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The Mad Bishounen ([info]jkefka) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2009-06-17 16:09:00

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Millions of tiny fists of fanboy rage!
Here's a fandom of mine that's absolutely huge but I've never seen on F_W: Magic, The Gathering. The CCG. That silly little card game that nerds from the ages of ten to ninety thrown their life savings at for no apparent reason.

So why am I bringing this silly thing to F_W now? Well, for the first time in about eight years (I think), they're doing a major rules change. By "major rules change" I actually mean they're altering a few mechanics that most players don't even KNOW about, but are important to certain pedantic asshats serious players. If you know magic at all, the changes have to do with how combat damage works, how blocking works, and the elimination of manaburn. If you don't play magic, just pretend the previous sentence was "Alan Rickman is hot."

But a rules change is a rules change, and you can't change the rules on a bunch of pedantic self-important card game players without causing some wank, right? So I dug up a little fanboy rage for your amusement:

Eighty-two pages worth to be precise. Then it started threatening their forum space limit, so they moved it to another thread which is currently pushing 40 pages.

Common refrains include "I'll never play MTG again!" and "You're making the game better for those idiot beginners while alienating your real fans!" Enjoy y'all.


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