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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5583559" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>I'm looking at this as an exercise in what we'd like to see the game become, not the company. If WotC falls (and it won't, M:tG will see to that if nothing else) someone else - even one of us, perhaps - will dive in on a smaller scale and keep it going.</p><p>Put another way, you'd prefer to see WotC survive at the expense of the local gaming stores who make their money by selling hard copy products. Why?</p><p></p><p>As for the hobby being cleansed and purified, in the process it would also be largely destroyed. I want my game materials on paper and damned if I'm going to wear out my printer printing 'em.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I've no issue with the printed product also being available online for the convenience of thems as wants it that way as long as the online content never exceeds that which is in print.</p><p>Hmmm...so to play the game this way I'd need to buy a tablet (or e-reader), a touch-screen table, and a better computer; while each of my players would have to buy a tablet (or e-reader).</p><p></p><p>This completely defeats one of the better aspects of the game as is: a relatively low cost of entry and a potential near-zero cost after that. Yes there's an initial outlay to pick up some books and a few supplies (dice, maybe some minis, etc.), but after that you can play long-term for very little ongoing cost - and that's the way it should be.</p><p></p><p>I don't mind choosing to spend money. I resent being forced to.</p><p></p><p>Lan-"the low-tech solution often trumps the high-tech problem"-efan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5583559, member: 29398"] I'm looking at this as an exercise in what we'd like to see the game become, not the company. If WotC falls (and it won't, M:tG will see to that if nothing else) someone else - even one of us, perhaps - will dive in on a smaller scale and keep it going. Put another way, you'd prefer to see WotC survive at the expense of the local gaming stores who make their money by selling hard copy products. Why? As for the hobby being cleansed and purified, in the process it would also be largely destroyed. I want my game materials on paper and damned if I'm going to wear out my printer printing 'em. Don't get me wrong, I've no issue with the printed product also being available online for the convenience of thems as wants it that way as long as the online content never exceeds that which is in print. Hmmm...so to play the game this way I'd need to buy a tablet (or e-reader), a touch-screen table, and a better computer; while each of my players would have to buy a tablet (or e-reader). This completely defeats one of the better aspects of the game as is: a relatively low cost of entry and a potential near-zero cost after that. Yes there's an initial outlay to pick up some books and a few supplies (dice, maybe some minis, etc.), but after that you can play long-term for very little ongoing cost - and that's the way it should be. I don't mind choosing to spend money. I resent being forced to. Lan-"the low-tech solution often trumps the high-tech problem"-efan [/QUOTE]
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