Comments on: New Magic Online Prototype

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:18:54 +0000

Great article. I look forward to reading more in the future.

By: bRIAN

bRIAN — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:16:03 +0000

The only way I’ll ever go back to MTGO is if they offer Boxes of Boosters at competitive cardboard prices (preferably low in price, since it IS virtual).

If Wizards wants Magic Online to be EXTREMELY successful, they
’ll offer booster boxes of every set they have available online. It’s really a shame that it’s not available now, what were they thinking??

Until then, I’ll play MWS where I can play with the cards I want.

By: davidme

davidme — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:27:57 +0000

I thought Magic as software was amazing well done in the old version. The newest version made me quit playing for the first time since MODO has come out. I miss it and hope the next version is good enough to play.

By: Thomas David Baker

Thomas David Baker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:34:03 +0000

Oh such hope! Such hope!

Yes, there are warning signs (project with estimated earliest possible release date of 14 months time, Silverlight as the technology, Nokia phones have been as bad as all the others for 5 years or more now).

But but but … a UI expert! Some acknowledgment that they know how bad the program currently is! Some actual design with usability in mind! Hope springs eternal!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:34:50 +0000

A Mac Version! Great news, been waiting for this for some time now!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:11:08 +0000

It looks great! The UI and bugginess of the client is really the main thing holding back magic online for me.

By: Trick

Trick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:34:26 +0000

I can totally understand your fear, but let me try to mitigate it some. There have been a number of staff changes behind the scenes which were part of the previous problems.

But they have brought in a number of new staffers who care deeply about Magic and are eager to see it succeed both on paper and online.

This prototype demo was quite reassuring as it showed that they were indeed taking it slow and determined to get it right rather than get it out the door.

By: Zadok001

Zadok001 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:08:36 +0000

Oh Noes! Not again!

Wizards of the Coast + Software Overhaul = Unmitigated disaster.

Remember the last big shift for MTGO? When they first started talking about it, it was going to be the Next Biggest Thing. It was going to be fully 3D (LOLWUT?), run faster, be more stable, and feed your cat. It was, instead, a complete boondoggle. What the hell makes us think this will be better, or more likely to appear as advertised?

This is going to be a trainwreck. Everything Wizards does that involves software of any kind is a trainwreck.