LogFAQs > #887844846

I used to love playing Magic. I'm probably sitting on about $30,000 worth of cards going back to Alpha/Beta. Sadly, it's just not worth playing any more. Like so many other things, the younger generation ruined it. I used to get together with people back in the day, and everyone would have unique decks to play. You never knew how the games were going to play out, and they frequently went on for hours.
Not too long ago I went down to a bookstore near me where people get together and play casual. It was terrible. There was probably about 20 people there, most in their late teens, early twenties. Almost every single one of them was playing a modern copy/paste tournament deck they found online. If their deck didn't pop on the third or fourth turn, they got pissy and conceded. I don't think I had a game last more than 5 minutes.
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