They are trying, they are trying real hard, to make as much money as possible and trying to hurt the LGS/collector as much as possible. I have moved to pokemon collecting, I have been in MTG since 1995, all funds diverted away from the sinking ship that Master Cox Helms
@@Rayquaza894 Boxes from MTG three years ago are selling at half of retail, boxes from Pokemon from 3 years ago are doubled up if not more... now what are the problems they are facing?
@@Rayquaza894 What problems are Pokemon facing? When we buy a booster box with each set release, we always pull rares of value close to the box itself from them. The game meta is always diverse and pretty balanced and we're not inundated with cards that invalidate those that preceded them (With minor exception of Mew VMax a couple of years ago)
Pokemon have been doing pretty good stuff since my Wife, daughter and I started playing it in 2021. Good value boxes that actually have pull value, well balanced sets and not too many of them.
Well now you do not have to worry they got rid of the judges so now you can hold a event and basically PAY wizards to run a event and hope it nets you some profit.
I noticed that, the amount of times that Mono green devotion and monored burn decks just play perfectly on curve every single time, it's really weird. Never get such perfect curves on paper or in MTGO.
@@richardsmith9615 They don't want players to quit playing and want good players to think they need to buy more to win... I suspect mtg arena has similar algorithms in place as EA. FROM ea dda Patent (US20170259177A1). CREATION PROCESS 400 START 402 IDENTIFY A SET OF USERS OF A VIDEO GAME 404 FOR EACH USER , MONITOR THE USER ' S INTERACTION WITH THE VIDEO GAME OVER TIME TO OBTAIN USER INTERACTION DATA FOR THE USER . 406 FILTER OUT USERS WHOSE USER INTERACTION DATA DOES NOT SATISFY A MINIMUM SET OF INTERACTION CRITERIA 408 _ FOR EACH REMAINING USER FROM THE SET OF USERS , DETERMINE A LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE USER BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA 410 DETERMINE USER CLUSTERS BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA AND THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR EACH USER OF THE REMAINING USERS 412 - ASSOCIATE DIFFICULTY PREFERENCES WITH EACH USER CLUSTER BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE USERS IN THE CLUSTER ( END
You still dont get it do you? With Arena and Amazon in the past 5 years they aim to destroy all non WPN game stores and rack those profits for themselves. I do business with a lot of WPN stores in Europe, they do not get their pre order from distribution but from WOTC direct.
:) 40 hours of selling with no profit is a $600 loss at $15 an hour. If you just flipped burgers for the past 5 years with the same amount of hours you put into your lgs you would have earned: $250,000 or more!
@@DocHudson420 Correct but most lgs owners do not work 40 hours a week and apart from money you also get social benefits, like paid days off insurance etc which ends up more than $250k
They are more interested in getting that ESG money than actually selling cards. Why be profitable when you can just push youρ/the Message ™️ and borrow money ad eternam?
FACTS! and because the tcg community and the nerd game community in general are so fucking liberal and lack any testosterone whatsoever this gets completely overlooked slash ignored or celebrated even
Gotta love the "X is woke now" brainrot. They are acting just like any market-operated big business, and couldn't care less for politics, left or right, only profit. But somehow people are just way to blind to see if for greedyness and basic enshitification and will find an excuse to claim it's because they are either woke or conservative.
They are trying, they are trying real hard, to make as much money as possible and trying to hurt the LGS/collector as much as possible. I have moved to pokemon collecting, I have been in MTG since 1995, all funds diverted away from the sinking ship that Master Cox Helms
Pokemon having a worse problem……
@@Rayquaza894 Boxes from MTG three years ago are selling at half of retail, boxes from Pokemon from 3 years ago are doubled up if not more... now what are the problems they are facing?
@@Rayquaza894 What problems are Pokemon facing? When we buy a booster box with each set release, we always pull rares of value close to the box itself from them. The game meta is always diverse and pretty balanced and we're not inundated with cards that invalidate those that preceded them (With minor exception of Mew VMax a couple of years ago)
The audio doesn’t suck, it’s better than most on this website
Sweet another rant video for when I get home after work tonight
I’ve gone back to collecting coins again. Magic has lost me.
Love it zach! Good job getting the video
Dang you got me with the opening I subbed 😂
When you get Panda, always get it with the steamed rice instead of fried. Trust me. Too much grease otherwise.
gamestores unite! i see the other gamestore guy on the laptop :D
Gave a like just for the Jawline alone. I feel like you should be out there fighting crime.
I see me!!! 😁
Nice to see Talmage back! And what happened to your 'stache Kevin?
He’s back 🥹
All the TCG companies are handling their business like this was the early 2000s
Pokemon have been doing pretty good stuff since my Wife, daughter and I started playing it in 2021. Good value boxes that actually have pull value, well balanced sets and not too many of them.
Thoughts on the second “one ring”… Can they just not help themselves? Is it some kind of sickness with Wizards?
Well now you do not have to worry they got rid of the judges so now you can hold a event and basically PAY wizards to run a event and hope it nets you some profit.
I've absolutely moved away from MTG after 28 years. Looking into Lorcana and Pokemon to fill the gap.
So two worse tcgs atm? Bruh….
@@Rayquaza894 I'd love for you to objectively explain your stance.
Try FAB
Someone's got to video, I can definitely edit it lol
i actually like the doctor who stuff
Raw content!
mtg arena is for sure rigged. They looked at what ea did with Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment and Ultimate Team.
I noticed that, the amount of times that Mono green devotion and monored burn decks just play perfectly on curve every single time, it's really weird. Never get such perfect curves on paper or in MTGO.
@@richardsmith9615 They don't want players to quit playing and want good players to think they need to buy more to win... I suspect mtg arena has similar algorithms in place as EA. FROM ea dda Patent (US20170259177A1). CREATION PROCESS 400 START 402 IDENTIFY A SET OF USERS OF A VIDEO GAME 404 FOR EACH USER , MONITOR THE USER ' S INTERACTION WITH THE VIDEO GAME OVER TIME TO OBTAIN USER INTERACTION DATA FOR THE USER . 406 FILTER OUT USERS WHOSE USER INTERACTION DATA DOES NOT SATISFY A MINIMUM SET OF INTERACTION CRITERIA 408 _ FOR EACH REMAINING USER FROM THE SET OF USERS , DETERMINE A LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE USER BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA 410 DETERMINE USER CLUSTERS BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA AND THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR EACH USER OF THE REMAINING USERS 412 - ASSOCIATE DIFFICULTY PREFERENCES WITH EACH USER CLUSTER BASED ON THE USER INTERACTION DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE USERS IN THE CLUSTER ( END
Between Wizards MtG debacles & D&D's mistakes I've not spent any money on Hasbro product in almost a year.
You still dont get it do you? With Arena and Amazon in the past 5 years they aim to destroy all non WPN game stores and rack those profits for themselves. I do business with a lot of WPN stores in Europe, they do not get their pre order from distribution but from WOTC direct.
Secret Lairs are great. The only issue with them is they should only be available in LGSs.
I spy RNG-Gamez
hilarious frame to pause it on lol
:) 40 hours of selling with no profit is a $600 loss at $15 an hour. If you just flipped burgers for the past 5 years with the same amount of hours you put into your lgs you would have earned: $250,000 or more!
15 an hour for 5 years is not 250… it’s around 150k
@@DocHudson420 Correct but most lgs owners do not work 40 hours a week and apart from money you also get social benefits, like paid days off insurance etc which ends up more than $250k
Tell ‘em
They killed competitive standard fnm grinding for gp byes and planeswalker points, which destroyed the entry level for new players entering the game.
RNG Fam ❤
No one is gonna mention Kevin saying 'discushing' twice in a row? 😅
Isn’t magic summit the 28/29?
All LGS should stop ordering Magic products and make a stand
They are more interested in getting that ESG money than actually selling cards.
Why be profitable when you can just push youρ/the Message ™️ and borrow money ad eternam?
FACTS! and because the tcg community and the nerd game community in general are so fucking liberal and lack any testosterone whatsoever this gets completely overlooked slash ignored or celebrated even
@@jordan9503im convinced that low T leads people to become masochistic and enjoy being abused, habitually returning for more
No.. the answer to the title of the video is NO. There i saved you 15 mins and 56 seconds of your life
I feel bad for the Card shops, but I love seeing deterioration of WoTC. They went woke and now they are going broke.
Gotta love the "X is woke now" brainrot. They are acting just like any market-operated big business, and couldn't care less for politics, left or right, only profit.
But somehow people are just way to blind to see if for greedyness and basic enshitification and will find an excuse to claim it's because they are either woke or conservative.
You guys get alot of business?
bro looks like jim jordan's illegitimate child LMFAO
When does the video actually start? Too much fluff imo Turned off the video at 2-3 minutes mark lol. Good luck 👍
Shut down your store please.
Why lol?