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"if it doesn't bruise, you didn't beat it"

to take the bait, i voted yes.

technically, i think it depends on whether you're actively participating with your co op partner. either strategizing with them, giving them advice while playing, or they're watching you make your mistakes while you play and learning from it

if it's someone that's already beaten the game 5 times and isn't even looking while you take your turn, sure that's a weird edge case that doesn't count, but that's the exception that proves the rule

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they've clearly made a lot of mistakes in this past cycle (companion was such a goof, and escape was overly pushed) but you could see where they were aiming

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maro has directly stated in the past that they intentionally design gradual peaks and valleys in power level among standard sets

They've noted that when power levels dramatically drop all at once, nobody buys the next set. And when power levels dramatically jump all at once, the playerbase buys cards, but gets cranky and ultimately it isn't sustainable.

maro explained that kaladesh was the intended peak in late 2016/early 2017, with a slow decrease down to rivals of ixalan in early 2018.

extrapolating from there, you can see them slowly rising again to eldraine as the intended peak in 2019 (they overshot it), with a gradual decrease to what i'm tentatively marking as strixhaven in 2021

AFR doesn't count because it's intended as a core set, but i expect that the power level of sets will start creeping back up again with innistrad 3

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i think tropes are neither an excuse nor an indictment. a show is good or bad completely independently of its tropes

FWIW, here's the best possible explanation as to why the eagle thing wouldn't work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC7ckGiCd3I&t=107s


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a friend just got me back into super stickman golf 3. that one's just fantastic.

also playing a slay the spire ripoff named tavern rumble

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i don't know why i'm amazed that someone has never heard cicadas before

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the lord of the rings plot hole shouldn't be a pet peeve. even the biggest fans of the show and Tolkien literary experts throw up their hands and say "it just wouldn't be a very good story"

doesn't matter if the eye can see the eagle. the only things that could reach them are the 9 ringwraiths riding the fellbeasts, and they didn't even have those at the start of the trilogy

also, gandalf is able to just repel them with magic whenever so it'd be extremely simple

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ChainLTTP posted...

Hey is PSO fun offline?

i thought the first couple of worlds were very fun without any online capability back in 2003 or whatever. it has a very distinct visual/audio style, and in retrospect it was clearly paving the way for monster hunter and various other future online games

after that it is clearly designed for group play

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sounds like we're metagaming here in 5th edition dnd. it will depend on the player, the warlock, and the warlock's level

Zap: a warlock's charisma should be higher than their strength or dexterity, so zap is more likely to hit

Stab: however, the enemy has surprised them and is within 5 feet. ranged attacks have disadvantage. so stab is actually more likely to hit

Zap: however, once you hit a certain level, zap does dramatically more damage, so depending on whether the enemy can die in one stab, you might zap anyway

if we're roleplaying, there are more considerations.

In the 5th edition rules, ranged attacks never accidentally hit an ally. you can shoot your arrows down a short, narrow corridor past your entire team and will never hit anyone in front of or behind your target, even if you miss or roll a natural 1

In-universe, though? Your palpatine lightning is probably going to miss and fry your friends or the surrounding furniture. If your warlock cares about that at all they'll lean towards stab.

Last thing to consider is how much the warlock cares about society. In the fluff as written, warlocks, tieflings, etc are shunned and persecuted because they're related to and/or make pacts with demons/devils. No DM i've ever known cares about this at all, but if this is being roleplayed, the warlock might instinctively avoid going full sith

zap is also more like a gun. if you're startled, are you more likely to shoot the person who startled you or whack them away? if you're in a dungeon and expecting to fight for your life at any moment, you might shoot. if you are looking for people to rescue, or the rogue might be returning from scouting, you might whack.

Your friend might be remembering that warlocks have more hit points than wizards. They also might be remembering the 3rd edition version of the class, which had rogue/cleric base attack bonus progression, and both of those classes would default to stabbing/clubbing

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Yeah, I guess dark souls and hollow knight don't really fit, even though the themes are very depressing

But disco elysium is 100% what you're looking for

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background lore is not a story

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how do you define 'depression' in a way to exclude 'gothic'?

does it need a manic art style?

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disco elysium, dark souls, hollow knight all come to mind

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i tend to play through games on normal or easy. then, if i really enjoy the gameplay i'll make a serious attempt at the harder difficulties.

nowadays, a game has to earn my respect before i'll mold myself to its demands.

completing a game on easy absolutely counts as completing it. harder difficulties are just gravy. think about all of the roguelikes like spelunky and binding of isaac that have default endings, and you have to go out of your way to get to the bazillion levels after the "first" ending

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FFDragon posted...

To be fair Midgar was always underutilized and the world after more barren, so it's easier to even out now.

If they can turn a ten minute bombing mission into a 4 hour grind fest, they can make anything take as much time as they want

They'll be drawing out the world to the absolute maximum. How long and scripted is the zolom swamp or those cave afterwards gonna be ya think?

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square enix found a way to elongate the 6 hour midgar opening into a 40 hour game

i have zero doubts that episode 2 will barely cover the following 6 hours

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i do for sure remember this user. makeyourchance was separate from michaelwclark

there was drama going on but i don't remember the crux of it

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white red with that haste flying lifelink dragon seems pretty good as well

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for context, i don't draft often. i learned early on that i didn't feel like subsidizing the grinders at my LGS

but as a dirty f2p player i will draft in arena to generate gemz when i want a mastery pass. i think this pretty much guarantees i'll get to farm some bronze leaguers or however the matchmaking system works. so take my observations with a grain of salt

masterplum posted...

UB deck full of evasive payoffs is one of the theoretical sweetest and its been .. fine. I have 2 of the rare payoffs so it should feel sweet but it doesnt really feel different

yeah, some of the evasion payoffs are really scary but feel too slow. i'm thinking of "rogue class" in particular (i've never played it, only faced it)

i drafted a low to the ground evasion + die rolling deck, and quite frankly, the U and B evasion commons (guild thief, soulknife spy, thieves' tools, trickster's talisman) were a set of workhorses on their own. a couple copies of grazilaxx were gravy

die rolling is fun. i think they nailed the idea of critical hits without making them too swingy. i freaked out when my opponent got a natural 20 on something, but it wasn't that bad

i think "you find some prisoners" holds the honor of "most fun card relative to its power" so far

i'm not a great drafter, so i appreciate how simple and straightforward the synergies are in this set. i'm sure that means it isn't as deep for someone on their 20th or 50th go

... i'll be completely honest, i love the flavor and art of this set. the cards make more sense to me in play than they did in previews. i'm not much of a collector, but some of these dragons and beholders...

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TomNook posted...

People lately talk that you shouldn't glorify killers by even acknowledging them at all, but I like seeing what makes a person take that dark path. I think it's an interesting psychological study into what can make man go over the edge and turn their life into an irreversible mess. And there is so much variety in a lot of cases that I don't think it's worth ignoring them.

not just lately, i've always thought this! serial killer documentaries are a guilty, voyeuristic for me pleasure because i enjoy the same parts you do, but also recognize that the net effect can be gross

If it crosses the line into focusing too much on or being too sympathetic towards the killer i get annoyed. one of the primary motivators for some serial killers and more mass shooters is to become famous. i'm willing to sacrifice a little bit of viewing pleasure to reduce the numbers of attmepted mass shootings or serial killings

Even worse is when documentaries are made about living killers, and it seems likely the killer is probably profiting from the doc in some way. i'm willing to sacrifice my viewing pleasure to keep royalties from rolling in to murderers

in the end, it's not like people are learning how to catch & prevent killers from netflix documentaries. they're learning it from their instructors and/or textbooks and/or material specifically designed for them, either in school or on the job.

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splinter twin isn't banned in legacy and i'd consider lich aluren the same difficulty or perhaps only slightly easier to pull off

typical play pattern for splinter twin is to flash in deceiver exarch on their turn 3 eot, play splinter twin on your turn 4 first main phase, make a billion copies, then swing for the win

typical play pattern for lich aluren will be to play aluren on your turn 4, then play/bounce acererac enough times to win.

lich aluren is a little more complicated because you have to have enough cards in your deck to not die to an empty library vs mill (phandelver) or need to stuff other win conditions in your deck (mad mage). lich aluren is a little more resilient because only half of your combo dies to instant speed creature removal, and i guess you get to cast whatever you want on turn 3

splinter twin also has the advantage because blue & red are just better than green & black

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BlackDra90n posted...

Bahamut seems a bit underwhelming.

i agree

but at least the card is named something weird like "grand master of flowers" instead of wasting the actual card name "bahamut"

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Suprak the Stud posted...

I actually looked this up and the way the original post is written is misleading and combining two different stories.

thank you for your service

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Right, demisexuality and sapiosexuality mostly feel like jabs at everybody else

I'm only attracted to people who don't abuse animals, but I'm not sure if that qualifies as an entirely separate sexuality- one that implies everyone else *is* attracted to puppy kickers

Tbh i do think demisexuality is real, but it's more of a modifier rather than a category, if that makes any sense.

The people i know irl who consider themselves demisexual mostly just have an *extremely* low libido, or are ace but not aromantic. They don't want to close the door to partners with a sex drive, so demisexuality sounds like the correct flag to wave


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The dub is perfectly serviceable imho, even though I prefer the sub

People got wound up about a few tonal changes that ultimately don't matter in the end

I recommend watching the entire show, then seeing how you feel- whether you want to watch the recap movie before plowing into end of Evangelion

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b is obviously a cheetah, but in a vacuum I would not have been able to identify a confidently

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People who complain about persistent bad luck either:

1) have no idea what they're doing, but think they do, or

2) think it's important that others feel bad for them, or

3) lack the ability to notice and appreciate when luck is on their side

Also life on board 8 would be better if everyone just blocked ulti. I already avoid the hearthstone topic, i don't want to have to avoid the mtg topic

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to me dumptruck implies it's crossed the line from being attractive into being either comical or concerning

but people are free to use words however they wish

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i just wanna throw in some context as a long-time d&d fan

'the forgotten realms' were fine, but i've always been biased towards 'greyhawk' instead

greyhawk was the original d&d setting, and forgotten realms is the brighter, fluffier, higher fantasy world with a bazillion good-guy high level wizards wandering around preventing anything really dangerous from happening

i like silly, but i like it when my players and i are the source of the silliness

i think d&d is better for having both, frankly!

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mrduckbear inc

Or actually the daily mail

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i know it's not true, but i wanna believe the bidoof meme started here on board 8

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i'm less strict about it nowadays- it used to be literally never

nowadays if i'm tired as shit and see soda in a gas station i'll grab one for the caffeine- they tend to not be as intense as energy drinks or coffee

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yeah, i've heard excellent and not so excellent testimonials

it really does come down to your individual case. and even when it's the perfect case, it's not 100% guaranteed to be safe and effective. it's like 99.5% guaranteed

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White
Bishop

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I booted the game up for the first time in almost a decade recently

I saw that my character was already an
optimally leveled stealth archer, and anything i did was going to make me weaker

That felt really silly, so i didn't play for very long

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We love you Tom.

I want to believe that men and women can do everything, but being men and women is a part of everything. I know you'll succeed

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I'm actually kind of interested how they interact with the stack

Whether choosing/ targeting a room to enter goes on the stack, whether the effects can be responded to before or after the choice is made, etc etc

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I gave issues with parts of dungeon implementation- they're not explicitly labeled as dungeons anywhere, they don't have a set symbol, they're actual cards and not tokens

But overall i like the net effect- giving semi random, semi controllable cantrip type effects to otherwise boring creatures

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Sheep007 posted...

Is making posts this long some sort of gimmick

Yeah, as far as i can tell this guy is high and trying to pump a coin that he's invested into

I've seen this before. The zealotry- correct or misplaced- is always a little disturbing.

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NsOVeetle posted...

Look, I could absolutely be a nutcase

Yes

Slow the hell down

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This has to be fake

but tbh it's an entertaining story and it doesn't matter what i think

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I have absolutely zero hype about this tekken guy. I get that they want to throw their protagonist in here

But he's just boring, and i wouldn't even consider him visually iconic like ryu/ken or the mk ninjas

And yeah, all of the mascot candidates that tried to "make it" on the playstation 1 felt a bit off. I think spyro was the best of the bunch

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it's been a long time so my memory is hazy, but something about the engine in me3 felt a little more optimized for a jersey shore look for multiple characters

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i feel like it could be one of the insanely wealthy uber-capitalists in the 19th century that monopolized things, but i'm not sure whether they were influential or just following the invisible hand of economics

i'm thinking like rockefeller or whatever

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGEymAXD7s

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That being said, if the science were to say that transgender technology wasn't good enough to equalize a particular sport or the regulations on a sport weren't strict enough, I'd have to folkow the science in the other direction as well

The Olympics are a bit different from teenage and 30s+ age brackets

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This is an issue I've actually changed my mind on, and it really depends on the specifics of each case

Believe it or not, trans athletes have been allowed under Olympic rules since the early 2000s, but apparently they're highly regulated/tested

When competing mtf, apparently the science is really good. You can't just be a lazy twitter trans that shouts "i declare transgenderism!!" Michael Scott style. You have to undergo specific severe hormone therapy for a certain period of time (can't remember how many years it is), which apparently cripples mtf to the point where they truly have no advantage anymore, and probably have a disadvantage compared to cis women that happen to have more testosterone than average. Hard to believe, but i guess it's true

Honestly, my common sense has always had certain issues with transgenderism in sports. But my common sense is not more knowledgeable than the scientists and regulators

For ftm I'd be curious. It seems like going ftm would require juicing up on banned substances that cis men aren't allowed to use. Not sure on the rules for that direction

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i think it depends on whether "Fortnite Battle Royale" and "Fortnite: Save the World" are counted as separate games

it currently wins hands down otherwise. tbqh i assumed it had some other spinoff in the works

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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

This definitely fails the "famous" or "popular" criteria.

gotta name something that beats it to disqualify

i suspect the winner (disqualifying things made in the past 5 years) will be neither famous nor popular

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LeonhartFour posted...

There are other Punch-Out games, even if none of them feature Mike Tyson.

yeah, i realized that about 2 seconds after hitting post! oops.

i think to find the "real" answer(s) we'd have to use process of elimination, disqualifying things as we go along, because they're going to be so mediumly obscure that it'll feel just wrong throwing their name out

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