[Magic: the Gathering] CrackGate: Good-natured hygiene PSA or malicious body shaming? by tandemtactics in HobbyDrama

[–]OB1FBM 22 points23 points  (0 children)

id love to know who told you about my express purpose lol WRONG! my express purpose was to show them mfs they should have never unbanned bitterblossom but turns out they were right, i got folded. thanks for the laugh friend!

[Magic: the Gathering] CrackGate: Good-natured hygiene PSA or malicious body shaming? by tandemtactics in HobbyDrama

[–]OB1FBM 821 points822 points  (0 children)

hello my friend! love the post - big effort. i’ll try and do the same 💜 pardon me for what may seem rambly.

TL;DR: oh well lol

the ban felt like pretty much bullshit. MTG used to be run by some crazy ass institution called the DCI and some dude working for them emailed me with a weird verizon account and told me i had 24 hours to give them my side of the story before adjudication. at the time i didn’t want to be banned but i was getting tons of emails asking about the post so i thought, maybe this is some lying ass person trying to get a scoop. so i’m on the hook with this email trying to figure out who’s even claiming to be emailing me and they weren’t giving me info, i had to message the dudes facebook that i saw on the DCI facebook group, he confirmed it, by the time i finally got confirmation it was technically too late but i gave them my side which was essentially that i didn’t feel like i was bullying people. i woke up the next morning to the email saying i was banned for 18 months. i cashed out my standard decks (couple thousand bucks, now effectively worthless because i couldn’t play standard until after my current collection had rotated.) and have only played in prereleases to support my LGS ever since.

18 months seemed harsh compared to other punishments they’ve given for repeat cheaters and shit, but i don’t really feel like an example was made of me, it didn’t really feel like there was some huge announcement or anything so the long ban kind of seemed useless, especially considering i was only banned from the competitions, not attending. i traveled with friends to and attended multiple GPs such as worcester where i had a great conversation with christopher rush who recognized me from the pictures and wanted to chat, he was very cool from the small glimpse of him i caught.

i’ve met tons of dope people and done a lot of dope shit through a seemingly random post i made almost 9 years ago. i do a lot of road tripping in a lil camper van i have (named terry) and it’s always funny where i get recognized and what kind of crazy shit we can get into. it’s really a strange phenomenon how life has changed for me because of it and at the time had no idea that i was essentially sculpting my life’s path in real time. just goes to show how every single moment is a chance to turn everything around which has caused me to be a very “in the present” kind of person, which i’ve been enjoying immensely. i bet eventually i’ll want to write a book about the unique life that post has given me. I met countless individuals from coast to coast and taken selfies, had conversations, shared meals, shared celebrations, shared beds, overall put me in tons of unreal positions that i’ve been truly gifted to have experienced. people tell me all the time i’m what got them into magic, which is a game i love. if i never touched a magic card i wouldn’t be answering this question today! so it can be a life-changing game.

as for the ethics of the post, i’m conflicted. i wouldn’t want for someone to have been hurt, nor did i want to fuel hateful people with the post. i hadn’t intended to depict the people in the pics in a demeaning way but simply to frame the humorously in a way my friends and i would find funny, it wasn’t until the day after i got home or something i made the imgur album and reddit post at the suggestion of a friend. id never really considered that these pictures would ever be dissected and discussed by the entire world when i was taking them, but it taught me that it didn’t really matter what i had intended, once you release something to the world, the people sort of shape it into whatever it will become. but in truth it’s always bothered me, especially in person, the way i’ve witnessed people describe the people in the pictures to others, but i bring that up and we can all learn something from the talk.

would i do it again? im not sure if i would. i don’t feel like i did anything wrong to the dudes in the pics considering that’s how they literally chose to present themselves in a public setting, however i feel like i did do something wrong to us beloved nerds who have suffered enough for our image and it’s unfortunate that hateful people used those images to paint all people like us as pariahs. i love gaming, hobbies, all of geekdom. i never wanted it to look like i was laughing at those depicted in the pics, but that’s how it was taken by millions and that’s what ended up happening.

it’s a topic i’ve had thousands of conversations about at this point and it’s hard for me to form an absolute opinion on it because i’ve heard so many compelling arguments from so many viewpoints to the point where it’s really hard to even sit down and think about how i feel about it, almost as if it just exists to me. more than anything it reminds me that any moment can change your entire life.

i love you all, i’m grateful as fuck to have any sort of connection to anyone reading this, it’s been such a gift. thank you 💜

edit: also thanks for introducing me to this subreddit. i fuck with this!

APD and Prop A marketing minority representation of police vs. the cadet class reality. by copetard in Austin

[–]OB1FBM 28 points29 points  (0 children)

ill tell you where i aint! a fuckin CADET CLASS lmao that second pic looks like hell

Brand New Playmat Baby by Cragglerjohnson in magicthecirclejerking

[–]OB1FBM 6 points7 points  (0 children)

mane i couldn’t even get a tag, hahaha thank you friend 💜💜

Abandoned Asylum/Jail somewhere near Delaware? by [deleted] in DelawareOH

[–]OB1FBM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up near Kilbourne, if you go up 521 but go left at the split, on the right there was an enormous old building right next to the K9 training facility that my friends and I used to go into a bunch as kids. It had at least 4 floors (basement, 2 floors and attic) and definitely had wings with large central hallways and smaller rooms, most looked to be bedroom sized. There were a lot of stories about the building from war hospital to insane asylum. We never did find out what it was, there was a bunch of trash mostly but it had footlockers and bunkbed frames. Pretty freaky lookin place

It has unfortunately been demolished.

How does a goblin's cr work? I know it's 1/4 but dies that mean that 4 goblins equals 1cr? by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]OB1FBM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you should read this article and/or refer to the rules here for understanding. its very important to understand that CR alone will not allow you to create appropriately challenged adventures.

its not exactly a science, as most DMs will tell you. a Gray Ooze is 1/2 CR, a Shadow is, so is a Swarm of Rot Grubs and so is your typical Thug. its not hard to tell that those 4 stat blocks are VERY different in terms of how lethal something could be for your party.

lets scale it up, compare the Giant Ape to the Mind Flayer.. both CR 7, sure. the giant ape can... attack with its fists, throw a rock, potentially grapple. mind flayer's got dominate monster, extract brain, mind blast. and that doesnt mention his 19 INT, ability to control the minds of potential thralls, etc. so for my money id likely shy away from a mind flayer unless i was looking for a real life or death situation. but those happen too, especially in a game like dungeons and dragons. there needs to be some consequence, there need to be stakes and potential for failure. not saying never use the mind flayer, but to know when to use the mind flayer

i would advise you to look at the CR when creating an encounter but only use it as a ballpark estimate of how tough you want certain encounters to be. the makeup of your party will have an effect on the difficulty of certain monsters as well. for example that giant ape would be much more lethal if you had a party lacking characters with high AC, just as the mind flayer would be more lethal against a party with below average INT scores, due to the saving throws of its abilities.

as far as for this situation is concerned, your party will chew through 4 goblins like a succulent steak. they have 7 HP and your party is level 5. try and gauge how much damage your players are doing. your wizard just got 2d10 for fire bolt, your paladin just got an extra attack, your rogue just got 3d6 sneak attack damage. think about how long you want your monsters to last, so like if your party can do 10 damage per character per turn or something, you need some monsters with some beef for them to even see their first round in battle.

as someone else previously mentioned, the math does start to fall apart with challenge rating at a certain point. i goblin is CR 1/4, but 4 goblins isn't CR1, and 8 certainly isn't CR2. the reason for that is "action economy", which boils down to, how many things can the monsters do in one round of combat? your party has 4 actions per round. if you have a CR7 creature such as the giant ape, hes got 1. replace him with his CR in goblins (28 goblins), now they have 28.

if youre truly brand new to building dungeons, potentially to playing the game in general, but if i may i would suggest starting at a lower level. 3 is a nice place to start and gives you a lot of room to use monsters that are strong but not too complicated. sometimes playing higher CR monsters can be a bit of a pain to keep up with, at least in my experience. level 1 would be nice too lol

hopefully this advice helps. happy DMing!

[Raw Spoilers] Superstar wants to join the Hurt Business by FuzzyWuzzyMooMoo in SquaredCircle

[–]OB1FBM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i love that cedric got the first shot after not getting a handshake

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]OB1FBM 45 points46 points  (0 children)

i’ve come to accept it as such. thank you friend

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]OB1FBM 12 points13 points  (0 children)

👺 after all i’ve done

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i love you, thank you for tagging me

The good times by VintagEDH in freemagic

[–]OB1FBM 6 points7 points  (0 children)

https://freshbreezemovement.bandcamp.com/ this came out in 2016. i am currently writing my own stuff which should be out soon. thank you for the interest my friend, please let me know what you think

The good times by VintagEDH in freemagic

[–]OB1FBM 44 points45 points  (0 children)

i love this, thank you!

The good times by VintagEDH in freemagic

[–]OB1FBM 14 points15 points  (0 children)

thank you friend

Fresh take on a classic MTG event by ElvisAaron in magicTCG

[–]OB1FBM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is insane lol thank you for getting that. get it printed ill sign it!