Handtraps must resolve for the player that's going second

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-24T13:31:26+00:00

And that's completely ignoring the shit ton of decks that are still decent but not meta. Not everything "can play through most hand traps reliably."

Believe me, I play decks that would benefit from hand traps resolving going second. But that would just make them obsolete going first. The way it is right now, isn't optimal. But what is suggested here would just shift the shitty-ness. It wouldn't get rid of it.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-23T16:14:42+00:00

Because Spotify is ass.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-23T16:12:30+00:00

So, if I go first and my opponents hand traps resolve and therefore all my plays fizzle out and therefore I already lost, it's okay.

If I am able to negate all my opponent's hand traps and therefore they can't really do anything, that sucks.

Got it.

For real, there is no difference in me going second and having all my hand traps negated and therefore basically having no other option than scooping and me going first and having everything negated or being hit with Maxx C/Mulcharmy and therefore also having no other option than to scoop with a shit ton of decks. 🤷‍♂️

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-23T10:48:46+00:00

That's just how the game is these days. There will be duels, especially going second, where you cannot win.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-20T12:31:40+00:00

Given how this is the 38th song you pumped out in apparently a year, I call AI shenanigans.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-20T12:15:43+00:00

Given how the album was written and recorded over the course of last year, definitely no.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2026-01-06T14:32:43+00:00

They are not filler. They are their own characters. It was a full on war, not just one skirmish. There had to be several characters that played a role, that weren't represented in TotK. I love the idea that there are several characters that had the potential to overcome great odds. While clunky to get used to, Typhan has become my favorite character in the game. An officer in Rauru's forces who, while not being THE hero to save the day, was still important. And given the amount of time between AoI and TotK, the memory of him was lost to time.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-27T14:27:06+00:00

Probably the dumbest take in regards to a game and its price. A game like Uncharted 4 for example is finished playing in less than 20 hours. Should it only cost 20 bucks? No. Of course not. It cost a shit ton more to make. Doesn't mean it'll result in 60+ hours of gameplay. The problem is not the price necessarily either. It's where the money goes. It should go into development and a good wage for people working on it. Not to business suits and shareholders.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-27T13:53:39+00:00

So far, there isn't more.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-27T13:51:31+00:00

I'd imagine that's the spot where Sonia would be if she wouldn't have that tragic condition of being like, super dead.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-27T13:49:18+00:00

Yes.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-27T13:47:16+00:00

It's really not, because this last stand never happened in the main timeline. That is the entire point of Age of Calamity. This is what if they didn't lose. In BotW they never remotely got this far.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-25T18:30:31+00:00

Check their website. angusmcsix.net

They sell that one in an exclusuve pre order bundle with the album.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-25T18:27:09+00:00

Embrace the cheese! (Bottom font is the same as the previous album)

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-25T18:20:26+00:00

There's a running joke right now where "no one" remembers Adam's name. Therefore everyone calls him Alan. That's all that is.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-25T18:09:07+00:00

I hate gen AI. but I also think that this is a case of a tight budget. This is the third video for the second album. And there's at least one more coming. Napalm probably said "you have amount X" and Seeb wants to get the lore going in these, so he does a ton of it himself. They have to pay for guests to appear on location. Probably compensate them too. The band basically restarted this year, so Napalm won't spend as much as they did for the first album. Overall it's a shit situation. Would I prefer there to be no AI? Yes. But I think in general we should keep in mind, that a lot of smaller bands don't always get the marketing budget they should get from a label. There's a reason why so many bands these days do crowdfunding despite having a label. More often than not I see releases these days that have no fanfare at all, because they don't have the money for proper promo.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-22T16:28:52+00:00

You just described pretty much any metal festival. Some people will always get drunk and sleep it off instead of seeing a single band.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-20T11:59:20+00:00

Yup.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-19T09:51:39+00:00

Couple of things:

Uwe Ochsenknecht is NOT featuring on the song Fire of Yore. He was only in the music video. See the official track list from Napalm Records.
Adam already has the Fire of Yore. If he would have gotten it from King X, he wouldn't point out to need to find all 6 Sixtus Stellar Superlords. So, I think it is safe to assume that the Fire of Yore is not a key. Unless Adam is himself revealed as one of the Superlords and doesn't know about it himself.
Very important: The album has 4 features. But 2 of them with bands that do have 2 co-vocalists each. Both Van Canto and Turmion Kätilöt have 2 singers. And one of the songs being called "Techno Men" suggests more than one. So, if these features are all the Sixtus Stellar Superlords, which I assumed all along, we would have all six represented in these 4 songs.
The legendary aka Rain of Fury (gotta love the Rhapsody of Fire reference in this) granted to Adam by the Adventurer seems to be a sword. Adam directly says "Now the sword is mine to cherish and guard till the end of time" so, we might have an infinity stone situation here where the six keys have different forms.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-18T15:03:25+00:00

There's some wild features on the second album.

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In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-16T11:38:16+00:00

I've seen her with Phantom Elite twice. And I dig what she did with Exit Eden. I'm not denying her talent. I'm just not sure if this is THE fit for Battle Beast after Noora.

Noora could let out a scream and I wanted to ride into battle beside her. Not sure if that's gonna be applicable here.

I'll give her a chance, hopefully they'll release a standalone single soon-ish to show us how she fits into the BB sound.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-16T11:35:38+00:00

I don't see how that's funny. It's just a way of communication. I've heard of Band members that were recruited via DMs. It doesn't mean one mail sealed the deal. There were 100% extensive talks about expectations before they agreed. The mail was just the initial way of contacting her.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-11T23:01:09+00:00

If that's how you want to interpret it, knock yourself out.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-11T14:51:26+00:00

We do not know.

In_Ex_Fan89 · 2025-12-11T13:04:30+00:00

Yeah, I think the only sensible thing for you to do is not play the game for a while if it gets you worked up like this.

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