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World of Warcraft and UDE Point System Fiasco
Richard Manley writes "A report on the card game trinket fiasco. When the UDE (Upper Deck Entertainment) point system finally went live, I would imagine most of the people that logged in felt the same fury I did. Blizzard knows the lengths that its fans will go to get trinkets (look at the price of Murloc cards on eBay), but their arrangement with Upper Deck simply takes advantage of the good will many fans have shown." From the article: "This means that in order to get these trinkets, one would have to purchase 9 BOXES of cards for the fireworks and 21 BOXES of cards for the ogre. What does this mean? Want a fireworks trinket? Sure, it is only going to cost you $900.00. Want an Ogre trinket? No problem, it is only going to cost you $2,100.00. Bear in mind that these items are purely for show off purposes and give no in-game advantage to players." Having been through the Magic: The Gathering addiction twice, I've decided staying away from this Collectible Card Game is a good idea.
Sorry, posted to the wrong thread...There goes my karma...
Of course you could've just put a link to the usage stats and left it there, saving us your pompous teenage comeback aimed somebody you have never met or will never meet. Welcome to the internet, it's full of teenagers.
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You really are being an ass about this.
I agree with his point- you can politely correct him and improve the world or you can be unpleasant.
I guess you are enjoying being unpleasant.
Your right I guess.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
You're right on both counts: i am being an ass and i am enjoying it.
& cid=16642589) for why i chose to respond the way i did the second time. The first time he was just wrong, the second time he was just being a condescending prick.
If you want to post off-topic pedantry that's fine, but when you post off-topic pedantry that's factually incorrect, you pretty much open yourself to a cheap shot or two. As far as public rebukes go, my first comment was pretty tame. At any rate what exactly was the point he was trying to make? If it's so minor as to be inconsequential, why bother picking that nit at all? If it's worth commenting, why isn't it worth doing the 30-seconds of research it would take to make sure you know what you're talking about?
Read my third comment (http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=203485
At any rate, i'd rather be a well-informed asshole than a polite idiot, even when it comes to discussing something as pointless as this, but that's just me. To each their own.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.