It's great that he's taking the high road and staying classy, but it also provides zero explanation as to why he was fired. I'd love to know what happened.
Well, I wouldn't. This is private stuff between a company and one if its employees/partners , and he said all the public is *entitled* to know.
I'm upset to hear this. I tend to be critical of nerdy game commentary (see: starcraft and other MTG event streams) but found Reuben to be the best. I love his voice and think he is "down to Earth" with silly humor/banter. Great color as you watch what is otherwise people turning the same cards sideways.
He doesn't have to say why he was fired at all. I know we are all curious but from the FB post he wrote, it appears he accepts the situation and has no open ill-will.
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I mean, hell, we're all on a forum for something that most people would describe as a "children's card game"...do what makes you happy. You are never too old to enjoy yourself.
If i had to guess it would have been about passing information about what star city was going to buy to ramp the price up on. but that has no basis and is just something i could see someone getting fired for.
If i had to guess it would have been about passing information about what star city was going to buy to ramp the price up on. but that has no basis and is just something i could see someone getting fired for.
Well, yeah, he could have been stealing from them too I guess, but I doubt it. No reason to cast baseless aspersions.
If i had to guess it would have been about passing information about what star city was going to buy to ramp the price up on. but that has no basis and is just something i could see someone getting fired for.
I doubt he was involved in those decisions. That seems to be all Ben Bleweiss.
If this means I never have to watch another clip of the Newsening, thats a good thing.
If only there were a way to not view something we didn't want to. Something like a remote control only for the computer. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch everything that comes by.
Yeah just like how when people watch TV they totally just turn off the TV every time commercials come on.
A 40 dollar mythic rare would constitute a must have 4 of that goes in many decks.
Stats About Mythics
-Mythics are on average 40% rarer than pre-mythic rares
(old blocks about 200 rares, Mythic blocks 35+ mythics)
-They are printing more new cards a year not less
(about 665 now vs. 630 in most pre-mythic block)
-To drop the value of a rare by $1 a mythic must go up $2
-In a 3 year time span deck prices doubled. I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause.
If this means I never have to watch another clip of the Newsening, thats a good thing.
If only there were a way to not view something we didn't want to. Something like a remote control only for the computer. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch everything that comes by.
Yeah just like how when people watch TV they totally just turn off the TV every time commercials come on.
If only there were a device capable of taking the TV from one channel to a different where perhaps there were no commercial. Maybe this device could even remotely operate the television from your seat. A 'remote operator' if you will. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch every commercial on TV.
If this means I never have to watch another clip of the Newsening, thats a good thing.
If only there were a way to not view something we didn't want to. Something like a remote control only for the computer. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch everything that comes by.
Yeah just like how when people watch TV they totally just turn off the TV every time commercials come on.
If only there were a device capable of taking the TV from one channel to a different where perhaps there were no commercial. Maybe this device could even remotely operate the television from your seat. A 'remote operator' if you will. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch every commercial on TV.
Yeah it's a good thing that the TV magically changes back to the channel when the show you really want to watch comes back from commercial, otherwise it's not really any different than turning off the tv and you would totally have no point.
A 40 dollar mythic rare would constitute a must have 4 of that goes in many decks.
Stats About Mythics
-Mythics are on average 40% rarer than pre-mythic rares
(old blocks about 200 rares, Mythic blocks 35+ mythics)
-They are printing more new cards a year not less
(about 665 now vs. 630 in most pre-mythic block)
-To drop the value of a rare by $1 a mythic must go up $2
-In a 3 year time span deck prices doubled. I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause.
If only there were a way to put a picture inside of another picture on the television. We could call it, picture in picture. No, that's too dumb, side by side pictures. Yeah, that sounds way better.
I'm sad to see Reuben leave. At least he was genuine. What annoys me is Brad Nelson creaming his pants over mediocre mythics from new sets or Brian Baun-Duin jamming a terrible 4 Brimaz, 4 Kiora deck to sell a few more units for SCG.
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I'm sad to see Reuben leave. At least he was genuine. What annoys me is Brad Nelson creaming his pants over mediocre mythics from new sets or Brian Baun-Duin jamming a terrible 4 Brimaz, 4 Kiora deck to sell a few more units for SCG.
I don't think BBD was shilling here, I'm not sure which mythic Brad was going crazy over. It's been my experience that SCG is totally untrustworthy during spoiler season (Chapin is the worst of them all) with the manufactured hype for overpriced untested cards, but they back off pretty quick once people are playing with them and can hold them accountable for hype with results.
I hate that they canned him for a "more professional" person. The guy is a total tight wad, just flat and boring. Not really working out SCG sorry.
I don't like the new guy right now, he seems a bit too stiff. That said, he is brand new and I'm willing to give him some time to try and figure out an approach that works. I did notice however that he was on camera a lot less than Reuben ever was.
I have to say, in general I'm a little underwhelmed by SCG's production/coverage of their own Magic tournaments. They have a real shot at taking over the market when it comes to Magic the Gathering tournament coverage because they are really the only player in the game right now, and if they keep resting on their laurels, someone is eventually going to figure out there is potentially money in tournament coverage.
Someone got me into watching Starcraft tournaments, enough to know that that eSport completely outclasses Magic when the two games are actually pretty similar in regards to the tournament scene, game history and the production issues they would have to solve:
-Both games started at about the same time if you count Starcraft 1, and both are now even more popular
-Both have the same level of tournament support in America/Europe. Different websites hold different events and they usually provide their own coverage.
-They both are games that are played at a casual level and professional level
-In terms of production, even though Starcraft 2 is played over a computer and magic is in real life... the same amount of work is required. In Starcraft 2 tournaments, you need an "observer" for every game to click on different areas of the map and show people what's going on. In Magic, ideally you want a similar thing but you could probably actually get away with less.
The two advantages that Starcraft has over Magic... one being that tournaments tend to be less than 40 people so they can feasibly show you every match. The other advantage is Starcraft can get away with playing only 2-3 matches at a time because they don't have everyone playing in a round at the same time. That being said, that shouldn't be the difference between the quality production of these Starcraft tournaments and the relatively sub par production of SCG. There's no reason they can't have 4-5 separate streams. When it gets to the point in the tournament where it's the last couple of rounds and there are really only 20 players playing for the top 8 spots... they could stagger those matches so that they can catch all of those matches on stream. And catch all of the matches in the top 8 as well. Also... I don't see why they can't edit individual games and post them on their website so that someone can go back and watch all of the matches if they wanted.
Obviously this would cost a lot of money to produce, but SCG is already in good position to pull this off. They already have premium membership that lets you look at all the articles. They could just make this a separate premium package. Charge something like 5 bucks a month, maybe have a free version that gives you access to one of the five streams. In addition to that is the ad revenue they probably would be bringing in. I know I would pay 5-10 bucks a month just to have access to the back catalog of games. And maybe if a new deck came out and suddenly gained popularity, I could go back to that tournament and watch all the VODs with that deck featured instead of having to watch the tournament live and hope they show the deck I want to see being played.
And the thing is... once they spend the money and hire the people and get everything organized, they would already be set to cover other card games or other types of events. I feel like eventually someone is going to figure out that you can make the production much bigger and bring more attention to the tournament scene. I'm surprised WotC isn't trying to help make this happen to be honest.
When I watch SCG coverage (or WotC coverage for that matter) what always gets to me is the lack of a hand camera. That's where announcers are useful calling out what cards players have. With all the shuffling players like to do I'm not sure there's an easy fix for this. I know the Pro Tour now has judges that update player hands every turn, and that's nice but I assume it's cost prohibitive to use on a mass scale because it means every feature match requires 3 people (judge, 2 observers) rather than just 1 person.
I've thought about the whole multiple games thing too. I realize they can only comment on one match at a time, but the cameras are already in place for other feature matches, why not publish those games as well? GP's for example generally have 3 feature matches lined up. That can be handled by 5 people (plus announcers for one match) to provide coverage of 3 matches. What you would need is one person recording the hands of 2 players each (the 2 on their side of the table), two people recording the hands of the match being commented on for better coverage (keeping track of 3 hands per person is probably too much), and one judge for the 3 feature matches. The non commented matches could use a different video layout that shows just the top down view of the table, with a list on each side displaying the cards in each persons hand. That way there's no additional need for someone in the video booth to constantly switch camera views.
Regarding multiple games at once, they would have separate commentators for each game. Again, at Starcraft events they'll have 6-8 commentators. So its something that can be done.
Oh, and you can just get it back with Life from the Loam. Card must be pretty bad.
Well, I wouldn't. This is private stuff between a company and one if its employees/partners , and he said all the public is *entitled* to know.
He never said he's entitled to know. He said he's curious...
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He doesn't have to say why he was fired at all. I know we are all curious but from the FB post he wrote, it appears he accepts the situation and has no open ill-will.
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I'm a little confused. Is this a reference to something? Does it relate to him getting fired...?
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Well, yeah, he could have been stealing from them too I guess, but I doubt it. No reason to cast baseless aspersions.
I doubt he was involved in those decisions. That seems to be all Ben Bleweiss.
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Yeah just like how when people watch TV they totally just turn off the TV every time commercials come on.
Stats About Mythics
-Mythics are on average 40% rarer than pre-mythic rares
(old blocks about 200 rares, Mythic blocks 35+ mythics)
-They are printing more new cards a year not less
(about 665 now vs. 630 in most pre-mythic block)
-To drop the value of a rare by $1 a mythic must go up $2
-In a 3 year time span deck prices doubled.
I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause.
If only there were a device capable of taking the TV from one channel to a different where perhaps there were no commercial. Maybe this device could even remotely operate the television from your seat. A 'remote operator' if you will. Alas we have no such thing and are thus forced to watch every commercial on TV.
Probably, but how can we know if it's our business or not unless we know?
Yeah it's a good thing that the TV magically changes back to the channel when the show you really want to watch comes back from commercial, otherwise it's not really any different than turning off the tv and you would totally have no point.
Stats About Mythics
-Mythics are on average 40% rarer than pre-mythic rares
(old blocks about 200 rares, Mythic blocks 35+ mythics)
-They are printing more new cards a year not less
(about 665 now vs. 630 in most pre-mythic block)
-To drop the value of a rare by $1 a mythic must go up $2
-In a 3 year time span deck prices doubled.
I am petitioning for the removal of mythic rarity. Sig this to join the cause.
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I hate that they canned him for a "more professional" person. The guy is a total tight wad, just flat and boring. Not really working out SCG sorry.
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Because it was never our business to begin with. The decision to fire him, despite the reason, should be between Reuben and his boss, nobody else.
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I don't think BBD was shilling here, I'm not sure which mythic Brad was going crazy over. It's been my experience that SCG is totally untrustworthy during spoiler season (Chapin is the worst of them all) with the manufactured hype for overpriced untested cards, but they back off pretty quick once people are playing with them and can hold them accountable for hype with results.
I don't like the new guy right now, he seems a bit too stiff. That said, he is brand new and I'm willing to give him some time to try and figure out an approach that works. I did notice however that he was on camera a lot less than Reuben ever was.
They'll probably continue it with someone else.
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Someone got me into watching Starcraft tournaments, enough to know that that eSport completely outclasses Magic when the two games are actually pretty similar in regards to the tournament scene, game history and the production issues they would have to solve:
-Both games started at about the same time if you count Starcraft 1, and both are now even more popular
-Both have the same level of tournament support in America/Europe. Different websites hold different events and they usually provide their own coverage.
-They both are games that are played at a casual level and professional level
-In terms of production, even though Starcraft 2 is played over a computer and magic is in real life... the same amount of work is required. In Starcraft 2 tournaments, you need an "observer" for every game to click on different areas of the map and show people what's going on. In Magic, ideally you want a similar thing but you could probably actually get away with less.
The two advantages that Starcraft has over Magic... one being that tournaments tend to be less than 40 people so they can feasibly show you every match. The other advantage is Starcraft can get away with playing only 2-3 matches at a time because they don't have everyone playing in a round at the same time. That being said, that shouldn't be the difference between the quality production of these Starcraft tournaments and the relatively sub par production of SCG. There's no reason they can't have 4-5 separate streams. When it gets to the point in the tournament where it's the last couple of rounds and there are really only 20 players playing for the top 8 spots... they could stagger those matches so that they can catch all of those matches on stream. And catch all of the matches in the top 8 as well. Also... I don't see why they can't edit individual games and post them on their website so that someone can go back and watch all of the matches if they wanted.
Obviously this would cost a lot of money to produce, but SCG is already in good position to pull this off. They already have premium membership that lets you look at all the articles. They could just make this a separate premium package. Charge something like 5 bucks a month, maybe have a free version that gives you access to one of the five streams. In addition to that is the ad revenue they probably would be bringing in. I know I would pay 5-10 bucks a month just to have access to the back catalog of games. And maybe if a new deck came out and suddenly gained popularity, I could go back to that tournament and watch all the VODs with that deck featured instead of having to watch the tournament live and hope they show the deck I want to see being played.
And the thing is... once they spend the money and hire the people and get everything organized, they would already be set to cover other card games or other types of events. I feel like eventually someone is going to figure out that you can make the production much bigger and bring more attention to the tournament scene. I'm surprised WotC isn't trying to help make this happen to be honest.
I've thought about the whole multiple games thing too. I realize they can only comment on one match at a time, but the cameras are already in place for other feature matches, why not publish those games as well? GP's for example generally have 3 feature matches lined up. That can be handled by 5 people (plus announcers for one match) to provide coverage of 3 matches. What you would need is one person recording the hands of 2 players each (the 2 on their side of the table), two people recording the hands of the match being commented on for better coverage (keeping track of 3 hands per person is probably too much), and one judge for the 3 feature matches. The non commented matches could use a different video layout that shows just the top down view of the table, with a list on each side displaying the cards in each persons hand. That way there's no additional need for someone in the video booth to constantly switch camera views.