- Joined
- Jan 30, 2018
I actually play this nerdshit and enjoy it thoroughly. Here's my autistically long take on the whole thing:
1. The cardstock has been ass as of late. Experiences like this one:
2. I'd never heard of the cosplayer before this "scandal" and literally don't care. I'm not at a tournament to stare at tits in a costume. Fun fact (in case nobody has mentioned this already): she claimed harassment 6 months after the alleged "harassment" occurred. Why? Her Patreon was in decline. She's a drama whore and a money whore.
3. Jeremy is an edgelord, is buddies with, and actively chats with Sargon. WOTC doesn't like edgelords, but a permaban was WAY too harsh. IMO they shoulda given him 6-12 month ban as a slap on the wrist. He eventually gets back into the game and they placate the shrieking harpies on social media. Although I'm not too surprised. WOTC banned the MTG Crackstyle guy for 18 months and all he was doing was making jokes.
4. Jeremy (seems) to sincerely care about the game itself, but hates the company. Someone who hated the product wouldn't work on exposing pedophiles in the midst of a game that has children players (although the average person's age that I see playing is early-mid 20's)
5. That being said, Jeremy's content isn't very good. He's just as clickbaity and hyperbolic as the rest of them, except he has naughty opinions.
6. Recent sets have been ass. Standard bannings have exacerbated already bad problems. Of all the sets currently in standard, Kaladesh and Aether Revolt are easily the best. And those sets aren't amazing, just way better than the rest. Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan, and Rivals of Ixalan are mostly hot garbage. They're SO weak compared to KLD block and it really shows. Wizards NEEDED to print more good removal, but didn't for far too long and sales suffered because of how boring Standard was.
7. Iconic Masters was a great idea, but horribly executed and was a tremendous flop. When people read "Iconic" they thought of all iconic cards. The set actually was Iconic Creatures. People were understandably pissed by the poor choice of title. NOW we're getting Masters 25, an amazing concept once again poorly executed with terrible choices and mistakes for many reprints. Why Tree of Redemption and not Tarmogoyf? Why are both Akromas mythic? Why print Lightning Bolt at uncommon instead of common?
8. Wedge from TheManaSource is a cringy beta. I've never liked his videos. The Professor of TCC actually has some good content when he's not whining about "muh harrassment". The best MTG channel (in my opinion) is MTGGoldfish. He doesn't do anything except feature and play decks. No drama, no bullshit. Just gameplay and card discussion.
9. Boogie was speaking truth when he said this:
People don't give a shit. They just wanna enjoy their hobby and play some games.
10. The main MTG subreddit is cancer. Maro needs to resign. If you wanna read about gameplay and card discussion without all the fluff and bullshit, go to /r/spikes.
11. Despite all of this, the game itself is still fun. If you can afford it, some of the most fun I've ever had playing the game was at a Legacy tournament, so try that format out. The "MTG community" is shit, so just ignore it and find a group of friends to go out and play with, be it casual or at tournaments.
12. The release notes for the next upcoming set (Dominaria) was leaked (by Wizards, too LOL) and it looks really fucking good. They're actually bringing back some of the things they previously said were "too powerful" for Standard (ex: Llanowar Elves).
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/dominaria-leak-2018-03-08
13. Dominaria is going to be the first set to have the Play Design team's oversight during development. Funny enough, WOTC created the Play Design team after R&D missed a game-breaking combo (Copy Cat) in 2017 (the internet found the combo in about 10 minutes LOL) that really fucked up tournament Magic for a while until one of the pieces was banned. For reference, this is the Play Design team's job:
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Play_Design
Now that the game will have this team's oversight on each set going forward, the future sets will (hopefully) be better balanced and more fun.
TL;DR - The game is fun, if it's your thing. Jeremy was an edgelord but didn't deserve a permaban. Hopefully the Play Design team sets WOTC straight and makes new sets high on fun, playability, and balance.
1. The cardstock has been ass as of late. Experiences like this one:
are not uncommon. That's a fucking problem when that's how you play the game. If you open a pack and your cards aren't immediately NM, that's a big problem.
2. I'd never heard of the cosplayer before this "scandal" and literally don't care. I'm not at a tournament to stare at tits in a costume. Fun fact (in case nobody has mentioned this already): she claimed harassment 6 months after the alleged "harassment" occurred. Why? Her Patreon was in decline. She's a drama whore and a money whore.
3. Jeremy is an edgelord, is buddies with, and actively chats with Sargon. WOTC doesn't like edgelords, but a permaban was WAY too harsh. IMO they shoulda given him 6-12 month ban as a slap on the wrist. He eventually gets back into the game and they placate the shrieking harpies on social media. Although I'm not too surprised. WOTC banned the MTG Crackstyle guy for 18 months and all he was doing was making jokes.
4. Jeremy (seems) to sincerely care about the game itself, but hates the company. Someone who hated the product wouldn't work on exposing pedophiles in the midst of a game that has children players (although the average person's age that I see playing is early-mid 20's)
5. That being said, Jeremy's content isn't very good. He's just as clickbaity and hyperbolic as the rest of them, except he has naughty opinions.
6. Recent sets have been ass. Standard bannings have exacerbated already bad problems. Of all the sets currently in standard, Kaladesh and Aether Revolt are easily the best. And those sets aren't amazing, just way better than the rest. Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan, and Rivals of Ixalan are mostly hot garbage. They're SO weak compared to KLD block and it really shows. Wizards NEEDED to print more good removal, but didn't for far too long and sales suffered because of how boring Standard was.
7. Iconic Masters was a great idea, but horribly executed and was a tremendous flop. When people read "Iconic" they thought of all iconic cards. The set actually was Iconic Creatures. People were understandably pissed by the poor choice of title. NOW we're getting Masters 25, an amazing concept once again poorly executed with terrible choices and mistakes for many reprints. Why Tree of Redemption and not Tarmogoyf? Why are both Akromas mythic? Why print Lightning Bolt at uncommon instead of common?
8. Wedge from TheManaSource is a cringy beta. I've never liked his videos. The Professor of TCC actually has some good content when he's not whining about "muh harrassment". The best MTG channel (in my opinion) is MTGGoldfish. He doesn't do anything except feature and play decks. No drama, no bullshit. Just gameplay and card discussion.
9. Boogie was speaking truth when he said this:
People don't give a shit. They just wanna enjoy their hobby and play some games.
10. The main MTG subreddit is cancer. Maro needs to resign. If you wanna read about gameplay and card discussion without all the fluff and bullshit, go to /r/spikes.
11. Despite all of this, the game itself is still fun. If you can afford it, some of the most fun I've ever had playing the game was at a Legacy tournament, so try that format out. The "MTG community" is shit, so just ignore it and find a group of friends to go out and play with, be it casual or at tournaments.
12. The release notes for the next upcoming set (Dominaria) was leaked (by Wizards, too LOL) and it looks really fucking good. They're actually bringing back some of the things they previously said were "too powerful" for Standard (ex: Llanowar Elves).
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/dominaria-leak-2018-03-08
13. Dominaria is going to be the first set to have the Play Design team's oversight during development. Funny enough, WOTC created the Play Design team after R&D missed a game-breaking combo (Copy Cat) in 2017 (the internet found the combo in about 10 minutes LOL) that really fucked up tournament Magic for a while until one of the pieces was banned. For reference, this is the Play Design team's job:
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Play_Design
Now that the game will have this team's oversight on each set going forward, the future sets will (hopefully) be better balanced and more fun.
TL;DR - The game is fun, if it's your thing. Jeremy was an edgelord but didn't deserve a permaban. Hopefully the Play Design team sets WOTC straight and makes new sets high on fun, playability, and balance.
