Jeffrey took me and Orchi out to "Settlers" today. At first, I was expecting a card shop since Jeff mentioned that he wanted to ask the Level 2 VS Judge there some rulings questions. When we arrived at Clarke Quay and found the shop, I had quite a surprise. This was no ordinary card shop. The decor was unusually nice. There were several huge tables and sofas around. It was some sort of gaming cafe! (They even have their own webbie: http://www.settlerscafe.com/ )
A guy with the name-tag Colin showed us to our seats and brought us a menu. He also asked us what games we were interested in playing. Jeff told him that we were VS players. We asked to look at their singles album. After hanging out with us for a while, Jeff had to leave for work, but he would be back to join us in the evening. In the meantime, I played a few games with Colin, while Orchi played deck with another big-sized guy.
Colin was using a Spider-Friends Army deck with Longshot. I found it funny that he was naming inconsistent/random cards with Longshot. It slowed him down a lot. I found it weird that whenever Colin was about to pull of something tricky, he would burst into a loud high-pitched laughter that makes my hair stand. (No joke. He would make a great voice dubber for some anime villain.)
More VS players soon came in. I was like: “Oh no, soon everyone will crowd around and disturb us with their running commentary”. To my surprise, all they said was, “Wow, a Doom deck!” then went on to play amongst themselves. OMG!!! No external disturbances badgering me in a card game? Now this is what I call a miracle!
After my game, I went to check out Orchi. It seems that his opponent ended up criticizing his deck and so he is now undergoing a deck reconstruction based on the guy’s suggestions. I chose to ignore him cos’ I disliked people who offered 'advice'. Instead, I quietly watched the other players. I realized everyone was mainly playing with DC cards. I saw decks like Arkham/Fearsome Five, 'Brave and the Bold' and Teen Titans. No wonder they reacted that way to my Doom deck; I was the only pure Marvel player around. It made me feel like ‘unique’. Hehe.
Jeff soon came back. He played against Orchi’s opponent, who I realized was the Judge that he was going to seek for rules clarifications. The funny thing was that, every time this ‘Judge’ wanted to confirm something, he’d shout “Hey, Level 2 Judge!” Then a guy would come running out with a PDA to answer Jeff. (This big 'Judge' was either rusty in his rules or he liked bullying freshie Judges.) Jeff sat down to play against the big-sized guy, who I now realized was running a Teen Titans/X-Men deck. From watching them, I realized that Teen Titans was all about who could pump his Roy Harper bigger and trounce the opponent. *Sigh* Looks like it wasn’t a strategic deck as I thought. Jeff lost the match, and the guy went on to criticize & suggest improvements for Jeff’s deck; the same way he did with Orchi’s. He spoke as if Teen Titans was the greatest thing on Earth. Seemed like part mindless rush, part Roy Harper pump race and Teen Titans Go! abuse to me.
After that, the three of us had a few more games amongst ourselves. We were going to have dinner there before we left, but I changed my mind when I realized that anything that was filling on the menu had a 2-digit price tag attached. It was time for us to go. Perhaps we will visit there again another time.
I kinda like the place. Nice atmosphere, relatively friendly players (beng-ish looking people who are nice! *gasp*), and most importantly, no crowding around “haha you die liao” nonsence. The price of the food is a little high, though, but I guess it is worth trying out once in a while.
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