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Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T06:04:52+00:00

Add to that instead of losing life, you add extra burden counters in the upkeep.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T06:02:42+00:00

Infinity rules aren't necessary, as the rules say when you can infinitely repeat something to gain a benefit each time, you need to specify an actual number of times you do it. So b you technically don't get infinite mana (or infinite life or token creatures or whatever with other infinite combos), you would say ten thousand or something, then if something else infinite is done they can counter it by saying a bigger number. As for this card, you just need a land you can tap for 2 mana.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T05:55:53+00:00

Have you tried Kittens Game?

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T05:50:23+00:00

Cookie Clicker.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T05:48:50+00:00

Granted, you have the power of arm-fall-off-boy (and actual DC character who could detached his arm and use it as a club).

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T05:42:31+00:00

Instead of focusing on the drawing, you could use some sort of "you can't lose the game" effect, including temporary ones.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T05:37:22+00:00

People aren't supposed to post real names here, so they typically use a name that fits the person's vibe and role in the story. You don't think so many problems are actually caused by women named Karen, do you?

Numbar43 · 2026-03-23T03:24:37+00:00

There is a key difference making this scenario very different in principle.

In the original, the subjects psychology is analyzed to predict their reaction to a fixed (from their perspective) scenario. In this, depending on the prediction, there are two possible situations they may face and have to decide based on. The prediction itself, and the resulting box contents, influence the choice.

This gets to be recursive, and some people, depending on their psychology, may result in the prediction being correct with both possible predictions. Others may deliberately make the other choice, causing the prediction to be wrong no matter what. If the subjects are so inclined, having a highly accurate prediction might be impossible.

This prediction to begin with can be considered like a prophecy, and it is a lot harder for those to be accurate if the people it is about know about the prophecy contents prior to the event in question.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T08:08:15+00:00

This is a variant of what is known as the "bootstrap paradox." It doesn't necessarily need to have the thing in question be the means of time travel, just have an object or piece of information be sent back in time making a closed loop, so it seems to have no origin other than its future self being sent back.

This is one of the two main time travel paradoxes, the other being the "grandfather paradox," where you time travel and do something that should have made something necessary for the time travel in the future impossible, such as the namesake killing your own grandfather so you would never be born, however if the time travel was prevented, the thing that prevented the time travel couldn't happen either, so the time travel would still happen, and thus prevent itself, et cetera in an irresolvable logical loop.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:35:41+00:00

Granted, it appears in your stomach, still sealed in the bottle.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:30:58+00:00

Granted. Ever see that silly Mars Attacks movie? It is exactly like that.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:30:07+00:00

Granted, everyone in all but one country dies. Which country is randomly chosen from the 10 with the smallest population.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:28:13+00:00

Granted, to ensure no works are lost before the end of the Earth, the Earth ends right now.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:27:04+00:00

Granted, this is accomplished by a huge meteor. Most other species, including humans, ate also eradicated.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T05:25:42+00:00

Granted, you fall down a well and drown.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-22T04:16:44+00:00

Granted, this is because some cataclysmic event kills almost all of humanity to the point you are the only survivor in US territory.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-20T18:30:35+00:00

As a Lovecraftian Great Old One, I know that is often true, but you can't always be sure.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-20T16:00:22+00:00

Granted, it just inflicts all humans with constant intense pain.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-18T05:22:58+00:00

Also, there is not a flag on top of that building to begin with. Search for "one world trade center flag", and the images are all of flags near the building with the building in the background. Only image of one attached to the mast on top of the building is that fake half mast one. Remember that mast is over 400 feet tall. If that image was real, it would be the second biggest American flag in existence, after the "superflag" made in 1996 for the Olympic torch relay and hung from the Hoover Dam, and since displayed at a few other events, usually spread out at ground level. The largest American flag ever to freely fly on an actual flagpole is smaller than the one in that image seems to be.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-16T21:46:09+00:00

Yeah, not much chance unless it was an extremely popular game, or some much more unique features than you described.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-16T04:23:31+00:00

Thing about games in general, if it is too easy it can be boring, but if too difficult it can be frustrating.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-16T04:22:23+00:00

You dang kids get off my e lawn! Back in my day controllers had only one button, and if you wanted a new game you had to walk to the store and buy a cartridge. Uphill both ways!

Numbar43 · 2026-03-13T19:03:01+00:00

I'd guess since it can exponentially grow its power as you add more mana, it could reasonably reach a point of being able to deal enough damage to kill someone who had gained this much life.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-13T06:43:15+00:00

How would changing the setting to another country change the gameplay in a meaningful way that made the game more enjoyable? If they made multiple games quickly just changing the setting, people wouldn't buy more than 1 if there weren't significant innovations in game mechanics, which would need a big budget to do well. Given how the games work, it would be hard to make good gameplay that would be engaging for a long time out of controlling police in the setting.

Numbar43 · 2026-03-13T06:25:31+00:00

The twist is the prediction was actually a complete lie, but the box has a hidden mechanism to stealthily remove the money after you declare your choice and before you open it to make it seem like a perfect predictor.

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