Well, I can officially say MTG Lion has hit a low.
To ShadowFenril, there is this thing in the USA called Loot Crate and I guess there are mtg versions where people pay a monthly fee and get sent a crate each month with geeky stuff, or in the case of MTG, MTG Stuff.
He's mocking it because you generally don't get the $30 a month fee back in value, but what you pay for is a monthly box of geeky/mtg goodies you may never have thought of. The people behind the boxes generally scour around and make deals or find cool items to fill the boxes and send to people.
Overall, It's something I find quite cool because I like the idea of getting sent neat things each month, even if its only worth $20 because I often wouldn't have looked for the kind of items in it and it's just for fun.
The thing is the parody is completely misguided. The basic problem with loot crate unboxing valuation is Youtube personalities keep putting everything at MSRP, when that's not the case at all. The numbers aren't pulled out of nowhere and hopelessly inflated. They're just unrealistic. By definition, a business model like Loot Crate would be unsustainable if the contents were actually worth MSRP (though the people behind it would obviously get bulk discounts as well, but even so, that wouldn't be enough on its own), so what you're getting isn't really as valuable as it first appears.
That said, for people who like the element of "what am I going to get?" surprise or just appreciate odd knickknacks they wouldn't normally buy but they can get through that distribution model, Loot Crates and their ilk are definitely worth it from a utility standpoint if not a monetary one. And that's a point the linked video really goes out of its way to miss in favour of misunderstanding the low-hanging fruit. Yes, some videos have over-the-top reactions. Yes, they tend to overvalue the products inside. But that video misses any shot of nuance or cleverness and parodies those aspects in the most superficial of ways. It's not clever, and it's not even entertaining.
I mean..I don't even know why you pretend you're not the same guy on YouTube, spamming his links on MTGS. You only post links to this idiot MTG Lion. GJ.
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To ShadowFenril, there is this thing in the USA called Loot Crate and I guess there are mtg versions where people pay a monthly fee and get sent a crate each month with geeky stuff, or in the case of MTG, MTG Stuff.
He's mocking it because you generally don't get the $30 a month fee back in value, but what you pay for is a monthly box of geeky/mtg goodies you may never have thought of. The people behind the boxes generally scour around and make deals or find cool items to fill the boxes and send to people.
Overall, It's something I find quite cool because I like the idea of getting sent neat things each month, even if its only worth $20 because I often wouldn't have looked for the kind of items in it and it's just for fun.
That said, for people who like the element of "what am I going to get?" surprise or just appreciate odd knickknacks they wouldn't normally buy but they can get through that distribution model, Loot Crates and their ilk are definitely worth it from a utility standpoint if not a monetary one. And that's a point the linked video really goes out of its way to miss in favour of misunderstanding the low-hanging fruit. Yes, some videos have over-the-top reactions. Yes, they tend to overvalue the products inside. But that video misses any shot of nuance or cleverness and parodies those aspects in the most superficial of ways. It's not clever, and it's not even entertaining.