rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

News from the Liaison: Jyhad Card Backs

42 messages from 17 participants · 02 February 1995 – 21 February 1995 · rec.games.deckmaster
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Thomas R Wylie

In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. Thanks for your continued patience. Kathy Ice Cyberspace Liaison Wizards of the Coast, Inc. liaison@wizards.com kice@wizards.com

Thomas R Wylie

In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. Thanks for your continued patience. Kathy Ice Cyberspace Liaison Wizards of the Coast, Inc. liaison@wizards.com kice@wizards.com

Ned Flanders

aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: >In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said >that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal >Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. >The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. >The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore >be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. >This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should >be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. >Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy >with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. >Thanks for your continued patience. >Kathy Ice >Cyberspace Liaison >Wizards of the Coast, Inc. >liaison@wizards.com >kice@wizards.com Let me ask the question: How much do any of you out there believe that a compromise between player/collectors (who said, "hey, don't change the card backs") and WotC (who said first, "The game isn't selling well so we are changing the name," and then said, "The name Jyhad is so offensive that we must change the name") is to only rename the vampire card backs? Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. Since WotC gets nothing by changing the backs and the players get the benifit of only having to re-purchase a portion of their decks, a better compromise is not to change the backs at all & only chage the boxes and booster decks. WotC gains whatever marketing edge they think a name change will bring. They don't get the moral high ground by still using the word Jyhad, but they don't get that in the current compromise anyway. The players get to keep all their cards that they have already purchased without having to reinvest more to get what they already own. Hmmm...may not sound like much of a compromise, but changing only the vampire card backs doesn't even count as eye wash on this farce that has become Jyhad. Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from ones that shaft me) Ned

Ned Flanders

aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: >In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said >that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal >Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. >The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. >The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore >be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. >This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should >be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. >Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy >with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. >Thanks for your continued patience. >Kathy Ice >Cyberspace Liaison >Wizards of the Coast, Inc. >liaison@wizards.com >kice@wizards.com Let me ask the question: How much do any of you out there believe that a compromise between player/collectors (who said, "hey, don't change the card backs") and WotC (who said first, "The game isn't selling well so we are changing the name," and then said, "The name Jyhad is so offensive that we must change the name") is to only rename the vampire card backs? Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. Since WotC gets nothing by changing the backs and the players get the benifit of only having to re-purchase a portion of their decks, a better compromise is not to change the backs at all & only chage the boxes and booster decks. WotC gains whatever marketing edge they think a name change will bring. They don't get the moral high ground by still using the word Jyhad, but they don't get that in the current compromise anyway. The players get to keep all their cards that they have already purchased without having to reinvest more to get what they already own. Hmmm...may not sound like much of a compromise, but changing only the vampire card backs doesn't even count as eye wash on this farce that has become Jyhad. Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from ones that shaft me) Ned

Andrew B. Kaiser

Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: : aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: : Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I : actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from : ones that shaft me) : Ned I for one am very content with the change made. I'm looking at the situation from a different angle: What if they decided to rename the library cards, too? Then the games would be really screwed. Whereas the crypt cards aren't that big of a deal. Think about it: Seeing as how I can buy the new boosters knowing that the library cards will be identical to the old, I'm probably going to buy quite a bit. And I'm sure these new boosters will have the usual vampires in them. And these vampires will most likely be new ones. But, my point is- how much can they change the actual vampires so that the player using them has an advantage over someone who isn't? Yes, there might be new special abilities, and the clans might have different disipline combinations, but as far as the vampires go, there will be no drastic changes. I'd be happy to use these marked crypt cards in exchange for usable library cards. Yes, this is a compromise, but I think it's one I can live with. Andy

Andrew B. Kaiser

Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: : aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: : Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I : actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from : ones that shaft me) : Ned I for one am very content with the change made. I'm looking at the situation from a different angle: What if they decided to rename the library cards, too? Then the games would be really screwed. Whereas the crypt cards aren't that big of a deal. Think about it: Seeing as how I can buy the new boosters knowing that the library cards will be identical to the old, I'm probably going to buy quite a bit. And I'm sure these new boosters will have the usual vampires in them. And these vampires will most likely be new ones. But, my point is- how much can they change the actual vampires so that the player using them has an advantage over someone who isn't? Yes, there might be new special abilities, and the clans might have different disipline combinations, but as far as the vampires go, there will be no drastic changes. I'd be happy to use these marked crypt cards in exchange for usable library cards. Yes, this is a compromise, but I think it's one I can live with. Andy

Neil Clennan

In article <3gpi6u$e6l@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, liaison@wizards.com wrote: > In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said > that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal > Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. > > The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. > The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore > be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. This completely blows away any credibility WotC might have had in saying that the name change is being prompted by a need to get rid of an "offensive" word. > This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should > be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. > Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy > with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. Some compromise! You still screw your current customers, AND you continue to use an "offensive" word. The only gains made by this compromise is that the product gains recognition from the word "Vampire" being in the title; a word that the general public is more familiar with that Jyhad. That gain could be made without changing ANY of the cards. > Thanks for your continued patience. Don't thank me; I'm losing my patience. > Kathy Ice > Cyberspace Liaison > Wizards of the Coast, Inc. > liaison@wizards.com > kice@wizards.com

Neil Clennan

In article <3gpi6u$e6l@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, liaison@wizards.com wrote: > In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said > that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal > Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. > > The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. > The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore > be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. This completely blows away any credibility WotC might have had in saying that the name change is being prompted by a need to get rid of an "offensive" word. > This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should > be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. > Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy > with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. Some compromise! You still screw your current customers, AND you continue to use an "offensive" word. The only gains made by this compromise is that the product gains recognition from the word "Vampire" being in the title; a word that the general public is more familiar with that Jyhad. That gain could be made without changing ANY of the cards. > Thanks for your continued patience. Don't thank me; I'm losing my patience. > Kathy Ice > Cyberspace Liaison > Wizards of the Coast, Inc. > liaison@wizards.com > kice@wizards.com

The Bomb

In article <tripwire.791756082@access4> tripwire@access.digex.net (Ned Flanders) writes: >aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: >>In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said >>that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal >>Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. >>The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. >>The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore >>be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. >>This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should >>be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. >>Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy >>with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. >>Thanks for your continued patience. >>Kathy Ice >>Cyberspace Liaison >>Wizards of the Coast, Inc. >>liaison@wizards.com >>kice@wizards.com >Let me ask the question: How much do any of you out there believe that >a compromise between player/collectors (who said, "hey, don't change >the card backs") and WotC (who said first, "The game isn't selling well >so we are changing the name," and then said, "The name Jyhad is so >offensive that we must change the name") is to only rename the >vampire card backs? >Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >Since WotC gets nothing by changing the backs and the players get >the benifit of only having to re-purchase a portion of their decks, >a better compromise is not to change the backs at all & only >chage the boxes and booster decks. WotC gains whatever marketing >edge they think a name change will bring. They don't get the moral >high ground by still using the word Jyhad, but they don't get that >in the current compromise anyway. The players get to keep all >their cards that they have already purchased without having >to reinvest more to get what they already own. Hmmm...may not sound >like much of a compromise, but changing only the vampire card backs >doesn't even count as eye wash on this farce that has become Jyhad. >Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I >actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from >ones that shaft me) >Ned Ned, Let me ask this: How many vampires are you going to need to replace? It is fairly easy to get one of every vampire in the current Jyhad printing. And the vampires would be the only cards you would need to replace if the crypt cards still say "Jyhad". So I think you're blowing things out of proportion. Now if WoTC said they would change the backs of the crypt cards while keeping the backs of the vampire cards the same, I think you'd have a valid point. Thanks, The Bomb

The Bomb

In article <tripwire.791756082@access4> tripwire@access.digex.net (Ned Flanders) writes: >aahz@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas R Wylie) writes: >>In my post of a few days ago about Jyhad's upcoming name change, I said >>that the card backs would be changed to read Vampire: The Eternal >>Struggle instead of Jyhad. As it turns out, this is incorrect. >>The V:TES team has decided that only the Vampire card backs will change. >>The green library cards will continue to say "Jyhad," and will therefore >>be indistiguishable from cards being sold now. >>This is a compromise between people who felt that the card backs should >>be changed, and people who felt that the change would be too disruptive. >>Since it is a compromise, I expect that no one will be completely happy >>with it, but I hope that most players will find it a reasonable solution. >>Thanks for your continued patience. >>Kathy Ice >>Cyberspace Liaison >>Wizards of the Coast, Inc. >>liaison@wizards.com >>kice@wizards.com >Let me ask the question: How much do any of you out there believe that >a compromise between player/collectors (who said, "hey, don't change >the card backs") and WotC (who said first, "The game isn't selling well >so we are changing the name," and then said, "The name Jyhad is so >offensive that we must change the name") is to only rename the >vampire card backs? >Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >Since WotC gets nothing by changing the backs and the players get >the benifit of only having to re-purchase a portion of their decks, >a better compromise is not to change the backs at all & only >chage the boxes and booster decks. WotC gains whatever marketing >edge they think a name change will bring. They don't get the moral >high ground by still using the word Jyhad, but they don't get that >in the current compromise anyway. The players get to keep all >their cards that they have already purchased without having >to reinvest more to get what they already own. Hmmm...may not sound >like much of a compromise, but changing only the vampire card backs >doesn't even count as eye wash on this farce that has become Jyhad. >Sign me as one disillusioned former customre of WotC. (Yes, I >actually do give my money to companies I like and withhold it from >ones that shaft me) >Ned Ned, Let me ask this: How many vampires are you going to need to replace? It is fairly easy to get one of every vampire in the current Jyhad printing. And the vampires would be the only cards you would need to replace if the crypt cards still say "Jyhad". So I think you're blowing things out of proportion. Now if WoTC said they would change the backs of the crypt cards while keeping the backs of the vampire cards the same, I think you'd have a valid point. Thanks, The Bomb

Jon Inge Teigland

Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: : : Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, : which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other : hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package : are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any : less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. : Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. You may say that playing with only SOME 'old' cards, or specifically playing with only ONE 'old' card will be the same as playing with marked cards. I will agree with that, but the same counts for Magic Alpha cards. I can understand that WotC can rule that you have to use EITHER 'old' cards, OR 'new' cards, but not mix them. This is the strictest ruling I can understand should ever be nessecary. I would rather have a ruling that if you use a mix of 'old' and 'new' cards, there should be at least something like 40% of each, or in other words, an even distribution. If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the change. If they had changed the back of the library cards too, I would have considered it identically to the change between Magic Alpha and Beta cards. And since they so far have not banned Magic Alpha cards from tournament play, I can see no reason why they should have banned the Jyhad Alpha cards either. If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I don't recomend it. Jon Inge Teigland, who loves Jyhad, and don't give a damn about the namechange.

Jon Inge Teigland

Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: : : Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, : which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other : hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package : are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any : less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. : Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. You may say that playing with only SOME 'old' cards, or specifically playing with only ONE 'old' card will be the same as playing with marked cards. I will agree with that, but the same counts for Magic Alpha cards. I can understand that WotC can rule that you have to use EITHER 'old' cards, OR 'new' cards, but not mix them. This is the strictest ruling I can understand should ever be nessecary. I would rather have a ruling that if you use a mix of 'old' and 'new' cards, there should be at least something like 40% of each, or in other words, an even distribution. If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the change. If they had changed the back of the library cards too, I would have considered it identically to the change between Magic Alpha and Beta cards. And since they so far have not banned Magic Alpha cards from tournament play, I can see no reason why they should have banned the Jyhad Alpha cards either. If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I don't recomend it. Jon Inge Teigland, who loves Jyhad, and don't give a damn about the namechange.

Bob Ellison

> Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but > anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said > that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand > that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament > play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, you're now allowed to mark the backs of all your vampire cards with one of two symbols (i.e. two distinguishing backs). I can think of many ways I can use those marks. Perhaps in my Toreador/Brujah deck, all my Toreador are marked with one, and all my Brujah with another; then I know what's coming. Perhaps more abusively, what if I mark all my low-weight vampires (those with capacity 4 or less) with one back, and all my higher-weight vampires with another? Not only can I tell what's coming in my crypt, but when I shuffle my cards, I can make sure that I end up with a low-weight vampire on top, so I know I can bring out at least one minion quickly (let me tell you about the time the top four vampires of my crypt were all my biggest vampires: 3 10-pointers and an 8-pointer... my predator didn't even *need* stealth to bleed the crap out of me in the first few rounds). With markings like this, you can also tell whether, late in the game, it might be worth the effort to pull out a new vampire... Some people don't think this is much of an advantage. But every little bit counts. If my opponents don't mind me playing with marked cards, great! :-) If they do, and I have to stick with one set of backs or the other, either I won't be able to use my vast collection of old vampire cards, or I won't be able to use expansion vampires. I'm not thrilled with either option. > If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I > don't recomend it. :-) No, that's not my goal. I just want you to understand *mine*. I think you've expressed your opinion very well, very completely; I think I have a good "handle" on it. I hope I've done the same. papillo the master debater

Bob Ellison

> Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but > anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said > that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand > that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament > play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, you're now allowed to mark the backs of all your vampire cards with one of two symbols (i.e. two distinguishing backs). I can think of many ways I can use those marks. Perhaps in my Toreador/Brujah deck, all my Toreador are marked with one, and all my Brujah with another; then I know what's coming. Perhaps more abusively, what if I mark all my low-weight vampires (those with capacity 4 or less) with one back, and all my higher-weight vampires with another? Not only can I tell what's coming in my crypt, but when I shuffle my cards, I can make sure that I end up with a low-weight vampire on top, so I know I can bring out at least one minion quickly (let me tell you about the time the top four vampires of my crypt were all my biggest vampires: 3 10-pointers and an 8-pointer... my predator didn't even *need* stealth to bleed the crap out of me in the first few rounds). With markings like this, you can also tell whether, late in the game, it might be worth the effort to pull out a new vampire... Some people don't think this is much of an advantage. But every little bit counts. If my opponents don't mind me playing with marked cards, great! :-) If they do, and I have to stick with one set of backs or the other, either I won't be able to use my vast collection of old vampire cards, or I won't be able to use expansion vampires. I'm not thrilled with either option. > If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I > don't recomend it. :-) No, that's not my goal. I just want you to understand *mine*. I think you've expressed your opinion very well, very completely; I think I have a good "handle" on it. I hope I've done the same. papillo the master debater

Frederick Scott

joniteig@pvv.unit.no (Jon Inge Teigland) writes: >Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: >: >: Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >: which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >: hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >: are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >: less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >: >Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but >anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said >that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand >that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament >play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. That may be but that doesn't make the concept of mixing card backs what I'd call a "good thing", (tm). Actually, it pretty much ruins the game. Is this not obvious? It seems obvious to me. Try to keep in mind, here, that for many, Convocation tournaments are not the important thing. Even for those to whom they are important, there is no such thing as a Jyhad Convocation tournament and very few Jyhad tournaments are even WotC-sponsored. (Or if there are, I'm not hearing about them.) So the fact the WotC says that "it's OK to play with mixed card-back decks" is of little account. >If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will >be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on >to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the >change. Another thing you should keep in mind is that many of those complaining are NOT collectors and couldn't care less about the card's value. They're gamers. They want cards you can play the game with. So this is yet another moot point to many. >If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I >don't recomend it. It may well be that you have good reasons to be complacent and can't be persuaded this is bad deal for you, particularly if you like the idea of of your cards increasing in market value (and you're convinced they well). On the other hand, you're not going to change anyone else's mind with these kinds of arguments, either - because they don't really address our concerns. Fred

Frederick Scott

joniteig@pvv.unit.no (Jon Inge Teigland) writes: >Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: >: >: Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >: which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >: hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >: are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >: less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >: >Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but >anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said >that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand >that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament >play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. That may be but that doesn't make the concept of mixing card backs what I'd call a "good thing", (tm). Actually, it pretty much ruins the game. Is this not obvious? It seems obvious to me. Try to keep in mind, here, that for many, Convocation tournaments are not the important thing. Even for those to whom they are important, there is no such thing as a Jyhad Convocation tournament and very few Jyhad tournaments are even WotC-sponsored. (Or if there are, I'm not hearing about them.) So the fact the WotC says that "it's OK to play with mixed card-back decks" is of little account. >If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will >be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on >to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the >change. Another thing you should keep in mind is that many of those complaining are NOT collectors and couldn't care less about the card's value. They're gamers. They want cards you can play the game with. So this is yet another moot point to many. >If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I >don't recomend it. It may well be that you have good reasons to be complacent and can't be persuaded this is bad deal for you, particularly if you like the idea of of your cards increasing in market value (and you're convinced they well). On the other hand, you're not going to change anyone else's mind with these kinds of arguments, either - because they don't really address our concerns. Fred

Don Sowell

>The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, >Perhaps more abusively, what if I mark all my low-weight vampires (those >with capacity 4 or less) with one back, and all my higher-weight >vampires with another? Not only can I tell what's coming in my crypt, >Some people don't think this is much of an advantage. But every little >bit counts. If my opponents don't mind me playing with marked cards, >great! :-) If they do, and I have to stick with one set of backs or You can already do this with the cards as they are. Simply put all vampires of one type facing one way and all vampires of the other type facing the other way. The point being, if you want to cheat, I don't want to play with you. If I must because of, say, a tournament, well that's what tournament directors are for. Don Sowell

Don Sowell

>The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, >Perhaps more abusively, what if I mark all my low-weight vampires (those >with capacity 4 or less) with one back, and all my higher-weight >vampires with another? Not only can I tell what's coming in my crypt, >Some people don't think this is much of an advantage. But every little >bit counts. If my opponents don't mind me playing with marked cards, >great! :-) If they do, and I have to stick with one set of backs or You can already do this with the cards as they are. Simply put all vampires of one type facing one way and all vampires of the other type facing the other way. The point being, if you want to cheat, I don't want to play with you. If I must because of, say, a tournament, well that's what tournament directors are for. Don Sowell

quinn david weaver

In article <fred_sD3o6E8.80I@netcom.com>, Frederick Scott <fred_s@netcom.com> wrote: >joniteig@pvv.unit.no (Jon Inge Teigland) writes: > >>Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: >>: >>: Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >>: which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >>: hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >>: are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >>: less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >>: >>Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but >>anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said >>that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand >>that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament >>play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. > >That may be but that doesn't make the concept of mixing card backs what I'd >call a "good thing", (tm). Actually, it pretty much ruins the game. Is >this not obvious? It seems obvious to me. > > >Try to keep in mind, here, that for many, Convocation tournaments are not >the important thing. Even for those to whom they are important, there is no >such thing as a Jyhad Convocation tournament and very few Jyhad tournaments >are even WotC-sponsored. (Or if there are, I'm not hearing about them.) >So the fact the WotC says that "it's OK to play with mixed card-back decks" >is of little account. > >>If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will >>be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on >>to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the >>change. > >Another thing you should keep in mind is that many of those complaining are >NOT collectors and couldn't care less about the card's value. They're gamers. >They want cards you can play the game with. So this is yet another moot point >to many. > >>If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I >>don't recomend it. > >It may well be that you have good reasons to be complacent and can't be >persuaded this is bad deal for you, particularly if you like the idea of >of your cards increasing in market value (and you're convinced they well). >On the other hand, you're not going to change anyone else's mind with these >kinds of arguments, either - because they don't really address our concerns. > >Fred

quinn david weaver

In article <fred_sD3o6E8.80I@netcom.com>, Frederick Scott <fred_s@netcom.com> wrote: >joniteig@pvv.unit.no (Jon Inge Teigland) writes: > >>Ned Flanders (tripwire@access.digex.net) wrote: >>: >>: Here's how I see it. Players will still have to replace some (not all, >>: which i guess is a compromise) of their cards. WotC on the other >>: hand gains nothing. I'm not sure how cards inside a package >>: are going to change buying habits. I also see how the word is any >>: less offesive if it only appears on vampire cards. Give me a break. >>: >>Ok, I admit it, I haven't been following this thread too closely, but >>anyway I wonder: Why do you have to replace your cards ? Have WotC said >>that the 'old' cards are illegal in tournament play ? I can't understand >>that they should be. WotC still accept Magic Alpha cards in tournament >>play even though they are distinguishable from the rest of the cards. > >That may be but that doesn't make the concept of mixing card backs what I'd >call a "good thing", (tm). Actually, it pretty much ruins the game. Is >this not obvious? It seems obvious to me. > > >Try to keep in mind, here, that for many, Convocation tournaments are not >the important thing. Even for those to whom they are important, there is no >such thing as a Jyhad Convocation tournament and very few Jyhad tournaments >are even WotC-sponsored. (Or if there are, I'm not hearing about them.) >So the fact the WotC says that "it's OK to play with mixed card-back decks" >is of little account. > >>If you ask me (which you don't, but anyway) I assume the 'old' cards will >>be worth more to a collector, simply because of this namechange. Hang on >>to your cards for a year or two, and THEN see if you are sorry for the >>change. > >Another thing you should keep in mind is that many of those complaining are >NOT collectors and couldn't care less about the card's value. They're gamers. >They want cards you can play the game with. So this is yet another moot point >to many. > >>If you desparately want to, you can try to make me change my mind, but I >>don't recomend it. > >It may well be that you have good reasons to be complacent and can't be >persuaded this is bad deal for you, particularly if you like the idea of >of your cards increasing in market value (and you're convinced they well). >On the other hand, you're not going to change anyone else's mind with these >kinds of arguments, either - because they don't really address our concerns. > >Fred

Don Glover, the younger

I guess my only real question in this is, will there be Vampire only boosters? If so, the compromise will be 'adequate' in my opinion. I am willing to make the trade off to get a better game out of the whole deal...

Don Glover, the younger

I guess my only real question in this is, will there be Vampire only boosters? If so, the compromise will be 'adequate' in my opinion. I am willing to make the trade off to get a better game out of the whole deal...

Don Sowell

> >>The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, > > > You can already do this with the cards as they are. Simply put all > >vampires of one type facing one way and all vampires of the other type > >facing the other way. > > And after the name change, you'll be able to use both methods, (card rotation > and card back) to mark you crypt cards. Considering that you can have a minimum > of 12 vamps in the crypt, and that there is a workable 4 category marking scheme > people will _be_able_to_ abuse it. I'm not sayint that they will, its just that > around here, we'll be wanting everybody to have one type of card in their crypt > just to keep them honest. I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card back of the vampires are changed? Don Sowell

Don Sowell

> >>The problem is the risk of "marked" or "semimarked" cards. Essentially, > > > You can already do this with the cards as they are. Simply put all > >vampires of one type facing one way and all vampires of the other type > >facing the other way. > > And after the name change, you'll be able to use both methods, (card rotation > and card back) to mark you crypt cards. Considering that you can have a minimum > of 12 vamps in the crypt, and that there is a workable 4 category marking scheme > people will _be_able_to_ abuse it. I'm not sayint that they will, its just that > around here, we'll be wanting everybody to have one type of card in their crypt > just to keep them honest. I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card back of the vampires are changed? Don Sowell

Alec Habig

Don Sowell <quendor@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card >back of the vampires are changed? Card rotation is an easy one. You're allowed to shuffle the other guy's deck before play starts. Just demand your right to shuffle if you think that the other guy's pulling this, and mix it up for him. Alec -- Alec Habig, Indiana University High Energy Astrophysics ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/ahabig/ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns.

Alec Habig

Don Sowell <quendor@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card >back of the vampires are changed? Card rotation is an easy one. You're allowed to shuffle the other guy's deck before play starts. Just demand your right to shuffle if you think that the other guy's pulling this, and mix it up for him. Alec -- Alec Habig, Indiana University High Energy Astrophysics ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/ahabig/ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns.

Paul Gettle

Don Sowell <quendor@u.washington.edu> writes: > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card >back of the vampires are changed? Quite simply, we make sure that all their crypt cards are facing the same driection. The crypt is small enough to easily shuffle and keep the cards oriented properly. We've also gotten in the habit of shuffling our libraries in such a way that they're all the same direction. Simple solution. (Unlike the problem with different crypt cardbacks) -- Paul Gettle (pgettle@hubcap.clemson.edu)

Paul Gettle

Don Sowell <quendor@u.washington.edu> writes: > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card >back of the vampires are changed? Quite simply, we make sure that all their crypt cards are facing the same driection. The crypt is small enough to easily shuffle and keep the cards oriented properly. We've also gotten in the habit of shuffling our libraries in such a way that they're all the same direction. Simple solution. (Unlike the problem with different crypt cardbacks) -- Paul Gettle (pgettle@hubcap.clemson.edu)

Ned Flanders

tidleman@sj.unisys.com (The Bomb) writes: >Ned, >Let me ask this: How many vampires are you going to need to replace? >It is fairly easy to get one of every vampire in the current Jyhad printing. >And the vampires would be the only cards you would need to replace if the >crypt cards still say "Jyhad". So I think you're blowing things out of >proportion. >Now if WoTC said they would change the backs of the crypt cards while keeping >the backs of the vampire cards the same, I think you'd have a valid point. >Thanks, >The Bomb Since I collect as well as play, I will need to get a full set of new vamps plus a playing set...if they have just the same old vamps thats 121 (I think that's all but I don't recall) plus the 30-ish that rotate thru the crypt. at four per pack (assuming the ratios stay the same and we ignore the non-vamp vamp cards) that is approx. 37 packs (assuming I can trade all dups to get a complete set, a reasonable assumption) at $2.75 per pack comes to just over $100 Admittedly, I will also be getting a bunch of presumably new library cards in the process so the full $100 is not just for vamps. Let's just call it 4/19 of the total for $21 for new vamps. My question is why should i pay $21 for something I already own that WotC has chosen to make obsolete? It's not the end of the world, and you may consider it to be blown out of proportion, but I don't like to be shafted by companies in what appears to be no more than a shameless attempt to get more money FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT INTO THE GAME. There have been numerous post going into why chaning card backs inside packs do nothing to boost new sales (inside the pack = no visibility, new name = visibility) while a new name seems like a good idea or at least not objectionable. Hope that clears up why I think it is something worth sounding off about. Ned

Ned Flanders

tidleman@sj.unisys.com (The Bomb) writes: >Ned, >Let me ask this: How many vampires are you going to need to replace? >It is fairly easy to get one of every vampire in the current Jyhad printing. >And the vampires would be the only cards you would need to replace if the >crypt cards still say "Jyhad". So I think you're blowing things out of >proportion. >Now if WoTC said they would change the backs of the crypt cards while keeping >the backs of the vampire cards the same, I think you'd have a valid point. >Thanks, >The Bomb Since I collect as well as play, I will need to get a full set of new vamps plus a playing set...if they have just the same old vamps thats 121 (I think that's all but I don't recall) plus the 30-ish that rotate thru the crypt. at four per pack (assuming the ratios stay the same and we ignore the non-vamp vamp cards) that is approx. 37 packs (assuming I can trade all dups to get a complete set, a reasonable assumption) at $2.75 per pack comes to just over $100 Admittedly, I will also be getting a bunch of presumably new library cards in the process so the full $100 is not just for vamps. Let's just call it 4/19 of the total for $21 for new vamps. My question is why should i pay $21 for something I already own that WotC has chosen to make obsolete? It's not the end of the world, and you may consider it to be blown out of proportion, but I don't like to be shafted by companies in what appears to be no more than a shameless attempt to get more money FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT INTO THE GAME. There have been numerous post going into why chaning card backs inside packs do nothing to boost new sales (inside the pack = no visibility, new name = visibility) while a new name seems like a good idea or at least not objectionable. Hope that clears up why I think it is something worth sounding off about. Ned

Bob Ellison

> > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what > >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? > >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card > >back of the vampires are changed? > Quite simply, we make sure that all their crypt cards are facing the same > driection. The crypt is small enough to easily shuffle and keep the cards > oriented properly. We've also gotten in the habit of shuffling our libraries > in such a way that they're all the same direction. Simple solution. (Unlike > the problem with different crypt cardbacks) When my group is feeling particularly anal-retentive... we require that the prey shuffles his predator's cards for him, both vampires and library. That fixes most any possibility of card cheating. Fortunately, we don't do this much (i.e. at all!). Cheating's no fun. Except for my brother-in-law, who once started a game with 40 blood and I never noticed. Still beat him. :-) papillo the mandrake

Bob Ellison

> > I'm truely sorry that you play in such a crowd. But I must ask, what > >do you do right now to keep people from cheating in the way I mentioned? > >And most specifically, what will change with that method when the card > >back of the vampires are changed? > Quite simply, we make sure that all their crypt cards are facing the same > driection. The crypt is small enough to easily shuffle and keep the cards > oriented properly. We've also gotten in the habit of shuffling our libraries > in such a way that they're all the same direction. Simple solution. (Unlike > the problem with different crypt cardbacks) When my group is feeling particularly anal-retentive... we require that the prey shuffles his predator's cards for him, both vampires and library. That fixes most any possibility of card cheating. Fortunately, we don't do this much (i.e. at all!). Cheating's no fun. Except for my brother-in-law, who once started a game with 40 blood and I never noticed. Still beat him. :-) papillo the mandrake

Upsyde Down

I'm sure someone else has said this by now... but I wanted to say it as well. Why doesn't Wotc initate a trade in program for Jyhad like they did with Legends. Send in all your Jyhad cards and get them replaced with V:TES cards. That would seem to make most everyone happy... then the only thing you'd have to spend is postage. Joel

Upsyde Down

I'm sure someone else has said this by now... but I wanted to say it as well. Why doesn't Wotc initate a trade in program for Jyhad like they did with Legends. Send in all your Jyhad cards and get them replaced with V:TES cards. That would seem to make most everyone happy... then the only thing you'd have to spend is postage. Joel

Andrew Arcand - ACPS/W94

Alec Habig (ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu) wrote: : Card rotation is an easy one. You're allowed to shuffle the other guy's deck : before play starts. Just demand your right to shuffle if you think that the : other guy's pulling this, and mix it up for him. Ummmm.... Just a minor point. If ANYONE shuffles my deck but me, I'll kill 'em. They can cut the deck, but not shuffle. If, in their exuberant shuffling, someone bent or ripped my $7.00 Ivory Bow, I would exact the price in blood... - Andrew "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. You cannot pass."

Andrew Arcand - ACPS/W94

Alec Habig (ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu) wrote: : Card rotation is an easy one. You're allowed to shuffle the other guy's deck : before play starts. Just demand your right to shuffle if you think that the : other guy's pulling this, and mix it up for him. Ummmm.... Just a minor point. If ANYONE shuffles my deck but me, I'll kill 'em. They can cut the deck, but not shuffle. If, in their exuberant shuffling, someone bent or ripped my $7.00 Ivory Bow, I would exact the price in blood... - Andrew "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. You cannot pass."

Eric Eslinger

On 14 Feb 1995, Andrew Arcand - ACPS/W94 wrote: > Ummmm.... Just a minor point. If ANYONE shuffles my deck but > me, I'll kill 'em. They can cut the deck, but not shuffle. If, in their > exuberant shuffling, someone bent or ripped my $7.00 Ivory Bow, I would > exact the price in blood... > > > - Andrew > > "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. > You cannot pass." > I understand where you are coming from, but the cut in Jyhad and MtG is not exactly hoyle. Opponents are allowed to shuffle each other's deck. It cuts down on stacking. People are careful when shuffling, because they have good cards in the deck you are shuffling too. > eslinger@rudolf.nscl.msu.edu )____( ( oo ) /-----(..) * | | moo +||-|| ~~ ~~

Eric Eslinger

On 14 Feb 1995, Andrew Arcand - ACPS/W94 wrote: > Ummmm.... Just a minor point. If ANYONE shuffles my deck but > me, I'll kill 'em. They can cut the deck, but not shuffle. If, in their > exuberant shuffling, someone bent or ripped my $7.00 Ivory Bow, I would > exact the price in blood... > > > - Andrew > > "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. > You cannot pass." > I understand where you are coming from, but the cut in Jyhad and MtG is not exactly hoyle. Opponents are allowed to shuffle each other's deck. It cuts down on stacking. People are careful when shuffling, because they have good cards in the deck you are shuffling too. > eslinger@rudolf.nscl.msu.edu )____( ( oo ) /-----(..) * | | moo +||-|| ~~ ~~

Alec Habig

Kevin S. Thompson <edu4kst@cabell.vcu.edu> wrote: >Eric Eslinger <eslinger@rudolf.nscl.msu.edu> writes: > >>I understand where you are coming from, but the cut in Jyhad and MtG is >>not exactly hoyle. Opponents are allowed to shuffle each other's deck. >>It cuts down on stacking. People are careful when shuffling, because >>they have good cards in the deck you are shuffling too. > >I don't know who you play with, but I have never heard of >shuffling someone else's deck during the cut. The rules state >that after you deal, your opponent is allowed to cut the >cards. I have seen somewhere that if you suspect the guy of >stacking, you can ask HIM/HER to shuffle again, but not you >shuffle another's deck. If this is the way you play, then you can still screw up someone who is trying to mark things using card orientation. Cut the deck, rotating the cut 180 degrees. Then ask the player to shuffle again. That destroys and such marking scheme, and you don't have to worry about harming each other's cards. Alec -- Alec Habig, Indiana University High Energy Astrophysics ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/ahabig/ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns.

Alec Habig

Kevin S. Thompson <edu4kst@cabell.vcu.edu> wrote: >Eric Eslinger <eslinger@rudolf.nscl.msu.edu> writes: > >>I understand where you are coming from, but the cut in Jyhad and MtG is >>not exactly hoyle. Opponents are allowed to shuffle each other's deck. >>It cuts down on stacking. People are careful when shuffling, because >>they have good cards in the deck you are shuffling too. > >I don't know who you play with, but I have never heard of >shuffling someone else's deck during the cut. The rules state >that after you deal, your opponent is allowed to cut the >cards. I have seen somewhere that if you suspect the guy of >stacking, you can ask HIM/HER to shuffle again, but not you >shuffle another's deck. If this is the way you play, then you can still screw up someone who is trying to mark things using card orientation. Cut the deck, rotating the cut 180 degrees. Then ask the player to shuffle again. That destroys and such marking scheme, and you don't have to worry about harming each other's cards. Alec -- Alec Habig, Indiana University High Energy Astrophysics ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/ahabig/ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns.

Danny Oscar Kip

Keith A. Arner (kraven@keystone.westminster.edu) wrote: : Well, to throw the idea onto the table, is it feasible that WotC would be : comsumer friendly (such as they were with the Legends mix-up) and offer : to replace Vampires with the Jyhad card back for Vampires with the : V:tES card back on a one-for-one basis? Dream on, they'd lose money then. : If WotC made such an offer, I don't see how anyone could accuse them of : being anything but fair in this matter, even if the consumer had to pay : a very nominal fee (nothing much more than SASE or similar). Just remember you said 'if'. Oh another thing, WotC says Jyhad isn't very popular now, so they don't care about those 'few' that have bought it so far. They expect to get so many new customers they don't need them. Over here, in Groningen, The Netherlands, we intend to boycot any cards that don't have a 'Jyhad' back, or for that matter a different edge then the current black one. (we'd hate white or yellow the most) I hope they change their mind and just change the packaging and the name of the game. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | D.O.Kip | The Doctor. (Igor, HallOfFame, Kisc's Planetenlaan 76 | MUD and many more.) 9742 JC Groningen | Trinity. (Wherever Doctor isn't The Netherlands | allowed as name.) Europe | | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Danny Oscar Kip

Keith A. Arner (kraven@keystone.westminster.edu) wrote: : Well, to throw the idea onto the table, is it feasible that WotC would be : comsumer friendly (such as they were with the Legends mix-up) and offer : to replace Vampires with the Jyhad card back for Vampires with the : V:tES card back on a one-for-one basis? Dream on, they'd lose money then. : If WotC made such an offer, I don't see how anyone could accuse them of : being anything but fair in this matter, even if the consumer had to pay : a very nominal fee (nothing much more than SASE or similar). Just remember you said 'if'. Oh another thing, WotC says Jyhad isn't very popular now, so they don't care about those 'few' that have bought it so far. They expect to get so many new customers they don't need them. Over here, in Groningen, The Netherlands, we intend to boycot any cards that don't have a 'Jyhad' back, or for that matter a different edge then the current black one. (we'd hate white or yellow the most) I hope they change their mind and just change the packaging and the name of the game. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | D.O.Kip | The Doctor. (Igor, HallOfFame, Kisc's Planetenlaan 76 | MUD and many more.) 9742 JC Groningen | Trinity. (Wherever Doctor isn't The Netherlands | allowed as name.) Europe | | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-