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Welcome to today's First Edition Friday Question, where you get a chance to answer questions that will help shape the future of First Edition. If you'd like to catch up on previous entries, here's a list of all of my previous Friday Questions:
Happy Valentine's Day! Even though today's holiday is typically romance-themed, don't forget to celebrate all the other types of love in your life, too. And don't forget to check out the new card released today, Mr. and Mrs. Troi. Incidentally, today is the 25th edition of the Friday question! But rather than talk about romance or silver anniversaries, I thought today I'd ask about broken links.
Which "broken link" should be fixed first?
If you haven't heard the term before, the basic definition of "broken link" is something in the game that has been referenced but does not yet exist. Typically, this takes the form of a card title, either in another card's gametext or on a special download, that doesn't yet exist. A recent example is Risk Is Our Business from The Cage. This incident lists the card "Corbomite Device" in its game text, but you won't find that card in the game. That's a broken link. A much older example is Dukat from Things Past, who special downloads Kosst Amjoan, which still doesn't exist over a decade later.
There are also more subtle broken links. For example, when the card Antaak was released in Straight and Steady, he had a special download of "Any Targ." At the time he was printed, there was only one Targ in the game. While his download worked, it was technically a broken link because it referred to a group of cards that only had one member. Fortunately, this broken link was mended with Cold Front with the introduction of Boshar[/card]1.
Broken links are a divisive concept in the game, with some people and designers liking them and the teases they provide. Meanwhile, many staff and players hate them because they leave the game incomplete. Decipher famously "ended" their run of First Edition with [url=https://www.trekcc.org/1e/index.php?id=127]All Good Things[/url], an expansion designed to close all of the broken links in their game.
With that history, hopefully you all understand what I'm asking when I ask which "broken link" to you want to see fixed first? We won't be leaving them unfixed forever, but your answers will help us figure out which ones you all want to see fixed first. I don't mind if you want to list honorable mentions, but please indicate which one broken link is most important to you to see fixed.
Thanks for reading, everyone. I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
-crp
Happy Valentine's Day! Even though today's holiday is typically romance-themed, don't forget to celebrate all the other types of love in your life, too. And don't forget to check out the new card released today, Mr. and Mrs. Troi. Incidentally, today is the 25th edition of the Friday question! But rather than talk about romance or silver anniversaries, I thought today I'd ask about broken links.
Which "broken link" should be fixed first?
If you haven't heard the term before, the basic definition of "broken link" is something in the game that has been referenced but does not yet exist. Typically, this takes the form of a card title, either in another card's gametext or on a special download, that doesn't yet exist. A recent example is Risk Is Our Business from The Cage. This incident lists the card "Corbomite Device" in its game text, but you won't find that card in the game. That's a broken link. A much older example is Dukat from Things Past, who special downloads Kosst Amjoan, which still doesn't exist over a decade later.
There are also more subtle broken links. For example, when the card Antaak was released in Straight and Steady, he had a special download of "Any Targ." At the time he was printed, there was only one Targ in the game. While his download worked, it was technically a broken link because it referred to a group of cards that only had one member. Fortunately, this broken link was mended with Cold Front with the introduction of Boshar[/card]1.
Broken links are a divisive concept in the game, with some people and designers liking them and the teases they provide. Meanwhile, many staff and players hate them because they leave the game incomplete. Decipher famously "ended" their run of First Edition with [url=https://www.trekcc.org/1e/index.php?id=127]All Good Things[/url], an expansion designed to close all of the broken links in their game.
With that history, hopefully you all understand what I'm asking when I ask which "broken link" to you want to see fixed first? We won't be leaving them unfixed forever, but your answers will help us figure out which ones you all want to see fixed first. I don't mind if you want to list honorable mentions, but please indicate which one broken link is most important to you to see fixed.
Thanks for reading, everyone. I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
-crp
Director of First Edition, 2019 - now
"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty."
Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS.
"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty."
Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS.