maximusleopluradon asked:

“I believe San Diego Comic-Con doesn’t let you stream panels.” Again I understand that this decision is/was bigger than you, but as you’ve stated before, part of good design is managing expectations. And when there is a big panel reveal of a highly anticipated set, I think that many of you player base expects that they would be able to watch it. In fact my fav set reveal is the on stage event for BFZ. If SDCC doesn’t allow streaming events, then may it’s not the right place? Thoughts?

There are many factors that determine the time window when an announcement can be made (a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff like when products have to be listed for distributor/stores to purchase it). San Diego Comic-Con was the only major convention in the time window and I’d already set up a Magic panel, so it seemed like the fortuitous choice.

I realized that I was conveying a lot of information, so I specifically wrote an article that could be released with it (technically shortly after), so that everyone can be walked through the changes in even more detail than the panel could handle.

I know it’s easy to want the ideal, but a lot of making things work is finding the best answer given all the constraints you’re working with. So in short, streaming it simply wasn’t an option.