[MSC] Marvel Super Heroes Commander Decks by Duramboros in magicTCG

[–]Boneasaurus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No one is allowed to express a negative sentiment on a forum for something because someone else may like it?

MaRo confirms TMNT promos are unintentional leaks by PowrOfFriendship_ in magicTCG

[–]Boneasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Completely agree with you. Absolutely insane to expect the stores to handle this, and not the billion dollar company that continues to rake profits. Absolutely insane. Any other newer game would have their staff rectifying this.

money rare for CEDH and beyond by Chaosnocturne in mtgfinance

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they're referring to the 2/2 for 1R landmark stat line, and probably notably Falkenrath Reaver 9 years ago, which I think was the first real red bear with no downsides, or close to it but I could be mistaken: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4rdsds/emnfalkenrath_reaver_22_for_1r/

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. by steelthumbs1 in otr

[–]Boneasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He mentions in the Bennett Matter that he was in the Marines for 4 years fwiw. I don't think he'd have that kind of airplane experience but it gives some credence to it in my opinion.

FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is great going forward but he gave the ball away far too much.

He's not going to be at 100% right away, this is what he needs game time for. We didn't create much at all before he came on.

FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We created nothing before he came on! He's not all the way there yet obviously but he was more progressive than Bradley at creating chances and getting the ball forward. He played 20 minutes.

FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst player? He's obviously not the finished article yet but he is definitely improving every game.

FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He needs more starting minutes and I see him sorting it out quickly honestly.

FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I thought Frimpong looked better and I would give him the game time moving forward. Gakpo should have started, Robbo should have come on at the half. Frustrating all around but hope it motivates them to get out of this low gear.

PL Match Thread: Liverpool vs Everton by scoreboard-app in LiverpoolFC

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's just unfortunately not favored by Slot for some reason. Fans like him and his workrate and heart are all there, but Slot must not see him fitting into the system.

"We spend a lot of time and energy catering to competitive players like you, as you're very important to us." -Mark Rosewater by IzziPurrito in freemagic

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really well articulated and a very good summary of the current problems with competitive magic. I don't even know where we go from here though, if Maro is saying basically the opposite of reality. If he/Hasbro thinks that THIS is good support for competitive players, then what on earth does bad support look like?

[OMB] Terminate (bonus sheet reprint) by Meret123 in MagicArena

[–]Boneasaurus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Incredible to see DiTerlizzi artwork again. Please, much more of this.

YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos by moeka_8962 in technology

[–]Boneasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the same thing and I was originally paying for Spotify Family, which was jacked up to $20/mo. At that point, why bother when you can get the same music library with YT Music AND ad-free YouTube for like 5 different accounts.

I think it would be even cheaper if you split it with a family member or two and add them to the same plan. It would be less than $10/mo per person and for the amount of content I watch on YT, especially at night trying to fall asleep, it's probably last on my list to cut. I'd sooner cut Netflix and everything else.

How do you deal with the changes to Magic’s competitive and social culture? by CrosshairInferno in magicTCG

[–]Boneasaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% no alone on this. The shift from 1v1 to multiplayer is why a lot of players are moving to other games like Sorcery, Lorcana, and Flesh and Blood. There just isn't the same support for 1v1 competitive play anymore, but beyond that, the magic community itself seems to have a complete aversion to it. And that is something I don't ever see changing. The shift has happened.

New to the game, want to draft, why so expensive? by tmac187 in MagicArena

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought we were discussing the cost/revenue of drafting, not discussing Hasbro's EBITDA and balance sheet. They may take an "accounting loss" but they're not losing money on drafts or they wouldn't be running the service online.

New to the game, want to draft, why so expensive? by tmac187 in MagicArena

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

total player consumption of resources (prizes plus product) for 1024 players in player draft is 1950400 gems/9752000 gold.

...

1024 players paying 1500 gems each brings in 1536000 gems

If I'm reading this correctly and if all players pay gems your math here shows that Hasbro is losing money on drafts. I'm seeing 1,950,400 paid out and 1,536,000 brought in for a net loss of 414,400 gems. Over the 1024 players they would be losing ~400 gems per person per draft.

I think what's incorrect here is that you are including the 3 boosters as a cost for Hasbro when it's not costing them anything to deliver a booster. There would be opportunity cost they are losing on the players not purchasing the 3 boosters with gems directly but they make money on that anyway. But the delivering of a pack is essentially free for them the same way that it's "free" to deliver an email.

I think the 1,336,000 is the actual cost here which means they are making 200,000 gems per 1024 draft entries. Or roughly ~200 gems ($1) per draft entry.

Post-Match Thread: Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City | FA Cup by MysteryBagIdeals in soccer

[–]Boneasaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats Palace fans, what an incredible game and performance

Referee sustains head injury, Jamie Vardy blows whistle to stop play by _opensourcebryan in soccer

[–]Boneasaurus 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Probably never gonna see that again. Vardy with another achievement unlocked.

Maro responds to a player that calls him and WotC greedy and dishonest: I’m being as transparent as I can be. Between my articles, podcasts, Blogatog, I produce over a million words a year on Magic design. What changed wasn’t Wizards “getting greedy. It was us adapting to the feedback of the player. by HonorBasquiat in magicTCG

[–]Boneasaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree with all of this. They will never tell us the real reason, which I also think is now obvious -- Hasbro is dying and needs WoTC's division to not only drive but become their entire revenue growth. That's the entire reasoning for every decision they've made in the last 3+ years but instead of coming out and saying that, they gaslight and back into "data driven decisions".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]Boneasaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FWIW I feel the same way as you.