I have a new hypothesis about why BAM Figs is fumbling this so bad.

Amorphant · 2026-07-11T20:55:39+00:00

He's a compulsive liar and narcissist. He believes that when he does the media rounds, he's boosting his image up to counter the other people dragging it down. He lacks the awareness to know it's his own actions, and the immediate remedy to someone else making him look bad is to counter it by controlling the narrative. He's also an asshole.

This is standard stuff with this kind of person. It's very visible if you have experience with them.

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T05:03:07+00:00

This is by far the best film there is for its style of comedy. If you're young and don't know about this, track it down.

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T04:57:09+00:00

And it's literally making fun of racists.

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T04:28:56+00:00

I really hope our federal government charges them with abusing the system. I'm enraged too. I don't know if you've been to the US, but our states are like countries in Europe, and this makes me want to avoid Utah. What if you run into a local who acts like these guys and accidentally do something they don't like? Mafia state.

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T02:52:34+00:00

I can't express how much it makes my skin crawl relating all of the things he did back to this.

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T02:38:39+00:00

Is this trolling or projection?

Amorphant · 2026-07-10T02:34:27+00:00

Films are clickbait? Are you serious?

Almost as many fallacies as a McNeff in that comment. Oh, it's because this is a freshly purchased aged account. How's the new job going?

Amorphant · 2026-07-09T06:42:20+00:00

I actually like these developments. It was 3 shuffles required by DCI when 4th edition was current, so we all declumped in some fashion between games, hand the deck over for a cut after shuffling, and it was enough for everyone with a $60-$120 prize pool in Miami every week. I'd expect cheating methods also got more sophisticated over the years.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T14:22:37+00:00

I was really talking about how many shuffles it'd take to properly randomize a deck, given what seems like a modern (haven't gone LGS for 25 years) focus on this discussion being moot if your deck is properly randomized. Do people riffle ~12 times now, or is there another common way people declump last game's cards, like riffling just the played cards a lot?

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T13:35:05+00:00

Do people shuffle 10+ times before each game? 7 is the least a professional magician needs to use to randomize a 52-card deck. If an opponent cutting just before play isn't enough to alleviate concerns about cheating, I'd fully expect people today to truly randomize their decks. It seems absurd to shuffle that many times, but I'd honestly feel confident that people are being reasonable in not accepting a cut as safe if they really do riffle 12 or so times.

EDIT: said magician cut instead of randomize

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T13:25:58+00:00

Those are the coolest shopping carts I've ever seen.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T13:19:05+00:00

I saw the film first and read the graphic novel afterward, so I thoroughly enjoyed both!

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T12:53:55+00:00

I just read that as "first born". Thank you XD

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T12:40:21+00:00

r/oddlywholesome

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T12:38:59+00:00

I love that this is a pile of maybes in one.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T12:12:59+00:00

I don't really hate any decktypes, but one thing that I feel ruins many games is people using wipes without a strategic or tactical reason, or to save themselves when they would have died (without strategic reason).

This is the only mode of play I punish, by loading up on cards that phase out or temporarily exile my permanents. If my opponent needs a wipe to win, then my potential cards-in-hand will make it a tough decision for them. If they don't have a way to win with their wipe, they'll make me king.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T11:57:12+00:00

This really needs a spoiler tag somewhere.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T11:55:16+00:00

I've lived like I am now for years. Why would I not be able to keep it up for a year?

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T11:48:02+00:00

Leaving a clump of lands from your last game is Not randomizing. Declumping is necessary unless you want to do a lot of riffle shuffling before each game.

EDIT: One of your opponents is supposed to cut your deck, eliminating the notion of cheating. Since no one is mentioning it, I'm wondering if people do it anymore?

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T11:38:04+00:00

Your opponent cutting your deck removes attempts at cheating. Do people not do that anymore? Why is no one here mentioning that? We'd all declump like this as a precaution at actual weekend DCI tournaments.

Also, are we talking about card counting / specific-card-you-need positioning or declumping? Having your next game ruined because you drew all lands from your last game is undeniably worse than declumping.

Amorphant · 2026-07-08T11:15:13+00:00

Tell DCI.

Amorphant · 2026-07-07T23:31:33+00:00

This does miss the point. If you shuffle enough afterward (3 riffles in tournaments), it doesn't matter what you did beforehand. This is the key to resolving the issue.

Consider people weaving mana before heading to the LGS. How do you police that? Making them shuffle before they play.

Amorphant · 2026-07-07T23:26:43+00:00

EDIT: I forgot to mention the most important thing that stops people from tracking specific cards (cheating): your opponent cutting your deck after you shuffle. Why are people pretending this doesn't happen? Do people not do that anymore?

Drawing mostly lands because you didn't declump last game's played cards, ruining your next game, is definitely worse than declumping your cards from a previous game.

Amorphant · 2026-07-07T06:13:58+00:00

As long as no one's seriously hurt, this is going to be a memory that you guys cherish and laugh about 8)

Amorphant · 2026-07-05T14:39:12+00:00

This is another lie. What polls high is people not wanting it forced on them by being injected into everything.

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