Thank you for your responses. Here's why I gathered this data.

I needed to know for myself and to make it clear to the world at large how important this game is to my life so the scope of it could be understood when I say:

"I'm out." https://twitter.com/MechaDenny/status/1319755757278068736
The community has wonderful people in it to be sure, but @wizards_magic time and time again lets bigots and bad actors flourish and propagate for the sake of short term company profit. I can't conscience it.
Most recently a discord server managed by @JudgeAcademy (the 3rd party that Wizards pays to judge their tournaments) was sharing altered cards depicting the lynching of a black child.

This was, to the members of that discord of judges, very funny.
Company ownership would, after significant outcry, eventually post a toothless and downright insulting statement condemning the racism.

(The poster apologized and academy is going to investigate but not share any actions taken. So just trust them I guess?)

Silence from WotC.
I have no hope for this situation to improve when Wizards of the Coast turns a blind eye over and over and over again to abuses like this.

But it's actually been 2 years since I stopped buying product and streaming the game, and here's why:
Nic. Kelman.

In 2003 Nic Kelman wrote a book about children seducing adult men.

In 2017 Wizards of the Coast hired him for the mtg creative team, and then promoted him.

@AEMarling writes about it here. https://medium.com/@aemarling/nic-kelman-hypocrisy-80d9c1edca71
What did Wizards have to say about the community's concerns here?

Nothing. Silence. Pretend everything is fine.

YEARS of ignoring, protecting, hiring, promoting harmful actors - and silence from @wizards_magic
So I'm out. Wasn't enough to just not endorse and stream the game. I'm selling my cube and duel decks. It's not going to get better while creeps run the show.

My whole adult life was shaped by this game. I met half of my friends and family because of it - and I'm out.
You can follow @MechaDenny.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: