CANCELLED: Win a Planeswalker with the Power of Love!

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  • Machine
    Machine Posts: 967 Critical Contributor

    @fenelope said:

    @gozmaster said:

    @fenelope said:
    @Magic:PQ Support Team thank you so much for your quick response—I’m sure everyone will be excited to help you celebrate the holiday! 💕

    Sigh... why do you play this game @fenelope ?

    You're so unhappy about... well... everything about it.

    Is there NOTHING they do that is above your snark and negativity?

    Suggestion...

    Why not instead invest that precious energy and time in something that meets your high standards and be positive on something?

    Or is it true... That haters are only happy hating on others fun?

    Why does everyone getting 295 crystals instead of only 4 people winning a poorly thought out lottery somehow ruin this event for you?

    I'm sorry, but you don't get the point here. It is not always about people getting rewards. It is not always about a few winners vs every gets something. To me, it is the creativity and the resulting cool event that counts. The rest is a bonus.

  • gozmaster
    gozmaster Posts: 371 Mover and Shaker
    edited 12 February 2026, 20:54

    Well Said @Machine .

    A contest is fun. And frankly this is something WC has never done before and THAT'S what I'm applauding.

    Sometimes in order to make a new omlet... you need to "CRACK AN EGG ON IT"!

    And the gold payout, a nice thing for all for sure... but not really warranted in this event.

    WC did NOTHING wrong. And paying out gold for this perceived transgression, feels like a concession to a very small minority in the player base, and that feelz bads.

    Again, they did nothing wrong, except try something new, and a few (consistent) members of the player base always find a way to dump on it. Which , if i'm the devs, I'd be like... well forget you then l(ol) (Be grateful I'm not the owner... yet. :smirk:

    Bottom line, Nothing the team does, warrants praise from certain people, and it just gets old.And I don't want them to think this negativity is the majoarity of the player base, so thank you @Magic:PQ Support Team , for doing this new thing. I personally thought it was REALLY cool.

    Second...

    The way the concerns are raised are always so condescending and "holier than thou". As if the person raising the concern is the only smart person in the room.

    Gets old being talked down to.

    I'm all for raising alarms, and being concerned for the game and it's players. Truly. I am, and as I've mentioned in previous videos and in discord chats, when a GREAT point is raised, even by the Neggies, (phrasing) I'm quick to point it out as valid and a good catch.

    But those same concerns can be brought up in a better, more constructive way.

    As it is now, it's as appealing as sandpaper on tin foil.

    Grinds my teeth.

    That's all I'll say about this matter,

    Respectfully, I apologize to you @fenelope for the snide remarks.

    And @Sarah , always a pleasure.

    I remain..

    GOZ

  • fenelope
    fenelope Posts: 76 Match Maker

    @gozmaster I’m sorry that you felt condescended to and that made you react so poorly. As you say, “ those same concerns can be brought up in a better, more constructive way.”

    Because you’re so very good at communicating nicely, can you give me an example of how my concern could’ve been worded differently to avoid making people feel bad for not thinking of the possible consequences? It might help me do better in future!

  • fenelope
    fenelope Posts: 76 Match Maker

    Dear @Magic:PQ Support Team I hope you had a really nice Carnival and got a well-deserved chance to relax and recharge!

    I wanted to circle back to this and apologize for being snarky about pointing out you being liable for possible fraud—I was very shocked to see the last-minute announcement and did not have time to sugar coat things. Thank you for taking my warning seriously and acting quickly!

    Because they are so prone to fraud, drawings have pages of terms & conditions explaining exactly how they are going to work and it doesn’t take a legal expert to realize that it’s a huge red flag that this one didn’t. I’m not saying that you were going to give the prizes to your four favorite friends, just that it happens often enough that there are loads of laws surrounding these types of raffles.

    What you can do relatively easily is a “contest of skill” and award extra prizes to people who do really well in a thing. That’s something that happened in the game before and it seemed to generate a lot of excitement in the weeks leading up to the event!

    https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/49982/mtgpq-1-6-5-release-notes-08-30-16

    I hope you don’t get too discouraged and I’m sad there was no one to tell you “that’s a really fun idea, just make sure to run it by legal!” before you announced it because that would’ve prevented a lot of hard feelings.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 903 Critical Contributor

    I'm just glad this was spotted and nothing bad happened because of it... I can imagine a game being pulled out of an app store for something like this

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