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starfall · September 2019

"Gain access to awesome content, news, updates and more!"

Isn't that exactly what the inbox is for?

FindingHeart8 · September 2019

Wondering if this is an earnest attempt to better inform the player base or if it'll just get loaded with fluff.

Tremayne · September 2019

@FindingHeart8 - I expect that if I signed up, most of the newsletters would be left unread in my spam folder. That seems to be the case right now with the manufacturer newsletters I receive.

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Mburn7 · September 2019

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

LakeStone · September 2019

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

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FindingHeart8 · September 2019

LakeStone said:

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

As interesting as this sounds, unless the newsletter was to address the questions and concerns voiced by the mtgpq forum community, I'd personally rather see the extra manpower devoted to bug fixes and quicker content releases.

bk1234 · September 2019

FindingHeart8 said:

LakeStone said:

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

As interesting as this sounds, unless the newsletter was to address the questions and concerns voiced by the mtgpq forum community, I'd personally rather see the extra manpower devoted to bug fixes and quicker content releases.

Sigh. Once again. Two different companies. Oktagon — the developers, do techie stuff like bug fixes. D3Go!, the production company writes the newsletter. They handle marketing and things like that. One is located in Brazil, the other in California. Oktagon is hired by D3Go! to handle all the IT stuff. It’s outsourced, if you will.

D3Go! can’t simply pull Bob from Communications off the newsletter and send him over to the IT department to start fixing bugs. First, the IT department is a different company. Second, it’s on another contentent. Third, the rest of the department likely speaks Portuguese, Bob probably speaks only English, Finally, as I also have a Communications degree, I venture to guess Bob didn’t take any coding classes and cannot fix bugs.

mrixl2520 · September 2019

Is there anywhere to access the newsletter? I'm curious to get a look at it

LakeStone · September 2019

mrixl2520 said:

Is there anywhere to access the newsletter? I'm curious to get a look at it

No problem at all. You can subscribe HERE if you want to check it out. Thanks!

mrixl2520 · September 2019

LakeStone said:

mrixl2520 said:

Is there anywhere to access the newsletter? I'm curious to get a look at it

No problem at all. You can subscribe HERE if you want to check it out. Thanks!

Okay I subscribed. How do I get to the newsletter?

bk1234 · September 2019

mrixl2520 said:

LakeStone said:

mrixl2520 said:

Is there anywhere to access the newsletter? I'm curious to get a look at it

No problem at all. You can subscribe HERE if you want to check it out. Thanks!

Okay I subscribed. How do I get to the newsletter?

It should be sent to you via email when it’s released.

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Mburn7 · September 2019

starfall said:

I guess one question this throws up is: why are they creating more ways to deliver us news at a time when they're releasing less news than ever?

I can only assume its one of two things:

1) This is just a general new way of releasing information to the masses outside the forums. The same information will probably be in the newsletter that we get in our "Announcements" here.

2) This is how they'll try to get more information out in the future, once Oktagon finishes catching up to paper and starts talking again. Again, a newsletter linked in app will reach more players than the forums will, so it makes sense to do it like this in a general sense.

mrixl2520 · September 2019

bken1234 said:

mrixl2520 said:

LakeStone said:

mrixl2520 said:

Is there anywhere to access the newsletter? I'm curious to get a look at it

No problem at all. You can subscribe HERE if you want to check it out. Thanks!

Okay I subscribed. How do I get to the newsletter?

It should be sent to you via email when it’s released.

So its not even ready yet? That's... weird. Also I didn't even receive some sort of email to the extent of "You've subscribed."

FindingHeart8 · September 2019

bken1234 said:

FindingHeart8 said:

LakeStone said:

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

As interesting as this sounds, unless the newsletter was to address the questions and concerns voiced by the mtgpq forum community, I'd personally rather see the extra manpower devoted to bug fixes and quicker content releases.

Sigh. Once again. Two different companies. Oktagon — the developers, do techie stuff like bug fixes. D3Go!, the production company writes the newsletter. They handle marketing and things like that. One is located in Brazil, the other in California. Oktagon is hired by D3Go! to handle all the IT stuff. It’s outsourced, if you will.

D3Go! can’t simply pull Bob from Communications off the newsletter and send him over to the IT department to start fixing bugs. First, the IT department is a different company. Second, it’s on another contentent. Third, the rest of the department likely speaks Portuguese, Bob probably speaks only English, Finally, as I also have a Communications degree, I venture to guess Bob didn’t take any coding classes and cannot fix bugs.

I am aware of the company difference. I hold an MBA and am the Director of a multinational company, so overseeing arrangements like these are part of my job.

As MTGPQ is a joint-venture project between D3 and Octagon, and this is the MTGPQ newsletter, I would hope they would collaborate enough to recognize the game's primary needs that need to be met and prioritize accordingly.

bk1234 · September 2019

FindingHeart8 said:

bken1234 said:

FindingHeart8 said:

LakeStone said:

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

As interesting as this sounds, unless the newsletter was to address the questions and concerns voiced by the mtgpq forum community, I'd personally rather see the extra manpower devoted to bug fixes and quicker content releases.

Sigh. Once again. Two different companies. Oktagon — the developers, do techie stuff like bug fixes. D3Go!, the production company writes the newsletter. They handle marketing and things like that. One is located in Brazil, the other in California. Oktagon is hired by D3Go! to handle all the IT stuff. It’s outsourced, if you will.

D3Go! can’t simply pull Bob from Communications off the newsletter and send him over to the IT department to start fixing bugs. First, the IT department is a different company. Second, it’s on another contentent. Third, the rest of the department likely speaks Portuguese, Bob probably speaks only English, Finally, as I also have a Communications degree, I venture to guess Bob didn’t take any coding classes and cannot fix bugs.

I am aware of the company difference. I hold an MBA and am the Director of a multinational company, so overseeing arrangements like these are part of my job.

As MTGPQ is a joint-venture project between D3 and Octagon, and this is the MTGPQ newsletter, I would hope they would collaborate enough to recognize the game's primary needs that need to be met and prioritize accordingly.

Oktagon has their own Communications people as well. As the Director of a multinational company, I’m sure you know the IT guys don’t handle the marketing.

I venture to guess they also have a receptionist, maybe a HR person, perhaps someone who does payroll. These tasks don’t take away from the jobs of the people working on the games they develop.

But again — you know all this right? It’s your job to know how businesses run.

FindingHeart8 · September 2019

bken1234 said:

FindingHeart8 said:

bken1234 said:

FindingHeart8 said:

LakeStone said:

Mburn7 said:

I'm just a bit concerned that this appeared with absolutely no explanation.
What's in the newsletter? Who is writing it? How often does it get released? Why should anyone sign up for it?

Thanks for the question. There is only so much we can include in the inbox messages given the limited character count but the email newsletter(s) includes news and announcements and is written by the D3 Go! team. It typically goes out once or twice a month. And signing up is completely optional and subscribers can unsubscribe at anytime.

As interesting as this sounds, unless the newsletter was to address the questions and concerns voiced by the mtgpq forum community, I'd personally rather see the extra manpower devoted to bug fixes and quicker content releases.

Sigh. Once again. Two different companies. Oktagon — the developers, do techie stuff like bug fixes. D3Go!, the production company writes the newsletter. They handle marketing and things like that. One is located in Brazil, the other in California. Oktagon is hired by D3Go! to handle all the IT stuff. It’s outsourced, if you will.

D3Go! can’t simply pull Bob from Communications off the newsletter and send him over to the IT department to start fixing bugs. First, the IT department is a different company. Second, it’s on another contentent. Third, the rest of the department likely speaks Portuguese, Bob probably speaks only English, Finally, as I also have a Communications degree, I venture to guess Bob didn’t take any coding classes and cannot fix bugs.

I am aware of the company difference. I hold an MBA and am the Director of a multinational company, so overseeing arrangements like these are part of my job.

As MTGPQ is a joint-venture project between D3 and Octagon, and this is the MTGPQ newsletter, I would hope they would collaborate enough to recognize the game's primary needs that need to be met and prioritize accordingly.

Oktagon has their own Communications people as well. As the Director of a multinational company, I’m sure you know the IT guys don’t handle the marketing.

I venture to guess they also have a receptionist, maybe a HR person, perhaps someone who does payroll. These tasks don’t take away from the jobs of the people working on the games they develop.

But again — you know all this right? It’s your job to know how businesses run.

I'd imagine if I would have said something like what you just said on the forums I'd have received a mod warning / point penalty.

Regardless, I'm not here looking for a fight. My point was that despite being both separate companies, there seems to be a collaboration here that is more complex than simply outsourcing a project. I would assume D3 probably has several managers overseeing Octagon's progress, maybe occasionally D3 steps in to help Octagon if they get overwhelmed (seeing they are a small company handling multiple projects). Not being a D3 employee I cannot confirm their internal management, but this is the general standard.

Volrak · September 2019

FH's point might be that D3 have an overall budget which they must split between their own publishing activities and the development work charged out to Oktagon, and from the perspective of him and some other players, it looks like D3 may be better served by shifting in the longer term towards allocating more of that budget pie to the sub-contracted development work.

That's a fine opinion to present, but of course it should be clear that as customers we have far from complete information about D3's business. There'd be many factors D3 have to consider which we have no awareness of, even putting aside the things we know would be difficult (including what B has pointed out). It should also be clear that D3 aren't going to treat our opinions of their business strategy with any more weight than we'd be treating random customers' opinions of our own business strategies. The main take-away for D3 is probably that there exist customers who care enough to make this kind of suggestion, which they should take as a positive.

As for a newsletter, something like that is a pretty standard channel for a business to have. All else being equal, D3 having one doesn't seem like a bad thing in any sense, for them or for customers. I haven't seen evidence that it's consuming inordinate resources.

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