Just Chatting - Take 3

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Posted on April 24, 2015, 4:02 p.m. by Didgeridooda

Third time's a charm.

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GoldGhost012 says... #1

One of these days I need to go back and rewatch all of those episodes.

January 11, 2016 12:40 a.m.

-Fulcrum says... #2

That's what I did over my Christmas break. Instead of anything, you know, productive.

January 11, 2016 12:42 a.m.

GoldGhost012 says... #3

I did end up rewatching the Hellsing Abridged (and crying over the lack of a new episode). Probably would have ended up binging Sword Art Online Abridged if I hadn't gotten distracted by Honest Game Trailers and laptop issues.

January 11, 2016 12:47 a.m.

-Fulcrum says... #4

Haven't seen SAO Abridged. Is it good? I've only watched TFS content. Yeah, also crying over lack of new Hellsing, as well as the cancellation of Attack on Titan.

January 11, 2016 1 a.m.

Attack on Titan Abridged is really funny. Haven't seen SAO Abridged yet. Probably should.

January 11, 2016 1:05 a.m.

I found this

I thought I should share

January 11, 2016 1:16 a.m.

GoldGhost012 says... #7

SAO Abridged is pretty good. The 8th episode never fails to crack me up.

January 11, 2016 1:38 a.m.

kengiczar says... #8

Can't...stop...watching...Hellsing Ultimate Abridged! Curse you GoldGhost012, curse you!

January 11, 2016 3:27 a.m.

-Fulcrum says... #9

Just started SAO Abridged. On episode 5. This is pretty damn good. Voice acting could use some work, but the writing is phenomenal.

January 11, 2016 3:44 a.m.

GoldGhost012 says... #10

My brother got me a "Jesus want a hug" shirt for Christmas. He didn't get a "bitches love cannons" one for obvious reasons.

kengiczar: I regret nothing!

January 11, 2016 8 a.m.

elpokitolama says... #11

RIP David Bowie :<

I guess he's staring at Waterloo Sunset now...

January 11, 2016 11:54 a.m.

Caligula says... #12

Ugh, It's so surreal to think that he's gone with Cancer for so long without anyone finding out. Then he put's out Lazarus as a farewell to his fans, What an unbelievable musician he is

January 11, 2016 12:28 p.m.

elpokitolama says... #13

Blackstar is one of his best albums of all times... He left us quite the best gift possible before taking his leave. Damn, my childhood has just taken its biggest blow ever! But Major Tom is now nowhere to be found, Ziggy is now on Mars (with the spiders), a starman is waiting in the sky...

January 11, 2016 12:47 p.m.

Scorprix says... #14

elpokitolama

I couldn't possibly have said it better myself. I wish the best of luck to one of the greatest men to ever live.

January 11, 2016 1:34 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #15

I have a new nickname for Spawnbinder Mage: Lara Croft.

January 11, 2016 2:01 p.m.

Didgeridooda says... #16

Seems a good choice.

January 11, 2016 2:03 p.m.
January 11, 2016 2:38 p.m.

-Fulcrum says... #18

That was a hell of a game.

January 12, 2016 12:41 a.m.

kengiczar says... #19

Styx: Master of Shadows was on sale on steam. It has that old school Metroid II: Return of Samus feel where you are constantly trying to explore more and more of the box/world you're in. Like, I keep seeing areas and thinking "I must be able to get there!".

January 12, 2016 5:46 a.m.

Coinman1863 says... #20

Just got into my first car accident.

Holy Shit, that was an experience, but I was not a fault, so lucky me.

January 12, 2016 9:38 a.m.

Didgeridooda says... #21

Coinman, I hope you are ok. Was the car totaled?

On a side note, I have become enlightened. I now know why coffee is such a big deal.

January 12, 2016 1:38 p.m.

Coinman1863 says... #22

Didgeridooda, I'm fine (maybe whiplash, I'll find out in a week), and The car is beat up but not totaled.

I was rear ended by a truck which caved in the rear door of the hatchback without breaking the rear glass or rear lights. So at least it is still drivable until I file an insurance claim and bring it to the shop :)

January 12, 2016 4 p.m.

Didgeridooda says... #23

Rentals are covered too in almost all cases. Contact your insurance agency, and they will tell you what to do.

January 12, 2016 4:14 p.m.

So, I was talking to my friend about standard, and he said he needed Monk tokens for his prowess deck. This then devolved into chipmunk puns... Since I'm trying to make some digital alter proxies for my commander deck (don't judge me yet, I own the cards and play a casual playgroup), I decided to make him some custom tokens as well.

Munk

Now feel free to judge me. I feel almost ashamed of this.

January 12, 2016 9:54 p.m.

Scorprix says... #25

IT'S... IT'S...

BEAUTIFUL!

January 12, 2016 10:23 p.m.

Scorprix says... #26

However, you forgot to add air horns and Mountain Dew...

January 12, 2016 10:25 p.m.

VampireArmy says... #27

Don't forget snoop dogg

January 12, 2016 10:27 p.m.

After the Doritos logo, I decided I was done. Only so much stuff to fit in... I did want a lens flare, but I couldn't find a good one lol.

January 12, 2016 10:27 p.m.

Coinman1863 says... #29

I found these in my change today. Worth a bit more than 50 cents.

Sorry for the potato quality.

January 14, 2016 11:04 a.m.

elpokitolama says... #30

Coinman1863 looks like some people here deserve their username... :p

January 14, 2016 4:56 p.m.

Lol nice find

January 14, 2016 5:17 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #32

So expect to have a specific token for the word "copy" in the playtester.

I made it myself :D

January 14, 2016 9:34 p.m.

Scorprix says... #33

Coinman1863

I'm confused. Are those worth a lot?

January 14, 2016 10:48 p.m.

Anybody know anything about Canadian Highlander here?

January 15, 2016 1:05 a.m.

Coinman1863 says... #35

Scorprix, yep. They are both made from silver and the left one is worth about $6 and the right one is worth about the same.

Didgeridooda, update on the accident. Looks like I got a shoulder injury and was concussed. So I might be able to buy my first paper modern deck with the injury claim since all of the medical treatment is covered by my medical insurance.

Possible new deck hype!

January 15, 2016 9:06 a.m.

Didgeridooda says... #36

Put them in a stack of recent quarters, and take a pic.

I hope your injuries do not linger. What deck are you thinking though?

January 15, 2016 9:51 a.m.

Coinman1863 says... #37

I'm looking at the modern burn list I have put up here. It's been really consistent and has come in second twice in the two most recent T/O modern tourneys. Biggest thing lately is toying around with the shock to basic ratio. I think I currently have too many shocks, put it hasn't been an issue in my recent playtesting.

January 15, 2016 10:46 a.m.

VampireArmy says... #38

So i had about 2/3ds of the modern eldrazi deck already randomly sitting in my collection. The rest that i need are less than $5 for the most part except for 3 or so cards.

I can't wait to update my binder and actually have a modern deck for once

January 15, 2016 10:53 a.m.

GoldGhost012 says... #39

Something seems a bit sketchy about this...

January 15, 2016 6:51 p.m. Edited.

Owlteeth says... #40

Looks fine to me. Urborg is totally a red card.

January 15, 2016 6:52 p.m.

Scorprix says... #41

Wtf.

Twin got banned.

January 16, 2016 11:58 p.m.

Heeeeeeeey, good morning!

Yeah, it sucks.

January 17, 2016 12:01 a.m.

kengiczar says... #43

So I just watched the video for Yellow Submarine and I got to say Japan doesn't look strange at all anymore. I can't tell WTF the Beatles are doing. One minute they manage to sort of start looking cute with Strawberry Fields Forever and the next it's like "WTF get a grip man!"

So I searched for the song "All by Myself" and when the results popped up and I got so hyped I jumped and hit my knee on the desk. But as you know by now I was mistaken. It was not Eric Cartmen, it was Eric Carmen.

Ok enough funny stuff. Does anybody else hear the resemblance to Freddy Mercury's voice when listening to the singer from The Struts, Luke Spiller, sing "Could have Been Me"? Queen was the first band I've ever fallen in love with so finding another song that reminded me of them was fantastic.

January 17, 2016 7:02 a.m.

Coming this Winter...

One man. Will start... a conversation. About a game.

He will unite... and divide. Starring: Acanad Ian

Universal Pictures presents.... CONTROVERSIAL CANADIAN

January 17, 2016 5:27 p.m.

CanadianShinobi

Coming this Winter:

One man... will start a revolution... against the platypus Overlords and free America... But at what cost? Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (who isn't getting an Oscar for this) in

MONOTREME SUPREME

January 17, 2016 8:38 p.m.

i heard part of my name?

January 17, 2016 10:14 p.m.

VampireArmy says... #47

mmmmm the sweet sweet taste of try hard rage quit.

January 17, 2016 11:21 p.m.

Coinman1863 says... #48

kengiczar, have you seen the video for I am the Walrus by the Beatles? That will really get you thinking.

Also why Twin? It wasn't unbeatable and the sideboard were not particularly difficult for it. Bloom I do get though.

January 18, 2016 9:35 a.m.

VampireArmy says... #49

Ever had someone rude enough to skip to their turn in the middle of your second main phase?

January 18, 2016 12:26 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #50

Coinman1863

"It wasn't unbeatable and the sideboard were not particularly difficult for it."

This also applies to Bloom though lol.

Bloom wasn't an unbeatable deck. It was only 5% of the meta, if it was unbeatable it would have been more.

Sideboarding for bloom was very similar to sideboarding for Tron, land hate and cheap instant speed removal. Most people were already sideboarding the land hate but no one bothered to add the cheap removal (ahem Path ahem Snag) if they weren't mainboarding it.

The only rule that bloom broke was the mythical T4 rule. (Which WotC seems fine with overlooking when it's stuff like infect, grishoalbrand, and others but whatever lol.)

Twin did something similar to what Pod was doing. It was becoming oppressive in the meta.

It was close to 12% of the meta, it prevented U/R/x decks from being anything but twin, and due to the combo win players couldn't play the game without holding up mana for removal at all times past turn 2. Also, banning twin freed up r&d to make good U cards without them making twin even more oppressive. (Just like their reasoning for pod.)

Neither deck was unbeatable and neither deck had complicated sideboard cards, it was all about the rules they were "infringing" upon.

January 18, 2016 1:14 p.m.

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