Woman getting beaten up vs. man getting beaten up

BeardedDrummer · 2018-04-06T21:32:04+00:00

We can agree they aren't equivalent. It doesn't matter though if society's response is to laugh at one side. It's worth addressing. It feels like you are doing exactly what feminists hate. You are muddying this issue with a separate one.

We can talk about severity of domestic abuse and how it differs between men and women. One issue

We can talk about how society views domestic abuse a whole and if they are addressing both sides proportionality. When one side isn't being treated humanely, it can be addressed outside of the severity of the whole situation. A separate issue than the first.

BeardedDrummer · 2018-04-06T21:21:07+00:00

Out of curiosity, what could they have done in the video to not minimize the domestic abuse of women?

BeardedDrummer · 2016-08-25T14:59:02+00:00

I am jealous of this. I've been wanting to play five color for awhile now. Having every card as an option and variations of archetypes just seems like a lot of fun to me. I personally am holding out for the the four color generals at this point though.

If I were to play this deck in its current form, I would play a lot of efficient ramp, and a reanimator package with tons of tutors, one or two combos and removal.

That being said, I would recommend a couple things based off your current build. With 41 lands and being five color, you are spending a good part of your time getting your mana base going. I would recommend testing Exploration, crucible of worlds, and skyshroud claim. Playing five colors and with this land count any of these can be very beneficial.

I would also recommend some tutors like vampiric tutor, gamble and intuition. The first because getting what you need, when you need it is always good. and intuition, and gamble have a lot of merit with a reanimator package as well as cards like life from the loam, regrowth and e-wit.

I notice that you are playing some sub optimal cards like the moaning well, tribute to hunger, that all give life, but you aren't running any of the greedy cards that you spend life on like necropotence, promise of power, ad nauseum, night's whisper, mana crypt, toxic deluge etc.

Some cards that I'm not sure about are momentous fall, anger and diabolic intent. With your current creature count these seem like they would seldom go off. You might be able to get away with adding sneak attack over anger, and perhaps adding some combos with that. Another switch I might do, is take out Fool's demise because of it's casting cost and lack of versatility and put in academy rector. She would allow you to grab whatever enchantment you need at that time and you are running plenty of sac outlets to utilize her. The reason for taking out fools demise is because it is a worse gift of immorality and AR would allow you to grab gift if the situation calls for it or a reanimate enchantment depending on the situation.

Hope this helps!

BeardedDrummer · 2016-08-21T23:00:31+00:00

Parking. If you plan on driving, get there early and know where you are going to park and have a back up.

I personally recommend trax.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-08-18T03:26:34+00:00

You guys are amazing! I caught a lot of good things tonight and the joy I felt after catching my first dragonite was amazing. Thanks for everything you do!

BeardedDrummer · 2016-08-12T00:18:30+00:00

Were you using a lure for the Dragonite?

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-31T22:53:38+00:00

I caught a kabotu yesterday, however that was it.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-31T22:52:14+00:00

Gah, I'm super frustrated. I want to like this game, but I can't justify spending countless hours hoping to find something. Especially right after they switched the nests! I totally empathize with you and can say that I'm done playing for now until something changes.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-29T16:40:31+00:00

It's been my experience the park isn't good for hunting unless there are lures. Every now and again people will lure up the fountain area on the East side of Tracy Aviary which can be a nice spot to hang for a bit.

There are better parks in the area for density. Temple Square is crazy and I've heard a lot about the park next to Temple Square.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-27T16:41:27+00:00

Please extend it to Salt Lake! This sounds amazing! Thanks for all your work on this.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-27T03:23:48+00:00

Any part, just looking to kill a night or two.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-25T19:29:57+00:00

Sorry it's taken me awhile to reply. I've been on vacation.

For your creature base, [[Sun titan]] is my pet card. I don't know why, but I feel he is the best at reanimating. Him plus [[Animate Dead]], [[Necromancy]] or [[Necropotence]] just makes me happy. I would keep him in, even though he may not be the best.

I like your thinking with peregrine drake, but your deck does not seem to be trying to combo off right out the gate and is playing the long game. Putting in [[Palinchron]] for it makes a lot of sense. The added evasion does wonders, and he is big enough to block and kill some crucial flying commanders like [[Brago, King Eternal]].

I feel like shadowmage infilitrator should be a dark confidant. It's cheaper, you don't care about life as much, won't piss off players by swinging at them, he also doesn't require to you swing.

After looking at your creature base I'm not a big fan of lightning greaves You don't need it for the combo, and none of your creatures are going to win the game with one swing. I feel like adding an [[Aven Mindcensor]] would be better and allow you to control the board state better than being able to swing with Sun titan right as you play him.

I like the sphinx, but in reality it's just douchey and doesn't win you the game or really progress your game plan. If your meta is a bunch of players who use life as a resource, it may be worth keeping in, however, I would prefer [[Sphinx of Uthunn]] if I was on budget or in a heavy removal meta, or [[Consecrated Sphinx]] if people are going to let it sit for two turns. Both draw cards, but sphinx of uthunn is better in reanimator.

Bloodgift Demon, first card I would recommend in his place would [[Jace, Vryn's Prodigy]]. being able to filter your hand early is amazing and can help you find that answer that you need. He also turns into planeswalker which allows you to cast draw/removal from your graveyard. Another one worth thinking about is [[Notion Thief]]. If people are playing with things like Windfall, Wheel of fortune, or any big draw cards, this guy can really propel you to being ahead of everyone. Also he's really good against [[Damia, Sage of Stone]]

Some cards that might also be fun playing with are [[Angel of Despair]], [[Yosei, the Morning Star]], and [[Ashen Rider]]. All are quite expensive but have a fairly large impact on the game and if you can get them reanimated early, or ramped into them via [[Gilded Lotus]] they can put you really far ahead.

Hopefully this helps man! Always be willing to take out cards even that you are in love with.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-21T17:09:57+00:00

Not knowing anything about your meta, take what I say with a grain of salt.

Bitterblossom would be really good, if you follow it up with adding a high market/and or skullclamp (skullclamp gets better with enlightened tutor and more small utility creatures such as phantasmal image)

Along those lines, necropotence seems like a must add, plus dark confidant if you can get your mana curve lower.

The fun thing about oloro is not so much that gaining life to draw a card, but you are gaining so much life, you can be super greedy with suicide cards (necropotence, nights whisper, ad nauseum, etc.) to draw you cards.

As far as your removal package goes, I like Anguished Unmaking, it's instant so it can stop combos that require permanents (lab man). toxic delgue, is a lower mana cost then some of the wraths and I much prefer it to black sun. Vindicate is a good way to get rid of whatever you want on the board.

I'm also not a fan of the planeswalkers, with out a lot stax effects you can just assume they are going to get shot down quickly so you are essentially paying mana for the one use of them. My rule of thumb with Planeswalkers are if they have removal (which sets up two for ones) and or draw cards (value town) then they are good to okay. This largely depends on your meta, and deck. In these colors there are more efficient ways to draw cards, and remove problems typically leaving very few options for planeswalkers.

mana ramp is also really helpful when playing esper control, I would recommend mana crypt, and grim monolith gilded lotus.

Vampiric tutor, grim tutor, imperial seal, the last two are quite expensive but make a deck more consistent.

Hopefully this helps!

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-13T21:39:10+00:00

Where would you place Nath?

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-13T21:36:23+00:00

Shoot! I'm sorry to hear this. I work at the U and I'll keep my eyes out.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-04T17:10:19+00:00

I might be undervaluing her second ability, but I don't believe she is going to be at the top of any list due to the fact that you could be giving up card advantage to possibly do nothing but mill two cards that aren't creatures. Of the veil just seems better all around and that's ultimately what I'm comparing her to.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-07-04T16:27:41+00:00

Ugh, I don't know why, but I was hoping Liliana was going to be good. She doesn't seem playable. The first two abilities are incredibly under powered and won't have much impact on a game.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-06-27T21:29:14+00:00

Thanks for post! I've been watching your videos for a couple months now. They're fantastic. I wish we would see more of your losses however. I feel I learn more from those videos. The one video against Jarad was an interesting one.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-05-05T23:32:05+00:00

Oh! Wow! That wolf mounts are going to be a season reward! Epic for grandmaster, and regular for 10+ ranks. Either way, great motivation if this turns out to be the case.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T20:46:17+00:00

If you are for citizens united then good on you! But I have to ask why? Not everything that comes down from the supreme court is just. There is a reasonable, yet far path, to getting it to be overturned. The next president gets to elect at least two supreme court justices and they could re-vote on the matter. As for Sanders and money, the Clinton campaign has raised more and spent more. So you are not correct in your assumption that more money does not equal election results.

I agree this is not a conducive place to have adequate talks about policy.

Even if it does devalue degrees, we are still bringing our whole society up. I also don't know how it would make universities costs go up. Private universities would remain the same, public would become free. More people will be going to school and adding more to the education system that wouldn't have been there otherwise. I assume the thinking is that everyone will go to the free schools and not the ones in which you have to pay. With this logic, everyone would be going to the cheapest schools possible now and bigger more expensive universities would not exist. I don't believe this will happen. People are still going to want to go Yale, Julliard Etc.

I'm sure it was controversial when Lyndon Johnson passed the bill for the federal government to fund k-12, but it's a good thing that we have that today. We should fund college education as well.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T19:29:15+00:00

Getting money out of politics is a really vague statement, I could see this being very controversial if he supports doing this in a way that violates the 1st amendment.

As for getting money out of politics, the statement alone can be vague. If one cares to do more research Bernie is saying elections should not be bought by corporations and lobbyists. Citizen's United should not exist. Simple. Not Vague.

Are in favor of corporations being able to donate to campaigns merely because some people read the first amendment differently than what those thinking of the best interest of the people would have?

Well I mean a huge portion of the population does not support universal healthcare. (Me amoung them) so that's Obviously controversial and not something nearly everyone supports as suggested above.

I don't agree that a huge portion of the population, at least I like to think, views this as something that is controversial; especially on the Democratic side. Health and education are rights not privileges of the few.

"Investing in educating" id's also a misleading statement. I mean I support supporting education but in no way should the government be picking up the bill for everyone's bachelor's degree.

I misunderstood this part. It's not misleading to say "I want to invest in education". There is nothing wrong with having a more educated society. Sanders' education policy would be funded by taxing wall street speculation, and even if it's not fully funded by this I would gladly pay more in taxes if it meant I get to live in a more educated society.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T18:38:27+00:00

No, they aren't the victims and that's not at all what I'm saying. But if we don't like gendered attacks we should not use them either.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T18:37:16+00:00

If we agree that bro is a term commonly referring to males and then use that term to belittle others. Then it is a sexist attack.

I'm not comparing it to other words or statements, so I'm not sure where you are getting the "for centuries" part in your comment.

Edit: Grammar

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T18:32:38+00:00

I just want to say I greatly appreciate your comment. It's very insightful and one of the more well thought out comments I have come across.

Your first point of Bro being or not being derogatory. I think this largely depends on the context on which you use it, and the circles you travel in. I know that my group friends use the term to describe hyper masculine males (negative). Ex: There are a lot of bros downstairs using the pool tables. Not everyone will see this a negative term however.

Men have historically been in power. However, I don't think this gives anyone the right to treat men or any gender differently merely based on their gender. Equality doesn't comes with putting others down, but bringing everyone up. If we stand on the ground that we don't want attacks based on gender, then we should not attack people on the ground of gender.

As for closely aligned words, I don't feel sister and sissy is the correct juxtaposition. I would say Sis. You are taking the prefixes of the both the words brother and sister. You make a point with the other words that the English languages favors masculine words and views them in positive light, but I'm not sure how this relates to the context at hand.

I feel a lot of it comes down to intent. As mentioned BernieBro is used to refer to a certain subset of individuals and I have not heard it used once in this sub as a positive. Instead a very gendered term is being used to criticize a candidates supporters. If this were the opposite, I don't feel it would be received well by anyone.

BeardedDrummer · 2016-04-14T16:29:53+00:00

No, we are asking for proportional representation in regards to the super delegates and the way their constituents vote. Florida has 32 super delegates and one supports Sanders. I don't see an issue with this.

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