well, u are comparing apples and oranges here.

Magic, "or any other CCG" are infact, CCG (collectible card game, i had to look it up, so i'm putting it out there for other people to know)

Clix, is not a CCG, its a CMG, whereas the cards are not an essential part of the game.

you are going to extremes to make a comparison, but nothing i have seen you compare to have any relation to that of Clix, this of course is not to demean your opinion (as you are entitled to it) but more of me pointing out that your argument is lacking in substantial counter evidence.... (my personal opinion, i could be missing something here)

Again because they aren't allowed. Magic, and other card games, are most likely never going to allow proxies of cards because the cards are the main element to the game. Just like WizKids is never going to allow proxy figures because the figures are the main element to the game.

I'm not sure what any of this has to do with print and play. You're talking about listening to the consumers... well look at the polls on here. An overwhelming majority of people favor the print and play decision. This isn't WK putting out an "inferior product". And if anything it points to WK taking their customer's wishes into consideration. And yes customer are important but your post comes off as a bit self-righteous. Believe it or not, the customer is NOT always right... that's a horrible business cliche that irritates me to no end. BTW, I bought SportsClix. I'm not sure what the point of bringing that up was... are you saying it was an inferior/low quality product? Because it wasn't really a quality problem... it just wasn't popular enough. The figures could have been hand painted and the line still probably would have gone under.

They are not? I beg to differ. At venues, and in friendly games, Feats, BFCs, and Special Objects are used about 99% of time by all players.

If that's not essential, I don't know what is.

Honestly, how often do you NOT use any type of cardboard in a game? Any of you? How often do you, or your opponent not use cardboard?

Cardboard is a very essential part of the game.

Bystander Tokens are used quite a bit as well.

From dictionary.com:

es⋅sen⋅tial
  /əˈsɛnʃəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-sen-shuhl]

–adjective
1. absolutely necessary; indispensable: Discipline is essential in an army.
2. pertaining to or constituting the essence of a thing.

I can, and often do, play without any Feats or BFCs. They may have become an important part of the game, but they are not essential.

We probably have a "No cardboard" event once every couple months. I probably play a team w/ no feats at all once a month or once every other month. Sometimes it's just easier to make a team and not have to worry about finding cards, explaining them to your opponent, etc.

i see what your saying. i just play with a very small group (3-5). we are all into other hobbies like paintball or xbox live etc. etc. so we all talk about the game and everyone knows usually what everyone else has. so sometimes it was fun to keep it hidden that i got a new le feat that they couldn't have took in consideration and pop it out and strike fear into them even if it doesn't do that much for my team. ill still enjoy playing just in a different way i guess.

Ah, they are not absolutely necessary, but they sure are indispensable!!!

Want to quote the dictionary some more?

this is all true. im just worried this is the start of something bad. im afraid that the character cards are going to vanish and whenever you pull a figure you have to then print off the character card for it. hopefully that will never happen and it probably wont, but i will always have that creeping sense of doom when companies start making it cheaper on themselves by eliminating game elements and dont lower the price tag.

No, it wouldn't be fair - you have yet to do it (or if you have, you actually haven't quoted the *source* of your Thesaurus). But, please, anytime you'd like to start, feel free. It would be interesting to see you introduce facts into the discussion.

In the end though they are optional for game play (and pretty much always have been)... you may NEED them to win but other people do not and you are able to legally field a team w/o them.

but isn't that igniting a flame war when you say get over it, and stop crying.
im not trying to argue against your point because you are right, but when i do try to make a statement from my point of view i do get a hundred post about why they dont agree which is fine yet the make comments like get over it which makes me think why do i even post if nobody WANTS to listen. also maybe im confused on which post you are referring to.

The source is my Dictionary and Thesarus v. 1.0.2 on my Macintosh, running Mac OS 10.4.11. Copyright 2005.

But if you wan, I can quote Websters as well. I have two different versions.

Thats an....ummmm.....interesting argument.

I'm stunned! The programmers at Mac play Clix????