I completely agree with both of you but I think that the composition of the "mainstream movies industry" (as opposed to low budget and independent movies industry) workforce is one of the causes for the bias in the nominations by the Academy and ultimately the cause for the bias in the composition itself of the Academy.

Actually on a second thought that could be a self sustaining feedback loop (lots of white people in the Academy --> lots of white people in big budget successfuk films --> lots of white people in the Acaemy --> ...) having evolved to the present steady state from an old fashioned white cinema tradition/business model.

It would be a great and a necessary experiment to find another steady state in the system introducing diversity in the Academy!

I'd like to know how tournaments/casual rooms work, specifically if and how much do they cost.
And how many regular tournaments run every month.

Also, would it be possible to practice with the MTGO interface before buying cards and investing thousands $ on it?

Thank you!

Thank you guys for that open letter to WotC.
It looks like it was really useful for them to get good ideas from the bottom...

Do you think the other points of your open letter will be addressed to by WotC in the next future?

I'd like to join MTGO to spend some of my few free hours playing some good old vintage.
After these changes, what would your suggestion be? There's still plenty of scepticism around here about MTGO.

Great article, this is a wonderful Christmas present!

Very nice article.
I noticed that Sylvan Library wasn't mentioned much in your account of the matches.
Is that because it wasn't played much? Based on your experience is it really worth playing?

Hi,
I'm Piernicola from Italy.

I started playing Magic with friends and brothers when I was 16 buying Revised / The Dark / Ice Age boosters and those were the best games of Magic ever! I quit after a few years because my friends got tired of the game... I got into the game again during the uni years playing a few Vintage tournaments in the Tuscany area (Massa, Viareggio, Firenze, Piacenza) where I met a lots of nice guys (Siral, Chill, Enea) who could really play the game and from whom I learned a lot. I used to play an unpowered red sligh which gave me huge satisfactions unfortunately losing pretty consistently against Madness & TPS.

I quit again after the uni period and now I only seldom play with my closest friends and brothers casual Vintage or with my precious cube!
I still read about MTG because I feel it's one of the best games out there.

I've hungrily read TMD for years and since its creation and think without doubts it's the best MTG Vintage forum ever.

I's now a pleasure to be a TMD user after so many years
Piernicola