andrewljohnson

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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   many comments from me on this i thread, also you can ask on Twitch tonight if you like.
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   To follow on from this thread, I am going to stream an MTGA draft tonight at 1030pm PT if anyone wants to AMA in chat. https://twitch.tv/manapooldotcom
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   Svelte in this case though, not React.
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   Investors, if you are interested in vertical markets, consumer saas, or collectibles, please ping andrew@manapool.com. We raised a $500k+ pre-seed on Sept 4, and I’m checking if anyone wants to follow before October 3. After that, we’re jus
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   1) If you go click Magic on TCGPlayer, it doesn't get rid of all the non-Magic stuff. And the feature development isn't focused everyday on MTG, it's focused on TCG, and it's missing an infinite list of changes that we p
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   Someday? There is CardTrader that is mostly Euro too, and that is a solid website IMO. Europe has much lower fees (~5%), so competing there is different than in the US (~15%).
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   Come to Discord for various reasons if Mana Pool interests you... but I'm also happy to help you value or sell your cards or whatever if you DM me, no charge at all. We know all about old card markets, and we are also planning features
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   I would like to know your deck lists from then. I didn't make a business of MTG until the end of high school and first part of college, ~1999. eBay was new then, and an older friend showed me the prices on eBay and told me how to make
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   by andrewljohnson 3y ago

   We do want to add a lot of transparent price history, but we need to get the market rolling to have that sort of data I think. I appreciate the encouragement and the "\n" comment, we will fix that too.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Good point, filing an issue to make that clear. We do want to be international, but we did everything we could to narrow the initial idea. We see significant opportunities to facilitate Europe/Japan/US/other trade.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Part of my interest in this project came because i was writing software to arbitrage TCGplayer and eBay around last Christmas, because I was wasting time doing it manually and wanted to see if I could automate.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Many ideas around trading and we are kind of at a cambrian explosion of ideas honestly! Check out /deck/add for the half built mass buyer that we’ll finish after MagicCon.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    If you have a bunch of good condition beta dual lands, that’s insane :) If you want to sell them, the right place right now is Facebook Marketplace, and you can always email me for expert advice or help trying to sell them. I get a little t
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Thanks for your feedback, I also started during The Dark!
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    I did think about doing climate change stuff, but Magic is in my blood for better or worse. I hope we don't destroy the planet, and I hope we get to space, and then I think there will be at least a solar-system-sized economy of collect
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Second mtgox ref and counting I think lol. But more seriously, we might have other brands in the future... the domains need to all be awesome.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    We don't have super deep inventory yet... you can probably find old cards and many cards cheaper elsewhere for now. But yeah those alphas are nuts.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    I don't have my original cards, because I did a lot of buying/selling on eBay around 1999 when that was a pretty new thing to do with MTG cards. An older kid taught me to do it.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Credit for that is due to my wife Anna Hentzel Johnson (and previously also co-founder). She came up with the idea and then it was insta-unanimous.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    The WOTC CEO became Hasbro CEO last year FYI
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Github issue filed
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Come to Discord! We have shirts and an AirBnB, and we are happy to meet people.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    1. Make integration easy, bring eyeballs. Sellers connect to multiple markets already. 2. I'll make Magic features for you that you'll use weekly.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    I have a theory about verticalizing the buy-side UX and communities. If I were to make my outdoor app again, I would focus 100% on one sport and never branch until we had 85% of the community. Come to discord to chat more.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    You did miss a bubble but the 1993/94 stuff is still crazy valuable.
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    1) 5% hopefully headed to 0% 2) Magic only 3) I think Hasbro is doing the right thing and what's good for Hasbro is good for Mana Pool. MTG is all of Hasbro's profits now and 30% of its revenue... the rest is almost margin-free. M
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    My colleagues Nate and George are working on the hug of death. p.s. come to Discord to discuss Mana Pool for the next many years, and for promo codes to purchase cards to help test... I will give free money until it gets out of hand, then d
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Just does Magic!
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Sure, those robots exists! Many actually, it's crazy. If you come to Discord, I will tell you about the robots in the market. https://discord.gg/u4J5aGU2
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    by andrewljohnson 3y ago

    Yes, getting slammed and George is working on it in real-time. You can see the deck/mass uploader start here: https://manapool.com/deck/add