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Something I dont understand- Play a 2$ steam game or spend dozens of dollars on card games. Anyone care to explain?
by robertAngst 8y ago
Something I dont understand-
Play a 2$ steam game or spend dozens of dollars on card games.
Anyone care to explain?
- c22 8y agoWhy spend money on games at all? You can dig a hole in the dirt with a pointy stick.
- laurentl 8y agoI’ve got a rare, first edition Pointy Stick in mint condition that I’m willing to sell at a very reasonable price ;)
- brian_herman__ 8y agoPm me with your paypal.
- TuringTest 8y agoBut can we use it in competitive play?
- Pulcinella 8y agoWe’ve banned the Power 6 in my group. They are just too good, especially Pulley and Inclined Plane.
- laurentl 8y agoI’m partial to the Fulcrum + Lever combo. Played well, it’s powerful enough to move the world. Tangentially related anecdote on the Power 9: a play tester claimed he had a card so powerful, he could win all his games with it. It was the Time Twister, which initially stated that “opponent loses next turn” (it meant, of course, that the other player had to skip the next turn). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Nine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Nine
- thom 8y agoI've got an even rarer Pointy Stick misprint where the pointy end is actually blunt.
- the_af 8y agoCards and videogames are entirely different things. There's a physical aspect to the former that can't be replaced with electronic entertainment. This is why I love board games and tabletop miniatures games -- both very expensive hobbies -- even though videogames exist. I like videogames too, by the way.
- Naga 8y agoDozens of dollars? More like hundreds or thousands. But to your point, is all entertainment fungible? I don't think its really comparable. Magic is a competitive, fun game to play with lots of strategy and community behind it. This isn't to say that a $2 Steam game doesn't have those, but people play Magic specifically because it is Magic, not because it is generic entertainment.
- azhenley 8y agoYou can resale the physical cards to recoup some of the cost. MtG has survived far longer than any $2 Steam game.
- mortivore 8y agoThe card games are more fun. I've also spent way more than dozens on both the steam games and the card games.
- moate 8y agoSome people like things. Other people like other things. Value propositions abound.
- thom 8y agoI don't believe any other game is as joyous as Vintage Cube draft on Magic Online, but part of that is sentimentality, I will admit.
- badpun 8y agoI was pretty big into computer (video) games. That all stopped when I got to know magic. I haven't really returned to video games since, they all seem so incredibly shallow in their design compared to magic. Seems like I'm not the only one, I've followed a lot of interviews with Edmund McMillen, the prominent indie game designer (Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy), as, despite designing video games, he seems to be mostly playing Magic too.
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