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RethinkJeff

@RethinkJeff@mastodon.social

I like talking to people about stuff. He/Him

Magic: the Gathering, Game Design/Dev, TTRPGs, Data Science, Programming.

Occasional youtube content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVctSZNVYpwlTDFATooPXww

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Wanderbot, to random
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Tried out Tribes of the Wind tonight and thought it was neat? A bit hard to learn at first, but tons of cool ideas.

It's not exactly a point engine game, but you really have to choose what cards you play to maximize value every turn that evokes similar feelings.

Great art too!

A player's Tribes of the Wind gameplay tableau.

RethinkJeff,
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@Wanderbot Have you tried Flotilla? It's in a similar genre and also, yes please give me more kthx.

RethinkJeff, to MagicTheGathering
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Hey if you give me a scryfall link to a non french-vanilIa I will give you an absolutely unhinged take about about that card.

Artemis201, (edited ) to MagicTheGathering
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Are you planning on getting the upcoming set?

RethinkJeff,
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@Artemis201 Cards are too cheap for LGS's to make money on them, and while I think 7 card booster packs are a bad way to try and increase singles value, I certainly don't fault them for trying it out. I imagine it'll get a poor response similar to set boosters, in spite of a (probable, more information as it arrives) higher card quality to pack ratio.

RethinkJeff,
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@Artemis201 Maybe it was just my particular circle, but I saw so many people complain about set boosters. About price, about number of cards in packs, about the inclusion of list cards(?!?). I'm personally angry about the move to play boosters, because the set booster was just that incredible, but basically all the chatter I saw was mad about them, and excited about them going away in favor of the play booster.

RethinkJeff,
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@Artemis201 This confirms for me it's a personal circle thing lol, because all of the LGS owner conversations I was a part of was me explaining how they product was better haha. I even see people complaining about how Play Boosters are too close to set boosters, and /shrug. Long live the set booster T_T.

RethinkJeff,
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@Artemis201 An example of the weird disconnect I see when people talk about set boosters is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn4f9zhH5G0 . Even though he eventually goes on to give the product an A-, almost all of the descriptions of set boosters are framed in a negative light.

18+ Artemis201, to mtg
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sigh
Oh look. Modern Horizons 3 cards are getting revealed and there's another "free spells" cycle. I'm really getting tired of this

  1. WOTC has admitted that one of the primary features of overpowered cards is free/cost reduction
  2. If they put out a new "free" cycle every summer, it really gets tiring. How long until you can build a whole (bad) deck out of free cards?
  3. Of course it's the obligatory free blue counterspell. At least the other colors have variety.
RethinkJeff,
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@Artemis201 I do think these are more fair than other free spells because you have to sac a non-token, but arboreal grazer into free cultivate seems good lol.

psychicparrot42, to random
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    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 The answer is probably find someone with a flat hosting fee and just have them deal with all the network shit :p

    RethinkJeff, to MagicTheGathering
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    Question for : I want to do a set review for OTJ, and I was wondering if there was a website that just put cards up on the screen where I can arrow key through them, because I am terrible at editing. If not, I'll just use scryfall, (and maybe scryfall even has this feature I just can't see!).

    glassbottommeg, to Games
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    So the Dragonsplague mechanic in Dragons Dogma 2 is invisible, (I think) progressive, transmissible between pawns, and can only be cured by killing the pawn

    Which leads to a logical conclusion: at the first sign of disobedience, I throw my entire party off the tallest bridge into the ocean

    RethinkJeff,
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    @glassbottommeg Knowing nothing about DD2, this might be a weird AD&D/TTRPG thing. There's a lot of classic modules that deal with how do you handle something like this? And D&D in Japan is not what it is in the States, so it wouldn't surprise me to see some of the old tropes come back. (And that the expectation is that some number of people will make this choice, and be judged for it later)

    RethinkJeff,
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    @glassbottommeg I don't have insight into why they'd keep it, just that it feels like some early 90's D&D stuff. Maybe executive interference?

    psychicparrot42, to gamedev
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    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 I've been thinking about radial menus too lately! ADHD brain got stuck on splitting sprites though :p

    Artemis201, (edited ) to mtg
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    Excuse me? AshiokJace?

    RethinkJeff,
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    @Artemis201 I appreciate them trying to get MV2 planeswalkers to work, but "You can't cast this spell when you already don't want to" isn't the limiting text they think it is here lol. The plot +1 is incredible though!

    psychicparrot42, to random
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    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 hashtag contractor life.

    psychicparrot42, to random
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    A bit of context for the rally / WRC stuff I’ve been waffling about this morning.. https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hybrid-ditched-as-part-of-major-wrc-regulation-change/

    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 At least there's a directive in place to start an electric category?

    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 I don't know how to watch rally, but I love the sport. My hope is that people start recognizing the benefits of electric on performance and capability convinces folks it's a good thing.

    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 Thanks! I grew up around racing culture but the connections died by the time I became a functional adult, it'll be fun to get back into it!

    glassbottommeg, (edited ) to random
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    Seeing folks talking about BlueSky since it opened, but seemingly not realizing it's likely on a downward trajectory?

    Now that it's public, it's the same as BeReal and the rest: a Twitter clone. Well, except it's worse than those, it's less featured. It's very likely toast.

    Mastodon's got a unique selling point to at least keep interest funneling back. BlueSky had that, but basically fumbled the federation ball when they realized normies didn't care. They decided to just be Twitter—but then the normies went to Threads for their advert-algo slop.

    EDIT: BlueSky is now basically a biodome for Weird Twitter / Terminally Online Shitposter's Club, and we'll see if that's self supporting. I am in that culture! But. Uh. Yeah.

    RethinkJeff,
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    @glassbottommeg I wish I could concisely express what I think is the weirdness with the platform, because I have thoughts about it, but also come across like a crazy person. Especially to people invested in the platform.

    RethinkJeff,
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    @glassbottommeg I'm there too, but mostly because other people I don't want to lose contact with moved there instead of here :p

    psychicparrot42, to random
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    RethinkJeff,
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    @psychicparrot42 The XR features in Unity are fortunately really good, and when I was doing something similar, very well supported! Hope you have fun with it, it's a neat little field.

    ethanschoonover, to random
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    If you're bored I recommend flipping open your venmo feed to see if you can infer the drama going down among your venmo friend cohort. LOOK WHO IS SPLITTING THE BILL.

    Every time I open that app I end up warning people that their feed is still visible.

    "financial transactions as public social media feed" was, is, and always will be an absolutely crazy idea.

    RethinkJeff,
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    @ethanschoonover I appreciate it for what it was designed for, which is, "Oh hey, Scott bought some neat stuff from the Farmer's Market!", but because of the weirdness with everything else, it became a go to for F&F transactions, which is very, very weird.

    ethanschoonover, to random
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    I'm going to have my kids make dinner for the family on a regular basis.

    I'm going to start them off by giving them a few (3 to 6) recipes as good options for them to pick from.

    E.g. A rice based meal recipe, a pasta recipe. One of them will be baked potatoes because, hey, baked potatoes are delish.

    Question for mastodon:

    What recipes would you include in this short list?

    RethinkJeff,
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    @ethanschoonover Growing up it was stroganoff. Pasta, ground beef, a can of cream of mushroom (that can also be cream of celery). Goulash is similar, just a tomato based sauce with maybe some cheese instead of the cream sauce.

    RethinkJeff, to MagicTheGathering
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    There are so many cool events coming up that are laser targeted at my wife, but we can't go because people don't want to act like there's still an enormous pandemic going on. 3% of the American population has covid! At one time! That's an absolute trashfire of a number!

    eniko, (edited ) to random
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    is there some trick to making amazing hot cocoa that im missing? like i put in a little vanilla, and a pinch of salt to offset the bitterness and everything, and i just... it never excites me. feel like i'm missing something

    EDIT: is it because i use 1.5% milk rather than whole? i cant imagine thats it but...

    RethinkJeff,
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    @eniko I think like with coffee, if you don't enjoy the bitterness at least a little bit, it might not be for you. You can try picking up an advent calendar on sale after the holiday and see if there's something that clicks with you?

    iquaanyin, to random
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    whoa https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesia

    RethinkJeff,
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    @iquaanyin Covid does the same thing : /

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