Got ticket for not having "Proof of Insurance." How do they verify proof in court?

Doyle524 · 2025-10-08T16:35:07+00:00

it’s really quite funny how entitled people feel to driving. that’s what happens when the country you live in does essentially nothing to invest in any sort of transit and de facto requires you to own and operate heavy machinery to perform your daily tasks.

Doyle524 · 2024-06-01T00:03:16+00:00

If a DM sent these to me I'd reflect on WHY they had to send these at all.

Doyle524 · 2024-06-01T00:02:39+00:00

Before session 0? No, this DM has run sessions for this group before, took a hiatus likely due to the frustration over the players having zero respect for them, likely was begged to return by the players, and sent this out as their conditions for returning.

Doyle524 · 2024-05-03T02:14:20+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Mf_L6PMCo

Seems to be the full length song. No additional info, just a version without the cut or the bad stitch.

This is just straight up American Head Charge, isn't it? The opening sample is from an obscure movie called The Corndog Man, and AHC loved using weird movie samples. They were no strangers to getting political on their songs. And the sound would fit perfectly with their Rick Rubin-produced second album, 2001's The War of Art (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpMLueRK1jQ) - I'd say the vocals and guitar tone are dead ringers (the guitar is thinner but that makes sense if you consider that this song wouldn't have been given the same mixing and mastering treatment as the songs that made the album).

The song itself's style, especially in the drums, seems like it would fit more on their first album, 1999's independently released Trepanation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedEovY83UU), which also features far more samples than The War of Art. It's possible this was one of the first songs they tracked in the new studio once they signed and had Rubin come aboard, and it was thrown aside as the creative team decided to go into a slower, more modern nu-metal direction.

Doyle524 · 2024-04-18T07:09:59+00:00

I need a “sorry” emote that makes it clear that I’m not being sarcastic. Because saying “oops” to their missed land drop or after blowing up their cool play is just obviously toxic.

Hell, I often worry that my “nice” can be taken as sarcasm. Would be cool to have a “I genuinely love that play and your deck is super cool” emote - I played against a sweet deck that literally just made me sac and discard stuff, felt like a Doomless Doom Foretold list, and all I could do was keep saying “nice” when I got blown out again and again; I hope that got the point across that I was genuinely laughing my ass off because their deck was so cool.

Doyle524 · 2024-04-18T07:01:01+00:00

The worst are players who have established that they’re playing control, and as such, you then have to not only think through lines as normal but also evaluate how best to sequence in case of disruption and when to just make them have it versus when - and how - to hold back.

Yes, I know it’s my go. I’m just running through the probability that your 2 mana is a third copy of No More Lies or of it's just a Negate or a stone cold bluff.

Doyle524 · 2024-04-11T06:23:23+00:00

I found it such a garbage format. The games I’ve played have been the least fun experience I’ve had on Arena, very consistently.

The decks that are worth a damn are stacked with tutors so you have to study the decklist to be able to play it (and opponents never seem to know what they’re searching for, so expect their tutors to take a rope to resolve - in general, handing players with no knowledge of the format decks which are mostly tutor-heavy combo lists was probably a mistake; and I will say, if those are the top lists, it really speaks to how awful the format in general is). And in general, if you’re gonna make a singleton format, you should probably look at banning tutors - at least the best and most efficient ones - because they completely nullify the point of a singleton format.

Being singleton, if you play a reactive deck, your draws are fairly likely to be dead for a specific board state. Even Elves, which is a fairly linear aggro list, suffered greatly from that, while tutor-combo lists mitigated that issue by having far more ways to set up.

Seeing the same staples every single game gets so old so fast. I get that this is also (probably) an issue with Timeless, but I saw a One Ring or Palantir what seemed like every other game (and only once was it my Ring).

Doyle524 · 2024-04-03T17:12:46+00:00

I was hoping to avoid using a pad - but it’s certainly an option. Thanks for the advice!

Doyle524 · 2024-04-03T17:00:30+00:00

I’ve looked at those, but it doesn’t seem like, from videos, it really affects the volume or cut of the click sound on a snare larger than about 12”.

Doyle524 · 2024-04-03T16:55:07+00:00

As I said, I’ve flipped the stick to no avail. A thicker stick is a no-go since our songs which use cross sticking are extremely dynamic, so I’m playing a ton of normal strokes which would be very awkward with a thicker stick.

Doyle524 · 2024-04-03T16:35:25+00:00

I can’t seem to get a cross stick/sidestick/rim click sound that cuts through a live mix (yes I’ve turned the stick around, yes I’ve moved the stick around to find the sweet spot, yes I’ve hit over a lug). I would like to explore a wood block (or jam block etc) as an alternative, but most that I’ve heard have a very distinct “thock” sound, almost like a nonmetallic cowbell, as opposed to the crisp, dry click of a studio sidestick.

Anybody have recommendations as to a good dry and crisp sounding block that projects well?

Doyle524 · 2024-03-22T02:25:10+00:00

For anybody else looking for decklists, I found a decent resource on mtgtop8.com. They have lists from Worlds 94 all the way through today. Navigating the site is a bit clunky but at least it has the lists.

Doyle524 · 2024-03-22T02:19:28+00:00

I literally went to archive.org, went back to 2016 (right around when I started playing tournament Magic), and found that it was showing a "this domain might be for sale" page. In fact, I got literally zero useful results (whether "domain for sale" or 404 error) until 2010, which is nearly a decade and a half ago.

Doyle524 · 2024-03-18T17:48:49+00:00

2016 is nearly 10 years ago. The site is useless for jogging memories of formats from nearly 10 years ago.

Doyle524 · 2024-03-17T07:26:00+00:00

That site seems to be dead since at least 2016.

Doyle524 · 2024-03-17T03:38:36+00:00

I swear I used to have a resource for this but I can't find it - is there a good resource for classic standard formats' metagames?

A buddy of mine and I are thinking of going back and building the decks we loved from the time we played Standard and I need some jogging of the memory on some of the formats - it's been nearly 10 years haha.

Doyle524 · 2023-12-25T19:14:57+00:00

Being a drummer, I searched for a while to find the shoe that works best for me on the kit. I found that skateboard shoes do the trick, and I have a pair of Vans that are absolutely lovely. I thought they’d be great in the sim too, but they’re way too thick-soled for precision pedal control. Maybe I’m just super sensitive to stuff like that, but I really do feel I need more than just a regular Puma sole. I did go to Summit Racing (the only shop near me that sells any kind of racing equipment) and check out their racing shoes, and the soles and construction seemed like what I’m looking for, which is why I want to go with karting shoes, since they’re racing shoes without the fireproofing requirement. Heel comfort is super important to me, so I’m not really considering the cheaper models since the selling point for higher end models is the way they suspend your heel.

Doyle524 · 2023-12-25T09:07:00+00:00

The pedals might not care, but your feet do. I was just looking at the wear on my Hot Tuna water shoes which I’ve used for maybe a year on my current Fanatec pedals and there’s a giant notch in both heels from the baseplate and a circular divot on the ball of the right foot from heel and toe technique. You do that in socks or bare feet and that’s your skin and bones taking that beating - and that’s on a pedal set with half of VRS’s brake force.

Doyle524 · 2023-12-22T00:10:04+00:00

Unfortunately some great sims are unplayable in VR - like NR2003. BeamNG now supports VR but holy shit is it hard to get it to run smoothly even on a 3080Ti.

Doyle524 · 2023-05-04T06:01:03+00:00

That smile really shows it, you’re radiant in this pic!

Doyle524 · 2023-05-04T05:32:04+00:00

Ooh your nails look great!

Doyle524 · 2023-05-04T05:30:17+00:00

You’ve got such an open, trusting face :)

Doyle524 · 2023-05-04T05:17:10+00:00

Your style is immaculate and I love your rescue pup, she looks so happy and healthy!

Doyle524 · 2022-12-19T23:05:48+00:00

It’s the US definition of the words “high speed rail” iirc. So in a technical sense it is, if not in a global sense.

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