uruloki’s lair

One or two obsessions ago, I played MtG. I happen to be a classic Spike (with a little Timmy) with a particular weakness for combo decks. At the time (Mirrodin block), the goto weapon of choice in a combo deck was Arcbound Ravager. I liked to use it with Myr Retriever and Disciple of the Vault for recursive pinging and gigantic beatdown at the end. Now, it wasn’t quite the combo I was looking for as the Holy Grail combos in MtG all have that point where they “go infinite.” This means that there isn’t anything the other guy can do about what you’re doing to kill him and you win. (Aside: yes, technically it’s an “arbitrarily large” amount of mana/damage/pain you’re doing, but everyone knows it’s infinite even if the rules say it isn’t. Level I Judge FTW)

This terminology carried over to MTGO, which is ePaperCRACK and another one of those things I was hooked on for a bit. In addition to the original meaning, “going infinite” came to mean something else online. The tournaments online were paid for through a combination of card packs and tix (tickets). Once you started placing in the top three in tournaments or nightly drafts, the rewards were card packs. You could exchange the card packs you didn’t need for more tickets, which would get you in the next draft where you’d (hopefully) win even more stuff and just keep the cycle going. Going infinite in this case meant you never paid to play ever again and pretty f’n stelllar as far as I am concerned.

Now, we come to EVE. CCP (the makers of EVE) actually make it possible for you to go infinite here as well. They allow the purchase of GTCs with ISK, the in-game currency. So, if you can generate enough ISK, you can pay for the next month or three (30,60, or 90 day GTCs) out of your in-game earnings. Which means of course that you have officially gone infinite and there is no reason for Otter to get on your case about paying for two games since WoW is still you first love. Not that I would know anything about that… Of course, there may be an initial outlay of funds to start the cycle going which I am sure can be dealt with rationally.

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