From Right Field: An Issues Issue – MTGO = Magic: The Gathering’s Offline
Here’s what I propose. During the week after Regionals, from Sunday, May 2nd, 2004, through Saturday, May 8th, 2004, spend no money on fake cards. Buy no tickets. Just play with whatcha got. And play. And play and play and play. If no one spends any money for an entire week, I think Wizards might get the idea that we’re serious. Businesses get the hint when you hit ’em where it hurts.
When Magic: The Gathering Online (hereinafter”MTGO”) was announced, I guffawed. Who was going to pay more for fake cards than for real ones?…
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