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Limited Pointing
Jul. 14th, 2007 08:52 amDisclaimer: I'm not very good at Magic.
I recognize this may come as a surprise to a few people (if a very few.) I do, after all, judge Magic every other Tuesday. But if I make it to round 2 of a tournament, that's a good day for me.
Why? Honestly, I'm not sure. It's a bit puzzling to me, because I feel as if it's something I should be good at. In practice, I just don't have the strategical mindset, or I don't spend enough time researching and reading other people's opinions, or I just don't... something. But I still have fun with it.
And, after all, I can understand and enforce the rules without being any good at the game. Many people know the rules of games they are not good at. (I know the rules of chess, for example, save a slight fuzziness on en passant, but this does not make me a grandmaster.)
This disclaimer comes about because I took the limited pointing quiz from Aaron Forsythe's column this week (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/af179), and I'm posting my results, so I'm sure there will be a few things I've done that make people blink and go "erm... no." (Especially because it's supposed to average out to 1.6, and my results average out to 1.9.)
Anyway, here goes.
( Limited Pointing Results! Click through! )
I'd be interested to see anyone else's results, either here or in their journals.
I recognize this may come as a surprise to a few people (if a very few.) I do, after all, judge Magic every other Tuesday. But if I make it to round 2 of a tournament, that's a good day for me.
Why? Honestly, I'm not sure. It's a bit puzzling to me, because I feel as if it's something I should be good at. In practice, I just don't have the strategical mindset, or I don't spend enough time researching and reading other people's opinions, or I just don't... something. But I still have fun with it.
And, after all, I can understand and enforce the rules without being any good at the game. Many people know the rules of games they are not good at. (I know the rules of chess, for example, save a slight fuzziness on en passant, but this does not make me a grandmaster.)
This disclaimer comes about because I took the limited pointing quiz from Aaron Forsythe's column this week (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/af179), and I'm posting my results, so I'm sure there will be a few things I've done that make people blink and go "erm... no." (Especially because it's supposed to average out to 1.6, and my results average out to 1.9.)
Anyway, here goes.
( Limited Pointing Results! Click through! )
I'd be interested to see anyone else's results, either here or in their journals.
