As of a few days ago, Maddog FINALLY was able to get us a PlayStation and a new computer which we're sharing, he's made a rather generous rule that Sophia and I can pass it back and forth to our rooms as long as we behave and stay on his good side, and of course the PS4 stays in the living room for raids on The Division 2 (read: Maddog plays this)
Okay, enough about my life story (I just feel like if I let friends know something positive happened as of recent, then you know i'm okay) I feel like I need to get off my chest that... I have an "addiction" of sorts to idle games. I am just so captivated by the idea of tapping the screen until something levels up and then queueing things for [insert generic AFK-type character/worker] to [insert purpose of tapping the screen then leaving the game and coming back to it later when you buy upgrades], its just so fun to watch all that stuff happen by itself.
So now i can breathe when i say that i have played...wait for it... Over 86 idle games in my journey across the Google Play Store. Not an exact number but its pretty close. I've tapped on cookies, eggs, coins, monsters, level-up buttons, logs of wood, veins of precious metals, if it's in an idle game and it mines itself when you close the game, I've idled for it, and in some cases i've gotten pretty far.
There's also games in which you collect randomly-generated loot/heroes/characters, I think they're called "gacha" or "gachapon" games, those are cool too, I like those even more because i like to make a game out of seeing how many times I can pull rares or super rates/uncommon before I run out of gems/mana/shards etc.
The Other Thing I Wanted To Talk About Because It's 11 In The Morning And I'm Still Not Awake Fully Because I Slept Like A Cat And I Don't Have The Energy To Make Another Post For it *breathes in*
Magic The Gathering.
It graced the world with its presence in the 90s, and shoved itself right next to Pokemon cards in an omnipresent seat next to it in what would be the ultimate trading card game rat race. While I used to collect Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards as a kid, I started collecting MTG cards around 12 years old, and i instantly got hooked. Then, in the years 2018-present day, I met a very generous lady who had a son that went to prison for a life sentence, and as dumb luck would have it, it just so happened that this particular son of hers was such an avid collector and player of the game, that he has managed to collect probably over twenty or so years of Magic cards, and it doesn't stop at cards; from what she's told me he has stuff like playing mats, tables made for playing the game, miniatures, she once told me he apparently had cards that were never released, cards that weren't supposed to be released, cards printed in other languages, cards that are so rare that you have to go to specific stores to see if they have them, booster packs with such a low chance of getting a legendary card that there are stories of free-for-all brawls over getting them...
Whoever this guy was, he is among the world's highest ranked Planeswalkers.
"But Scout, just how generous is this lady?" You may be wondering.
Oh I don't know, I went to poker one night and she handed me a Walmart bag with over 300 cards plus the Ixalan expansion. I now have every color
But now I've gotten into the hobby of collectibles, and MTG is just so fascinating in its variety of collectible stuff! With games like Yu-Gi-Oh there's only like five elements and maybe three card types IIRC, but MTG gives you an entire world to explore through its cards. Every time you buy a pack of cards, there's always a chance to get something that goes for a lot of money online, or if you're a player just something that can wipe the floor with your opponent's creatures.
Okay, enough about my life story (I just feel like if I let friends know something positive happened as of recent, then you know i'm okay) I feel like I need to get off my chest that... I have an "addiction" of sorts to idle games. I am just so captivated by the idea of tapping the screen until something levels up and then queueing things for [insert generic AFK-type character/worker] to [insert purpose of tapping the screen then leaving the game and coming back to it later when you buy upgrades], its just so fun to watch all that stuff happen by itself.
So now i can breathe when i say that i have played...wait for it... Over 86 idle games in my journey across the Google Play Store. Not an exact number but its pretty close. I've tapped on cookies, eggs, coins, monsters, level-up buttons, logs of wood, veins of precious metals, if it's in an idle game and it mines itself when you close the game, I've idled for it, and in some cases i've gotten pretty far.
There's also games in which you collect randomly-generated loot/heroes/characters, I think they're called "gacha" or "gachapon" games, those are cool too, I like those even more because i like to make a game out of seeing how many times I can pull rares or super rates/uncommon before I run out of gems/mana/shards etc.
The Other Thing I Wanted To Talk About Because It's 11 In The Morning And I'm Still Not Awake Fully Because I Slept Like A Cat And I Don't Have The Energy To Make Another Post For it *breathes in*
Magic The Gathering.
It graced the world with its presence in the 90s, and shoved itself right next to Pokemon cards in an omnipresent seat next to it in what would be the ultimate trading card game rat race. While I used to collect Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards as a kid, I started collecting MTG cards around 12 years old, and i instantly got hooked. Then, in the years 2018-present day, I met a very generous lady who had a son that went to prison for a life sentence, and as dumb luck would have it, it just so happened that this particular son of hers was such an avid collector and player of the game, that he has managed to collect probably over twenty or so years of Magic cards, and it doesn't stop at cards; from what she's told me he has stuff like playing mats, tables made for playing the game, miniatures, she once told me he apparently had cards that were never released, cards that weren't supposed to be released, cards printed in other languages, cards that are so rare that you have to go to specific stores to see if they have them, booster packs with such a low chance of getting a legendary card that there are stories of free-for-all brawls over getting them...
Whoever this guy was, he is among the world's highest ranked Planeswalkers.
"But Scout, just how generous is this lady?" You may be wondering.
Oh I don't know, I went to poker one night and she handed me a Walmart bag with over 300 cards plus the Ixalan expansion. I now have every color
But now I've gotten into the hobby of collectibles, and MTG is just so fascinating in its variety of collectible stuff! With games like Yu-Gi-Oh there's only like five elements and maybe three card types IIRC, but MTG gives you an entire world to explore through its cards. Every time you buy a pack of cards, there's always a chance to get something that goes for a lot of money online, or if you're a player just something that can wipe the floor with your opponent's creatures.
