MTG Salvation

Quote from Galspanic

@Shaz -

I am really sorry you see it that way but I also think it's fair to interpret the actions as such. The thing is, some of us thought the Gutter needed to just be closed (hence the "closing the Gutter" announcement from late June. That was all worked on before Curse even entered the picture. We posted that, realized that we screwed up, and started talking about that... something like the day Curse showed up. So, we had two options... pretend that we are going to move forward ignoring a potential buyer and their input, or try to work with them. The problem with working with them was that we got different opinions at different times. And we had admins hired and quit in there too. So, the idea that we could give a consistent message would have been awesome, but it didn't happen.

Personally between you and me (since we tried to work on this via PM), I had to stop talking to you. All ideas that we shared didn't matter any more because I didn't know if I could make good on my promises. But, I also couldn't really tell you why because at the time, the policy of the new owner was not mine to share. I suppose I could have told you and that might have made things better, but I still do believe that when someone tells you that information is not yours to spread, that you respect that request.

I am sorry though. If I had my way things would be quite different (or maybe more the same as it was before), but a lot of the staff have been put in a very uncomfortable position by a completely absent owner working on a business deal with a group of people representing a buyer who are only talking with a very small number of staff. I refuse to let myself get too involved because this whole thing really pisses me off. Why the hell hasn't it changed hands yet? Seriously, even at the Global level of staff we haven't seen an update in forever.

Change pisses people off and why this has taken so long is beyond me.

The various mods debated back and forth, discussing and searching for alternatives to closing the Gutter, or to neutering it. We had committed to work with the Gutter in lieu of closing it, and none of us were comfortable rescinding that promise. After increasingly frustrated discussions that could not find a good solution, the admins decided that we would rather resign than go back on our word.

Quote from RichardHaro

I don't get it

If their objective is to grow modern as a format, surely they should be looking at dropping the absurd price of staple cards -the biggest thing that stops people from playing modern?

Why put Goyf at mythic then?

Quote from 9909

Shazbot, I would like to direct your attention to the "User:" preceding the article name, "Magic Mage"; please duly note the page space. The "User:" page space is not the main article page space and is less stringent in its adherence to policies.


If it pleases you, and I hazard that you would or you probably wouldn't have brought it up, would you care to clarify "pages like this"? Or, have you chosen that specific user page for other, perhaps more personal reasons?

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This site has been panned in the past for having a low signal to noise ratio, and yet Magic Rulings has the highest such ratio of just about any MTG forum out there.