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<blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9487088" data-attributes="member: 7044459">There's a meme in the Magic: The Gathering community around the idea that &quot;This Product is Not For You&quot;. I can't find the original now, but I believe it was Mark Rosewater saying it on his blog in response to someone asking about the glut of new products, and how the average consumer can't keep up with the current release cadence. The idea that I'm not going to like everything that comes out in my hobby, and I am free to selectively pick and choose which parts I engage with is fine. I don't really have a problem with that. It does stink however when the thing that's not for me, ends up becoming the thing and I have to make the choice between engaging with product I may not be super keen on.. Or not engaging in the hobby at all.... There's also the whole issue with consumerism and having to vote with our wallets. It's an easy choice when it's something you don't like, you can confidently vote no.. But what happens when it's something on the border of what you like? I like Pizza, but perhaps I'd rather have non-pineapple pizza.. I know that Pizza company is trying out this Pizza thing, and if they sell enough of their pineapple pizzas they'll expand into more, perhaps non-pineapple based ones. Should I suck it up and buy the pineapple pizza in the hopes my dollars get counted when they decide whether or not making more pizza brings in enough shareholder value?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Meech17, post: 9487088, member: 7044459"] There's a meme in the Magic: The Gathering community around the idea that "This Product is Not For You". I can't find the original now, but I believe it was Mark Rosewater saying it on his blog in response to someone asking about the glut of new products, and how the average consumer can't keep up with the current release cadence. The idea that I'm not going to like everything that comes out in my hobby, and I am free to selectively pick and choose which parts I engage with is fine. I don't really have a problem with that. It does stink however when the thing that's not for me, ends up becoming [I]the[/I] thing and I have to make the choice between engaging with product I may not be super keen on.. Or not engaging in the hobby at all.... There's also the whole issue with consumerism and having to vote with our wallets. It's an easy choice when it's something you don't like, you can confidently vote no.. But what happens when it's something on the border of what you like? I like Pizza, but perhaps I'd rather have non-pineapple pizza.. I know that Pizza company is trying out this Pizza thing, and if they sell enough of their pineapple pizzas they'll expand into more, perhaps non-pineapple based ones. Should I suck it up and buy the pineapple pizza in the hopes my dollars get counted when they decide whether or not making more pizza brings in enough shareholder value? [/QUOTE]

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