I don't mean to be a Gloomy Gus, but when the weekly Ask Wizards feature was removed, we recieved explicit in-writing confirmation that it would come back, just on a slightly less-frequent basis. And then we never saw it again. Admittedly its function is already served by so much of WotC being so accessable through Daily MTG, but still. There is a precedent for WotC going back on its word if the demand to keep it is small enough.
As far as I'm aware, there still IS an Ask Wizards feature on the site. I think it might come up on Thursdays, but I'm not entirely sure.
I don't mean to be a Gloomy Gus, but when the weekly Ask Wizards feature was removed, we recieved explicit in-writing confirmation that it would come back, just on a slightly less-frequent basis. And then we never saw it again. Admittedly its function is already served by so much of WotC being so accessable through Daily MTG, but still. There is a precedent for WotC going back on its word if the demand to keep it is small enough.
As far as I'm aware, there still IS an Ask Wizards feature on the site. I think it might come up on Thursdays, but I'm not entirely sure.
Yes, it's part of the Daily Activity cycle, like the Draft Viewer and Sealed Deck Builder and such.
In the process of violently tearing my ignorance from its scaffolding, you have also knocked my pessimism from its shelf, making it shatter on the ground.
"The truth resists simplicity." Some memorable quotesShow
I know, as a good liberal scholar, that I'm supposed to respect every other belief and culture and what have you that comes along but... at the end of the day, when all is said and done, some things are just plain wrong.
Venser "Ah, Hello Myr. This is the King. Long Time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. The Myr Battlesphere. The Myr. Where the first rolls and the second follows. Roll, roll, roll. For that purpose we went to the bother, the bother of fixing up Mirrodin. The King of the Multiverse going to the bother just for rolling a Myr Battlephere, just for that, we went to the bother."
Heard a joke once: Mare goes to doctor. Says she's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says she feels all alone in a threatening world where even ponies you thought were your friends can't be trusted. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Go to one of Pinkie Pie's great parties tonight. Party hard. That should pick you up." Mare bursts into tears. Says "But, doctor...I am Pinkie Pie." Good joke. Everypony laughs. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.
Sure, "the average person" might go see Transformers 3 if s/he wants a good story, but that doesn't stop people from making decent movies. Hell, they even managed to make Batman into a respectable movie. "The average" person might like American Idol or Jersey Shore, but people still made The Wire.
I think the people who would sit down and listen to a minstrel reciting Homer, or thought that novels were art, or read poetry were always a minority. It's a common viewpoint that art was better in the past because everyone's forgotten the bad stuff, while we haven't had time to forget the awful stuff that is current.
For almost all Magic fans, the "story" of Ravnica, for example, is that it's a city world with ten guilds -- yes, for most, that's a "story." All but a tiny fraction of the fan base are entirely unaware of an elaborate plot perpetrated by Augustin IV to trick Agrus Kos and Szadek into breaking the Guildpact, thereby enabling the Azorius to take control. Likewise, the vast majority of Magic players don't know who Harbin is, or Nivea, or Al-Hayat, or Feather, or Jared Carthalion, or Rebbec, or Zagorka ... the list goes on and on.
I'm pulling this out of nowhere and it has nothing like fact attached to it, but it cannot be disproven without breaking the fourth wall, and this is going to be my headcanon because it makes perfect sense.
I posit [Tamiyo, the Moon Sage] writes the Planeswalker's Guides to planes.
I don't mean to be a Gloomy Gus, but when the weekly Ask Wizards feature was removed, we recieved explicit in-writing confirmation that it would come back, just on a slightly less-frequent basis. And then we never saw it again. Admittedly its function is already served by so much of WotC being so accessable through Daily MTG, but still. There is a precedent for WotC going back on its word if the demand to keep it is small enough.
As far as I'm aware, there still IS an Ask Wizards feature on the site. I think it might come up on Thursdays, but I'm not entirely sure.
Indeed, but it is different, more like a "what's your favorite blah" article.
Also they said they'd do Arcanas devoted to Ask wizard type questions and they only did... like one.
I don't mean to be a Gloomy Gus, but when the weekly Ask Wizards feature was removed, we recieved explicit in-writing confirmation that it would come back, just on a slightly less-frequent basis. And then we never saw it again. Admittedly its function is already served by so much of WotC being so accessable through Daily MTG, but still. There is a precedent for WotC going back on its word if the demand to keep it is small enough.
As far as I'm aware, there still IS an Ask Wizards feature on the site. I think it might come up on Thursdays, but I'm not entirely sure.
Indeed, but it is different, more like a "what's your favorite blah" article.
Also they said they'd do Arcanas devoted to Ask wizard type questions and they only did... like one.
There was a "what's your favorite blah" activity that was called Wizards Asks, but a few weeks ago they stopped doing it and replaced it with the return of Ask Wizards. They also did Ask Wizards as a featured article in August 2010 and 2011 during Feedback Week.
There was one other collumn that went on an indefinite hiatus, House Cards. It came back several months later.
There are 3 kinds of people in the world: Those who know math and those who don’t.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
With the return to Ravnica, you think WOTC would release another novel? Its a huge Vorthos well.
That isn't likely. They just discontinued the novel line this year, and the reason for the change was lack of profit. Maybe they'll re-release Agents of Artifice to go with the new Ravnica block.
Anyway, unless you get Cory to write the new Ravnica book... i don't think i'd want to read a return to Ravnica block novel.
We'll get a Ravnica style guide (hopfully), and we might get ministories on a minisite. And maybe we might even get a few stories on the revamped savor the flavor.
* Edit: We might be getting new Planeswalker novels going forward (We haven't gottne the exact details on the novels going forward. So it's possible we will get a follow up to agents set on Ravnica which corresponds to the events of this block.
I am trying to think of ideas, for suggestions or anything but even my mind is really stunned now on realizing on how seemingly useless it was to follow things around here religiously... All is slapped immediately by the business side of things.
You are not alone, Moppi. It saddens and infuriates me that the small-minded bean-counters of the world have won out in this conflict between Reality and Possibility. Nevertheless, always know that there are a few chosen souls out there who will always believe truly in the higher potential. Your work on VI is still appreciated (albeit easily forgotten for months at a time in the cacophony of daily existence), and there will always be some others like you who are willing to step up to the challenge. Never lose hope.
As far as the benefit of the rest of Magic is concerned, gold cards in Legends were executed perfectly. They got all the excitement a designer could hope out of a splashy new mechanic without using up any of the valuable design space. Truly amazing. --Aaron Forsythe's Random Card Comment on Kei Takahashi
