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BigBlue
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First off, it will probably not flop as much as people think it will due to it's price. There are a good number of people who will pay.
But for those who don't pay, what will the effect be from those who leave the cardboard community? Wizards was afraid they would change their sales dramatically, so they priced it the same as real boosters. What they fail to think about is that it will still affect the magic community. It already has affected the Internet community.
Another big detriment to the fan sites is the MagictheGathering.com site. a Fan site cannot compete with paid writers who know the game from the inside and have what appears to be limitless resources when it comes to staff at Wizards. I'm not saying that fan sites must or will definately go away, but if the secondary market on cards drops, the places paying to keep fan sites going will drop. Fan Sites will see a drop in visits. If we want to keep the CPA going, it will be a tough but worthy venture. Generate traffic, and you'll generate revenue possibilities and interest in the site.
I would look to what has been successful in the past, sites like the Dojo. Another example I would take comes from another of my virtual hangouts. It is a sports site whose front page is updated by a few admins and is links to other sites and their articles. It has a small section devoted to in-house articles as well, and the boards are busy with discussion on things related to the team. We could include a rating system on the links from readers to provide feedback for those articles and also a "discuss this article" link to a thread. While the meat of the articles comes from somewhere else, you'd see discussion remain here. How it works is that any board member can submit a link, and multiple admins approve those links throughout the day.
Just a thought, or two.
But for those who don't pay, what will the effect be from those who leave the cardboard community? Wizards was afraid they would change their sales dramatically, so they priced it the same as real boosters. What they fail to think about is that it will still affect the magic community. It already has affected the Internet community.
Another big detriment to the fan sites is the MagictheGathering.com site. a Fan site cannot compete with paid writers who know the game from the inside and have what appears to be limitless resources when it comes to staff at Wizards. I'm not saying that fan sites must or will definately go away, but if the secondary market on cards drops, the places paying to keep fan sites going will drop. Fan Sites will see a drop in visits. If we want to keep the CPA going, it will be a tough but worthy venture. Generate traffic, and you'll generate revenue possibilities and interest in the site.
I would look to what has been successful in the past, sites like the Dojo. Another example I would take comes from another of my virtual hangouts. It is a sports site whose front page is updated by a few admins and is links to other sites and their articles. It has a small section devoted to in-house articles as well, and the boards are busy with discussion on things related to the team. We could include a rating system on the links from readers to provide feedback for those articles and also a "discuss this article" link to a thread. While the meat of the articles comes from somewhere else, you'd see discussion remain here. How it works is that any board member can submit a link, and multiple admins approve those links throughout the day.
Just a thought, or two.