Evilshy

10 hours ago, ZiggWheelsManning said:

I wanna know about the Tomb book  

Goth lesbian necromancers in space trying to solve the mystery of how to become demigods.

I have a tattoo of the Harmony symbol from Mistborn, gonna get another at some point but I don't know what it should be of. I was thinking about getting an evergreen tree to represent the PNW, or some Norse runes for my Norwegian heritage, but both of those ideas have been co-opted by nazis. So that's not great.

I hated country but that was mostly because the post-9/11 jingoistic brocountry got popular a few years before I started really listening to music, so that was all I knew until a few years ago and I started listening "real" country. Not a fan of invalidating whole genres by saying they're not real, but fuck brocountry lol

Big fan of bluegrass and more old-style country these days.

I also hated rap but I think that was just because I was always into rock and metal, so hating rap was cool. I also had a very long "popular stuff is dumb" phase which meant I avoided hip hop all through high school and a bit of college, too. I still don't listen to a ton of hip hop but it's on the playlist.

Path of Exile, like always. But also Dwarf Fortress, I've been playing it for years but the Steam version is definitely worth the price.

Just finished Lost Metal the other day, which means a few days of catching up on podcasts and then I'm back on the Wheel of Time grind.  Knife of Dreams is next.

Once I'm finished with WoT, probably gonna read either Broken Earth or Locked Tomb.

7 hours ago, Jokuc said:

Checking the "You and @Evilshy are now friends" email that I just received. Led me to login for the first time since the stone age and check what that was about. Sneaky!

I saw somebody mention this site on another site and I thought I should come back and see how thing's are going. I noticed I had a friend request so I accepted it lol

Anyway, 10 minutes ago I was answering a work email.

Absolutely. I've never been shy (heh) about my political opinions, which definitely causes some cringe seeing as they've completely changed since I was active here years ago.

15 minutes ago, Nsxile said:

Actually, it's many syntax errors, considering you never bothered to define all those variables 

Dau

Nah, you just gotta use algebra.

Three. One

For as much as I love to bitch about Fallout 4, I really enjoy it and have tons of hours in it. But I'm a FO fanboy, so I'll pretty much always play it. I even preordered FO76, played the beta, and then kept playing after release. I've been told in no uncertain terms that makes me a fanboy.

But these days, I'm playing Path of Exile and Borderlands 3. Thinking of trying Classic WoW once I get bored of the current PoE league. I played some WoW back when it first came out but couldn't afford the monthyl fees. Might be fun to play that again.

Practicing necromancy on this thread with the power of Ces Cru.

Also Hopsin.

The Hu album finally came out and that got me into Mongolian music, since throat singing sounds so cool. Anyway, here's some Tengger Cavalry.

Also I found out the Hu is opening for BABYMETAL near me in mid October, so I flipped out for like 5 minutes before realizing it was sold out. So that sucks.

But on the subject of BABYMETAL, if you're into kawaii metal, I personally think Necronomidol is a bit better.

What if I'm a changeling but I don't know it?

14 hours ago, Kyoshi said:

I always felt like I was one of the only people that would put on CPU matches in sports and fighting games. I always love to sorta relax and watch that as if I was watching the real thing and seeing how it plays out. In the case of a WWE game it is even better with the championships and story stuff.

There is literally a website dedicated to betting on AI vs AI Mugen matches: http://www.saltybet.com

Also, all-AI civilization games are really popular on Reddit. Even the devs got in on it, they streamed a special all-AI civ 6 game to count down to the release day.

For a more recent example, what about the entire crew in Alien Covenant?

The captain risked the lives of the entire mission because he was mad about people making fun of his religion. 

The second in command risked the lives of the entire mission because his wife didn't return his call when they knew she was going to be in an area with no signal. 

The ground team went to an unknown planet without any hazard suits, or really any protection at all. Who fucking knows what's down there? All kinds of diseases and parasites and shit could be there. But nah, walk around in a fucking light jacket.

The medic broke quarantine procedure twice after treating a guy who was extremely obviously infected with some crazy shit. 

Somebody (might be main character, I don't remember) blew up the fucking lander.

The military types kept going off alone and getting killed. And then others would notice somebody went missing, and go fucking search for them alone are you shitting me?

I had a hard time suspending disbelief I'm that movie because everybody was so goddamn stupid. Nobody on that crew (except maybe the main character) should've been anywhere near a mission like this. 

Add to that the fact that nobody was developed enough for you to care when they died, and it was a pretty bad movie. Dave was the only halfway decent character and he won in the end so as far as I'm concerned, it was a happy ending. Besides, if the colonists went through a similar vetting process as the crew, this mission was already doomed. Fuck'em up, Dave. 

Banned because we're back on pizza. 

Again. 

1 hour ago, GrimGrimoire said:

I have not heard it yet. is it as good as The Theory of Everything?

Well, I didn't like Theory very much (still good, just not up to usual Ayreon level), so I'd say it's better. 

I've actually been listening to a ton of Avantasia lately, it's some really good shit. 

Speaking of good shit, how's everybody liking the new Ayreon album? I love it. 

Well we have the whole album now, it's pretty meh. 

Apprentice is still the best track and it's technically not even on the album

Luckily the new Ayreon album came out on the same day and it's amazing. 

Banned for being a bat pony, then. 

Probably something like "holy shit it's an anthropomorphic pony!" and then I'd start asking a lot of questions to try to figure out how this happened. 

I can't find the name history option on the new site. 

Also, 10/10.

3 minutes ago, Glacies Frost said:

I currently run Jeskai Control/Burn, but my specialty is actually Esper Control, Esper Artifacts, and Mono Blue Artifacts.

I've never really liked playing Esper Artifacts much, honestly, not sure why. I prefer UR artifacts, though that may be just because UR is my favorite color combinations and I try to run them whenever I can. 

I've been brewing Jeskai Delver in Modern, but it's not very good, especially in the current meta. 

44 minutes ago, Glacies Frost said:

Thank you all for your kind welcomes. As far as the idea of having my own card goes, you guys were onto something, but I think I would much rather go with an effect more like this one, personally. It fits my style of play a bit more.

Ah, a fellow control player, I see. Though I prefer a sort of combo/control style. A bunch of different cards that control a little on their own, but add up to put a much harder lock on the game. Some of my favorite decks are Stax, Pox, and good ol' Death and Taxes. 

But honestly, I can have fun with any type of deck. Combo used to be my favorite, I prefer grindy decks now, though. And I always have some aggro around. 

2 hours ago, Quaestio Draconis said:

Eh, I'd make it a Legendary Pony Staffer (really out to have race+class), and add vigilance.

 

Looking at 5 mana, probably. Maybe have an activated ability that spits out staffer tokens or allows for tutoring of same

The first I posted, just the 2/3 double strike could be okay at 3 mana, but it all hinges on how powerful protection from memes is. Probably just a subtype in a single block, so the card would be good, but not op. The fact that it's legendary helps. 

If we're going for the version with an activated ability, then I agree, a token creator would need to be more. Or at least the ability would need to cost a lot more. 

Also, for both I was trying to keep the spirit of the original card so it made for odd designs. 

@Jeric. Hey, how's it going? I decided to pop in for a bit when I noticed a Magic-themed notification email. 

12 minutes ago, Quaestio Draconis said:

You know, I'm shocked.

 

That is a really terribly made card- the rules texts do not fit any Magic templating whatsoever. 

 

If you are gonna make a card, at least make it functional!

On the other hand, congrats to Glacies Frost.

Indeed. Card should probably be something like:

Glacies Frost

1UW

Legendary Creature - Staffer

Double strike, protection from memes

2/3

Unless we're taking it literally, in which case we're probably looking at:

Glacies Frost

1UW

Creature - Staffer

2UW, T: You may cast a creature card from your hand named Glacies Frost without paying it's mana cost. That creature enters the battlefield with double strike and protection from memes.

2/3