Anyone here on MTG Salvation play this new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game? I felt like it came at a really bad time where the global pandemic has made Organized Play almost impossible to setup at Local Game Stores (LGSs). Doesn't look as though there's a Digital version available for Flesh and Blood TCG like there is with MTG on Arena, Pokémon Online Card Game, and whatever players are using to play Yu-Gi-Oh! online. Other than that the card quality is amazing, the company behind this game Legend Story Studios actually cares about Local Game Stores (LGSs), the community isn't as heavily divided as in MTG and Yu-Gi-Oh!, while I think gameplay wise they should've focused more on capturing the Casual aspect of MTG akin to EDH / Commander because as it stands the Organized Play model for Competitive Play is temporarily dead no thanks to COVID-19.
The aesthetic really reminds me of past Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games like Legend of the Five Rings (L5R), World of Warcraft TCG before it became Digital exclusive with Hearthstone, as well as Argent Saga by Alter Reality Games (ARG) which didn't have a good track record I'm afraid. I just can't see myself investing in another new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game when the risk simply isn't worth the reward. I've seen so many Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games come and go to the point where something like MTG, Pokémon TCG, and Yu-Gi-Oh! can never be duplicated post-2020 even with that new bootleg card game people call, MetaZoo. All these failed card games explains why we need Capitalism Reform so that companies aren't incentivized to make bad decisions for short-term gain at long-term sacrifice.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
So is it true that a lot of disenfranchised Magic: The Gathering players are actively boycotting Flesh and Blood TCG because of their hatred toward Rudy and him sponsoring the card game on his YouTube channel? I'm fully aware that he's really good friends with the creator of the card game James White and has his own personal card made of him aside from Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro's interpretation of him in Magic: The Gathering with Robber of the Rich. I remember a few years back at the start of the pandemic when Flesh and Blood TCG first launched in North America and it seemed like there was a small following for it at my Local Game Store (LGS) but when Rudy started officially sponsoring for the card game it's like almost everyone quit and I can sort of see why. He represents a business model where the "Card Game Life" of Local Game Stores (LGSs) is no longer sustainable and this pisses off Local Game Store (LGS) owners and employees like you can't even imagine and I actually feel for these owners and employees on this who want to keep a physical space open for people to play In-Person as well as host and run tournaments and events. I'm not a huge fan of Rudy's business model either.
The hypocrisy for someone like Rudy whose business model doesn't support In-Person play when he's officially sponsoring and endorsing a new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game with Flesh and Blood TCG that actually supports In-Person play with the old Local Game Store (LGS) business model before he tried to hijack it and influenced others to do the same doesn't make any sense to me. What Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro and Rudy doesn't understand is that the Local Game Store (LGS) despite the low profit margins aren't a hindrance to Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games when they're the very lifeblood of these card games themselves. James White understood this better than Rudy when he designed Flesh and Blood TCG. Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro thinks that there's a social stigma with Paper Magic which is why they're trying so hard to push Commander for female players who don't want to be around the male players at LGSs due to their high standards and then they literally refuse to give cEDH a chance as a separate format from Commander but a possible way for Local Game Stores (LGSs) to earn some kind of revenue.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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Anyone here on MTG Salvation play this new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game? I felt like it came at a really bad time where the global pandemic has made Organized Play almost impossible to setup at Local Game Stores (LGSs). Doesn't look as though there's a Digital version available for Flesh and Blood TCG like there is with MTG on Arena, Pokémon Online Card Game, and whatever players are using to play Yu-Gi-Oh! online. Other than that the card quality is amazing, the company behind this game Legend Story Studios actually cares about Local Game Stores (LGSs), the community isn't as heavily divided as in MTG and Yu-Gi-Oh!, while I think gameplay wise they should've focused more on capturing the Casual aspect of MTG akin to EDH / Commander because as it stands the Organized Play model for Competitive Play is temporarily dead no thanks to COVID-19.
The aesthetic really reminds me of past Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games like Legend of the Five Rings (L5R), World of Warcraft TCG before it became Digital exclusive with Hearthstone, as well as Argent Saga by Alter Reality Games (ARG) which didn't have a good track record I'm afraid. I just can't see myself investing in another new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game when the risk simply isn't worth the reward. I've seen so many Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games come and go to the point where something like MTG, Pokémon TCG, and Yu-Gi-Oh! can never be duplicated post-2020 even with that new bootleg card game people call, MetaZoo. All these failed card games explains why we need Capitalism Reform so that companies aren't incentivized to make bad decisions for short-term gain at long-term sacrifice.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
The hypocrisy for someone like Rudy whose business model doesn't support In-Person play when he's officially sponsoring and endorsing a new Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game with Flesh and Blood TCG that actually supports In-Person play with the old Local Game Store (LGS) business model before he tried to hijack it and influenced others to do the same doesn't make any sense to me. What Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro and Rudy doesn't understand is that the Local Game Store (LGS) despite the low profit margins aren't a hindrance to Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games when they're the very lifeblood of these card games themselves. James White understood this better than Rudy when he designed Flesh and Blood TCG. Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro thinks that there's a social stigma with Paper Magic which is why they're trying so hard to push Commander for female players who don't want to be around the male players at LGSs due to their high standards and then they literally refuse to give cEDH a chance as a separate format from Commander but a possible way for Local Game Stores (LGSs) to earn some kind of revenue.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta