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How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by caseysoftware »

alexpotato wrote: post #34
tcgthrowaway wrote: post #12

On a side note: If you were successful in MtG and other 'deep' games, would you list it on your CV? Or does it still have the image of a children's card game?

Not necessarily related to card games but as a hiring manager I do take into account non work related hobbies. For example, I played on a nationally ranked college club sport team(paintball) and was also the club president and team captain at the same time. This was on top of getting a dual-BA/MBA. Running the club and team was essentially the same as running a small business or medium sized department in a larger fi…

Years ago, one of my DnD buddies listed me as a reference. Luckily, I knew the call was coming so I prepared. I spent the entire time talking about his ability to collaborate in a team, have an eye for detail, and solve problems creatively. He's 12+ years into that job with a few promotions so not all bad. ;)

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by platz »

strbean wrote: post #43
platz wrote: post #36

FYI - you can play mtg (even edh) online with your friends or randos: https://cockatrice.github.io/

And completely for free, without buying packs/cards! You can play with decks that would cost $10,000 to put together with physical cards.

but imho it's more fun to play with either cards you own or with a reasonable limit, because mtg is better with some kind of a social contract in force.

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by esrauch »

Avicebron wrote: post #5
dnautics wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree in the general, it's pretty clear that magic the gathering draws considerable inspiration from human literature and culture, and was exceptionally well planned and very carefully evolved over decades so if even if these arrangements aren't intentional, they certainly aren't accidental.

Emphasis on was, they are slowly killing legacy. Elks for life is the new paradigm.

As someone who used to play magic, can you explain what "Elks for life" means?

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by Noumenon72 »

omni wrote: post #50

> To keep reading this story, create a free account. Yeah, no. If you're the author of this piece or you have a blog on Medium, get off it. There are plenty of other, less user-hostile options.

I signed up for this one since I've been reading a lot about Angular on there and I appreciate it.

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by anonymoushn »

platz wrote: post #52
strbean wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And completely for free, without buying packs/cards! You can play with decks that would cost $10,000 to put together with physical cards.

but imho it's more fun to play with either cards you own or with a reasonable limit, because mtg is better with some kind of a social contract in force.

I think this contract is usually just the set of rules for deck construction, which is usually just a format. It's not really a problem if one player's preferred modern deck costs $200 and another's costs $2000 when neither of them had to pay for the cards and both of them had the option to play whatever modern deck they liked.

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by Everlag »

platz wrote: post #36

FYI - you can play mtg (even edh) online with your friends or randos: https://cockatrice.github.io/

I'm obligated to mention xmage: http://xmage.de/

Think cockatrice that trades ergonomics for a rules engine. Much easier to play when the game just 'works'. It even has loop detection for when you go infinite with triggers.

One thing to note is the community run servers are plagued with performance hitches at peak time. If you play regularly on xmage with friends, I'd recommend making an image on your preferred VPS provider and spinning up an instance when y'all want to play.

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by platz »

anonymoushn wrote: post #55
platz wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but imho it's more fun to play with either cards you own or with a reasonable limit, because mtg is better with some kind of a social contract in force.

I think this contract is usually just the set of rules for deck construction, which is usually just a format. It's not really a problem if one player's preferred modern deck costs $200 and another's costs $2000 when neither of them had to pay for the cards and both of them had the option to play whatever modern deck they liked.

try your cedh deck in a casual game and let me know how it goes

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by danamkaplan »

omni wrote: post #50

> To keep reading this story, create a free account. Yeah, no. If you're the author of this piece or you have a blog on Medium, get off it. There are plenty of other, less user-hostile options.

https://makemediumreadable.com - Browser extension that actually works

Re: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

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Post by shakezula »

thom wrote: post #28
tcgthrowaway wrote: post #12

On a side note: If you were successful in MtG and other 'deep' games, would you list it on your CV? Or does it still have the image of a children's card game?

For what it's worth, I know enough people who went on from MtG to make a ton of money in poker and/or finance that I'd probably perk up if someone with decent Grand Prix or Pro Tour finishes popped up during hiring. That said I am also biased and sentimental.

I learned the ins and outs of how to resolve a stack in CS from experiences playing MTG at a young age. I absolutely would perk up if this was on someone's resume, but I'm also biased and sentimental.
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