Hex: Shards of Fate TCG - Set 7: Frostheart 6/29/17
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Yeah, not being able to pay the artists for the next set pretty much means it's dead unless they get a huge backer that doesn't care about a history of failure.
It's sad - it could have been great, but their skills as game designers far outstripped their software development and project management capabilities.
It's sad - it could have been great, but their skills as game designers far outstripped their software development and project management capabilities.
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OU Ariakas
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Hex is finally closing the rotting carcass of their game down on 12/31. I will put the whole email at the bottom but wanted to single out the first infuriating paragraph.
The press release links back to the 2015 settlement with WOTC for infringement of MtG. If Cryptozoic is using that settlement as the reason they MUST shut down (and the wording makes it seem like that is exactly the case) then either they are using it as an excuse as to why they never made enough money to continue or, much more damning, they knew from the day of the settlement that Hex only had 5 years left and decided to keep that fact from the users in order to try and salvage some revenue. The latter is how the wording makes it sound and it also explains how half assed everything became after the settlement. So here we were thinking that the settlement freed them to go wild and start pumping out content because the sword of damocles wasn't hovering over their head when, in reality, the sword had dropped but took 5 years to cut off Cory's lying balls.
I'm angry because this game had a ton of promise. I liked it more than MTG and it seemed like it was going to be a true competitor.
those fucking liars who lied the whole time said:
The press release links back to the 2015 settlement with WOTC for infringement of MtG. If Cryptozoic is using that settlement as the reason they MUST shut down (and the wording makes it seem like that is exactly the case) then either they are using it as an excuse as to why they never made enough money to continue or, much more damning, they knew from the day of the settlement that Hex only had 5 years left and decided to keep that fact from the users in order to try and salvage some revenue. The latter is how the wording makes it sound and it also explains how half assed everything became after the settlement. So here we were thinking that the settlement freed them to go wild and start pumping out content because the sword of damocles wasn't hovering over their head when, in reality, the sword had dropped but took 5 years to cut off Cory's lying balls.
I'm angry because this game had a ton of promise. I liked it more than MTG and it seemed like it was going to be a true competitor.
final email said:
- Standard Constructed Ladder
- Corinth Merry Melee
- Evolving Sealed Gauntlet
- Draft Gauntlet
- Our remaining CCS tournament on November 21st
- 3 match wins = 2 Shards of Fate / 2 Shattered Destiny / 1 Armies of Myth / 1 Primal Dawn
- 2 match wins = 1 Armies of Myth / 1 Primal Dawn
- 1 match win = Random Rare
I think it's simpler than that - as part of the settlement they agreed to pay money to WOTC for 'licensing', and they can't afford to pay it any more.
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Mahes
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I kick started this at the pro level. I really enjoyed the initial release with the first expansion. It became painfully obvious though that they lacked the number/talent of programmers needed for a project like this. Delays started to occur and some bugs never got fixed. I sold out my account and actually got a little more than what I put into it. It was a great idea that almost worked.