They seem intent on playing this commercial during every break in South Park, and I'm getting really fucking sick of it.
"All you need is a deck, a brain, and a friend".
It was my understanding that people who played these games did so because they had no friends.
TAO
Magic is actually pretty fun.. it's a challenge, and fun at the same time.. and yes, you can have a life and play Magic at the same time. :)
[email] (KritikThis) wrote:
Most people I see playing it are perpetual college students who do nothing but sit around, smoke cigars (or weed) and hang around at hobby shops. Frightening bunch.
***** An Official Bleech Post !!!!!! ***** [email] ***** http://www.ac.net/~msioes ***** Chalfont, and all that Rot
"What do you get for pretending the danger's not real ?
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well-trodden corridors, into the valley of steel"
- Pink Floyd, "Sheep"
"Is there anything more terrible and unjust than a _fake_ ?"
- Roger WatersOn Tue, 14 Oct 1997 03:42:53 GMT, [email] (Bleech_) wrote:
Why not play real role playing games like Call of Cthulhu. Just my two bits.
Stop the insanity! Magic:the Addiction is Crack cocaine in paper form. The cards are laced with a highly addictive substance that wears off after a time, causing the addict to buy more cards. The rarer, more expensive cards contain more of this compound, which is why those cards are highly valued.
A recovering addict (you're never fully cured)
"Hi, my name is Mike, and I've been a Magic player for 2 years. I haven't touched the cards in a year, and, quite frankly, I'm scared." (<- my intro at Magic Players Anonymous)
AS much as I hate posting off topic: Your thinking of competing Dickweed... Its a fucking GAME!! My friends and I who play do compete to an extenet but we spend nowhere near 500 an month maybe 500 after 5 years for some. and we'll still kick the shit out of these people who think theyre great cause they spent 5 bills in a year... plus we probably wouldnt even want to play with them to begin with... Why dont you attack the fuckin Bingo Players? THEY HAVE A PROBLEM!!! Oh well, preaching to the people who are trying to make a point about shit thats stupid cause they have nothing good to say... latr, gabe p.s. Ive been going out with a girl cause she shits on my face.... i love the way her slime runs down my chin
From: Alaric Concist
<<MY GOD! Its a game! Just because you people do not have half a brain to understand it doesn't give you a right to make fun of it! So try and act mature and deal with it!>>
Oh, don't tell me that MtG takes a lot of brain-power! I've played it. It's like Russian Bank (a two-player solitare game), but with a tired medieval fantasy theme. There are many more games, such as Hasmi Shogi or Mancala, that are easier to learn and require more thoughtfulness.
And remember - Dungeons and Dragons players call Magic players nerds!
James S. Zakany, PE
Saddens me to see this coming from somewhere other than AOL.
Score one for you guys.
<sigh>
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 03:34:20 GMT, [email] (Bleech_) wrote:
No, you don't have to buy $500 worth of cards, my cousin has payed at most, $40 in one month and he consistently wins tourneys. With Pros with thousand dollar decks. If you have a good strategy you can win. That is the point of the game, think not buy all the power cards. Of course you don't want to hear me bitch about Magic, what I would like to know is in the commercial during South Park, usually the first one, or the intro to the commercials, what does Kenny say? Kyle says something like Brought to you by Magic the gathering blah blah, and then Kenny says something. Sounded to me like " A really funny game." Of course, don't trust me. I have never guessed what Kenny said right.
Brent Pedigo ([email]) wrote:
Pro magic the gathering players? I must say I have heard everything.
Nietz
Thomas Hughes wrote in article ...
yeah, these are the guys you see at _every_ tourney with car deodourants around their neck...cause ya know bathing takes too much time away from deck construction...
LoATS Lord of All Things Squishy
"Wow! That's a Big Fat Ass!"
Find one in every car. You'll see.
Then you'll be excited to to hear that the championships will be (are/were?) on ESPN2.
Ken
Ken made the baby Jesus cry by writing this:
Who's gonna do commentary on this game? Phil and Bob from the Comic Shop?
PHIL: And Charles has tapped two mana and summoned his Hellspawn...
BOB: Hey, that's a good-looking Hellspawn card, too. I think that'd go
for $5 or so at the store. Actually, I'd sell it for $15.50 and
go see Starship Troopers.
PHIL: Oh, no, look out, Randy has countered that summoning!
BOB: Dude, that sucks! That's even worse than the time my parents tried
charging me for rent!i REALLY hope Kenny is saying "this game sucks!" in the commercials.
I know this is far fetched, but it sounds to me like Kenny is saying "Magic fucking sucks"
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:39:12 -0500, "Squeaky" offered this unto Shub-Internet:
I haven't seen this commercial. Was it on during the sleepover in in Pink Eye? Is there a wav of it on the Net?
I think he says "It's a stupid game!"
Kenny wouldn't say that. South Park is sponsored by magic, if anything he says "It's a great game". They wouldn't screw with their sponsor's.
south_god wrote in message ...
"Magic<BR>
No I really think that he's trashing the sponsers.... come on this is Kenny we're talking about..... you know the little boy that has a mouth that could make a sailor blush...... I honestly think that Kenny made some sort fo derrogotory remark...... but I guess we'll never truly know ......
I am 95% sure that Kenny trashed the sponsor. One must try and think logically here for a second. Magic the Gathering pays to have its name plastered around during breaks in the show. MtG would probably know that South Park is considered the most offensive show on the air that considers NOTHING sacred. Therefore, one would assume that the game would *encourage* Kenny to make fun of their game on the air because it will get a laugh from the audience. And when you get a laugh from the audience they're paying attention. And when they are paying attenion, they see your ad. Are you getting my point here? It would be good advertizing if they were to have their game trashed on the air. And more cards would sell. Its not like Magic is trying to proove its the best out there with its comercials. Its showing to people that it exists. Okay I'm done now
Nietz
Just as a little sociology that backs this up, it is a widely accepted marketing theory that in mass marketing, such as commercials, it doesn't matter if the viewer gets a good or poor impression of your product, as long as they get an impression. This is related to brainwashing theory that states that any emotional response helps you achieve a brainwash, regardless of the what emotion it is and who (or what) it is directed at.
kenny says,"and then suck my dick."
[email] (WeezerFan8) writes:
quoting?
What is the deal with you and quoting? It seems like most of the things you write have to do with quoting.
OK... So from now on we can all stop quoting, and we'll just let Shoegaze99 start grading our posts too.
I think kenny says,"it's just a stupid game."
I agree....
And I don't really think that they're trying to dis' their sponsors, (they could've had Stan or Kyle say it) it's just Kennys sense of humor.
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 23:21:29 -0500, "Ken" offered this unto Shub-Internet:
At least it's on ESPN2. Not that that isn't sad, but I saw the national spelling bee on ESPN during prime time. Two years in a row no less. With highlights<!> on Sportscenter. I don't know about anyone else, but when I watch Sportscenter, I want to backboards shattering and guys getting their brains checked out, not some pyscho girl screaming out letters.
"It's just a stupid game" (it sounds like that to me.)
Many a.t.sp'ers think that it's a stupid game too.
Pegasus wrote:
Haven't been on UseNet for very long, have you?
3 and a half years, not long at all.
DemocrtGrl wrote:
The difference is, my television watching experience isn't critically damaged by the incessant spewing of toe-picking commercials.
"You can have the strongest stomach, or the fastest legs..but nothing can save you from Magic: The Gathering Ads"
yes these magic commercials are getting horrific.
and you need to be independantly wealthy. in my magic career, i probably spent over $2,000 on cards. that's actually pretty low in terms of what the real players spend. so the above statement is actually false advertising.
no i had friends, and we all got into it at the same time. but once the amount of new cards being produced exceeds the amount of money you have to spend on cards you get really tired of the game. plus, like right after the commercials came out, magic cards were suddenly very hard to acquire since everybody was buying them. so, i've been magic-free for three months. anybody want to buy my collection? i'll sell cheap!
Yeah! I know people that actually have 'God books' - you know, those binders with *every* Magic card printed!
Sure were, man.
Yeah.. it went from, "Cool! I got a Jester's Cap!" to, "Jesus Christ! If I buy that dual land, how am I going to have enough money to buy Weatherlight *AND* Mirage?"
Yeah, man. It sucks.. the set is great for starters, it's got a great set of cards, so it's perfect for newbies trying to build a deck.. unfortunately, newbies don't have that much money to blow on a whole set, so all I'm getting is offers from people who've been playing for like 3 years.. all their offers are, "Uh, without all the crap thrown in, I'll give you $30 for 6 cards." It's just like, what, are you joking me?
yup remember how you could look and see what rare you were getting? now it sucks they did the same thing to overpower
hehehehehe...... many a shivan or doppelganger was spied by me using this method, why can't it be this cool again?!?!
As the original poster of Magic--The Gathering, I'd like to apologize to all the South Park fans for inadvertantly bringing the geeks in here. Sorry.
Hey nerds, get the hell out of our newsgroup goto:http://pocketprotector.com
I know, that sucks.. there was a card shop in a mall near my home selling Fallen Empire boxes for $40. I know a kid that bought a box just for the Hand of Justice he *might* get.
Like 3000 cards, and for as much as I possibly can get.
Yeah, I remember how everything was way cool in the beginning. After they released a new expansion every month and started banning complete expansions from tourneys, I figgered it was time to quit. Still don't have any friends though. ;)
Keep 'em. I bet your grand kids'll get a kick out of them. Or they may be worth some thing again someday. You know, like all the old comic books that everyone threw away cuz they were no longer into comics but are now worth $5,000. ;)
Lucas Treffkorn Boy Wodner and Lurker Extraordinaire
John Hayes and I were on the phone the other night reminiscing (sp?) about the times when kids would buy 10 Chaos Orbs, and when they pulled one in a tournament, just rip 'em up and chuck 'em at their opponent and obliterate *everything*, because the card was only like $2 at the time.. heh.. I know kids that would just drop the card onto a deck just because they knew the official would count the whole deck as destroyed. What a crappy way to get taken out of a tournament.. it's not like you can say, "Yeah, I was down to 1 life, then battled back up to 32, then drained him down to 3, then he pulls this mega-manuever, and I Deflect it, thinking I win, and he Counterspells me, and then, when I Counterspell him, he Counterspells me again, and then Forks the damn thing, so I got toasted," you kinda have to say, "A Chaos Orb touched my deck."
HEY NERDS!!
Get the hell out of our newsgroup!! I think you can find kindred spirits at:
alt.nerds.r.us
Later,
sorry about that pegasus and i got carried away with out conversation. neither of us meant to offend anyone and rest assured we've taken our conversation completely to email so not to disturb anyone else - something we should have done long ago. so, once again, sorry for the inconvienience.
I know its off topic, but
I was into magic. I spent about $200 on cards. Little over a year later, I sold the collection for $1500 and bought my first P.C. type computer. (including the floppy drive that I still own) Wow.. those Legends cards sure were valuable!
I just think some guy complaining about the Magic commercials is funny. T.V. is run by advertising, and if South Park didn't have commercials, we wouldn't have elephants screwing pigs... and THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!
They can have Douche commercials, as long as it pays the bills!
Jake
Man, I'll never forgot the time I got my first Xaxar the WonderLord of Tyrinia card and flammed the Cantankerous Quinquin with my magical Glokenconker. I got laid SO many times after that.
TAO
On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 22:53:49 -0400, [email] (Tyrone Ahmed O'Changsteinsky) wrote:
This thread should continue in alt.cardgame.magic instead of a South Park fan newsgroup. My two cents.
RtC
On Fri, Oct 17, 1997 08:54 EDT, [email] (RtC) wrote the following reply:
O'Changsteinsky) wrote:
Just my two-cents worth: Rtc, you gotta lay off the cough syrup, I'm worried about you man! Take your two cents and buy a clue. Or spring for a book on satire.
ROTFLMAO! I am not even going to soil this with my own quip...
Hail Brak,
Mike
Forgive me, but it seems that the Magick thread is dying out, so I thought it might be time to bait the geek trap again. Maybe we'll get all of 'em this time. BY GOD IT'S COMIN' RIGHT FOR US!
TAO
Tyrone Ahmed O'Changsteinsky wrote in message ...
DAMN! Where's an Internet cop when you need one!!!
Oh wait....here come one now........ "As an Admin for an ISP I can call and..."
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In article , [email] (Tyrone Ahmed O'Changsteinsky) writes:
Not ENTIRELY true....I had lotsa friends and would play....it's also a great way to meet new people (for example the Magic tournaments at Game Masters in Memphis, TN)
Melissa "Don Dave" Keitel
Hahaha. You made me laugh out loud. Werd.
--Jay
Is someone suggesting "Southpark: The Card Game"
with the expansion set of "Southpark: Kill Kenny"?
Although I still want a fighting game featuring Santa and Jesus.
That be cool.-=Rich=-
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