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BigBlue
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Nah, they'll skip ATM technology and jump right into "Smart Card" technology, where each card will have a chip and keep track of how well or poorly it was played, then later you can download all that information into your WotC PocketWizard(TM) to determine your DCI rating. Some cards will explicitly drop your rating just for using them (scrub).
Actually, some change is good. I really like the color change for rarity symbols that was implemented.
What I really don't like about the new format is it really takes the antiquity out of the game. The cards had an almost antique look to them, and this new techno look just reminds me of Shadowrun/netrunner/yu-gi-oh/pokemon... It looks like a cheesy Mac desktop.
If they hadn't accentuated the text so much, I think it would be much better, but the bubbles which supercede the artwork giving name/cc and type/expansion/rarity put the artwork in the background to me. Plus they eliminated much of the color "frame" which gave them the more antique feel. This is a game based on Fantasy - which reeks more of antiquity than Mac desktop to me.
And to be fair, it is about time for me to stop buying anyways. I haven't bought any base set cards in years, and I dislkike the new format enough to not bother getting the new limited stuff either. I'm sure my wife won't mind the lack of a few boxes a year which she gets no enjoyment out of.
Actually, some change is good. I really like the color change for rarity symbols that was implemented.
What I really don't like about the new format is it really takes the antiquity out of the game. The cards had an almost antique look to them, and this new techno look just reminds me of Shadowrun/netrunner/yu-gi-oh/pokemon... It looks like a cheesy Mac desktop.
If they hadn't accentuated the text so much, I think it would be much better, but the bubbles which supercede the artwork giving name/cc and type/expansion/rarity put the artwork in the background to me. Plus they eliminated much of the color "frame" which gave them the more antique feel. This is a game based on Fantasy - which reeks more of antiquity than Mac desktop to me.
And to be fair, it is about time for me to stop buying anyways. I haven't bought any base set cards in years, and I dislkike the new format enough to not bother getting the new limited stuff either. I'm sure my wife won't mind the lack of a few boxes a year which she gets no enjoyment out of.