Comments on: Blast from the Past: Tutorials how they should (not) be… http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/ The prime source for Magic the Gathering strategy Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.8 By: nick nama http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4472 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:47:11 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-4472 That was a bizarre video… I think it would be good for new players, but wow. And does anyone know exactly what year they made the change from the first turn draw card?

]]> By: Plejades http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:21:16 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-871 Hello Tog,

it is in fact true that for a long time the player that went first also drew first. They changed this only several years after Magic the Gathering was released when it became more and more clear that it gave the starting player to much of an advantage.

]]> By: Tog http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-870 The tutorial asked player A (the player who plays first) to draw a card on his first turn! I don’t remember that being part of the game… lol!

]]> By: Plejades http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:28:57 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-838 Thanks for the information, Chris. I think the video is really hilarious and hopefully we can collect a few more fun commercials/tutorials from “old times”. If anyone has a suggestion please let me know and we add it.

]]> By: Chris K http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:59:55 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-837 This is from the Learn to Play video that was included into the Starter Box release in the late 90′s, and not really a marketing attempt as such. It really is an attempt to have a learn-to-play video that was fun to watch. The main ‘doctor’ is local comedian Pat Cashman, who was on Almost Live, Seattle’s answer to Saturday Night Live, with Bill Nye (before he was the Science Guy) and Joel McHale (who is now on the NBC show Community). I wasn’t around when it was created, so I don’t have any insight on that.

]]> By: Zimbardo http://www.mtgoacademy.com/blast-from-the-past-marketing-how-it-should-not-be/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:15:50 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=6631#comment-828 Wow! This thing kind of fits right in with some of the awkward humor that’s popular lately, even if it’s not intended as such.

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