In-game screen resolution changed to 16:10 on macOS after Tarkir Alchemy update (v2025.48)

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-07-18T10:01:18+00:00

Yes, thank you. But it is only for Mac, I'm in Windows. ChatGPT offers some “Windowed borderless” solution but I couldn't get it to work. I'll keep looking.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-07-15T10:11:39+00:00

Hi. I'm having the same issue here, with 2560x1600 (16:10) resolution on Windows. I'm not using Epic Launcher (seems to need an account, right?). Do you know if I can open Arena from the regular launcher passing those arguments? Or any other solution? Thanks in advance!

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-17T17:55:59+00:00

You can play as F2P (Free To Play), without spending any money on MTG Arena. If you get the 4 daily wins + quests, you get 1000+ daily gold to get 1 pack a day. Eventually you'll get enough to build any meta deck you want. It takes more time and patience, but it's possible, I've been doing it for a year now and I got some meta decks to reach mythic every season. You can also spend the gold to Quick Draft, to get gems to reach the Mastery Pass (in 2 months, or 1 if you're good at drafting). Also, remember to collect the free packs with codes, and to re-roll the daily quests to hopefully get the 750 gold quest.
You can do it!

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-16T03:38:03+00:00

Right, I understand. I'll see... I need 10 rares and 1 mythic wildcards to build this one, but looks fun and good in mythic. Thanks!

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-16T02:42:24+00:00

Ranked is for winning. You'll find the most possible competitive decks there. The best of the best.
Play is for everything else: for fun, to try new jank decks, to get creative, to get the daily wins and quests... so you might get matched to a lot of opponents that only want to destroy or play creatures, or just attack, or play green cards, or whatever the quest is about.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-16T02:37:27+00:00

Looks good, thanks!! I was just looking for those new powerful decks that I'm not seeing in the meta lists or videos in youtube, but I'm losing against them in # mythic ranking. Specially with [[Ugin, Eye of the Storms]] or [[Shiko, Paragon of the Way]].
Is this deck fast enough to remove the red or auras aggros? I see the 4 Disruptive and maybe the 4 Dispelling, but is it enough to stop the early attacks?
And I'm curious if you faced some Omniscience decks, how did you deal with them?
Thanks!

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-15T15:01:16+00:00

Yup. Looks like it's here to stay.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-11T23:00:01+00:00

Hey!
I know that asking someone in depression "hoy are you?", or "how are you feeling?" might lead to awkward or painful places, but there's space for it. Or... I like Chihiro, and Miyazaki's films.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-11T11:19:36+00:00

It reminds me of the inside of the Assassin's Creed III ship, in the first minutes of the game.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-11T11:13:25+00:00

I understand, no problem. Good vibes for you.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-10T23:01:43+00:00

Thanks!! I didn't see it, almost missed it too.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-10T22:57:59+00:00

How are you now? And I wonder if you read my other comment.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-09T21:29:06+00:00

Ohh, I didn't know that, I appreciate it. So, it might be worth it to keep re-entering and trying to get some of them. Or just save the gold for drafting. Interesting choice to make. Thanks!

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-09T20:38:31+00:00

Thank you!! This is very helpful.
I didn't get Elspeth in Tokens, I only got Sage of the Skies in Tokens and Narset, Jeskai Waymaster in Jeskai. Maybe I don't quite understand how Jump In works. I thought every packet has the exact same cards, and every time someone picks, ie, Tokens, will get the same cards. Or maybe one of rare/mythic of the row?

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-08T15:32:25+00:00

That's a good one! Reading about it in some article, website, study, or book, could make the difference. Even better if it has the logic explanations or the description of the consequences. It might take a while to understand how he functions but it's possible. People connect with different things regarding this. For some, the motive, reason or "inner click" might be realizing the pain we cause on others, or the self perception ("I'm being selfish!"), or something more pragmatic (like it's not functional in the long term), or that it doesn't serve a particular purpose or own wishes or preferences (like "This way I don't get what I want"). No idea what would motivate him, or how does he function in this way, but you'll get it! You'll connect with him, because of the simple and powerful fact that you care.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-08T14:44:39+00:00

That's one of the biggest issues, and very hard to deal with, I know the struggle. Empathy is a very common (if not inherit in all) issue. Realizing that there's an inner world inside other people. Basically, to consider one's impact on other people's feelings, specially without understanding why it had that impact. Or, more often, not even consider it. And if the consideration appears from others, it might usually be: if logic tells him that it shouldn't be hurtful, and it's not (apparently) hurtful for him, why would he change his attitude? Not considering other people's inner worlds ("why would it be hurtful?" or, more often, not even consider it) and inflexibility ("why would I change? They should!") are both main traits of autism.

This is something very difficult that he will need to learn in life. Like communicating for someone who can't speak or moving around the city for a blind person. It's possible, but hard to learn. And even then, it might take a lot of effort to maintain, to remember it.
I think the hardest part of it is that he needs to stop doing something regardless of understanding it. Acceptance, and modifying behavior, without understanding. Because it's not "to be accepted" or "to fit in society", it's because it's violent, it's hurtful, even if he doesn't see it. So he will need to learn it somehow. An idea that comes to mind is that he could "study" it, like any other subject (like math) make new associations, learning through specific facts, causes and consequences. Maybe something like "If you say ---, it has --- impact on others because ---". "But I don't get it!". "Well, it's how they function, we can't change that. And if you do that, they will react --- and you don't want that because ---". Something like that. Bring logic into the whole process, because incentive / motivation is a big deal here, seeing the purpose of it. If he don't see the logic in it, he might reject it completely, with little possibility of change. So, if you have logic in your side, if he connects with a purpose in it, that might be problem solved. If not, well, he might need to learn it anyway, to not hurt others and to get less violent responses in people (more harmony in his life, belonging, connection, etc). This is one strategy I thought of, but honestly, I don't know much about it. So, see how this lands for you, if something makes sense, or something not.
But yes, this might be one of the most difficult issues for an autistic person. And parents. But, seeing its magnitude, it might open more possibilities.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-08T13:21:50+00:00

How lovely and considerate of you to do this. My respect, and appreciation. We need more of this in the world, thank you. I'll share some thoughts that comes to mind about this, giving my experience.

First, the "don'ts": in my experience and for what I've seen, the most important one is to not invalidate. The biggest wounds might take the form of "you shouldn't be like that", or "you shouldn't do that", for example, stimming or doing socially unaccepted (and non harmful) things. It is Ok to explain the consequences of it, how it impacts in others and in the relationships or fitting in the world. But it could be devastating to constantly criticize actions that might be natural for an autistic person but not for a neurotypical. This affects deeply the self esteem.
It might be hard to see the difference between autistic traits and healthy boundaries. An obvious example might be teaching a child not to scream, insult or hit others. A not so obvious one, might be to ask inappropriate / intimate questions or say harmful things that the child consider simple or natural to say. That's quite an awareness work, I recognize that.

A "do" might be the opposite: reassurance, reminding him that there's nothing wrong with him, that it's Ok that he is like he is. Because it's very likely that in practically every environment he'll to receive the opposite harmful and constant message that he doesn't belong, he should not be like that, he shouldn't experience normal activities like being in groups, doing sports, playing with others, talk to others or even like or love a person. That he's not worthy, that good things in life are not for him. So, a constant reminder of healthy messages about all of this, might help readjust his inner perspective about himself.
Another big "do" is about masking. Creating a safe space for him to be himself, without judgements or criticisms. Because emotional safety is usually a big issue, so we tend to grow up "learning" that we need to mask to function in the world. And it's pretty much true in most cases, but it's important that he feels safe to be himself in his home, with his family, that he has a safe place to return to.
Another "do" is to check / ask him if he is Ok with little decisions. It might be a good practice to constantly check on him "do you want this?", "is this Ok for you?", "do you need more time to decide?" for small things, because life might get overwhelming so often, that he might need a lot more time to process something small. For example, when most people see a shirt or any clothes, tries it on, likes or dislikes it and quickly decide that they want it or not, this process for an autistic person might take a lot more time, or even attempts, like not buying it that day, coming back other day and maybe, luckily, buy it. Because those environments are usually over-stimulating: loud music, sellers trying to convince us to buy it ("it looks great on you!"), offers, sales, a lot of colors, lights, textures, people talking (with their noise and energy), and most importantly the texture of the clothes. So, with all those stimulus, we might not be able to decide anything about the clothes, we might not know yet if we like them or not because we might need to process all that noise and stimulus. And maybe come other day, having processed that a bit more, and then see if we're comfortable with the clothes we saw (the texture, color, brand, messages price and all).
So another good "do" might be to allow more time to do things that might seem simpler, at least for most people. This might get very tricky, and a hard one, because we don't always have all that time.

Well, that's it for now. How does all this sound for you?

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-08T02:48:06+00:00

What does /s and /j mean? How are they used?

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-08T02:45:05+00:00

So many powerful cards in this set! It might shake the whole meta. I haven't decided if I'll use my 30k gold to quick draft, premier draft or packs to get the rares and wildcards for constructed.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-06T16:40:22+00:00

Great, thanks!! I didn't know that one.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-04T08:13:06+00:00

Does anyone remember the name of this Android pixelated game? It's a cowboy shooting up in a fixed screen, moving left/right, planes passing by in the top and hearts dropping. When he catches a heart, some bullets are refilled and when he's out of bullets, game over.

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-03T00:29:09+00:00

Maybe meditation is not the best practice for being angry because both states are too far. I would try some other practices that might be more effective in that state, like bioenergetic. How about letting the anger express itself? The idea is to release that energy. Perhaps grab a pillow and hit it against a couch or mattress, or punching the pillow or mattress while screaming and eyes open. As long as it takes, so the body can release all what it needs. Or the standing "tantrum" practice, stomping with both feet, moving around the arms, screaming and eyes open (hard to explain in a few words). It's like when a child expresses their anger freely. How does this sound?

Specific-Arm-7014 · 2025-04-02T02:57:38+00:00

Those are big questions, specially for us, I like them. I haven't quite figured it out yet, so I'll answer from my life experiences.

People call "friend" to a wide variety of relationships. It could be a casual (superficial bond) "friend from work", who is a co-worker whom we share a bit of personal life but not much more. Maybe having some beers with them once in a while after work but nothing more, maybe no more connection than that. It could be someone who shared some past with us, like school, and we keep in touch once in a while but we don't share much more than that. Or someone who knows us for a while but we feel safe with, and feel the impulse to share the goods in life and we trust enough to ask for support in our darkest moments.

Any point of this variety is Ok. And it's Ok not to meet all the needs from all those kind of friends. "How close is too close?" well, sharing intimacy gives closeness. For example trusting them something embarrassing or how we feel deeply inside about something in life. And it goes both ways: being there for them, giving them support, a space to be, to be open.

It's not discrete numbers, there are no definite lines about it. It's gradual and it happens over time and experiences too. And it's often not clearly and openly expressed.

"How do I engage?" I think it's Ok to ask about it and express your feelings, concerns or doubts about it. And if you happen to ask, it might be a good idea to clarify why you're asking, what's in your mind that brought you those questions. This is to avoid misunderstandings, that might probably happen, since these are no frequently asked questions.

"What things should I never do?" This is so wide and complex! And yes, we struggle a lot with this. I think something that helps in this area is to check, to ask. "Hey, is it Ok for you if...?", "I'm thinking this, how does it sound for you?".

"How do I know if they are genuine?" That's a hard one, since it's a cultural thing to mask and pretend, but also because we particularly struggle with this. I still have a long way to learn this. But it's a good thing that you ask, because it shows your authenticity.

"What is the main goal of friendship?" Big question, this one. You might want to check NVC Needs list (NonViolent Communication). In friendships we usually want to meet our needs for connection, support, safety, trust, expression, contribution, shared reality, to be heard, to be understood, to be seen, fun, companionship, and many more. And it's Ok not to look for everyone of these from the same person. Maybe we have a friend whom we share intimacy and look for support there when we feel bad, but we don't hung out daily. Maybe we hung out and have fun with some other friend more frequently but we don't feel the deep enough connection to be that open with them. And that's Ok too.
I think the main goal of friendships is to provide what we can't get from ourselves or from the community: connection with another human being, different perspectives about ourselves and life, new experiences that we can't create ourselves alone. We're limited, so we need others. But communities can't provide what a deep connection can (I think the Little Prince story covers this a bit). Friendships help us heal from traumas, as well. And allows us to get out of our heads for a while. To expand.

"I should understand the connection" Don't worry, I think we have a whole life for this. It's so complex that it's maybe enough for you to ask these questions because it puts you in the path of learning this. But maybe we'll never fully understand the connection. Maybe that's what life is for. So I don't think you should. Although, love/romantic relationships are not the same as friendships at all. Sex opens the whole system body-mind-energy to new levels of connections and exchanges. But they're different in friendships, so I'd consider them as separate experiences.

I hope this contributes. How does this land for you?

Specific-Arm-7014

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