Right, but you can't even access this page from the newly designed Wizards website, so it makes me think that although the page is not shut down, it is still outdated.
So your saying those who actually like the new characters are somehow lesser people? Hell I like a lot of our new PW's and so far while slow the storyline is at least going somewhere.
That came from you ok, not me.
What i meant was that those kinds of fans i feel are getting taken for granted by Creative.
Ok so it's official. It was announced in an advertisement in Path of the Planeswalker that Curse of the Chain Veil will not be released until July 2010.
Ok so it's official. It was announced in an advertisement in Path of the Planeswalker that Curse of the Chain Veil will not be released until July 2010.
What are you serious? So we have to wait til May for Zendikar and then July for the PWalker novel? Oi vey.....*mumbles something about the creative team he has said a million times over*
Oh yeah, got the dates mixed up. Still that is a pretty long wait. The problem with the length between each novel is I seriously begin to lose interest in some of the characters and forget certain plot points. Really sad
This might be the first time in the history of my involvement with this storyline I say this, and it'll be very unpopular I believe, but here goes. Ahem:
That's fine.
Okay, whew, that wasn't as hard as I though it was going to be.
Does it suck that we have to wait for the book? Yeah, it sure does. Does that mean the book will be better as a whole because of it? Possibly. Does the possibility of a better book (good) outweigh the longer wait time (bad)? That's arguable, but I think it does.
Honestly, I'd much rather have a longer wait for a good book than a shorter wait for a rushed one (looking at you, Alara Unbroken).
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Well, "rushed" is a very liberal term, but I would actually consider any Magic book to be rushed. If something comes up, the author basically just has to deal with it because (historically) the books had to be out in time to correspond to the sets. Alara Unbroken didn't have this problem, but it still certainly felt rushed. Among other things.
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This might be the first time in the history of my involvement with this storyline I say this, and it'll be very unpopular I believe, but here goes. Ahem:
That's fine.
Okay, whew, that wasn't as hard as I though it was going to be.
Does it suck that we have to wait for the book? Yeah, it sure does. Does that mean the book will be better as a whole because of it? Possibly. Does the possibility of a better book (good) outweigh the longer wait time (bad)? That's arguable, but I think it does.
Honestly, I'd much rather have a longer wait for a good book than a shorter wait for a rushed one (looking at you, Alara Unbroken).
I had the impulse to say these exact words (or close enough) last night, but I didn't feel myself confident enough to put it in terms that would not betray my annoyance. However, as stated, if it brings about a better product, then I am willing to wait. It will face harsher judgement for the extra time spent on it though. Expectations have been raised because of the time spent on it.
I had the impulse to say these exact words (or close enough) last night, but I didn't feel myself confident enough to put it in terms that would not betray my annoyance. However, as stated, if it brings about a better product, then I am willing to wait. It will face harsher judgement for the extra time spent on it though. Expectations have been raised because of the time spent on it.
*rolls the dice, gets a 3* Expectations should be lowered due to the fact that the writing samples on the author's website are sketchy at best.
If more time usually meant a better product then I would agree. Sadly, that is not always the case. Call me a cynic, trus tme I wear the title proudly.
How much time? Two years? Sorry, that's too much even for Blizzard. Anyway, I don't mind that they're working slowly, what I hate is that they announce release dates, but never keep them. Seriously, what's the point of saying "this product will hit the shelves on this day" when they cannot guarantee it will be so?
Never read a Song of Ice and Fire then because it is ridiculous how long the next book is taking to come out. Totally ridiculous!
What makes me angry is what you said, changing the release date. just don't give a date until you are fully finished! It really isn't that hard to do.
@ Barinellos - Yeah, it's still definitely annoying. But I think the ends justify the means here. Especially because
A - Most of these books aren't exactly literature.
B - I've got quite a lot of books to read that are, in fact, literature.
C - Mass Effect 2 comes out next month, so who gives a ****?
@ Angel - True dat, brother. That's a delay that does generally bother me because I know it's going to be awesome.
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@ Barinellos - Yeah, it's still definitely annoying. But I think the ends justify the means here. Especially because
A - Most of these books aren't exactly literature.
B - I've got quite a lot of books to read that are, in fact, literature.
C - Mass Effect 2 comes out next month, so who gives a ****?
I just finished Mass Effect last week (got it for xmas) so I am still riding that high into the next game. Besides it, there are also a lot of video games that didn't make the xmas release date coming out in January. Like Darksiders and Bioshock 2.
Probably the fact that the books are so hard to find and come out so irregularly, that half the people who used to read them stopped.
I'll gladly give back those two packs and chapter snippet in the fatpack for the book again.
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absolutely. It's really been so long since I read a new magic book. I've almost finished reading the ENTIRE series between TPF and whichever new book we get.
absolutely. It's really been so long since I read a new magic book. I've almost finished reading the ENTIRE series between TPF and whichever new book we get.
I was also fairly pissed to find that TPF was only available in large-format printing. We're playing with tiny-printed cards all day, we're obviously not blind, though I will accede that some of us don't have a 6th grade reading level.
So, instead of giving us more, and better books, Wizards is wasting their time printing large-format versions of books, and then duplicates in a different size. I have never seen a company so forcefully try to kill part of their market.
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I was also fairly pissed to find that TPF was only available in large-format printing. We're playing with tiny-printed cards all day, we're obviously not blind, though I will accede that some of us don't have a 6th grade reading level.
So, instead of giving us more, and better books, Wizards is wasting their time printing large-format versions of books, and then duplicates in a different size. I have never seen a company so forcefully try to kill part of their market.
Before you start tossing those thoughts around, you should probably read Laura Resnick's thread over at gleemax. The Publication industry dictates a lot of rules that aren't always the publisher's choice.
Before you start tossing those thoughts around, you should probably read Laura Resnick's thread over at gleemax. The Publication industry dictates a lot of rules that aren't always the publisher's choice.
So the publisher specifies the size and shape of the novel. Considering that, oh, I dunno, the last 20 MTG books have all been printed and published by Wizards, I think it's safe to say that yes, it is Wizards who controls the end product, and is the decider behind the format and regularity with which books are published.
Wizards may claim they're promoting their authors, but the fact that it is incredibly difficult for me to actually purchase books by them leads me to believe otherwise.
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Right, but you can't even access this page from the newly designed Wizards website, so it makes me think that although the page is not shut down, it is still outdated.
That came from you ok, not me.
What i meant was that those kinds of fans i feel are getting taken for granted by Creative.
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That's fine.
Okay, whew, that wasn't as hard as I though it was going to be.
Does it suck that we have to wait for the book? Yeah, it sure does. Does that mean the book will be better as a whole because of it? Possibly. Does the possibility of a better book (good) outweigh the longer wait time (bad)? That's arguable, but I think it does.
Honestly, I'd much rather have a longer wait for a good book than a shorter wait for a rushed one (looking at you, Alara Unbroken).
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I had the impulse to say these exact words (or close enough) last night, but I didn't feel myself confident enough to put it in terms that would not betray my annoyance. However, as stated, if it brings about a better product, then I am willing to wait. It will face harsher judgement for the extra time spent on it though. Expectations have been raised because of the time spent on it.
If more time usually meant a better product then I would agree. Sadly, that is not always the case. Call me a cynic, trus tme I wear the title proudly.
Never read a Song of Ice and Fire then because it is ridiculous how long the next book is taking to come out. Totally ridiculous!
What makes me angry is what you said, changing the release date. just don't give a date until you are fully finished! It really isn't that hard to do.
A - Most of these books aren't exactly literature.
B - I've got quite a lot of books to read that are, in fact, literature.
C - Mass Effect 2 comes out next month, so who gives a ****?
@ Angel - True dat, brother. That's a delay that does generally bother me because I know it's going to be awesome.
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I just finished Mass Effect last week (got it for xmas) so I am still riding that high into the next game. Besides it, there are also a lot of video games that didn't make the xmas release date coming out in January. Like Darksiders and Bioshock 2.
I'd like to get it on my Kindle, but it's like it's just poof, gone.
One of my favorite, and most obnoxious, classic elitist statements of all time.
If it's both Amazon AND B+N, I'd say there's something holding the release back, possibly indefinitely....ONOEZ
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I'll gladly give back those two packs and chapter snippet in the fatpack for the book again.
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I was also fairly pissed to find that TPF was only available in large-format printing. We're playing with tiny-printed cards all day, we're obviously not blind, though I will accede that some of us don't have a 6th grade reading level.
So, instead of giving us more, and better books, Wizards is wasting their time printing large-format versions of books, and then duplicates in a different size. I have never seen a company so forcefully try to kill part of their market.
WAnglesW
WUBRGThe BroodGRBUW
WUGAllymillGUW
Before you start tossing those thoughts around, you should probably read Laura Resnick's thread over at gleemax. The Publication industry dictates a lot of rules that aren't always the publisher's choice.
So the publisher specifies the size and shape of the novel. Considering that, oh, I dunno, the last 20 MTG books have all been printed and published by Wizards, I think it's safe to say that yes, it is Wizards who controls the end product, and is the decider behind the format and regularity with which books are published.
Wizards may claim they're promoting their authors, but the fact that it is incredibly difficult for me to actually purchase books by them leads me to believe otherwise.
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