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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Vaclav
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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Vaclav
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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Noticed this when looking at the spoiler today, thought it was kinda neat. Reminds me of old X-men/Marvel cards from back in the day.
Leadsalad
Cis-XYite-Nationalist
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Well, someone linked Mark's blog in the comments where he said the 12m players and then went on a SJW diatribe.
Rudy is being Rudy but Mark being Mark more boldly is the actual problem. Fucking lunatic wants 50/50 player base in a competitive based game.
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And from the comments on Rudy's video:
Rudy is being Rudy but Mark being Mark more boldly is the actual problem. Fucking lunatic wants 50/50 player base in a competitive based game.
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And from the comments on Rudy's video:
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Valorath
Blackwing Lair Raider
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Not catching up on thread or anything, just checking in instead. Haven’t played 3vNico but I’m about to be Nicobolas. Prolly first time Nico loses at this house.
I’ve said before, I think the three can win. The guys I am playing against have never beaten Nico. Hopefully I am not the first
I’ve said before, I think the three can win. The guys I am playing against have never beaten Nico. Hopefully I am not the first
Harshaw
Throbbing Member
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I haven't played MtG since Ice Age, but I caught one of Rudy's videos and I ended up falling down the youtube rabbit hole. His vids made me miss and also remember why I stopped playing. It also made me want to kick myself for selling my collection back in 1996 though.
Enzee
Trakanon Raider
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These unstable spoilers have been cracking me up. I haven't played in over a year, but I'm kind of wanting to go to the pre-release or release event just for fun. Pretty sure this set will be a ton of fun for just those events, then die off completely.. so if I want to play with the cards, that's the only real time to do so.
It's really a shame, because the overall design, aesthetic, etc.. is great with this set. I'd have loved to see them go to that setting with real cards even. If it weren't for a handful of cards, this would almost be a viable real set. The augment mechanic is great and could almost be a real thing. The 5 'guilds' are great. I just like everything about the setting.
Been checking for new spoilers twice a day, haven't been this interested in a set in years.
It's really a shame, because the overall design, aesthetic, etc.. is great with this set. I'd have loved to see them go to that setting with real cards even. If it weren't for a handful of cards, this would almost be a viable real set. The augment mechanic is great and could almost be a real thing. The 5 'guilds' are great. I just like everything about the setting.
Been checking for new spoilers twice a day, haven't been this interested in a set in years.
Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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MTG Youtube Community shat its pants over the holiday break hard enough for r/all to notice. Looking forward to all the online articles this week bemoaning the 100% misogynist ultra-rapist nature of the MTG fanbase because of a couple internet trolls, again.
Remember, if one person's group are assholes, that means every human who buys the same product is mecha-hitler.
On the plus side, for the Youtubers, this just means they'll all walk away with more money as their followers are galvanized to give more to their patreons, on both sides. Hooray drama, I guess?
Ah well, it'll all be forgotten in 3 weeks when Rivals Spoiler Season starts.
Remember, if one person's group are assholes, that means every human who buys the same product is mecha-hitler.
On the plus side, for the Youtubers, this just means they'll all walk away with more money as their followers are galvanized to give more to their patreons, on both sides. Hooray drama, I guess?
Ah well, it'll all be forgotten in 3 weeks when Rivals Spoiler Season starts.
zzeris
King Turd of Shit Hill
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I think the player base has shrunk. The game is really expensive, most cards don't hold value, and Hearthstone, Eternal, etc are cheaper options. I don't think Hearthstone gaining 70 million players was completely at the expense of MTG but at least some of it was. I sold 3 different collections over the years but I can't see anything that makes me want to come back except maybe for a pre-release. I haven't played in a bit over 3 years and I don't really miss it either.
Vaclav
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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Indeed, I debate sometimes doing a PR as a one-off thing to kill a couple hours like a movie, but I can't see myself going whole hog back into it unless Arena's model is more "friendly" like Eternal/Hearthstone/etc as well.
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Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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It certainly didn't help that Standard has been sweaty balls for the majority of the last three years, while Grand Prix prices have continuously escalated for the privilege of playing shit games (not looking forward to having to pay for both the PPTQs and RPTQs next year as well, although I understand the logistics of it necessitate such).
Sales #s keep going up, but actual event engagement is probably down.
EDH has devoured most of the FNMs in our town, as the casual FNM-player-base sees a format that's (generally) cheaper, lets you keep your pet decks forever, and is more fun-oriented. Which most of stores seem fine with, since the folks who actually buy boosters at full price instead of just shopping for singles online, tend to be in that casual crowd.
Sales #s keep going up, but actual event engagement is probably down.
EDH has devoured most of the FNMs in our town, as the casual FNM-player-base sees a format that's (generally) cheaper, lets you keep your pet decks forever, and is more fun-oriented. Which most of stores seem fine with, since the folks who actually buy boosters at full price instead of just shopping for singles online, tend to be in that casual crowd.
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