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Trainer 1, "So Desert, looking at this week's tournament you'll see it is quite the challenge, it involves two of your worst attributes: upped cards and deck building on the fly"
Trainer 2, "...it means you can end up unlucky and be forced to play an unupped deck."
Trainer 1, "Most of the opponents will be advanced and professionals who not only have a good majority of the cards, electrum, and a natural talent for building decks."
Me, "What the hell?! This is a bad idea, no matter how you look at it! Shouldn't I put this off until I'm ready?"
Trainer 2, "*laughs* Don't run away now."
(someone interrupts our chat)
Pro, "Frankly, winning tournaments boils down to one thing: Experience. Skilled pros are mindful about things you don't even consider. They've gained a natural sense of how the game works at the upped level, that to be honest, a n00b at your level can't reach with practice alone."
... he continues, "The number of practices, and these "drift grinding" crap you do is not equivalent to the 'quality' practice runs that we do
...even if you have "luck" from the RNG, or natural talent for playing, it only means you'll improve faster than another n00b who does not have it.
there is no such thing as an instinctive "gift" that could out do accumulated effort and practice .. at least I've never seen it once. "
me, ":/"
