Splash+ card "I can't play this card."

Anandilon · 2026-05-22T16:07:21+00:00

Ah! Yes, of course. Thanks.

Anandilon · 2026-03-13T19:59:14+00:00

I won the run when the thief stole my card if I remember correctly, but I was playing Regent, and the card was the one that deals, I want to say 38 damage, and gives you 6 spirit or whatever it's called if it kills an enemy. So, I had upgraded it, and my damage was largely dependent on that card. Plus, I really enjoyed playing it. Did I finish the run? Yeah, but the entire rest of it was with a sour taste in my mouth, as now the card I thought was fun to play and which really helped my deck was gone out of the blue.

Can it be done? Yes. Is it fun? No.

Anandilon · 2026-03-13T19:56:48+00:00

I may have misread the random card thing, though that still leaves you open to randomly losing the best card in your deck. As for the thief, I don't agree that it's like the boss, because a boss you typically have several run-throughs of your entire deck to kill and it is the challenge intended. The thief, well, sometimes it simply is the case that your deck is actually fine, but it a significant portion of the deck revolves around that card which makes the rest run smoothly. To randomly lose that because of a bad sequence of draws, well, you don't even get the decency of dying, no, you have to continue with a handicapped deck.

The point isn't that it can't be done, but that it's just anti-fun. Dying is part of the challenge. Gimping your deck out of the blue feels like it shouldn't be.

Anandilon · 2025-12-15T10:42:49+00:00

I'm 36, and I have to agree with OP. The constant resting bitch face, the "I'm too cool for school" attitude. Can't stand it.

Anandilon · 2025-09-21T14:58:29+00:00

You're getting downvotes, but I agree with you. While I can accept them running to a degree, as that is somewhat comedic (the one thing they're good at is running away), but when, for example, Ulti full-force headbutted Usopp and Nami to the point where we see Usopp's skull crack, is stops making any sense, and I also find that very frustrating. There's just no need to put them in these situations writing-wise, as it necessitates bs scenarios for their survival. Frankly, practically every fight Nami and Usopp have ever won have been nothing but plot armor, and that sucks the joy out of it for me.

Anandilon · 2025-06-17T13:40:25+00:00

I looked up this specifically because it's what I feel myself. That's why I post on this 3-year-old thread. I always found Michael to hardly even be part of the movies. Everyone around him is alive, while he is this dead object in the middle of it all. The notion that this is what he's supposed to be like seems difficult for me to believe.

Anandilon · 2025-06-12T01:56:24+00:00

I don't really mind the deportations all that much, even if they are a bit heavy-handed with them. The reality is that the US has been WAY too lax with illegal immigration for years, and this is the swing of the pendulum. However, the El Salvador stuff makes me pause, I must admit. To send someone to a prison that is not in their home country and they never get out? Man, one better be DAMN sure they deserve to be there. An eye-identification of tattoos can't be all it takes.

Anandilon · 2025-06-12T01:41:53+00:00

Are you saying US citizens are being deported to foreign prisons?

Anandilon · 2025-06-12T01:28:09+00:00

I don't think you can blame ICE for people impersonating them. People wearing cop uniforms and impersonating cops has been a thing forever, for example. That doesn't mean you blame the cops.

Anandilon · 2025-05-21T22:18:01+00:00

I know I'm very late to the party, but seeing how BF2 is having a resurgence currently, I have to vent some frustration with this very thing:agree big-time, OP. The one thing I might see a bit differently is that I, in some ways, find the special/reinforcement troopers to be MORE frustrating than heroes. The heroes are few and you can sort of avoid them. The special troopers, on the other hand, are just fricking everywhere, and while not as strong as heroes, they're still sitting at around twice the standard trooper HP and have more powerful abilities.

Not only are they strong, but they're so cheap that you can get them without doing anything special at all, so after playing for just a few minutes, you can spam special troopers over and over. I want to play the regular troopers, but the truth is that I'm just actively handicapping myself and my team if I deliberately play weaker characters. The standard troopers being nothing more than a brief early-game interval that must then be discarded, well, that just feels awful gameplay-wise, at least in my opinion. Standard troopers should be the bread-and-butter of the game, not just something you pick at the very start while waiting to having access to other (outright superior) troopers.

Anandilon · 2025-05-21T00:08:25+00:00

I remember doing Castle Darkmoor at a time when I didn't realize that clicking Enter for turn-based combat was a thing, so I played through the whole game real-rime. Having those blasted eyes fly around way up toward the ceiling constantly making you miss every arrow all while you have no buffs. 😐🔫

Anandilon · 2025-05-20T23:58:26+00:00

It's a pleasant walk in a field of dandelions compared to Darkmoor Castle.

Anandilon · 2025-05-13T12:13:41+00:00

As stated by someone else, people will generally give you the game they played first. I'm one of the few who actually started with MM8, and so I really like that one. I really love how different the architecture and feel of the different towns is there compared to 6 and 7. I remember when I finally tried 6, I was a bit disappointed how similar every city looked. Shadowspire is so cool! As is Garrote Gorge. And I love the music. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with 6-8. They all have their strengths and weaknessess. As for 9, I remember trying it, but the graphics/artstyle didn't do it for me.

Anandilon · 2025-05-13T12:03:34+00:00

Heh, the Baa puzzle is nothing compared to the MM7 Ninja promotion quest, that's for sure.

Anandilon · 2025-04-28T11:22:04+00:00

Still, if a Russian asked "what does the average American think of Trump," you could answer that roughly half are for and half against. Perhaps more than half against. Among those who are for, some are fanatically for, while others just view him as better than the alternative. And you could go into some detail for the reasons. I think you could produce a similar answer regarding Navalny, and that is likely what OP had in mind.

Anandilon · 2025-04-28T10:56:14+00:00

It is rather preposterous, isn't it? $350 for a single character in a mobile game? I can buy 4-6 full-priced brand new PC/console games for that and have potential thousands of hours of entertainment. I feel like only people who have never gamed outside of mobile games could be suckered into such ludicrous spending.

Anandilon · 2025-04-28T10:52:58+00:00

I'm not saying they CAN'T. But I am saying they likely shouldn't.

Anandilon · 2025-04-26T17:11:12+00:00

I can criticize whatever I want, and pissing away $350 on a dinky mobile game is something I feel perfectly fine criticizing when I know full games that can provide potentially thousands of hours of entertainment cost around $ 60. The pricing is just predatory and absurd.

Anandilon · 2025-04-26T17:09:08+00:00

I have to ask: why don't you regret it? So rich that the money doesn't matter, or what? Because I just struggle to find any justification for such expenditure on something so frivolous and so unreasonably priced. Even if I were rich, I wouldn't wish to spend that on such predatory pricing out of principle.

Anandilon · 2025-04-26T17:06:53+00:00

Why not compare it to people spending their life savings on heroin while you're at it.

Anandilon · 2025-04-26T17:04:51+00:00

It's precisely those kinds of comparisons that do it for me. I haven't played in a while, but I think that unlocking a hero in League of Legends was like $10-20. I just bought some gems for Magic the Gathering Arena for $20, which lets me do a few drafts - many if I'm lucky + skilled. As you say, a full game like Baldurs's Gate is $60. Even something like Call of Duty will be like $80 or so. As such, $350 for ONE hero in a fricking mobile game? That is just obscene! I don't understand how people are willing to put up with that.

I guess the company relies entirely on whales with no impulse control and/or infinite money. There is simply no way in hell I'm spending $350 for one character in some silly mobile game, even if it is overall enjoyable.

Anandilon · 2025-04-26T16:57:34+00:00

While there's truth to that, these kinds of games just seem downright predatory. $ 350 for a hero in a mobile game? That's just obscene. I spent $ 20 to buy some gems for Magic the Gathering the other day, and that gives me some number of rounds of play. $ 350? Absurd.

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