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Pablo Nergigante posted:If it's called Magic 30 they should charge $30 
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It's called a Virtual Ticket because it's Virtually Worthless
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Aug 30, 2022 19:56
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I can’t believe you have to pay money for things in 2022 what a scam
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Aug 30, 2022 19:56
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Paul Zuvella posted:I can’t believe you have to pay money for things in 2022 what a scam This but unironically.
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Aug 30, 2022 19:56
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There's no such thing as currency on Dominaria
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Aug 30, 2022 19:58
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I get access to Mark Rosewater's Chaturbate room AND Dr. Richard Garfield? Nice.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:06
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Toshimo posted:My understanding (at least from that video) is that the ticketed events have tables set aside for "free play". If that's not the case, there's a different argument to be made, but the 2 dudes in the video hadn't even looked at what made up the packages they were looking at prior to doing the Mad Reaction Veideo and a ton of what they said was factually incorrect, so idk what is actually included myself. I've heard that about events in the past, but from people that would go I'd always heard that no one would really be playing there for the most part. Those were also the events that were replaced by Magicfests tho so admittedly it might be different at this event? I never end up going to any of those things admittedly because I just don't like playing super competitive magic (or, well I guess it's mostly bad experiences with some of the people that play super competitive magic) so 
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Aug 30, 2022 20:06
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big cummers ONLY posted:I don't make enough money to not think about value. It's an entirely optional event where you pay to get in and then pay for merch and if you have to think hard about throwing an extra 50 bucks for luxury items then yeah, it's probably not for you
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Aug 30, 2022 20:13
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Kashuno posted:There's no such thing as currency on Dominaria https://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=3549&type=card
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Aug 30, 2022 20:13
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could I ask garfield about artifact there
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Aug 30, 2022 20:13
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Eej posted:It's an entirely optional event where you pay to get in and then pay for merch and if you have to think hard about throwing an extra 50 bucks for luxury items then yeah, it's probably not for you I don't understand why you're telling me this as if I don't already know it. All I've said is that I agree with the premise that it's not worth the money and should cost less.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:19
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Paul Zuvella posted:I can’t believe you have to pay money for things in 2022 what a scam The price of 'events' is way up post COVID, and was on an upward trend regardless even in 2019/2020 which is frustrating. Some concerts or conventions that would have been 30 bucks 10 years ago are 100+ today. Not exactly sure what it was aside from a pandemic that caused it to rocket so much, aside from people just being more exploitable these days, People will usually pay for stuff they really want to attend without regards to the price, and "digital tickets" with very miniscule but appealing perks have started popping up more frequently.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:24
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Pablo Nergigante posted:SCG events are free and you just pay to enter the tournaments. I think that's a better way to go As a consequence of that SCG events weren't often held in big cities where event space is super expensive. I'd much rather have an event with a $50 door fee in Boston than a free event in Worcester or Providence where id have to work out transportation costs + lodging for multi-day events.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:26
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Eej posted:It's an entirely optional event where you pay to get in and then pay for merch and if you have to think hard about throwing an extra 50 bucks for luxury items then yeah, it's probably not for you Sick if you have to ask you can't afford it post.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:41
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Anyway on an unrelated note I'm ready to sleeve up a deck that has several dual faced cards in it, I have a bunch of those official substitute cards so if I just write the names of the cards on those and sleeve them up, have the real cards on the side is that sufficient for it to be tournament legal?
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Aug 30, 2022 20:44
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BabyRyoga posted:The price of 'events' is way up post COVID, and was on an upward trend regardless even in 2019/2020 which is frustrating. There's a lot of factors. Labor costs have gone up, as have material prices. Flat out: Everything is more expensive. This is like boomers complaining about how the cinema used to show a double feature for a nickel. Is a free event a reasonable expectation?: No, not really. Especially not in a city where anyone would want to have one. Is M30 overpriced?: Compared to its contemporaries, yes. It would be more in-line with other offerings at $75-100.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:47
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kalel posted:I could crush a maro-milk tea rbn
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Aug 30, 2022 20:48
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Dr Kool-AIDS posted:Sick if you have to ask you can't afford it post. We are in the hobbies forum after all!
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Aug 30, 2022 20:48
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Anyway on an unrelated note I'm ready to sleeve up a deck that has several dual faced cards in it, I have a bunch of those official substitute cards so if I just write the names of the cards on those and sleeve them up, have the real cards on the side is that sufficient for it to be tournament legal? Yeah - Its perfectly fine to use double-faced cards as is in sleeves, too.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:50
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Toshimo posted:There's a lot of factors. Labor costs have gone up, as have material prices. Flat out: Everything is more expensive. This is like boomers complaining about how the cinema used to show a double feature for a nickel. Everything gets more expensive all the time but wages have been stagnant for years, it's no wonder that people complain
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Aug 30, 2022 20:51
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Anyway on an unrelated note I'm ready to sleeve up a deck that has several dual faced cards in it, I have a bunch of those official substitute cards so if I just write the names of the cards on those and sleeve them up, have the real cards on the side is that sufficient for it to be tournament legal? Yes,. This is how you're supposed to do it.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:52
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tinaun posted:Yeah - Its perfectly fine to use double-faced cards as is in sleeves, too. Yeah I know I can use them but I just want to avoid having to take them out of the sleeve and flip them around, plus some sleeves aren't 100% opaque so you can still barely see the card through. Thanks for the answer! HootTheOwl posted:Yes,. This is how you're supposed to do it. Thanks as well 
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Aug 30, 2022 20:52
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I've always been curious, do players just reach in and flip the card manually? What if my finger acid dissolves my 30 cent werewolf? Wait, how did I get in this tournament
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Aug 30, 2022 20:52
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tinaun posted:Yeah - Its perfectly fine to use double-faced cards as is in sleeves, too. Keep in mind that if you use sleeves that are in the smallest bit transparent in a competitive event, someone may try to get a gameloss/dq out of it. The types of sleeves that are a small bit transparent are not always obvious.
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Aug 30, 2022 20:52
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big cummers ONLY posted:I've always been curious, do players just reach in and flip the card manually? What if my finger acid dissolves my 30 cent werewolf? Wait, how did I get in this tournament I've always just sleeved up the double face card But mostly because I can never seem to get the dang checklist cards from local stores. I could probably buy them online though..
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Aug 30, 2022 20:57
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big cummers ONLY posted:I've always been curious, do players just reach in and flip the card manually? What if my finger acid dissolves my 30 cent werewolf? Wait, how did I get in this tournament Depends on the player. Some players pull it out a little bit because they assume you know. I usually keep extra copies of the card in my deckbox in texted clear sleeves, backwards. (so the front face looks frosted over), so that when it transforms I just replace the card on the table. And because they're clear i don't worry about accidentally shuffling it in.
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Aug 30, 2022 21:03
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Sickening posted:Keep in mind that if you use sleeves that are in the smallest bit transparent in a competitive event, someone may try to get a gameloss/dq out of it. The types of sleeves that are a small bit transparent are not always obvious. Yeah you have to use black sleeves. Which is so worth not having to use the checklist cards. I guess WOTC isn't doing the thing where the set doesn't come out on Arena until after prerelease weekend anymore?
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Aug 30, 2022 21:38
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mcmagic posted:Yeah you have to use black sleeves. Which is so worth not having to use the checklist cards. It's been releasing the same weekend - if not a few days before - prerelease weekend for a while now. Not sure what that means for the MTGO release date.
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Aug 30, 2022 21:56
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Kashuno posted:There's no such thing as currency on Dominaria Icatian Moneychanger implies Life is a currency as the card's mechanic is, essentially, a noncompounding 33% interest rate loan to Icatian Moneychanger. And it dies to repay the loan.
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Aug 30, 2022 21:57
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So card are you most looking forward to seeing rotating and why is it Goldspan Dragon
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Aug 30, 2022 21:57
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But if Icatian Moneychanger gets Skeletonized you cannot collect on the debt as skeletons do not respect financial institutions.
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Aug 30, 2022 22:00
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:But if Icatian Moneychanger gets Skeletonized you cannot collect on the debt as skeletons do not respect financial institutions. What about Crypt-o-currency then?
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Aug 30, 2022 22:12
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Sickening posted:We are in the hobbies forum after all! Trad Games is not the hobby forum. If you want to do hobbies, that's Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses. Trad Games is Serious Business! That means there has to be a calculable Return On Investment (ROI) for every money:fun transaction. Anyway all jokes aside, it's fine for someone to post a link to a youtube about the magic convention and it's OK to discuss whether the cost is too high, but everyone should understand that the value of a thing at a given price is often subjective. If it is too expensive for someone, that doesn't make that someone cheap or show that they're in the wrong hobby; likewise if it's a trivial expense or worth it for someone that doesn't automatically make them a whale or a spendthrift. Please pretend like the other people in this thread are your friends instead of your enemies, even if the opposite is true.
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Aug 30, 2022 23:10
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I'm going to my first prerelease this weekend, and I was wondering what do I need to bring with me? Do I need sleeves and a play mat? Anything else?
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Aug 30, 2022 23:11
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a water bottle and an energy bar. and something to hold your cards because the prerelease boxes have been getting more "green" (read: less functional) of late
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Aug 30, 2022 23:15
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a drink, a light snack, hand sanitizer. Some way to track life, spindown is fine for this, maybe pen and paper if you wish to be meticulous.
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Aug 30, 2022 23:16
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Toshimo posted:There's a lot of factors. Labor costs have gone up, as have material prices. Flat out: Everything is more expensive. This is like boomers complaining about how the cinema used to show a double feature for a nickel. There is a clear difference between inflation and exploitation. Yes, prices will always go up over time as the cost of everything increases, but the curve for entertainment events is closer to exponential in the last decade than gradual. Thankfully, stuff like conventions and gaming related things usually aren't nearly as bad as live entertainment like concerts. Going from there, general live entertainment is no where near as bad as "festivals", which are trending towards involving human sacrifice sometime in the next few years.
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Aug 30, 2022 23:30
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"Access to merchandise" lol gently caress off
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Aug 30, 2022 23:32
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Lord Banana posted:I'm going to my first prerelease this weekend, and I was wondering what do I need to bring with me? Do I need sleeves and a play mat? Anything else? Sleeves are always good, playmat is optional depending on how clean the store is. I always bring a water bottle, and would bring hand sanitizer and a mask if I'd played anywhere in person since 2020. My FLGS sells drinks and snacks and is in walking distance of several fast food places and a grocery store so I usually stress other things too much, but if you're not close to food and they allow outside snacks I'd bring something to eat for sure.
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Johnny Truant posted:"Access to merchandise" lol gently caress off Wait until you see what the load-bearing asterisk on Access is.
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