Never played crack for gamers, but Jon and Shag used to play. So i suppose next time you go you will have to have some different decks made up just as a precaution?
Glad you had some fun! On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday I headed over to the local game shop, Boardwalk, to play some > Magic: The Gathering because one of the owners had mentioned to me that > they were going to be playing some Pauper Magic. Pauper is a format where > the only cards you can use are Commons, no Uncommon or Rare cards allowed. > So I built up a deck, got permission from my wife, and headed over. > > Things didn't start well. When I went to check in and get my DCI card, > the guy doing check in said that Pauper was going to be Draft, which means > that everyone ends up buying a certain number of booster packs and > "drafting" a deck that way. To that I said, pffff, no. So I ended up > signing up for Standard, which is the "normal" format (as the name implies) > and is typically played Constructed, which means you build you deck > beforehand like I had done. The problem is that Standard allows any kind > of card from the current sets; playing with my Pauper style deck I knew I > would be in trouble. > > Turns out the guy doing check in was wrong; Pauper was Constructed after > all. So bleah on him. > > Anyway, I got creamed pretty badly. Went 0-2 in the first round, 0-2 in > the second round, and 1-2 in the third. I honestly believe that I won a > game in the first round but the kid was acting cagey with his life total > D20... I hit him with a big strike after all his blockers were tapped out, > and I am certain I did just enough to kill him, but he claimed he had 1 > left. I didn't want to raise a stink since I was the New Guy and he was a > regular. > > In any event I did have fun. I think I would have had more fun if I had > the right deck with me. considering going in maybe once a month or so just > to play and justify the money I spend on these cards. > > Any other Magic or other CCG players here? Hmmm? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/zlZfLdSUn2kJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
