meant2live218

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meant2live218,

Dang. Spread across 3 different pitchers, so it’s not like they just left a struggling pitcher in longer than they needed to. Just brutal.

meant2live218,

I meet weekly with 5 other guys to sit around a table, speak thoughts into actions, and roll dice to determine the future, so… Yeah.

meant2live218,

This is supposed to be more in-universe, and related to the fun video they released last week of the Bebop OP but with MtG characters/iconography. It’s pretty neat, and some of the small details are really funny.

meant2live218,

This is real. I saw news about it maybe 1-2 months ago or so. Catan has largely rotated out of my group’s play pool, but I still remember it as the game that kinda got us into resource-based games 20 years ago.

meant2live218,

Red [[Audacity]]?

meant2live218,

I don’t know about you, but in Pioneer I play Gruul Vehicles and I wouldn’t pick this over Esika or Skysovereign.

meant2live218,

To be more specific, there are 4 time zones in the contiguous 48 states: Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern. Alaska is also one hour behind Pacific, and Hawaii (usually) one hour behind Alaskan. But Hawaii also doesn’t observe daylight savings time.

This also doesn’t account for how some states (like Arizona) don’t observe DST while Navajo Nation (in Arizona) does, while Hopi land (surrounded by Navajo) doesn’t.

Time is confusing.

meant2live218,

Are you telling me you don’t like my (hypothetical) Child of Alara boardwipes deck?

In actuality, I’m with you. I build my decks so that they’re fun to play, and hopefully fun to play against. A guy at my local store apparently only builds decks that are a slog to play against. Thalia and Gitrog death and taxes, with Winter Orb and fogs to show the game down so he can win with Gates. Norin thievery. Anikthea enchantment lockout, with multiple ways to populate copies of Sphere of Safety and other pillowfort enchantments. You get the idea.

Do you think deck total value is a good enough indicator of how strong it is?

Hey there! I’m new to paper MTG and play Commander with my playgroup. We’ve been having a debate about whether the total value of a deck really indicates how strong it is. One of my friends argues that value doesn’t equal strength, but I can’t help but wonder when I keep losing to a deck with a higher price tag than...

meant2live218,

Price doesn’t always equal power, but some big pieces are expensive.

First of all, you should look at the cheapest value/printing for a card to really see what the “value” of your deck is. Spending on an older foil card can be vastly more expensive than the reprinted, non-foil version.

Second, it kinda depends on what the money is being spent on. I dropped over $100 the other month just adding a fetchland and a few shocks into a 3-color deck. Spending money on a manabase, or on the staples that hold a deck together, isn’t the same as spending on the big combo pieces that do uniquely powerful things.

As a rule of thumb, I know the price of my deck, but I don’t use it as a thermometer for how high-powered it is. I do use it as an indication of how invested I am in it, since the more I want it to perform, the more money I’ll throw into it.

If price point is an issue with your pod, consider having your powerful pet decks and whatnot, but also setting up a budget deck where the total value of the deck (once again, using cheapest printings) must be below a price point. I’ve seen interesting budget formats where each card must be sub-$1, or Pauper EDH, or where the total value of the deck must be below $25, or $50, or $100. Discussion is the best thing about playing Commander, a social format. Figure out what makes everyone have a good time and roll with that.

meant2live218,

I got it a few months ago but haven’t given it a shot yet. I’ve always been a little wary of 3D Metroidvanias because I feel like I’ll get way too lost. Might give it a play on the Steam Deck next week, though.

meant2live218,

I’m glad it’s doing well! I’ve never been able to wrap my head around 3D fighters; does anyone have any specific tips for a primarily SF player to adapt to Tekken? I tried 7 and just never got far.

meant2live218,

Well, this isn’t a release yet. It’s MagicCon Chicago, so they have the panels showcasing stuff from upcoming sets.

This weekend they’ve shown off:

  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Standard-legal set coming out in April)
  • Modern Horizons III (Modern-legal set coming out in May. New cards, reprints, and cards that were never in Modern being added to the format)
  • Assassin’s Creed (Modern-legal set coming out in July. It’s a smaller set than usual, but will have starter decks, “Beyond” boosters, and collector boosters)
  • Bloomburrow (Standard legal-set coming out in late July-early August. It is also the set that will kick off the Standard rotation, kicking MID, VOW, NEO, and SNC out of Standard)

Yeah, it’s all a bit overwhelming sometimes, but the general feeling seems to be “ignore the products that aren’t for you.” I don’t play Modern, Vintage, or Legacy, so MH3 and ACR only mean Commander cards for me. I do play Standard and Pioneer, so OTJ and BLB are relevant, and they’re just the same Standard sets that we’ve been getting for years now.

meant2live218,

Don’t know if these cards will show up in constructed play, but HELL YES GIVE ME MY REDWALL SET!

meant2live218,

Wait, Nate Silver isn’t part of it anymore? Well that ruined any reason for me to pay attention to it.

meant2live218,

You realize that AAA is used to refer to the budget, scale, and expectations of the game, right? And that it’s more of a reboot than a remake, meaning it’s probably not going to be an arcade style game. They’re talking about their aims for the game, and trying to justify charging $60-70 for it beforehand.

meant2live218,

RGG Studio has been stellar, but yeah, I haven’t really played much else from Sega lately.

meant2live218,

Oh! I loved reading the original manga for this. I didn’t follow either of the sequels, but it was a nice way to learn (even if slightly flawed) about various cocktails as a young adult. Just a cozy series where sometimes problems can be solved by the right drink and the right words, and sometimes they can’t be solved but it’s easier with the right support.

Don’t know if I’ll watch the series, but this might spur me into reading those sequels!

meant2live218,

This is also me in RTS games.

meant2live218,

I understand the plight of the union and the fear of instability, but in all honesty the biggest criticism of this move is that it’s basically a conflict of interest for Lyft. It’s mentioned in the article! Lyft wants people to pay up to get a car ride somewhere. Bikeshares encourage people to not get rides from place to place, either cycling directly to a destination or to a public transit stop. And Lyft won’t get more money from bikes than they do from car rides, so they’re basically incentivized to provide a sub-par bikeshare experience to push more Lyfts.

meant2live218,

I read through the article, and while I don’t use Duolingo, I’m not sure if the tulip analogy works one to one with your depression of Duolingo.

The point of the tulip crash was that there was perceived value that was completely detached from the actual value. The most common modern reference points that people point to are the meme stocks (GME and the like) and NFTs/crypto. People were buying, selling, and trading on hype.

The corporate pressure to wring money out of the users is just the “duty to shareholders” that every corporation pushes all year round. Rent seeking is frustrating, but it’s nothing unique to Duolingo. Choosing to deprecate a section of their code, even if The Tree has benefits, is likely a long-term cost-saving measure. It’s quite possible that they looked at a graph and said “We can continue to sink man-hours into maintaining the tree and adding to it when new lessons come along, or we can utilize those resources elsewhere in a way that has a more perceivable effect.” It sucks, but as a business they need to look at averages and totals alongside their associated costs. If the choice was between maintaining The Tree but requiring some layoffs of their staff, and dropping The Tree and keeping staff, I think dropping The Tree is better for the company. And the other alternative would be to rake in less profit, which just won’t be done.

meant2live218,

I was scrolling all the way down, looking for someone to mention Swatch Internet Time. I never got the hang of it, with regards to what beats related to various times of the day for myself, but I love the idea.

meant2live218,

I’ve been away from reading for a few months, but am interested in diving into a good fantasy novel. My most recent binge was The First Law trilogy, which was a fun time, but the ending of it was unsatisfying to me.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a series that’s low to high fantasy, but with well-developed system of how magic works in the world, and with competing characters and character development?

meant2live218,

I didn’t even notice this one! (Arcadia)

Was busy trying to make myself a late lunch, but apparently my family around the world heard about the earthquake and texted me within 15 minutes.

meant2live218,

Nope. Boomer, Gen X, Millennial (we were referred to as Gen Y for a while), Gen Z, Gen Alpha.

meant2live218,

One of my hens came up to me as I stepped outside, but instead of following me around, she leaped at something to my left. She shredded apart a 4-inch long mantis!

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