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Lol metazoo is back! This didn’t age well… take the mask off ❤

Whatever is in the art of smashback alehorn! But good video dude especially shout out to the springs.

I wasnt aware that you ceased your work on this channel. You had a lot of good just judgement against these tcgs, the community will miss you man. No one will take your place so easily.

Rudy kiss butt😂

Why you didn’t show the cards..stupid

This aged badly 😂

TL;DR: I created a ruleset for team-based UPF, link in the bottom I agree to most of your arguments, especially to the FaB being just a copy of EDH with a restriction on whom you can attack. However, I do not necessarily agree that UPF should be building towards a board state like EDH, because that would make it just EDH in FaB, which is what I specifically do not want. I like the idea of UPF because I want to play multiplayer FaB. The reason I do not like its current implementation is not because UPF is missing something that EDH has -- one can always go and play it, I just lost interest in that format. The reason I do not like UPF in its current state is because the best social experiences I had in EDH were created in games where every player at some point almost won the game but was stopped by others, and the realisation that you were _this_ close to winning is what was keeping the flame of interest alive. FaB doesn't have that, and I believe it can't really have that just because of how swingy the Blitz format can be due to lower life totals and lack of direct interaction like counterspells. I am not saying that FaB needs counterspells, just that the game doesn't have the tools to provide the level of interactivity that players who want to have a fun multiplayer experiemce might be looking for in UPF. Another reason UPF fails is to be fun for me is that everyone is aware that the game can only end with the last man standing. There are no sudden win conditions because you've accumulated an infinite combo, no "you win the game" cards and literally no other way of winning other than reducing your last opponent's life total to 0. All of that made me think about creating custom rules for UPF which would help make it something unique to FaB that Magic's EDH simply can't have, and I came up with a draft ruleset for a team-based UPF format. A regular 4-player UPF game will naturally have people sitting diagonally form temporary alliances as can't really damage each another (we don't talk about Wizards here), so why not just make them permanent? The biggest difference is that each team chooses who will be the defending player this round, and players on the same team take turns being the turn player. If you want to have a look at the full ruleset, check this post on the Purple Discord: discord.com/channels/625953788343091200/879030363979132968/1219978150948245524

Thanks for posting this, it's unfortunate that I'm about 4 months late to the conversation, but I guess I'll still chime in lol. So full transparency, I'm currently a One Piece TCG Player/Content Creator, but before I decided on OP, when I was first getting back into TCG's around the end of the Pandemic I had 3-4 Options I was seriously looking in to; those options being FaB, OP:TCG, Lorcana, and Digimon. I won't go down my full journey and decision process in determining which game I wanted to fully commit to, but I'll at least explain why I didn't choose to go all in on FaB. (I do still play though, just very casually and as I believe you mentioned in the video, not much for a casual player to do in the scene) Initially, when exploring Flesh and Blood, I came across some really positive feedback/information. Everything at first glance looked really good and I was pretty excited to give this game an honest go. In fact, I was ready to fully dive in to the game. I was attracted to the fact that it rewarded skilled play. I enjoyed the game flow and back and forth. I like that there is a Hero representing you with specialized equipment. I like how instead of there being "colors" in the game there are classes etc. However, then I started running into some pretty big issues (at least for me): 1. The price of entry. You talk about this a bit throughout the video, but around @21:19 I feel like you hit the absolute biggest problem on the head. There are a list of cards that you should basically have access to if you have any intentions of being able to play this game even at a local level like E Strikes, C&C's, Art of Wars, Warmonger's, Fyendal's, Crown of Providence, Balance of Justice, and then a few other pieces of equipment for whatever your class needs (Phantasmal's, Spell Creeper's, Dynamo's, etc). Unfortunately, Viserai is my main and there is a card I will literally never be able to own because it costs $300... yep Arknight Shard lol. That immediately discouraged me as a newer player trying to get into the scene. Some positive news on this, currently E.Strikes and Art of Wars are around $25 US. 2. Scarcity of players at Local tournaments in my area. I preface this with, I'm not in some small city (population: 1 million people) and TCG's are really booming in my area for MTG, OP:TCG, Digimon, and so on, but not so much for FaB. There are around 10 LGS in my area all within about 30-40 minutes of each other but I think only 2 of them still carry FaB products now. I searched far and wide and the closest store that I can go to that supports FaB is about 35 minutes away from me and they are lucky if they get 10 players to show up outside of a pre-release type of event.. I don't know the full history on this situation in my area and why the game is not supported more across the other stores, but it is a very unfortunate problem where I live (Florida). 3. One Piece ended up being one of the best TCG's I've ever played. I've been playing TCG's for over 15 years now and I never pass up on learning a new TCG when I come across it and OP:TCG has been incredible. I won't go to far down this point, just saying it did absolutely play a factor, especially as a Content Creator. I hope my comment is not received in the wrong light, I actually really enjoy FaB and I have 5 physical decks "complete" and ready to go if the scene ever picks back up where I live (Viserai, Teklovossen, Katsu, Prism, and the recently LL'd Dromai). I have complete in quotations because I refuse to pay for the cards over $40. Thanks again for putting this video up.

He's a dick rudy was a big part of the metazoo rug pull and the best thing lss ever did was stop kissing his ass in favor of a even playing field with the other lgs. You come across as a real ass kiss in this short.

Dude you suck hard. Like you are a Rudy fan boy so hard. Talk about your own channel.

Bro please don't stop making videos your thoughts are always entertaining, pls make a rant on Lorcana or something, you don't need to upload on a schedule just throw a rant every month of 2 just for fun

A smash bros multiplayer tcg sounds so damn fun.

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You can tell deckmaster j isn’t even sure what TCG stands for

The song in the beginning is so extra and I love it

Nice video Joe.. hope to play against u soon

I haven’t liked the “trading” part of the name for a while since it’s really now about an economy system. I know ECG is used already, but the trading aspect nowadays is more about the credit card than anything. The emphasis should instead be about the rarities.

Good thoughts overall, and as always it’s been good hearing them so it’s unfortunate to see you go. Here’s to you providing your insight elsewhere!

As a creator, I would just like to say, I feel I learned a lot from your time here on the channel over the years. I hope to continue to take that with me through the learning journey. Fire video as always.

*Promosm* 💃

Bless Up, from VanquisherTCG. 🫶🏼

That list was massive. And yet, incomplete. 🤯

uncle james is our hero! never thought a random email on a whim would be reciprocated above and beyond like that <3 thanks uncle joey for providing this convo as a platform to share our most prized FAB possession and our overall journey!

Thanks for everything you have done for the community! I will miss hearing your hot takes on this crazy industry. Good luck on your next chapter brotha!

On the mark with every point made. Once easy money was sniffed out by people this whole thing became a monster that couldn’t be contained. Geeps is posting in discord about his lack of respect for you and essentially trashing the video. It’s my opinion that anyone who refuses to see the the reality you laid out is part of the problem. I’d love to see which games someone like him have been involved with that are seeing great success outside of the discord echo chamber.

You’re lost my brother

I think overprinting is the problem but also stuff like the ban system being so robust and extrem could be a problem. That’s would be a design problem, like for example set rotation would be. Is not a sustainable model because value is destroyed over time systematically thus changing the behavior of the consumer after a while. You then can only hope for the player base to save you at that point. Collectors will head out basically kneecapping your customer base by a lot. Most grown people that I know (not me) buy into games for the ride and enjoyment of the game. The like being a part of the game but don’t even really have time to pursue play (besides friendlies here and there) or are not confident in their playing abilities yet want to be a consumer pf the product. Almost half of the tcg audience relate to this type of product in a very different way that you may be thinking in your line of reasoning.

If the value of the staples would be preserved by not reprinting the same exact piece or it getting diminished by power creep, nobody would have a problem buying many multiples for each deck, knowing your money is being preserved and not lost. I actually did that for grand archive and it was a good move for me since value of these cards will probably only increase with time. I’m only confident in this because the company itself has signaled that to their customer base which in turn improves confidence and drives up value. That makes my purchase valuable and therefore it makes sense to dish out the money. Same dynamic happens with a lot of different products in every day life. It would be key to understand what differentiates an item with store of value capability from a perishable or a replaceable item and how that affects your bottom line business model: selling more cards.

There are no options or securities for tcgs so if you want a stable price during the whole selling window, the manufacturer has to make the first adjustment in gauging correctly the demand for his production. That’s only if they wouldn’t want any of the parts involved to lose money.. like for example distributors. That’s called good business practice which in turn makes long term business possible. Are you familiar with basic market dynamics??🤔 respectfully, your argument are so detached is is surprising

Maaan, are you sure you understand basic economics?? You are very confused my friend

That’s not how demand works … wth 😂 I’m not a politics guy, but I can tell you voted democrat

Respectfully I think you are wrong on the affordability aspect.

I think these conversations by people who actually know the industry are very important to be had

Great video!!

LoL 😭 how about grand archive tho????

Let's wind it back to the beginning...

Cheers, dude! 🙂Great work.

I am happy for all of the fans and the folk in charge. Too little, too late for my interest in it I think, but I am sincerely thrilled for everyone still into it! 😀

Great analysis, keep up the great work!

Great Chat!

Dude. Great points

Rudy is selling sealed boxes and yes they are overprinted, but the singles is doing very good though, but Rudy dont sell singles so......😊

Lots if people playing flesh and blood also plays on talishar, all of those i know does. If you compare november/december 2022 with the same period in 2023, we have an increase in games being played of 55% in one year, going from 110.000 games to 170.000 games, that is freaking awesome🤟 I would say that overall the playerbase is for sure growing😊🥰🍻

First off, I want to say thank you. for all that you have done for the FAB community and for all the time you have taken to create and contribute. It was so nice to meet you at Origins and I hope I get to buy you that beer in the future. While there may not be a lot of money in content creation, there is a lot to say when it comes to community building. And while we can't spend Thank You's, we sure can appreciate the people who help to build. Here's to your health, your family and to your future successes. Cheers!

This would be the biggest tcg comeback ever. I hope the best for them😊👍

Very much the End of an Era for me. I learned a lot from you and will miss you insights popping up in my UA-cam Subs.

Always enjoyed listening to your views, Joey, even when I didn't entirely agree. Thanks for pulling great content together over the past three years. All the best for your next endeavour hope that your talent and enthusiasm is justly rewarded.

Appreciate the videos, You have always been my primary inspiration in starting my own channel. I look forward to seeing what you end up doing in 2024.

Great video and perspective. It's a bummer I just found this channel 😢

All those terrible games that were successfully funded.... and Ted's Basement covered half of them and then deleted the video haha Seriously, looking over that scrolling text, I'm mortified at some of obvious traps I recognize and can't believe they were funded.