OCTGN is way better than Magic Workstation. Why isn't it used for Magic-League?

[Clark Kant]

It's a shame that more people haven't heard of this fantastic program and that magic-league tournaments aren't hosted on it.

Unlike Magic Workstation, its open source, free, and supports both Draft games and any multiplayer formats you can dream up including Emperor. It's also more feature packed and the cards look so much better.

Yet all people talk about is Workstation.

Why isn't OCTGN used in the Magic-League tournaments?

I am bringing it up now right before OCTGN 2.0 is released so that if there was some technical reason that magic-league doesn't use it, some incompatibilities with the servers or something, that magic-league could talk to the developer at http://octgndev.wordpress.com/ and work out the problems before release.

By switching over to this program, magic-league could hold regular drafts and multiplayer tournaments as well instead of just hosting duals.

I just stumbled onto this program and it is worlds better than Workstation in every aspect.

It looks cleaner, runs faster, is completely free, and is OPEN SOURCE which means it just keeps getting better and better.

Best of all, there is an even better version, Version 2.0, about to be released. Version 2.0 enhances and perfects every aspect of the program. I don't see why magic-league wouldn't atleast consider swithing over to that version as soon as it's available in the next two months.

http://octgndev.wordpress.com/

So is there any reason this program isn't getting the mad props that it deserves?

If you are interested, here's a comprehensive list and great descriptions of all well built magic related software out there...

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=56796 <--- I HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading through this once, there's a lot of great software out there.

[Ephraim]

The one line of description from MTGSalvation's writeup explains why I prefer Magic Workstation:

Has direct connection to opponent, as well as the ability to search for players seeking an opponent.

I am behind a firewall.  Being able to connect to a server to find a game is very important to me.  At least from that writeup, it seems as though OCTGN (I assume that everybody pronounces it "octagon") does not have that functionality.  If I can't find somebody with whom to play, there's no point in having the software.

[Illissius]

It seems their actual website is here, though it's pretty sparse.

edit -- and the download page is here. and it's open source, but uses Microsoft/Windows libraries, so it's not available for other platforms. feh.