MTG Salvation

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There's definitely a big variation of player types from one store to another. Some are much better than others. The problem is that even if one finds a good store, with good, friendly players, you never know when some douche lord is gonna come walking in. It just takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch sometime. For me, I pretty much just play with a few friends. I'd love to be able to play with a broader range of people, but it's just not worth it to me--ultra competitive people at FNM is just a turn off for me. It is a game and supposed to be fun--when you have people getting pissed off if they lose, its just not a friendly environment. And too many game store owners don't care. They just allow it because the jerks are spending money too. I buy my product either online or wherever is most convenient, which too often is Walmart. I care nothing for supporting my LGS, but of course that's partially because I just don't like those environments in my area.

If someone's being a douche then you need to adapt to the situation by talking to your local game store owner If there's a problem with that individual or If it's a group of people. Try to resolve the issue the best way possible without resorting to violence or potentially getting people kicked out or banned from said local game store. Even If you're buying product online it's always important to support your local game store as much as possible. I cannot stress that enough. As for me I haven't had any issues with the environment at the local game stores I attend on the weekends, most of which have been resolved by the owners.

Also a local game store should do more than exclusively sell Magic products by putting all their eggs in one basket, it doesn't work that way. There's a lot of local game stores with support for other properties such as Dungeons & Dragons, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon TCG, Vanguard, Tabletop Strategy Games, and even video game tournaments from time to time. Sure there's local game stores that charge more than others but that shouldn't stop people from playing at these venues. Everyone these days cares more about what's convenient for themselves rather than what's essential for actually playing Magic and other games.

You missed my point--in my experience, none of the things you mention do much good whatsoever. I'm sure in some cases and regions and stores it does, but not in my experience. So for me (or anyone really) why is it so important to support a game store that does nothing for me? I don't play at them, don't require their store to purchase what I need, don't give me any kind of discount off of MSRP that I can't get elsewhere... I just don't see them as essential for playing Magic. More and more products are starting to make their way into the big box stores, and if they ever catch up with the times and stop marking things above MSRP, I'll buy there just to avoid shipping times. I'm not trying to be a jerk here--I know a lot of people love the gaming stores and the environment. My point is just that without them, Magic does not die. People would just have to organize their own events.

I used to love the gaming stores. I remember many of the old ones when I was younger... it was like going into a treasure house, because one never knew what could be found in them... older products, out of print, all kinds of things that couldn't be found anywhere else. But TCGs turned them into hotspots for arrogant, overly competitive douche-berries. For me, this takes the fun out of it. And now that everything in the world is available online, shipped right to my door, there's just no need for them anymore. But, if you can give me a good reason why they really are so important, maybe I'll change my mind.

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Hope the Card Wars discounts continue through the Holiday Season. Competition is good for the consumer.

Except the competition won't be good for local game stores who'd go out of business If Wizards of the Coast ends up aligning themselves with Amazon Prime where they can move product much faster than local game stores and popular retail chains such as Walmart and Target. Players NEED local game stores in order to play Magic and have fun.

I very rarely go to a local game store and I play Magic plenty. I even have fun doing so. LGSs are NOT needed for Magic to exist or continue. In the town I used to live in, there was a large group of people who would meet almost daily at the university campus to play. They even had small tournaments with small prizes that everyone chipped in to play. Much better than the geeky, ultra competitive douche-baggery that I see in players at most LGS.

I don't understand this. I'm probably missing something.

If they're going to get rid of the PW redirection rule, why don't they just get rid of it? Why do they need to errata anything?

Or are they getting rid of the rule and wanting to errata every card that could previously redirect damage to a PW, so that it can still damage a PW? If so, why not just keep the rule since it's the same end result?

Can someone explain this better?

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=14283