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Exterior Magic doesn't mean he's not playing Magic. It means he's not playing the game of Magic. He's using the cards for other purposes than the game, though. That mostly emphasized by the fact that winning is only secondary to him, if it is anything at all.
And like I said, all in all, the differences between each class are very hard to spot, especially if you're not really thinking about it. I thought about it for an hour or so, so I really see whatever few lines that separate each class.
It is indeed easier to view these as stages:
1. Exterior Magic. The beginning of all Magic players.
2. Either Casual Magic or Tournament Magic (in few exception cases, someone might even make the leap to Tournament Casual Magic right away.)
3. Tournament Casual Magic. Not everyone goes through this step. This is the hardest class to master. It requires determination and fixated characteristics to handle with caution and care.
4. Casual Exterior Magic This, like it was said, is more of an ideal than a reality, though I have seen it before. This is also a class that is not easy to attain. It requires a great level of understanding the game and experience within it; respect for it, the win, the rules, the values, the cards. It's easier to understand as the "afterhours" of a player who has experienced the competitive side of the game, whether in tournaments or otherwise.
On the second hand, now that I rethink about it, I'm not a Tournament Casual Magic player like I said just earlier. I am a Casual Magic player: I'm not quite up there with the tournament players and certainly don't have the killer instinct of the Tournament Casual player. I'm more tamed, more busy with life than able to dedicate time and energy to be a Tournament Casual player.
Congratulations, I have given myself the biggest headache since my last biggest headache. I apologize beforehand to anyone whose head becomes numb with pain after reading all this. If I hear the word "casual," "Magic," "exterior, and "tournament" within the next few hours I'll vomit my brains out...
There is a very signifcant difference. Many of them actually, some more subtle than others. The most obvious one, being the easiest to understand as well, is that a person under the class of Tournament-Casual Magic has more ambition to win, most times even more so than the Tournament Magic player, for reasons clearly outlined. Where the Tournament player wants to win so badly, this one wants to win so badly for creative, at times egotistical and show-off reasons too. Where the Casual Magic player is less serious about this type of ambition, as he still views the game as just a game, he plays for fun, for the win, but it's not something he necessarily works at. But the Tournament-Casual player, you can say, starts where the average Casual Magic player leaves off: this one is more focused, a little more serious, and wants to win, too, at all costs. Not many, really, can match that in the Casual Magic class. The Casual Magic player is not the one who really can make headlines, so to speak. It's usually the Tournament-Casual player that makes all the waves: he's the one who spots that trick that no one saw and uses it in ways no one sees or knows; he's the unheard off daredevil of the game, the daring, bold, in your face, the "I win on my terms and you also lose on my terms" kinda player.CasualOblivion:
I'm not really sure there is any significant difference between the two of them [between Casual Magic and Tournament Casual Magic.]
And like I said, all in all, the differences between each class are very hard to spot, especially if you're not really thinking about it. I thought about it for an hour or so, so I really see whatever few lines that separate each class.
It's funny that you say that because although I agree with you, I can certainly say that I have met few people who I would describe as Exterior-Casual players. They are almost exactly what I described under that section.CasualOblivion:
As far as the Exterior-Casual player as the "definition" of casual, at least traditionally, its more of an ideal than reality.
It is indeed easier to view these as stages:
1. Exterior Magic. The beginning of all Magic players.
2. Either Casual Magic or Tournament Magic (in few exception cases, someone might even make the leap to Tournament Casual Magic right away.)
3. Tournament Casual Magic. Not everyone goes through this step. This is the hardest class to master. It requires determination and fixated characteristics to handle with caution and care.
4. Casual Exterior Magic This, like it was said, is more of an ideal than a reality, though I have seen it before. This is also a class that is not easy to attain. It requires a great level of understanding the game and experience within it; respect for it, the win, the rules, the values, the cards. It's easier to understand as the "afterhours" of a player who has experienced the competitive side of the game, whether in tournaments or otherwise.
On the second hand, now that I rethink about it, I'm not a Tournament Casual Magic player like I said just earlier. I am a Casual Magic player: I'm not quite up there with the tournament players and certainly don't have the killer instinct of the Tournament Casual player. I'm more tamed, more busy with life than able to dedicate time and energy to be a Tournament Casual player.
Congratulations, I have given myself the biggest headache since my last biggest headache. I apologize beforehand to anyone whose head becomes numb with pain after reading all this. If I hear the word "casual," "Magic," "exterior, and "tournament" within the next few hours I'll vomit my brains out...