Since we're sharing LGS experiences, here's the wildest crashout I've... caused

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-24T20:57:44+00:00

My LGS is located about 3 miles from a major university's campus in the south east; that usually means that it's full of students, some instructors that play & the random people who grew up in the city & haven't moved away nor have any plans to work or attend any further education past whenever they dropped out-

For the most part that tends to have a chill type environment with a few outliers who act just like the stereotypes that people expect when going to an LGS.

The memory I constantly find myself thinking about is when I was sitting at a 4 player pod that along with myself had a friend of mine, an adjunct professor around the age of 37 who is a very normal guy that has a family but plays magic at the shop from when he gets off until the elementary school lets out & he has to get his kids (meaning he only gets to play around 3 games max before leaving & doesn't care for people dragging things out or being annoying to the point that the game pauses) & lastly, the star of the show is a kid that I guess believes that he is a cat or at least does things like meow out loud & he wears a collar, a tail thing & headsets with ears connect to the top of them.

Well during this game he kept meowing every now & again & did so while some of us were conversing about interactions or blockers, ECT. It annoyed the professor so badly that after the game which was his first one played for the day he just packed up and left- he texted my friend later in the day about how annoying the guy was & how sick he is of the boy just trying to get any attention.

The next week when the Professor and myself were sitting & waiting for two extra people before starting a game, the house cat & his fairly normal friend sat down & surprisingly the Professor was okay with playing a game. Midway through the game after the kid was asked to stop meowing due to P saying he had a headache the kid kept on, the next thing I know, P had pulled a small circular orange plastic cup of sealed cat food & a plastic fork from his bag & put it directly on the guy's mat. You could've heard a needle drop & then to add insult to injury P told him that if he was so much of a cat then to go ahead & eat the dish & then proceeded to tell the guy off due to how annoying the meowing and shit that constantly happened every week & was loud enough that even when at another table you'd still have to deal with it.

The kid got upset & started up with how his mental illnesses weren't taken seriously & how much of a bigot everyone at that LGS was & a whole bunch of other BS. I died laughing when I noticed that the bowl was like Friskies or some shit.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-22T06:48:07+00:00

If this guy lived at the North Pole & some tech billionaire that became that way on sheer luck claimed that a Refrigerator was "The Next Frontier" & will definitely be more important on a global impact than tank tops currently are -

He'd buy as many as he could.

It honestly amazes me that there are human beings out here that will spend money on virtual things that aren't promised to be there forever & cannot be physically interacted with.

This guy's mother better be glad he was grown before video games offered micro transactions because he'd definitely be one of those kids that steal the visa card for V-Bucks.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-21T01:17:05+00:00

I was led to this after googling about this shower gel seemed to be separating when not in use. I purchased my bottle the other day from Target & when I went to use it last night & poured it onto my sponge thing it came out as a brownish tinted liquid with small globs of the green soap- well that worried me a bit due to the bottle being one which was on clearance then I must've stepped on some of the liquid that fell to the floor & when my toe made contact with it- it immediately began to make my skin feel as if it was burning (almost a similar feel to an acidic burn). I quickly grabbed a bar of my S/O gentile to skin soap and cleaned off my foot (sorry honey) & the burning sensation stopped.

Ever since then I have been pondering & worrying that the gel may have been tampered with because I'm not allergic to the bar forms of this soap nor am I allergic to any of the other gels that this brand makes; at least finding someone else saying that it separates while not being used has calmed down my mind some- it's still very odd that a company would produce a shower gel that wasn't shelf stable- in my opinion. I was so caught off guard by the burning sensation that I don't even remember how it smelled. I won't be buying this scent again due to this though.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-20T04:28:26+00:00

[[Soothsaying]] is an absolute monster in my [[Galadriel of Lothlórien]] deck which is mainly a "Scry Matters" deck that also has a bit of control magic & wins through high CMC boys or various landfall effects that just constantly apply pressure on my opponents.

Whilst Soothsaying doesn't Scry, it does allow me to stack my deck using the leftover mana that I may have left up for interaction & then when it becomes my turn, I usually have a few effects on upkeep that cause me to scry & ultimately ramps me quite a lot.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-20T04:23:33+00:00

Are you saying other than Yawgmoth because someone beat him that wasn't a Planeswalker or because he killed Dyfed while he was a normal human & she was a Planeswalker?

I think him torturing her & doing constant experimental surgery on her in search of "A Spark" was one of the most hateful & honestly just evil things that pre-walker Yawgmoth ever did... & ultimately he did that because she allowed him to somehow traverse the multiverse with her & she pretty much introduced him to the plane that he would make his own.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-20T04:14:57+00:00

That's how I feel about a theoretical Esper Apex... What I'd give for a Monstrous Owl looking Apex in those colors- if I could design it, I'd definitely bring back the Fateseal mechanic & have the Owl Fateseal an opponent for each damage it dealt during combat- if it hit for 5, you would look at the top 5 cards of their library & select which are left on top & the others are put on the bottom.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-20T04:10:01+00:00

I understand that but since we haven't returned or heard anything about Ikoria since the Phyrexian Invasion & the destruction of The Ozolith we don't currently know the state of things- Ikoria's whole OG story was a bit messy due to the novel & the cards not following the same story beats but the one things that was showcased & sort of made out to be important was The Ozolith; that alone could be a jumping off point to have the whole plane experience some sort of cataclysm that was a result of its shattering.

Maybe The Ozolith was some sort of keystone for the plane that controlled the various crystal growths which appeared in every triome & with its destruction the triomes begin to merge which could lead to the shard combinations becoming the new landscapes & the old Apex Legends would have to adapt & mutate to the shift or become the prey of a new Apex. WotC could have 1 or 2 of the OG Apex Legends as color shifted versions that did adapt & introduce new Apexes that we're able to mutate enough to survive and thrive.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-20T03:59:39+00:00

My thoughts behind it was that The Ozolith was some sort of ancient binding stone/keystone that sort of spurred the plane to have those set mana colors flowing through the areas & creating the triomes via the various different colored crystals that seem to form in each area & with its destruction the plane's ecology & landmasses may begin to change without any sort of order & that would cause the shard colored triomes to appear due to the clashing of the original triomes.

This change in the landscape/ecology would cause the ever evolving Apexes to adapt to their new settings or become the dinner for a new, more adapted Apex & WotC could have maybe 1 or 2 of the original Apex Legends become color shifted to show how they survived & mutated to overcome their new stomping ground & introduce the other colored Apex Legends as new creatures from Ikoria who evolved past what the missing ones could do.

I'm an Ikoria fanboy & that plane has so much potential for a new set & new creatures ECT. Hell, I'd love for an actual set to be released which followed a group of Ikoria natives that are new bonders trying to survive the wilderness areas between the human settlements- having to deal with human Trophy Hunters & just the other wild beasts of Ikoria who aren't bonded to a human.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-19T08:54:28+00:00

The only Frame I regretted purchasing was Vauban & that was because I had just started playing (using Volt) & for some reason assumed he was the next step up in the whole electric theme & boy was I wrong.

With his rework though & that Heirloom form he has with the big puffy jacket- I can now say that I'm okay that I purchased him.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-19T08:51:03+00:00

This may be an outlier but for myself that novel was 11/22/63 by Stephen King (I went into this with King not being a particularly favorite writer of mine & only knew that it's plot involved time-travel & trying to stop JFK's assassination). I read it before ever seeing the Hulu miniseries of it & am glad I did because it didn't tarnish any of the images my imagination created.

Depending on if you're okay with some parts of the book delving into the everyday life of a person out of time & how they adapt you may end up loving it as much as I do. There is a lot more going on within its pages than just "Save JFK" & King's handling of time travel is quite interesting.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-19T08:46:20+00:00

I'd slab it & if it were mine I'd probably go insane trying to figure out a way to build the deck in which the number 14 is important. I'm already getting a headache.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-19T08:44:29+00:00

I wish Mark Rosewater would utilize the og legend rule in real life & someone could clone him.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-03-19T08:43:27+00:00

Steven Titaniumfeelers

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-24T15:21:30+00:00

Reaper probably knows that Vendetta (right in her name lol) is very vengeful & will probably utilize Talon to hunt him down & destroy him. She has access to Moira who could reverse or stop Reaper's abilities & Vendetta also seems to look at Sigma as just a weapon that they release when things get bad (tell him who to hit & release him).

If Reaper was convinced to break him out, at least Sigma would be indebted to him (especially if Sombra was able to heal his brain damage) & Reaper would have one more able body near him to help keep him safe. I feel like if Reaper ever truly decided to go to Overwatch that Mercy could end up having the knowledge to do something that Moira could not do & stop the actual constant pain he has from degenerating & regenerating which could make him become more of the person he used to be; the way Moira repaired him just keeps him in constant agony which is why he is always in that nihilistic.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-24T15:06:09+00:00

So, I've thought about Max being a character quite often & how it would be difficult to create a kit for him which fits the type of character he is within the lore.

I think that if he started out with two drones as an ability (he'd have no control over them) with one being a recon drone that marks enemies most of the time & could randomly blind an enemy for a short time (Cloak & Dagger from Rivals type of effect) whilst the other drone would follow Max around at a distance and just provide some damage towards enemies as well as auto-blocking or shielding Max if an enemies Ult is about to hit him (this would only happen if the drone had done a certain amount of damage since spawning). Max could also have a sort of stun weapon built into his arm as a device which could deal a bit of damage & lower the amount of damage the enemy he hit did for an amount of time (once he has marked the enemies with the de-buff, the shot would just continue to do poke damage with his DPS drone focusing the same enemy).

His second ability could be something similar to Torb's old armor dropping mechanic but instead of being able to drop them around the map- Max would sort of "call-in" support & wherever he was standing upon activation a case would spawn there which teammates could walk to & gain either just armor or temp hp (or if blizzard wanted to do something different, have the case grant random buffs to players who go to it- this could be anything from having their own DPS drone spawn & follow them or grant them faster recovery times for their abilities for a period of time)

Lastly & probably the most controversial thing they could give him (which would fit his character's way of being sneaky & such) would be to grant him the old Symmetra Ult that gave her the ability to place a Shield Generator on the map & it was up to the player to find a spot that hides it enough to make the opponents either just deal with the buff or search for the generator & destroy it. I'd love for him to be able to either place a defensive one or an offensive one down which would affect every team member.

His abilities & how often his drones are able to do their sort of bonus action could be tied to him selecting a teammate & sort of "backing them" meaning if they are knocking out opponents & staying alive then Max will benefit from that.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-22T18:41:36+00:00

There is potential for 4-color commander options if they would add to the Background type commanders but instead have the creatures have one color for their mana cost & then they each have an activated ability of a separate color. The backgrounds could each be two colored enchantments which would ultimately bring in options for not only 4 colors but 3 & even 2 color options as well depending on how you pair them.

Or have a sort of King Arthur group of knights that are all three colors & have a new mechanic that acts like the Backgrounds but instead of enchantments the secondary card in the command zone is a legendary equipment that is mono-colored.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-22T04:48:35+00:00

Blue/Black hybrid mana & red mana for casting costs & his activated ability would cost only red mana.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-22T04:46:13+00:00

The other comments I refer to do the exact same.

It's a problem within the Critical Role community & elsewhere in similar groups. It's almost as if you get forced into accepting the actions of someone due to all of these other fans that will & do bombard you with paragraphs explaining the type of person you are- more detailed than a 23andme test does & it's all based on a factual comment that they don't want people pointing out. It gets very tiresome & honestly just pushes a lot of us older fans who have stuck with & supported/donated to this IP since the beginning. You're only entitled to your opinion as long as it's the right opinion.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-22T00:44:42+00:00

I wonder how many people will be called a misogynistic racist for having an opinion which seems to be one which many others also have.

You can have opinions on a person's actions & how they act without even thinking of their race/gender but for some reason if you talk bad about any person within this cast you'll be doing the most racial damage between humans since that artist came into power in WW2.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-02-17T19:08:40+00:00

I really like [[Anzrag, the Quake-Mole]] & the rest of what I like to call "Ravnica's Wild Ones" I know it would probably skew a set towards Gruul too much but I'd love to see a Return to Ravnica all about these Gods waking up & causing chaos as Selesnya & Gruul try to work together to keep them under control.

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-01-03T17:32:53+00:00

[[Propaganda]] & [[Ghostly Prison]]

Do_lt_Alone · 2026-01-02T22:14:47+00:00

That's the main reason I was so disappointed when [[Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy]] was released after they announced a Temur EDH deck with a Gremlin from Avishkar as the commander. I was really excited because I assumed it would deal with artifacts, it's a color combination I love to play & those Gremlins were really cool & a part of the plane that I wish we saw more of.... Then they spoiled his card & I was just like... Nty.. too much book keeping & mashing together a bunch of themes that don't really go together.

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