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12 months ago ::
Jul 01, 2012 - 2:10PM
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You guys speak as if Flores has any more clue to what gets printed than we do. He only gets a few days advance on cards he previews only.
I think we assume that Flores knows (or will know) because he's a rare pro player who also writes for MTG.com itself, meaning that he has two separate channels for said knowing - conversations with people who already know, and the godbook they give to pros before new sets (remember the New Phyrexia leak fiasco?).
Nope someone want to remind me?
This article is a succinct summary of the New Phyrexia leak debacle, during the course of which it was revealed that professional magic players enjoy a network of leaked information regarding upcoming magic sets to which we lowly FNM players are not privy.
I don't see what the big deal is, to be honest. The effort required to obtain early knowledge of a set demonstrates a greater commitment to the game and desire to win.
You mean print publications who may employ pro-players used to recieve information regarding upcoming sets.
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12 months ago ::
Jul 01, 2012 - 2:29PM
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You mean print publications who may employ pro-players used to recieve information regarding upcoming sets.
Do you mind posting a link to the announcement that print publications will no longer receive information regarding upcoming sets? I seem to have missed that.
Or did you mean that Lotus Noir will no longer receive such information? If so, I also missed that announcement.
In fact, though, I meant exactly what I wrote. Anyone who thinks that the events of the New Phyrexia leak are the iceberg entire is demonstrating remarkable naïveté.
Also of interest:
April 28, 2011"Guillaume Matignon says, "I am responsible for that leak"; receives three-year ban."May 01, 2012"Helene Bergiot says Matignon, 'cleared of the responsibility of the leak', lifts ban."Back on topic, I suspect that people think Flores has insider knowledge regarding the shockland reprints because Wizards has shown that they have no problem with giving professional players insight into upcoming product. Really, though, there are enough clues that some sort of duals with basic land types are coming in R2R that there is no need to speculate on whether or not Flores has concrete knowledge of them.
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12 months ago ::
Jul 01, 2012 - 10:49PM
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If you follow him through other channels (particularly his podcasts with BDM), Mike loves to leak insider information that he probably shouldn't, including:
- that there are certain words & phrases the editors insist on removing from his articles
- that years ago, there were persons inside R&D who, on the day the set list went public, would send their Pro friends copies of the Future Future League decklists as a starting point.
- what other writers secretly think of the cards they've been told to write about during preview weeks.
But he's never given the slightest indication that he gets advanced knowledge on the order of a Godbook 5 months in advance. So to speculate that he knows something seems awfully conspiracy theory-ish. Really, though, there are enough clues that some sort of duals with basic land types are coming in R2R that there is no need to speculate on whether or not Flores has concrete knowledge of them.
That is the most logical explanation. They've hinted so heavily that failure to follow through now would likely earn a backlash.
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