“We should not be angry at unethical things happening. Thats just the way of things and we should absolutely do nothing to change that.”

Not to condemn all human technology that resembles its creators.

But even then, we very clearly disagree on most of the fundamentals.

And judging by your inflexible and un-nuanced opinion on it

The thing is the arrow doesn’t need to go up. The game just needs to continue.

At some point the singles and the out of print sets meet the wrong side of the supply/demand curve and things come crashing down.

I can see that you’re a bit slow.

Unfortunately you’re missing a key piece of knowledge about the MTG scene.

In the end, this feels like an established developer with numerous highly successful products in their past exploiting the early access system and their fans to sand off as much potential risk as possible. If they’re selling a game, it should be complete.

It feels exploitative and excessively safe

$3k for an illustration isn’t really lowballing

Yes it does. https://bay12games.com/dwarves/modding_guide.html

Live streaming a traffic stop is absolutely counter to the idea of de-escalation if associates of the people being stopped arrive on scene and create complications.

It’s like a fantastic idea mixed with a super fantastic team who have more than shown their pedigree with strategy/turn-based games, all wrapped in a Marvel wrapper.

I can see how it might be confusing to a new player, but unless you’re playing every format, or a collector who wants all the special Secret Lair and alternate art cards, you can really ignore most of what is being printed.

The things this Wall Street stooge are whining about are not actually the things your typical casual MTG player is worried about.

what exactly does ‘taking responsibility’ in an acceptable way look like for you?

So...

The problem Luke is that they want to have an out. They want to be able to unban people if it would be good for them (The esports authority/company). With indefinitely disqualified/suspended they can just end it at any time, because it wasn’t permanent, it wasn’t a ban.

I agree that the mission, if you have an ounce of understanding, are not caught up in the moment, or aren’t blinded by the propaganda that it is...will make you feel like shit.