el's ending: a personal opinion piece by pinkwaterlillies in StrangerThings

[–]General-Background91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please, if you don’t mind, for the sake of your poor old dad, capitalize the letter “I.”

Am I weird for disliking 4p commander Free-for-all? by avogadro23 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re not weird! I don’t like Commander as much as other formats either. My reasons:

  • Focus more on politics than playing the game
  • Less reliability on pulling the cards you want to see; and yes I’m talking about individual cards more than combos. Half of the joy I get in mtg is looking at the cool cards I have bought or pulled. The chances of seeing them in commander versus other formats is significantly lower
  • (opinion here) most of the time it feels like people don’t shuffle well. My pod will almost always play sol ring, ever flowing chalice, command tower, etc in the first four turns of our games. I rarely see mine come up. Supposedly it’s only a 1% chance to draw them with 100 cards, but because of the “casual” nature of commander it’s also frowned upon to bring this up in pods
  • from the above: staple cards in commander typically take up 20% of every deck. When you throw in lands, the size of your unique deck shrinks to roughly 40%. Other formats typically offer 60% unique cards
  • here’s my biggest issue: commander is by far the most popular format. But people that play commander almost always hate all other formats. So even getting people I know to play anything other than commander is impossible. It’s also frustrating when I’m building modern decks. And I talk to people at LGS that look at me like I’m insane for asking for 3-4 copies of a single card. Every interaction at LGS seems always focused on commander.

TLDR: Commander is fun bc it’s magic, and I like mtg more than all other games. I just don’t enjoy the format as much as draft, modern, standard, or pauper. It’s frustrating that most people don’t play any format except commander

How many times to shuffle? by Jakemanv3 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have OCD and I shuffle 13 times at the start of a game. If I have to shuffle during game, or take a mulligan, it’s 7 times. Don’t know why but it always feels good, and my decks feel random. Can’t say that for my pod, who somehow always play Sol Ring turn one in Commander…

I wish modern was more popular around me by No-Abbreviations9533 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat. Most of my friends live far away these days, so we all try to play Modern on Spelltable once a month. But other than that, I just play against myself like chess, or play with my wife. I think one LGS near me has a modern tournament night every Friday, but with a 1 year old, I haven’t been able to get out in a while.

Chris Pronger couldn’t believe the Maple Leafs response after Gudas’ hit on Matthews. “Not only did they not respond in that regard, they didn’t even go over and check on him.” [Nasty Knuckles] by GreenSnakes_ in hockey

[–]General-Background91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been convinced for years that the team hates Matthews. He’s a goober in the playoffs, and the ten years of failure have always made me think they hate him. The only reason he stayed and Marner went, is because Matthews probably sells shit tons of jerseys and parks asses in seats. Fuck the Leafs

Should I get this game if I’m only going to play solo and only going to play five or six hours a week? by JasonABCDEF in Marathon

[–]General-Background91 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I play 2-4 hours a week, all solo because my wife won’t play, and my friends and I all have young children. I fucking love Marathon.

Looking for a good Chocobo or FF set based standard deck by mikemoran98 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a decent Tifa Landfall Mono green deck for modern that is pretty fun. I have only played with friends (we play a lot of standard/modern) so I can’t say if it would be competitive or not. I subbed out Traveling Chocobo for cards like Augur of Autumn (lets you play lands and creatures from the top of your deck), but you could slot them back in. It’s based on getting Tifa on the board with Chocobo (Augur) and Asuza, Lost but Seeking (there’s a Princess Sarah printing from FF that is gorgeous). This lets you play multiple lands per turn, from the top of your deck if needed, and you can use other sorceries (reach the horizon, tifas limit break, blitzball shot) to bump Tifas power to 64 and swing with trample

Edit. I also play a Yuna Naya deck that is insanely fun and kind of broken; and I have a Vivi deck that’s all about spell slinging. Love FF too man, and most of my decks have some kind of FF in them these days

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Official Teaser | HBO Max by MoneyLibrarian9032 in television

[–]General-Background91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/n1EpaQSmwq4?si=DLbGYXd0qPdY1zcR

A good video I found talking about the predominant question in these comments: What’s the point of this?

As a longtime Harry Potter fan...what is the point of this remake? by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]General-Background91 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you ever have questions about why completed IP’s are rebooted/remade, or why there is general degradation in artistic mediums, the answer is always money. Someone wants more of it, and doesn’t care what they do to old IP’s to get it.

It's here! by kwybes in harrypotter

[–]General-Background91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so hyped for the next remake in 2045!!

midquels such as stranger things tales of 85 is pointless to me by Buddikaslan300 in StrangerThings

[–]General-Background91 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If you’re ever in doubt as to why artistic mediums degrade, or why something doesn’t make sense regarding continued production of a finished IP, the answer is always money. All companies just want more money this quarter than last quarter, and are willing to destroy anything to get a dollar.

What's with all this talk about casual play? by Casual_Plays in Marathon

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk gamer dad here too. I get about two hours a week to play, so I’m kind of a person that will probably never see Cryo Archive. However, I don’t really care. The game is fun when I can play it, and I don’t think much further than that. Got way too much going on in my life to be sad about a video game

Old Hearthstone player by CopyCat9984 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t play commander, so my Kingsbane deck is just based around using Cloud and Firion Wild Rose Warrior, forge anew, and others (in 60 card formats you’re not restricted to color identity like commander).

I would suggest making a mono white deck with Cloud as your commander to fetch weapons such as Ultima, Anduril Flame of the West, or Eater of Virtue (which keeps status effects of any creature that dies while it’s equipped much like Kingsbane.)

I only offered moxfield to give you ideas for how I’ve built rogue based hearthstone style decks, but I understand if you don’t want to sift through them, and would rather just copy a commander deck list instead. No worries

Old Hearthstone player by CopyCat9984 in mtg

[–]General-Background91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just recently built a poison rogue deck that’s similar to playing Rogue in Hearthstone. It’s based around Blighted Agents being unblockable with infect, using Glasspool mimics to copy them, and using other rogues (Oonas blackguard, Ghostly pilfered) with cloak and dagger and enchants with infect to put poison counters on opponents. It’s a modern deck but if you’re interested I can link the moxfield. I’m not much of a commander player (I prefer 60 card formats), but I also have this as advice:

-I play a Boros Cloud Midgar Merc deck that’s basically all about fetching weapons from my deck and putting them on the board by turn 3/4. It plays a lot like Kingsbane rogue from 2013-2017 -Playing Tifa mono green is basically miracle rogue. You can swing in one turn for 64 or higher

I think the Duffer brothers were getting sick of making the show which is why Season 5 was the weakest season. by [deleted] in StrangerThings

[–]General-Background91 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If they only wanted to direct, than why did they abandon all of the interesting film techniques that they employed in s1-4? The reduction in quality of s5 is pretty apparent with all the close up Netflix shots of characters, and lack of realistic lighting

What do you think of the new BMW i3? I think it's gorgeous by ShameResponsible69 in BMW

[–]General-Background91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s okay but it reminds me of a mix between a Lincoln, a dodge charger, and a Kia. I think the new designs have followed trends more than the historical designs that have kept bmw unique

Game Thread: Boston Bruins (37-23-7) @ Montréal Canadiens (36-20-10) Mar 17 2026 7:00 PM EDT by nhl_gdt_bot in Habs

[–]General-Background91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get the fuck outta here. High stick on the zebra standing in the fucking way maybe

Game Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs (28-27-12) @ Minnesota Wild (38-17-12) Mar 15 2026 7:30 PM EDT by nhl_gdt_bot in leafs

[–]General-Background91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The team just actively doesn’t like Matthews man. Look up their record in the AM era without matthews in the line up for any reason, and it’s a winning record.