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Mark Rosewater Admits He's %#@$ Insane!

View Poll Results: What's more insane Mark Rosewater or a sixth color in Magic?
Mark Rosewater	32	62.10
Sixth Color	12	29.40%
Equally Insane	21	31.80%
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12-12-2005, 06:57 PM

Power Nine

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Mark Rosewater Admits He’s %#@$ Insane

OMG! MaRo finally owns up to his insanity. wtf

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Originally posted by MaRo
Insanity can be defined as seeing things that aren’t there. That’s what I do everyday. I look for things that don’t exist yet. Things like say a sixth color.

And then to hammer the point home, he writes one of his craziest columns yet.

And for MaRo that bar’s already set pretty high.

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12-12-2005, 06:58 PM	#2
Hurrgoyf “Just walk Hans” Join Date: February, 2002 Posts: 6,302	Re: Mark Rosewater Admits He’s %#@$ Insane In before poll, yo. EDIT: Sarnath’d __________________ Vote: Mindslaver

12-12-2005, 07:14 PM

Ali from Topeka

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Re: Mark Rosewater Admits He’s %#@$ Insane

Article, shmarticle.

You want to know what’s really crazy? He’s actually willing to print a sixth color.

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Originally posted by MaRo
Pro #4: No One Would See It Coming
It’s funny how for all the talk about a sixth color, no one believes we would do it. Yet I’ve been on design teams that have discussed it seriously three different times. And even with me telling you that factoid, you still won’t think we’ll do it. Not deep down. And maybe you’re right. You see that? See what I did? I put the doubt back. Because if we do decide to do it (and again note the “if”) we do want to surprise you.

I believe he’ll do it. What do you all think, purple? Wise

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12-12-2005, 07:18 PM

BMOTCG

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Re: Mark Rosewater Admits He’s %#@$ Insane

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Originally posted by Ali from Topeka
You want to know what’s really crazy? He’s actually willing to print a sixth color.

He’s not going to do it. noob

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Originally posted by MaRo
Con #3 – It Would Be Magic Jumping the Shark
One day a man named Jon Hein and his friends were sitting around discussing odd topics when they got onto this strange topic: when did Happy Days hit the turning point from being a good show to being a bad one. After much discussion the group came to the consensus that it occurred in an episode titled “Hollywood, Part 3” when Fonzie jumped over a shark. It then dawned on them that many things (not just television – music, sports, celebrity, politics, etc.) had a “jumping the shark” moment and thus was the expression born.

I think many players feel the sixth color would be Magic’s “jumping the shark” moment. Why? Because many players see the desire for a sixth color as a thing that best goes unrequited. Sort of like a couple on a television show (Moonlighting, Cheers, etc.) The fun is in the potential of them hooking up. Once they actually do there’s nothing but let down. At least that’s how the theory goes.

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12-12-2005, 07:20 PM

Ali from Topeka

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Re: Mark Rosewater Admits He’s %#@$ Insane

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Originally posted by BMOTCG
He’s not going to do it.

Sort of like he won’t put out a multicolor set with just four color combinations.

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6:35 Spittle: i coulda won that game
6:35 Spittle: i just forgot to attack on my last turn
6:35 Spittle: so u should concede this game
6:40 Spittle: hello?
6:40 AliFT: Shut up.