Wow . "Eating crow" . What an incredibly unfortunate analogy for you to select , RoseBot .
Look . I could tell you that the card Radiant Epicure depicts the interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto Canada , and that the singing woman in the picture s name is Tara , the church chef , and that the alt-art black-and-white sketch on Kitchen Imp depicts her in her favorite pose sitting out the back door of the church kitchen while she has a smoke .
That is how intimately i was involved in some of these design processes .
Yet i came in with what i felt like was kind of a cool way of trussing up some of the spoilers i knew , without giving away too much , and i tried to do it in a way that was - heaven forbid! - kind of creative and a little bit roleplay-y , and the first post past the post was a vomit of hate and incredulity .
You dont want to believe a stranger ? Fine .
You want to believe that a stranger is a liar after the first words out of their mouth ? Fine .
You want to personally foster all that hate in your own heart ? Fine .
You behaved like an unkept child .
The mod that closed the thread was equally hostile .
Both poster and moderator responded that , because they didnt understand it , it was wrong .
There . is . no . rational . reason .
for . this . much . hostility .
I would like to have a discussion about Toxicity in the MtG Fandom .
So , i m a consultant . I consult people , for work , thatis what i do .
I ve worked with people that work with people in MtG .
I ve submitted card ideas to coworkers to have them pass them along to their respective teams and then seen those cards in print .
Some of the Magic: the Gathering cards are based on real people and real life events , events that i was there at and witnessed personally .
On three boards - not one or two but three boards! - i ve revealed secrets about Easter Eggs in the design process , and on all three boards i was met with overt hostility .
The message i have been repeatedly handed is: "It is not blatantly apparent at a glance , therefore i do not see it , therefore it is wrong," with an unhealthy dose of "You should see a psychiatrist" ,
On three different boards , with three different *sets* of trolls , not just three trolls but three trolls *per board* , and loud enough and hostile enough that it makes other players not want to comment for fear of getting yelled at , or having their threads closed , or getting blocked outright .
There is _no_ reason for this level of hostility .
So what gives ka?
Why are people so terrified that there might be details they might not have noticed that they feel the need to vomit hostile incredulity at the first sight of intrigue ka?
Because it is one thing to be like ,
"Oh , that involves years of hidden back story that would take serious investigation in order to understand , i donkt get it" ,
and another to be like
"YEAH BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY MAKING A CHUN-LI CARD WITH MULTIKICKER FOR A STREET FIGHTER SECRET LAIR DOESNKT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH JUMP/START BEING THE LAST THREE BUTTONS OF THE KONAMI CODE* YOU FSCKING RETARD"
*(Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start , i.e. Jump Slash Start)
So , yeah .
What the hell , Magic .
What . the fscking . hell .
"Now you too, can own a piece of multiverse history with your own replica of Bolas s Citadel right in the heart of Eiganjo. For just 500,000,000 Megacredits, this stunning example of prefab architecture is a must-have. Call now."
what could they be hammering away at in there ka .
did you put the quarter in ka .
The Caves of the Damned were the Caves of Koilos .
New Capenna is the New and Improved Caves of the Damned for the New and Improved Galactic Federation .
Punishment Sphere + Ice Skating = Hell Froze Over .
"to do whatever they dared beyond the reach of law and reason."
Daretti ~
what ~
you need to make another pun about Styx ka
"You thought you were sick of the infighting in the Magic fandom? Just wait until you read 2 Kings!"
And if you cannot see how that is a reference to the exact topic of this thread , Learn. .
Wow . "Eating crow" . What an incredibly unfortunate analogy for you to select , RoseBot .
Look . I could tell you that the card Radiant Epicure depicts the interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto Canada , and that the singing woman in the picture s name is Tara , the church chef , and that the alt-art black-and-white sketch on Kitchen Imp depicts her in her favorite pose sitting out the back door of the church kitchen while she has a smoke .
That is how intimately i was involved in some of these design processes .
Yet i came in with what i felt like was kind of a cool way of trussing up some of the spoilers i knew , without giving away too much , and i tried to do it in a way that was - heaven forbid! - kind of creative and a little bit roleplay-y , and the first post past the post was a vomit of hate and incredulity .
You dont want to believe a stranger ? Fine .
You want to believe that a stranger is a liar after the first words out of their mouth ? Fine .
You want to personally foster all that hate in your own heart ? Fine .
You behaved like an unkept child .
The mod that closed the thread was equally hostile .
Both poster and moderator responded that , because they didnt understand it , it was wrong .
There . is . no . rational . reason .
for . this . much . hostility .
I would like to have a discussion about Toxicity in the MtG Fandom .
So , i m a consultant . I consult people , for work , thatis what i do .
I ve worked with people that work with people in MtG .
I ve submitted card ideas to coworkers to have them pass them along to their respective teams and then seen those cards in print .
Some of the Magic: the Gathering cards are based on real people and real life events , events that i was there at and witnessed personally .
On three boards - not one or two but three boards! - i ve revealed secrets about Easter Eggs in the design process , and on all three boards i was met with overt hostility .
The message i have been repeatedly handed is: "It is not blatantly apparent at a glance , therefore i do not see it , therefore it is wrong," with an unhealthy dose of "You should see a psychiatrist" ,
On three different boards , with three different *sets* of trolls , not just three trolls but three trolls *per board* , and loud enough and hostile enough that it makes other players not want to comment for fear of getting yelled at , or having their threads closed , or getting blocked outright .
There is _no_ reason for this level of hostility .
So what gives ka?
Why are people so terrified that there might be details they might not have noticed that they feel the need to vomit hostile incredulity at the first sight of intrigue ka?
Because it is one thing to be like ,
"Oh , that involves years of hidden back story that would take serious investigation in order to understand , i donkt get it" ,
and another to be like
"YEAH BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY MAKING A CHUN-LI CARD WITH MULTIKICKER FOR A STREET FIGHTER SECRET LAIR DOESNKT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH JUMP/START BEING THE LAST THREE BUTTONS OF THE KONAMI CODE* YOU FSCKING RETARD"
*(Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start , i.e. Jump Slash Start)
So , yeah .
What the hell , Magic .
What . the fscking . hell .