pool funds, offer to buy MTGO off wizards?
(not kidding either)
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pool funds, offer to buy MTGO off wizards?
(not kidding either)
Aside from Magic being their IP, they certainly won't sell their cash cow which makes up a substantial part of Magic's profits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phelix
We're talking about tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
Of course we're going to see a long-term decrease. But I somehow doubt that GP Washington is the main reason people didn't cash out yet, although I might be wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koby
My belief is Legacy players on Mtgo, people who are already accustomed to playing Magic: The Stock Exchange, are next leveling the semi-crisis by holding on to their staples and waiting for others to cash out so they can grow their collections when the prices crash. This strategy would be based on the belief that Wizards will be able to turn Mtgo around again one way or the other. If Wizards can't come up with solid plans or encouraging announcements in a few months (or until the release of Vintage Masters) I think this belief would start to diminish and people would start cashing out their Legacy staples as well.
Even for people who can't play Legacy irl due to a lack of community/need to drive x hours/scarcity of events in their area, if 8-man queues prove to be as barren as their paper Legacy events then they might start cashing out as well. This is all speculation of course but I think these are the motivations driving most of the Legacy players online now.
Some standard and modern card prices have dipped a bit, but they are even showing signs of recovering a bit in the past 48hrs or so. Legacy staples didn't really drop much. Scrubland did, but it was maybe because of the influx of promos into the system?
Fuck this shit, I'm outta here. 8-mans are a poor substitute for long event testing. Sold my collection last nite. Good riddance MTGO.
I cannot wait to buy cheap Legacy cards online. Everyone who has them, sell now!
Don't be shocked, but form the time I bought my current set (August) to today, prices on most of my Legacy singles went UP. Most notably, duals & fetches & FOW & LED.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix Ignition
Yeah, I had to sell out too. I tried playing like 12 matches a day in 2 and 8 mans to make up for the lack of dailies, and the loss of value and general awfulness of the constructed queues make modo too unpleasant to play.
Part of the reason why they are in this mess is because they want to do it in house, without a proper development budget, and without a proper development team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phelix
Let's hope they won't get a proper profit either...Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Yeah ! Buy more real cards !Quote:
Originally Posted by Koby
http://www.infinitydish.com/tvblog/w...press.com_.jpg
http://community.wizards.com/content/blog/3956236
So...how do you play Legacy on MTGO now? 1v1s?Quote:
Originally Posted by The blog post
:eek:....Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggro_zombies
:laugh:
You can still play in Legacy 8mans. Couldn't care any less about horrible-EV Swiss queues :confused:
Oh, I didn't realize Swiss and 8-mans were different.
I'm just waiting for the Hearthstone open beta, don't look at me like that.
Got my Closed beta key two days ago, after adding "interest" in my Battle.net account last weekend. I'm kinda baffled I got it so fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggro_zombies
It's fast, mindless fun with a gimmicky interface - nothing more, nothing less.
And Swiss payout was retarded since it was basically 3x 2-mans slapped together. At least people still have some dignity left and don't eat up Wizards' shit left and right.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand they're back.
Or at least, probably back in about 2 weeks. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazin...y/feature/275b
Too bad you guys didn't crash the market, I really wanted to get into Legacy.
EDIT: Oh, also "in before" it crashes because they did absolutely nothing to address the real issues with it.
Yeah, I'm interested to see the results as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix Ignition
Maybe they didn't fix anything and only want to stop the money bleeding and people leaving, especially with Hearthstone around the corner.
I think the actual best outcome from all of this is if the first MOCS/PTQ/big whatever event they run crashes in one of the late rounds.
It would be hilarious.
Just want to make sure I have this right:
MTGO crashes in a big event
Wizards gets called out on it
Wizards throws a tantrum and says "You can't play no more" and claiming they are fixing the issue
People get jack of it and start selling out of the game.
Wizards says "Wait, stop, you can play again now" after they have say that in the naughty corner for a bit but have not really changed anything.
Everyone says this has happen time and time again.
If this is in fact true, it looks to me like an abusive relationship. Only Wizards is smart enough to try not to leave too many bruises and has its victims doped up on coke so they can't leave. Fucked up from my point of view.