If you have a deck that gives the opponent the opportunity to make stupid mistakes of carelessness, such that him underestimating you increases your chances of winning, then think up the stereotype of the worst magic player (whiny stupid arrogant rich kid?), and dress like that.
Though indeed, unlike many situations (work, romance, being a teacher in front of a class, going to a LessWrong meetup), that’s one situation where you don’t care much about how people will judge you in general. So you don’t care about how you dress (also, you don’t care about Belching loudly and spitting on the ground, you can do those too).
If you want to have friendly conversations at a Magic tournament you may want to avoid giving a bad impression, you may still want to care a bit about clothing, though since that aspect doesn’t matter much (unlike in dating or for job interviews), people won’t expect each other to pay that much attention to it and wear whatever’s comfortable.
(Some people go to Magic tournament with “being admired” as a goal they wouldn’t mind reaching; clothes can help for that)
If you have a deck that gives the opponent the opportunity to make stupid mistakes of carelessness, such that him underestimating you increases your chances of winning, then think up the stereotype of the worst magic player (whiny stupid arrogant rich kid?), and dress like that.
Though indeed, unlike many situations (work, romance, being a teacher in front of a class, going to a LessWrong meetup), that’s one situation where you don’t care much about how people will judge you in general. So you don’t care about how you dress (also, you don’t care about Belching loudly and spitting on the ground, you can do those too).
If you want to have friendly conversations at a Magic tournament you may want to avoid giving a bad impression, you may still want to care a bit about clothing, though since that aspect doesn’t matter much (unlike in dating or for job interviews), people won’t expect each other to pay that much attention to it and wear whatever’s comfortable.
(Some people go to Magic tournament with “being admired” as a goal they wouldn’t mind reaching; clothes can help for that)