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Megaman

The Name of the Game is – YOU!
Part II
by Sith Dragon
August 19, 2005

Here we go with part 2 of my series on helping you figure out what kind of player you are. Last time I talked about the ‘MUST WIN’ players. All else aside there is not much depth to those players, as they will always run what they have to in order to win. Today, I’m going to talk about their mirror opposite – the player that plays for absolute fun.

These are the players that I often admire the most. I am not talking about players that still haven’t learned what they are doing and have decks that run the gambit of characters and metagame ideas. This is talking about those players out there that have all the skill to be competitive in a tourney, but instead choose to stick with the cards they love.

There is one gentleman that plays in the tourneys around here. He is good enough that if he went with more mainstream cards he would do very well for himself, yet he chooses to run teams like X-statics, decks with four different teams or more, and yes – he always has Skrull in there somewhere. He has won a couple good games here and there, but generally, he goes down in a flaming ball of defeat. Every week he comes back and does it again. I can see the frustration sometimes, but he knows he’s not going to beat many decks with what he runs.

If you are one of these players, then mega-kudos to you. You are out there doing what you love to do, and can be comfortable with the results. About the only advise I can give you is keep it up. My forthcoming deck building articles may help you streamline what you are doing, but weaker decks are weaker decks and just won’t take down the tier I decks. Just keep playing your heart out and enjoy the game.

OK – short and sweet this week. Next week I am going to talk about the kind of player that is the hybrid of these two types: the player who wants to win but wants to do it on their terms instead of running the broken decks. Then after that I will get into how to build a deck.

Questions, comments, rants, raves; email me at sithdragon13@yahoo.com.


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