Comments on: Overdriven! 70

By: mike

mike — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 06:26:06 +0000

Online cards are much more liquid. Yes, you need to discount your tickets 3 to 6 percent to convert them to dollars, but the bid ask spreads of the online bots is a fraction of that of the physical stores.

By: longtimegone

longtimegone — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:39:59 +0000

re: notplayin

And that’s different from paper how? Each of your complaints applies equally to selling paper cards. If anything, it’s more work to move paper cards, and the gas and or shipping will eat up more of each dollar made than the conversion of tickets to dollars.

By: andilo

andilo — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:16:31 +0000

You are totally right about everything. i’ve been in a long term pause on mtgo because it really sucks, both visually and in terms of tournament structures. 4 hours in a row to play a daily? c’mon wizards!! Put something like leagues on the client!! Maybe somebody with a voice on the community should start an online petition to ask wizards to deliver the client to blizzard, sega, EA o any good developer. I played mtgo basically for time concerns and competitive environment, but the client just keeps telling me to search somebody to play in the kitchen!. Man, even DOP is better. I’m signing that petition !

By: notplayin

notplayin — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:09:04 +0000

Riggggghhhhttt. Maybe I should be more specific. In order to turn your cards into tickets and get a decent amount of tickets from said cards, you have to spend all your free time trying to hunt down someone who will buy your collection piece by piece (for the best return), or in bulk (obviously a much worse option). And then to get <$1 for each ticket is another kick in the digital nads.

By: longtimegone

longtimegone — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:04:17 +0000

:But if I try to liquidate my stock online, what am I left with? tickets…

Um, you do know there are multiple vendors that will buy your tickets with cash via paypal at a rate just under 1$ a ticket, right? MTGO cards are mostly very liquid and easily converted to cash if desired, with less work involved in doing so than selling paper cards.

By: notplayin

notplayin — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:36:45 +0000

^ A decade worth of development. A DECADE.

WOTC has heard the complaints and chooses to ignore them.

By: cigmata

cigmata — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:03:19 +0000

I understand that you have issues with the way WOTC has been running some things, but take it up with them. I enjoy your take on my favorite format and there is a dearth of writing on Modern online. . . and this is what I get for this week? I think your choice was inappropriate.

What drives me most nuts about the Magic community is the widespread bitching with no thought to being constructive. I work my ass off full-time, I’m a father, and when I get some small amount of time to myself I want to enjoy my favorite hobby, not have more stress shoved into my life. This is one of the major reasons why Limited Resources is the biggest and best podcast in Magic; they love the game and they leave their gripes at home.

If you want to stop using MTGO that’s your prerogative, just like not reading this column mine.