Before we was married, she learnt how to play mtg and open boosters with me whenever there is a new release. However she discovered that this isnt her type of game, so now whenever there is a new release, she opens a case of booster box with me
my girlfriend hasn't ever mentioned my collection - it's moved around from drawer to shelf to boxes and it's never been an issue.
but she does sometimes get a bit irked when my mates come over and we just sit and play for ages (admittedly, while chatting, sharing stories and drinking - so not just seriously sitting around a table, lol)
i've had a couple of games with her, but she's the type of person that gets impatient with anything she can't do immediately.... so she gets frustrated by MTG.
but hey, we'll get there. i think she'd be good at it. without even knowing the rules, she pointed out a play i could have made in a game i was playing... omg?!
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My girlfriend doesn't have a problem with it. In fact, she came with me to FNM last night because she wanted to see what it was like. She was incredibly bored, just like I told her she would be. She made jokes all night like "omg... I'm surrounded by nerds." I know she has a bit of nerd in her though, because she collects pokemon cards, shares my like for star wars, and she has a bracelet that says "I love nerds."
So yeah, magic isn't her thing, but she is definitely supportive of me playing it. Just like I'm supportive of her skateboarding, playing sports, and her love for animals. It definitely takes immaturity in a relationship to not be behind each other when it comes to things you love.
She said she likes the vampire cards (not because of twilight). She wants to collect them. lol. She doesn't actually play TCGs, she just likes collecting. Maybe I'll get her to play EDH with me someday, who knows...
I believe that I have enough social competence to slip into a party or two, potentially wooing some attractive females that would not mind spending the evening performing the booty dance on me.
I got into magic about six years ago when I noticed other students playing in high school. I was fifteen. I met my significant other shortly after and we're still together to this day. He plays Magic competitively, but I prefer 60 card casual. Our LGS is not very female friendly. I don't enjoy going in to buy cards, let alone to play.
I would say that he and I work as a team. We both understand the mechanics of the game and even though we play a lot of casual together- there are no house rules. We both pay close attention to card interactions and game mechanics. We've even started having Tuesday Night Magic at our house because of how much our hobby has grown over the years.
We also work together when it comes to the cards themselves. My head is filled with card prices for almost every set. So when I do go to the LGS, I can immediately tell if the card we need is overpriced, accurate, or underpriced. He doesn't know prices, but he has a mind for deck building. Any decks I build are control oriented, while he goes across the board. Unlike other females that I've noticed, I hate EDH for its singleton format. I play my decks efficiently and I use playsets and tutors to ensure that I get the consistency I need to win.
I am also the one who buys the majority of the cards. I check ebay every day for specific Legends cards that I am building playsets of and I watch my email notifications for out of stock items from a few of the main online stores. We have around 20,000 cards at this point. If I wasn't so attached to having them, I'd sell the unplayable cards that just sit in boxes. I guess my attachment for cards started early though, because I still have my complete collection of base 1/base 2 Pokemon cards which are still worthless.
I got into magic about six years ago when I noticed other students playing in high school. I was fifteen. I met my significant other shortly after and we're still together to this day. He plays Magic competitively, but I prefer 60 card casual. Our LGS is not very female friendly. I don't enjoy going in to buy cards, let alone to play.
I would say that he and I work as a team. We both understand the mechanics of the game and even though we play a lot of casual together- there are no house rules. We both pay close attention to card interactions and game mechanics. We've even started having Tuesday Night Magic at our house because of how much our hobby has grown over the years.
We also work together when it comes to the cards themselves. My head is filled with card prices for almost every set. So when I do go to the LGS, I can immediately tell if the card we need is overpriced, accurate, or underpriced. He doesn't know prices, but he has a mind for deck building. Any decks I build are control oriented, while he goes across the board. Unlike other females that I've noticed, I hate EDH for its singleton format. I play my decks efficiently and I use playsets and tutors to ensure that I get the consistency I need to win.
I am also the one who buys the majority of the cards. I check ebay every day for specific Legends cards that I am building playsets of and I watch my email notifications for out of stock items from a few of the main online stores. We have around 20,000 cards at this point. If I wasn't so attached to having them, I'd sell the unplayable cards that just sit in boxes. I guess my attachment for cards started early though, because I still have my complete collection of base 1/base 2 Pokemon cards which are still worthless.
I see Luddgang retracted his statement
And thats crap, how can they not be freindly to the smallest demographic of there shop... just stupid.
Im bringing my gf to her first FNM draft this friday, she went there once and watched, kept saying it wasent her thing (nervousness talking) but i finally convinced her, im gonna assume that everyone treats her the same way they treat eachother, theres some good natured ribbing involved but thats how guys are and she knows that.
Guess it just pisses me off that people are "afraid" for lack of better word to go to a card shop in case that kind of stuff happens...
also i wish i still had all my pokemon cards from elementary... just for nostalgic purposes.
She doesn't have a problem with it unless there are more pressing needs.
Of course, after she learned I could get away with a 100$ card by the 5 bucks it takes to enter a tournament here, she bassically told me I had to play more.
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My other half is quite nerdy ^^,. I played magic before we started dating and she wondered a lot about how to play. She looked up magic on her own though, and we got her an edh deck, it's decent but she plays herself away sometimes (nervousness ^^,). I've gotten her to play some preleases as well, but she's really nervous about them. But it's gotten better, and i suppose it will get better in the future as well. Hopefully i can get her to draft after a while and she can start playing FNM's but who knows. All i know is i have a gamer girlfriend and that she plays edh and the occasional prelease. So she can't hate it
It's like my porn. As long as it stays out of sight from the neighbors she doesn't care. I have EDH night every Saturday night at my house and she thinks its cute that I have 8-10 people that know me, but she usually goes out drinking those nights or she works.
Basically, when I walk into the LGS I get treated completely differently than any male in the place. Some of the employees act like snobs and assume that I don't know anything about magic. I wanted to look through Fallen Empires for high tide and hymn to torach and they laughed at the request. Every time I ask for anything they assume that I'm ignorant and don't know how to play. Or they think I build things based on "cuteness", like the comment made last week when I bought a mox diamond. They assume I don't know how to play and only collect based off card art.
I think that the assumption that they think I couldn't possibly play because I'm female frustrates me more than the gawking that happens occasionally. I would actually play draft or even FNM if they didn't talk to me like I was an idiot. No one wants to play in a hostile environment.
Though as far as women and magic go- I can say that I have converted exactly zero of my female friends over the years. So I understand when you guys are happy that your partners are supportive, even if they don't play. It's not that the mechanics of the game are too complicated for women, it's just that they don't enjoy the game type. It's mostly just boring to them. I've played video games my whole life (Daddy's girl) and I was fascinated by magic from the start.
I would love to see more opinions on this topic though. I've seen examples of good and bad relationships that have been affected by magic. A few years back, one of my best guy friends lost his entire collection because his girlfriend threw it away. She wanted him to stop coming over to our house and playing magic. I don't think I could be in a relationship with someone who didn't play or understand why I play. I think the best thing about having a boyfriend that plays and understands, is that I can make those purchases online without him batting an eye. My birthday present this year is the ability to build and purchase a legacy deck. When I start playing competitively, I won't be anywhere near that LGS.
My gf has been pretty mixed about it. She thinks I play too much but when I made the jump from magic online to real cards she bought me my first booster, and the other other day she ordered me a lot of 40 foils on Amazon as a surprise. Mostly unplayables, but its the thought that counts and I did get a few sweet cards I tried to show her how to play but she was frustrated with the complexity of the game. Oh well, I managed to get her into video games
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A few years back, one of my best guy friends lost his entire collection because his girlfriend threw it away.
an old friend of mine's mum threw away his collection, because she's a bat☺☺☺☺ insane religious nut who had some sort of complex about it being demon-worshipping. crazy, right?
funnily enough, i find female players (while few and far between) to be better players than most guys. sure, guys dominate the tournament tables but that's mostly because games such as MTG have a larger male demographic...... the fact that you don't see any female pros isn't an indication of a lack of skill, just a lack of numbers (if just 1 woman attends a 1000-person tournament, chances are that a man will win).
plus, i love the different interpretation of the game that women have. guys are usually all about winning and mechanics (i.e. spikes). women tend to appreciate magic on a more flavoursome and fun level. it's about the shared experience, the way that a deck is a representation of your personality, not just a means to piss off your friends.
in the end, i wish there were more female players. it's nice to be able to share an intellectual and creative hobby with everyone, not just your guy-friends.
in fact i'd go a step further. i think everyone should play magic. a bit like Triple Triad in Final Fantasy 8. that would be a dream come true. you could just challenge anyone, and there'd be so many players that it would be almost impossible to have a "tier 1" deck. you'd just have to build a deck the best you could, being creative and clever, and play with it.
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A few years back, one of my best guy friends lost his entire collection because his girlfriend threw it away.
an old friend of mine's mum threw away his collection, because she's a bat☺☺☺☺ insane religious nut who had some sort of complex about it being demon-worshipping. crazy, right?
Some of the employees act like snobs and assume that I don't know anything about magic.
That sounds like just about every game shop and their attitude towards their unknown customer base. The Comic Book Guy in the Simpsons is a very accurate character.
I am glad to see that a large portion of responders have supporting partners. Also very glad to see a strong showing from the female gamers we only have a few where I am from.
I am glad to see that a large portion of responders have supporting partners. Also very glad to see a strong showing from the female gamers we only have a few where I am from.
yea, but this is also the internet, where everybody is ripped, has model(s) for gf's and MONAY in the bank...
I couldn't really say from the wife or girlfriend aspect, but from the roommate take as I currently live with 2 people neither of which play or wish to play magic, there fine with it as long as I keep my collection in my room.
I'm in the extremely lucky category. My wife plays and loves pre-releases. She surprises me with packs/fat packs and normally has some amazing luck (ala a couple of packs of WWK had a JTMS in it, a few packs of NPH had a Foil SoWaP).
She does alright at pre-releases but when she first started playing and wasn't super well versed with the rules so they thought she was trying to cheat. The place where we play she isn't normally the only female there so they scene is pretty understanding.
My wife used to play in major tournaments but got sick of people making rude comments when they got "beat by a girl." She knows how much the game means to me and is usually very supportive, but we've had the money conversation a few times. Usually it helps when I can trade well or cash in some of the collection... but otherwise I think I've found a happy medium between playing and responsible spending.
My girl once beat a guy who claimed he had never been beaten by a girl before. She looked him straight in the eye and said, "Glad to be the one that could pop your cherry for ya'. Sorry it wasn't as good for you as it was for me!"
Basically, when I walk into the LGS I get treated completely differently than any male in the place. Some of the employees act like snobs and assume that I don't know anything about magic. I wanted to look through Fallen Empires for high tide and hymn to torach and they laughed at the request. Every time I ask for anything they assume that I'm ignorant and don't know how to play. Or they think I build things based on "cuteness", like the comment made last week when I bought a mox diamond. They assume I don't know how to play and only collect based off card art.
I think that the assumption that they think I couldn't possibly play because I'm female frustrates me more than the gawking that happens occasionally. I would actually play draft or even FNM if they didn't talk to me like I was an idiot. No one wants to play in a hostile environment.
Though as far as women and magic go- I can say that I have converted exactly zero of my female friends over the years. So I understand when you guys are happy that your partners are supportive, even if they don't play. It's not that the mechanics of the game are too complicated for women, it's just that they don't enjoy the game type. It's mostly just boring to them. I've played video games my whole life (Daddy's girl) and I was fascinated by magic from the start.
I would love to see more opinions on this topic though. I've seen examples of good and bad relationships that have been affected by magic. A few years back, one of my best guy friends lost his entire collection because his girlfriend threw it away. She wanted him to stop coming over to our house and playing magic. I don't think I could be in a relationship with someone who didn't play or understand why I play. I think the best thing about having a boyfriend that plays and understands, is that I can make those purchases online without him batting an eye. My birthday present this year is the ability to build and purchase a legacy deck. When I start playing competitively, I won't be anywhere near that LGS.
Good answer. My girl is awesome and the family that plays together stays together! She hates to lose to me, though. Its a point of pride. I hate losing to her when it loses one of us points in a tourney. Giant waste of family resources.
Thankfully she's the best 2hG partner a dude could ask for. She keeps track of my triggered abilities, if you know what I mean *winkwink* (no seriously, she does)
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My fiancee plays just as much as I do, so our collection is pretty much just one massive closet full of cards. I recently got her into EDH, so now we sit across from each other playing games on Cockatrice to get her better at it. Always fun.
I agree with the sense of pride thing. I absolutely hate losing to him and he also hates losing to me. That's why when we playtest, we generally playtest against gauntlets of our own decks. (I played his Sliver Deck against his sligh deck for example) That way we can focus more on what improvements the decks need rather playing a contest of who can build a better hosing deck. We're also some of the best players in our playgroup. So it makes it difficult to play multiplayer as well. I know each strategy and card in his decks pretty soon after he builds them. So I'll play more aggressively to get him off the board in multiplayer. Though, he takes pride in that because he knows that I will put resources into getting the biggest threat to my deck off the table. Most of the time, it's him.
We also spend hours talking about strategy and new decks that we'd like to build and we support each other when it comes to making purchases. I'm about to get a PSA 10 Gem of one of my favorite cards for my birthday in July. I just like the fact that he loves me enough to be competitive with me while still supporting my collector's nature.
I recently got back into MTG about 2 months ago and have spent probably about $2,000 on cards (both netdeck and boosters). My girlfriend of over 3 and a half years hates pretty much anything that takes my attention away from her; which can be a bit of a pain. However, she seems to have gotten into MTG since I've been doing a lot of purchasing, playing with friends and small tournaments at my 'LGS' (It's friggen about 50 miles away). She's bought quite a few cards herself and I've been teaching her. But she's a huge sore loser, and not quick to adapt to strategies. It's been pretty painful teaching her, but in the end it's going to be worth it.
My gf thinks its funny but doesn't really care one way or another. She'll make fun of it more than anything else with comments "so do you have to say "bippety boppety boop when you play or do you pull a bunny out of a hat and then the next person tries to do a BETTER magic trick?" She doesn't play and i'm ok with it. Time apart is good.
She wonders how much i've spent on it but i'll usually reply with "how much have you spent on your horse!" and that shuts her up. Done.
I also don't really collect. I ebay everything I don't need/use so I don't really have more than a shoe box of stuff and a folder.
Not really a fan of having stuff around that I can't/won't use.
My wife wont help me sort my cards but does encourage me to collect.
I have it the exact opposite. My wife hates that I collect and wants all my cards to go away but she will help me sort them all day. That's kinda funny to me.:tongue:
Other than that, nothing too speical
but she does sometimes get a bit irked when my mates come over and we just sit and play for ages (admittedly, while chatting, sharing stories and drinking - so not just seriously sitting around a table, lol)
i've had a couple of games with her, but she's the type of person that gets impatient with anything she can't do immediately.... so she gets frustrated by MTG.
but hey, we'll get there. i think she'd be good at it. without even knowing the rules, she pointed out a play i could have made in a game i was playing... omg?!
So yeah, magic isn't her thing, but she is definitely supportive of me playing it. Just like I'm supportive of her skateboarding, playing sports, and her love for animals. It definitely takes immaturity in a relationship to not be behind each other when it comes to things you love.
She said she likes the vampire cards (not because of twilight). She wants to collect them. lol. She doesn't actually play TCGs, she just likes collecting. Maybe I'll get her to play EDH with me someday, who knows...
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I would say that he and I work as a team. We both understand the mechanics of the game and even though we play a lot of casual together- there are no house rules. We both pay close attention to card interactions and game mechanics. We've even started having Tuesday Night Magic at our house because of how much our hobby has grown over the years.
We also work together when it comes to the cards themselves. My head is filled with card prices for almost every set. So when I do go to the LGS, I can immediately tell if the card we need is overpriced, accurate, or underpriced. He doesn't know prices, but he has a mind for deck building. Any decks I build are control oriented, while he goes across the board. Unlike other females that I've noticed, I hate EDH for its singleton format. I play my decks efficiently and I use playsets and tutors to ensure that I get the consistency I need to win.
I am also the one who buys the majority of the cards. I check ebay every day for specific Legends cards that I am building playsets of and I watch my email notifications for out of stock items from a few of the main online stores. We have around 20,000 cards at this point. If I wasn't so attached to having them, I'd sell the unplayable cards that just sit in boxes. I guess my attachment for cards started early though, because I still have my complete collection of base 1/base 2 Pokemon cards which are still worthless.
I see Luddgang retracted his statement
And thats crap, how can they not be freindly to the smallest demographic of there shop... just stupid.
Im bringing my gf to her first FNM draft this friday, she went there once and watched, kept saying it wasent her thing (nervousness talking) but i finally convinced her, im gonna assume that everyone treats her the same way they treat eachother, theres some good natured ribbing involved but thats how guys are and she knows that.
Guess it just pisses me off that people are "afraid" for lack of better word to go to a card shop in case that kind of stuff happens...
also i wish i still had all my pokemon cards from elementary... just for nostalgic purposes.
Of course, after she learned I could get away with a 100$ card by the 5 bucks it takes to enter a tournament here, she bassically told me I had to play more.
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I think that the assumption that they think I couldn't possibly play because I'm female frustrates me more than the gawking that happens occasionally. I would actually play draft or even FNM if they didn't talk to me like I was an idiot. No one wants to play in a hostile environment.
Though as far as women and magic go- I can say that I have converted exactly zero of my female friends over the years. So I understand when you guys are happy that your partners are supportive, even if they don't play. It's not that the mechanics of the game are too complicated for women, it's just that they don't enjoy the game type. It's mostly just boring to them. I've played video games my whole life (Daddy's girl) and I was fascinated by magic from the start.
I would love to see more opinions on this topic though. I've seen examples of good and bad relationships that have been affected by magic. A few years back, one of my best guy friends lost his entire collection because his girlfriend threw it away. She wanted him to stop coming over to our house and playing magic. I don't think I could be in a relationship with someone who didn't play or understand why I play. I think the best thing about having a boyfriend that plays and understands, is that I can make those purchases online without him batting an eye. My birthday present this year is the ability to build and purchase a legacy deck. When I start playing competitively, I won't be anywhere near that LGS.
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an old friend of mine's mum threw away his collection, because she's a bat☺☺☺☺ insane religious nut who had some sort of complex about it being demon-worshipping. crazy, right?
funnily enough, i find female players (while few and far between) to be better players than most guys. sure, guys dominate the tournament tables but that's mostly because games such as MTG have a larger male demographic...... the fact that you don't see any female pros isn't an indication of a lack of skill, just a lack of numbers (if just 1 woman attends a 1000-person tournament, chances are that a man will win).
plus, i love the different interpretation of the game that women have. guys are usually all about winning and mechanics (i.e. spikes). women tend to appreciate magic on a more flavoursome and fun level. it's about the shared experience, the way that a deck is a representation of your personality, not just a means to piss off your friends.
in the end, i wish there were more female players. it's nice to be able to share an intellectual and creative hobby with everyone, not just your guy-friends.
in fact i'd go a step further. i think everyone should play magic. a bit like Triple Triad in Final Fantasy 8. that would be a dream come true. you could just challenge anyone, and there'd be so many players that it would be almost impossible to have a "tier 1" deck. you'd just have to build a deck the best you could, being creative and clever, and play with it.
and yet people wonder why women get abused...
jk
but srsly
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That sounds like just about every game shop and their attitude towards their unknown customer base. The Comic Book Guy in the Simpsons is a very accurate character.
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yea, but this is also the internet, where everybody is ripped, has model(s) for gf's and MONAY in the bank...
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She does alright at pre-releases but when she first started playing and wasn't super well versed with the rules so they thought she was trying to cheat. The place where we play she isn't normally the only female there so they scene is pretty understanding.
Hey, I know you! We play at the same stores... CCG, Amazing(now closed), etc. Funny! Small world bro. At least this better be who I think it is.
Good answer. My girl is awesome and the family that plays together stays together! She hates to lose to me, though. Its a point of pride. I hate losing to her when it loses one of us points in a tourney. Giant waste of family resources.
Thankfully she's the best 2hG partner a dude could ask for. She keeps track of my triggered abilities, if you know what I mean *winkwink* (no seriously, she does)
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We also spend hours talking about strategy and new decks that we'd like to build and we support each other when it comes to making purchases. I'm about to get a PSA 10 Gem of one of my favorite cards for my birthday in July. I just like the fact that he loves me enough to be competitive with me while still supporting my collector's nature.
She wonders how much i've spent on it but i'll usually reply with "how much have you spent on your horse!" and that shuts her up. Done.
I also don't really collect. I ebay everything I don't need/use so I don't really have more than a shoe box of stuff and a folder.
Not really a fan of having stuff around that I can't/won't use.
I have it the exact opposite. My wife hates that I collect and wants all my cards to go away but she will help me sort them all day. That's kinda funny to me.:tongue: