Right, there's nothing productive to be had in terms of discussion here, and I don't think you guys even care at this point either to try.
Call it whatever stupid buzzword you want - Woke, DEI, PC, SJW, or whatever dumb term people come up with next week. I don't care. The term means, always has meant, and always WILL mean "Not being an butthole to someone because they're different to you."
Don't pretend that the old stories were fine just having black or gay people - Because buttholes complained about that then, just like you are complaining about it now. The reality is, people who are not the same skin colour, sexual orientation, gender, lifestyle, size, physical ability, etc etc, than you, Exist. They always have, and always will.
Culture including people with different characteristics to you IS NOT A SLIGHT. They are not doing it to offend you, or to "gaslamp you" or whatever nonsense the Anti Woke Brigade has come up with this week. These characters are being created so that the real human beings who have those differences, have someone to look at and go "Hey this guy's like me!" That's it. That's the whole thing. It's just about making everybody feel welcome.
If you want to complain about this, I encourage you to send us a modmail. But this thread is locked, and you know darn well why.
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WoTC will continue to harp the importance of DEI because it means they don't have to make good stories or art anymore. Any and all complaints about dips in quality will be attributed to racism or chuddery while any failings of products will be used as an excuse to cut non-universes beyond sets entirely.
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Magic the Gathering died when they made Sliver decks a thing and ruined the novelty of Squirrel decks.
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Okay grandpa it's time for bed
We need trans hedgehogs! Trans hedgehogs belong here! We love trans hedgehogs!
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FRICKING SLIVERRRRRSSSSSS RUINED THE META
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Magic died when combat damage stopped going on the stack
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I don't have a stake in MTG but woke stuff is a good move for quick money. As a business owner, you can attract a very wide, loud audience to your product who will just absolutely devour it. Problem is, that audience is fairweather. They'll drop you when enough antagonizers convince them you've failed the purity test or otherwise just find the new popular thing. By then, you've sold your stake in the company and ran off with the money, the True Believers (like this maro guy seems to be) are left holding the bag with their reputation quartered, and your brand needs to be put on ice until you can reinvent it in the next relevant cycle.
Financially, a better move than just catering to the meandering number of True Fans who are just dorks for your stuff.
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And yet they haven't even been able to capture the fairweather fans. Magic still is 95% white male demographically, no amount of black trans women on card art is going to change that. They will anyway because special interest groups (Blackrock, etc) fund them to do so.
I wish they would actually push meaningful initiatives to get blacks and women to play their game.
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The fairweather fans are not black trans women. They're NPC white liberals with money who get some small subconcious activism feeling when they support Good Thing.
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Also because they are based right outside of Seattle and fully ideologically captured by the type of people that live there
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I listened to a talk given by some Mises Institute guy and that's basically exactly what he said. Corporate executives may like DEI shit because it gives them an out on their job performance. "Well, sure, our profits are down 9% this quarter, but that's because we've been prioritizing our 'Community Marginalized Voices' initiative and reorienting our production strategy for less carbon impact instead of fixating on rapid growth!"
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