Do you think guys MTG will still playing people in next 10 years?
Or MTG will die in time?
I never think MTG will long 20 years of game (1993-2013) and still continue ...
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If they keep developing the game so new players will keep joining, I don't see why not. They just need to make sure that other tcc don't surpass them in quality and innovation. Right? Posted from MTGsalvation.com App for Android
Edit: and don't forget, games like risk and rummycub are still selling after LOTS of years, there will always be a market.
Whenever we can connect our brains directly into computers, paper Magic will die off in favor of digital representations of paper Magic cards in a virtual reality space.
I do get the idea it is growing. I just wish there was some prominent Day9 type youtube personality promoting it. The Magic show had it for a while but now there does not seem to be one huge youtube personality doing daily content. Which is sad.
I've been playing since about 95' magic is as big now as it ever was (by a large margin). I'd say it's very far from being not played and will most definitely be still played in 10 years from now (barring an apocalypse and/or zombie take over)
I think "Hearthstone" might bring even more new players into the game.
If "Hearthstone" is as successful as I suspect it's going to be (a million or more players), then many of those will eventually turn to MTG for a more complex game, for the face-to-face social aspect, for the tourney scene, and for the collectible angle.
So, perhaps MTG will be considerably larger in 10 years.
I'm certain the game will die eventually, but I doubt that'll happen in 10 years. Or even 20. But in 30 or 40 years? I'm not so certain. I'm pretty sure it'll be gone in 100 years.
Probably right... better get ready to start selling all my legacy stuff in about 40-50 years from now lol
If Magic dies it is because the industry of gaming has died. No game will ever be able to push Magic out of the spot light. Magic will live for as long as gaming does.
If WOTC were to go out of business TOMORROW, I am quite confident that people would be playing Magic still in 10 years.
Considering that WOTC is not going out of business tomorrow, though, and is in fact growing at 30% a year still, I'm... slightly more confident even that people will still be playing Magic in 10 years.
The question we must ask ourselves is not how long Magic will last... It is how long Vintage and Legacy will last. Because once our eternal formats die then Magic will slowly start to die.
The question we must ask ourselves is not how long Magic will last... It is how long Vintage and Legacy will last. Because once our eternal formats die then Magic will slowly start to die.
No it wont. And who says they will die, sure eventually, no one will have the "staples" of certain decks anymore, but then that means the format will change unless Wizards reprint some of the cards.
No it wont. And who says they will die, sure eventually, no one will have the "staples" of certain decks anymore, but then that means the format will change unless Wizards reprint some of the cards.
It doesn't go overnight from "everyone has the staples" to "pretty much nobody has the staples."
It is more like "four fifths of the people have the staples, and the ones that don't constantly lose 80% of their games, and get discouraged and leave the format, thus increasing the proportion of people who have staples again."
The core of those who own them inherently repels outsiders from entering in that way, and yet at the same time, their own staples slowly fall apart or get lost from circulation when they quit or die, or get too valuable to play, etc. so the core shrinks too.
...Until nobody is left. At which point, yes you could go back and revive legacy without the staples, but it would be very difficult to do so with NOBODY else playing it anymore, and most people probably never even having heard of it at that point.
I think Real life MTG will slowly die out. I think just like most things nowadays, the internet / technology will ruin the face to face human aspect of the game. That being said, you will always have guys like me. I'm new to the game, and when I decided I wanted to get into it, I had to chose between going and buying cards at walmart, or logging on to MTGO and making an account. I'm old fashioned, so I chose the paper cards. But, enough of my ranting, I think MTG will be around for a very very long time, I just think that the paper cards will come down to the hardcore fanboys, whereas MTGO will skyrocket.
I think Real life MTG will slowly die out. I think just like most things nowadays, the internet / technology will ruin the face to face human aspect of the game. That being said, you will always have guys like me. I'm new to the game, and when I decided I wanted to get into it, I had to chose between going and buying cards at walmart, or logging on to MTGO and making an account. I'm old fashioned, so I chose the paper cards. But, enough of my ranting, I think MTG will be around for a very very long time, I just think that the paper cards will come down to the hardcore fanboys, whereas MTGO will skyrocket.
Maybe someday, but I don't see this happening anytime soon.
Magic is still growing at a phenomenal pace, and MTGO is still terrible.
Ten years is nothing. I know people who still play Briscola, Durak, Euchre, Canasta, Hearts, Spades, and various other seemingly unpopular card games, so it's fair to say Magic will definitely be around for a very long time.
"Time passes, time crawls;
Time doesn't move at all."
-Static orb
Anyhow, the best I can come up with myself is a game in the top 8 of a PTQ back during Urza block in which we were starting game 3 with time already expired, so the tiebreaker rule was that whoever had more life after 3 turns would win. And I lost to... healing salve.
Based on the number of complaints going around here about the new card face, and whatever other complaints whenever something about MTG happens, if the new generation of MTG players are like the current generation, except that they are about action and not words, then MTG will die.
The question isn't how long MTG will last, it's how long will society last... Because that's when MTG will probably die. When we do. Which, if you're an optimist, is in the ball park of 50 years.
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I think Magic will be around for at least twenty more years. I foresee some of the stigma disappearing as nerd culture becomes more assimilated into general pop culture, which will definitely attract even more people. I'm not sure how long paper magic will be around for, though. Magic will inevitably go digital only, along with everything else.
Sup guys, just got off the phone with Ms Cleo and she told me not only is MTG the biggest form of entertainment 10 years from now, but all wars are fought with Magic games and all currencies are Magic cards.
Whenever we can connect our brains directly into computers, paper Magic will die off in favor of digital representations of paper Magic cards in a virtual reality space.
You really want the people who develop MTGO to have something which links into your brain?
Or MTG will die in time?
I never think MTG will long 20 years of game (1993-2013) and still continue ...
RW R/W Burn WB B/W TokensXU MonuU Tron // UWX UW Tron
R GoblinsW Soul SistersRWG Small ZooWUR WUR Geist/Control/Kiki-Resto Combo/NahiriUR Splinter Twin (90% Japanese)/ Grixis TwinRUB UR Delver / Grixis Delver UR Blue MoonBWU Ad NauseamWDeath and TaxesRUB Grixis ControlUMerfolksX Affinity RGB Living End UR Storm/PiF Combo RGX R/G TRON GWU Bant Eldrazi BW Eldrazi and Taxes RUBGoryos Vengeance UB Faeries
Legacy:BRx Renimator
Playing right now: Standard: Jeskai Control Modern; GoryosVengeance/UBFaeries/Affinity Legacy: BRx Reanimator Pauper: UR Drake (banned) Commander: Merieke Ri Berit Esper
Edit: and don't forget, games like risk and rummycub are still selling after LOTS of years, there will always be a market.
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If "Hearthstone" is as successful as I suspect it's going to be (a million or more players), then many of those will eventually turn to MTG for a more complex game, for the face-to-face social aspect, for the tourney scene, and for the collectible angle.
So, perhaps MTG will be considerably larger in 10 years.
Probably right... better get ready to start selling all my legacy stuff in about 40-50 years from now lol
Standard: I, for one, welcome our new rhinoceros overlords
Modern: Pod's dead, Bob's back.
Legacy: Lands, Deathblade, Death and Taxes, Elves, MUD
Retired Legacy: Merfolk, Goblins, Jund, Delver, Reanimator
Considering that WOTC is not going out of business tomorrow, though, and is in fact growing at 30% a year still, I'm... slightly more confident even that people will still be playing Magic in 10 years.
No it wont. And who says they will die, sure eventually, no one will have the "staples" of certain decks anymore, but then that means the format will change unless Wizards reprint some of the cards.
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It doesn't go overnight from "everyone has the staples" to "pretty much nobody has the staples."
It is more like "four fifths of the people have the staples, and the ones that don't constantly lose 80% of their games, and get discouraged and leave the format, thus increasing the proportion of people who have staples again."
The core of those who own them inherently repels outsiders from entering in that way, and yet at the same time, their own staples slowly fall apart or get lost from circulation when they quit or die, or get too valuable to play, etc. so the core shrinks too.
...Until nobody is left. At which point, yes you could go back and revive legacy without the staples, but it would be very difficult to do so with NOBODY else playing it anymore, and most people probably never even having heard of it at that point.
Maybe someday, but I don't see this happening anytime soon.
Magic is still growing at a phenomenal pace, and MTGO is still terrible.
A comic about the world's most addictive game, Magic: The Gathering.
"Time passes, time crawls;
Time doesn't move at all."
-Static orb
The EDH stax primer
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every permanent in the room, accept no substitutes.
You really want the people who develop MTGO to have something which links into your brain?
so I have faith that my favourite game will be around in 10 years