To be honest, that´s on you. I´m 35 and I don´t care about the age of the person I´m playing, as long as they´re nice and play the game properly. If they think I´m too old to hang out at the store, that´s not something I´m going to care about, that´s their problem. I´m a nice guy, they have no reason to think that I´m creepy because I don´t give them one. And honestly, I don´t think 98% of them give a crap about my age.Quote from Onering »I also support the bar idea, because while I don't find the younger generation annoying, the older you get the creepier you feel for hanging out with them. Once your over 30, playing cards with 19 year olds has a way of making you feel old and weird.
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Havrekjex posted a message on Is the sky really falling this time? Or another case of a Magic slump?Posted in: Magic General -
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ISBPathfinder posted a message on WotC and AmazonI know that we knew that they were going to stop selling directly to stores but I am not sure if the fact that they are selling direct to big retailers was known or not. It kind of sucks from the standpoint that without a LGS store we really can't come together as a community in paper magic to play outside of closed off groups of friends.Posted in: Magic General
My concern is that this to me looks like wizards giving less support to the LGS which maintain the paper playerbase as far as non casual magic goes. Sure the casual playerbase might not care but its something to be concerned about if you ask me. -
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Volrath posted a message on Secrets of Mausoleum, Duskmantle FaeriePosted in: The Rumor MillQuote from EvincarCrovax »The Tutor includes multicoulour cards so it fetches Assassin's trophy as well. Another powerful card for the golgari.
Again....
Why does wizards insist on pushing this guild and color combination?
I like the card, don't get me wrong. But just wait and see that Boros, Simic and Dimir get the chaff again. -
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Greyimp posted a message on Buy-A-Box Promo: Impervious GreatwurmI think it's sad that as customers we just accept that a standard legal card isn't included in boosters as the new norm.Posted in: The Rumor Mill
WotC, proving that instead of making things better, we can keep sticking it to you. -
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cfusionpm posted a message on [[Official]] Reserved List DiscussionI'm jumping into this pretty late, and this may have been discussed, but as an example: Birds of Paradise has been printed 17 times, and Alpha copies are worth over $2,100, Beta copies are over $1,200, Unlimited copies are nearly $300, and 7th Edition Foils are $500. The value is held because their value isn't directly tied to playability, but influenced heavily by rarity/scarcity. Their value is holding extremely strong, while still allowing people who just want them to play with them, the ability to get any number of print variants between $6-10.Posted in: Magic General
New reprints will not diminish the cost of original printings by much, unless they are artificially inflated due to mindless speculation and not an actually-played, in-demand card. So if you're buying up Narwhal in order to spike the price, you deserve to lose your money. If you're sitting on ABUR duals and high-demand cards, the authenticity and rarity of "original printings" will carry with it a premium price compared to the new ones. Especially if they're done in an extremely rare/limited release (Mythic of Masters set or god forbid, Masterpieces). -
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Perodequeso posted a message on [[Official]] Reserved List DiscussionYou all need to realize that the reserved list nothing to do with players and collectors, not even stores or “investors”. The reserved list policy is not a contract, these groups have no cause of promisary estoppel.Posted in: Magic General
The reserved list is there to protect early artist, contributors, and people that invested in WOTC. These people were often given product as part of their compensation, with the promise that if it accrued value, the company would do all it could to maintain that value. Some of these people may still even be with WOTC.
If WOTC were to renege on the reserved list these people would have a case.
What boggles my mind is that no one seems to get this. Everyone is so focused on the rift between collectors/investors and players, on people being able to bring a class action law suit against WOTC. Collectors, investors, and players are not even considerations. Why does WOTC remain so tight lipped about it, because it’s a self serving policy. As long as the public is yammering on with a false narrative WOTC is free to not have to bother with it. -
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JaceBluesMaster posted a message on [[Official]] Reserved List DiscussionStep 1: Print cards that are similar in power and effect to all relevant Reserved List cards (like the dual lands). These cannot be functional reprints but WotC can make cards that are on a similar power scale.Posted in: Magic General
Step 2: Loudly state that WotC will never, ever reprint a Reserved List card ever again.
Step 3; Ban all Reserved List cards from all formats citing the fact that the Reserved List is a huge detriment to several popular Magic formats, preventing the formats from growing and evolving.
This is the easiest way to solve this problem. It preserves the secondary market value of all Reserved List cards and it removes any and all impetus that might nudge WotC to changing, altering or eliminating the Reserved List. This also ensures that those with Reserved List cards cannot "double dip" with the Reserved List cards and the newly-printed replacement cards. -
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Lakanna posted a message on [[Official]] Reserved List DiscussionI asked on the podcast, but there are a few problems with the legal arguments:Posted in: Magic General
1: Wizards of the Coast does not sell single cards. They sell lottery packs. Any single card anyone has ever bought has been through a third party, and WotC was not involved in that transaction in any way.
2: The Reprint Policy has already ben changed, with 2 significant revisions and at least one minor one, since its inception. None of those revisions were challenged, implying that the Reprint Policy is just that: a company policy, and subject to change with or without notice.
3: Cards formerly on the Reserve List have in fact already been reprinted, and again this went unchallenged. If it went unchallenged 15 years ago, trying to claim now that the promise is intact is rather sketchy.
I love the YouTuber law channel, but I think he missed some important points in his breakdown, specifically that single card sales are completely out of WotC's control. WotC simply can't be held responsible, legally, for what third-party sellers do, or for what someone using a third-party service pays for. -
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Colt47 posted a message on [[Official]] Reserved List DiscussionThe thing is that the gaming model for TCGs proved to work for games when the game is young and the audience is limited. When the game gets older the model quickly becomes toxic because the system for scarcity works against the growth of the game. What makes gold valuable is not its use, but also the difficulty in acquiring it and its unique appearance. When more people desire that resource due to growth in population or new found uses, this puts strain on the supply and the price per unit rises.Posted in: Magic General
TCGs use the desirability of a resource to drive the distribution of other resources. However, they basically bundle a lot of bulk like scrapwood and less needed resources like scrap iron in with the gold. In addition, they don't promise you even get the gold resource with a direct purchase. This has led to a secondary industry that filters the mass resource purchases and allows direct purchase of the gold.
This secondary industry is suffering the same issues as recycling centers. They end up with masses of bulk no one needs and not enough of the resources buyers actually request.
Wizards tcg model dictates they can not make old, desired resources more common. Thus the issue of supply can never be addressed. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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So Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro are forcing local game stores to display propaganda posters. I understand that they want to set ground rules and guidelines for proper behavior in Magic after all the recent drama that's been taking place, but doing so in a way that alienates more players is more harmful to their product in the long run.
They basically created an environment now where If you don't comply with the rules and guidelines posted there's an increased likelihood that you'll get kicked out of your local game store, have your DCI account terminated, or have all your Magic purchases completely confiscated by the company. Inciting fear isn't how you help grow the game regardless If Magic players don't agree with Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro's political ideology and point of view.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jokCjB8Hs Just thought I'd share this with you guys.
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This lack of foresight isn't good for the overall health of Magic when they rely way too much on tournament results and statistics instead of putting in the time to playtest to see how broken specific cards are for said formats. This is another reason why the EDH Rules Committee doesn't trust Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro with EDH/Commander because they know they're bound to screw it up somehow. If Masters 25 and Dominaria ends up becoming a PR disaster like Iconic Masters was then there's a good chance that Magic will get discontinued long before beginners have a chance to play the next Core Set.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdxJHqqyN_8 I only quoted what MTG Lion said in the following YouTube video I posted a link to, so those are his words not mine.
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One of my friends at my locals discussed this awhile back in regards to the subject of state gambling laws.
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I remember when one of my local game store owners at one point used up the entire store space just to sanction a tournament for Star Wars: X-Wing which forced me and my playgroup to play cards at a local pizza restaurant down the street. Luckily for us the game store owner learned his lesson, but I kind of see where you're coming from though. The other local game store which is close to where I live is mainly active on Friday evenings as we've barely been getting anyone to come in on Saturdays for local events though I remember it being more active before the 2008 Great Recession with more table space. They still manage to get by with selling other products primarily Marvel and DC Comics though I don't know how long that's going to last.
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Also a local game store should do more than exclusively sell Magic products by putting all their eggs in one basket, it doesn't work that way. There's a lot of local game stores with support for other properties such as Dungeons & Dragons, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon TCG, Vanguard, Tabletop Strategy Games, and even video game tournaments from time to time. Sure there's local game stores that charge more than others but that shouldn't stop people from playing at these venues. Everyone these days cares more about what's convenient for themselves rather than what's essential for actually playing Magic and other games.
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The singles market is already killing Magic because local game stores aren't making any money off the product from players purchasing cards online that these stores don't even have in stock. All they're doing is helping other local game stores who set up e-commerce shops on eBay get paid more over driving out to your own local game store where they lost money on specific cards or product that they're unable to obtain or get from their distributors.