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The enduring, cult appeal of 'Magic: the Gathering'
'Magic' is dizzyingly complicated, extremely technical, and—to the layman—completely incomprehensible. The year is 1998, and I am 9. After weeks of self-conscious indecision, I have at last worked up the courage to tell Mike—my father, a real adult who knows the value of money and games involving exercise and teamwork—what Magic: the Gathering is, and why I want to play it. “Will and Rob and Brian all do,” I explain, a nervous welter of sweatpants and sweat.
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I still have all my 3rd and 4th edition cards, plus others. I keep thinking that given the market price of some of them I should sell them, but on the other hand, I keep my hope that I'll be able to play again :)
I even went to buy a Fork to the local Magic geeks shop, but they didn't have it.
/t/oldschool
Are you having a meltdown? :D Done!
Na...just dumb!...the /fill in the blank/ things confuse me!
/fill in the blank/ ? Can you elaborate? Would love to fix anything that's confusing :)
Lol...if you could fix me that would be helpful!...no, I was putting a u in between instead of a p...oh wait, that's not right either dammit...
/t/...I think I've cracked the code now.
May I suggest also posting to /u/oldschool
/u/OldSchool
Or nobody!!, good lord I am so bad at this!