I Waste all My Fun Money On:

[Neo Emolga]

I have a friend into this and I am amazed at how expensive some of the cards are! I went to a prerelease today and played against some guy that had $200 and $140 cards. o_o Anyway, my friend has helped me make a couple of decks so we can play, but what we do is print out all the cards and play like that while fine tuning the deck. Once its perfect, then you can buy the cards and you only end up with the ones you want! (Personally I refuse to spend money on them so I just play with printed ones as I'm only playing with friends) :D

I find it crazy that the most expensive card in Magic the Gathering (Black Lotus in the Alpha set) is about $15,000. I really wish I got one when it was only a few hundred bucks by in 1995. But yeah, with a value like that, you wouldn't even want to play with it!

But yeah, I have a friend who prints proxy cards, which is helpful considering I ask for his help when it comes to playing with some of the more pricy cards. But yeah, 99% of my cards are legit. If I were to ever go to tournaments, it would be a quick and easy thing to just swap out the proxy cards for legal ones. I maybe only use two in each EDH Commander deck I have.

this reminds me of a neverending argument between me and one of my friends, he whines that i spend hundreds of dollars on virutal items, and i whine back that he's no better with spending hundreds of dollars on magic cards :p

True. I don't feel as guilty with Magic cards considering if I were to get tired of the game, it's possible to resell the cards and make back most of the money (or potentially make a profit depending on if the value went up enough).

I have also spent money on virtual fluff also. It's not a big deal, if you put it to good use one way or another, then it's not a waste.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I find it crazy that the most expensive card in Magic the Gathering (Black Lotus in the Alpha set) is about $15,000. I really wish I got one when it was only a few hundred bucks by in 1995. But yeah, with a value like that, you wouldn't even want to play with it!

But yeah, I have a friend who prints proxy cards, which is helpful considering I ask for his help when it comes to playing with some of the more pricy cards. But yeah, 99% of my cards are legit. If I were to ever go to tournaments, it would be a quick and easy thing to just swap out the proxy cards for legal ones. I maybe only use two in each EDH Commander deck I have.



True. I don't feel as guilty with Magic cards considering if I were to get tired of the game, it's possible to resell the cards and make back most of the money (or potentially make a profit depending on if the value went up enough).

I have also spent money on virtual fluff also. It's not a big deal, if you put it to good use one way or another, then it's not a waste.

I guess it's true that Magic cards can hold on to their value or go up. My friend has sold a fair few on eBay after he realised some of his old ones were actually worth a bit now!

I can't bring myself to buy virtual items. ;_; Even though I've played plenty of games online where that's possible. I haven't even bought items in the free to play Pokemon games and am instead stuck playing Pokemon Picross training every day for 12 days before I can unlock the next area. xD If I buy something, I like to be able to hold it. I don't even like buying digital copies of games! (Gonna have to break that rule for RBY rereleases...)

I bought this mug the other day because I saw it in the shop and how could I resist?!?!?!

https://ebgames.com.au/loot-212938-P...asaur-Mug-Loot

[Neo Emolga]

I can't bring myself to buy virtual items. ;_; Even though I've played plenty of games online where that's possible. I haven't even bought items in the free to play Pokemon games and am instead stuck playing Pokemon Picross training every day for 12 days before I can unlock the next area. xD If I buy something, I like to be able to hold it. I don't even like buying digital copies of games! (Gonna have to break that rule for RBY rereleases...)

I bought this mug the other day because I saw it in the shop and how could I resist?!?!?!

https://ebgames.com.au/loot-212938-P...asaur-Mug-Loot

Here's the decision process I make when buying virtual goods:

• How badly do I want it and how expensive is it? If it looks incredibly awesome and/or is really helpful and it will drastically increase the enjoyment I get out of the game, that's already a good sign. If it's really not all that expensive and maybe only involves dropping a $20 for a whole butt-load of very useful loot that will give me a much-needed boost in the game, I'll consider doing it. But if I'm expected to drop $50 for something trivial, silly, and not very useful, it's not happening.
• How much am I already enjoying the game? If I already love the game (Eden Eternal is a great example of this), then by buying virtual goods, I'm telling the developer and publisher that this is a great game, I support it, and I want them to please keep it going. There are times when I fear if the game stops making money or isn't generating enough of a return on investment for them, they'll pull the plug on it.
• How many hours of effort would it take to earn the item otherwise? If I'm looking at weeks or even months of boring, tiring, and tedious gold-farming or whatever to earn what could be obtained with the money I make by doing an hour of job work, I'll drop the money, because to me, time is money also.

Also, that mug is cute. :)