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Program Manager for Multicultural Content @Xbox Stores
Formerly @Wizards
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I’d argue that running a full visibility campaign designed to get people to play games together, in the middle of the most anti-LGBTQIA+ political era of recent years, is fine actually. This is not a profit motive. Of course they want you to buy cards, but that’s always true. These help communities.
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You’re good. I’m right there with you.
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Context: I worked at Wizards for ten years.
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I haven’t worked for the WPN team for about three years now, and I’m not well researched in this area so I’m not the one to argue this with, but I doubt the WPN team had anything to do with the VML decision.
I do think they’ve worked very hard to bring this new program to life though.
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I’m not celebrating their decision making, but I’m also not rejecting the benefit that programs like this one can offer. So no, I wouldn’t rather they do nothing at all.
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It’s too easy
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People decrying there’s “no white spaces” clearly haven’t been to the church across the street from me
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My gif was such potato quality
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As former Wizards WPN staff, this is accurate. There are many different teams spinning up all kinds of projects independent of each other, and I'm glad they're able to bring this one to game stores. We can still be sad at the loss of one program, but I don't think that should lessen other impacts.
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Horrible to see all of this happening around us, and still having to log on
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And by publishing I guess I just meant promoting.
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Not me already owning it on three different platforms.
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This is legit wild how often this happens
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Love to see swings like this, though yeah the execution feels uninspired
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Ah, but the pro-woke brigade is cooler, and has snacks.
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(Unlovingly)
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Wow okay they went off
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Pretty obviously begging me to put my Ravnica cube in it.
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Yet!
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Can you believe this card is 10 years old
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Oh this is a nice little blast from the past.
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Ugh that’s the one thing I didn’t want to bother with
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As someone who used to work at Wizards, the absolute saddest thing for me was always watching pre-teen children talking about how much cards were worth.
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You’ve got excellent taste
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See you Wednesday!