I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with this site, but as the name implies it is/was a drafting simulator, complete with card images. It has/had every set, including Masters Editions, Portals, and most recently the MTGO Cube.
I used it as recently as yesterday, and now it seems to have been taken down. IIRC it had been shut down once before, but eventually was restored. Anybody have any info on what's going on this time, and if there's any hope for its return?
I swear I first read it as Wingbonger...something tells me that "As Long as Wingbonger is paired with another creature, both creatures have weed." wouldn't be as good. Seems solid for limited.
the site was great for practicing before prereleases, and the "average pick" really helped me to get a sense of what other players considered to be good. (I know it wasn't perfect, but some information is better than none)
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This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
This is sad and troubling. Wizards is clearly not getting the point of this program, it's there to make players more comfortable and confident with the set so that they will go out and PAY TO DRAFT/SEALED.
maaaaaaaaan. What am I supposed to do when I've got 10 mins to kill at work now?
Seriously though, this is a dumb move wizards. This site wasn't competiing with your business. If anything, it was giving players a practice area before they actually went and BOUGHT your product. This wasn't replacing the real product, it was ENHANCING it!
Ah well, at least I still have decked drafter on the iPhone, but it is $3/set, and they're not too quick with releasing them...
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This is really shocking. This is one of the things that helped me get into Magic: The Gathering and shouldn't be destroyed. It's great for helping people get interested in drafts.
I agree with everything above. This site along with draft videos convinced me to start drafting at FNM and start playing MTGO. If there was no way for me to practice drafting for free i would have never started.
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"In the beginning, MTG Salvation switched to a new forum format.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
I just used it earlier today, I'm relativity new to drafting and it's been a huge help, it's sped me along in skill and DID encourage me to keep going to draft.
My little sister is intimidated about drafting, being too slow to pick or making the wrong picks, she is new to magic. This site was really helping her learn the cards and what decks go together, lessening the overwhelming choices.
Don't get me wrong I still buy magic's product it's just this site was really helpful for teaching new players.
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Last in life,
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This seems really bad. What does this mean for other "draft" sites, such as CCGDecks, Tappedout and Bestiare? What was Wizard's thinking doing this? It was only a mock draft and you couldn't actually play games with your draft, so what is the point of closing it down?
I practice sealed all day long there. This is very sad for me. I like to think wizards would try to make a better program as opposed to simply killing any way to use it. Competition breeds innovation. This merely makes people want to take their eyeballs out with melon-ballers.
I dont understand why they would do this, it didnt effect them in any way other than bringing more confidant players to more drafts.
Because they have to protect their trademarks. I'm going to assume most of the people in this thread don't have an understanding of copyright and trademark laws. If you let one place use your trademarks without permission, it becomes harder to shut down other places that are using your trademarks. There's a reason a site like this doesn't use the mana symbols in its logo or have a magic art as the banner.
Does it suck? Yes. Was it inevitable? Yes. Its the same reason all the 3rd party apps were shut down as well.
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I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with this site, but as the name implies it is/was a drafting simulator, complete with card images. It has/had every set, including Masters Editions, Portals, and most recently the MTGO Cube.
I used it as recently as yesterday, and now it seems to have been taken down. IIRC it had been shut down once before, but eventually was restored. Anybody have any info on what's going on this time, and if there's any hope for its return?
"Forced by Wizards" sounds like a cease and desist request, but I wonder what actually happened.
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Now where will I go for my pre-pre-release practice!?
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I really just hope it doesn't mean what I think it means for tappedout.net.... That would be awful.
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This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
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I mean seriously, wouldn't it be cheaper to hire the magicdraftsim people to provide that service rather than pay the attack lawyers?
Seriously though, this is a dumb move wizards. This site wasn't competiing with your business. If anything, it was giving players a practice area before they actually went and BOUGHT your product. This wasn't replacing the real product, it was ENHANCING it!
Ah well, at least I still have decked drafter on the iPhone, but it is $3/set, and they're not too quick with releasing them...
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RGRosheen MeandererGR
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This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
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My little sister is intimidated about drafting, being too slow to pick or making the wrong picks, she is new to magic. This site was really helping her learn the cards and what decks go together, lessening the overwhelming choices.
Don't get me wrong I still buy magic's product it's just this site was really helpful for teaching new players.
And end space,
At the end of time,
And in every place,
Last in life,
Second to death,
Never alone,
Found in your breath,
Contained by earth,
Water or flame,
My grandeur so awesome,
Wind dare not tame,
Not in your mind,
Am in your dreams,
Vacant to Kings,
Present to Queens.
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Because they have to protect their trademarks. I'm going to assume most of the people in this thread don't have an understanding of copyright and trademark laws. If you let one place use your trademarks without permission, it becomes harder to shut down other places that are using your trademarks. There's a reason a site like this doesn't use the mana symbols in its logo or have a magic art as the banner.
Does it suck? Yes. Was it inevitable? Yes. Its the same reason all the 3rd party apps were shut down as well.