| From: | hansen <hansen@********.COM.SG> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Stupid stores |
| Date: | Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:29:36 +0800 |
NC
>>>>and the three stores that sell CCG's are Magic happy and don't want
anything
>>>>to do with SR.<<
>>
>>You know, this makes my blood boil. Why aren't more stores intelligent
>>enough to carry the good CCGs and encourage play in the store? If you
>>show people a cool game, they'll buy it/play it. That's my philosophy
>>anyway. Some stores are so intent on selling Magic that they ignore all
>>else and cheat themselves out of customers (and their customers out of
>>new games).
>
>Unfortunately, players are usually JUST as idiotic. Only because people in
>our area knew our group thru Magic have we been able to spread other games.
>I tried showing the 40 or so Magic players up here L5R & Shadowrun... not
>ONE of them gave me an answer other than "I don't have money for another
>game" or "I don't have time for another game." By the end, I just felt
>like screaming "You f---ing losers, you're playing MAGIC!!!! If you only
>have money for one game try a game with some consistent judging and
>honorable players and a rules system that makes f---ing sense some
>time!!!!" But I didn't. :-) Maybe I should have.
>
Money makes the world go round and if something sells everybody will want to
play it... M:tG is a perfect example, the big tournaments offer big money
prizes which attract more players... Cards go up ridiculously in price...
When I didn't have a job about a year ago, I lived off M:tG... However, I do
play (at least for fun) alotta other games (NR, Btech, ME:tW, SRTCG, Rage)
just to name a few. Now, I view M:tG as just a way to support my other
hobbies; I play draft, sell the cards I win, and if I can't sell them I
build a deck using them to attempt to make them salable... M:tG has become
to expensive to play in constructed (I mean $20 for a Mox Diamond????)...
Thank you for listen to my rambling, we now return to our regularly
scheduled program...
