This shows in their organized play structure. The other day, playing in a tournament, I wondered aloud “what’s Kitsune’s strength? is it 2 or 3?”. My opponent refused to answer (he was playing Jinteki and I had seen a Kitsune earlier). I asked the Judge, who responded that he did not know, and that I could not look up the full card text, because in the tournament rules it forbids using any outside informational resource, including taking notes or using your phone. This is a TERRIBLE rule. What point does it serve other than to reward players who spend time developing a photographic memory of every card, and develop mnemonics to remember the cards in their opponent’s hand? That has nothing to do with playing their game.
The FFG OP system smacks of a super casual anti-Magic attitude. Honestly, there is a reason Magic is the king of card games, both in sales and in quality of tournament organization. They have been doing it for 20 years… not to sound like a fanboy, there are plenty of issues with Magic, but their OP system is not one of them. There’s no reason to think they’ve missed the mark on things like intentional draws, taking notes during games, being allowed to see card text on request, and a clear infraction procedure guide. Netrunner isn’t big enough yet, but if it continues to grow, I really hope we can see a change in some of these things…
Damn, that was a huge tangent. Sorry.
As far as the C&D goes, I agree with what most people have said here. It reminds me of music industry giants trying to C&D websites hosting lyrics to thousands of songs. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot…
I get that Jinteki.net went too far, but isn’t it better to just offer the best deck building site than to offer a mediocre one and try to blow up everything else?