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Author Topic: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?  (Read 451 times)

Pigen

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Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« on: November 18, 2018, 02:27:50 am »
I know black is "B", but why is blue a "U"?
I don't play competitively, and I'm curious as to why.
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2018, 02:34:15 am »
Because B L and E are all in the names of other colours and would be more confusing to use?
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2018, 02:46:03 am »
Quote from: Cavematty on November 18, 2018, 02:34:15 am
Because B L and E are all in the names of other colours and would be more confusing to use?
L and E aren't used to represent a colour in a deck title.
Even "A" (for Aqua) would be better in my opinion.
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2018, 03:13:30 am »
Because it just is?
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2018, 04:05:51 am »
"B" was already taken for black. Blue gets "U" because "U" sounds like "blue".
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2018, 06:40:36 am »
This goes all the way back to the beginning of the game.  In 1993, there was no official website for Magic.  The internet was in its infancy.  This new trading card game was all the rage.  Card spoilers weren't a thing.  There were no card information databases.  People wanted a way to concisely communicate about this new game.  There wasn't cool graphics or emojis, just typed text.  B for Black and U for blue developed very quickly as the accepted shorthand for typed mana symbols.  At this point, you've got 25 years of inertia behind it.  There's no changing it now.
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2018, 03:39:33 pm »
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Re: Question: Why is blue represented as a "U" when people title their decks?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2018, 12:06:05 am »
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