Emile comments on "Stuck In The Middle With Bruce" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 09 April 2009 01:09:32PM *  13 points [-]

That's funny. I haven't played Magic seriously since pre-Google, and not building one's own deck from scratch was commonly known as 'cheating'.

ETA: this is because deck construction was considered most of the game, so playing someone else's deck is like having a more experienced player play the game for you

Comment author: Emile 09 April 2009 03:42:21PM 5 points [-]

Same here - there might have been a few people around playing decks from the web or magazines, but they were a minority and not very highly considered.

But then I never took part in competitions, and don't know anybody who did, that probably explains.