Unfortunately for me, I only know one way to play games--rip their insides out, analyze them, and then try to put them back together as best I can. I try to stay away from the term addiction...dilligence has a nicer ring :)
Just playing when I had nothing else to do wasn't an option for me. I lived at tournaments. I played very heavily for a few years, and then I realized that to hit the next level (to really get good), I would have to shell out money to do some real traveling (across country/perhaps even other countries), start teaming up with people other than my close buddies, and so on. So I decided that the amount of money and time I was spending to stay current with the game was getting outrageous. And college was the nail in the coffin. Other games can offer one a similar amount of enjoyment for a smaller monetary cost (though not necessarily a smaller temporal cost).
But! I don't mean to paint addiction Magic in a negative light :) The money I spent on Magic wasn't for cardboard, it was for comradery; and maybe more importantly, for competition. It stings me a little bit when I see people posting about having fun playing Magic--because it really is fun--and because one of these times I'm just going to figure "the hell with it!" and jump back in :)
-Thought just occurred to me....the friend that originally taught me the game is of Phillippine descent B)
EDIT: GL at Prerelease. Hope you decided to go!
Just playing when I had nothing else to do wasn't an option for me. I lived at tournaments. I played very heavily for a few years, and then I realized that to hit the next level (to really get good), I would have to shell out money to do some real traveling (across country/perhaps even other countries), start teaming up with people other than my close buddies, and so on. So I decided that the amount of money and time I was spending to stay current with the game was getting outrageous. And college was the nail in the coffin. Other games can offer one a similar amount of enjoyment for a smaller monetary cost (though not necessarily a smaller temporal cost).
But! I don't mean to paint addiction Magic in a negative light :) The money I spent on Magic wasn't for cardboard, it was for comradery; and maybe more importantly, for competition. It stings me a little bit when I see people posting about having fun playing Magic--because it really is fun--and because one of these times I'm just going to figure "the hell with it!" and jump back in :)
-Thought just occurred to me....the friend that originally taught me the game is of Phillippine descent B)
EDIT: GL at Prerelease. Hope you decided to go!
-jms
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