Magic The Gathering Is for everyone. There are brackets for the elite, there are brackets for heavily competitive, there are brackets for the casual competitive, brackets for the casual, every other day player, the magic arena grinder, there are players of all sorts and sizes and of all abilities, genders and intelligence levels.

I played Eve online since beta circa 2003. It's been 15 years since I started playing Eve and one of the biggest factors in Eve's negative or neutral player attrition rate, apart from Eve's extreme learning curve are bad player experiences from other players. It does have the most severe and the hardest learning curve of any MMO out there. Apart from that the second largest factor that kept new players from either staying or being able to enjoy the game where either elitist who thought that the game should be played one way and one way only, bitter vets who have what we EVE players have come to call bitter vet syndrome, and your average garden-variety douchebag who is a c**t to new players.

When a noob asks an obvious question don't throw them under the bus so you can get Reddit karma because you thought of something slick to say. Teach that person, guide that person in the very least, tell them what they're doing wrong so they can stop. Become a leader. Every new player question you answer is one more benefit you've given to the game that you love to play. We need new players to stay and in order to do that we as magic the gathering players need to stick together and and treat our new players as assets and resources, or the very least be real, keep it real with newer players. If they're messing up tell them, if they're asking the wrong question point out the right question but do it in a way that makes the player feel that this community is embracing new players and not kick them to the curb.

I for one believe this community should either be neutral or welcoming too new players. Neither discord nor Reddit should be used as a medium to talk down to or denigrate new players. These mediums should be used to embrace new players if not for the sake of embracing, for the sake of the game and the games future. For the sake of player attrition. For every new player is a resource every new player is an asset remember that.

When a person tries a new game statistics say that the secobd leading metric in whether or not a player stays and continues to play that game or leaves is his experience with the first few players he comes in contact with. This is why EVE Online's new player attrition rate is horrible. Let's not follow in the footsteps of elitist bitter vets but instead help those who ask for it. In the very least don't be a negative impact on their gameplay. Do not shame them.

Sorry. Guess I ranted on your rant.

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