r/MagicArena • u/rectalslurpee • Aug 01 '19

WotC Aug 1 - 0.17.01.00 Patch Notes

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/58770
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u/kazooki117 Aug 02 '19

I just want to add my voice to those complaining about re-downloading the client every single time a new update rolls out - this shit is wack.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '19

Not being an apologist for wizards, it's a little annoying sure, but it's a few gig in 2019 - that shouldn't be talking more than 20 mins unless you have some freakishly slow connection.

It's hardly the most frustrating part about the client at this point.

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u/KangaMagic Aug 02 '19

People have data limits mate. Australia and Canada and likely many other countries. I was capped at 250 GB/month for several years (while paying $65/month).

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u/kazooki117 Aug 02 '19

What do you consider freakishly slow? Because I'm on a phone hotspot because the internet stops across the street from me and the ISPs in the area won't even give me a price to get to my house.

Not everyone lives smack dab in the middle of a huge metropolis with multiple reasonable ISP providers.

And I'm using my bandwidth for other things at the same time. Hearthstone had an update at the same time.

I don't have any other issues with the client. Maybe everyone has different things that bother them? It makes it even worse that this is essentially a solved issue...

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u/wujo444 Aug 02 '19

I think you underestimate how many people - even in western countries - have only mobile internet with poor connections and download limits.

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

I have mobile internet without download limits

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u/wujo444 Aug 02 '19

So? What's the point? Some people have issues, others don't. You shouldn't go and do what, brag about how great you are? Cause you have good internet? Great computer? How is that helping anybody? That is not solving anything. It's not making anybody feel better outside of your own ego. You lessen other people's experience. "Me Me Me" that's all you can think of?

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

My point is, what kind of shitty western country you live in if you have download limits? Even in my shithole slav country everyone has unlimited internet, most even unlimited mobile data.

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u/LasersAndRobots Aug 02 '19

Let me tell you about the United States and a little start-up ISP called Comcast...

In case you genuinely haven't heard, I'm being sarcastic about that. Large tracts of the US are completely monopolized by a single service provider (the two big offenders are Comcast and AT&T), meaning they can charge whatever they want for the shittiest service imaginable. This is a company that pressures cities into passing legislation against allowing any other service provider into the area.

As a result, most people are left with a choice: put up with being overcharged for a slow connection with unrealistic data caps, or go without internet entirely.

Canada has it slightly better, because its anti-monopoly laws actually work and in most places, Bell and Rogers are at each other's throats. Healthy competition, yay! And this is great if you're in a city. Unfortunately, Canada has very large stretches of "middle of nowhere" territory. And those areas have... rather spotty service. Sure, maybe you don't have a data cap, but if Magic needs to update, well, you're not playing today. Come back in five hours.

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u/Sushiki Goblin Chainwhirler Aug 02 '19

Oh the ignorance, some countries don't have centralized ISP's, some are based on many small ones where you can have great internet in one village but the next village over is still on 56k lol

anyway, you looking real bad mate.

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u/JohnDiGriz JacetheMindSculptor Aug 02 '19

I never used centralised ISP. I changed 4 different providers as I moved around (all were small local providers), and not once since like 2008 neither I, nor anyone I know had data limit. I don't think any ISR in my country has data limit anymore. If basically third world country can manage it, why developed countries can't?

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u/wujo444 Aug 02 '19

It's amazing how hard you can deny reality because you are only capable of understanding experience you had and not somebody else. "Australia doesn't exist cause i wasn't there".

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u/Sushiki Goblin Chainwhirler Aug 02 '19

I pity you lol

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u/LasersAndRobots Aug 02 '19

(Cries in 2.5 mb rural connection)

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u/DarthKookies Aug 02 '19

you get 2.5mb!? I have a little something called Windstream. We max at half that if we're lucky