Almost all of the alt-coins are there are going to be a waste of time. They're being created to take advantage of people who get super excited about different things and then get pumped and dumped.
Be careful about wasting time with too many alt coins.
Agree, but it is more satisfying to be able to mine whole coins for newcomers, who often don't have much of a setup or GPU. I love the alt coins. They're fun (even if just for now).
You hit the nail on the head. I'm mining ftc because my setup isn't the best, and it is indeed more fun to mine whole coins. Since some of the alt-coins can be traded on an exchange for bitcoin I find it a fun way to (indirectly) mine my own btc.