Editing Wizards of the Coast (section)

==The April 2023 Incident AKA How to Turn a Children's Card Game into the fucking Italian Mafia==
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Remember the April 2023 incident mentioned earlier? Yeah. So what happened was that the chucklefucks at WotC sent in the fucking [[That Guy|'''''Pinkertons''''']] (currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB, a [[Norsca|Swedish]] security corporation) to some [[neckbeard]]'s home because he'd accidentally purchased an unreleased set of MTG cards and shown them on his YouTube channel. Yes. These insane nutjobs sent in a motherfucking ''[[WTF|PMC]]'' notorious for its history of shooting striking workers (resulting in literal legislation against them called Anti-Pinkerton Laws, look them up) over a bunch of children's ''trading cards''. Hey, if you're going to behave like a 19th century robber baron, why not go the whole hog and use the same thugs for hire favored by Carnegie and his ilk? 

The sheer level of unprecedented, excessive, and unnecessary overreaction shocked the wider tabletop community because it was just ''that'' batshit insane. The poor guy's wife was so traumatised she ''broke down crying'' when [[Inquisition|these armed hired goons terrorized and intimidated the ''entire neighborhood'', let alone the guy's family themselves]]. I mean fuck. Not even the scumfuckery of ''[[Games Workshop]]'' is that mean-spirited. You must be fucked royally hard to make GeeDubs of all companies look reasonable. Seriously, the entire tabletop community (not only the MTG and D&D fans) were up in justified outrage. This led to a shit-ton of former fans cancelling their subscriptions to WOTC and declaring that they will never buy a product from them again. The PR was such a fucking raging inferno that WOTC quickly apologized but by this point it was too little too late, as many people came around to the view that this whole fiasco was a class-action lawsuit in the making. Especially after it turned out that this ''wasn't even the first time they had used the Pinkertons for this kind of thing''.

Like seriously, you couldn't have just emailed the guy over a ''genuine shipping mistake''?! You bunch of sociopathic, megalomaniacal fuckwits?

Even after the incident, Wizards of the Coast dropped the ball in regards to Magic, relegating the lore of said Aftermath set, removing a lot of Sparks for mostly no reason while having the reasoning why be explained not by the company itself nor by one of the writers, but by a literal podcast nobody has heard of. Not since Star Wars showcased Palpatine’s return via Fortnite has a company screwed up lore reveals as heavily as this, and for it to happen right after the Pinkerton incident really does show the lack of competency that has become the status quo following the Hasbro acquisition.

WotC is clearly speedrunning "worst company of 2023" so keep your popcorn ready for the next fuck up sure to be coming soon. Look, they’re already continuing on that speedrun by [https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/monster-kids-drawings using proceedings from books to fund ABA therapies and Autism Speaks], furthering the ruination of their reputation as if this were a minor blip on the radar for them.