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From: "Bourgault, Patrick" <pbourgau@***.CA>
Subject: Re: Cyber-psychosis
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 07:32:00 PDT
Bourgault, Patrick wrote:

> Another thing, if cards are marked as Commun, Uncommun, Rare, or Promo,
> it's only to make people buy more cards, favorise trading, and putting
> high prices on rarer cards (does Magic ring a bell ??). Don't get me
> wrong on this; I'm in the loop and I'm glad but still, you got to admit
> that this kind of product was built to make serious money !!!
>
> One last thing, I think you should compare cards by what they do
> (advantages vs drawbacks) and not by there rarety. If you had every
> cards 4 times, would you build the same deck as your current top deck
??
> I think not well, I my prime deck would be different !!!!

I disagree on Your rarity opinion. Sure, Rare cards are sought by
collectors, but the game?s supposed to be fun, too. Imagine what would
happen if everyone had access to any number of any now rare card.
Everybody would be playing only extremest Bruiser or Money-Stealer
decks. This would ruin tourneys, since people tend to play fierce rather
than fun in tourneys. The way it is, there?s at least a larger chance
not to face 4 Ice Queens, Fuchis, or Skwrarks. ---Felix

I missed that out. You're right. Fortunately, I play with people who
likes to have challenges, so we don't have big bruiser decks. I have a
deck that might be considered a bruiser deck. Half of the runners are
orks, but the deck has two flaws: no conjuring and no social. The social
flaw is the meanest. Just imagine my deck with Ragnarock... Anyway, I
put these flaws so that my opponents have a chance to stop me. Just to
give me a chance, I'll put Redirect Datatrail, Sleep, Invisibility, or
even change a runner for Duncan, but in the end, its still a flaw.

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