card pictures aren't included for a reason
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card pictures aren't included for a reason
by mtgrares » 10 Dec 2009, 20:14
I think it is good that the card pictures aren't packaged along with Forge because Forge is questionable enough without blatantly including the copyrighted pictures. Yes, starcitygames.com and other websites use a ton of card pictures but Wizards lets them. And yes, making the user download the pictures himself is a "legal hack" but it helps makes Forge "more legal".
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by Vecc » 12 Dec 2009, 19:29
To add the the 'legalty' issue, including all images in the download package would also make Forge a lot heavier I suppose... having users download the images at their will is purely advantageous if you ask me. 
Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by DennisBergkamp » 12 Dec 2009, 19:52
Especially with the new HQ images... my /pics folder is around 450 megs now 
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by mtgrares » 14 Dec 2009, 19:19
Yes without the card images, Forge is much smaller. The download used to be under 1 MB but now it is up to 4.5 MB. (Not that is really matters since most people have amazingly fast downloads.)
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by Mr.Chaos » 16 Dec 2009, 09:00
Some things are best spoken of in past tense, like "dial-up connections". 
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by zerker2000 » 17 Dec 2009, 01:56
Well, I did download forge through a cellphone/satellite setup last summer in Russia...
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by Mr.Chaos » 17 Dec 2009, 07:04
Downloading Forge is ok, but imagine doing that with the new HQ pictures!zerker2000 wrote:Well, I did download forge through a cellphone/satellite setup last summer in Russia...
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Re: card pictures aren't included for a reason
by zerker2000 » 17 Dec 2009, 10:26
My point exactly(see title of thread).
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