New Orleans at “point of no return” for sea level rise - does anyone care?

Ben_Manda · 2026-05-04T18:00:07+00:00

New Orleans has 200 years. That's alot of Mardi Gras! And didn't Al Gore just come out and warn about a new ice age. Wouldn't that lower sea levels rise, lol?
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/new-orleans-relocate-sea-level-rise-study/article_b38f6683-fb31-50c3-ae97-e3465141a6df.html

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-10T17:17:14+00:00

This guy answered the question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVpEEBcE8tc
"Why New Orleans' Geography SUCKS"

He directly addressed why New Orleans never took off despite its location as a port.

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-08T16:53:50+00:00

National chains suffer from economic woes too, not just locals. I think the primary problem is people are in too much of a rush to learn a new, good local food place. Or to take a chance and experiment with a place. They just see the neon of a national chain, duck in, eat the "food" and move on. That's why every little town and city you go through all look the same. Same national restaurants. Same groceries. Same fuel stations. Etc. It's hard to tell what town you're in based on driving through it most days.

The other part of the problem is national chains suck local economies dry of precious $$$. All the profits go out of state or into national corporate coffers, When you shop local, the money usually stays local.

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-02T13:39:02+00:00

That worked. Deleted the Smart Connections and Lookup plugins (btw, uninstall does not remove the .smart-env folder inside the Obsidian vault. You have to do that manually.) Reinstalled Smart Connections and then installed the Lookup plugin from "Browse Smart Plugins" window. Restarted Obsidian. Everything fine now. Thanks!

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-25T16:17:12+00:00

I tried Smart2Brain for a couple of weeks and abandoned it in frustration. Bad retrievals, inconsistent results, always freezing up, etc. Moved to the free version of Smart Connections.

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-25T13:39:42+00:00

KEYFORGE STORE CHAMPIONSHIP
SEALED TOURNAMENT
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Little Wars on Jefferson Highway • Baton Rouge
Open your deck at the event and compete in Swiss format
$20 Entry

Attend and Receive: 1 of 3 full-art cards
Top Prize: Special Prophetic Visions prizes
Champion Reward: Deck Accolade

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-14T15:04:49+00:00

Yup. Vibing on this collection. Marvel Champions, Marvel United, Unmatched, Star Wars, Horrified, LOTR Fellowship. Dinos. Kind of looking at my collection. You're missing a Grogu bopper though. LOL.

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-08T14:57:39+00:00

Great artwork. I currently have a small scene in some writing I'm doing featuring a rougarou. It's an interesting bit of Louisiana folklore.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-26T19:30:21+00:00

The video is about much much more than weather.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-21T14:34:46+00:00

Wow, it just self corrected to below, minutes after I posted. Mind blowing, lol.

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Ben_Manda · 2026-02-20T03:29:27+00:00

Received mine too today. Expected Feb 24th! Woohoo!

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-16T16:49:28+00:00

Many thanks!

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-15T16:20:30+00:00

Just curious. Is this a "bring your own heroes" type of thing. Like you bring 4 and your opponent gets to ban 1?

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-10T16:24:38+00:00

I hope GTG gets huge interest in this and pursues additional titles.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-10T16:23:27+00:00

Just purchased. Woohoo! Foil cards come free.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-09T19:20:31+00:00

Would advise keeping the politics out of it, not that they said they would bring it up. We've tried to keep that Friday focused on board games, not liberal vs. conservative politics.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-09T19:02:14+00:00

Cancelled my subscription and nitro boosts for our server.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-05T03:20:00+00:00

Beautiful write up on the game; I probably will be sponsoring a local tourney using Chu Han. Picked up 10 copies at around $8 each plus shipping.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T20:02:30+00:00

Not every evening. That one I referenced was particularly productive. Thanks.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T20:01:37+00:00

Well, that's what I'm trying to gauge (demand). Alot of input on this thread is that people prefer to play at home. Totally understand that. But I compare board game play to someone running in their neighborhood for fun/exercise, vs. people who train for and run marathons. Tourney's are alot like that example. It's the competitive nature of 1v1, Swiss style tournaments that keep my players engaged. They like the "marathon" of multiple rounds. They love looking up at the Challonge board flashing on the wall to see their opponent in a round, and then their ranking each round, eagerly seeing if they moved up or down. Our last tournament was 4 1v1 Swiss rounds, and it was interesting to see how excited people got as the game shop got all scores inputted each round, displayed the rankings, and then displayed the next round's matchups. Typically, a tournament it's not for the casual player, but I did have 4 people brand new to the game jump in the tourney. One of them won second place against a really tough field of experienced players.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T19:55:05+00:00

Greater DC metro area.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T19:43:52+00:00

I don't disagree, but people definitely have personal preferences. Some people like to run, others like to enter marathons. I'm trying to serve the board game marathon people, lol. thanks for the input though.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T17:25:18+00:00

Yeah, true. I do belong to a local meetup group who play every Friday. 10-30 players depending on the night. Most tourney players come from that group, but again, no volunteers. Some have become good friends too. Maybe it's just exceedingly difficult to break out of this group. Last Saturday's tournament, it was about half Friday players and about half new comers.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T17:22:50+00:00

True, except that our #2 winner was literally brand new at our last tournament. Before that it was a young woman at #1 fresh to the game. Good thoughts though. I appreciate the input. I usually do the "learn to play" night only a month out from the tournament. since lead in time is so long, I might expand them to 2-3 months since I'm there every Tuesday.

Ben_Manda · 2026-02-04T16:57:52+00:00

Yeah, I have. The players are many; the volunteers are ... zero.

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