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by snarke
Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:58 pm
Forum: Information General
Topic: Unlimited, Summer, 4th Edition and French/German Test Prints
Replies: 93
Views: 132820

Test prints are for aesthetic reasons, to see how text looks in borders, to see how redesigned textboxes or frames look like. That's why the textless and test printing ones do away with text -- they're purely aesthetic. The french/german ones simply need to test for how text actually looks like in ...
by snarke
Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Information General
Topic: Unlimited, Summer, 4th Edition and French/German Test Prints
Replies: 93
Views: 132820

Textless test prints

I was encouraged to drop by. :) Edgar happened after I'd handed over the job of Production Manager to Tom Wanerstrand. However, I might be able to provide some clues. Magic cards were originally created in two layers. The border and artwork were a high resolution TIFF file. The type and symbols were...
by snarke
Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:27 pm
Forum: Item Value and Availability
Topic: If a "Proposal" card became available for purchase
Replies: 62
Views: 54510

Proposal background info.

Does nobody Google any more?

There's a pretty good explanation of how the card was actually created at http://howell.seattle.wa.us/games/MtG/Proposal.html
by snarke
Mon May 08, 2006 9:58 pm
Forum: Standard Magic Products
Topic: Cold Case.What's the Real Truth about C.E. and I.C.E. Sets.
Replies: 13
Views: 16181

Corroboration.

For what it's worth, my memory was that we'd done 10k CE's, and 5k ICE's. I don't see any reason to not take Peter's (indirect) information about having been shorted on the CEs, though, so sounds pretty likely to me.
by snarke
Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:22 am
Forum: Website Concerns
Topic: Proposal: what changed?
Replies: 9
Views: 10578

Re: Proposal: what changed?

Good heavens. I hadn't realized that he hadn't made those changes until now. :)
by snarke
Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:00 am
Forum: Website Concerns
Topic: Proposal: what changed?
Replies: 9
Views: 10578

Proposal: what changed?

The front of the web site says that info about the Proposal card changed. So, what got updated?
by snarke
Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:10 am
Forum: Searching, Buying, Paying, Shipping, Storing
Topic: "Fire-proof safes" not as safe as you th
Replies: 9
Views: 11458

Re: "Fire-proof safes" not as safe as yo

Well, viewed, yes. I was more curious about whether or not it was interesting or useful. <shrug>
by snarke
Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:03 am
Forum: Searching, Buying, Paying, Shipping, Storing
Topic: "Fire-proof safes" not as safe as you th
Replies: 9
Views: 11458

Re: "Fire-proof safes" not as safe as yo

Hmm. Now, I realize that a lack of follow-up posts doesn't mean nobody read the original post. It might be definitive. Or boring.

Did anybody read the original post? &nbsp;Did you find the information useful, or is this, in the end, just a way for me to boost my post count? &nbsp;::)
by snarke
Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:54 am
Forum: Item Value and Availability
Topic: PSA rated cards
Replies: 42
Views: 35655

Re: PSA rated cards

Well, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is, despite my care in calling first to find out PSA's policy regarding signatures, I still got three of the six I sent in returned ungraded. Whoever I talked to on the phone in December was simply wrong; they won't grade cards w/signatures unless th...
by snarke
Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:22 am
Forum: Promotional and Unofficial Magic Items
Topic: Life Size Statues from WotC Store on eBay
Replies: 13
Views: 15549

Re: Life Size Statues from WotC Store on eBay

The statues were auctioned off (I guess not on eBay) when the stores closed. The sculptor, Kim, is a good friend of mine. (I have some great pictures of her in the claws of the Shivan Dragon.)

Each one has to be cast, smoothed, and painted one at a time. They're not cheap to make.
by snarke
Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:54 am
Forum: Member Information
Topic: Most prized M:TG item
Replies: 73
Views: 75379

Re: Most prized M:TG item: l0qii's prized ad

That's a hilarious Foglio ad. Once Again, It's Wacky Trivia Time From the Dark Ages of Magic! The goofy character answering the phone has a name. It is perfectly obvious to me that Phil based his artwork on a guy named T. Brian Wagner, who Phil knew, and was in Customer Service at the time. [And, as...
by snarke
Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:48 am
Forum: Member Information
Topic: Most prized M:TG item
Replies: 73
Views: 75379

Re: Most prized M:TG item

Most prized items? Ahem. Proposal, duh. The original artwork for Twiddle. Old rule books, 'cause they have my name it it. Some extra Xerox masters for Arabian Nights playtest cards. Some of my WotC business cards that say "Lim-Dûl, Necromancer" A couple of Wizards of the Coast stock certificates. (...
by snarke
Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:25 am
Forum: Searching, Buying, Paying, Shipping, Storing
Topic: I just won a beta MOX JET for $75 US!
Replies: 31
Views: 32808

Re: I just won a beta MOX JET for $75 US!

mintcollector said "Some sellers tend to steal artwork from other auctions (which I wish they would make illegal)"

Actually, they already did. If I scan one of my boosters and post it, that image is mine, protected by U.S. Copyright Law. No, I do not need to attach any little (c) to it or anything.

Section 2(b) of Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Act
says &nbsp;that any person who infringes a copyright “willfully . . . by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, of 1 or more copies, of 1 or more copyrighted worksâ€￾ is subject to the criminal penalties set forth in Title 18. For stealing eBay images, it'd be a misdemeanor.

The infringer does need to act “willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain.â€￾ No problem there.

Now: am I actually going to take the time to sue some jerkweed who steals my images? Nope. I am smart enough to not only know how to do it, but how to not have my stuff stolen in the first place. <grin> That's why, after the first couple of auctions, I redid all my auction artwork to include my name in semitransparent lettering across the object for sale.

It is illegal. It's just not very enforceable, until/unless people doing auctions get a bit smarter about protecting their images.
by snarke
Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:04 am
Forum: Item Value and Availability
Topic: PSA rated cards
Replies: 42
Views: 35655

Re: PSA rated cards

I called PSA to find out their policy on autographs. What I was told was that if it is clearly a deliberate signature (and not a scribble or other accident), then it is ignored for grading purposes. If an individual wants a PSA 9 Mint card without pen tracks, they can choose not to buy a signed PSA9...
by snarke
Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:55 am
Forum: Searching, Buying, Paying, Shipping, Storing
Topic: The sniping topic
Replies: 58
Views: 52607

Re: The sniping topic

<scratch head> This is very weird to me. OK, there's an auction. You want an item? Enter in the actual, honest, truly true maximum amount you'd be willing to pay for it. Now go to bed; you're done.  You're now "snipe proof." If somebody snipes it, and you're all mad, that says that you didn't a...