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fadam posted:Why did Randy Buehler get fired? Wizards of the Coast, of all companies, tried to do an online social media thing called Gleemax.com It was supposed to be a social media site for gamers, like myspace/facebook man! It flopped as you can imagine. He and the entire team for it were let go. Keeping in mind this. quote:Randy began working in Magic R&D during development for Invasion. He was Lead Developer for the Odyssey block. [7] In July 2002, he was promoted to Director of Magic R&D. At the beginning of 2007, he became Vice President of Digital Gaming. Randy was one of the early pro players they brought in. They figured out having pro players as developers and letting Maro do whatever dreamy nonsense he wanted for design was the better route to go. You can see he was promoted several times, he had the position that Aaron Forsythe has now, and then took a VP level job for digital gaming. I suspect the true story is WOTC bet big on digital initiatives in the mid 2000's and Randy took that money and his project burnt to the ground and they poo poo canned him. At the VP level his firing probably had Hasbro execs involved. Now they just let him keep wrecking coverage because I don't think anyone with authority can be bothered to do some real work on the whole coverage situation to make it better. It is just money they don't want to spend.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:03
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jassi007 posted:Wizards of the Coast, of all companies, tried to do an online social media thing called Gleemax.com It was supposed to be a social media site for gamers, like myspace/facebook man! It flopped as you can imagine. He and the entire team for it were let go. Keeping in mind this. I think a lot of the ideas for Gleemax.com got rolled into the Planeswalker Points website. By the way, this is your annual reminder that the Planeswalker Points website exists.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:16
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BJPaskoff posted:I think a lot of the ideas for Gleemax.com got rolled into the Planeswalker Points website. By the way, this is your annual reminder that the Planeswalker Points website exists. And speaking of social stuff, this is your reminder that ratings and comments on Gatherer are still broken 
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Dec 15, 2015 19:19
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BJPaskoff posted:I think a lot of the ideas for Gleemax.com got rolled into the Planeswalker Points website. By the way, this is your annual reminder that the Planeswalker Points website exists. So bizarre that so much goes into this system and yet its used for almost nothing. So much money is left on the table.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:21
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Sickening posted:So bizarre that so much goes into this system and yet its used for almost nothing. So much money is left on the table. Not familiar with how Wizards handles anything Internet-related, huh? 
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Dec 15, 2015 19:22
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How in the whole, entire gently caress is Wild Slash a buck fifty. Shock. Shock is a dollar fifty in this format. That has to be about the perfect encapsulation of the current standard. This has been A Post by Stinkles thank you for reading
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Dec 15, 2015 19:38
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stinkles1112 posted:How in the whole, entire gently caress is Wild Slash a buck fifty. Shock. Shock is a dollar fifty in this format. That has to be about the perfect encapsulation of the current standard. Gotta answer the $60 mythic somehow.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:41
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stinkles1112 posted:How in the whole, entire gently caress is Wild Slash a buck fifty. Shock. Shock is a dollar fifty in this format. That has to be about the perfect encapsulation of the current standard. Uncommons that go in a lot of competitive decks are usually 1.00 - 2.50.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:42
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stinkles1112 posted:How in the whole, entire gently caress is Wild Slash a buck fifty. Shock. Shock is a dollar fifty in this format. That has to be about the perfect encapsulation of the current standard. Stoke the Flames actually got up to 5 bucks...
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Dec 15, 2015 19:43
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Sickening posted:Uncommons that go in a lot of competitive decks are usually 1.00 - 2.50. It's also from a fairly maligned (for drafting) small set.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:44
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Sickening posted:Uncommons that go in a lot of competitive decks are usually 1.00 - 2.50. It's kinda weird though since it is normally played as a Shock and the additional text is largely ignored since damage prevention is kind of underused right now. They could have literally printed Shock again and it would have made very little difference.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:44
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Cactrot posted:It's kinda weird though since it is normally played as a Shock and the additional text is largely ignored since damage prevention is kind of underused right now. They could have literally printed Shock again and it would have made very little difference. Shock was common and common can't have that kind of power level anymore.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:47
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Silkwrap is similarly like $2.25 right now.
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Dec 15, 2015 19:55
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Sickening posted:Shock was common and common can't have that kind of power level anymore. This is the worst thing. If Lightning Bolt ever gets reprinted in a standard set again it's going to be a loving mythic.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:03
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The sparkmage shrieked, calling on the rage of the storms of his youth. To his surprise, his wallet erupted with a fierce energy he'd never thought to see again.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:05
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Is there anything that replaces Jace in that 4-color CoCo deck? I finally got the manabase together and that motherfucker is the only thing I can't justify putting money behind.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:11
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Dungeon Ecology posted:Is there anything that replaces Jace in that 4-color CoCo deck? I finally got the manabase together and that motherfucker is the only thing I can't justify putting money behind. Do you have a list because I can think of a Knuckleblade or Two that could go in it.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:13
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The Shortest Path posted:This is the worst thing. Nah, they'll just print a Lightning Bolt with some irrelevant set-specific ability, and call it Bolt Lightning. Bolt Lightning will proceed to push Modern & Legacy Burn over the top, so in the next B&R announcement, they'll.. Ban Lightning Bolt. I can hear it now. Wizards' R&D "Testers" posted:For years now, Lightning Bolt has straddled the line between "format staple" and simply overpowered. We've been hesitant to ban it, because it forms the core of many of the format's best decks, but in recent years, it has crowded out competing options for deck space to an unhealthy degree. We hope with this banning to improve deck and metagame diversity, with players opting to use cards like Yet Another Shock, Shock 8: The Ocho, and Bolt Lightning to replace it.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:14
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The Shortest Path posted:This is the worst thing. Lightning bolt is a head scratcher as far as pricing goes. We are talking a common that is no way in short supply. Game stores all over the place have piles of lightning bolts hoarded and yet they are still 2$+.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:19
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Count Bleck posted:Do you have a list because I can think of a Knuckleblade or Two that could go in it. http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/standard-4c-rally#paper Here's the list I'm thinking of. It's sort of like standard aristocrats, so Abzan splash blue.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:19
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Niton posted:Nah, they'll just print a Lightning Bolt with some irrelevant set-specific ability, and call it Bolt Lightning. Bolt lightning 1R ~ deals 3 damage to target player or creature Surge R Will never happen, but I can hope.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:24
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Cactrot posted:Bolt lightning 1R That would be rad as hell but also lightning bolts #5-8 in modern, which is an immediate no, no matter how much Wizards says it doesn't test for eternal formats. I'd be totally down with it though.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:29
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Ramos posted:That would be rad as hell but also lightning bolts #5-8 in modern, which is an immediate no, no matter how much Wizards says it doesn't test for eternal formats. I'd be totally down with it though. Sometimes I really wish they'd can that crap and actually test for Eternal formats so they can, you know, not cause another Treasure Cruise/Dig Through Time fiasco.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:30
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mcmagic posted:This post really added a ton to the discussion. Thanks for it. Hi, I work as a commercial producer, actor, and sportscaster. And I went to school for broadcast and media production, I will now quickly weigh in on this. The casters aren't making a lot of money, they do this job because they love it. If SCG is covering travel costs and accommodations then they're probably making $10-20k a year. In addition they're paying a director/producer (this is the guy running the (incredibly basic at the GP's I've been to) Tri-caster). Then you probably have 1-2 camera people and a gopher (one of the camera people and the gopher are optional) The director is the guy who switches between cameras, communicates between everybody, and has the VT guy update the graphics (if he's lucky enough to have a VT guy, otherwise they're updating graphics like life totals themselves) And all of these people are making the same approximate amount of money. My numbers are based off of television though, so they may be slightly off for online streaming.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:35
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It's unfortunate if they are only making 10-20k a year considering how good they are at it.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:37
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Cactrot posted:Bolt lightning 1R That is basically what Fiery Impulse is. They're never going to do a one-mana 3 damage instant that has the creature/player option.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:40
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AlternateNu posted:That is basically what Fiery Impulse is. They're never going to do a one-mana 3 damage instant that has the creature/player option. I slam my head against the table every time I look at the Fiery Impulse in my digital hand and remember for the 1,000th time that it can't go to my opponent's face.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:45
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3 damage to creature or player for 2 cmc is also too powerful for current standard. Let that sink in.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:45
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Sickening posted:3 damage to creature or player for 2 cmc is also too powerful for current standard. Let that sink in. Yeah I was about to add, Jace recurring Searing Spears would be the new Snapcaster + Bolt and Standard would collapse on itself.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:48
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Sickening posted:3 damage to creature or player for 2 cmc is also too powerful for current standard. Let that sink in. But Wizards thought 4 mana for a regularly sized Goyf with trample and Lightning Helix To The Dome attached was fine in standard. That still hasn't sunk in.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:49
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Have they actually said it's too powerful, rather than just something they let lapse? I imagine there will be some surge variant in OGW
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Dec 15, 2015 20:50
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I think too powerful is kind of an oversimplification. I mean, there was no 1-mana burn spell that hit the dome in standard with Thoughtseize, was there? You can't tell me Shock was too powerful but Thoughtseize was ok. They just emphasize different things at different times.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:53
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Sickening posted:3 damage to creature or player for 2 cmc is also too powerful for current standard. Let that sink in. I suspect that's a decision that will get reversed pretty shortly. We've had a couple months without a Disintegrate of some kind and it pretty clearly isn't too powerful. I'd expect to see a Lightning Strike reprint within the next set or two. Same with turn one mana dorks, I'd be amazed if there wasn't one back in the format by rotation. Comedy option, give me back Birds of Paradise! Edit: yeah calling it power level is an oversimplification, they just like to try different things in Standard at different times. Once upon a time Elfhame Palace and the like were the best duals in the format. sit on my Facebook fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Dec 15, 2015 |
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Dec 15, 2015 20:54
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:I think too powerful is kind of an oversimplification. I mean, there was no 1-mana burn spell that hit the dome in standard with Thoughtseize, was there? You can't tell me Shock was too powerful but Thoughtseize was ok. They just emphasize different things at different times. Shock was in standard, you remembered wrong.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:56
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:I think too powerful is kind of an oversimplification. I mean, there was no 1-mana burn spell that hit the dome in standard with Thoughtseize, was there? You can't tell me Shock was too powerful but Thoughtseize was ok. They just emphasize different things at different times. Shock was legal until Khans of Tarkir rotated in (and M14 rotated out), at which point there was not. Wild Slash was then printed in FRF.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:56
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How the hell did people get the idea wizards thinks 1R 3 damage is too good? They just like to have formats that leave out a classic option from one or more colors to see how things play out. I guarantee that Lightning Strike or whatever will be back and it won't be because Wizards realized they made a mistake; they never intended for it to be gone forever in the first place.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:56
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Sickening posted:Lightning bolt is a head scratcher as far as pricing goes. We are talking a common that is no way in short supply. Game stores all over the place have piles of lightning bolts hoarded and yet they are still 2$+. Everyone has like a million of them though. More than competitive players, there are a million casuals out there who have 4 lightning bolts in every deck because it's a good and cheap card.
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Dec 15, 2015 20:58
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Dungeon Ecology posted:Is there anything that replaces Jace in that 4-color CoCo deck? I finally got the manabase together and that motherfucker is the only thing I can't justify putting money behind. no not really but i guess Elvish Visionary is a body and a card at the same mana cost Mince Pieface posted:How the hell did people get the idea wizards thinks 1R 3 damage is too good? They just like to have formats that leave out a classic option from one or more colors to see how things play out. I guarantee that Lightning Strike or whatever will be back and it won't be because Wizards realized they made a mistake; they never intended for it to be gone forever in the first place. i don't think they think it's too good i think they just decided to see what would happen if it didn't exist as an option for a while, which is fine i guess what i don't like is that they also decided to experiment with not having a one mana elf, which is just dumb but then i think oh turn 3 rhino and i guess i see why they didn't do it
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Sickening posted:Shock was in standard, you remembered wrong. Misremembered, I thought it was in M13 not M14. My bad!
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