神河当時 - プレイテストの影響

昨日の記事の続きです。

We had an impact. Or maybe not.
We cannot say for sure what direct effects we had on this set. Our egos would love to take some credit for alerting development to the potential problems with an earlier version of Brothers Yamazaki (a.k.a. "Stanggmaker"). We constructed one or two really stupid decks that may have had something to do with the disappearance of cards I can’t tell you about. We’d like to think Cruel Deceiver (a.k.a. "The Black Bluffer") has a better ability because we suggested the bluffers could have more punch; that Yosei, the Morning Star is fun now instead of ridiculously unfun because we pointed out an earlier version’s amazing power level in group; that the five Honden have staggered mana costs in allied colors because we found earlier versions difficult to work together; and that the set has a few more spirits and arcane spells because we enthused about the flavor there.

But in all scientific honesty, given the amount of testing development does on its own and the large number of other people they depend upon for opinions, I imagine development (and/or another playtest group) would have found and corrected these problems without our help. Magic isn’t a game made by a single guy pulling a lever in a back room. It takes a community of people, and a great deal of coordination, to get a set from "good idea" to "good execution". We’re just glad we carried our own weight.

引用元
DOWN TO EARTH Posted in Serious Fun on October 19, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/serious-fun/down-earth-2004-10-19

プレイテストによって、実際どれだけのカードが変更を受けたのか、という話です。

ここでは、《山崎兄弟/Brothers Yamazaki》《残酷な詐欺師/Cruel Deceiver》《明けの星、陽星/Yosei, the Morning Star》本殿サイクルなどの調整について言及されています。
ただ、それらは自分たちでなくても、開発は気づいたのではないか、とのことです。

率直とも謙虚とも言える姿勢です。

こう言っておいて、禁止カードをスルーしていた、というようなことがなくて良かったものです。