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1 year ago ::
Jan 17, 2012 - 9:55PM
#151
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The Merch wouldn't be near as obnoxious if it wasn't Jace, Sorin, Chandra, and that salad fork all the damn time.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 17, 2012 - 10:13PM
#152
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I have no problem with them trying to sell their product; I could even stand them selling other people's products. But all this "quality-value-service-selection" hawking text is what I have a problem with; it's the glad-handing speak-no-evil nonsense that advertising and marketing drones the world over use to try and bluff their way past people's BS detectors by absolutely bludgeoning them over the head with so much sacharine puffery that it's impossible to gain even the slightest honest understanding of the situation. The way Monty stands there huffing and puffing about how wonderful and innovative and dynamic and cutting-edge all these merchandisers are, it's disgusting beyond words to see someone acting so thoroughly desperate, so much like their integrity is for sale, not even to the highest bidder but just to the first bid that comes in. It doesn't sound like a person talking at all; it's copy that's been focus-tested to baffle the slow-witted into thinking it actually says what it purports to say, and it's the sort of thing I expect from a company like Wal-Mart or Comcast or McDonald's, not from Wizards.
You are weird. The descriptions in the article are just copied and pasted from the different companies' websites. That seems like a sensible thing to do when one is writing a short article.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 2:23AM
#153
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Date Joined:
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Ooh, I love the art on the Vampire token. Want to see that larger.
(But in a 640x480 image on its own, not one of these "wallpapers" with the purple muddy mistblob over the left-hand side throwing off the symmetry. Please.)
Given the discussion above, I thought I'd check Peter Mohrbacher's site, but it's not up there yet (nor on his DA page). I guess I should try to remember to check back in a few weeks.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 9:45PM
#154
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Woot! 6 packs, a t-shirt, a cd, a movie ticket, a poster and a Holiday Ooze!? Things are definetly looking up Milhouse.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2012 - 10:48PM
#155
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Awesome! Another contest run by Wizards that is only open for residents of the USA.
Is the support of us foreigners not good enough for you that we can never compete in these contests?
This continuous practice of running US only contests and putting them on the mothership website is just a slap in the face to all of us who cannot enter.
This just sucked ... plain sucked!!!
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 1:29AM
#156
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Awesome! Another contest run by Wizards that is only open for residents of the USA.
Is the support of us foreigners not good enough for you that we can never compete in these contests?
This continuous practice of running US only contests and putting them on the mothership website is just a slap in the face to all of us who cannot enter.
This just sucked ... plain sucked!!!
Hey at least it's in the second paragraph of the original announcement. I'm glad for that. I remember a time when you had to click on the link to the complete rules to find out it was US only. They have to make it known somewhere, what better place than on the mothership? I think this is the best way to present this.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 1:36AM
#157
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Thay may be Tobyornottoby but it still does not detract from the fact that there are too many of these competitions open only to residents of the US and completely excluding all those other Magic players and supporters elsewhere in the world.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 4:59AM
#158
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This is where you draw the line? The entire site is a marketing effort. Everything they post is a subtle push to buy cards.
I have no problem with them trying to sell their product; I could even stand them selling other people's products. But all this "quality-value-service-selection" hawking text is what I have a problem with; ... It doesn't sound like a person talking at all; it's copy that's been focus-tested to baffle the slow-witted into thinking it actually says what it purports to say
Oh, well that's fair. I guess I've become immune to ad copy to the extent that I expect any talk about a product will be ridiculous. Only when it's blatantly false ("and we cut our prize support for prereleases to serve you better!") does it bother me. But I can understand disliking the bluster.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 5:04AM
#159
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No disrespect to the winner, but when an acrostic wins an essay contest that means either the contest entries were soft or the judge was in 5th grade.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 19, 2012 - 9:20AM
#160
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Writing a bad acrostic is easy. Writing a good one is hard. Since the entries were judged primarily on creativity and originality, I tried to write an acrostic for my entry too. Couldn't do it. Congrats to the winner(s)!
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