considering switching to mws

ShadowSoul · Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 1

and I have a few questions about it

1: will Wotc come after it someday. I'd rather not get fined simply for playing a game
2: does it have a bigger player base than apprentice? their forums seem to imply that the appr community is dying and their channel seems to confirm this
3: can I play it completely for free without ever having to pay for it (I believe I can, I just want to make sure)

Hank333 · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 Location: San Antoni

you know you could play on BOTH apprentice and MWS if you just can't stand to lose that apprentice feel.
You never have to pay for it.
WotC can't come after you, they have already thought of it, the logistics are too much, they would have to go after millions of people.

i reiterate, there is no reason you can't play on both!!! i do it all the time. I prefer MWS, but for drafts you will notice that apprentice is better because it has a security code and is transferable from netdraft to apprentice.

some people say there are no dumb questions, i disagree.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 706

how and why would wotc come after u i dont understand how that is a problem

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 658

I had a freind once who started a rumor that richard garfield was gay with mark rosewater, he was found dead in a ditch about a month after the rumour started circulating. Dont underestimate wizards.

kj_4247 · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 23

Wizards could never go after the individle players they could go after the MWS company but because the program was made in such a way that it can be used for ANY TCG they have less grounds for a suit.

Also MWS is great and the world would be a better place if everyone used the same program

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 658

Not so I believe it is highly possible that within the next 20 years the wizards will follow the suit of the nazis and order the extermination of all MWS players who have not spent at least $1000 on modo.

ant900 · Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2474 Location: somewhere

mws was purposely made in a way where you can't sue them for copyrights infringement

Ggerg · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 333

mws probably makes wizards money in the abstract...it's basically free publicity for them...even if they could shut it down, i really doubt it'd be practical fro them to do so.

AOCharm · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 50

i havent bought the full version yet and i thought you have to have the full version to play with other people?

some of the people in IRC were saying that MWS is no longer going to be updated with the new sets etc and is just gonna die any idea if this is true.

nico · Administrator Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 808

You will not have to buy mws, it will stay functioning for as long as you want. It might be so that in the future, there will be no automatic updates, but as long as there is a fanbase for the program, there will always be up to date card bases.

greetz Nico