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A. MtGox never traded magic the gathering cards, this is a myth. The domain might have been bought for that but it was never a trading platform for magic cards
by shiftpgdn 13y ago
A. MtGox never traded magic the gathering cards, this is a myth. The domain might have been bought for that but it was never a trading platform for magic cards.
B. Magic the Gathering isn't just for kids! It's actually quite fun.
- kbenson 13y agoB. Magic the Gathering isn't just for kids! It's actually quite fun. I'm pretty sure the "You know, for kids!" is a Hudsucker Proxy reference.
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- Loughla 13y agoBut that one sentence proves how quickly you have to go on the defensive with bitcoin. That is fascinating from a marketing perspective. Also, what do you think anyone in the popular media will focus on with something like MtGox? The fact that they never actually traded magic cards, or that their name implies (and therefore proves) that they do or did at one time? The fact that magic takes skill and strategy, or that it is loosely associated with other weird groups like my little pony and that evil hacker syndicate 4chan?
- gwern 13y agoA. Actually, I have been investigating that (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mt.Gox#Possible_citogenesis_concerning_whether_MtGox_ever_hosted_an_MtG_trading_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mt.Gox#Possible_citogenes...) and McCaleb has told me that the domain was used briefly for such a service - but interestingly, it wasn't physical cards, but rather, their equivalents in the _Magic: The Gathering Online_ service.