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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 2:49AM #1
MrIndigo
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I have a personal interest in the demographics of gamers/nerds/geeks, as I'm involved in a large Gaming and Pop Culture Society at Sydney University and I see quite a wide gamut of different regulars at our events.

So, I ask you two questions:

1) Besides MtG gaming, what other hobbies do you have? Sport? Other games?

2) What do you do career-wise? If you're in school/college/university, what do you study and what career are you pursuing?


As for me:
1) MtG is my favourite game, but I play a huge number of other games on different platforms (especially RPG video games, other non-CCG card games like Munchkin or Chrononauts or Bang!, some board games, and D&D when I get the chance to get the group together). I read science fiction, horror, a little bit of fantasy, and I've recently taken a liking to boundary-pushing horizon-expanding literature like House of Leaves and Infinite Jest. I have a few other hobbies/interests but none to the same extent as these.

2) I have an Honours degree in Science, majoring in Physics (specifically in ultra-low temperature electronic filters for quantum computing experiments in quantum dot electron traps), and I'm in my final semester of a second degree in Law (no major, but specific interests in Intellectual Property, Security and Property Law, and Taxation). I'm currently going through the seventh layer of hell called "Graduate Job Applications".

What about you? What sort of cross-section do we have in the MtG Community? 

Nov 4, 2010 -- 9:11AM, Niche wrote:

Nov 3, 2010 -- 10:05PM, Razorgore wrote:

It's really not even about giving niche cards to black.



It should be about giving black cards to Niche.

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 3:42AM #2
chinkeeyong
Date Joined: May 30, 2010
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1) Creative writing, digital art, dabbling in game design. I casually play video games and know the rules of most CCGs, though I only play Magic. I still can't figure out why Yu-Gi-Oh is so popular though.

2) Terrible high school student hoping to become a freelance artist.
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Apr 19, 2012 -- 5:36AM, prospector wrote:

Think of how Neo couldn't beat the robots, but they kept him around anyways to defeat Agent Smith. Sure, the robots might not like having a Neo running rampant because instead of playing their favorite 4 drop fatty robot, they have to play a bunch of one mana Matrixs to contain him, but at least Neo keeps Agent Smith from reanimating an Iona on turn two.

Jun 26, 2012 -- 3:07PM, GM_Champion wrote:

Are you saying I'm trying to blame my loss on something? I don't care that I lost, I care that he's a sore loser, and a cheater, and a liar.

Oct 5, 2012 -- 1:36PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

CKY, are you bad at anything?

Oct 25, 2012 -- 9:53PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.

I mean, In KevinWorld, Mark is reading the very words I'm typing as well. Heck, in KevinWorld maybe I am Mark.

Nov 9, 2012 -- 2:27PM, Exxile72 wrote:

I'm beginning to think CKY may be anime in real life...

Feb 11, 2013 -- 7:38AM, Jessica_Morgan wrote:

Don't go anywhere CKY, I need to crash dramatically through your window and propose marriage and I don't want you throwing off my paradrop.

Mar 15, 2013 -- 7:56AM, Knifethrower wrote:

[In response to a thread about how hard grading is]

Upon reading this, I've found myself completely unable to operate in the world.  I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast, and pondered the vast consequences of my choice.  How do I balance my dietary needs against my desire to eat good-tasting food? Should I factor in how long it takes to prepare?  Cereal is ready in moments, but bacon takes longer to cook.

Then there is the impact on other industries.  Do people in the cereal industry deserve to be employed more than people in the bacon industry?  Which industry should I support? I don't even have the data regarding HOW MUCH the cereal industry benefits from me eating a bowl of cereal, or how much the bacon industry benefits from me eating a side of bacon.  How can I compare two qualities I can't even quantify?

And let's not forget the milk on the cereal.  In addition to determining whether or not milk is healthy for me, how much that benefits the milk industry, and how much the people in the milk industry deserve my support, we have to factor in the fact that cows are put under brutal conditions in order to collect thier milk.  Of course, the same goes for the pigs, and then they get killed.  Of course, I really like bacon.  So I need to come up with a scale that compares the value of cow happiness to pig happiness to my happiness.  What trade-offs am I willing to make here?  Does the fact that the pig gets put out of its misery count as a plus or a minus?  Isn't bacon bad for me anyway?

Deciding what to eat for breakfast (or any meal) is impossible.  Help me!

Apr 11, 2013 -- 6:15AM, altimis wrote:

I must admit chinkeeyong, you have the most interesting character ideas; and you play them well.

Apr 12, 2013 -- 7:13PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

Anyway, you'd be surprised about Time Stop. When I first saw that card as a relatively new player I didn't see its full potential until I read the reminder text. Is it that unintuitive, though? Mine I mean. What is possibility? Is it possible for me to type these words with my tusks? No, because I don't have tusks. Although I am now tempted to go buy some - obviously not from poachers or whatever - and use them as typing apparatus. I could be the best secretary ever. "What's your words per minute sir?" "Well, only six, but I use these tusks to type them." "You're hired!" That was the interview. And is anyone else disappointed that "apparati" is not the plural form of apparatus? I just could strangle a dictionary, because "apparatuses" is a real word. I guess it sounds pretty cool. I'll call them my Apparatusks.

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 3:47AM #3
bTMiscreant
Date Joined: Aug 29, 2011
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1) Videogames, writing, job hunting, cooking, getting hammered, practicing anatomy.
2) Unemployed, college graduate. 
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 4:45AM #4
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1) video games, tennis, chess, getting back into magic
2) year 11, no idea about careers yet

also it's lame how tons of people here are from Sydney but none are from Canberra

Apr 8, 2013 -- 2:06PM, Matt_Holck wrote:

firstrike



Jan 20, 2013 -- 11:33AM, Dilleux_Lepaire wrote:

Jan 19, 2013 -- 1:54PM, bay_falconer wrote:

Jan 18, 2013 -- 11:16AM, Dilleux_Lepaire wrote:

Jan 18, 2013 -- 9:19AM, bay_falconer wrote:


Ceci n'est pas une pipe.


This definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.


I was referring to the painting The Treachery of Images.


I know.

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 5:11AM #5
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1) Writing, baking (I love deserts), video games, some graphic design (I'm not very good).

2) I'm in my sophomore year of college as an English major. With any luck, I'll have a book published before I die.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 5:16AM #6
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Sep 8, 2011 -- 4:45AM, Purple_Shrimp wrote:



also it's lame how tons of people here are from Sydney but none are from Canberra




I'm from Canberra XD.

1) Creative writing, Video games, Reading.

2) I'm currently completeing year 12 through CIT, but after that I want to go into youth work.

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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 6:59AM #7
Torleep
Date Joined: Apr 25, 2010
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1) I like to think about Magic when I'm not playing it.

2) Freshman @ University of Minnesota. Business Major.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 7:25AM #8
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1) Intarwebs addiction, playing Yomi ( the game. Mix of Street Fighter and Magic in card game form)
2) CompSci student.
Trying to help "I'm original" people build better decks is self-sabotage: Good advice will inevitably be ignored because someone did it before.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 8:18AM #9
TexTiger
Date Joined: Jul 15, 2011
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1) Golf and geocaching, although this summer has been unbearably hot, so I haven't done much of either.  I also play quite a bit of poker and am very active in our local theatre (acting, directing, bartending, etc.)

2) I do 401k administration, college grad with a BBA in Finance.
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2 years ago  ::  Sep 08, 2011 - 8:30AM #10
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Listen to music, read, play video games, go random places with friends.

I'm a senior in college and I'll be going to medical school after I graduate.
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