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Originally Posted by rburgh
Markus is a gem, and he loves baseball. But he wouldn't have devoted 25 years of his life to working for peanuts when he has the obvious ability to design at least the architecture for an exceedingly complex computer program.
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I would never question Markus. But IMHO he was never a bottom line, how much can I make guy. He loves baseball.
However, when a corporate entity takes control of a business, the love of the product is replaced by the love of the dollar. To say or believe differently is naive. This game is much more dedicated to the pictures of Mr. Franklin now. You need look no further than the almost weekly release of a new meta enticed by the "Oh yeah, you need to buy these special expensive packs to really have very much of a chance at these new cards. But we will add them to the regular packs in a week or two." This is purely max profit driven.
I am for the company making money. You can look back all the way to PT19 and my comments about point sales to see that. I just don't like to feel as if my love of the game and competitive drive is trying to be taken advantage of. That is what the constant holding out of your open hand does to your customers. People are leaving, ignore it or not. Others are like me. I have spent some money every year on one team culminated with the highest total this year. But PT24 was the last of my spending for PT. I am still on the fence but may do PT+ for one team but no more than that. Big deal, right? My dollars mean little. But when enough people feel this way, and the number is growing, people will wonder what happened.