I made my lifelong friends playing competitive magic the gathering in college. It was thousands of hours together, playtesting, improving our game, trading, goi

I made my lifelong friends playing competitive magic the gathering in college. It was thousands of hours together, playtesting, improving our game, trading, going to tournments across Europe... All done on a tiny budget, which created hardship, which helped the bonding. It would be impossible to expend anywhere near this level of time commitment while holding a full-time job BTW.