Subject: Re: Is Magic completely Dead right now?
Date: 22 Sep 1998 00:52:38 GMT
From: guru418@aol.com (GURU 418)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

well Jamie---there is a little lull going on here in GA too----although the
weekly touneys still pull in a good crowd and we are teaching new players how
to play all the time we are definitely in a lull----but i can give you 2
reasons---- #1 the past Arena seasons--with Unglued----noone cared---the shops
didn't even announce what the winning prices were and most players didn't want
to spend a lot of money on the cards to get what they needed to build a decent
deck---i think this was a bad choice---it was only fun for about a week or
so--and the season before that pissed off a lot of people here when we spent
our money on horrible preconstructed decks and then halfway through the season
WOTC changed the format to T2----WTF !?!?!?!  so there was a little grudge
match on that note

#2---school----you will always find a lull in late summer/early fall----the
parents of the LARGE group of players that are in school won't let them out on
the weeknights to come play and then they are lucky to make it out on
weekends---since moms/dads go back to work if they took the summer off, etc.
And i think a lot of people are just burnt out---so with Urza's i think you
will see a large jump in people playing again and hopefully we can get back to
having good numbers

On the PTQ part---yea---there were some low numbers at the Dragon Con PTQ for
Rome here and i will find out how the one Sat is since i will go play in the
prerelease tourney that is happening at the same place---hopefully both sides
will be strong but i don't see it---a lot of kids are scared of PTQ Rome--cause
like you said---what's the point---$25 and if i win all i get to do is get an
invite to Rome--how am i supposed to get there---the kids can't go and i can't
get out of work nor afford to fly there so i won't play it again

just some more insight and only my opinion

Ralph Dennis
collector of all and player of few

aka  GURU