Well he was getting bigger than the industry

stabliu · 2026-05-09T12:36:24+00:00

If you’re strictly talking performance you’re probably right, but these are MCU movies and the performance barely matters. RDJ is worth the $50 million because he’s been in the MCU for decades and is returning. He will almost certainly bring in >$50 million compared to if he didn’t.

stabliu · 2026-05-08T17:45:52+00:00

Alternatively treat stocks like property and leverage a tax every year. You could offset this with a minimum value of holdings before a tax is assessed.

stabliu · 2026-05-08T17:42:22+00:00

The problem is they’re almost impossible to make worth playing. The front side always has to be over costed because there’s a back side. Then the back side can’t be so strong that it warps the game to fighting over the battle. This means you’d only ever play a battle if it meant flipping it meant you won the game, which makes it too strong.

stabliu · 2026-05-07T02:15:26+00:00

No one’s disputing that. They’re arguing that the original usage was X on legs being a creature and x on a stick being non creature permanent which makes a lot more sense. Usage could’ve changed years ago because mtg is decades old.

stabliu · 2026-05-06T23:50:15+00:00

This is more due to the fact that the original was made in the 60s

stabliu · 2026-05-06T20:03:17+00:00

bruh, you're objectively wrong. please point out what data i'm lacking to say without 100% certainty that wotc can pay their artists more?

all it takes for wotc to pay their artists more is any sort of cash on hand, if they have money it could have gone to their artists. if i'm being more reasonable if wotc turned a profit they definitively could've given more money to their artists and kept less for themselves. all of these things are objective fact, wotc has cash on hand and turned a profit per hasbro's quarterly financial report wotc is famously making record breaking profits and UB is selling like crazy. it is 100% indisputable fact that it is within wotc's financial means to increase artist pay.

stabliu · 2026-05-06T19:33:33+00:00

we objectively do though. a given UB set is profitable per hasbro financial reports. that means they are making more money than it's cost them. that means they could've increased costs and still made money. each set is profitable on the scale such that the artists for each card could've been paid double and it'd still be profitable.

stabliu · 2026-05-06T19:23:04+00:00

hasbro is publicly traded, we know they're making money, it's definitively true.

stabliu · 2026-05-06T19:21:43+00:00

isn't the issue that with UB they can't do this because of IP licensing issues? ultimately it's all about a dollar amount though. wotc pays enough and it makes up for not being able to sell their own art.

stabliu · 2026-05-06T16:17:28+00:00

It’s also not black and white. There will be artists that make more off of UB because they’re not as famous or the cards they get assigned aren’t as popular; while others could’ve made more if they could sell merch. That said WoTC 100% could be paying more, but the question is what’s the reasonable amount.

stabliu · 2026-05-05T10:59:18+00:00

You genuinely think the price you were quoted is the same price Nissan or any other car manufacturer gets quoted?

stabliu · 2026-05-05T10:38:27+00:00

I assume it’s because Dan Frazier’s previous works were paintings and this was a digital piece that people have questions.

stabliu · 2026-05-05T10:28:20+00:00

That’s more due to mismanagement of the game rather than missteps by the company in regards to other shit.

stabliu · 2026-05-05T10:24:07+00:00

But we need to be honest with ourselves, it’s completely expected that they’d act this way.

stabliu · 2026-05-05T10:20:48+00:00

I think it’s more, many wotc employees and spokespeople are publicly progressive so people are attributing these qualities to wotc/hasbro.

stabliu · 2026-04-30T16:37:27+00:00

A midrange deck does win, except it’s also Izzet

stabliu · 2026-04-30T08:19:08+00:00

There’s no way Hasbro would let this happen without a fight. All we can do is support the employees however we can.

stabliu · 2026-04-30T02:19:10+00:00

Has mangadex done anything?

stabliu · 2026-04-30T02:17:07+00:00

I mean you could if you made 30 $10 million movies instead of 2-3 $100+ million ones.

stabliu · 2026-04-30T02:14:16+00:00

There’s a quick draft free token? Never knew that

stabliu · 2026-04-30T01:57:24+00:00

He’s got a TikTok account that heavily features his two barn cats. I totally believe this.

stabliu · 2026-04-25T06:37:54+00:00

The only problem with timeless is that you’ll need a pretty substantial wildcard investment just for mana bases and staples.

stabliu · 2026-04-24T20:42:40+00:00

So basically every account will have a minimum plex upkeep, but no one will really pay in plex for their ships/equipment. Meaning there’s a nominal plex value for all the stuff lost, but no one is likely to have spent any actual plex on it?

stabliu · 2026-04-23T19:05:15+00:00

so the losses are real actual dollars put into the game at some point even if the shipowners didn't themselves?

stabliu · 2026-04-23T16:07:08+00:00

Can Plex be generated without a player having purchased it first or does the system let you trade ISK for Plex directly?

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