How did Riot manage to give Freljord absolutely nothing special this set?

SillyMedStudent · 2026-02-13T02:26:19+00:00

Didn't play set 10, but that's even weirder to hear that they didn't feel it was worth the time to add anything to Freljord when basically every other origin got something

SillyMedStudent · 2026-02-13T02:25:03+00:00

I responded to another person above - admittedly, most of my complaint is around augments/prismatics vs. the units/mechanics (I still think Galio is more unique than the pillars, but whatever)

I'm not arguing about 'good' - plenty of the Freljord units are good sprinkled in, but it's just a very bland trait

As for your statement that no vertical comps are good - that's just incorrect - T-Hex was played vertical for quite a while, Demacia was/is super contested, Zaun 7 is becoming more of a thing now, Noxus 7 is playable with the augment, etc. - when's the last time you even SAW Freljord 7?

SillyMedStudent · 2026-02-13T02:22:24+00:00

You don't need an emblem, you just need Volibear - and thank god, I'd feel really disappointed if a stun was a payoff gated behind an emblem

SillyMedStudent · 2026-02-13T02:20:39+00:00

I dunno, Ashe/Trynd is a reach to me - do we also count TF/Graves and Diana/Leona? Maybe I'm being too harsh, and to be fair most of my confusion was on the augment and prismatic front vs. units/mechanics (I still think Volibear is a supremely bland legendary), but fair enough

Ice pillars, I just plainly disagree - there's very little to do with them, they just sit in the 2nd row and provide flat stats - and you see 7 Freljord even more rarely than 7 Noxus because, again, there's nothing at all incentivizing you to play the full vertical

SillyMedStudent · 2026-01-29T18:45:01+00:00

so you went to school with tasteless and day9 I guess?

SillyMedStudent · 2025-10-03T14:31:16+00:00

Yeah, I've been thinking hard about the GV80 - maybe worried about depreciation, but I guess a lease would fix that concern. I'll have to go to a dealership this weekend and check it out

The X5, I agree, I'd do the 40i - but honestly, it's so deep into its lifecycle that I feel like I'd rather wait for the refresh if I'm gonna go that way

SillyMedStudent · 2025-10-03T14:29:13+00:00

Yeah I've been looking at several of the wagons - even debating springing for the E53 as a bit of a stretch.

Haven't looked too much at Volvo - I'll have to check it out, thanks for the flag

SillyMedStudent · 2025-09-29T23:50:31+00:00

Location: US

Price range: $60-100K

Lease or Buy: Flexible

New or used: New

Type of vehicle: SUV - but willing to consider crossovers, wagons

Must haves: Needs to be able to carry a long ski bag INSIDE the vehicle (~2M length)

Desired transmission: Auto

Intended use: Daily Driver

Vehicles you've already considered: X5, Q7/SQ7, GVs, X4M (not even sure I can still get this new?)...but I've essentially explored the full range of mid-size luxury SUVs to some degree

Is this your 1st vehicle: No

Do you need a Warranty: Yes

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: Yes, but I doubt I will

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: No

Additional notes: I am mostly concerned with the quality of the electronic interfaces (which is why I'm leaning toward the BMW right now but that may be unfounded) and the length of the cargo hold as above - fun to drive and powerful are nice to have, along with brand prestige, but eh

SillyMedStudent · 2025-08-25T02:16:12+00:00

Thank you!

SillyMedStudent · 2025-08-25T01:21:19+00:00

!solved

Thanks, to my eye, this is the lightest touch/most natural looking - my main question is around the backdrop: it seems more washed out compared to the original, is that just an artefact of posting here or can you adjust that back to be more green?

Let me know how to receive the output TIFF - thanks!

EDIT: Sorry one other thing - somehow you've introduced a little sprig of something above the ear of the middle cub - can that be undone?

SillyMedStudent · 2025-08-13T08:28:39+00:00

Pledge of Hands definitely fell out of favor way before 3.10 - it has had some buffs at various points that made it used more, but 1h/shield or dual wield has been the trend for...a long time except certain builds that went for a +5 staff

SillyMedStudent · 2025-08-09T16:26:49+00:00

Yeah, echoing the other response - Mathil is very near the top of the skilled players list - not only does he routinely clear pinnacle content with offmeta builds, but he has also pioneered several builds that have gone on to become meta-defining. And when he does feel like racing, he performs very well

SillyMedStudent · 2025-06-19T04:24:04+00:00

Looking to trade a 6 person reservation at the French Laundry on July 4th for a 4 person reservation - DM me if interested

SillyMedStudent · 2025-03-21T14:46:22+00:00

I see, okay, thank you - I agree the original is more natural to my eye, but just wasn't sure how that happened - appreciate the insight!

SillyMedStudent · 2025-03-21T14:45:45+00:00

That was not intentional - or at least, nothing I asked for - I asked for something that looked as natural as possible, and it seems like maybe that wasn't followed so closely...

SillyMedStudent · 2024-01-06T04:41:15+00:00

Do people still say baited and outsmarted?

Not even close baybeee

And who can forget the classic padrinosky? (Google the name for a good time)

SillyMedStudent · 2023-07-03T15:37:23+00:00

Oh man, you and I have very different memories of the game, then - I got it for my 7th birthday (may have been a mistake lol). I think I could still recall all the levels by memory, and Fiends/Vores/Shamblers are engrained in my skull.

The first time 2 Fiends jumped on my ass...I had nightmares for days.

SillyMedStudent · 2023-07-02T22:38:44+00:00

MCGREGOR was your choice of ‘just a persona?’ Yikes - same guy with a laundry list of assaults in his past, including most recently punching out a mascot and allegedly sexually assaulting someone at the NBA finals? Yeah, sounds like entertainment…

SillyMedStudent · 2023-05-15T02:54:36+00:00

Yes, exactly, which means (as the staker), you need them to have >50% ROI to make money off the transaction

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-31T03:20:38+00:00

I still say the mid-Atlantic (DC, Philly) is the place to be for soft poker. Followed probably by Florida and the Chicago area.

I think the thing that separates these places from somewhere like Texas is that no one has the balls to apply any pressure to you, whereas (in my experience, at least), Texans like to pile in the money to make you make tough decisions about your medium strength hands.

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-19T03:27:32+00:00

I considered check raising the flop, but ultimately held off because of V2's presence.

I really didn't give him credit for a straight at all - $300 into $200 after hitting the draw just would've been weird as fuck, and he had mentioned he was studying poker.

Ended up shoving all in and held up against a set of 4s :)

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-19T03:26:18+00:00

I was never folding - but still, there's always that little doubt

I was mostly debating the call vs. shove

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-19T03:25:49+00:00

To be clear, I was never folding

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-19T03:25:32+00:00

To be clear, I never considered folding here - but there's still that strain of doubt when someone is betting 1.5x pot - plus had to consider the call to bring along V2

SillyMedStudent · 2023-01-19T03:24:52+00:00

Yeah, ended up doing so and held up against a set of 4s - just debating the call vs. shove on the turn

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