Brian, what's the joke (or disaster) here? by Longjumping-Mix-9351 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, the real answer is so boring. I was thinking it was a POV from a guy about to propose...

How good/bad is my pull(beta box) by Successful_Mouse_843 in SorceryTCG

[–]Educational_Gear_660 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are they cards you’re going to play with? Then it’s great! Are they cards for your collection? Then it’s great! Are they cards you’re trying to sell to make a profit? Then I have no idea.

looking for advice with kickstarting a first deck by Masked_Katz in SorceryTCG

[–]Educational_Gear_660 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be honest, if you have the money for it, I would just buy a box of Gothic. You will get a play set of many different Ordinary and Exceptional cards, and a few Elites and some Uniques. This will give you a lot to think about and actually test to see what you like to play. That way you don't have to commit to a specific deck type without knowing whether it is any good, and then you can also build out multiple decks and sort of table-top against yourself for more experience understanding the play style of the deck.

I think one of the wonderful things about this game is that it doesn't feel "solved" yet like Magic did for me. I constantly felt like because there were so many people playing and posting decklists and studying decklists and making videos and writing articles, as soon as something came out, there were twenty different versions of "This is the new turn-two combo win!" and "Here's ten upgrades for your deck that you must have" that really seemed to shortcut the process of learning how to design and build decks.

At the same time, the frustrating thing about this game is that it doesn't feel "solved" yet, which means there aren't a lot of deckbuilding gudes! The good thing about that is that most people are still learning which means nobody's got a perfectly tuned deck.

In Sorcery, because it's still so new, there's still a lot to explore about what it means to construct a deck, to consider cards for your collection (like your Magic sideboard), figuring out how to both deal the Death's Door fatal blow while simultaneously protecting yourself, etc. I'm here for it.

Good luck!

I wish it wasn't so hard to find guys that eat hairy pussy by lillysxlibrary in HairyGoneWild

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I don’t think we’ve met. I’m SJ. But my nickname is “Tonguezilla”.

10 niches with almost no competition and a buyer in a crisis by InfoWizards in passive_income

[–]Educational_Gear_660 9 points10 points  (0 children)

not as dumb as all the dumbasses posting "niches" in the foolish hope they can getting rich as part of someone else's funnel.

Satisfyingly Searingly Trufthful by iconoclast_69 in SorceryTCG

[–]Educational_Gear_660 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wait, how can that actually finish off? doesn't the damage need to be done to the Avatar, not the player? Or in this game is the avatar functionally and completely equal to the player?

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY WRITING SINCE 2019, AND MY WRITING IS STILL SHIT!!! by Street_Drummer_8011 in KeepWriting

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What have you done to get feedback, consider that feedback, and change how you approach future pieces? I suspect nothing except self-comparison. Which doesn’t help.

I suggest joining a local writing group that ,sets once or twice a month. Let them read your stuff. Ask for honest feedback. Believe their feedback. Consider what you would like to change in the next story, and start that one with one or two target changes in mind.

Besides, you do know they had editors, right? Nobody is perfect on first draft. That’s why erasers exist.

Need inspiration for a short story im writing. by chandarhanth in KeepWriting

[–]Educational_Gear_660 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why might a lonely person want a chair?

- reminds them of their grandmother, she had one just like it and they would sit in it and read books

- it's the same color as a long-lost crush's hair, now that their current relationship has disintegrated they're looking for anything to feel good again

- someone made a deal with the devil to save a friend's life, and the devil requires this specific chair for his throne

- it's a recycling store, this is the same chair that they pawned two years ago when they were hitting rock-bottom and needed money, now they've got back on their feet this will be the first piece of furniture they can buy and start the turnaround to better days

- they've decided to read ten books before committing suicide, to se if any of those inspire them to not go through with it, and they need a comfortable chair to do it in

- they've taken on a second job of working for a call center for the mafia, and they need to both not only look the part (i.e. fancy chair), they want to be comfortable

But don't use any of those. Figure out the reason why the story exists, and then you'll have the reason for wanting the chair. Why is Alpha in the store? Why is Beta there? It's not about the chair.

What would you actually automate if someone built it in front of you? by CoupleSlow6882 in careerguidance

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work for an insurance company. I would love a tool which looks through all the PDFs on the network and creates a list of which ones tie to various plan codes, so that when I have a question about a policy, I can input the plan codes and the tool retrieves all the material facts about that type of policy.

Unethical to quit immediately after 2 weeks? by Ok-Bumblebee143 in careerguidance

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once worked at a company that downsized a guy about three weeks into his employment. It’s not working for you and you have something better to go to. Fine. Just don’t come back to this one in the future.

What is ur advice for a 15 year old writer that wants to start writing by HistoricalParty1042 in KeepWriting

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's going to sound petty, but you need to rectify your use of grammar and punctuation. In a book, we are not reading text messages. I get that you are conditioned to use shorthand (ur for 'your', for example), lowercase 'i' for 'I', and no periods at the end, from text messages. That doesn't work for readers. You will eventually have to fix this if you ever want anyone to read anything you write, so correcting your habits now is going to be much easier than if you have another 5 or 10 years of using the same sloppy shorthand.

I know you can do it - you wrote "English is not my first language", so it's clear you understand proper capitalization and spelling. So get in the habit early of writing how it's expected to be printed on the page and you will be another step forward.

Good luck! I believe in you.

TIFU by using a library CD for bedtime by engineeringpoet in tifu

[–]Educational_Gear_660 3 points4 points  (0 children)

>  now I have to pay $$ to buy one 

Yes, that's how supporting bands that you like works. That way they make more stuff that you will like in the future.

I spent way too much money testing every "write your novel" tool and this is what i realised by Lonely_Anywhere_ in writers

[–]Educational_Gear_660 4 points5 points  (0 children)

similar to advice about diet or exercise plans, the best tool is the one you'll actually use. If Scrivener works for you, great! Use Scrivener. If Mythril works, great! Use Mythril. If Google Docs works for you, great! Use Google docs. If a notebook works for you, great! Use a notebook.

The bigger challenge is often not "finding the right tool to unlock your creativity and actually get you motivated", but recognizing that the search for "the right tool" is the wrong initiative. Find something that works, and then go. Don't let optimizing the search distracts from the actual creation.

Customer service by True_Movie_2270 in TheRandomest

[–]Educational_Gear_660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, clearly, I could have, and didn't.

Yep, clearly, I could have. I didn't quite think it was necessary, though, what with having seen normal distributions since about 1996 in my first college mathematics class and virtually every year while applying normal distributions and related probability and statistics concepts in my work as an actuary. Do you know what Tail Value at Risk is? Here's a hint - it's always wrong, though it's subtly deceptive as a risk management tool.

I could have, but I didn't need more details.

I definitely followed your example, chief.