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Has anyone posted this yet? Will Palladium follow suit? I doubt they will as long as they can.

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2015-09-16
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Wow, that's a fairly hefty call. I haven't used their forums in years, though I'm sure there's a ton of complaints.
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To me this seems like a Hazmat influenced call. Sorry, I mean Hasbro. They don't like the idea that a subsidiary might have a place where their products are discussed, criticized and people share information freely.

Where as in the RPG world, that is part of the whole experience. Oh well, their loss.
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They aren't the first (ie GW) and I am sure they won't be the last.

Facebook is providing the discussion space for a lot of companies these days anyway. Forums may be a dying breed as far as the internet goes.
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Jefffar wrote:They aren't the first (ie GW) and I am sure they won't be the last.

Facebook is providing the discussion space for a lot of companies these days anyway. Forums may be a dying breed as far as the internet goes.


Looks to be a quiet internet future for me, I don't touch the social networks.
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Jefffar wrote:They aren't the first (ie GW) and I am sure they won't be the last.

Facebook is providing the discussion space for a lot of companies these days anyway. Forums may be a dying breed as far as the internet goes.


They but GW loves to hate its player/fan base.
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FatherMorpheus wrote:They but GW loves to hate its player/fan base.


I agree with that statement.

I do like forums better than facebook. Just my personal preference.
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It sort of depends on the community of a forum and effective moderation. It is very easy for a forum to become very negative and if that happens it can be more of a liability than an asset for that companies products. Some companies either don't have the resources/time or care to moderate their own forums enough to weed out bad actors and keep things civil. This happens with video game communities as well.
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