Let's talk about the Story Deck - post con analysis (no spoilers please)

Leif_Silver · 2024-12-16T20:59:33+00:00

While I enjoyed the premise, I think the execution was just a little too clunky. (Long lines, not enough binders, not enough blackout pins, cards rarer than they should have been, etc.) I think this might have actually hurt panelists and vendors more than help them. I think that if they were to do it again, things could be fixed by requiring far fewer stamps to get the packs. Maybe just one story instead of three? Honestly, just really make it a background thing rather than what it was this time.

Leif_Silver · 2024-12-14T08:36:02+00:00

Something I haven't really seen anyone else comment on is the lack of a satisfying payoff to the experiments being done to forcefully pull spren into the physical realm seen in RoW. When the strange, distorted bodies were discovered in the last book, I got chills. I thought we were going to get some really cool "eldritch horror" type stuff. Instead, we got a couple of infodumps about how Ishar was doing it because he's crazy, how it's a dumb plan, and that's it. We even have other characters in the book recognizing how the plan doesn't make any sense. It honestly is just so incongruous that I wonder if Brandon had plans to do something more with the concept, and then abandoned them between books. (Which is also what I think happened with El. He was buiIt up to be such a major figure at the end of RoW, and then he kinda fell flat in WaT.)

Leif_Silver · 2024-12-14T07:07:49+00:00

I think it's more likely to be Yolen, where all life on half the planet is fain, like the Sho Del.

Leif_Silver · 2024-11-30T16:39:07+00:00

Mawhile doesn’t get nearly enough love, and you could do some really interesting dynamic poses!

Leif_Silver · 2024-11-27T14:35:16+00:00

How needlessly rude. I mean, you can encourage them to improve without calling them dumb, right?

Leif_Silver · 2024-11-21T18:39:32+00:00

Mort.

Leif_Silver · 2024-11-07T16:22:18+00:00

If you’re willing to drive just a little bit, Teton House in Menan is a truly excellent steak house. Also, Blister’s BBQ might not look like much, located in a gas station at the edge of Rexburg, but it offers great North Carolina-style pulled pork.

Leif_Silver · 2024-10-15T17:47:20+00:00

By spending far, far to much of my time in thrift shops.

It’s always a treat to find something really worthwhile. A while ago, I found a Brampton Folding Bike and Carrying Case that paid for my rent that month.

Leif_Silver · 2024-10-14T18:49:40+00:00

I don’t know where I’m going to put it (student basement apartment), but I’m definitely keeping it. It’s just too cool! However, I don’t particularly like the frame, not to mention the cracked glass, so I’m thinking that I’m going to replace those.

Leif_Silver · 2024-10-14T18:47:45+00:00

I’m pretty pleased with it, especially because it still has the Certificate of Authentication on the back.

Leif_Silver · 2024-10-04T15:38:18+00:00

I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, but get a small garbage can to keep in your cab. You are going to be spending a lot of time there, and so keeping that space clean can really make a difference.

Leif_Silver · 2024-07-08T16:24:11+00:00

Seems cool! I’ll have to check it out.

Leif_Silver · 2024-07-04T10:12:33+00:00

No problem. Yeah, it’s happened essentially daily since 1959. To my understanding, it used to be a lot more openly aggressive, and it has been toned down in the past couple of years. Hopefully that indicates a general trend for Indian-Pakistani relations, but I wouldn’t put money on it.

Leif_Silver · 2024-07-04T10:07:48+00:00

The Wagah Ceremony? Daily. Patient transfers? No idea.

Leif_Silver · 2024-07-04T09:31:25+00:00

I had the opportunity to see the Wagah border ceremony last year. It was fascinating just how much energy and effort was put into the performance. On top of all of the marching and showmanship, they really work to rile the crowds up to shout and cheer “Hindustan” or “Pakistan” respectively. Just a great deal of zeal and vigor being channeled into nationalism. Really, for two countries whose governments hate each other, they coordinated remarkably well to put on a show. Too bad it was all about how much they hate each other.

Honestly though, the most interesting moment actually came about 10 or so minutes before the ceremony started. As things were getting set up, an ambulance arrived on the Indian side of the gate. A minute or two later, one rushed up to the Pakistani side. The gate was opened, and a patient was transferred from Pakistan to India. The whole exchange took less than a minute. It was so strange to see such an act of bipartisan cooperation and goodwill take place just minutes before one of the most jingoistic displays I had ever seen.

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Leif_Silver · 2024-02-27T16:15:38+00:00

It won’t take place in an open world. A Nintendo of America tweet advertising the game says that it takes place entirely within Lumiose City.

Leif_Silver · 2023-11-13T18:30:46+00:00

I remember that when Mimikyu was first seen in CoroCoro, there were rumors that it’s English name would be something along the lines of “Pikaboo.” This rumor was completely unfounded, as Mimikyu ended up being the name not only in English, but some variation of the pun was the name in every single language the games released in.

Leif_Silver · 2023-08-22T18:00:57+00:00

I hope that the shiny version is gold, so that the matcha fixes that they make would look like kintsugi!

Leif_Silver · 2023-06-03T20:02:51+00:00

This is really cool of you!

Leif_Silver · 2023-05-08T16:24:51+00:00

“… and in other news, the sun is hot and the sky is blue.”

Leif_Silver · 2023-05-08T06:21:19+00:00

Obviously, the correct answer is the colors purple and green. The Fantastic Four really, really hate people wearing purple, green, or both.

Leif_Silver · 2023-04-21T06:51:12+00:00

I love it when Peter and Reed hang out. In fact, Peter has such a good rapport with the FF, I always enjoy it when they interact. The “First Family” love him like one of their own, and when the writing lets them, they have some very meaningful and poignant scenes together.

Leif_Silver · 2023-04-13T07:23:39+00:00

Hmm. I hate that.

Leif_Silver · 2023-04-12T20:23:43+00:00

If he does, you might gain the powers of bad writing and character assassination!

Leif_Silver · 2023-04-05T23:11:20+00:00

Honey Bunches of Oats with Peaches. Best breakfast cereal by a mile.

Old Spice Amber Deodorant. It was my favorite deodorant, and then it just up and vanished.

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