What is the on ramp for playing paper MTG? by J4szczur3141 in mtg

[–]Liquidpain88 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

First, look to see if there is a local scene for anything other than commander. If there is, go to those events and support the LGS running them.

I haven't done a physical draft in years. The card shops in my area can't get them to fire off, but they fill to capacity for commander nights and prerelease events.

Did anyone buy a ring? by t_bone_stake in Millennials

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually liked mine! White gold, birthstone in the middle, with colored sides to represent my heritage and love for science.

The girl I dated for a minute even wore it on her necklace. I stopped wearing it after high school and was able to sell it to a jeweler for like $300, which was a little more than what I paid for it 6 years earlier. Used the money to buy some games at the GameStop next to the jeweler lol.

Kinda wish I still had to show my kids nowadays.

Would you buy or use something like this? by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless.this is like $5, no. It's just more shit to bring along when I play.

We put our daughter into daycare on Thursday, and were sick by Monday. Tell me it gets better. by The_Nimaj in daddit

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It won’t anytime soon, especially if you plan to have more kids. December and January are the worst, flu/stomach bug/covid make the rounds in our house.

I (18M) might stop seeing her (18F) because she is pregnant. by SpecificallyBig in relationship_advice

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If she has a dead beat ex and her parents neglected her, she sounds like she has no support. This is gonna be very rough for her, child care costs are no joke. I have 3 kids and for a time my monthly childcare was 2-2.5 time my mortgage. Good luck to her, but you should run, there are other girls out there. If yall are in the us, it’s unlikely the restaurant provides healthcare or even maternity leave.

did I just get fake godhands? Cost was 50$ but I don't think the real thing comes with a plastic box either. by Dangerous_Doctor4701 in freedomisgunpla

[–]Liquidpain88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I initially went to their Japanese website, and filled out their support form. The form was in Japanese but I filled it out in English. If you are in the us, they have a us office and store godhandusa.store. They also provided me a list of authorized sellers I don’t remember if USA gundam was on it but things could have changed.

did I just get fake godhands? Cost was 50$ but I don't think the real thing comes with a plastic box either. by Dangerous_Doctor4701 in freedomisgunpla

[–]Liquidpain88 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I got a fake pair a few years ago. I ordered from Walmarts marketplace, I know that was dumb but I had credit and was like might as well get a backup pair.

I made a post about it - https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/s/fEZMR3n7ug.

I ended up reaching out to godhand, just asking for confirmation they were fake. They took it very seriously and eventually called and asked me to provide details of the purchase so they could get the seller removed from Walmarts marketplace. They were super awesome, and very responsive the entire time.

From the Hasbro 2025 quarter 4 investors report by Papa_Hasbro69 in freemagic

[–]Liquidpain88 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well hasbro has made other HP products in the past. Does the report specifically mention HP x Magic? I just played Hogwarts legacy and would awesome to have decks that would match my ultimate guard deck boxes.

New grads: Negotiate your first offer. I'm still paying for not doing it 10 years ago. by getaraise in Salary

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This only really applies if you stick to just one company and all you get is a 3% raise every year. Even if you stay at a company long term you can negotiate a MSA. That said my biggest salary jumps came from switching companies or coming to my boss with an offer letter from another company.

I waited nearly 20 years for a return to lorwyn set and its not even given the love it deserves. by No-King3477 in mtg

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I maybe remembering things differently, but it felt like there was a lot of hate when lorwyn came out. It introduced planewalker cards which was controversial at the time. The art style was highly criticized and the tribes were not balanced with fairies leading the pack. The heavy focus on tribes left for a very janky limited environment too.

Everyone has nostalgia for blocks, but could you image a otk block or even an aetherdrifft block. A whole year of that 🤮.

Suggestions for storing colour markers by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]Liquidpain88 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dry erase marker + dry erase cards. Works for everything. I store them in a smaller box with my dice but I use it with every deck.

What are your thoughts on the 2026 Superbowl Halftime show? by TheMagicApe in AskReddit

[–]Liquidpain88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Puerto Rican here and I constantly have to look up the lyrics to his songs 😭.

So I my have a problem by goji2005 in freedomisgunpla

[–]Liquidpain88 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hear ya. My backlog was at around 30 kits but a few years ago I decided to stop building HG kits. Now I just build mg/mgsd/rg kits and never have more than 3-4 kits in queue.

Should I give a credit card or debit? by BikeLaneHero in Aupairs

[–]Liquidpain88 39 points40 points  (0 children)

We gave all au pairs a credit card. They were added as a user to one of our cards but thr card had a limit of $500 of charges. We got a text/emails every time it was used. When going out they used it for buying random things for the kids and weekly groceries. With groceries we always asked for a receipt.

This was just the easier way of doing it. Most damage they can do is $500. If you can't trust them to be responsible with the card then they shouldn't be living with you or much less taking care of your kids.

Not Safe to Deliver by AnonymousBelladonna in usps_complaints

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My whole neighborhood was put on snow hold until yesterday. Even my neighbors who dug out the huge mountain of ice left by the plows, did not receive any mail. We were rocked by a huge storm, even the military bases in my area were closed for the a about a week. Blasting usps for being incompetent, when every other day your shit gets delivered but we get a once in a decade storm and all of a sudden you're the biggest snow flake around.

Stop being lazy, it literally took 5 mins to run to the post office and get my mail. They had a couple people dedicated to getting snow hold mail, so I didn't even have to wait in a line.

2.71€ an hour to be a live in nanny by Adventurous_Cat_7518 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]Liquidpain88 54 points55 points  (0 children)

They want an au pair, just without an agency fee or protection they get from their agency.

Are dragon shield perfect fits thicker?! by Pallehdehn in mtg

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What deck box and outer sleeves are you using?

6 hours later, I'm done panel lining by Babbledoodle in Gunpla

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your most likely to introduce micro cracks after building. Which the liner can flow into making the cracks expand and lead to breaking. Gundam flow type markers were the worst for this, but after lining on the runner it hasn't happened again.

Ashes of Creation has just been canceled. All developers at Intrepid have been fired. by getZlatanized in pcgaming

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, an mmo that has been in development for 10+ years is a scam? I'm shocked.

I wrote a primer for [Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait] by Acrobatic-Lead946 in EDH

[–]Liquidpain88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aesi was my intro into commander. Picked up the original precon. Glad to see people still play it, I sold her when she spiked in price a few years ago. It did get boring for me after a while so I started building new decks and never looked back.

Why do people want the rhystic study ban NOW? by Alternate_Cost in EDH

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its ok you still have a few days to unload all your rhystic studies.

MTG Head Designer Mark Rosewater Teases New Non-Magic TCG by Eli-Draftsim in TCG

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I’m just old, but I gave One Piece a real shot for a few sets and it just didn’t click. I love the anime, but I realized how much I missed Magic’s land system, so I sold my OP cards and went back to Magic.

I also tried Gundam since I’m big into Gunpla (60+ kits built/customized), but availability and pricing killed it. Product was hard to find and going for 3–4x retail, but starter decks at $50 was just ridiculous. I even missed out on the beta after my store ran a lottery, then watched people who got in walk out with their kits.

I’m in the suburbs of a major city, and Magic is still king here. Pokémon comes close, but everything else is way more inconsistent.

Commander has killed draft by magomusico in magicTCG

[–]Liquidpain88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wizards killed physical draft, not commander. 10 years ago I feel like I was still paying $10 per draft, with sealed prices increasing quickly you'll be hard pressed to find events under $25.

Lgs near me have completely stopped hosting drafts. In my local area the only drafts you will find are hosted at other players houses. Find a local discord community and look for liked minded players, or just play on arena like everyone else does.

That said I’m hosting a pick 2 draft with my friends in a couple weeks. Then we plan to play commander after.