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interesting fact about Wizards and Netrunner

Dasein

9/13/2010 7:37:00 AM

Hey in regards to the recent discussions around resurrecting VTES,
check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netrunner#Product...
Zvi Moshowitz (famous former pro Magic:TG player) at one point tried
buying the rights to the short-lived Netrunner CCG, which by all
reports was an awesome game. Negotiations fell through with no result.
This is interesting, not only because it is an example of a player
trying to personally revive a discontinued CCG, but also because, as
far as I know, Netrunner is the other "Deckmaster" branded CCG (along
with MTG and VTES).
Does anyone have contact details for Zvi? It could be very interesting
to hear from him how the negotiations went and maybe get an idea for
how much Wizards were looking to charge for the Deckmaster brand /
mechanics.
8 Answers

GreenO

9/13/2010 8:27:00 AM

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On Sep 13, 8:37 am, Dasein <dasein2...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have contact details for Zvi? It could be very interesting
> to hear from him how the negotiations went and maybe get an idea for
> how much Wizards were looking to charge for the Deckmaster brand /
> mechanics.

I agree. he had a Livejournal (TheZvi)- but I'm not sure that gets
updated any more. A quick Googling reveals that he tweets as TheZvi
too.


M.

Petri Wessman

9/13/2010 9:44:00 AM

0

Netrunner was (and still is) an awesome game, still by far my favorite
2-person CCG.

-Petri

Ed Gross

9/13/2010 11:48:00 AM

0

Seconded. I still buy boxes when I can find the for less-than-
rediculous prices.

Christoph

9/13/2010 12:13:00 PM

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On Sep 13, 7:48 am, Ed Gross <rie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seconded. I still buy boxes when I can find the for less-than-
> rediculous prices.

Yeah, prices for v2.x cards are astronomical. :( I still have my
collection but sadly, there is noone in the area that plays. I'm just
waiting for Lucius to get a little older before I start teaching
him. :P

Sorrow

adam.hulse@gmail.com

9/13/2010 1:39:00 PM

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On Sep 13, 3:37 am, Dasein <dasein2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey in regards to the recent discussions around resurrecting VTES,
> check this out:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netrunner#Product...
> Zvi Moshowitz (famous former pro Magic:TG player) at one point tried
> buying the rights to the short-lived Netrunner CCG, which by all
> reports was an awesome game. Negotiations fell through with no result.
> This is interesting, not only because it is an example of a player
> trying to personally revive a discontinued CCG, but also because, as
> far as I know, Netrunner is the other "Deckmaster" branded CCG (along
> with MTG and VTES).
> Does anyone have contact details for Zvi? It could be very interesting
> to hear from him how the negotiations went and maybe get an idea for
> how much Wizards were looking to charge for the Deckmaster brand /
> mechanics.

I have connections to Zvi. I've known him since Junior High School.
Write up an email and I'll pass it along.
Adam

Ed Gross

9/13/2010 2:37:00 PM

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On Sep 13, 7:13 am, Christoph <jcb_spamt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yeah, prices for v2.x cards are astronomical. :(  I still have my
> collection but sadly, there is noone in the area that plays.  I'm just
> waiting for Lucius to get a little older before I start teaching
> him. :P
>
> Sorrow

I was lucky enough last year to find 2 boxes of starters and a box of
boosters for sale below retail. Still can't find any Proteus or
Classic for less than "Stupid-Money" prices. I have a circle of
friends where we run a bi-annual "starter and 3 booster" type tourney.
One year one of us was able to locate some Proteus packs, but we
haven't seen any lately at a price we're willing to play. We've been
toying with re-creating our own booster packs.

I tried teaching my son this year... he didn't really like it. But he
seems to be VERY interested in VtES.

Alan Cooper

2/11/2012 3:57:00 AM

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Steve Emerson <emersn@n-n-nospamsonic.net> wrote in
news:emersn-BC6E2B.15190510022012@nnrp-virt.nntp.sonic.net:

> In article <jh0pi601ua5@drn.newsguy.com>,
> Paul Goldstein <pgoldste@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <d96c8405-755a-49d4-89c3-54c6c3e92f4c@vd8g2000pbc.googlegroups.c
>> om>, Oscar says...

>> The Guarneris' RCA Mozart is excellent - this is an attractive
>> box.
>
> I agree on their quartets. But here's the thing. The set
> contains:
>
> --The six quartets dedicated to Haydn (just coming out of a
> budget
> release of their own); and
> --The string quintets.
>
> The Prussian quartets that they did (just two? or all three?)
> have never appeared on CD, to my knowledge, and aren't included
> here. Those are at least on a par with their quartets dedicated
> to Haydn.

All three, reissued on ArkivCD. The K589/590 coupling was one of their two
debut LPs (the other coupled Smetana #1 w/Dvorak op. 105), and the Gramophone
reviewer's characterization ("distinguished Mozart playng indeed") is no
exaggeration. K575 was recorded about five years later, and I was never as
enamored of it as of the other two works, although it's more than listenable.

AC

Paul Goldstein

2/11/2012 3:43:00 PM

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In article <emersn-BC6E2B.15190510022012@nnrp-virt.nntp.sonic.net>, Steve
Emerson says...
>
>In article <jh0pi601ua5@drn.newsguy.com>,
> Paul Goldstein <pgoldste@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <d96c8405-755a-49d4-89c3-54c6c3e92f4c@vd8g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>> Oscar says...
>> >
>> >Coming later this month:
>> >
>> >Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler 7CD
>> >Leopod Stokowki The Stereo Collection, Vol. I 14CD
>> >Leon Fleisher Plays Beethoven & Brahms [concertos with Szell] 5CD
>> >Murray Perahia Plays Mozart Piano Concertos 12CD
>> >Erich Leinsdorf Conducts Beethoven Symphonies [with BSO] 5CD
>> >Leonard Bernstein The Complete Mahler Symphonies [again] 12CD
>> >Marek Janowski Wagner Der Ring Des Nibelungen 14CD
>> >Guarneri Quartet Plays Mozart Quartets 6CD
>> >Leonard Slatkin Conducts Tchaikovsky Ballets [with SLSO] 6CD
>> >Paul Crossley Debussy Complete Works for Solo Piano 4CD
>>
>> The Guarneris' RCA Mozart is excellent - this is an attractive box.
>
>I agree on their quartets. But here's the thing. The set contains:
>
> --The six quartets dedicated to Haydn (just coming out of a budget
>release of their own); and
> --The string quintets.
>
>The Prussian quartets that they did (just two? or all three?) have never
>appeared on CD, to my knowledge, and aren't included here. Those are at
>least on a par with their quartets dedicated to Haydn.

You're right, Steve. That is a dumb omission.