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>He was a keen gamer so we played Magic: the Gathering a few times. In my experience there are a lot of ultra competitive people who play magic, who exist most

>He was a keen gamer so we played Magic: the Gathering a few times. In my experience there are a lot of ultra competitive people who play magic, who exist mostly to create decks to see how much suffering they can cause. It's an interesting subculture.

YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago
Eh, no, I don't like hurting people (and I usually don't brag like that; I don't think I've ever used the term "kicked his ass" before). It's just, I was working at the industry at the time so I had a lot of money to spend on things I really shouldn't be spending it on, for example lots of M:tG rares. The deck I think my colleague was the most pissed off about was a Karn deck with the Urzatron. On its face that sounds like a net deck except mine included Spine of Ish Shah and Claws of Gix to recurse it which I think most serious players would consider garbage (I'm totally a Johnny kind of player; winning is only good if it's on my own terms). I only played that deck a couple of times because it's true that it wasn't a very nice deck to play in a casual environment, it would probably be banned from casual nights. But then even my wacky rogue decks with all the trash rares that I never thought would win caused the guy pain. I'm not sure how to find a good balance between a deck that I enjoy playing and that works well and a deck that doesn't offend a casual player. To be honest. So I guess it's really stupid to brag about kicking that guy's ass. I just failed to adjust to the level of the game and I made the whole experience sour for him. He even mentioned that some of his casual playmates who alsoplayed competitively adviced him on what cards to buy so he could beat me. That's just bad.
- LegitShady 7y ago
  It wasn't my intention to imply you were that type of person, rather that he might have been one of the ultra competitive types.

YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago

Eh, no, I don't like hurting people (and I usually don't brag like that; I don't think I've ever used the term "kicked his ass" before). It's just, I was working at the industry at the time so I had a lot of money to spend on things I really shouldn't be spending it on, for example lots of M:tG rares. The deck I think my colleague was the most pissed off about was a Karn deck with the Urzatron. On its face that sounds like a net deck except mine included Spine of Ish Shah and Claws of Gix to recurse it which I think most serious players would consider garbage (I'm totally a Johnny kind of player; winning is only good if it's on my own terms). I only played that deck a couple of times because it's true that it wasn't a very nice deck to play in a casual environment, it would probably be banned from casual nights. But then even my wacky rogue decks with all the trash rares that I never thought would win caused the guy pain. I'm not sure how to find a good balance between a deck that I enjoy playing and that works well and a deck that doesn't offend a casual player. To be honest. So I guess it's really stupid to brag about kicking that guy's ass. I just failed to adjust to the level of the game and I made the whole experience sour for him. He even mentioned that some of his casual playmates who alsoplayed competitively adviced him on what cards to buy so he could beat me. That's just bad.

LegitShady 7y ago
It wasn't my intention to imply you were that type of person, rather that he might have been one of the ultra competitive types.