I still think the initial post was taken far too personally. Maybe he just wanted to see if there were players out there who were like minded. Usually when a challenge is issued you either accept it or decline, not scold the challenger cause you didn't like the challenge.
But that's neither here nor there now. Personally, I don't read much on Metagame that I find as original as what I see at the Collective. Again, your idea of original is new parts in an old Buick. Whereas my idea of original, is a flying Buick I built in my backyard. You add one part to ten and call it a new mix. That's fine, but is as I said, something I disagree with. Just like I disagree that a good deck equals a good player and vice versa. Original thinkers just aren't as sensitive to loosing, if it means exploring new territory. You can call them bad players if you wish. But I've never equated a players ability with his win/loss ratio. Not when he's searching for something, and willing to take the bullet if he's wrong. A player that puts himself through the mill winds up a better player in my estimation, then one who rehashes the same old hash.
But we could go back and forth forever. The best I, or should I say the CSC, can do is keep working at our philosophies, and one day, either prove you right, or prove you wrong. I know where my money lies.
But that's neither here nor there now. Personally, I don't read much on Metagame that I find as original as what I see at the Collective. Again, your idea of original is new parts in an old Buick. Whereas my idea of original, is a flying Buick I built in my backyard. You add one part to ten and call it a new mix. That's fine, but is as I said, something I disagree with. Just like I disagree that a good deck equals a good player and vice versa. Original thinkers just aren't as sensitive to loosing, if it means exploring new territory. You can call them bad players if you wish. But I've never equated a players ability with his win/loss ratio. Not when he's searching for something, and willing to take the bullet if he's wrong. A player that puts himself through the mill winds up a better player in my estimation, then one who rehashes the same old hash.
But we could go back and forth forever. The best I, or should I say the CSC, can do is keep working at our philosophies, and one day, either prove you right, or prove you wrong. I know where my money lies.