Ladies and gentleman. I darkarchon0 of Columbia MO, do herebye announce that I have no intention to purchase Sportsclix. I have come to the conclusion that the "retirment" of MK HC and MW pieces is an excuse to cut cost so they can pourr more money into Topps pet project. Brothers and sisters of the Inner Sphere, Trothkin of the Clans, and followers of the Peace of Blake join me in this boycott of this money pit. If we make this project fail, and we can, then we bring attention back to games that the public care about.

Who is with me????

I'd have to check it out first before I boycott anything.

I certainly despise what Topps is doing, but SportsClix could be fun. I can't judge a game I haven't played yet.

Well I had no plans to buy it anyways, so yeah I'm with you.

two problems with this boycott of yours:

1) Sportsclix targets a very different audience than MW does. there aren't a whole lot of die-hard MW fans who would be investing heavily into Sportsclix anyway, so WK will likely not see a huge loss from the MW fans who might have bought into it. i honestly feel their main target audience is not so much gamers as sports fans/card collectors. you'll see customers more likely being Yankees fans hoping to score a brand-new A-Rod figurine than a gamer looking to take a break from Magic.

2) we WANT Spotsclix to do well. VERY WELL. if it fails, WK loses even more money like they did on Creepy Freaks, and we will feel the bite as MW fans. a large-scale product failure for WK could be the last straw for any prize support, new expansions, and possibly WizKids altogether as Topps decides to cut their losses. if Sportsclix dies, it will very likely result in large scale cutbacks for Mechwarrior, possibly killing the game entirely.

if you really want to help Mechwarrior, go out and buy Spotsclix next week. buy a lot. make the corporate masters at Topps very happy with their investment in WK, and make up for the huge loss that division posted so that WK can continue to make the games we love to play...

If wiztopps goes through with forced retirment I will not be buying any of there products anymore

There has actually been a decent amount of interest in SportsClix amongst a small segment of our regular MW players. I intend to promote that interest and will gladly be purchasing some myself.

Boycotting a single product line into oblivion will not help the overall company--let alone your personal favorite line--and as LPenguin said, could lead to the premature death of all WK games.

I wouldn't play sportsclix baseball if you paid me.

I mean cripes.. board sports games SUCK! And the only ones that don't suck are very particular and different. The only one I enjoy to play at all is BloodBowl!

So yup.. I'm with ya!! ;)

fleabitfox

a BloodBowl Clix game could kick ###... heh. i love Blood Bowl, but giving it a more pick-up-and-play mechanic would be great.

better yet, if someone could secure the rights to the old Mutant League video games from Sega... can you imaging a Mutant League Hockey Clix? i don't think it could get much better than that for a sports game...

Ay yi yi, he's boycotting a game thats still newly born. If you don't like it, don't play it, but don't get everyone all riled up. You make it sound, by saying "boycott," that by law anyone who plays MWDA is required to play SC. I don't remember WizKids knocking down your door, seizing you by the arm, and making you buy a whole bunch of SC stuff at gunpoint. For glayving out loud, give ToppsClix a chance, for all we know its the next Tickle-Me-ElmoClix.

i myself will most prob not even pick up the box to look at them....0% interest in the sportsclix product.

Oh, bloody hell, lad you had me worried that they were goin' to end MWDA...
The whole retirement thing is nothing new they do it all the time for CCGs. It helps out new player and increases profit because yuou have to buy more new boosters to keep up a good battleforce... not that it bothers me any since I don't have any venues where I live. I usually play at home with my brother in law.
Of course if it really brothers you could try starting a petitions asking for another change.
As far as sportcliks go... for god's sake I'm a geek what do I care about sports! I have no interest in that game so I'm not gonna buy 'em.

Silliness.

I can understand why people are upset but, honestly, think a bit before you write this nonsense.

Ok dude, 2 things, first we all know HC is pretty much going to bomb out already just like Creepy Freaks.

and the 2nd thing is that WK can't do anything about it already, and if it sells, hell it sells and WK makes money so we can see more #### instead of getting it cut.

either way is fine with me

dude frankly well i wasn't going to buy any so yeah im in.
BTW wizkids is screwed cuz they have poor relations with there supporters and well all this latest #### is proof.

Howdo
Wiz Topps do not seem to be avidly promoting this
game outside of the USA,so it will not have a worldwide
fan base anyway,not like MK AND MW do,i have not seen
any in the games shops over here and i think that
would apply to the rest of Europe as well.

Mechlube Man