I'm sure you have someone in your head right now from your LGS that you just despise playing for whatever reason. Maybe it would be their deck, their attitude, or whatever they just do that irritates you.
What do you consider irritating that people do when you play them? This can be deck strategy, how they act, anything.
I'm not naming anyone, but my most irritating experience was with someone at FNM that was listening to music the entire time i played him. There wasn't one moment where he didn't have an earbud in his ear, and he constantly was humming whatever the heck he was listening to. I would try and explain to him what was happening, and obviously he wasn't listening, and when he was, he still seemed out of it and was distracted.
So, what irritates you when you play other people?
I have a friend in my playgroup that drives me up the wall. He's probably one of my best friends, but out of the six or so of us, he's the one who just can't seem to relax. He flips out if he isn't winning and he is a sore winner. I mean, he is just the worst to have win against. He is also flippant about your cards. He will get excited and amped up about a purchase or draw he made, tell you about it, but if you do the same back? He dismisses the card as either garbage or uninteresting.
The worst trait about him though? His staunch refusal to play games to the completion when he is losing. If he is winning, he will play all the way to the end, but if he even gets a whiff of a loss, he immediately concedes and wants to start over. I get that in some situations you are hopelessly going to lose, but part of the fun for me is seeing the crazy things that people pull off in their decks, and I have no problem losing, and am certainly not going to concede. That ruins the fun.
A couple guys at my LGS have to play tier decks. If you play against them with some home brew they get hostile and call you names and talk about your card selection. Heaven forbid you beat them, they just flip out. I have seen both get kicked out of the store because of abusive actions. One guy even flipped a table.
We have one person at our lgs, a middleaged overweight woman who will remain nameless. Anyway, she started playing back in the old days and considers herself god's gift to magic just because she owns beta power. Unfortunatly, she has a tendency to play extremely slowly, drafts decks that are range from bad to intentionally irritating, acts continually superior and won't hesitate to insist she is right when dealing with rulings you already know the answer to (deathtouch+trample interactions for example) and then acts shocked and appalled when she's wrong. God forbid she's ever right about something, she loves to act superior in these cases. When losing her plays slow down to borderline slow, and she tends to snap her cards hard on the table when she plays them, but when winning she likes to poke fun at your cards and mention what trouble you're in.
god I hate playing her, but fortunatly, as long as I don't wind up with her in round 1, I don't have to worry about playing against her as she always scrubs out.
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My friend who will do things like call me a d**k (idk if that should be censored or not) if I Rune Snag his Rancor. He also tends to get frustrated when I Naturalize his Tempered Steel among other things. He'll loudly complain at times about stuff like my Stromkirk Captain and whatnot. -_-
I also have a friend who refuses to play against my Turbo Fog deck if I ever build it. Can't say I blame him though
One guy at our LGS will continually ask you if he could see a trade binder while you play. I hate playing him at FNM's. That's not even the worst. If he finds a card he likes and you give him your price. He asks you your basis for the price. If you say online, he immediately says "Never look up prices online, the "low" prices are actually high when trading in person." However if you like a card he has, he automatically gives you an online price at "mid" and continues with "It's that price for a reason" or "To me it's a very fair price". All this happens while you play.
A couple guys at my LGS have to play tier decks. If you play against them with some home brew they get hostile and call you names and talk about your card selection. Heaven forbid you beat them, they just flip out. I have seen both get kicked out of the store because of abusive actions. One guy even flipped a table.
Oh I hate this. I play a Curse of Stalked Prey deck as I refuse to play tier decks. I blow almost everyone out. Ramp, delver R/G aggro. Some guys get kicked ou for aggression to me.
I really hate people who rage when things don't go their way. One of my
Friends is a bad offender. He always gets really upset when he gets man's
Screwed or flooded (or just get bad top decks)
He also tends to get really angry when I hold cards and wait for him
To play into something I want (like letting him overextend and then slagstorming him)
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And removal. Christ almighty on a crutch. How cheap can you get, bastard?
People who call a judge for every little thing. Dude, if you can't remember how many lands I've played this turn, then obviously I haven't played any. So what if its turn 4 and I have 5 lands in play? You're not paying attention, so it's your fault!
Players who wear tuxes. Get a life.
And winning! Don't get me strarted on people who win against me! Ugh.
People who play homebrews. Get it through your head: you suck.
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Oh I hate this. I play a Curse of Stalked Prey deck as I refuse to play tier decks. I blow almost everyone out. Ramp, delver R/G aggro. Some guys get kicked ou for aggression to me.
I'm curious about your decklist and what exactly you do/play that blows out all these "top tier" decks. After you considered taking your deck to higher levels of competition?
I'm sorry, but if people get upset because your deck is better than theirs, they need to shut the hell up and make better decks. My friend from earlier really gets upset playing against my Niv-Mizzet deck, because it is mostly pure control. I get it, it can be really frustrating to play those kinds of decks in 1 on 1 situations, but to outright refuse to play it, even just occasionally, and even in multi player sessions? That not only makes him sound like an ass, but it ruins other people's fun too.
And removal. Christ almighty on a crutch. How cheap can you get, bastard?
People who call a judge for every little thing. Dude, if you can't remember how many lands I've played this turn, then obviously I haven't played any. So what if its turn 4 and I have 5 lands in play? You're not paying attention, so it's your fault!
Players who wear tuxes. Get a life.
And winning! Don't get me strarted on people who win against me! Ugh.
People who play homebrews. Get it through your head: you suck.
That about covers it.
Except people who lose against me! Ugh. And players who don't wear tuxes. Get a life.
Children playing with daddys deck and deep pockets. Seriously little rich bastard damn near cries when you beat him, will cheat at any opportunity. Sometimes i wish i could beat other peoples children... with the bumper of a car.
I have a friend in my playgroup that drives me up the wall. He's probably one of my best friends, but out of the six or so of us, he's the one who just can't seem to relax. He flips out if he isn't winning and he is a sore winner. I mean, he is just the worst to have win against. He is also flippant about your cards. He will get excited and amped up about a purchase or draw he made, tell you about it, but if you do the same back? He dismisses the card as either garbage or uninteresting.
The worst trait about him though? His staunch refusal to play games to the completion when he is losing. If he is winning, he will play all the way to the end, but if he even gets a whiff of a loss, he immediately concedes and wants to start over. I get that in some situations you are hopelessly going to lose, but part of the fun for me is seeing the crazy things that people pull off in their decks, and I have no problem losing, and am certainly not going to concede. That ruins the fun.
If you lived in my city...I'd tell you exactly who you are talking about. One of the guys in my group is that same exact way, and it makes him a drag to be around at some events.
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There was this kid I played once, and was by far the worst experience I've ever had.
He was obviously inexeperienced and well...bad at the game. He was playing UB Infect and I was playing Caw-Blade.
He got legitimately angry when I would ask him how many cards were in his hand, ask him to draw a card for his turn, or to not stack his lands directly on top of each other. He played with no regard for anything I would do in response and was absolutely appalled if I ever did...well anything. He jammed card after card into spell pierce/mana leak and everytime said "Why are you wasting those" "That's wasteful" obviously out of frustration. Well after a while, I straight up asked him to just stop being a douche bag and that none of what I was doing was uncommon and was all part of how you play the game. He took it as me scolding him and continued on just being rude and sulking because he got completely destroyed and then just left.
I'm one of the most polite and like easy going opponents you'll ever have, I had never seen anything like it before.
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This one guy, back when I played FNM, always brought in some janky rogue deck. He also came with his wife and gave her another one, but she never seemed like she was having fun. She was alright. Could get really condescending but
Nothing on her husband. Holy crap.
He'd constantly passive aggressive attack my decks if I won. "Yeah, all those top tier netdecks" or anything. But as soon as he won, it was the gloat machine. "Ah yes, rogue decks are always triumphant."
Man oh man. One time I went 4-0 with my fun little white knights deck. He was giving me the dirtiest looks. "Well you got mighty lucky there, didn't you!" Jeez. I mean, I never usually won it. But I had fun, got to play some of my friends. But this guy would just sour my evening.
Not only that but I was only 15/16 at the time. This guy was obviously middle aged and a grown man. I'm not saying he offended me, but really? Attacking a kid?
Then in drafts I'd play him. If he won, he'd politely asked what I pulled. You know, a jace. Why aren't you running it? No blue support. Heh, you can't figure out how to make supports in colors yet?
Really. My god. And if I won, he'd sulk away. He never said good game. Ever. Even if I did. One game, I can't remember what he did, but it just pissed me off so much. He beat me, had his crooked ass smile and actually said good game. I said if only and just left.
If only it stopped there
There was another total tool at my store who was a very slow player. He'd shuffle my deck for 3 minutes each time. No, we actually counted. He got warned for slow play every game. Judge couldn't do anything - he was only an advisor. He told me that my shuffling was inadequate, picked up my deck from my hands, and riffle shuffled it. I was flabberghasted - I had never seen anyone do it.
He went to time on almost every one of his games. And if he actually lost instead of tying, he'd have a hissy fit and quit right there. One time it was him vs. me for 1st place and when I beat him, he does one of those "Mana screw, mana screw, it would have been so easy if I had mana! Eugh!" Kind of things. Then goes through every single top card of his deck. "Oh man I would have had this then this" etc. Eventually, one of my friends did the same thing to him. When he started flipping over his cards, my friend did the same. He beat him in that stupid little "post game" too.
He also refused to trade evenly. He always wanted a favorable trade by at least two dollars. He even came out and said it once. Everyone in the store laughed at him.
Man.
Those people.
But then I had some cool guys who I made friends with, kept in touch, and it was all good. <3
PS: If you are one of these people please never play magic again. <3
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If you play Caw Blade against a child does that make you a child abuser? Surely punching him / her in the face would be less of a traumatic experience for the kid.
There is this one person at my LGS that is diabetic which would be absolutely fine but he has to tell everyone he is a diabeties like he wants a sob story and he ALWAYS chekcs his blood sugar in between games which is just nasty to me (i dont want blood on my cards).
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People who have to read every card, including the ones in their hands. It's not really fair to be mad at them for not knowing the format, be it standard or limited, but it's annoying.
Once, I played someone who had earbuds in both ears. I wasn't sure if he was listening to music or not, but I could never tell if he heard the things I was saying.
Probably the worst, though, are people who ask to take things back when they made blatant play mistakes. If I make a bad mistake, I facepalm and adapt to the new situation. If there are prizes on the line, there's no way I'm letting you take anything back.
There is this one person at my LGS that is diabetic which would be absolutely fine but he has to tell everyone he is a diabeties like he wants a sob story and he ALWAYS chekcs his blood sugar in between games which is just nasty to me (i dont want blood on my cards).
I find this hard to beleive...wouldn't he risk getting blood on his tuxedo shirt?
Also, a stick from a lancet will bleed for a max of 10 seconds when done by an experienced diabetic. There are also meters and strips that use very little blood that are quite common and inexpensive, so that you can stick your arm not your finger. If he is sticking his finger every 45 minutes (a frequency that is more common in the hospital setting, unless he is chugging sugar or insulin during the match) then his fingers will be hurting quite a lot during the game, so I feel worse for him than I do for your imaginary paranoia.
I don't go to this LGS anymore, it's just too depressing. I have access to much, much nicer ones, and this one is a real hole-in-the-wall(it's like playing in a really small closet)
But there was this kid who would go there, he was like 16 or 17 at the time, to old to do this annoying junk.
Nothing would stop him from looking at your cards. Now, if he were playing against you, sure, he wants to check an effect or something. But your in the middle of a closely contested game, that he isn't playing, and he suddenly has the urge to grab and look at damn near everything on the field.
It was so aggravating, and I guess he'd been going there since he was a very young, and a lot of the regulars saw him as like a younger brother, so you couldn't refuse him, or express your aggravation without a bunch of fallout.
People who have been busted for cheating in the past.
Its especially bad if your playing them in limited formats with no deck registration and they always seem to get wicked pools. Its awkward all around. I understand people can change but I will just never feel comfortable playing these guys.
And if he actually lost instead of tying, he'd have a hissy fit and quit right there. One time it was him vs. me for 1st place and when I beat him, he does one of those "Mana screw, mana screw, it would have been so easy if I had mana! Eugh!" Kind of things.
As much as I hate excuse makers too; nothing sucks more than losing a tourny match because you got mana screwed. Its so very hard not to sulk and lick your wounds after something like that happens =( Its the one aspect of this game I hate. Dumb game >.< And thus I have alternative / additional mana sources in every deck. Which actually helps alot either way
As much as I hate excuse makers too; nothing sucks more than losing a tourny match because you got mana screwed. Its so very hard not to sulk and lick your wounds after something like that happens =( Its the one aspect of this game I hate. Dumb game >.< And thus I have alternative / additional mana sources in every deck. Which actually helps alot either way
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What do you consider irritating that people do when you play them? This can be deck strategy, how they act, anything.
I'm not naming anyone, but my most irritating experience was with someone at FNM that was listening to music the entire time i played him. There wasn't one moment where he didn't have an earbud in his ear, and he constantly was humming whatever the heck he was listening to. I would try and explain to him what was happening, and obviously he wasn't listening, and when he was, he still seemed out of it and was distracted.
So, what irritates you when you play other people?
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The worst trait about him though? His staunch refusal to play games to the completion when he is losing. If he is winning, he will play all the way to the end, but if he even gets a whiff of a loss, he immediately concedes and wants to start over. I get that in some situations you are hopelessly going to lose, but part of the fun for me is seeing the crazy things that people pull off in their decks, and I have no problem losing, and am certainly not going to concede. That ruins the fun.
god I hate playing her, but fortunatly, as long as I don't wind up with her in round 1, I don't have to worry about playing against her as she always scrubs out.
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I also have a friend who refuses to play against my Turbo Fog deck if I ever build it. Can't say I blame him though
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Oh I hate this. I play a Curse of Stalked Prey deck as I refuse to play tier decks. I blow almost everyone out. Ramp, delver R/G aggro. Some guys get kicked ou for aggression to me.
Friends is a bad offender. He always gets really upset when he gets man's
Screwed or flooded (or just get bad top decks)
He also tends to get really angry when I hold cards and wait for him
To play into something I want (like letting him overextend and then slagstorming him)
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People who use counterspells. c*. f*. b*.
And removal. Christ almighty on a crutch. How cheap can you get, bastard?
People who call a judge for every little thing. Dude, if you can't remember how many lands I've played this turn, then obviously I haven't played any. So what if its turn 4 and I have 5 lands in play? You're not paying attention, so it's your fault!
Players who wear tuxes. Get a life.
And winning! Don't get me strarted on people who win against me! Ugh.
People who play homebrews. Get it through your head: you suck.
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
I'm curious about your decklist and what exactly you do/play that blows out all these "top tier" decks. After you considered taking your deck to higher levels of competition?
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=409478
That about covers it.
Except people who lose against me! Ugh. And players who don't wear tuxes. Get a life.
If you lived in my city...I'd tell you exactly who you are talking about. One of the guys in my group is that same exact way, and it makes him a drag to be around at some events.
He was obviously inexeperienced and well...bad at the game. He was playing UB Infect and I was playing Caw-Blade.
He got legitimately angry when I would ask him how many cards were in his hand, ask him to draw a card for his turn, or to not stack his lands directly on top of each other. He played with no regard for anything I would do in response and was absolutely appalled if I ever did...well anything. He jammed card after card into spell pierce/mana leak and everytime said "Why are you wasting those" "That's wasteful" obviously out of frustration. Well after a while, I straight up asked him to just stop being a douche bag and that none of what I was doing was uncommon and was all part of how you play the game. He took it as me scolding him and continued on just being rude and sulking because he got completely destroyed and then just left.
I'm one of the most polite and like easy going opponents you'll ever have, I had never seen anything like it before.
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Nothing on her husband. Holy crap.
He'd constantly passive aggressive attack my decks if I won. "Yeah, all those top tier netdecks" or anything. But as soon as he won, it was the gloat machine. "Ah yes, rogue decks are always triumphant."
Man oh man. One time I went 4-0 with my fun little white knights deck. He was giving me the dirtiest looks. "Well you got mighty lucky there, didn't you!" Jeez. I mean, I never usually won it. But I had fun, got to play some of my friends. But this guy would just sour my evening.
Not only that but I was only 15/16 at the time. This guy was obviously middle aged and a grown man. I'm not saying he offended me, but really? Attacking a kid?
Then in drafts I'd play him. If he won, he'd politely asked what I pulled. You know, a jace. Why aren't you running it? No blue support. Heh, you can't figure out how to make supports in colors yet?
Really. My god. And if I won, he'd sulk away. He never said good game. Ever. Even if I did. One game, I can't remember what he did, but it just pissed me off so much. He beat me, had his crooked ass smile and actually said good game. I said if only and just left.
If only it stopped there
There was another total tool at my store who was a very slow player. He'd shuffle my deck for 3 minutes each time. No, we actually counted. He got warned for slow play every game. Judge couldn't do anything - he was only an advisor. He told me that my shuffling was inadequate, picked up my deck from my hands, and riffle shuffled it. I was flabberghasted - I had never seen anyone do it.
He went to time on almost every one of his games. And if he actually lost instead of tying, he'd have a hissy fit and quit right there. One time it was him vs. me for 1st place and when I beat him, he does one of those "Mana screw, mana screw, it would have been so easy if I had mana! Eugh!" Kind of things. Then goes through every single top card of his deck. "Oh man I would have had this then this" etc. Eventually, one of my friends did the same thing to him. When he started flipping over his cards, my friend did the same. He beat him in that stupid little "post game" too.
He also refused to trade evenly. He always wanted a favorable trade by at least two dollars. He even came out and said it once. Everyone in the store laughed at him.
Man.
Those people.
But then I had some cool guys who I made friends with, kept in touch, and it was all good. <3
PS: If you are one of these people please never play magic again. <3
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People who have to read every card, including the ones in their hands. It's not really fair to be mad at them for not knowing the format, be it standard or limited, but it's annoying.
Once, I played someone who had earbuds in both ears. I wasn't sure if he was listening to music or not, but I could never tell if he heard the things I was saying.
Probably the worst, though, are people who ask to take things back when they made blatant play mistakes. If I make a bad mistake, I facepalm and adapt to the new situation. If there are prizes on the line, there's no way I'm letting you take anything back.
I find this hard to beleive...wouldn't he risk getting blood on his tuxedo shirt?
Also, a stick from a lancet will bleed for a max of 10 seconds when done by an experienced diabetic. There are also meters and strips that use very little blood that are quite common and inexpensive, so that you can stick your arm not your finger. If he is sticking his finger every 45 minutes (a frequency that is more common in the hospital setting, unless he is chugging sugar or insulin during the match) then his fingers will be hurting quite a lot during the game, so I feel worse for him than I do for your imaginary paranoia.
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But there was this kid who would go there, he was like 16 or 17 at the time, to old to do this annoying junk.
Nothing would stop him from looking at your cards. Now, if he were playing against you, sure, he wants to check an effect or something. But your in the middle of a closely contested game, that he isn't playing, and he suddenly has the urge to grab and look at damn near everything on the field.
It was so aggravating, and I guess he'd been going there since he was a very young, and a lot of the regulars saw him as like a younger brother, so you couldn't refuse him, or express your aggravation without a bunch of fallout.
Its especially bad if your playing them in limited formats with no deck registration and they always seem to get wicked pools. Its awkward all around. I understand people can change but I will just never feel comfortable playing these guys.
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As much as I hate excuse makers too; nothing sucks more than losing a tourny match because you got mana screwed. Its so very hard not to sulk and lick your wounds after something like that happens =( Its the one aspect of this game I hate. Dumb game >.< And thus I have alternative / additional mana sources in every deck. Which actually helps alot either way
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