Killer Joe
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Hey, can Wiz Co REALLY keep MTG going for many more years? I mentioned this several years ago and I was thinking about it today; when the end DOES come, and my friends, it w-i-l-l come, how will the end of MTG happen?
Scenerio #1
Wiz Co had been on-the-rocks for several sets and all the magic web sites are nearly DEAD. Once huge tournaments are now just a side event at crappy cons. Hasbro sells the company to some wanna-be savior and foom! All printing stops. We're left with the remains of what was once a great dynasty in the gaming world and nothing new to add.
Die-hards, like me and you, will still have groups that play the game like those "boardgamegeeks" that still play out-of-print games. But in a few years even THOSE still playing MTG will fade from the game in boredom. Someone will rewrite the rules for "house play" trying to revive a dead beat ccg but alas, the line goes straight...
<fade to black>
Scenerio #2
It's been rumored for several years now that Wiz Co plans on putting MTG to bed, and when it finally DOES happen everyone's mentally prepared for the end. Wiz Co makes the end a Gala Premier Event: The 25th Anniversary Ultimate Unlimited Set. Everyones favorite cards are in it, the backs have finally been changed to a more modern and lasting look and the face of the cards are of a slightly more brilliant color. All the classic cards are now "Textless" and the lands are fantastic works of art. The set has over 3,000 cards and they have finally added the "Purple" color
with the name of the basic land called the Nether Plane. 10 pre-constructed decks are released one of each of the original double color combination; WU - UB - BR - RG - GW - WB - UR - BG - RW - and GU. Every deck has the corralating Dual Land in it with the face lift. All black bordered and the new expansion symbol; The Face of God (okay that's a little dramatic, it'll be the face of Dr. Garfield ).
A final "World Championship" takes place in all of the formats including the new virtual reality version of the game that plugs right into your nural Gov. issued implant from the "2015 anti-human act". A building will be erected in Seattle called the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame with a statue of Jon Finkle sitting across from Mike Long in a death match from the 2012 World Championships. The building will be a replica of Urza's Tower standing 1,000 ft. tall.
Magic Onmind (formerly Online) will continue to grow with input from world magic leaders elected by the F-POM (Free People's of Magic: The Gathering).
In 2050 a real life sized City of Brass is erected in the Pacific Northwest, there, only the folks that actually played the game when it was still in print are allowed to visit or even retire there. Old folks sit on patios in the gleeming warm sun playing MTG on marble tables and all is well in the world.....
<white out to the glistening sun>
I - am - SO - FREAKIN" - BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scenerio #1
Wiz Co had been on-the-rocks for several sets and all the magic web sites are nearly DEAD. Once huge tournaments are now just a side event at crappy cons. Hasbro sells the company to some wanna-be savior and foom! All printing stops. We're left with the remains of what was once a great dynasty in the gaming world and nothing new to add.
Die-hards, like me and you, will still have groups that play the game like those "boardgamegeeks" that still play out-of-print games. But in a few years even THOSE still playing MTG will fade from the game in boredom. Someone will rewrite the rules for "house play" trying to revive a dead beat ccg but alas, the line goes straight...
<fade to black>
Scenerio #2
It's been rumored for several years now that Wiz Co plans on putting MTG to bed, and when it finally DOES happen everyone's mentally prepared for the end. Wiz Co makes the end a Gala Premier Event: The 25th Anniversary Ultimate Unlimited Set. Everyones favorite cards are in it, the backs have finally been changed to a more modern and lasting look and the face of the cards are of a slightly more brilliant color. All the classic cards are now "Textless" and the lands are fantastic works of art. The set has over 3,000 cards and they have finally added the "Purple" color
with the name of the basic land called the Nether Plane. 10 pre-constructed decks are released one of each of the original double color combination; WU - UB - BR - RG - GW - WB - UR - BG - RW - and GU. Every deck has the corralating Dual Land in it with the face lift. All black bordered and the new expansion symbol; The Face of God (okay that's a little dramatic, it'll be the face of Dr. Garfield ).A final "World Championship" takes place in all of the formats including the new virtual reality version of the game that plugs right into your nural Gov. issued implant from the "2015 anti-human act". A building will be erected in Seattle called the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame with a statue of Jon Finkle sitting across from Mike Long in a death match from the 2012 World Championships. The building will be a replica of Urza's Tower standing 1,000 ft. tall.
Magic Onmind (formerly Online) will continue to grow with input from world magic leaders elected by the F-POM (Free People's of Magic: The Gathering).
In 2050 a real life sized City of Brass is erected in the Pacific Northwest, there, only the folks that actually played the game when it was still in print are allowed to visit or even retire there. Old folks sit on patios in the gleeming warm sun playing MTG on marble tables and all is well in the world.....
<white out to the glistening sun>
I - am - SO - FREAKIN" - BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
