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I wish people would stop repeating this. The domain was just reused, the site was never actually sold cards. The current owner has absolutely nothing to do wi

by nwh 13y ago

I wish people would stop repeating this. The domain was just reused, the site was never actually sold cards. The current owner has absolutely nothing to do with the original domain name.

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weego 13y ago
He didn't say anything about the current owner, only the original intent of the name. Even then, I think your reaction might be a little over the top.
- nwh 13y ago
  The insinuation is that the current site is somehow tainted by it's use back in 2007, but as far as I can find [1] it was never anything but a "coming soon"page. It's fairly common to ridicule it's current use in the Bitcoin world by associating the currency exchange with playing cards. [1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/gwt/mtgox.php http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/g...
  - Ntrails 13y ago
    Why would anyone consider mtg something worthy of ridicule?
    - lslsslsl 13y ago
      Because it's a game played by nerds. :) But seriously, associating MtGox with a place to sell playing cards might detract from the serious intentions of the site. Idk.
    - zeckalpha 13y ago
      The same reason they consider bitcoin worthy of ridicule.
  - shadytrees 13y ago
    No way. MTG is super awesome; the fact that Mt.Gox is indirectly linked to Magic only makes it cooler.