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A Tour of Wizards of the Coast
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-06-08 01:57:00
tagged: WOTC, MTG, Magic, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, Magic the Gathering
In a sleep-deprivedly short six hours, the Community Cup will begin in Renton, Washington. Over the next week, nine community representatives will be bringing you tales of victory (fingers crossed!) as we battle the members of R&D for Magic Online supremacy! Wish you could join me and my eight compatriots? Well, I can't help you there, but I can help you feel as though you're a part of the experience by giving you a virtual tour of Wizards.
Well, actually, I've already done that. You see, during my time as an intern with everyone's favorite gaming company, I actually did exactly that with my first article. And since I'm headed to the office this week to battle those dastardly design and development devils, I figured I'd remind everyone about that piece so you can feel what it's like to experience the awesomeness of seeing inside the game factory.
Read my original article entitled "My First Week at Wizards" here.
For additional reading, I would propose the following:
"80,000 Words" by Mark Rosewater. (Read it with director's commentary here.)
"Got There" by Zac Hill.
"Visiting Wizards, Reprints, and the Reserved List" by Steve Menendian.
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.