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Magic and Me...
I have a few things
that I would like to get off my chest.
It has really been a
long time since I did anything Magic related for
my website as well as on the playing side of
things.
Firstly, I would like
to apologise to all the loyal Magic players out
there that visited the site regularly to have a
look at what my meanderings were for the week.
You guys are the reason why I am giving the
website attention again.
Then to my loyal and
faithful friends that have never abandoned the
game of Magic nor shunned me as I took my
sabbatical from Magic.
Now the questions
remain, what and why and all things in between.
When I made my
intentions known to my friends that I was taking
a break from Magic, they all smiled and said
that I must just make one promise.
“DON’T sell your
cards!”
At first, I was
perplexed that they did not want to talk me out
of taking a break, but rather make sure that my
collection of cards stayed in my study bookcase,
happily collecting dust. My first thought was
that they saw it as a collection leaving the
team’s card pool but soon I realised that the
team’s pool is strong enough not to rely on my
cards. Sure, the odd card asked for and picked
up but not on the scale I envisaged.
Something was up.
The fact is actually
that all Magic players, new and old, go through
this cycle. It was actually nothing new for them
to hear me say that I was taking a break. The
thing they had seen before, and wanted to avoid,
was that player who leaves Magic and sells their
collection, thinking that this is the end of it.
By all accounts, more often than what I could
imagine, players return to the game months (even
years) later. This, then, is where the
heartbreaking regret comes in. Their advice was
given so that I could avoid exactly that.
I have heard many a
tale of this and that person who had such an
awesome collection of cards only to return to
the game having to start from scratch with their
collections. I did take their advice and after
dusting off my cards I built a fun deck and
showed up one Friday night to play some Magic.
Those of you that know
me would know that I am not a top ranked player,
by far, and that my deck choices sometimes
befuddle the mind. Then why do I play Magic? I
gave it some thought and almost everybody would
agree that I am in it for the fun and the social
aspect of the game. Yes, those I call my friends
are mainly the reason why I play Magic the
Gathering.
I might not play at
Nationals this year, hell I did not even play a
qualifier, but I can guarantee you that you will
see me up there in black & white calling time,
doing deck checks and making the odd comment
every now and then.
So I will see you on
the 27th & 28th of August 2011 at Bernie’s Grill
for Nationals.
by D1V.
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