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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7496267" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>As MISTWELL wants a commentary on the specific articles posted by Jester David...</p><p></p><p>Point blank, that was NOT what I was talking about or looking for. </p><p></p><p>What I stated was</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is in reference to, at a minimum, the Quarterly or Annual reports to stockholders. What it was specifically looking for were the NUMBERS, similar to what I see in regards to various divisions of WotC, and regularly at times, specifically the dollar amounts in relation to how well MtG is doing. When I mean bump, I felt that something being spent by 15 million customers, from a monetary viewpoint, would be significant enough to start showing the actual NUMBERS and percentages (things that I was discussing).</p><p></p><p>Instead, he gave me articles that reported ON one of the annual earning calls. This annual (I think it was an annual earning call) was where D&D was mentioned to be doing well. That wasn't what I was asking for though. A direct link to the report would have been better if anything else (and I believe that is one of the reports that is actually publically available and was commented on). I'm not sure, but I believe I had acknowledge D&D had been MENTIONED in the reports, but it hadn't had the impact (100 million USD probably would though, and it might even have that amount stated directly) that MtG and thus specific monetary amounts and hard numbers were not being mentioned. </p><p></p><p>The articles discuss Goldner mentioning D&D (but still not divulging the financials I was specifically after and was saying we should see, In addition, that is a dated report and pretty old. Other mentions have been made afterwards in various meetings, but D&D still was never big enough or made a big enough strike that it was dealt with like MtG was (which, if one had been following my discussion, was what I was after, that treatment of D&D like MtG had with it's financial impacts and breakdowns).</p><p></p><p>This should be something a stockholder (shareholder) would have understood what I was looking for (as someone mentioned Mistwell was one). I attribute Jester David to simply not understanding what I was asking (which is why I clarified what I was after). However, if one was a stockholder (shareholder), not posting the to the Annuals or quarterlies is not a misunderstanding, but I think deliberately trying to ignore my request with full knowledge of what I was asking about.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>What IS interesting</strong> </u>about Jester David's comments, and that you should have noticed (but I don't think some realized my viewpoints have changed) is that his other comment about the Pareto Principle is now directly related to what I've been posting in regards to Numbers (the x5 factor, which is directly related to the 20/80 principle of the Pareto Principle).</p><p></p><p><strong>In essence, after I found the answers, I actually have posts that are 100% agreeing with that portion of his post.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>PS: As to what I was asking about, as numbers stated were comparable to the numbers MtG was putting out, I was looking to see where the money was in that regards as if it is competing close to MtG levels, it should be mentioned similarly.</p><p></p><p>To elaborate...this is where you can find the annuals</p><p></p><p><a href="https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/annual-reports" target="_blank">https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/annual-reports</a></p><p></p><p>And this is where you can find the quarterlies</p><p></p><p><a href="https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results" target="_blank">https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results</a></p><p></p><p>An example of numbers</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*from the 2017 annual report Not sure if this link will work but the link is </p><p></p><p><a href="https://investor.hasbro.com/static-files/151365c7-d90c-4f88-967f-a46f52b62e6e" target="_blank">https://investor.hasbro.com/static-files/151365c7-d90c-4f88-967f-a46f52b62e6e</a></p><p></p><p>D&D may or may not be mentioned in the next annual...who knows, but I'm not holding my breath anymore. I have no problems with the numbers stated anymore (12-15 million playerbase) but because of the purpose behind why they are being used, I won't hold my breath waiting to see it competing with MtG, though if it does, that could be pleasantly surprising.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7496267, member: 4348"] As MISTWELL wants a commentary on the specific articles posted by Jester David... Point blank, that was NOT what I was talking about or looking for. What I stated was This is in reference to, at a minimum, the Quarterly or Annual reports to stockholders. What it was specifically looking for were the NUMBERS, similar to what I see in regards to various divisions of WotC, and regularly at times, specifically the dollar amounts in relation to how well MtG is doing. When I mean bump, I felt that something being spent by 15 million customers, from a monetary viewpoint, would be significant enough to start showing the actual NUMBERS and percentages (things that I was discussing). Instead, he gave me articles that reported ON one of the annual earning calls. This annual (I think it was an annual earning call) was where D&D was mentioned to be doing well. That wasn't what I was asking for though. A direct link to the report would have been better if anything else (and I believe that is one of the reports that is actually publically available and was commented on). I'm not sure, but I believe I had acknowledge D&D had been MENTIONED in the reports, but it hadn't had the impact (100 million USD probably would though, and it might even have that amount stated directly) that MtG and thus specific monetary amounts and hard numbers were not being mentioned. The articles discuss Goldner mentioning D&D (but still not divulging the financials I was specifically after and was saying we should see, In addition, that is a dated report and pretty old. Other mentions have been made afterwards in various meetings, but D&D still was never big enough or made a big enough strike that it was dealt with like MtG was (which, if one had been following my discussion, was what I was after, that treatment of D&D like MtG had with it's financial impacts and breakdowns). This should be something a stockholder (shareholder) would have understood what I was looking for (as someone mentioned Mistwell was one). I attribute Jester David to simply not understanding what I was asking (which is why I clarified what I was after). However, if one was a stockholder (shareholder), not posting the to the Annuals or quarterlies is not a misunderstanding, but I think deliberately trying to ignore my request with full knowledge of what I was asking about. [U][B]What IS interesting[/B] [/U]about Jester David's comments, and that you should have noticed (but I don't think some realized my viewpoints have changed) is that his other comment about the Pareto Principle is now directly related to what I've been posting in regards to Numbers (the x5 factor, which is directly related to the 20/80 principle of the Pareto Principle). [B]In essence, after I found the answers, I actually have posts that are 100% agreeing with that portion of his post.[/B] PS: As to what I was asking about, as numbers stated were comparable to the numbers MtG was putting out, I was looking to see where the money was in that regards as if it is competing close to MtG levels, it should be mentioned similarly. To elaborate...this is where you can find the annuals [url]https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/annual-reports[/url] And this is where you can find the quarterlies [url]https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results[/url] An example of numbers *from the 2017 annual report Not sure if this link will work but the link is [url]https://investor.hasbro.com/static-files/151365c7-d90c-4f88-967f-a46f52b62e6e[/url] D&D may or may not be mentioned in the next annual...who knows, but I'm not holding my breath anymore. I have no problems with the numbers stated anymore (12-15 million playerbase) but because of the purpose behind why they are being used, I won't hold my breath waiting to see it competing with MtG, though if it does, that could be pleasantly surprising. [/QUOTE]
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