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[Eagle of Fire]

I play Magic: The Gathering Online from time to time with the demo trial version of the latest 8th edition. I was playing with someone that I understood to be a youngster who still goes to school... Anyways, while we were playing the conversation was going like this:

(me)-You should have done _this_ and _this_, because now I will do _that_ and _that_.
(him)-Yeah I know. But I took the chance because I thought you could do _that_ and _that_ instead.
* -I know what you mean (meaning that a lot of players play stupidly, more often than not because they don't really know how to play and are newbies).
* -I play black IRL. I have a deck.
* -I have 6 decks IRL. You should pack your deck with Terrors and Dark Banishing. The Terrors are better because they cost only B1 instead of B2, but the Dark Banishing can target artifact creatures...
* -I just started to play at the beginning of this year school.
* -I started playing when 3rd edition got out. I stopped playing right now because Magic is really crap now. Back in the days the big dogs were Sierra Angels, Sengir Vampires and the like. If someone managed to cast Force of Nature (8/8 for GGGG4) it was usually a game ender. Nothing like those stupid creatures like Akroma and the like.
* -Akroma? What's that?
* -It's a uber white creature. It's like 8/8 flying and protection against black and red for around 8 to cast. If you have something I don't remember you only need 3 to cast her. Oh, and she doesn't need to tap to attack either.
* -Wow. My strongest card is Fallen Angel (3/3 for BB2 for those you want to know).
* -Get Sengir Vampires. They are 4/4 flying and they get +1/+1 counter when they kill a creature for BB3. Way better and if you are lucky you can get it out on turn 3 with a Dark Ritual (B, give you BBB). It usually hit hard fast at the beginning.
* -That creatures sound cool! I'll try to get some. A card that I like a lot too is -name of the card-. It takes 4 lives from my opponent and gives me 4.
* -Don't know that card. Sounds good. What's the cost?
* -BB3
* -Ouch. That's bad. You should find Drain Lifes instead. They cost BX and you can also target creatures with it.
* -You know everything. What's your age?
* -I'm 23. Why?

And then it just struck me...






Damn, I'm getting old... I just found myself lecturing a teenagers...

[The Niles]

LOL, there is no such thing as third edition. The line goes Alpha (test version), Beta (test version 2), Unlimited (first release), Revised, FOURTH edition, and so on.

I started with revised and stopped buying cards with Alliances. I now have three decks that are very reasonable. A Weismann deck, a Turbo stasis and a goblin deck just for fun. My friends and I still play and I bought a couple of cards a while back (old ones).
I'm 26 and getting older.

p.s. Sengirs are no Serra Angels.

[Eagle of Fire]

Ahem... Revised is indeed the official name, but Revised is the 3rd Edition...

And I never said Serra Angels and Sengir were the same...



I too had a friend to play Magic with, but he always kept in touch with the new series and played at our local Card Shop. I went along for almost a year at a time but stoped playing because of the stupid new cards... The magic of the game is gone (pun intended)!

[The Niles]

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Nov 24 2004, 10:44 AM
And I never said Serra Angels and Sengir were the same...

I know. What I meant to say was that although the Sengir and Serra are both 4/4 Fliers that Serra is WAY better. Sengir is Serra's poor cousin. I also know you never claimed otherwise. I just wanted to mention it.


BTW, do you have the old Magic the Gathering software released in 1995? If you do we should play a game once or twice.

[Eagle of Fire]

No, and you sure got me interested here. Is it abadonware?

If so I really wish to try that! :w00t:

[The Niles]

Yep it's abandoned but there are some snags. It only has the none multi coloured cards fromBeta to The Dark. Also some of the cards don't work because of software shortcomings (like landtax being useless because you can never click on it in time to use it). It's pretty big though at 160MB.

[Puffin]

Hell yeah, you're OLD!!!!


Naaah... 23 isn't old. In my opinion, age doesn't really matter. Lots of my friends are waaay older than I am. One of my friend just turned 31!! I'm turning 17!!!

If you share an interest or find anything in common, it doesn't matter.

[Eagle of Fire]

Thanks Puffin... But that's his last comment, the "You know everything. What's your age", which seems to get to me in that particular way... Heh. LOL

[Stroggy]

I often lecture, and often I think my teachers could use a good lecture on some issues in politics.... but I don't do it.
Wouldn't want to be an arrogant prick (atleast not in real life)

[Yamcha]

I play magic to I'm newbie :angel: