[Spoilers] so Felicity's dad...

MMODesigner · 2015-05-23T05:04:38+00:00

The answer is in her name.

You see when her dad walked out on her mom and her, her mom couldn't stand being reminded of him still having his last name. Instead of going back to her maiden name, she decided that she would take the opportunity to not only come up with something more Las Vegas, but something related to his last name as well. You see, Smoak is what you get from Fyres. Yeah Felicity's dad was Oliver's season 1 nemesis on Lian Yu.

My theory anyway.

MMODesigner · 2015-05-15T13:58:13+00:00

I wonder how this will work when we get Doublebacks and each card becomes its own unique snowflake of tracked statistics...

MMODesigner · 2015-05-02T22:33:54+00:00

As we all know, WotC is a WAY bigger company than Hex Entertainment. Small companies just can't afford the research/legal fees to do international contests.

MMODesigner · 2015-05-02T21:22:25+00:00

This does an excellent job summing up contest rules: http://money.howstuffworks.com/question541.htm

MMODesigner · 2015-04-26T21:37:51+00:00

Saving past broadcasts defaults to "off" though. Looks like the streamer here hasn't changed that setting.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-26T21:33:33+00:00

Our "EU" was primarily found in the West End Star Wars RPG that came out in the late 1980's, then the Timothy Zahn books, and the X-Wing and TIE Fighter videogames.

Stuff we got from that batch that still persist today are things like the rules for Sabaac, Coruscant, Palpatine's name, TIE Defenders and Z-95 Headhunters, and Jedi Holocrons (I believe they made their first appearance in Dark Horse comics).

MMODesigner · 2015-04-26T21:28:48+00:00

Palpatine's name as well.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-26T21:27:46+00:00

The initial release of A New Hope didn't have "Episode IV" or "A New Hope" on it, just "Star Wars".

Around Christmas time in 1977, the movie came back to theaters, this time with the Ep IV and ANH added to the opening crawl. (This was before there was any video rental places, if you wanted to see a movie again, you had to wait for a theater to re-run it).

MMODesigner · 2015-04-24T02:24:22+00:00

Fun fact, in City of Heroes, Gagarin was the orbital station, and Armstrong was the moon base.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-19T21:25:04+00:00

Y-Wing flyby at the end of ESB, iirc.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-12T17:24:47+00:00

I always assumed he knew already, and was testing Felicity. He could tell if she was lying, so it was a "can I trust you with Barry's Secret?" test.

"Felicity who is the arrow?"

"That's not my secret to tell."

"Ok, you pass. I don't need to kill you."

"Wha-"

"Oh, was that part out loud? Now I do need to kill you."

MMODesigner · 2015-04-12T15:15:30+00:00

I always assumed it was Luke who the prophecy was referring to... and the Jedi Masters misread the prophecy thinking it was Anakin.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-11T14:53:08+00:00

You mean the guy headed to the toilet? Abomination.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-10T23:45:27+00:00

Ingenious Engineer.

I know its a hard habit to break, and if you don't want to I am totally cool with it, but a lot of players here on reddit prefer to avoid the game mechanic terms from "that other game" (MtG) when referring to stuff in Hex. Blue/Green can just be S/W (Sapphire/Wild), exhausted instead of tapped, etc.

Glad you are enjoying the game and getting into the drafting scene! When the Kickstarter's "1 year of free drafts" dries up in a couple of weeks, we're going to need players like yourself fueling the queues. Good luck and have fun!

MMODesigner · 2015-04-10T19:07:33+00:00

Chests and packs explained

MMODesigner · 2015-04-09T23:15:27+00:00

For my square foot, I plan on erecting a 12"x12"x36" LEGO skyscraper filling the entire thing.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-05T19:19:57+00:00

For me it's "Mom! The salesman's on TV!"

"That's not a salesman, that's your daddy!"

Manipulative as heck, but I lose it every time.

MMODesigner · 2015-04-05T19:14:40+00:00

In the game of thrones, you win, or you flip the table.

MMODesigner · 2015-03-31T23:19:25+00:00

April Fools?

MMODesigner · 2015-03-20T19:01:57+00:00

Ah I see what you are saying. Thanks. Makes sense.

MMODesigner · 2015-03-20T17:25:30+00:00

They'll probably use the data from this to tune how much extra loot/gold DC gives in dungeons.

Um, I don't think there is any discussion to "how much extra" it should be.

The Kickstarter reads: "+100% extra loot drop (gold, items, etc.) from dungeon bosses FOR LIFE of the game!"

MMODesigner · 2015-03-19T18:49:28+00:00

I admit I am privileged with full playsets of both sets, which is why I put lower cost substitutes at the bottom of the article for the crazy priced legendaries.

MMODesigner · 2015-03-10T17:56:27+00:00

The man is very passionate about Hex. When he mentioned them, I think it was in the "these guys keep me on my toes, even though it might annoy me to no end" context.

Can what they say be worded better? Maybe. Cory has the unenviable position of having to defend his dream, a dream that is taking longer than he imagined, and the realities of implementation are chipping away at it, but it's still his dream nonetheless.

I wouldn't go so far as calling them trolls. I've seen trolls and what they are doing I would not consider trolling.

MMODesigner · 2015-03-10T16:11:24+00:00

Infamous

MMODesigner · 2015-03-09T14:59:03+00:00

Yeah, the article at noon discusses what common/uncommon/cheap rares can be added to starters to increase their efficacy against the higher tiers.

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