I've played a couple tournaments of Magic, and it was way too hardcore nerd for me. A lot of the nerds around here are insufferable. I just do not fit in with them, so I stick to casual play with people I know.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell