Destroy Your Geek Cred!!

[Old Man]

I have only....just now...seen an episode of Game of Thrones....

 

Which one?

[Badger]

I have never read a Harry Potter book, and never seen a movie based on one.

 

I'll see you that, and add "and I never had an interest to"

[Cassandra]

I've actively avoided reading the Twilight books and movies based on them. 

[DasBroot]

Is that truly 'destroying your geek cred' or merely  'exhibiting a self preservation instinct'? 

[death tribble]

The latter. Vampires do not sparkle and werewolves cannot assume shape in daylight

[Tech priest support]

I'm not into superhero movies, and I don't watch any superhero TV shows.

[Tech priest support]

I'm not into superhero movies, and I don't watch any superhero TV shows.

[Cassandra]

In a codicil to my anti-robots in Science Fiction movies and television I will say that Robots in Comedy like Bender or Marvin are perfectly acceptable.  It's trash cans with God Complexes like R2D2 that I can't stand.

[Pattern Ghost]

Having just finished Westworld, I'm going to have to add Maeve to my list.

 

I'd only seen Thandie Newton in the American version of The Slap previously, which she was OK in, but this role was way meatier, and she delivered a scene-stealing performance every time she walked on screen.

[Badger]

I'm not into superhero movies, and I don't watch any superhero TV shows.

 

I like the idea of them, but rarely like them in practice.

[DasBroot]

I've never owned a Magic:The Gathering card, let alone a deck.

 

(Cred loss aversion: I did, however, play nearly every day in grade 12 with my friends with a borrowed deck.  Usually an experimental deck someone whipped up that they wanted to see in action but didn't dare play.)

[bigdamnhero]

I played one game of MtG when it first came out, and that's it. Haven't played any other CCGs and have no interest in them.

[Cancer]

I've got a deck or two of initial release MtG socked away somewhere, but I gave up the game when I realized that the CCG genre was basically "Wanna win? Spend more money."

[bigdamnhero]

Yeah, that was my conclusion as well.

[Old Man]

I've got a deck or two of initial release MtG socked away somewhere, but I gave up the game when I realized that the CCG genre was basically "Wanna win? Spend more money."

 

I was saved from MtG by the flu.  I was at the FLGS when they first got it and set it out, and a couple of my friends tried a game or two.  The next week I had the flu.  The week after that there were no MtG cards left for sale in the state.  There but for the grace of gods go I.

[Pariah]

I'd rather watch Texas Hold 'Em on television than play any collectible card game.

[Cancer]

Well, the concept of building a combat army from a very large number of different distinct parts, with different core strategies, remains an interesting game concept. I was initially worried about power creep problems, but it rapidly became clear that high-effectiveness cards were rare enough that a large capital investment was required, and this was a design feature for the whole game genre. At that point I abandoned the genre.

[Pattern Ghost]

I just sold off 12k or so MtG cards, plus a few thousand other game cards. I should've used them to get you all addicted instead.

 

We now only play board games, deck building games or living card games. Living card games are like CCGs, except you just buy a full playable set of the new expansions instead of end up with tons of useless commons and uncommons trying to get what you actually want. Android Netrunner is the one of those we allow ourselves. It's nearly a direct port of Netrunner, which IMO had some of the best rules and balance of any of the CCGs.

[Old Man]

Yeah, we do the same thing with Shadowfist, which has morphed from a CCG to an LCG over the years.  That game's been going since 1996.

[Pattern Ghost]

Nice! Checking out the site now. Shadowfist is one of those I always wanted to try, but didn't b/c I'd already reached CCG saturation. Could get on board with a LCG version, though. If we're ever not broke again.

[Lucius]

I was using Pamela Anderson as a universally understood example of a beautiful woman. (And, be honest, in her heyday would you have started kicking her if you found her in your bed?)

Only if she says that's how she gets her kicks.

 

 

Speaking of Anthony, I lost interest in the Xanth series after the 4th or 5th book. I felt like the increasingly contrived puns were getting in the way of the stories.

After a certain point, the puns were all there was to the stories. Even I don't like puns that much.

 

 

I've got a deck or two of initial release MtG socked away somewhere, but I gave up the game when I realized that the CCG genre was basically "Wanna win? Spend more money."

 

Exactly. It's not a game, it's a way for someone who isn't me to make money.  

 

Well, the concept of building a combat army from a very large number of different distinct parts, with different core strategies, remains an interesting game concept. I was initially worried about power creep problems, but it rapidly became clear that high-effectiveness cards were rare enough that a large capital investment was required, and this was a design feature for the whole game genre. At that point I abandoned the genre.

I've said much the same before but this time you said it for me.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Experience the Palindromedary Difference!

[Badger]

I'd rather watch Texas Hold 'Em on television than play any collectible card game.

 

Not me, but that say more about how boring watching a card game is on TV than it does about the collectible card game.

 

Pretty much the only card games I can play are Rook and 500 Rummy.

[Cassandra]

I never saw Tron.

[Bazza]

Me neither.

[Burrito Boy]

You two got to your rooms and think about what you did!!!