How many people quit MTGO because the learning curve is too high or they just get beat so much they give up? I'm relatively new to it but it seems the curve is EVE Online style. I can understand why people quit shortly after starting due to not being able to compete with those with endless supplies of cash/time. At least that is my perception. As someone that enjoys the game but has a life, it seems pretty hard to catch up.
How many people quit MTGO because the learning curve is too high or they just get beat so much they give up? I'm relatively new to it but it seems the curve is EVE Online style. I can understand why people quit shortly after starting due to not being able to compete with those with endless supplies of cash/time. At least that is my perception. As someone that enjoys the game but has a life, it seems pretty hard to catch up.
Thoughts?
If you win half your games you are doing decently. Are you winning half your games?
Even the best players are going to only win somewhere between 6 and 7 games out of 10. Meaning that 3 or 4 times out of 10, they'll lose too. You should expect to lose alot in Magic, it's just the nature of the game. Sometimes you will go through bad luck streaks where you lose constantly (happened to me over a two week span a couple of weeks ago), and sometimes everything you touch will turn to gold (this week I went 3-0, 3-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-0, 2-1).
I personally only play swiss events because the cost of playing single elimination events is way too high, as is the frustration. I recommend you play swiss drafts only. Also you should keep track of what happened in each game and analyze your play to see what you might have done better. It helps to have screen recording so you can review your game, as Magic Online's game playback is dreadful and terribly buggy.
For me there are two important learning curves, one is the MtGO interface and being able to do what you want to do in a game without mis-clicks, and the other is the game itself. When I was a new player a bit over a year ago I first watched draft videos to see how it works within a game, and also that helped me understand the game itself and what cards to look for in a draft. I think that we all continue to learn how to become better at the game, just playing and paying attention to what you are doing should hopefully help you improve.
I only play swiss drafts because I want to play 3 matches and I only enjoy limited events.
The 2 man queues are nice quick and cheap too. 2 tickets and go head to head for a booster.
I use MTGO to play Modern and Pauper and occasionally draft. Just pick what you want to play in MTGO and focus on those. It's relatively cheaper to build decks on MTGO than in paper. (though oddly enough. Auriok Champion is around 25 tix online and I just bought 2 paper copies for 17 a pop.) and to reiterate what others have said, you're gonna lose in magic. When I first started I was getting wrecked constantly, I am much closer to 50% now after playing for 2 years. You just gotta put in the time, nothing makes you a better magic player than playing magic.
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MTGO requires that you play very casually or play very competitively. There is little middle ground for a player to jump in and figure out what they want to do on the fly without putting wads of cash into the client. I'm working on a video series now (As in just started storyboarding - pre-recording) to address some of these issues.
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Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the knight had just laid waste.
That may be true for constructed but for draft I am finding a good middle ground between very casual and very competitive, once I learned how to use bots to sell off all of my single cards I opened in drafts.
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Thoughts?
If you win half your games you are doing decently. Are you winning half your games?
Even the best players are going to only win somewhere between 6 and 7 games out of 10. Meaning that 3 or 4 times out of 10, they'll lose too. You should expect to lose alot in Magic, it's just the nature of the game. Sometimes you will go through bad luck streaks where you lose constantly (happened to me over a two week span a couple of weeks ago), and sometimes everything you touch will turn to gold (this week I went 3-0, 3-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-0, 2-1).
I personally only play swiss events because the cost of playing single elimination events is way too high, as is the frustration. I recommend you play swiss drafts only. Also you should keep track of what happened in each game and analyze your play to see what you might have done better. It helps to have screen recording so you can review your game, as Magic Online's game playback is dreadful and terribly buggy.
I only play swiss drafts because I want to play 3 matches and I only enjoy limited events.
I use MTGO to play Modern and Pauper and occasionally draft. Just pick what you want to play in MTGO and focus on those. It's relatively cheaper to build decks on MTGO than in paper. (though oddly enough. Auriok Champion is around 25 tix online and I just bought 2 paper copies for 17 a pop.) and to reiterate what others have said, you're gonna lose in magic. When I first started I was getting wrecked constantly, I am much closer to 50% now after playing for 2 years. You just gotta put in the time, nothing makes you a better magic player than playing magic.
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