Thread 96835220

>everyone accepts that tcgs are a scam
>people still buy into them anyways instead of playing non-scam games
did we ever figure out why this is?

A lot of people are dumb. Next question.

>>96835220 (OP)
You want honest answers?

Low barrier for entry. You can get a cheap pro-constructed themed deck and play a game with it.

Easy to find opponents. You can go to any FLGS and odds are high someone there not only plays your TCG of choice but has a deck on them.

Ease of setup. The majority of TCGs don't require a board, dice, or any other components besides a deck for each player.

Low overall cost for deck construction. Taking a pre-con and a handful of boosters you can usually build a functional and unique deck.

This is all without getting into the collecting aspect, the selling aspect, and other shit. If you are just fucking around and not being competitive for shit, most TCGs are actually pretty cheap to get into. I do agree the business model should die, but I'm not blind as to why it exists.

>>96835349
Basically this. Easy entry is enough to get people just within sight of the part where they can start gambling.

>>96835220 (OP)
Paypigs are retarded subhumans.

>>96835220 (OP)
You can’t 3d print a card.

>>96835648
You can 2D print it though.

>>96835220 (OP)
Do people even play TCG? I always assumed its more of a collectorship hobby for peasants too poor to buy crap like watches and fountain pens

>>96835705
People used to, before faggot "investors" took over the scene.

>>96835220 (OP)
>exploiting mentally ill people is profitable
Who would've thought?

>>96835690
Show me a tewty printer then

>>96835349
>The majority of TCGs don't require a board, dice, or any other components besides a deck for each player.
tell that to modern MtG players, who each need seven types of counters, seventeen types of tokens, and preferably a sophisticated accounting system to track which card was exiled for what reason and under what circumstances it can be brought back into the game
I got a couple decks a few years back to try out MtG after a long while, and I have no fucking idea how the players manage this insanity nowadays
I was hopelessly naive in thinking all I need is the cards and maybe 1-2 markers

>>96835690
>not printing the card out of your finest hard resin, painstakingly cleaning it, painting the art with all the craft and skill of a medieval monk illuminating holy scripture, then putting in 3 layers of extra-thin card condoms and never touching it again, lest it break and waste all your effort

>>96835842
I just get my servants to recreate all of my cards in the form of cuneiform tablets.

>everyone knows "the house always wins"
>they still go to vegas

tbf in a hundred years or something I wouldn't be shocked if gambling and other dopamine hacking shit has accelerated to an unreasonable point and it all gets regulated.

>>96835220 (OP)
regarding tcgs, opening them and getting "something of worth" is part of the fun, it's gambling
regarding "non-scam games" they don't have any gambling

>>96835852
It already has. But gambling is too profitable for the powers that be for it to get truly shackled down.

>>96835839
>I got a couple decks a few years back to try out MtG after a long while, and I have no fucking idea how the players manage this insanity nowadays
i looked back at 8th edition recently and i genuinely miss the simplicity of the cards

>>96835220 (OP)
FOMO and peer pressures from friends, next question.

>>96835690
I've got power 9 printed really badly inside really cheap sleeves for Utopia cube. Last time we played I misread black lotus and was accidently cheating with it until my friend pointed it out.

>>96835852
In a hundred years, the world is going to be a vastly different place, likely without humans.

>>96835220 (OP)

Here's the truth that you may find hard to swallow: despite being a scam, Magic the Gathering was the best game ever invented until about 2018. It's literally the cleverest, most mechanically sound, most fun, most enjoyable, better than Chess, Go, anything you can name. That is why people were willing to get scammed by it; it was a cost worth paying.

>>96835220 (OP)
I don't think it's a scam to get a pre-constructed deck and play it. People who do play competitive and need to gamble for the best cards are insane.

>>96838296
Duel Masters is fixed MtG