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  1. ersatzphil

    D&D 5E (2014) The Printers Can't Handle WotC's One D&D Print Runs!

    Whyso? I hadn't really thought about it before, but why not do a UA on monster design?
  2. ersatzphil

    D&D 5E (2014) Planescape, Bigby, Phandelver and the Deck of Many Things: Covers & Details Revealed!

    Honestly, I suspect this is the DM screen for the slipcase set - which means more DiTerlizzi art for the set.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Planescape, Bigby, Phandelver and the Deck of Many Things: Covers & Details Revealed!

    Oooo, confirmation that the alt art for Planescape has been done by DiTerlizzi.
  4. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    I've never played the game, and I did a spit take when I read that the Pinkertons were involved. We all saw how many lawyers hang out on ENworld during the OGL debacle, the sites audience seems to skew fairly educated; I'd think it fair to guess that quite a number of people around here are...
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    In @Clint_L 's defense, what he describes is true in Canadian law: https://www.consumerhandbook.ca/en/topics/consumer-protection/mail-order/#:~:text=You%20are%20under%20no%20obligation,it%20at%20the%20sender's%20expense. But, as you say, the person in question is in America.
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Wait, isn't Wil Wheaton's reddit account u/wil ? I don't see him posting about this anywhere?
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Phil 1 Ersatzphil Morrus Geek Talk & Media 25 April, 2023 What Mike Mearls Can Teach Us About HR Departments I think I half agree with you - maybe it would have been best to send both a PR person and security people...
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Phil 1 Ersatzphil Morrus Geek Talk & Media 25 April, 2023 Whizbang Dustyboots: A Rebuttal Don't think I won't...
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Yep, that’s where I got it from - sorry about that @darjr , I should have cited my sources.
  10. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Honestly in retrospect I have the hunch that the whole debacle rose out of Disney and Ravensburger releasing Lorcana, their CCG offering, and executives having a panic attack over how it might impact the M:tG market. "Lock everything down now! Yes, the entire company!"
  11. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    I’m still in mild shock over seeing that ‘we all won’ comment in their initial response to the OGL issue. Just shockingly poorly done. As someone said upthread, they’re doing an amazing job of stepping on every land mine they can.
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    Official statement from WotC on the matter: As part of an investigation into the unauthorized distribution and disclosure of embargoed product, we repeatedly attempted to contact an individual who had received unreleased cards. After that outreach was unsuccessful, an investigator visited him...
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    You know? Having reflected a bit, I suspect we’re both right. I do agree that over the last several years, GW rumors have shifted from being rampant speculation to a pretty darn accurate timeline of the release schedule, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that they don’t appear to be able...
  14. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    I mean, entirely possible. At the same time, when I type 'games workshop' into Google, it offers to autocomplete to 'games workshop warehouse issues'. Plenty of global supply chains are still borked, hobby stuff included.
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    I imagine the Rosewaters and Crawfords of the world are picking their jaws up off the floor at the same speed the rest of us are.
  16. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    “Tell me you’re Irish without telling me you’re Irish” for a thousand, Alex! ;)
  17. ersatzphil

    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    The only reason I can think of is "we know the new set is going to be a disappointment, and we don't want people to cancel their preorders", but that seems... really unlikely to me? I haven't played magic since the 90s and have no clue what the current state of the game is, but still.
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    WotC may have sent the Pinkertons to a magic leakers home. Update: WotC confirms it and has a response.

    There seems to be a lot of ambiguity as to how he got ahold of the cards, with some people calling it theft - my opinion would turn a 180 if that's the case - but given that apparently the current MTG set is 'March of the Machine' and the upcoming one is 'March of the Machine: Aftermath', it...
  19. ersatzphil

    Pray for Me, Sinners 😂😬

    Dude, please do feel better soon. Hoping for a swift and complete recovery!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Obelisks? [spoilers YES]

    UD or John Cabot?
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