Does it strike any of the older members...

[TracerBullet]

How long it's been since this site was new, let alone how long ago we were on BD?


It's baffling to me when I think back on my time in Type One and the whole world of people I've met and thoughts I've argued. 

[Godder]

Or even how long it's been since the last reset?

Good times...

[dandan]

Zherbus had no sprogs but had a face like Keith from the Prodigy when this site was new.

This site is so old:

People used 2 Gaea's Blessings because YawgWill made you lose your good cards.

Tinker only got Memory Jar

People bitched about the B&R list

Wizards didn't print anything worthwhile for us

Metagaming meant changing 2 SB cards in your 8 year old deck

Sligh won occasionally

LED was rubbish

Cards looked good

Type I (it wasn't Vintage) used no proxies

Decks without basic lands were common

[Azhrei]

2006 marks a decade for me. Two years since I sold my collection now, too.

I still play at my high school. It's awesome. 4 Thawing Glaciers, a whole bunch of basic lands, and I win with one of each Pheldagriff. It's like 1995 all over again, and I look forward to it each week.

[Shock Wave]

To be honest, I'm no longer very interested in Magic, but I've met too many interesting people and had too many interesting discussions (the more interesting ones obviously not related to the game) to abandon it just yet. The older members really have forged a community that makes playing worthwhile.

[Dante]

The older members really have forged a community that makes playing worthwhile.

That pretty much says it all right there.

[Smmenen]

It seems so long ago....

One of the things that has been interesting is how many people come and go but I always seem to be the lone constant who continues to trudge ahead with Vintage.   I guess the only constant really is change. 

[Jacob Orlove]

In terms of the game itself, I passed the ten year mark over a year ago. I've only been online since the latter days of BD, though.

Our community is absolutely incredible, and is the number one reason why I still play.

[TracerBullet]

To be honest, I'm no longer very interested in Magic, but I've met too many interesting people and had too many interesting discussions (the more interesting ones obviously not related to the game) to abandon it just yet. The older members really have forged a community that makes playing worthwhile.

QFT.



In all honesty, were it not for the friends I've made in the Type One community, I'd have left this game long ago.  The people are the only reason I keep going to GenCon every year.

[TJ-Whoopy]

Ten years, 34 expansions, 7 core sets, 2 cash outs and I'm still playing with the Demonic Tutor I pulled out of my first starter deck.  This game and the people that play it rule.  I consider myself lucky to be a part of this community even if only in a small way.

[Dozer]

Eight years in the game. Lots of memories... Magic made me discover the internet. BD taught me the rules of an online community. Magic hooked me up with some of my long-time friends. Even if I only see some of them occasionally, we have a lot in common and will always remember the same highlights. Every time life is unfair I want to call out "Judge!". I've thought about dropping the game two or three times, but I never could do it. There's a reason they call it cardboard crack; when I pick up the cards, all the feelings come back, from my first admiration of Llanowar Elves to the awesomeness of Vintage tournaments.

But I will never understand why Vampiric Tutor sells for 15 Euros.

Dozer

[Often Lost]

I haven't played magic in a long time, but for some reason I still occasionally read the forums and rarely drop in #tmd. I guess I just like the people or something. I do remember the days when I first started getting into all of this and reading BD, it's a weird feeling. 

[Bram]

One of the things that has been interesting is how many people come and go but I always seem to be the lone constant who continues to trudge ahead with Vintage.

...and we truly do hope you continue to do so.

For me: eight years, nine months and counting. Just think, I could have had twelve kids by now instead of a set of power and the honor of being a member of what is quite possibly the best online community ever. What a waste of time.

[Komatteru]

Just over a year for me.  Man, I'm such a noob.

Oh, Magic since 1997, but hardly any of that counts for anything other than learning the rules (which I could remember razor-sharp after a full 2 year absence) and acquiring solid card stock (yeah, it was great for that).  I also never played competitively during that time and took a few breaks.

Also, community = amazing.  It's what drives me to play this game.  The other formats just miss the community aspect and just aren't nearly as interesting to me because of that.  I've just stopped bothering with them alltogether now.  Except FNM, but that's not a format, since it's barely even Magic.

[jpmeyer]

I remember when Azhrei needed permission from his mom in order to sleep over at my house.

[Jacob Orlove]

I remember when Azhrei needed permission from his mom in order to sleep over at my house.

JP wins the prize.

[kl0wn]

I'd reminisce, but I've been suffering from partial amnesia for the last 4 or 5 years. Of course, I do remember a lot of the groundbreaking Type 1 tournaments I was in attendence for: Worlds 2001, a couple of Zherbus' events, TMDC1 and 2, the first power tourney at YMG, a bunch of the Game Master tourneys in Jersey...

Good times, I tells ya. This was back when nobody used the "netspeak" in real life either. Just a bunch of normal guys slinging cards for recreation; not much intense testing and not much more at stake than bragging rights and about a hundred-dollar mox. Almost everyone was honorable because nobody was in it for the money; we just wanted to see the format grow.

Funny how I never attended a Waterbury during that period though.

I really miss those days and I miss seeing everyone who's since fallen off the face of the planet on account of the real life and higher priorities and all. Of course, I'm not really one to talk. Still no kids though.

I'd really like to see a tournament with all of us old timers in it and maybe some spectator action, if there still is any spectating going on anymore. Just everyone from BD playing like Prophecy and back or something. That would be a hot side event to have somewhere. Of course, it would require getting everyone out of hiding and all into the same room.

[Magi]

Mercadian Masques. So when was that, like 7-8 years ago?

Some decks back then had sweet names:

The Franchise
Old School Expulsion
Keeper
Legend

I remember there was this old "war" between MTGnews and BDominia. Wasn't really a war, more just like a few on each side flaming each other on each others boards, and then other randoms from their respective boards get wind of it and it escalates. This was back when DG was admin of MTGnews.com and rakso was the head mod of BD.

Back then, Neutral Ground was the center of the T1 universe and europe didn't exist (except as that magical land of happiness), sligh and suicide were good (and people weren't sold on Null Rod yet) and so was Parfait (oh how I miss thee my sweet sweet Pegasii). Random Miser was public enemy #1 on both MTGnews and BD. SEDGE TROLLS.

Oh man, thinking back, I was a harsh scrub noob back then.

I remember I made BD's quote thread or whatever only once, and it involved me playing stompy against mask naught. :p

There are still a fair number of BD'ers who I recognize who still post on the drain, though they may not recognize me since I got my ()'s not long before that site went under. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! :p

I remember Zherbus posting on MTGnews. He did some damage there. As I last remember he stopped posting after accumulating exactly 666 posts. Only Zherbus.

Member #4 on the original TMD, right behind Zherbus, his backup account (or his friend's account can't remember) and someone else (I think his wife). 

I have way too much to write about. Suffice to say I consider myself an old timer.

I still post because of you guys. Seriously, it's pretty much the only reason.

[Azhrei]

I remember when Smmenen wrote something like an 8 page article explaining why Force of Will was unnecessary in control decks. Not only unnecessary, but stupid.

No, really. Ask around.

I also remember when Type One shifted and became a frenetic orgy of mana production and card drawing. Urza's Block, it was called, and sheeeeyat were some of us reluctant to embrace it.

[Pyromaniac]

God, it's been a long damn time of my life.

I remember playing a deck with 4 Necropotence and it only like ok at best, because we didn't understand enough of the card to see why it got restricted/banned.

I played Parfait for a long time, because it owned aggro decks, after being intrigued by Raph Caeron's posting on BD and wanting to try out a scrubby deck, then sticking with it.

Infinite arguments about 1 or 2 cards choices in control decks, assuming that there was a 'best version for a global metagame'

Playtesting an academy deck in Type 1 with 4 academies. Then it got restricted, so we could play 5: yay for Crop Rotation

Asking Rakso for a 'title' on BD: "Hero 't Mannetje, The Dutch Pyromaniac"

Playing this game for 10 years and a month now and still not having had enough of it.

Type 2 going downhill fast when Masques was printed: Best type 2 format was Tempest+Saga block, after the bannings. The time I stopped playing standard, as it's called now

Flying over to Gencon with the Canadians just last year and still having fond memories of it: lots of fun people, good players and playable decks and seeing Carl's "revenge of 1997" being crushed by my Leviat's pile . I want to visit some tourney in 2006 in the USA, just to get away from it all over here for a week or so.

It's definetaly been a long haul, but it sure was worth it so far. Type 1 community 4TW!!

[Matt]

I remember coming home on 9/11 and reading about it on BD. And that one kid, with the word 'rat' in his name, was gushing about how awesome war is.

I also remember my first Tournament of Champions, and the deck I played, which included Thrashing Wumpus. And I made it to like round 4!

[Dr. Sylvan]

Oooh, nostalgia. I'm too new to be old school, but what I can supply here is quotes!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and <3 <3 <3 TMD. I would never have guessed that people I've met 0-3 times could be so critical to my formative years.

Azhrei: "Gaea's FUCKING Blessings! When they stopped being good, so did Magic."

Black Explosion: "I have a book entitled "100 uses for a dead cat". It is all pictures, and has various uses for dead cats. One is using the tails as windshield wipers, while another uses them as frisbees."
Kaervek: "I have that very same book! Wierd...I didn't think anyone else would buy it."
Magimaster: "I HAVE THE SAME BOOK TOO!!!!! You are my brothers!"

Bram: "What is a bagel, and why would you wanna put it in your toaster?"

dandan: (on Drop of Honey rules question) "Imagine: 'Destroy target furry animal.' Only a furry animal can ever be destroyed by this spell. A fish, being a creature without fur (sans fur for those who live in Canada) is not going to be affected EVER. It matters little if the aforementioned furry animal boards a Stealth plane and so cannot be targetted, the fish is safe (barring a crash landing at sea). The fish is never a furry animal. It might evolve into a furry animal but unless it is an Oath mirror match the game should have finished before then. Even sticking little bits of fur on the fish won't work, apart from in casual games."

Fever: "You see, JP used to post good stuff back on BD, but then he went into a period where he posted nothing but nonsense. All his posts would be inside jokes and "ph43r t3h miz0r", but he has recently snapped out of it and started actually contributing again. Now, it seems as though Carl has picked up where JP left off, because I can't remember the last time he said anything relevant about the game of magic. So, as you can see, Carl really is the new JP."

spin13: "You people need to get a fucking life.  It is clearly abundant that ninjas really don't have anything on pirates and robots.  Not to say they are worse, but being a ninja just isn't so special anymore... You come back to me when you are a ninja-pirate-robot-bear. And by ninja-pirate-robot-bear I mean a totally sweet and kickass killer-rabid-cyborg. With rabies."

Azhrei: "I swear it's things like this that make me glad I don't play anymore. I'm talking abstract theory and offering my opinion about the most effective way to keep the format under control (AND THEREFORE MAKE ***EVERYONE*** HAPPY), and suddenly I'm compared to the Spanish slaughtering the Aztecs? What the fuck is wrong with you people?"
Zherbus: "Wow, Darren. I identify with you so much right now...I'd kinda like to make love to you tonight."

jpmeyer: oh man you are so reverting to the bd days
jpmeyer: HOLY SHIT
jpmeyer: 1 NEW CARD IN A DECK
jpmeyer: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
Smmenen: w/e
Smmenen: the deck is functionally different
Smmenen: with brainstorm
Smmenen: it is terrible without it
Smmenen: absolute garbage
Smmenen: so it is a huge advancement
Smmenen: and its all ME

[Azhrei]

I remember when SliverKing and I were so certain of one of us winning the tournament the next day that our playtesting night consisted of him getting extremely drunk at a strip club and me buying lapdances.

Actually, that never really changed; it just expanded to include more people.

[Smmenen]

I remember when Smmenen wrote something like an 8 page article explaining why Force of Will was unnecessary in control decks. Not only unnecessary, but stupid.

No, really. Ask around.

I also remember when Type One shifted and became a frenetic orgy of mana production and card drawing. Urza's Block, it was called, and sheeeeyat were some of us reluctant to embrace it.

This is a dirty lie.  I did write an 8 page thing on why Keeper sucked, but I never said that FOW was unnecessary. 

[Bram]

I remember when people used to ventilate half-truths and outright lies about Smmenen on these boards, to which he would respond, inevitably leading to off-topic flamewars.

Oh wait, that was yesterday.

[Smmenen]

That's hilarious. 

[forests failed you]

I remember, a long time ago, when Kowal fought a stegosaurus.

[Azhrei]

I remember when Smmenen wrote something like an 8 page article explaining why Force of Will was unnecessary in control decks. Not only unnecessary, but stupid.

No, really. Ask around.

I also remember when Type One shifted and became a frenetic orgy of mana production and card drawing. Urza's Block, it was called, and sheeeeyat were some of us reluctant to embrace it.

This is a dirty lie.  I did write an 8 page thing on why Keeper sucked, but I never said that FOW was unnecessary. 

This is, in fact, completely true. It was in 1999 or 2000 I think, and pretty much caused several of us to write off anything Smmenen said for years afterward. In fact, many never truly forgave him. Some of the more venerable members can attest to this.

I also remember how horrible a liar Rakso and Meridian were during the "Doomsday" joke we pulled-- it was like watching a horrible caricature of people lying.

[Smmenen]

Do I ever ask for forgiveness?  And there were venerable members of BD? 

Ok, so its not a lie - it's a half truth filtered by Darren's memory.  I forgive him.  No need to dredge up the past though.

I suspect that what a number of members never really forgave me for was bashing keeper.  That was where I was really reamed.  I stood up to the "establishment" and said, flat out, that Keeper was a bad deck.  Suffice to say their wrath was swift. 

[jpmeyer]

Do I ever ask for forgiveness?  And there were venerable members of BD? 

Ok, so its not a lie - it's a half truth filtered by Darren's memory.  I forgive him.  No need to dredge up the past though.

I suspect that what a number of members never really forgave me for was bashing keeper.  That was where I was really reamed.  I stood up to the "establishment" and said, flat out, that Keeper was a bad deck.  Suffice to say their wrath was swift. 

Nah, it was mostly because you said it.  Nobody had a problem when I said that Keeper was bad.