gaming has clearly angling towards skinner box design since mmos got big. you’re not a customer, just an atm to be looted for every penny.

this is all song and dance. trust nothing that is said that remotely sounds good for their opposition.

you really saw that trailer and said “i gotta overpay for that”. yikes.

40% of people are in a cult, got it.

“dedicated fan”. play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

yep, that’s the quote i was poorly paraphrasing.

pointing out the hypocrisy means nothing to these people. their entire philosophy is about making it legally not a hypocrisy. they want laws that protect them and don’t limit them while they have an other that the laws don’t protect but do limit.

you’re not reading the words or the meanings. you’re just feeling a feeling. stop being stupid.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2015-01-19

that’s too simple a statement. many will tell you they don’t hate trans just like they’re not racist. but their politics will still fully entrenched in a bigoted pile of shit.

it’s a day late, dollar short. or are you ignoring the people being sent to foreign prisons

exactly. but you can’t just keep farming UB forever. you need to onboard them into the ecosystem and keep them hooked in. time will tell if these people only cared about their specific media or if enough latch on to mtg the game.

so i sold out of mtg around covid and they started committing to “universe beyond”. but all signs point to their stupid shit being profitable for the time being. and the new UB stuff will now be going through standard will help their new player onboarding a bit.

they’ve unbanned cards in the past. most recently(not in this ban/unbanning) mox opal and splinter twin in modern. SFM and mind sculptor were also unbanned years ago. unbanning cards is not unheard of.

“close to the game” doesn’t know that this is definitely not the first time they’ve done this.

modern mind sculptor unbanned years ago and saw little play. SFM. more recently mox opal and splinter twin.

unbannings are just admitting that power creep has surpassed the level those cards were at previously.

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

terraria added years ago the whole npc favored locations/friendship stuff that enables you to unlock the crystals for fast travel. and being able to get across the map that quickly is just too valuable to me.

any even remotely law abiding politician(read american “left” wing) is kinda hamstrung with the current state of affairs.

they’ll then tell you that he disavowed project 2025 because he doesn’t lie every other sentence.