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***Alex*** · 2009-09-23, 18:32 PM

Welcome to the forums!

In the old forums (which are now sadly lost), there was a thread where new members could introduce themselves. Well, here's the new version for the new forums.

I'll kick things off. I'm Alex, and I've had two forays into the world of MTG. The first was in 1995 when I started with Ice Age and 4th Edition. I then stopped after a few months and didn't play again until September 2005. I got a free card in the mail with some stuff I'd ordered, thought eh, why not, and four years later I'm still handing over money to WotC.

I prefer to play decks that let me do something each turn, like combo or aggro-control. I've tried a few pure control decks like U/W or Reveillark, but we never seem to get along.

OK, your turn!

Pabloman · 2009-09-24, 14:55 PM

Greetings from PabloManUK Smile

(aka Paul-Tamanoa-Random Cuber)

***Alex*** · 2009-09-26, 00:07 AM

(2009-09-24 14:55 PM)Pabloman Wrote: Greetings from PabloManUK
(aka Paul-Tamanoa-Random Cuber)

Hey dude! See you at the pre-release tomorrow (or rather, later today now). Smile

Maverick · 2009-10-02, 08:36 AM

*GRRRARRRARARRAR*

I return!

I'm a Judge, TO, Collector, casual limited player (have a 16 player cube.), competertive Legacy player and have played since unlimited.

***Alex*** · 2009-10-04, 23:21 PM

(2009-10-02 08:36 AM)Maverick Wrote: *GRRRARRRARARRAR*

I return!

I'm a Judge, TO, Collector, casual limited player (have a 16 player cube.), competertive Legacy player and have played since unlimited.

Rar! The Brighton invasion begins!

Good to see ya, Mav. Smile

Maverick · 2009-10-05, 00:50 AM

Thanks Alex good to be back.

fifthchild · 2009-10-14, 08:24 AM

Hey boys and girls! I'm a brand new player (Zendikar is my first real set) and I found these forums from the podcast (which has been dead useful getting some starting advice, cheers).

I live in Taiwan, so the group of players is pretty small, and mostly don't speak a whole lot of English. I have a regular group of exactly three people (myself included) but we have a bunch of fun. Getting contact with other players seems like a constructive and educational idea so even though I'm not really a forum person, this looks like a friendly place to hang out. Let's see how it goes.

Xx_dreamclaw_xX · 2009-10-28, 13:24 PM

erm hey all... im actually quite new to the game...been only playing since maybe time spiral. only started taking part in competitions this year.
i live in singapore where several good players reside.
i currently play a hypergenesis deck for legacy,
a mana ramp deck and an ally deck for standard.
i also just started a pretty cool dragonstorm deck
nice to meet you all!

**articpenguin** · 2009-12-02, 07:19 AM

Hey guys. Playing since Timespiral. Took a break at the Alara block. Now I'm up and running again.
Only played with friends and looking forward to making a good deck to play FNM with for the first time.

Darth Meatloaf · 2009-12-05, 02:21 AM

Hey all, my name is Josh from Milwaukee, WI, USA.

I played back in the old days, starting with Revised and getting out around the time of Mirage. I just got back in with the release of M10.

Damn, I miss my old cards...

Truthhunter · 2009-12-27, 01:32 AM

My name is Nick.
I started playing magic during the Onslaught block. I quit a year or two after. I then got back into it after playing the Xbox game, Duels of the Planeswalkers. I then bought a few theme decks from Mercadian Masques and Odyssey. I have never been in tournament play. I just play casually with none of the deck construction rules.

I started listening to the podcast a few weeks ago.

browncoat · (This post was last modified: 2010-06-07 16:53 PM by browncoat.)

Hi my name is Perry Grosch. I have played casually since Odyssey. For the last few years I have been trying to go to tournaments but that has been on and off. I stumbled across the podcast and was thrilled to find a podcast that had actual information as opposed to having the hosts ramble on constantly and laugh at their own jokes.

I am generally an aggro nutjob but occasionally I play other decks, generally these are crazy and random (see 50 land). Hopefully I will get to more tournaments in the near future as a writer for deckconstruct. I also am going to be moving around a bit over the next few months so I won't have a definite store that I will be based out of.

bizmuth · 2010-01-06, 01:18 AM

Hi everyone. My name's Bob, I'm 28, and from Rochester, NY. I learned about DC by searching for MTG podcasts in order to learn and familiarize myself with the game a bit more. I've wanted to learn how to play MTG since the late '90s, but never did until about two months ago. A few friends of mine play every Friday night, and when I was over there I sat and watched.... they were having a lot of fun and that prompted me to start learning. One of my friends started to explain the basics to me, and shortly thereafter I went and picked up the Liliana vs Garruk duel decks, which seemed like a good way to start. I also was given (by the employee of a local hobby shop) two 30 card starter decks, one red and one green. Since then, I've toyed around making different combinations of those cards into two decks, one for me, one for my gf. We've been playing a few times a week, and slowly learning. A friend of mine came up for a visit from Florida, and showed me some more stuff that I didn't know, like how to place counters, how to use Planeswalkers, etc. I just bought a lot of about 500 cards off Craigslist last night..... can't wait until they get here so I can start building more decks! I don't have a lot of money to invest in cards, so I was especially pleased to hear about "Pauper Magic" in the podcast. I like the idea of building decks and trying to find clever strategies that others haven't thought of or aren't expecting. I'm glad to see that there are other new players here as well as veterans. I hope to visit often and learn a lot on the way!

jinsca · (This post was last modified: 2010-01-20 10:57 AM by jinsca.)

Hey guys I'm new to the forums here and wanted to introduce myself and my relationship to magic. First off I'm from San Diego, CA. I'm 21 years old and am a University student. I found DC by just searching for MTG podcasts. I want to thank Alex for the podcast I really appreciate the work you put into it. As far as magic goes I play socially but also enjoy playing at FNMs and "standard sunday". I started playing the summer before lorywn block so i'm pretty new. I started playing casual decks and then switched to standard. I also draft socially with friends and at FNMs. Thanks guys I look forward to posting on the forums!

P.S. I didn't see this thread and i don't know how to delete the other thread i created in off topic...

P.P.S. How do you make the card links in your posts so it links the card name to the visual image thing?

Rich · 2010-01-30, 02:29 AM

Hey, I'm new here. Love the podcasts and find them quite helpful. I'm from Chicago and at the time of typing this am 22. I first came into magic when Ravnica and Guildpact were new. I still love Orzhov, but since it's no longer standard legal.... I just got back into the game a year or so ago as a more serious gamer.