Warren Ockrassa wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >Ah, well -- Timmy, you know, likes big ole fatty creatures. Johnny >likes combinations (the weirder the better).
You know how they had a card in Unglued called "Timmy, Power Gamer?" They have one in Unhinged called "Johnny, Combo King" or some such. :) >Spike ... Spike goes to a tournament with the intention of >dominating the field. Spike's a "can't lose" kind of guy. ;) Ah, I see. I'll cop to hating to lose more than a bit, but I don't get off on beating people up either. :) >Sure, playing too sloppily is always a sad thing to see -- but my >point is that unsummoning everything your opponent tries to play >really isn't playing. I'm more of a counterspeller, personally. Once things hit the field, I prefer to kill them outright if I can. Of course, playing blue sometimes makes that a big "if." :) >>Do you worry, though, that the younger players are going to be in >>for serious culture shock if they play outside your group? >No. What if they carry the idea of sportsmanlike conduct and >even-handed deck building into the outside world? Why, imagine the >repercussions. ;) hehe. Certainly there's *always* room for more sportsmanlike behavior! I'm appalled at how some of these kids think they can speak to total strangers (or their own mothers for that matter, though that's a tale for another time). And I agree for casual play a different a different mindset is needed. But if any of them try and go into a tournament venue they're in for a shock. >>Finally, the Gardener lets you put lands into play. If you have >>ten or more lands, he flips to a 3/3 that can put an elemental >>token creature into play for 4GG. This token's power and >>toughness equal the number of lands you have in play when you >>create it. >Drooooooool. (I like green creature token decks.) Then the Boduka Gardener is for you. It will warm the cockles of your inner Timmy's heart. :) Jim 3-4 in this weekend's PTQ :( Maru _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
