Blake Rasmussen

As always, we'll be on WeeklyMTG tomorrow (24 hours from this post) to discuss all of this and whatever questions you may have! Feel free to drop any questions/thoughts here and we'll cover what we can. #wotcstaff

@jakeformayor Do you follow @PlayMTG? They should all be there! #wotcstaff

idk what's going on but I scrolled for three minutes to see who won any of the major tournaments going on this weekend and got nothing. that's not everything, but it sure is a little context

@wzrdnx @BigDerf @wizards_magic We have. We'll see what they do. I know what he said he'd do, but I don't want to speak for him.

@AdviceFromAPal @BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic I wasn't trying to prove what he didn't know (I already stated that in plain language, but this person chose to ignore that), I was trying to show that the fund in question isn't common knowledge. But, hey, thank you for the friendly advice!

@blakepr @BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Posting back and forth screenshots of Google search trends is cringey reddit argument behaviour. Also it’s just nonsense, it’s proves nothing about whether Eric knew and/or approved of this company. Just make a single professional statement, or ignore it and log off.

@AdviceFromAPal @BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic I don't consider defending a colleague from internet vitriol to be petty.

@blakepr @BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Getting into a long petty argument like this is embarrassing to be doing in an official capacity Blake. @wizards_magic should either apologize for this, or just not say anything about it.

@wzrdnx @BigDerf @wizards_magic And if people just attacked the company, it would barely faze me. Internet rumors about our company are a dime a dozen and rarely true. But when it singles out an employee? I care. Because he's a person, not a company.

@wzrdnx @BigDerf @wizards_magic That is a fair statement. And while I fully get that people *can* misinterpret that post, that's different than saying they *should* interpret it that way. With the amount of misinformation on this platform, we all need to be better at not jumping to conclusions.

@PleasantKenobi @MBTYuGiOh "Hey, I know some guys playing their own prerelease, wanna come?" "Sure!" Is it really that unbelievable? Especially when he doesn't live in the city?

@blakepr @MBTYuGiOh Eric went to their office without checking to see... where he was going?

least fascist UB enjoyer

@soulassassin136 @Danidoesmagic @wizards_magic Hey, an easy one! We did this: magic.wizards.com/en/news/announ…

@blakepr @Danidoesmagic @wizards_magic I wasn't there. But your buddy was. Maybe he can give names and explain why he was signing cards at the corporate offices of a Thiel company and rubbing elbows with a Thiel protege Great work from head of comms @wizards_magic BTW, what happened with the lorwyn make up?

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Yeah, I also don't think "took a photo with someone" is enough to drag them either. But you obviously disagree, so I'm going to disengage for both of our sakes. Have a good day.

@blakepr @wzrdnx @wizards_magic If he walked in I wouldnt know. He took a picture with someone evil! That's why we know. It's not like he walked into "general electric" and got duped. The place is called "Founders Fund". It's copyrightable "venture capital". He didn't have to make any leaps here.

@LeFeverSax @endertrot @MBTYuGiOh I stopped using the staff hashtag a while ago. This is me. Eric is the nicest guy, isn’t even on social media (notice he isn’t tagged), and doesn’t deserve this. I, on the other hand, have thick skin from doing this for so long.

@blakepr @endertrot @MBTYuGiOh Yeah but the optics of a PR person tweeting to basically everyone to defend a co-worker’s acquaintance comes off like you’re doing this in a professional capacity, and not a friendly one. If it’s genuinely camaraderie I respect that

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Did I say his buddy works there? Because he doesn’t. He just knew they were playing Magic. Your purity test is unreasonable. We can’t burn everyone who walks into a building owned by someone deplorable. That can’t possibly be the standard.

@blakepr @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Did I say everyone should know? Or did I say you should know if you aren't "bury your head in the sand cause my buddy works there" about politics? Like in this situation he's in the fucking building. Google trends as a whole isn't representative of his situation.

@LeFeverSax @endertrot @MBTYuGiOh It's less hilarious that the internet decided to make up information and accuse a human being of some heinous stuff without knowing anything. I'm not ok with that, so, yeah, I'm defending my coworker.

@endertrot @blakepr @MBTYuGiOh He’s literally the wotc pr guy It’s hilarious how obvious the damage control is

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic What's your evidence that everyone should know Founders Fund? Because you said so?

@blakepr @wzrdnx @wizards_magic You havent demonstrated shit. You demonstrated you think 'google trends' corresponds directly to 'knowledge' and then chose to compare to a pop culture meme and then shit that google trends confuses to prove... something?

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Here's Coe College. No name confusion. Roughly the same size/location as Cornell.

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Your position is that EVERYONE should know the Future Fund. I think I've demonstrated that not everyone does.

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic Dude, you just proved my point Cornell College is not the same as Cornell University.

@blakepr @wzrdnx @wizards_magic ITS AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL! BRo IM DONE WITH YOUR FAKE ASS COMPARISONS. Yoiu knpow you are wrong and are trying every bullshit comparison becasue you think im fucking stupid.

@BigDerf @wzrdnx @wizards_magic This is for Cornell College, a small liberal arts school in Iowa with a student population below 2,000.

@blakepr @wzrdnx @wizards_magic A CULT CLASSIC MOVIE! BROTHER COME ON!