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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 2:47PM
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Again, this just boggles my mind. Why are you not covering the GP top 8? You're already freaking there with cameras set up!
Indeed. This, combined with the failure to show the quarterfinals really puts the WOTC coverage team into a bad light.
What's even more amazing is that after years and years of practice, we still get lengthy shots of players faces/other irrelevant things when there's plenty of action happening on the table. And it doesn't help that BDM and Rich aren't addressing those plays either. Time to get a new camera director perhaps?
A really disappointing weekend, coverage-wise.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 3:26PM
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Well you guys sure aren't making me sorry I had to sleep through the matches. In fact I am pretty sure I won't be watching the archives this time. Congratulations to the winner, whoever that was.
They're going to have to get this down sooner or later.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 4:46PM
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I don't understand how GGsLive can show up to an event at any location, and having feature coverage of every round, with no difficulty. And WotC goes and hosts an ENORMOUS event, and they can't figure out how to put some of the Quarterfinals in a different location. And then, when it's over, they can't figure how to put the damned videos on the website.
Every damn time.
Seriously, guys. This is not rocket science. The GGsLive guys pull it off with donations. You can't pull it off with full-time employees and a real damn budget. I mean, what the hell?
WotC's coverage has always been poor, but now we have something to compare it to, and it's just damn embarassing.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 9:28PM
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Half-assed web-content from wizards! What a surprise! Excuse me while I go use the awesome flash content on the main site, cool features of the wizards community "beta" like that error message you constantly get when you try to open the forums, and play in some leagues on magic online, facilitated by its excellent UI.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 9:40PM
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I just wanted to take a minute to thank eveyone who worked hard all weekend to bring us coverage of Magic Weekend. It really looked like an awesome event. I watched as much coverage as my bedtime would allow, and I enjoyed it. Yes, not everything was perfect, but it's clear a lot of people put a ton of effort into it, and I didn't want that to go unrecognized.
Also, if my life had internal running commentary by Rich Hagon, I think I'd be very happy.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 13, 2011 - 10:56PM
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I just wanted to take a minute to thank eveyone who worked hard all weekend to bring us coverage of Magic Weekend. It really looked like an awesome event. I watched as much coverage as my bedtime would allow, and I enjoyed it. Yes, not everything was perfect, but it's clear a lot of people put a ton of effort into it, and I didn't want that to go unrecognized.
Also, if my life had internal running commentary by Rich Hagon, I think I'd be very happy.
"The ceiling appears to be leaking..."
"No, it's not. We've looked into it and it's not. "
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2 years ago ::
Feb 14, 2011 - 6:30AM
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I am sure that MattT is correct that a ton of effort went into organising the coverage, I am sure that is true and I also recognise it... but in a way that just makes it more disappointing.
For a while the coverage was telling me that Ben Stark won the Grand Prix for example, and the fact we only got to see 3 out of a total of 14 top 8 matches from the weekend really is a shame. Ok, we did get the POTY showdown but I don't think I'm in a minority when I say I'd rather have had the PT quarters and the GP top 8.
It is remarkable that the ggslive crew do seem to be more efficient despite being supposedly "amateur" (with great respect to those involved). Perhaps - and this is a serious suggestion - Wizards could outsource the organisation of the coverage to them?
Sadly, a lack of planning and foresight on the Pro Tour/Grand Prix circuit is not new. At GP Bochum last year Wizards seemed to be taken by surprise when the German authorities asked them not to give out cash prizes, causing an eleventh hour change to the prize structure, despite the exact same thing happening at the previous German GP only 18 months previously (and the fact that the German Nationals does not give out cash prizes either).
Come on Wizards, the Pts and GPs are your showcase, your chance to show the world that Magic is something close to a legitimate sport, porfessionally run and organised. I recognise that the economic climate is bad but you are often telling us how Magic is selling more than ever, and that it's Hasbro's most profitable brand etc, so how about we funnel just a little of those revenues into getting the coverage of your big showpiece occasions really tight, eh?
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2 years ago ::
Feb 14, 2011 - 8:18AM
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I'm watching Ben Stark's limited vid ( www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.a...) and I am disappointed. That he doesn't value Phyrexian Rager is silly, especially with a Flesheater Imp in his deck. Draw cards, provide a blocker and sac fuel for a later infect bomb and you DON'T take it? He did well, yes, and the Black didn't flow later but that could have changed if he hand't passed the Ragers.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 14, 2011 - 12:31PM
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Why are there no videos for the quarter finals!? perhaps the most interesting matches due to deck variance. Also I remember hearing several times that videos of the POTY gameswould be posted, what is these half-assed overview videos? Every pro tour in the past has had every moment of the top 8 up for view, why is this one differnt?
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2 years ago ::
Feb 14, 2011 - 3:48PM
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They said there wasn't enough room for four tables and all the cameras. So it was a logistics issue. As bad as the Top 4 coverage apparently was, I guess that in the end they saved themselves a few more rants than they would have had with an actual Top 8.
Not sure why they would not have the complete POTY coverage. I saw games 2-6 (was late getting to it) so I know the footage exists - bad footage, but footage nonetheless.
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