From:	the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject:	Magic (non-SR; game addiction, tho'...)
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 1994 18:13:23 -0400

On Thu, 28 Apr 1994, DJ Wipeout wrote:

> > A suggestion: NEVER touch the things. EVER. It's not worth the drain
> > on your money.
>
> SERIOUSLY! My roommate and I each bought a starter pack, saying "It's ok,
> it's only one pack each, we'll fiddle with it for awhile and see how it is."
>
> That was 48 hours ago.
>
> I now have 3 starter packs, 6 boosters, and the Player's Guide.
>
> 3*$8 + 6*$3 + $8 = $50.
>
> Ouch.

Yup. My life was fairly boring ten days ago: I got up, did some 'puter
stuff, my errands, thought a little about what classes to register for
next fall, went to work, came home, watched MST3k, did some SR writing,
and went to bed...

Now?

I have mono, so work's out. So now I have no income, but I'm spending a
helluva lot more than my "mad money daily budget" allows. On what?
CARDS!

Take the most dangerous aspects of cards, strategy games, and baseball
card collecting, and you've got Magic. I've singlehandedly, and without
any measurable affort, addicted two close friends (one a roommate), who
are now also broke, and grab their decks whenever a clod of free thyme
appears. I just purchased twenty booster packs of an out-of-print series
with the intention of biting the $30+ loss for now and selling them
through e-auctions several months from now.

On top of purchasing Paradise Lost (not bad) and FoF.

I can't see my friends because all they want to do is play. The
collector in me has cut my desire to play in favor of sealing all the
good cards to sell in the future.

And yet I still want to buy. Buy. Buy...

I feel dirty. Ashamed.

The sad thing is, when I'm finally making $50000 a year (God permitting),
I'll have no desire to do this, or any frineds to do this with...

Ten days. Argh...

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