08-02-2003, 08:52 AM
I, thankfully, was never swept up in the actual physical Magic craze. It cost way too much money, and I had way too little. I can't even remember how old I was when it first came out, but by the time I could start affording it barely, I felt I was too far behind to catch up.
Anyhow, being a responsible older brother and a consummate stategy gamer, I ended up getting caught up in my first CCG when my brother got caught up in the Yugi-Oh craze. I had always been interested in reading Magic strategy articles even though I'd never played, and I wanted to help hone my brother's skills at strategic thinking...anticipation, prediction, awareness, and planning. Oddly enough, I have my own Yugi-Oh deck sitting on my desk right now and I need but glance to look at it. My brother constantly asks to practice by dueling me.
My deck is very cheap. I custom built most of it for about 40 bucks. Not too bad when I hear about the fortunes some kids spend on it. Lucky blokes with their parents with bottomless wallets.
Recently, I've been exposed to an application that allows you to play MTG for free online, which is probably piracy, and as such...if Bolty or some admin thinks I shouldn't even mention it, feel free to edit this paragraph out of this post! I just know I would never have played Magic unless I became a millionaire without this thing. Thank god for that too, because I would've sunk a fortune into it, which I guess is the point...because it's so damn addicting. I gravitate away from it as much as possible, the last thing I need is to get sucked into that. My time is divided enough to begin with!
-Grim-
Anyhow, being a responsible older brother and a consummate stategy gamer, I ended up getting caught up in my first CCG when my brother got caught up in the Yugi-Oh craze. I had always been interested in reading Magic strategy articles even though I'd never played, and I wanted to help hone my brother's skills at strategic thinking...anticipation, prediction, awareness, and planning. Oddly enough, I have my own Yugi-Oh deck sitting on my desk right now and I need but glance to look at it. My brother constantly asks to practice by dueling me.
My deck is very cheap. I custom built most of it for about 40 bucks. Not too bad when I hear about the fortunes some kids spend on it. Lucky blokes with their parents with bottomless wallets.
Recently, I've been exposed to an application that allows you to play MTG for free online, which is probably piracy, and as such...if Bolty or some admin thinks I shouldn't even mention it, feel free to edit this paragraph out of this post! I just know I would never have played Magic unless I became a millionaire without this thing. Thank god for that too, because I would've sunk a fortune into it, which I guess is the point...because it's so damn addicting. I gravitate away from it as much as possible, the last thing I need is to get sucked into that. My time is divided enough to begin with!
-Grim-
Kwansu, dudes! - A whole bunch of Patu San citizens.