Don't mean to offend guys, I think the game is great, and the players too.
I'm just putting out my own personal feelings about it all as a competitive player. For me, it's just that the tournaments really fall short.
@ Colin
>it's a more casual scene compared to magic but not so much "laid back" as u implied on it.
Of course not, I'm sorry I made it seem to imply that.
I honestly sincerely believe competitive WoW players are no less as competitive as the most competitive Magic players.
As one myself, I sincerely respect the passion you guys have for the game, including the Burger King playtesting sessions, which is far more effort than some Magic players put in.
I love TCGs, people who have seen my trade folder can see proof. I have played and collected, in addition to WoW and Magic, Star Wars (both decipher and wizards) Yugioh, Duelmasters, Initial D, Harry Potter, LotR, amongst others. So please, don't think that I'm anti-WoW by any means.
My
only point of contention is the organized play and tournament support that WoW has to offer - beyond that I'm happily content with both games.
>Realms qualifier- happened January-April consistently
>RC- Happens twice every yr. Singapore based championships
>Continentals- Occuring again, as said by Edwin end of the yr
>DMF- Currently in SG ,randomly occuring in each country
is pretty much what a WoW player in Malaysia gets annually. I'm just trying to point out the difference in what the game can offer compared to Magic.
In fact, take out the Singaporean events, the only thing local players get are RC Qualifiers. (Since we're both not taking release events into account, where both games have plenty.)
Compare it to the list of events Magic had.
In addition to the list I gave earlier, there are 71 events scheduled to happen from now until June in Malaysia. There was months where every weekend had a tournament bigger than RC Qualifiers. There were and going to be flight tickets to Hawaii, Berlin, Texas, and 3k USD to help you get to Rome for the World Champs this year. In WoW, you're on your own to get to the events of the highest levels.
And why bring up the prizes the games can offer? The reason I didn't is because of the disparity between the support each game publisher have for their respective games. I don't have the exact numbers, but when UDE runs 1 World Champs, when WotC runs 4 events of the same level per year, and while UDE spends several hundred thousands (USD) a year in top level events, Wotc spends millions. Which game being able to afford the bigger monetary awards is again, clear, which is why I didn't bring it up earlier.
Here's another: CCEgames run RM100 for first place tournaments as a weekly fixed event. When a local store can run events like that...
Now, believe it or not, I keep my eyes out for WoW events, I seriously would have went for the DMF if it wasn't for me having my finals right now. In the time that WoW had 2 RC Qualifiers, Magic had more than 10 times more events that were of equal or higher lvls. (Hawaii, Berlin PTQs, Singapore GPTs) And that's what turned me off competitive WoW. Sorry for being long winded, it's just that I can't believe you are willing to contend the point I brought out when the difference is so clear.
Look, I love the game too, and as games, they aren't really very different from each other, in many aspects, quality, gameplay or otherwise. But organized play and tournament support?
If you're a competitive person, Magic's the game to play.
If not, I feel that WoW is a GREAT game toe consider starting.

(Of course, if you haven't, and like TCGs, give magic a try, kek.

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This post has been edited by qjwong: May 19 2009, 01:14 PM