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> If the items are worth real money, you can sue Blizzard or other players for events which unfairly make you lose an item, or affect the value of the items you

by dvt 4y ago

> If the items are worth real money, you can sue Blizzard or other players for events which unfairly make you lose an item, or affect the value of the items you hold. This isn't true at all, because Magic (the card game) already has a vibrant secondary market with no legal problems. They nerf/buff cards all the time. People like you are just pushing back so vehemently because it's popular to hate on crypto and NFTs right now. Rightfully so, even, as there's tons of scams out there, but that doesn't mean the idea and technology is interesting or useful.

TimothyBJacobs 4y ago
> They nerf/buff cards all the time. This is not true. It is exceedingly rare for paper cards to be nerfed or buffed. The only real notable example is with the Companion mechanic from a few years ago. Wizard's solution is to ban problematic cards.
jagger27 4y ago
> People like you are just pushing back so vehemently because it's popular to hate on crypto and NFTs right now. And people like you hop into threads pushing your ideas forwards _so vehemently_ without disclosing your financial interest and involvement.
tsimionescu 4y ago
Magic: The Gathering was designed from the beginning as a Trading Card Game. Very importantly, it is a physical game, where the laws of physics prevent trivial copying of their cards, while the laws of copyright prevent them from stopping people selling the cards they bought. There is also no way for someone to exploit a flaw in MTG and gain access to all of your cards to sell. Conversely, if someone exploited a bug to steal your WoW account and sell off your items for thousands of dollars, you would sue Blizzard for damages. Even worse, if you did something against their terms of service and they wanted to ban you, they would probably have to have some way to compensate you for all the items you would lose access to. Further, WotC they actually do have problems because of this trading: they have had to create a list of cards they promise not to reprint, because of all the backlash from traders who perceived a re-print of Black Lotus as "flooding the market". Afterwards, they once wanted to still go ahead with a re-print of these cards with some special features, and again faced serious backlash and threats of lawsuits, so they backed down.

by dvt 4y ago

TimothyBJacobs 4y ago

> They nerf/buff cards all the time. This is not true. It is exceedingly rare for paper cards to be nerfed or buffed. The only real notable example is with the Companion mechanic from a few years ago. Wizard's solution is to ban problematic cards.

jagger27 4y ago

> People like you are just pushing back so vehemently because it's popular to hate on crypto and NFTs right now. And people like you hop into threads pushing your ideas forwards _so vehemently_ without disclosing your financial interest and involvement.

tsimionescu 4y ago

Magic: The Gathering was designed from the beginning as a Trading Card Game. Very importantly, it is a physical game, where the laws of physics prevent trivial copying of their cards, while the laws of copyright prevent them from stopping people selling the cards they bought. There is also no way for someone to exploit a flaw in MTG and gain access to all of your cards to sell. Conversely, if someone exploited a bug to steal your WoW account and sell off your items for thousands of dollars, you would sue Blizzard for damages. Even worse, if you did something against their terms of service and they wanted to ban you, they would probably have to have some way to compensate you for all the items you would lose access to. Further, WotC they actually do have problems because of this trading: they have had to create a list of cards they promise not to reprint, because of all the backlash from traders who perceived a re-print of Black Lotus as "flooding the market". Afterwards, they once wanted to still go ahead with a re-print of these cards with some special features, and again faced serious backlash and threats of lawsuits, so they backed down.