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Magic From the Other Perspective
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-02-23 23:18:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Pro Tour, PT, San Diego, AAAS, Chemistry World Blog
UPDATE: Read another take from scientist Alaina G. Levine here.
On my plane ride to San Diego for the Pro Tour, I sat next to a professional looking middle-aged woman. As we started chatting, something I rarely do on planes, she revealed she was a scientist headed to the San Diego Convention Center for the AAAS convention, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She seemed to be as interested in Magic as I was fascinated by her work involving global warming and dolphins, but she really took the cake when she revealed she and her staff were the models for the scientists from Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow." As a huge Roland Emmerich nerd, I was pretty geeked about it all.
She pointed out that her gathering, essentially a seminar for huge science nerds, was probably a perfect fit for the razzle dazzle of the Pro Tour. After all, when you've spent a long day examining slides of dolphin brains impacted by the effects of climate change, what's better than cutting loose with a game of Phyrexia VS. The Coalition or a draft?
Well, a member of that side has spoken up about their take on the Pro Tour, and we're passing it to you. Read the article on Chemistry World Blog here.
(Thanks to Top8Games for retweeting this from YannisGuerra. Follow them at Twitter.com/top8games and Twitter.com/yannisguerra!)
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.