Sup faggots

Sup faggots.

I have recently decided to quit being a neckbeard virgin and improve my shit life before I killed myself.

I worked out, lost over 50 pounds, started dressing nicer, and most importantly shaved my neck.

I got a (shit) job at an office and moved out of my parents house.
I live in a (shit) apartment.

It sucks dick, but better than being a basement dweller.

The last remnant of my former life is my fucking obsession with Magic: The Gathering. I play every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday night. And my collection hold a value of over $10,000.

I have no friends outside of my local game store's Magic group, and even then I'm starting to hate them because they remind me of ME 6ish months ago.

I really want to sell the shit and be done with it, but it's my only real hobby now, and I can't seem to let go. Can I like, limit it's impact in my life? or should I cut it out completely?

Help a real nigga out here. I feel like I've been doing good but what are my next moves here?

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I will take your cards off your hands for you. Im a neckbeard with no hopes of changing.

sell that shit and buy something that will get you outside more often. a skateboard, an ATV, a bunch of fishing gear, whatever.

then meet people who like doing the thing you pick up. meetup.com bud.

I think the better solution is to kill yourself.

Fishing and skateboarding sound pretty fucking gay. But I get the point you're trying to make.

Find something else I like and invest in it.... not bad.

I bet you would but no thanks. I've already sold a little bit like a binder of extra fetches and that value's no fucking joke.

it doesn't sound like it's having a negative impact on your life at all my dude. 3 nights a week is a perfectly limited amount of time. I spend most of my free time playing league and shooting heroin, I'd kill to have your motivation. if it makes you happy and it's not consuming you then fuck it

I still might if I somehow fuck this up.

I mean op, if you're really enjoying a card game so much it's not really a bad thing. Just don't let it take too much of your time. There are still functional adults who sit around wasting their money on poker with people they enjoy, so how is this hobby any different? Sure, some people look down on it but honestly fuck them.

That's what I always say to myself sadly. "Only 3 nights a week" "it's only $50" etc.

But I just feel like it's keeping my trapped in my old ways.

Not like you meet women, or even good male friends at those types of places.

I want to get a girlfriend, hang out with actual cool people that aren't borderline autistic rejects. Grill out with people, hang at a pool, go bar hopping, that kind of shit. I'm 26 and not getting any younger.

That's the thing though. People that play poker are usually functioning adults with families, priorities, good jobs, etc.

It attracts gambling addicts and alcoholics, sure.

But you don't ever see the middle aged guy with a decent income and a wife and kids that goes to the fuckin game store 3 nights a week for Magic the fucking gathering.

That sounds like I'm a huge asshole.... but hopefully you get the point I'm making

Buy a decent ride and travel a bit, get the fuck out of where you are and realize how much shit there is to do outside of your comfort zone

Magic is genuinely for faggots bro. So is "gaming". Playing video games is for little fucking kids or losers. We called gaming being a faggot back in the day. ANYWAY... Stop being so fucking Nerdy. Good job on losing the weight and loving yourself. Do more of that. Playing "Magic" is living in a fantasy because you cannot tolerate your real life. That's why you're starting to see those fat fucks for what they are. They're not just fat, they are depressed and full of self hate.

Hang that shit up. Cut them off. Start doing a hobby that will add up in your life. I'm sure you wanna fuck bitches since you can finally see your dick.

Learn the guitar.
Join a fucking co ed sports team
Go out to EVENTS that you would enjoy and meet sluts there.

Games are distractions from life much like drugs. They come from the same spot. If you find that inner love, you can enjoy life, and when you do, you are literally stomping the competition. People are afraid and fucking depressed, that's why they game for hours. They are avoiding THINKING. Thinking about HOW WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE, and we are WASTING TIME being a fucking nerdy faggot.

Good job on weight loss. Keep it up. Dominate others.

Honestly it depends on each LGS, mine has a lot of dudes taking their kids to play as well at FNM

Keep enough for a deck that is consistently fun and sell the rest.
Limit the hobby to once a week and instead use the other two days exploring new hobbies.

I have a decent enough vehicle actually. A 2007 Chevy Tahoe that I paid off when I was living with parents.

Lose the fucking "I want a girlfriend" attitude, man. Fantasizing about about people being objects in your life won't get you shit, just be willing to meet people and let shit happen

Good Advice

Good Advice

Great Advice. Obviously gets pussy.

I'm not objectifying them man. Don't simplify it.

When I say I want a girlfriend I meant I want to experience dating, I eventually want a partner, not just in sex but in life.

I want friends who actually give a fuck about me, not the cards on the table in front of me, I want real relationships with good people.

You could dump most of it somewhere (store, ads, ebay) and just keep a couple of decks. An EDH deck, a cube, a Legacy/Modern deck. Get rid of the rest and bring what you saved out only if the chance comes again.

Good luck though, everyone always comes back again and again after quitting a dozen times.

People only care for themselves. Listen to homies advice, if you truly want to be happy love a hobby not a person. Once you do something you love the bitches will follow. IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME.

Get rid of it. I had a similar thing with Yugioh and wanted to stop being a fucking child. Helped me realize what other things could be done instead. Plus its 10,000 so....

Kind of pointed advice but I appreciate it none the less.

That's where it gets hard. You don't just keep 'a deck', impossible. I feel like I need to get rid of it all, or else it becomes "well let me just buy a couple cards for this one deck" and it all comes back. They call it cardboard crack for a reason.

Sell everything except the valuable playsets. They'll probably appreciate in value and you'll thank yourself for it.

Someone who knows Magic, word.

I've got multiple decks for each and a huge catalog to support each. You don't think keeping one of each around will draw me back in? "oh but this new set is so good" "let me just buy a few cards"

What happens when my Standard deck rotates cards out? you feel me?

That's another reason I keep hanging on.

A lot of my shit is only going to only get more valuable, especially my really old stuff.

I feel like I could cash out now, get a house, new car, etc, and finally kick what has essentially become a habit at this point.

But what's $10K now could easily be $20K in 5 years.

I sold my shit a while ago. Sold some modern control deck for like $700.

Honestly playing MTG isn't too bad as long as you aren't hoarding cards and have fat packs upon fat packs etc. If you can keep your collection to a few boxes or fat packs then you shouldn't look like a neck beard to the typical outsider.

go to a comic book store and see what the geeks offer you, if they offer you too low just leave or get a binder and keep it away from yourself, get some self control think of how much they will be in the future. Thats your only thought you should be thinking of how much will it be in 10 years or sell them now and buy a decent used car for like 10 grand or if you have a good job put 10k down and get cheap payments

I don't think it matters if you keep nothing. You'll be back because its impossible to quit forever.

If you are just trying to get some shit together you can return to playing in a year or so.

The spending money part is tough, but gotta have some self control.

Oh definitely quit playing standard. Terribly managed format and, over the long run, way more expensive than modern and even legacy.

I prefer the eternal formats and drafting, which has less change than standard.

The local stores will always low-ball for cash. It's their profit model.

eBay and TCG card sites are where you get full market value.

I have one Legacy deck that is worth over $2000 by itself.

Just limit the time you play and try to find other people who you can play with. Liking MTG doesn't make you a neckbeard fag.

these days you do though. grown men with jobs and families go to magic / video game conventions or esport venues all the time.

Well yeah, I play it all. I was just using the Standard as an example, but agreed Standard is trash.

Scan school on YouTube, pick up "the game". And read it, study "48 laws of power" get higher in your job,

> be me same situation at 25 meet fat
> live together 5 years, gain 50 lbs
> fat chick finally leaves, be 30
> do what op did, life turns around
>pick up book, friend recommends 48 >laws. Read that, research mystery.
> come across scan school, reinvent
> myself, finish college. Pick up girls
> be 33 Fuck hot chicks, be 35 pick up
> 18 yr old.
> be 38 married to 21 yr old, (the 18 yr >old)
> have everything, I won life.

Tl;dr

Op is on the right path, hope this helps

trade it in for this

Ps Op, keep the cards, just play less.

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Maybe get an instrument? Something that you may have availability of lessons, that you can buy with the money from your cards. You can meet a bunch of really great people if you go to concerts and shit, or wherever you take lessons if you do. Once (if) you get a band or something you can get gigs and that'll get you out there, as well as being incredibly fun in my opinion.

This is a long term plan however, since getting good at playing an instrument takes a while. Still, I think it's a good idea.

If not could you spare about $400 to me so that I can buy a new bass guitar? Pic related.

I cashed out about $1k of cards (just a dirty standard player) when I quit. Here's what I keep for people for random game whims:

I did pick up the new archenemy set. That looks pretty sweet for old friends.

I keep sets of the "battle decks" from card kingdom. They're $10 decks and fun for playing

And finally I have a sealed box of conspiracy and a stack of basic lands for drafting.

Granted it's just enough to strike up a game with people with no cards but I think that's fine.

>a stack of basic lands for drafting
This is a great recommendation. Very useful for very active players and rarely active players.

Can't tell you the number of times I've had to go get a stack of lands from the nearby lgs because nobody has em.

When i first started there was always land available from starter decks (and in random pack slots in revised). Now its tougher to get land unless you have the fat packs.

Still, I know the feeling of having to take apart decks and search through piles right when trying to draft.

Real advice right here.

>I got a (shit) job at an office and moved out of my parents house.

Good for you. This is what everybody did a generation ago.
If more millennial fags took this big step they wouldn't be such fucking wimps.

>I really want to sell the shit and be done with it, but it's my only real hobby now, and I can't seem to let go. Can I like, limit it's impact in my life? or should I cut it out completely?

30 years ago when I was going through the same feelings, it was D&D.
I had been playing it for years, I enjoyed it,
but I didn't like the idea that it's the only social outlet I had.
I didn't like that all my D&D friends had given up on improving themselves,
and I didn't like the way normal people saw me as a D&D player in a D&D group.

What worked for me though was to continue hanging out with those friends,
but I started playing in a different way.
I used the group as a springboard, some stability,
as I took bigger risks in my life.
For example, I knew that I could go to a party,
and if I was uncomfortable there, I could always
be welcome back in my old group.
I started seeking out other people in the larger gaming circles that had normal lives,
and hanging out with them more.
After months and months, a few short years of this,
I had become the most normal in the group and had other social outlets.

But I never gave up the game, or my stuff.
I don't play anymore, but I still have every bit of the material.
I regularly open up the stuff and read it again,
not because I'm obsessed or it's all I have,
but because it was a fun game and I had a fun time.

Don't sell your stuff. MTG is a cool game and it is not the problem.
Someday you'll appreciate all you've collected.

But try to branch out a little bit.
Find the most normal guy in the game store and ask him out for a beer afterwards.
Tell him to bring a friend along.
Just use what you have as a basis forward.

And forget about winning.
MTG is now about making social connections.

You know what... Fuck you OP

As long as the cost per month isn't too high I would just keep playing, even if it's casual. Magic is great, I wouldn't be so quick to throw it away entirely.

Keep it.. I sold my collection before. Twice. I regreted it both time. Just box it all up and put it in the closet for a few months. Drop it off at your moms and forget about it a while. Eventually, you'll notice that a new cool looking set of cards in Walmart while your buying groceries has been released, and you'll want back in You'll be refreshed and able to focus on other things for a while, and be able to come back with renewed enjoyment of the game. Just take a break. Crack a pack every once and a while, but focus on other things.

Also EDH commander is the true game of champions. Just wanted to remind everyone.

Birds of a feather flock together, and when it comes to social skills these particular birds can change their plumage.

Right now, your main social outlet is M:TG. That's fine, you just need a new social outlet. Find meetup groups, some sort of thing on a mild social topic you feel comfortable with. Or, sign up for a bowling league. I dunno, maybe take dancing lessons. Regardless, once you find another social outlet, go to that outlet and don't stress too much about participating with everyone. Just listen. Observe (don't stare). Pick up how they all engage with each other.

Since this should be some sort of meetup group or whatever where random strangers can show up, you being a silent type that's interested in hearing what other people are talking about is for the most part fine. If you have a perfect response to something someone else said (like someone makes a M:TG joke), respond to it with a super mild joke in response.

There. Just do that. Let the process itself work through you until you have people that actually like hanging out with you.

I was in your shoes a few years ago, and I suspect you are in the same sort of shitty loop I was in. You have to burn some minor bridges behind yourself so that you start looking forward. So sell all those cards, even if you get fuck all in return for it, let the money you lost on fancy cardboard be a lesson that makes you wiser in the future.

Go out and start looking for fun shit that might interest you, do shit like just going for random drives across the countryside to see what you find, you don't need a clear goal, the idea is to get outside your comfort zone.

Try stuff like shooting, weights, hell even tennis, you might find you really enjoy one of those activities. I found that I enjoy flying remote control planes just from wandering into a random hobby shop and chatting with the owner about it, and its something I never thought I would enjoy until I tried it, and it makes me wish I had got into it years ago instead of playing card games with the social equivalents of bowel cancer.

Sell that shit and buy some climbing gear and join a climbing gym dude... Climbers are the most friendly and chilled cunts ever

Keep the cards or ditch them it doesn't really matter, your problem is you need to get off b/ find some normies to hang out with, talk about current events, the weather, what there kids are doing. Being on Sup Forums is what you have to give up. Personally I would leave your card at in a safe box at your parents house for 5 years then and see how your investment has faired. You have spent the money, treat it as an investment. the worse advice people have given you is telling you to sell the cards and buy X because it is free money. After you grow as a person find other interests start talking to normies instead of b/tards and if you eventually want to play again, you will have the cards. No reason to spend more money on card, besides playing cards isn't the worst thing you can do in your life.

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Did you lose your virginity? Honest question

>skateboarding
>gay
found the faggot longboarder

you can keep it, you just have to try to change your mental attitude

if you could even improve your life and outlook by even 0.01% a week, it would be astonishing the difference it would make over the coarse of even a year

you are what you do every day, and what you do is the embodiment of what is going on in your head

try to not gossip or think negatively about people, find their strengths and try to make things better for the situations you are in, instead of criticizing yourself and the situations and others, try to improve them instead of staying in a negative frame of mind, you will find you start to feel better about yourself, have more motivation to do things and people start to respect you and treat you better

the only thing you should really be trying to avoid is negative/critical people

fuck off edgy summer fag