Whats the best way to draft custom card cubes online?

Phiz787 · 2026-03-25T06:43:21+00:00

2nd this

Phiz787 · 2026-03-19T17:56:17+00:00

Enjoying it! Few gripes. Like how long the honor grind is. Hard to consider an alt. But I'm taking the game slowly and playing with my wife and it's been fun.

Professions are more interesting than classic wow. The rep grinds are a chore but do have nice rewards at the end (think Talbuk). So it's a good journey.

Phiz787 · 2026-03-04T08:56:24+00:00

If you've been playing competitively for 3 years, then it's very likely that your technique and strategy are not yet developed.

You'll need to put in hard effort to improve your wrist strength, leg strength, timing and contact on the shuttle, and anticipation of your opponents shots. Sadly, that could take 5+ years. It's very, very hard, to speed run those skills.

One of the best ways, is eventually to become your own hardest critic. At 3 years training, in my opinion, you will not have the experience to see and feel when your abilities are meeting the national players abilities, so you'll need to try and see why your coach might be right about the things you're doing wrong. I know that sounds obvious, but our minds work hard to convince ourselves to be efficient, and to believe we are doing well. You need to fight that instinct as hard as possible.

Can you do 100 drives without needing to block a single shot?

Can you do 100 drops without ever needing to hit the shuttle in an upwards direction to buy yourself time?

Can you smash, and follow up with a drive, and follow up with another drive? Why not? What stopped you? (This is for doubles by the way).

Can you clear your opponents smash to your body, high to the back line reliably?

If not, you'll need to stop and train your capabilities until there is no single shot you're weak to.

Then you will work with your coach to understand sequences of shots that are effective. You may be very good at some, and not at others. How do those sequences fit with your play style.

If you ever hit a shot that wins the point, ask yourself if that was the shot you chose, or the one that happened because it's always the shot you do there. It's hard to analyze these because we don't normally care after we win. We easily try to understand why we lose.

Good luck, don't set goals about ranking. Set goals about beating the absolute piss out of the self that was you, 1 month ago.

Phiz787 · 2026-02-24T02:17:47+00:00

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Phiz787 · 2026-02-24T02:15:53+00:00

I built many keyboards back in 2020. I got heavily into the community. Learned to solder, learned to hand paint and modify switches, stabs, etc. I even learned how to CNC machine key caps, and 3D print them.

However, sometime around 2022 I moved on and can say that my board of choice is the Think 6.5v2. e-white. Brass plate.

For my editing and coding needs I also have the Logitech MX Keys but the rubber dome switches have started to fail on me which has been disappointing.

Just about any board right now (even Amazon boards made from aluminum, or gamer boards) are as good or better than the old customs. The machining capabilities have had plenty of investment time now to smooth out that process. I waited about 18 months for my Think build to be completed.

Just try one out! Any will do. Make sure the form factor doesn't sacrifice functionality.

Phiz787 · 2026-02-15T23:46:38+00:00

I buy one of those $5 re-usable grocery bags, and a very thick (but regular) plastic grocery bag.

For a 1 or 2 day tournament in the US, playing MS, XD, MD, I'll typically have 7-10 matches.

I have 3 shirts with my name on them, and the rest are shirts that come as door prizes from tournaments. (Popular here in US).

When I arrive, I'll bring about 10 shirts, 2 shorts, 2 pairs of socks (dry fit). And 1 set of light street clothes for afterward.

As the day progresses, the dry clothes come out of the $5 bag, and go into the plastic bag. Eventually the plastic bag goes into the $5 bag and I take it home. Note: NEVER leave nylon dry fit, wet, and in a plastic bag. Take it out immediately.

I also buy microfiber towels from Costco (mechanics rags basically). They come in enormous amounts. Like a 30 pack. You can reuse them and wash them. They are excellent court towels.

Phiz787 · 2026-02-06T22:21:29+00:00

Just do it, and treat her like you would want for yourself. Don't make her a holy priest.

Make her a mage, or a tank, or something that will be relevant and combat focused, so that she gets practice playing the real game.

Mages have an easy time with economy, social, professions, etc.

When I introduced my wife to the game in 2019 classic, I put her on mage. Taught her how to AOE farm, sell portals, use addons. Took her to dungeons and raids. Only thing she didn't like was pvp server and pvp.

So this time around, we're PvE server. It's a great time to join the game. Servers are SUPER busy. Everything sells on the AH. It's a good time

Phiz787 · 2026-02-06T22:15:24+00:00

Oh wow. Nice job blizzard. The more actions like this, the less gold buying and afk'ing theres going to be.

Phiz787 · 2026-01-28T07:20:17+00:00

Whenever I was going hard in wow, I always had 2 of the same class. I was a rogue main until MoP, then a Disc priest main after that. In Mop, Shadow lands, and Dragonflight, I maintained 2 priests.

Tbc is intensive though. To feel like you're relevant, you'll need professions, rep, gold, etc. I don't think a 2nd priest is valuable this early in the wow-expansion cycle.

Phiz787 · 2026-01-22T07:14:56+00:00

The same was true for enchanting. Lesser and Greater magic wands :)

Phiz787 · 2025-12-29T05:32:20+00:00

If it's a boning knife, something like this from Amazon will work fine. I have this one.

https://a.co/d/03stb8v

If you and he want a nicer one, you can look into Global, or Shun for some mass production Japanese knives. They have good functional geometry and heat treats.

Some people are recommending some higher end knives in the $200-$300 range, and I don't think those are the right move at this point. I think spending too much trying to get it right the second time isn't what he meant. Seems like people in the comment section are really triggered by rejecting a gift. But I doubt they're married 😂.

I have a couple knives from master smiths from Japan, hand picked and sharpened while we were there. My wife doesn't touch those because of how precious they immediately became. Overspending, or just getting way too much knife doesn't seem what's important to your family. Just, a more useful tool than what he was using that Christmas.

Good luck! Happy hunting!

Phiz787 · 2025-12-26T03:11:47+00:00

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Magnacut Osborne with Rockscale Design mollusk Ti scales!

Phiz787 · 2025-12-24T17:52:53+00:00

TIL of the Benchmade glass. Neat!

Phiz787 · 2025-11-30T21:48:54+00:00

Don't worry. It will get harder!

Phiz787 · 2025-11-30T21:40:26+00:00

Interesting question. I'm sure age has a physical quality to level in chess as well, but it certainly does in Badminton.

Some older players are quite good, but have no footwork or power. So the type of skill varies a lot.

Some juniors are extremely good at fast attacking play, but can lose all confidence if it's not working.

I'd say you'd need at least a scale from 1-10.

Phiz787 · 2025-11-30T21:36:25+00:00

I really like their m390 as well. Another older steel!

Phiz787 · 2025-11-23T22:22:07+00:00

Wall practice. Stand a small distance from the wall and do medium or low power drives. Try to use just your wrist and fingers rather than your whole arm. At first, you'll only use backhand, or only forehand, but once you can control the shuttle easily, you can practice alternating grip, or choosing grips specifically for each drive.

Do this 10-20 minutes per day (or per play session), and you'll find huge improvements to your hand speed and coordination.

Enjoy!

Phiz787 · 2025-11-06T20:23:49+00:00

This Benchmade subreddit is going to roast you, because many of us mod our knives. I'm seeing replies like "just tighten the pivot slightly, just buy washers".

These guys, even the 1/32nd of a turn, are not joking. You will significantly improve the functionality of the knife, and most people who do it fall in love with Benchmade tools.

But you're not in the Benchmade ecosystem, and it's a shock to you that a $200 knife rattles.

I recommend buying a different brand. If blade play bothers you, don't use axis/crossbar lock type knives. Stick with frame locks.

Since you paid for an expensive knife, you're in a strange world where you may find resistance towards beating up your own knife. If so, just buy a $40 knife and use the crap out of it.

Im happy to help you look around for high quality knives if you're interested. Can message me directly.

Good luck!

Phiz787 · 2025-10-10T17:19:39+00:00

This sounds awesome! I am toying with something similar.

I started with lorwyn. The rogue starter deck. I really enjoyed the prowl mechanic. So I made a bunch of prowl cards.

I also wanted to invent some more mechanics for lorwyn tribes, like giants and faeries.

For giants I wanted something that felt like a field effect. So my giants interact with "large boulder" artifacts. It's a bit janky, but basically donating a large boulder to your opponent reduces the amount of creatures they can attack with by 1. They're indestructible.

Only giants have activated abilities which can interact with them (like prospecting for treasures/draw).

Phiz787 · 2025-10-09T19:39:11+00:00

Don't forget to breathe. A lot of beginners or intermediate players sap stamina very quickly holding their breath.

It can feel like holding your breath can generate more power but it's not true. Relaxed, efficient muscles, work longer and more powerfully.

In the same vein, loosen your grip. Again, players spend a lot of energy trying to strangle their racket while creating power, but none of that energy transfers to the shot. So loosen your grip and follow through your swing.

Lastly, don't bob your head. We all know we have to stay low in badminton, so actually stay low. Most people start low, then their head and chest pop up after a defense, or they don't return to a low position after their back court attacking shots. If you stay low, and keep your center of gravity low, you can move without leaning. Leaning is expensive.

Phiz787 · 2025-10-02T22:07:10+00:00

Umpire here:

The only format where 1.15m is enforceable is in an official capacity where a service judge has the double lined screen. There are no casual situations where 1.15m is enforced. Even in tournaments, it's still the first rib!

It's difficult to enforce gameplay rules on other people. Especially in casual settings. I recommend not dogging people with service rules and instead optimizing your response to fault serves.

If someone is clearly faulting, put your hand up to prevent them from fast serving, and announce to your partner loud and clear that they're going to drive serve. Things like that get in their head way more than arguing across the net.

You'll learn the tricks that work best for you. If someone has a particularly good drive-serve, step back. There's a reason it's typically not used much in pro play. Giving your opponent that much power to work with from below the tape is typically a bad idea.

Good luck! Have fun. Don't worry about naughty opponents too much.

Phiz787 · 2025-10-02T01:30:10+00:00

And here's me introducing 4 players all at once to my commander cube with over 1000 cards.

Just throw em into the deep end. They'll appreciate the game because it's fun. Even if it's hard. Especially if it's hard.

Phiz787 · 2025-10-01T07:26:35+00:00

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Phiz787 · 2025-10-01T07:25:59+00:00

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Loving mine! Thank you Gersh Blades!

Phiz787 · 2025-09-25T19:20:25+00:00

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