UPDATE 2 -- Straight from Worth <-- Click the link for updated info!
*** UPDATE ***
According to Adept_Ponza in game, Scott (Larabee, I assume) said there would be no more free drafts today and that they had the information they needed.
*** End Update ***
File this one under 'Also Expected' regarding the troubles with MTGO.
As some of you already know, Worth Wollpert came on to the official boards yesterday to discuss when the drafts would be up and running in MTGO. He said that they hoped to have them up Friday afternoon and would run a few no ticket/no product required events to test the system.
Well, nothing fires up the masses like a chance at free product, right?
There was one small hitch. The 'free' drafts required the players to have the product, and would not allow players to enter the event unless they had the product. Players who managed to enter the 'free' drafts were to be reimbursed via a coupon for replacement product, i.e. three packs and two tickets.
Needless to say, the road to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is paved with good intentions. So on top of all the rest of the hubub in game and on the various MTGO boards -- people are accusing Worth of a bait-and-switch.
I gotta admit, Worth kind of screwed the pooch with this one. But I also don't think the idea was a bad one. It just needed some more work, and a lot more clarity in communication.
Face it folks, right now they're just trying to get v3 up, running and semi-stable. Worth's going to have to make a lot of snap decisions on a thousand different things between now and the end of the month, when hopefully things will get better. If this is the worst mistake that gets made, then so be it.
With that having been said, Worth's kind of saying now that there may actually be some real no ticket/no product drafts to test the system in the near future -- so keep your eyes out for that in game and on the official boards. No promises mind you, but I'd be surprised if there isn't some sort of product giveaway to ease the rampant flames currently going on around the release of v3.
One big thing to note, I can tell you that the current management doesn't like to give away free product near as much as the previous administration. That's both a good and bad thing. Good, because it shows they have faith in their processes and a concern for the market -- both WotC's store and the secondary market. Bad, because, well -- frankly people like free stuff. Used wisely, free stuff can keep people interested in a product and show that they're more than just a source of easy income for the company.
Anyway, I'll try and update the blog with any news as it comes in regarding free drafts or anything else that will help stretch that MTGO dollar!
Later,
Don!
P.S. Feel free to chat me up in game if you see me, and don't hesitate to add ThriftyDjinn to your friends list. I really appreciate all the support you all have given me so far, and I really hope that once stuff settles down that this project/blog will be of value to the MTGO community.
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Just so that ya know: coupons aren't working with the current version of MTGO for now. This might come in handy when ya proceed to the `How To Get Started With MTGO Cheap` part of your blog. This should be pretty important as it doubles the cost of starting playing from scratch. ;)
Cheers!
Yeah, I'm sitting on that beloved $9.99 coupon myself. I still consider this blog to be in a 'beta' stage for at least the next couple of days and maybe a week or more.
Until the client stability issues are resolved, and the marketplace becomes a little more populated -- and 1,000 more little details get taken care of -- it's a great time to get some sunshine, catch a movie or do something else instead of being frustrated by the release issues with MTGO's v3.
Later,
Don!
Just to give you a heads up...
The newest annoucement says that the testdrafts ran without problems.
It's not true, a player I know lost all his packs and tickets just by trying to join those, it took the product but didnt let him in.
So.. take everything with a grain of salt.
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