His content is so good, but you are so right about him being a hypocrite. The problems he describes do exist in the MTG community and WotC. He just seems like he is out to attack Wizards because they banned him for a dumb reason, and then continues to give them money. I feel bad for the guy but he isn't practicing what he is preaching.
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Exactly, and I can't stand how he still supports Wizards... they don't deserve anyone's money at this point.
I think you got the nail on the head with the "Stockholm syndrome" comment too. It just must be devastating that he can't play a game that means so much to him, he basically based his life around it and now can't do anything. If he stops buying he is yielding his favorite game to politics and corporate approved thought police, if he continues he's a hypocrite. He has put himself in a catch 22. Magic has become so politicized I haven't played myself at a physical shop in months, I just buy/sell and play casual with friends. It sucks because my local physical shop is awesome, it's the game that has gone downhill. The reason commander got big in the last couple years is because the current sets and politics are abhorrent. I use to be real competitive, like going to pro tours and events. I have never seen anyone harass anyone or women treated like anything but unicorns. Every trans person was accepted and included (I live in trans central in north CA). I don't know where they get their data from, trans and women make up a ultra minority, like 1-2 in every shop I've been to that are regulars (tons more come on prereleases, I'll admit that). I would say maybe 1 in 10 (or less) women come to game stores by their own volition. They are always someone's girlfriend or wife. WotC's purge season is unfounded and uneeded. Of course there are toxic 2pro4U players that are assholes, but if they ever really acted like dicks they are kicked out of stores. I know a guy that was banned from a store for a month for just cussing around kids, and rightfully so. WotC is acting like people are being excluded or even sexually harassed... that's just not happening. Anecdotal evidence used from my experience anyway.