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1 year ago ::
Feb 03, 2012 - 3:39PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 24, 2008
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This thread is for discussion of this weeks's Feature Article, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:05PM
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Our local stores have stopped running drafts at prerelease events. They tell us it's because Wizards "won't let them". I don't know what the problem is and kinda don't care - maybe you do, though, since it's halved my spending at these events, which I assume you would consider a Bad Thing (TM). So your comment about drafts confuses me - do you plan on changing policy? Are the stores incorrect? If someone could explain the situation, I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, I'll keep spending less at prereleases, which I suppose I'm okay with.
Thanks for these heads up articles - I do find them useful!
AA
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:12PM
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Because Sealed forces everyone to buy six packs. That's why.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:32PM
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Yeah, I work, thus I am unable to get to the pre-release on Friday night. I hope that this does not mean that you will be shutting down support for the sealed on Saturday and Sunday, because if so then I will never be able to attend another release event again. Additionally, I hope that I don't miss out on the free promo just because I can't attend on a friday night either.
All these changes to the pre-release/release events seem to be... well dumb. I miss the giant pre-releases and going to a local store and playing with the same 10-15 people is NOT the same, nor is it exciting, as going to a large scale release event/pre-release with players all over the state. This, combined with the lackluster tournaments and the inflated secondary market prices due to the introduction of the mythic rarity continually make me question my continued involvement with Magic overall...
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:44PM
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Jun 14, 2007
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So what does this mean? No more sealed events at launch day, and just encouraging going to the FNM of launch instead? Bummer if so. At least there's still prerelease.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:47PM
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I'm confused as to
1) what this change is, exactly, and
2) why the change is being made.
Why can't stores just run whatever they want (within reason), to cater to their local players?
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 9:58PM
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Jul 18, 2008
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This is very disappointing. Giving the promo card at FNM means I can't get one as I work every Friday evening. That is why the Pre-release and launch parties were so important to me. The way a store schedules events greatly effects the players of those events. The store I go to only runs drafts for FNM and I, unlike many other players, don't like to draft. Sealed is great fun, but draft is not for me. This ultimately hurts the players, and the stores that run LPs. I feel it's a bad decision that should be reversed. We've already lost the Player Rewards program, please don't kill half of the fun, low-key sealed events.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 10:35PM
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Sep 29, 2003
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The fact that the large pre-release is no longer a thing makes the experience far less enjoyable. And since the prize support for pre-releases is so terrible (going undefeated doesn't even break even with entry cost), it's not worth going anymore unless, like last week, a bunch of my friends and I hang out together for multiple events. Now, if that's not the case, this change will potentially mean I don't get to do any sealed when the set releases without sucking up bad prize support (which isn't an option). Factor in that if my store continues its trend of running triple small set for the release date FNM (which I vehemently refuse to waste money on such an imbalanced unfun format) and I'll only be able to get release promos for large sets now?
You guys keep changing things for the worse, and it's honestly driving me further and further away from playing the game.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 11:04PM
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Aug 27, 2009
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My friends and I look forward to pre-release weekends especially since we work on Friday's until after the start of FNM (space is very limited).
If the foil PR cards are no longer going to be available unless we go to FNM, then I'm going to have to say that it is no longer worth doing.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 05, 2012 - 11:05PM
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Date Joined:
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As a player who enjoys the sealed format this is a big disappointment. Mainly because of cost, the local stores I play at do not do sealed events except on the release and pre-release events. This gives players less chances to do this format in real life and are pushed further into on-line play if they perfer sealed. This creates its own problems that I will not get into in this thread. Please reconsider your actions.
I feel like every year this game becomes less about the players and more about the profit margins. You guys almost ruined the PT until enough people flipped out about that and a change was forced upon you. States is no longer supported by wizards, we lost city champs, big pre-releases and releases are a thing of the past, and now evan the small releases are going away. I have played this game since Fallen Empires so I have seen alot of changes over the years. Some of these are good some are bad. That said in the last few years the decisions coming down from up above are questionable at best.
Do you guys understand the gaming comunity you are affecting with these decisions? I have to believe you do not and are fresh out of collage buissness grads who just don't care. These types of decisions make people question if this product is worth being a consumer of much longer because it may not be a sustainable product. If you chase away the base of the magic community you lose money. Really I just don't understand this.
Again, let me reiterate, please reconsider your killing of the release events.
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