you know card games are a shaky business, its so easy to fail making a new card game. you can have a lack of organized play, bad marketing, hell you can have a bad game period. even just trying to create a player base when other games dominate the market is difficult. that being said, probably my second favorite card game out there is being put on hiatus.
the World of Warcraft TCG, which you may have read me praising for its wealth of gameplay types, great player inscentives, price, and all around good game design is being put on hold for quite literally the dumbest reason ever.
bad press.
seriously out of everything that couldve pulled the game it had to be that?!
now i dont claim to know the whole story but let me explain. I first saw this post on WoW.com (not to be confused with the official site worldofwarcraft.com)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/17/upper-deck-comments-on-loss-of-wow-tcg-license/
my first reaction whats "AWHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT?"
thats right complete with sideways head turning.
why the hell would Upper Deck do anything like counterfeiting? apparently, at one point they held a liscence for Yu-Gi-Oh, to what extent i don't know but in some capicity. after this liscence was lost, they continued printing cards allegedly and Konami sued them.
well after following the chain of articles the picture began to clear up a bit
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/blizzard-wow-tcg-will-come-back-better-than-ever?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_wowinsider
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/upper-deck-and-wow-tcg-parting-ways?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_wowinsider
and the even older post (over 92 days old -- thats 3 months!)
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/15/rumors-of-wow-tcgs-demise-greatly-exaggerated?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_wowinsider
after all of this its hard to see how this wasn't comming, but all in all it basically points to several factors, and despite which are true and which aren't, it seems like the WoW TCG was destined to get away from UDE no matter what.
curious about all this i went to the Upper Deck site for the WoW TCG, no mention there of losing the liscence (big surprise), but on the Upper deck main page i did find these:
http://www.upperdeck-international.com/tabid/56/language/en-US/Default.aspx?AnnouncementID=20
http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/ude/en/articles.aspx?aid=7453
I didnt bother checking Konami's site, this confirmed for me all i needed to know. UDE was sued for violating liscencing agreements. is it so hard to believe they might lose contracts because of the negative publicity?
not really.
is it hard to believe they would play the bad ecnomy card to try and save face in light of negative allegations to their comany?
not really.
its also no secret that Blizzard and UDE worked very closely on the WoW TCG, to what extent was the work done who knows, but if it is true that Blizzard has had a majority in the planning and development, maybe they say this as an easy way to bring things in house or to another company of their choice.
at this point anything is possible, but to anyone out there who loved this TCG as much as me, make sure you use any UDE points you have left over, and any unredeemed loot cards. cause theres no telling what will happen to them after march.
im not sure what to make of the crafting redemption issue, i myself was planning on redeeming some just recently, but i guess i have nothing to really lose by sending them in. hopefully theyll be able to honor everything they recieve before a certain date.
there will also probably be a snatch and grab for cards before march, but i think that waiting for sales from either UDE, just before they lose thier liscence or from the distributors they sell what they can of thier stock to before hand. i do expect some good deals for packs and boxes online.
but most of all im keeping my fingers crossed that the game does come back, or that the format of the game doesnt change. Id hate for all my old cards to be useless if they bring the game to a new company and they change it up.
heres to hoping.
Showing posts with label WoW TCG. Show all posts
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Army of the Dead
This here is my new Death Knight deck in the World of Warcraft TCG. they came out with a mini set of something like 40 cards to introduce the Death Knight class including 2 heros, 1 horde and 1 alliance.
despite that they didnt feature anything death knight related until 2 set releases later, in Scourgewar, so i had to really put my Death Knight deck on the back burner for lack of a clear focus.
now that Scourgewar is out theres alot more abilities and a few more heros to choose from so i think i can confidently put my first Unholy foot forward! lol.
Hero: Saeryn Dusksorrow
Abilities (18):
Equipment (7):
Allies (19):
Quests (16):
So first what we have is basically Ghoul beatdown. you put some ghouls out, you attack, you untap em, attack again. so on and so forth. "how do you bring ghouls out?" you may ask. well the answer is simple. kill allies!
unfortunatly most of the time its your own allies you need to kill. so if thats the case, why not play allies that are happy for the grave anyway?
Thats why most of the allies in my deck have going into the graveyard effects. like Vanessa Fairgraves. for 3 you get a 3 Attack 3 Health ally that says "When vanessa is destroyed, put a ghoul ally token into play with 3 [melee] atk / 3 health." that and guys like Boneshanks and "Fungus Face" McGillicutty make destroying your own allies not so bad.
so once theyre dead you put out a Drandus the Deathcaller or two and attack away with your ghouls for great justice! (or lack thereof!)
and if anyone catches a beat on ya, just hit him with the Army of the Dead! Bwuahahahahahahahahahaha!
despite that they didnt feature anything death knight related until 2 set releases later, in Scourgewar, so i had to really put my Death Knight deck on the back burner for lack of a clear focus.
now that Scourgewar is out theres alot more abilities and a few more heros to choose from so i think i can confidently put my first Unholy foot forward! lol.
Hero: Saeryn Dusksorrow
Abilities (18):
- 4x Deathcoil
- 2x Army of the Dead
- 2x Raise Dead
- 3x Icy Touch
- 3x Death Pact
- 2x Mind Freeze
- 2x Arcane Torrent
Equipment (7):
- 4x Runed Soulblade
- 3x Scourgeborne Battlegear
Allies (19):
- 2x Deathcharger
- 4x Drandus the Deathcaller
- 4x Vanessa Fairgraves
- 2x "Fungus Face" McGillicutty
- 2x "Acid Hands" McGillicutty
- 3x Boneshanks
- 1x Ethereal Plunderer
- 1x Conqueror Kagon Blackskull
Quests (16):
- 3x Betrayal
- 3x Chasing A-Me 01
- 2x Finkle Einhorn, At Your Service!
- 3x Hazardous Materials
- 3x Brothers in Death
- 2x Solanian's Belongings
So first what we have is basically Ghoul beatdown. you put some ghouls out, you attack, you untap em, attack again. so on and so forth. "how do you bring ghouls out?" you may ask. well the answer is simple. kill allies!
unfortunatly most of the time its your own allies you need to kill. so if thats the case, why not play allies that are happy for the grave anyway?
Thats why most of the allies in my deck have going into the graveyard effects. like Vanessa Fairgraves. for 3 you get a 3 Attack 3 Health ally that says "When vanessa is destroyed, put a ghoul ally token into play with 3 [melee] atk / 3 health." that and guys like Boneshanks and "Fungus Face" McGillicutty make destroying your own allies not so bad.
so once theyre dead you put out a Drandus the Deathcaller or two and attack away with your ghouls for great justice! (or lack thereof!)
and if anyone catches a beat on ya, just hit him with the Army of the Dead! Bwuahahahahahahahahahaha!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Here Wii Go!
Well, My birthday was pretty awesome.
you know, if any of you cared :p
first we went for sushi at my favorite sushi restaurant, Sakura Sushi (on Lee Trevino past Pebble Hills GO THERE!) with my dear wife and friends and then back to my place for cards, video games and desert!
My lovely wife got me New Super Mario Bros Wii which if you dont yet know is the 4 player old-school-style Mario game for Wii.
since its 4 players theres basically 2 modes, cooperative, where youre *supposed* to help each other and complete levels, and coin battle where you try to see which one of you can get the most coins from the group.
now i say "supposed to" because frankly its pretty damn hard not to knock your friends off ledges and into lava, off a platform floating above a cliff, or straight into the path of a hammer bro. and dont even get me started on the green and red shells!
now, although its hard as hell to not kill each other in coop mode, dont let that dissuade you. good times were had by all, no matter how many times you heard someone shout "damn you! that was my fire flower!". in fact i think people were so wrapped up in playing NSMBW that people forgot i even had Super Smash Bros Brawl.
after all that i watched funny people (actually a very good movie) and then played some WoW TCG against Mike and then went to sleep.
and that was the day BEFORE my birthday. lol
actually we celebrated sat so we didnt do much on my actual birthday, just applebees and playing Fallout 3. Rock!
you know, if any of you cared :p
first we went for sushi at my favorite sushi restaurant, Sakura Sushi (on Lee Trevino past Pebble Hills GO THERE!) with my dear wife and friends and then back to my place for cards, video games and desert!
My lovely wife got me New Super Mario Bros Wii which if you dont yet know is the 4 player old-school-style Mario game for Wii.
since its 4 players theres basically 2 modes, cooperative, where youre *supposed* to help each other and complete levels, and coin battle where you try to see which one of you can get the most coins from the group.
now i say "supposed to" because frankly its pretty damn hard not to knock your friends off ledges and into lava, off a platform floating above a cliff, or straight into the path of a hammer bro. and dont even get me started on the green and red shells!
now, although its hard as hell to not kill each other in coop mode, dont let that dissuade you. good times were had by all, no matter how many times you heard someone shout "damn you! that was my fire flower!". in fact i think people were so wrapped up in playing NSMBW that people forgot i even had Super Smash Bros Brawl.
after all that i watched funny people (actually a very good movie) and then played some WoW TCG against Mike and then went to sleep.
and that was the day BEFORE my birthday. lol
actually we celebrated sat so we didnt do much on my actual birthday, just applebees and playing Fallout 3. Rock!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
World of Warcraft TCG - Ueki Dreamstar
This deck is for the World of Warcraft TCG, a favorite of mine and one i'll get more into in a future post
The deck is named after my main character in the MMO version, Ueki Dreamstar
Hero - Moonshadow (Druid/Resto)
Abilities - 24
- 2x Bash
- 2x Aquatic Form
- 2x Claw
- 2x Flight Form
- 4x Swiftshift
- 3x Utopia
- 4x Moonfire
- 2x Tangling Roots
- 3x Healing Touch
- 3x Twig of the World Tree
- 1x Stormrage Cover
- 2x Bloodsea Brigand's Vest
- 1x Predatory Gloves
- 1x Nyn'jah's Tabi Boots
- 3x Rune of Metamorphosis
- 2x Leeroy Jenkins
- 2x Envoy Samantha Dillon
- 4x Savina Greysky
- 4x Galway Steamwhistle
- 2x The Abominable Greench
- 1x Relics of the Wakening
- 1x Crown of the Earth
- 3x The Ring of Blood : The Blue Brothers
- 1x The Lexicon Demonica
- 4x Sunken Treasure
- 3x The Darkmoon Faire
Utopia helps you supress your enemy, and build you some resources at the same time. if you feel like your gonna have to use it hold on to your Galway Steamwhistles, and save a Sunken Treasure or two to pull your Twigs back into your hand (after sacking them as a face down resource to a Twig)
the feral cards are a bit random i know, but i wanted to:
a) build a deck that plays like i play my character online
b) show off the versatility of druids, even in the card game.
this is honestly the deck im most fond of so far in the WoW TCG, no doubt considering its based off of me!
Friday, February 27, 2009
More things i wont be getting...
Well lookie here. isnt this just fancy?
its an extended art promo card based on the character Rehgar from the WildStorm World of Warcraft comics illustrated by Jim Lee, one of todays top 5 best comic book illustrators (still always second to the late, great Michael Turner though)
it and several other very cool promos from the upcomming WoW TCG expansion Blood of Gladiators will never see my hands
why? because El Paso isnt the best city for hobby gaming, thats why
it used to be that a big city meant more gamers but apparently mexicans arent big on card games
in fact most of my ita's business (at Sunrise Games and Comics) comes from soldiers at Fort Bliss
what hobby gamers i do see either play Magic or some kind of tabletop miniatures game like Warhammer or Heroclix
i hold out hope that one day we can actually have events for other games too, the WoW TCG is actually very cool in tournament format and Decipher's new tcg, Fight Klub is coming out soon so i really hope to see some organized play for that
heres to hoping eh?
well just to round off the day heres some more of those ultra pretty cards i wont be getting XD
Sunday, December 7, 2008
slashdance!
another loot card!
its seriously ironic how i keep finding these things.
i ended up giving this one to my buddy Aeroduran since he still plays WoW.
i cant wait for him to show me what it does lol.
apparently it throws party favors that makes everyone in a radius dance for a minute
ill bet he uses it on Sarera too lol
enjoy it boss!
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