Every week the digital online version of the popular collectible card game Magic The Gathering receives an update file from the game’s central server. The file contains fixes and other needed updates from the game’s developers.
At least that’s what is supposed to happen.
I updated my Magic Online software yesterday and now it will not work. I simply get an error message telling me that Magic Online has stopped working. It doesn’t tell me why it has stopped working. It only tells me that it’s not working.
This isn’t the first problem I’ve had with the third version of this game. To say that it’s been buggy is an understatement. Version two of Magic Online worked well enough for me. I never really had any problems with it. The interface was much better and it looked far better. Version III has been one ice cream headache after another. The interface is clumsy and the graphics look atrocious. It looks like a game from ten years ago.
I went ahead and uninstalled the game from my PC. I don’t think I’m going to waste any more time with it.
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I saw this commercial last night while watching Monday Night Football. I don’t get it. I guess it’s to promote the NFL football video game Madden 09. The only problem is that the last thing I feel like doing after watching this commercial is to play Madden 09.
I want to take the person featured in this commercial (code name “Secret”) and beat him over the head with his own shoe.
This guy has got to be the most obnoxious punk I think I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen quite a few obnoxious punks in my lifetime. He is supposedly the world’s best Madden player. This guy. This guy who appears to be humping the ground. This guy that looks like he is wearing his dad’s red jersey. This guy that makes weird faces at his opponent.
Why would anyone from either Sony (Playstation 3) or EA Sports (Madden 09) want this spot to air on the TV to promote their products?
Each book is sold separately and retails for $34.95. If you are Canadian, you have to pay $39.95. Does Wizards of the Coast know that the Canadian dollar is worth more then the U.S. dollar?
I flipped through the Player’s Handbook today in Waldenbooks. I wasn’t impressed. I thought the art looked hacky. You would think that since D&D was being published by Wizards of the Coast instead of TSR, they would bring a higher quality of artwork to the game system. From the look of the book, you wouldn’t know that it was published by the same company that produces Magic The Gathering.
I’ve been trying to log on to my Magic Online account for the last couple of days without success. At first I thought it was because I was trying to log on from my Windows Visa desktop computer and Magic Online doesn’t like Windows Vista too much. I then tried to log on using my Windows XP notebook computer and my results were the same.
I went over to the Magic Online website and at first didn’t see any announcements concerning the game’s status. I then clicked the link that shows the game’s server’s status and I learned the server was down. There’s a note stating to check the message boards for more updates.
Hi everyone,We’ve received the go-ahead from our senior management, as of tomorrow morning we’re going to patch the 2.5 client one last time (installing a kicker screen to direct everyone who doesn’t read the boards to www.playmagiconline.com so they know what’s going on) and turn off all public access for good to that system.
This should happen around 9am PST, the system will go into no-pay Wedneday [sic] morning around 5am PST.
Approximately a week from tomorrow we will turn the new MOL III system back on a few pieces at a time, read the latest blog page for more information on that.
Thanks to all of you folks who make MOL what it is, and thanks to the MOL team for all their hard work in the past years to make this a reality.
Exciting times!
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Worth Wollpert
Brand Manager, Magic Online
Wizards of the Coast
Why wasn’t this message emailed to everyone with a Magic Online account? Not everyone that has a Magic Online account has an account on the message board. I never go to the Magic Online message boards. Wizards of the Coast has to know how many people log on to Magic Online every day and how many people log onto the Magic Online message boards. The two numbers are not the same.
I’m somewhat bothered by the statements concerning when exactly it’s coming back. The word “approximately” used in relation to when it’s coming back doesn’t make me feel optimistic. It’s also bothers that the brand manager for Magic Online doesn’t know how to spell “Wednesday”.
Gary Gygax, the man that created the original fantasy roll-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has passed away. He was 69 years old.
Gygax, along with Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. It was the very first roll-playing game. I played it in high school and then later on in the Air Force. I used to love it. There was just something about the multi-sided dice, the lead figures, the graph paper, and the books and charts that appealed to the geek in me.
I read an article in the LA Times that since Nintendo can’t make enough Wii game consoles to satisfy consumer demand, they will do the next best thing - they will begin selling rain checks. They are calling them “Wii Certificates”. Nintendo hopes to squash criticism and stop prospective customers from defecting over to one of the rival game systems.
We’ve been thinking about getting a Wii. They look like a lot of fun and they don’t cost nearly as much as Sony’s Playstation 3 or Microsoft’s XBox 360. Plus with a Wii, it only comes one way. The XBox 360 and the Playstation 3 both come in different models and editions. It’s confusing. I’ve never really understood the difference between the different versions. For instance, the XBox 360 comes in a special Halo 3 edition except it doesn’t even come with the Halo 3 game.
The Wii only comes one way.
I’ve looked for them every time I go to a retail store that sells them. Though I always see enough Playstation 3 and XBox 360 consoles to choke a goat, I’ve never seen a Wii. They’ve been out a year now and I still haven’t seen one for sale.
Every week the digital online version of the popular collectible card game Magic The Gathering receives an update file from the game’s central server. The file contains fixes and other needed updates from the game’s developers.
