Albert set down the microphone and looked around at the audience, his mind going blank for a moment.
Was Wizard Card fun?
Honestly, he did not know.
It was just a decent card game for passing the time, nothing more.
In his view, card games like this were only fun when everyone played together.
The socializing and leisure aspects mattered more than the game's own playability, which was why Albert had set out to create the Wizard Card Activity Room.
The facts proved that Albert's idea had not been wrong. At least quite a few students were willing to sit down and play Wizard Card with their friends. As long as the game retained a certain number of players, Wizard Card could not be considered a failure.
After a not particularly intense match, Hermione Granger crushed Diggory two-nil and became the first to earn a place in the final.
"We had such high hopes for you, and you lost so easily." Lee Jordan looked utterly pained. "That was just pathetic."
Cedric shrugged, unconcerned by Lee Jordan's words. He had not played much Wizard Card lately and had made it all the way to the semifinals purely through careful thinking. Then he encountered Hermione, who was no worse than he was. She understood Wizard Card far better than him and had much better luck, so naturally, he got crushed.
To be honest, there were not many students who were truly good at Wizard Card. Everyone was more or less equally bad at it and mostly played for fun. Gatherings like this felt quite nice, and the ten Galleons each semester were a nice little bonus.
Next came Luna and Shanna's match. From the very beginning, it entered a fever pitch and was far more brutal than the previous one. Their skill