How can there be no magic?!?!

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Ok so I just got down to my new college in North Carolina (Catawba for those that care) and realized that the nearest shop is like and hour away. And all they have is FNM.
Seriously? What the Hell.

Anyway, if you are a magic player in NC and know of anywhere else to play (Legacy or otherwise) I'd appreciate the help.

[Ewokslayer]

All Fun & Games 958 U.S. Hwy 64 W Lake Pine Plaza Apex NC 27523 (919) 468-6322
Hillside Games 156 Tunnel Rd Suite 1 Asheville NC 28805 (828) 505-1195
Plan 9 Comics 240 Shadowline Drive Boone NC 28607 (828) 265-2002
Hero's Haven 2044 S. Church St. Burlington NC 27215 (336) 226-2352
Hypermind, LLC 3396 S Church St Burlington NC 27215 (336) 584-1760
Games HQ 3162 Freedom Dr Charlotte NC 28208 (704) 394-9233
SciFi Genre Comics and Games 3215 Old Chapel Hill Rd #A Durham NC 27707 (919) 302-7150
Cardz-N-Things 5512 Raeford Rd. Fayetteville NC 28304 (910) 487-4222
Lucky's Card Shop 3929 High Point Rd Greensboro NC 27407 (336) 834-4644
Game Shack 504 West Ninth Street Greenville NC 27858 (252) 695-6442
Mind Games 103 Eastbrook Dr Greenville NC 27858 (252) 353-6463
Time Tunnel Comics 1734 Hwy 70 SE Hickory NC 28602 (828) 325-9858
The Toy Factory 110 Boone Square Street #18 Hillsborough NC 27278 (919) 732-2155
Head 2 Head Games 618 Court St Jacksonville NC 28540 (910) 238-6650
TopDeck Games - Kernersville 244 N. Main St Kernersville NC 27284 (336) 996-8088
The Game Connection Inc. 6727B Knightdale Blvd Knightdale NC 27545 (919) 217-5795
The Game Connection Inc. 6727B Knightdale Blvd Knightdale NC 27545 (919) 217-5795
Timmy Macs 803-A Jamestown Rd Morganton NC 28655 (828) 238-7820
Pioneer 203 N. South Street Mount Airy NC 27030 (336) 775-4606
University of North Carolina - Pembroke 1 University Drive Pembroke NC 28372 (910) 584-5782
Hit Point Hobbies 273 W. Morganton Rd. Southern Pines NC 28387 (910) 692-8447
Gamers Guild 1052 Lillington Hwy. Spring Lake NC 28390 (910) 497-2354
The Hobby Shop 1501 Ward Blvd Suite 245 Wilson NC 27893 (252) 291-3384

At least you will be close enough to easily go to the Charlotte 10K.

Plus you are at a college. There must be some sort of geek club that has magic players

[beastman]

Damn Dief, thats what I call a hookup.

[Jeff Kruchkow]

@Ewok: I found the list and like I said, for some reason they are all like at least 50+ min away. However, proximity to the 10k is nice.

And the issue is finding the nerd club. They aren't exactly the most social group.

[MMogg]

And the issue is finding the nerd club. They aren't exactly the most social group.

LOL Maybe just wear a t-shirt with some cool card art on it: the MTG geeks will spot you and those who don't know MTG will just think "cool shirt". :laugh:

To the OP, try living in a distant land like China, where Magic is nearly non-existent outside of the biggest cities. :cry:

[TeenieBopper]

@Ewok: I found the list and like I said, for some reason they are all like at least 50+ min away. However, proximity to the 10k is nice.

And the issue is finding the nerd club. They aren't exactly the most social group.

I'm sure your student association has a list of all sanctioned clubs and groups and can give you contact info or their meeting times/places. It might not be an actual Magic/ccg/rpg club. It could just be a general Fantasy Club. At my school I think it was called the Storyteller's Guild.If there isn't a school sactioned club, consider starting one. I don't think it's that hard. If neither of those work, it's a college campus. There's probably at least a couple magic players there. Put up flyers looking for people. Put out little signals that you play the game so other players can identify you and talk to you. Put a sticker on a binder or patch on a bag. If you're really ambitious, goldfish storm combo in the student union between classes.

[MMogg]

Put a sticker on a binder or patch on a bag.

LOL, yeah, get an M10 sticker... they'll probably think it's some rap group like D12.

http://thugradio.net/d12logo.jpghttp://www.boscos.com/1-907-274-4112/IMAGES/M10logo.jpg

[Bryant Cook]

Ok so I just got down to my new college in North Carolina (Catawba for those that care) and realized that the nearest shop is like and hour away. And all they have is FNM.

AWESOME. Now you can concentrate on whats important.

Vagina
Making Friends
Partying
Different Vagina

in that order.

[cwt1220]

AWESOME. Now you can concentrate on whats important.

Vagina
Making Friends
Partying
Different Vagina

in that order.

QFT

-Chris-

[Brad Herbig]

Sad face for Jeff :P Just text me whenever you want to play some MWS. Shouldn't have moved away now, should you :P

Also Bryant, he only likes partying out of that list, which he did while still being able to play magic. So it is basically what he had before, minus magic. Very sad...

[JeroenC]

If you're really ambitious, goldfish storm combo in the student union between classes.

I did this during classes. Girls were in awe.

[Jeff Kruchkow]

AWESOME. Now you can concentrate on whats important.

Alcohol
More Alcohol
Gratuitous Amounts of Alcohol
StormCombo
Vagina

in that order.

Fixed.

[Brad Herbig]

Fixed.

Seems more like it.

[MTG-Fan]

AWESOME. Now you can concentrate on whats important.

Vagina
Making Friends
Partying
Different Vagina

in that order.

Because doing all this is easy and natural for your average geek, right? :rolleyes:

[herbig]

What you need to do is find a directory of extracurricular clubs and show up to the roleplaying club meeting. Prime trading grounds as well, it's a slaughterhouse.

[Nightmare]

What you need to do is find a directory of extracurricular clubs and show up to the roleplaying club meeting. Prime trading grounds as well, it's a slaughterhouse.

This is true. My best trade ever was with a kid from the gaming group at school:

My 4x Flood Plain

His 4x Flooded Strand

He didn't want to pay the life.

(BTW, this was well before I knew how good this trade actually was - right as I returned to Magic from a 3 year hiatus)

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Thanks for the advice guys.
Also, Brad, I doubt there will be much of the aforementioned partying here.
But I can dream

[Pulp_Fiction]

Honestly just have fun at college, its good times, don't be an asshole, act decent to people, and you get invited to parties. Really that simple. There are a shitton more parties going on than you think, just look around. I totally agree with starting some kind of Magic group but the problem is you get the casual players and combo .... just isn't fair :) If you don't want to start a Magic club, go check out Anime club, D&D, or some other kind of roleplaying club. Magic players in there somewhere!

[coraz86]

Your college's home page should have a list of clubs and organizations somewhere on it. This is what ours (http://www.behrend.psu.edu/student/groups/GroupsContacts.htm) looks like, for reference. It helps to find some people in the student union or something, so when you want to join the officers can put a face with a name, but you could email first to find where everybody gathers.

Also, as an officer in Behrend's Gamers' Club for three years, let me tell you that the officers fucking hate freeloaders. We have monthly Gamers' Nights while school is in session, where we reserve the auditorium in the student union building and fill it with video/board/card games (plus there's usually some Masquerade or D&D going in one corner), and there are a lot of people who will show up just to eat when they see us go on a pizza run. They don't even come in and play games and make friends; they just scarf the food.

As a freshman it should be cool for you to just show up a few times to get to know people, but respond when you're asked and be willing to put forth some ideas, maybe offer to run some Magic events next semester or next year when you're a little more comfortable with your surroundings. You don't even necessarily have to contribute materially to the club or do anything else grandiose, but make sure you care about the club as a whole and not just about your own fun, you know?
For instance, a couple of us who actually play in tournaments gathered giant piles of our extra commons and uncommons and threw them in a five-row in club storage. We've been known to shuffle up a giant pile of cards, deal them face-down into stacks of 45, and do commons-box drafts. One time a pack of fifteen randomized cards had ten Woodwraith Stranglers in it, which was a little awkward, but they're usually pretty fun.

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Im a sophmore just fyi but yeah, I dropped a line to the RP club head so hopefully they have some cool people. If not, I still get the legacy 5k in a month

[Brad Herbig]

Thanks for the advice guys.
Also, Brad, I doubt there will be much of the aforementioned partying here.
But I can dream
Should have stayed at Rose. Few chicks, but more parties, alcohol, AND magic. :P

[Jeff Kruchkow]

Should have stayed at Rose. Few chicks, but more parties, alcohol, AND magic. :P

Yeah, but more of me failing lol

[PunkRocker1134]

I know how you feel. Round here in Boulder Magic isn't very big, and those that play usually play type 2 or draft. My Cube group is in PA, and I've never really found a play to play Legacy in ether philly or Boulder. Sadly, the only magic cards I brought with me were Merfolks, my cube and a shity Kithkin deck. Sad faces all around.

[pw709]

Haha, I was nice and didn't get invited to one party ever. Actually, I guess that's not funny...


Honestly just have fun at college, its good times, don't be an asshole, act decent to people, and you get invited to parties. Really that simple. There are a shitton more parties going on than you think, just look around. I totally agree with starting some kind of Magic group but the problem is you get the casual players and combo .... just isn't fair :) If you don't want to start a Magic club, go check out Anime club, D&D, or some other kind of roleplaying club. Magic players in there somewhere!

[ShadowOfTitans]

AWESOME. Now you can concentrate on whats important.

Vagina
Making Friends
Partying
Different Vagina

in that order.

I played magic the whole time I was in college, and still had time for all of this. It can be done!