Greetings, I'm a frequent poster of WotC Abominations entitled Gleemax. I'm pretty confident that there has been at least a few suggestions of finding a Magic community over here, but I'd like to still make an offer.
Right now, I shouldn't have to explain over and over how bad WotC boards are messed up. We all know it, Gamer_Zer0 is a bitch, etc.
Competitive Magic players on the WotC forums are having problems finding a good community. The examples have led us to believe that non-WotC forums provide a better atmosphere when it comes to MTG Discussion. The Mana Drain, a forum run by Vintage format Team of Magic, is currently the best forums on the internet concerning Vintage.
Standard format, albeit more popular and more accessible, doesn't still have such a forum. StarCityGames forums provide some insight, but still it's not a lot, because most of the frequents there are just discussing premium articles and working on netdecks with known debates. MTG Salvation is a fuzzy atmosphere, but isn't exactly competitive.
A few friends of mine and I want to get a ball rolling. We're a solid 10-15 people that make that core of the T2 and if we find ourselves a new home, we'll move. Most of us are the "good boys" of the forums, that we know how to handle bureaucratic dealings (Thank you, WotC and CS!), we obey CoC, and we can spell just fine. We have a base of very influental posters on the WotC and thus will potentially lead their way over here.
As explained by a High Ranking WizO herself, WotC forums care for numbers and ordinariness. Even during WizO era forums were meant to appeal to mainstream and not just strictly competitive players. This is a fraustration on our end. We're either forced to make a website of our own, which is hard because I have no idea how to handle one; free forums are awful, and well... See where I'm leading at?
I know MM from the DnD board back when he was working at WotC and know hard he worked for it. He is the sole reason I've picked here - I've seen a good atmosphere here, friendly, and a forum that just doesn't suck. I've been a moderator at other forums and a GameMaster at WotC so I know about forum management and moderation, I can work with established moderators of this place for further bolding the outlines of the forum we're aiming at and discuss its fine point.
Why should ENWorld care about Magic? Well, I don't know.
I'm sure there's a bunch of Magic players that just won't mind having a good Magic discussion over here (For example, three forums dedicated to Magic: General, T2, Others & Casual?) that doesn't suck half as bad as WotC Magic General or T2.
If you've made it this far, I'd like to hear what regular posters and overlords of these forums have to say. Thank you for your time.
Right now, I shouldn't have to explain over and over how bad WotC boards are messed up. We all know it, Gamer_Zer0 is a bitch, etc.
Competitive Magic players on the WotC forums are having problems finding a good community. The examples have led us to believe that non-WotC forums provide a better atmosphere when it comes to MTG Discussion. The Mana Drain, a forum run by Vintage format Team of Magic, is currently the best forums on the internet concerning Vintage.
Standard format, albeit more popular and more accessible, doesn't still have such a forum. StarCityGames forums provide some insight, but still it's not a lot, because most of the frequents there are just discussing premium articles and working on netdecks with known debates. MTG Salvation is a fuzzy atmosphere, but isn't exactly competitive.
A few friends of mine and I want to get a ball rolling. We're a solid 10-15 people that make that core of the T2 and if we find ourselves a new home, we'll move. Most of us are the "good boys" of the forums, that we know how to handle bureaucratic dealings (Thank you, WotC and CS!), we obey CoC, and we can spell just fine. We have a base of very influental posters on the WotC and thus will potentially lead their way over here.
As explained by a High Ranking WizO herself, WotC forums care for numbers and ordinariness. Even during WizO era forums were meant to appeal to mainstream and not just strictly competitive players. This is a fraustration on our end. We're either forced to make a website of our own, which is hard because I have no idea how to handle one; free forums are awful, and well... See where I'm leading at?
I know MM from the DnD board back when he was working at WotC and know hard he worked for it. He is the sole reason I've picked here - I've seen a good atmosphere here, friendly, and a forum that just doesn't suck. I've been a moderator at other forums and a GameMaster at WotC so I know about forum management and moderation, I can work with established moderators of this place for further bolding the outlines of the forum we're aiming at and discuss its fine point.
Why should ENWorld care about Magic? Well, I don't know.
I'm sure there's a bunch of Magic players that just won't mind having a good Magic discussion over here (For example, three forums dedicated to Magic: General, T2, Others & Casual?) that doesn't suck half as bad as WotC Magic General or T2. If you've made it this far, I'd like to hear what regular posters and overlords of these forums have to say. Thank you for your time.
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