WTF!!

[XavierDarkstar]

the BS has reached new levels i mean it was always blatantly obvious that the game CHEATED for people who paid real money for stuff but now they are screwing over people who pay for stuff also, if i had known that i would not have bothered spending anything on this BS GARBAGE. i mean seriously, you PAY to play in events and its all, oh you paid me well sorry here take an IMMEDIATE DQ from the event with absolutely no chance to earn ANYTHING, oh and im going to do this to you 12 times IN A ROW. i want mu ♥♥♥♥♥ money back.

[joesephjOSEPH]

sounds like you regret spending money on the game. thats your fault. its free to play

[Berserkr]

Automatic DQ? Did you use a foreign object like a steel chair or something?

[XavierDarkstar]

Originally posted by Berserkr:

Automatic DQ? Did you use a foreign object like a steel chair or something?

i mean 3 losses back to back with no chance to win

[LordoftheRobe]

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

the BS has reached new levels i mean it was always blatantly obvious that the game CHEATED for people who paid real money for stuff but now they are screwing over people who pay for stuff also, if i had known that i would not have bothered spending anything on this BS GARBAGE. i mean seriously, you PAY to play in events and its all, oh you paid me well sorry here take an IMMEDIATE DQ from the event with absolutely no chance to earn ANYTHING, oh and im going to do this to you 12 times IN A ROW. i want mu ♥♥♥♥♥ money back.

wotc lost 1000+ employees and suffered huge loses entering this year.

they are now doing the typical business response of squeezing money out of the remaining players.

ffs i ran a 13 mana pirate deck in quick draft and drew every land after 3 straight wins.

the game is a literal scam at this point so stop spending money and report it to the ftc

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/assistant

[mwesthoff]

Sounds like a skill issue, have you finished the tutorial yet?

Never hurts to know how to play... give it a shot!

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

Originally posted by Berserkr:

Automatic DQ? Did you use a foreign object like a steel chair or something?

i mean 3 losses back to back with no chance to win

Very frustrating, but it does happen. Sorry it turned out that way.

[XavierDarkstar]

Originally posted by mwesthoff:

Sounds like a skill issue, have you finished the tutorial yet?

Never hurts to know how to play... give it a shot!

been playin mtg since beta baby dip$hit

[CourtJesterCowboy]

Buy the Master pass and the occasional sweet deal they have on Arena? Sure, but beyond that, your money should go to playing paper. You will be so much more satisfied, knowing you did not get screwed on bad shuffles and you will walk away with physical cards that have value. Plus getting out more is healthy. Arena is not a healthy way of playing Magic. Im just being honest here.

[Miltonr87]

I can't understand why 90% of the posts about this game are kids crying because they can't win. Sincerely! I've been playing for a long time, I've never spent any money, I have fun playing Brawl and I can make practically any deck I want with little effort (because over time and buying boosters with gold from the game itself, I have a gigantic card library and a large reserve to buy mythical, rare and common specific cards). The rest is crying people...

[XavierDarkstar]

Originally posted by Miltonr87:

I can't understand why 90% of the posts about this game are kids crying because they can't win. Sincerely! I've been playing for a long time, I've never spent any money, I have fun playing Brawl and I can make practically any deck I want with little effort (because over time and buying boosters with gold from the game itself, I have a gigantic card library and a large reserve to buy mythical, rare and common specific cards). The rest is crying people...

Arena simps be simpin hard

[mwesthoff]

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

Originally posted by mwesthoff:

Sounds like a skill issue, have you finished the tutorial yet?

Never hurts to know how to play... give it a shot!

been playin mtg since beta baby dip$hit

Sounds frustrating. Hang in there! Some people just learn slower than others.

[XavierDarkstar]

Originally posted by mwesthoff:

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

been playin mtg since beta baby dip$hit

Sounds frustrating. Hang in there! Some people just learn slower than others.

obviously you are one of them dumb$hit, im not talking about arena beta stupid

[Ezra]

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

the BS has reached new levels i mean it was always blatantly obvious that the game CHEATED for people who paid real money for stuff but now they are screwing over people who pay for stuff also, if i had known that i would not have bothered spending anything on this BS GARBAGE. i mean seriously, you PAY to play in events and its all, oh you paid me well sorry here take an IMMEDIATE DQ from the event with absolutely no chance to earn ANYTHING, oh and im going to do this to you 12 times IN A ROW. i want mu ♥♥♥♥♥ money back.

It's important to keep in mind that MTG:Arena is not MTG: Online or Magic : The Gathering.
Instead Magic : Arena is an online gambling simulator. Where they actively find ways to make opening packs worse. So you have to open and purchase more. It's worse then any other MTG variant as well as more then twice as monetized. Pay for event entry, Pay for Product, Pay for Pets, Pay for Emotes, Pay for Battle-Pass, Pay for drafts, Pay for Avatars, Pay for Art-Styles and borders, Pay for Sleeves. It's like they needed to make 50% more money off all existing mediums, And they were like what better way then to over monetize our Magic products and start making them about why you should buy this or that product,
Rather then why you should play the game in the first place.

It's pretty bad that the best thing from WotC was them licensing usage rights for D&D IP so Larian Studios could make Baldurs Gate 3.

[Kurt Angle's Neck]

Originally posted by Fu11M3t41J4ck3t:

Magic : Arena is an online gambling simulator. Where they actively find ways to make opening packs worse. So you have to open and purchase more.

Provide evidence of your claim.

Originally posted by Fu11M3t41J4ck3t:

It's worse then any other MTG variant as well as more then twice as monetized. Pay for event entry, Pay for Product, Pay for Pets, Pay for Emotes, Pay for Battle-Pass, Pay for drafts, Pay for Avatars, Pay for Art-Styles and borders, Pay for Sleeves. It's like they needed to make 50% more money off all existing mediums, And they were like what better way then to over monetize our Magic products and start making them about why you should buy this or that product,
Rather then why you should play the game in the first place.

It's a free-to-play game, the employees have to make money somehow. Everything in the game that can be bought with real money can be obtained for free (spending IRL money will just get you things quicker). How else do you expect a free game to make money?

[DontMisunderstand]

Originally posted by Fu11M3t41J4ck3t:

Originally posted by XavierDarkstar:

the BS has reached new levels i mean it was always blatantly obvious that the game CHEATED for people who paid real money for stuff but now they are screwing over people who pay for stuff also, if i had known that i would not have bothered spending anything on this BS GARBAGE. i mean seriously, you PAY to play in events and its all, oh you paid me well sorry here take an IMMEDIATE DQ from the event with absolutely no chance to earn ANYTHING, oh and im going to do this to you 12 times IN A ROW. i want mu ♥♥♥♥♥ money back.

It's important to keep in mind that MTG:Arena is not MTG: Online or Magic : The Gathering.
Instead Magic : Arena is an online gambling simulator. Where they actively find ways to make opening packs worse. So you have to open and purchase more. It's worse then any other MTG variant as well as more then twice as monetized. Pay for event entry, Pay for Product, Pay for Pets, Pay for Emotes, Pay for Battle-Pass, Pay for drafts, Pay for Avatars, Pay for Art-Styles and borders, Pay for Sleeves. It's like they needed to make 50% more money off all existing mediums, And they were like what better way then to over monetize our Magic products and start making them about why you should buy this or that product,
Rather then why you should play the game in the first place.

It's pretty bad that the best thing from WotC was them licensing usage rights for D&D IP so Larian Studios could make Baldurs Gate 3.

So, not to belabor the point here, but... "more than twice as monetized" is a ridiculous claim when a booster pack of real cards is $3, while a booster pack in Arena is $0. And it only gets more ridiculous with the other examples you have, because the analogues there are like... you pay for clothes, pay for pets, pay subscription fees, pay for admission to various events. It's genuinely absurd to even pretend that it's possible to view MTGA as somehow more heavily monetized than the trading card game it's based upon.