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Subject: Oddest fantasy sport Posted by: Baldwin - [25440222] Wed, Dec 20, 12:10 I am watching a 'championship' 'Magic-The Gathering' tournament on ESPN. What next? | ||||||
| 1 | philflyboy ID: 2844635 Wed, Dec 20, 15:51 | what is odder?? a magic tournament on tv or somebody actually taking the time to watch it? | |||||
| 2 | Niketown ID: 375203020 Wed, Dec 20, 15:56 | Depends on what's on the other channels... | |||||
| 3 | spachalagu ID: 51912417 Sat, Dec 23, 14:13 | So how do we organize a Fantasy Magic league? | |||||
| 4 | Wammie ID: 437541618 Sat, Jan 20, 23:56 | Who cares, this should not be on ESPN or rotoguru.com This site is to talk about sport. Bowling is 1000000000000 times the sport that Magic is, and bowling isn't really sport. | |||||
| 5 | Pilewort ID: 370413112 Thu, Feb 01, 23:16 | sport, as defined by webster, would include most all games. Something doesn't have to require athleticism to be a sport. Just about any endeavour can become sport if you do it in the right spirit. Dating, for instance, can be prime sport. | |||||
| 6 | biliruben ID: 3587722 Thu, Feb 01, 23:41 | You wouldn't be so bold as to suggest that golf is a sport though, would ya pilewort? | |||||
| 7 | swami ID: 477472711 Fri, Feb 02, 04:31 | For more on this topic, visit thehuddle.com. They had a week long argument on what is a sport and what isn't on their main message board. | |||||
| 8 | posty ID: 41572712 Tue, Feb 27, 13:01 |
LOL @ Swami... Like those f'n tools at thehuddle know what they are talking about... | |||||
| 9 | cave ball ID: 332471410 Wed, Mar 14, 10:47 | i loveto lookat men and eat cheese alllllllnite long!!!!!! | |||||
| 10 | test ID: 102392311 Wed, Apr 04, 14:06 | oooookay.... | |||||
| 11 | blue hen, almighty Leader ID: 34937217 Mon, Aug 13, 19:13 | Scrabble, anyone? | |||||
| 12 | Madman ID: 29246911 Sat, Aug 18, 17:21 |
Gotta be one of the following: Fantasy Curling Fantasy Chess This whole field of fantasy sports reminds me a lot of the derivatives market in some ways :) | |||||
| 13 | James K Polk ID: 4455731 Tue, Aug 21, 22:15 |
FWIW, Magic: The Gathering can be a pretty fascinating game. Essentially, it's a card game, but it incorporates somewhat "chess-like" strategy. The game's cards perform different functions and have different abilities, and each costs a certain amount of resources to play. You build your own play deck, and based on the way you do so, that deck will have certain strengths and weaknesses. It will interact differently depending on how your opponent builds his/her deck. And although you know what is in your deck before you start, you must shuffle, so you don't necessarily know what you'll draw when. Quite a bit of strategy, in fact. Geekish, but fun if you're into that sort of thing. Not a sport though. | |||||
| 14 | StLCards Sustainer ID: 3505622 Tue, Aug 21, 22:23 | I actually learned to play the Pokemon TCG so I could "battle" my daughter. I think Magic is similar and if so trying to buy those cards that will get you a good deck can be very expensive. We also collected the cards and "invested" mucho dinero! Of course after about a year she outgrew it, too many boys playing for her likes anyway. We'll see how long that lasts! | |||||
| 15 | James K Polk ID: 4455731 Tue, Aug 21, 22:29 |
STL -- Yes, Magic was basically the first collectible card game, so it kind of fathered Pokemon and all the others that are out right now. And you're right about costs -- keeping up with Magic can be quite expensive. I think they release about 2-3 expansion sets each year, so if you want to stay current, it'll cost you. And depending on what type of game they're interested in, some players will spend BIG bucks on "power cards" that were printed in the game's early days and are no longer available. I played quite a bit in college, back when the game was pretty new. I sold all my cards after graduation for several hundred bucks. Didn't know if the fad would last -- but those cards would be worth thousands now :) However, if you're interested in the game, there are many many people who only play the game online. There are a few popular programs that allow you to build any deck and facilitate electronic competitions, and you don't have to own a single card. | |||||
| 16 | StLCards Sustainer ID: 3505622 Tue, Aug 21, 22:38 | I actually downloaded the online program you're talking about Mr. President. You could replace the magic decks and put in pokemon sets and play online. I never quite got as far as playing anyone for real, just a few practice games against myself. I imagine Magic will be around quite a bit longer than Pokemon. When I was in college we played Dungeons and Dragons which I think was made by the same company IIRC. | |||||
| 17 | James K Polk ID: 4455731 Tue, Aug 21, 22:43 |
Played some D&D myself, in junior high :) TSR (and Gary Gygax) was originally responsible for Dungeons & Dragons. It came out in the mid-1970s. Wizards of the Coast -- the Seattle-based company that produces Magic -- bought TSR in 1997, so it now does D&D as well. | |||||
| 18 | allhair, Guru Jr. Sustainer ID: 36620316 Tue, Aug 21, 22:51 |
Hmmm... Looks like I peeked in at just the right time! Played a ton of D&D for a good chunk of time. So much so that I was forced to go underground with it when my parents freaked out about the time I was spending drawing out maps on hex paper! My old DMG, Player's Handbook, and Monster Manual are long since gone. Sure wish I still had them, if only just to relive some great times! | |||||
| 19 | James K Polk ID: 4455731 Tue, Aug 21, 22:54 |
LOL! Never get caught without your trusty hex paper. :) Ah, the Monster Manual. Good memories. We played a lot of "Monte Hall"-style D&D though, until we figured out it was actually more fun if the characters were challenged, and had to react realistically in terms of developing a story. Did you ever play Star Frontiers? That was my favorite, actually, because it lent itself so well to creating house rules. Provided a nice framework for telling a story. We resurrected that one in college and had a great time with it. | |||||
| 20 | allhair, Guru Jr. Sustainer ID: 36620316 Wed, Aug 22, 06:34 |
Monte Hall! That is hilarious!! Sure, I had my share of "fantasy" slash and burn characters, outfitted with any and everything I could manage to think of, taking on the world! But that never compared to the thrill of a well-designed, well DMed adventure with a group of good friends. Star Frontiers? Nope. In fact there were a ton of games I never got around to playing. Played a few historical military games and a few sci-fi games like Gamma World (?), but I stuck mostly with D&D. Never played Magic or any of the Star Trek card games either, although I had some serious urges at one point. They both started coming out a little past my time, I guess... :) | |||||
| 21 | James K Polk ID: 37651820 Wed, Aug 22, 19:06 |
Allhair -- although the subject matter of the cards is definitely in the fantasy genre, the allure of Magic is the skill and strategy it demands, and the way your deck operates completely differently depending on the style of deck you're playing against. It's also nice, because you can build decks geared toward more casual fun games, or fine tune decks designed to crush high-level competition. Star Trek and some of the other collectible card games were sort of fun, but Magic definitely has the most developed, smoothest mechanics and game play. The essence is simple, but you can get into pretty complex card combinations if you choose. If you have some spare time lying around, check it out. You might find you really enjoy it. As for D&D, I'll never forget the quintessential first module -- "Keep on the Borderlands.":) Think I found my first +1 sword lying around there somewhere ... | |||||
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