If this is something that goes in this thread, I just want to say how awesome it is that they let content creators, big and small, reveal cards for them to lead attention and traffic to their content. During the Dominaria preview season I discovered the Lords of Limited podcast. I´d never heard of it before, and now I´m a fan and patron. This probably happens a lot during each spoiler season.
One noteworthy thing about this is that we should mention the source for spoilers in The Rumor Mill when cards get spoiled, every time, very clearly, to give the content creators the attention that WotC feels that they deserve. It´s a community thing, let´s participate.
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Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
I like that they`re throwing independent websites a bone by letting them get an exclusive preview of a card. They sure as hell don`t do enough to acknowledge the wider community, but this is one thing they do right.
I dislike spoiler threads to the point where I almost always just look at the card in the first post and then close the thread, because everyone seems to think that every card spoiled should be constructed playable and support their deck and not decks that they dislike, and at least half the cards should be eternal playable, and so on. The bad vibes among posters completely kill the excitement for me, expectations are too high. It`s a problem inherent with spoiling a few cards at a time, most of them are going to be not very interesting to a lot of players. That`s just how it is, most cards in a new set is not for *you* exactly. But this isn`t a flaw in the spoiler policy per se.
God forbid a card gets criticism. Sounds like you don't play competitive magic at all.
Ugh. Okay, I`ll bite. I only play competitive magic, actually. But that doesn`t mean that I go on a rant every time they spoil a card that isn`t competitively viable.
"Blue enchantment is super ultra mega garbage."
"Mind Dilation seems like one of those designs where they replace a card last minute and have to make the new one bad on purpose because they don't have time to test it. It's a 7 mana mythic enchantment that does nothing right away, can proceed to do nothing, or possibly very unexciting things."
"a really, really bad enchantment."
"Blue enchantment is absolute garbage."
"The enchantment is nonsense"
I didn`t bother digging too deep, but you get the picture. This happens in almost every spoiler thread except for the three or four cards that ar obviously super powerful. Those only get complains about rarity or about archetypes or colors getting pushed. Meanwhile, I have friends who are super excited about Mind's Dilation in EDH and casual magic. This product is for them too. This is someone`s favorite card in the set. Also, not every card can be competitively viable. We know this. It`s a fundamental principle of how booster packs work. Some cards are good and some aren`t. It`s been like that for over 20 years. Complaining and whining whenever a card isn`t going to make it into their favourite format is no good for anyone. Card criticism, or evaluation if you will, is a good thing, but I`d hardly call it criticism when it`s nothing deeper than "this card isn`t exactly what I wanted, set blows".
Also, please reply exactly how my post led you to believe that I
don't play competitive magic at all.
because I don`t see the connection at all. I`d like to believe that you weren`t just trolling/flaming.
Also, this quote is for you: "I do love people who write off an entire post with an unintelligent one-liner." Who wrote that?
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When I hit my 3000 post mark, I'm gone for good.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
I like that they`re throwing independent websites a bone by letting them get an exclusive preview of a card. They sure as hell don`t do enough to acknowledge the wider community, but this is one thing they do right.
I dislike spoiler threads to the point where I almost always just look at the card in the first post and then close the thread, because everyone seems to think that every card spoiled should be constructed playable and support their deck and not decks that they dislike, and at least half the cards should be eternal playable, and so on. The bad vibes among posters completely kill the excitement for me, expectations are too high. It`s a problem inherent with spoiling a few cards at a time, most of them are going to be not very interesting to a lot of players. That`s just how it is, most cards in a new set is not for *you* exactly. But this isn`t a flaw in the spoiler policy per se.
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Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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One noteworthy thing about this is that we should mention the source for spoilers in The Rumor Mill when cards get spoiled, every time, very clearly, to give the content creators the attention that WotC feels that they deserve. It´s a community thing, let´s participate.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'
Did you see Mind's Dilation get spoiled?
"Mind Dilation seems like one of those designs where they replace a card last minute and have to make the new one bad on purpose because they don't have time to test it. It's a 7 mana mythic enchantment that does nothing right away, can proceed to do nothing, or possibly very unexciting things."
"a really, really bad enchantment."
"Blue enchantment is absolute garbage."
"The enchantment is nonsense"
Also, please reply exactly how my post led you to believe that I because I don`t see the connection at all. I`d like to believe that you weren`t just trolling/flaming.
Also, this quote is for you: "I do love people who write off an entire post with an unintelligent one-liner." Who wrote that?
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'
I dislike spoiler threads to the point where I almost always just look at the card in the first post and then close the thread, because everyone seems to think that every card spoiled should be constructed playable and support their deck and not decks that they dislike, and at least half the cards should be eternal playable, and so on. The bad vibes among posters completely kill the excitement for me, expectations are too high. It`s a problem inherent with spoiling a few cards at a time, most of them are going to be not very interesting to a lot of players. That`s just how it is, most cards in a new set is not for *you* exactly. But this isn`t a flaw in the spoiler policy per se.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'