of competitive M:tG, between 17 and 22, but I found it very fulfilling. I made some of my life-long friends through it, I went to p

I dunno, I also played a lot of competitive M:tG, between 17 and 22, but I found it very fulfilling. I made some of my life-long friends through it, I went to places all over Europe (for tournaments) and overall had a ton of fun. That was mostly before the advent of Magic Online, I understand that now Magic can be largely played like other online video games (plus the skill level is way higher, because the most obsessed people can just practice 100 hours per week), whereas in the past it explicitly required you to socialize to have playtesting partners, borrow cards, split rides to tournaments etc.

touchofevil 10y ago
The social aspect of the game was definitely the best part for me as well. I met great people who were outside of my usual social circle through the game and that was fantastic. I never touched Magic Online, thankfully. I was always trying to come up with some new combo or some deck that had never been tried before and because of that I had a tendency to think about the game a lot. I liked the mad science aspect of deck building, but that took up a lot of time. I don't play anymore, but I'm always right on the brink of getting back into the game and I follow the current competitive decks. Just the other day I spent several hours designing decks after I realized that you could exploit Key to the City by tapping it with Pacification Array in standard. After spending about 5 hours going down rabbit holes coming up with decklists, I realized I had just wasted most of the day and that I would have to commit further time to actually playing one of those decks at a FNM tournament. I was hit with a familiar feeling of regret for wasting time. That feeling often gnawed at me after having played Magic when I was younger. I guess you could say I have a love/hate relationship with Magic.

touchofevil 10y ago

The social aspect of the game was definitely the best part for me as well. I met great people who were outside of my usual social circle through the game and that was fantastic. I never touched Magic Online, thankfully. I was always trying to come up with some new combo or some deck that had never been tried before and because of that I had a tendency to think about the game a lot. I liked the mad science aspect of deck building, but that took up a lot of time. I don't play anymore, but I'm always right on the brink of getting back into the game and I follow the current competitive decks. Just the other day I spent several hours designing decks after I realized that you could exploit Key to the City by tapping it with Pacification Array in standard. After spending about 5 hours going down rabbit holes coming up with decklists, I realized I had just wasted most of the day and that I would have to commit further time to actually playing one of those decks at a FNM tournament. I was hit with a familiar feeling of regret for wasting time. That feeling often gnawed at me after having played Magic when I was younger. I guess you could say I have a love/hate relationship with Magic.