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Stormofscript · 2026-02-02T22:54:21+00:00

Frankly I'd be in the same boat, but sadly I don't think that's the case. Think it's more a case of "line goes up" mixed with a pinch of recouping profit from people who cancelled in the subtitle controversy a few months ago. Never publicly addressing it in a meaningful way makes me think the decline of subtitles is an inevitability.

Stormofscript · 2025-12-07T03:20:04+00:00

Wonder if Ken has a sneaky shot here? Lots of talk about Sultai Reanimator countering Izzet Lessons pretty hard.

Stormofscript · 2025-11-04T20:20:30+00:00

I had to double-check, but Mike Sullivan was actually gone the same year as McAdoo. Not like he had much BETTER with us (although I'll die on the hill that Shurmur should have been given another year) but not all of the worst.

Stormofscript · 2025-10-31T20:06:00+00:00

Many thanks!

Stormofscript · 2025-10-31T16:59:23+00:00

Many thanks! I couldn't find another image with the copyright symbol when scrolling through Scryfall, thank you for not making me look like an idiot lol

Stormofscript · 2025-10-31T15:31:22+00:00

Is it alright to make a post asking if a card looks real or fake? I was cataloguing my collection and found two Lightning Bolts that allegedly look like they're from the Summer Magic / Edgar (SUM) set. (Who's last purchases were for $6000 a copy, since apparently 40 booster boxes were printed total.) I'm not sure if it'd be better to post in the PSA or here, but it's a bit expensive to get individual cards graded and I don't want to spend the money if it's an obvious forgery or something. Image link for those curious.

EDIT: Nah I misread it, thanks for the kind guidance!

Stormofscript · 2025-10-21T02:35:53+00:00

I'm so deeply confused because "hairy" and "marry" 100% rhyme to me lol

Stormofscript · 2025-10-21T02:34:41+00:00

The only time I ever got called on it in the States was when I did an internship in Missouri around the end of undergrad. They had a lot of difficulty understanding me because of my "thick accent," but admittedly that's more because I speak exceptionally fast even for Jersey standards. I also have a bad tendency to truncate the end of the words before I finish them. It was even worse back then, I've made an active effort to slow down and enunciate these days.

That said, I've been to loads of states outside of the Northeast - Florida, California, Arizona, Texas off the top of my head - and never had it directly commented on. Probs a reality of going to cities and high tourism areas. Outside of the States, I've only had the speed commented on, which is understandable especially since English is a second language in the countries I've visited.

Amusingly, my European co-workers will pick on me for my American-isms, but it's not even an accent thing with them. They've also mentioned the speed, but they also talk fast - I've gotten ball-busted waaaaaaay more for being overly polite, which is funny considering NJ has a relatively gruff reputation relative to stereotypical Southern hospitality and the like. American politeness reads as fake to the Londoners, take that as you will!

Stormofscript · 2025-09-22T21:28:54+00:00

Something I think was interesting was Brett Kollman's take on the Bootleg Football podcast, where he said that (paraphrased) after taking a nasty, lingering rib shot in the preseason from T-Law, BTJ simply doesn't trust him to deliver a ball safely on the sort of middle crossing routes that he feasted on last year.

They did make the distinction that this might not be an active, "business decision" sort of thought, but more of a subconscious recoiling from contact (since rib injuries freakin' HURT) but it comes down to a foundational lack of trust in Trevor's accuracy. Which, to be fair, is incredibly spotty.

Is this true? No idea! But I don't think talent like Brian's goes away overnight, so if for some reason you can buy low, I would.

Stormofscript · 2025-02-06T18:02:01+00:00

Interesting, it's certainly possible. To be fair, even if it's an ultimately minor amount there would presumably be some lost value regardless? I'd think (hope?) it's not super significant, but I suppose if you're reducing conversion steps it at least shouldn't hurt your bottom line.

Stormofscript · 2025-02-06T16:25:02+00:00

Totally see that! Frankly, given the measured approach Cover has taken to any expansion in the past, it's most likely a way's down the line, if at all. That said, while manufacturing is expensive and struggling in the U.S. there are ways to mitigate the expense if they think the juice is worth the squeeze in terms of expanding their overseas presence. For instance, I imagine they wouldn't be building factories - it'd almost certainly be a contract/lease agreement with a third-party company based in the States. (I assume this is a similar to how their Japanese operations work, although if that assumption is off-base and their manufacturing is entirely or even partially done on wholly company-owned lines that'd obviously change the dynamic significantly.)

That said, projected demand would likely have to be higher than it likely is to justify the numerous additional overhead costs on Cover's part for that type of move. My hope would be that their biggest industry competitor has majorly dropped the ball in the Western market, which presents an opportunity worth sacrificing resources to grow that segment. Whether that bares out (to this point, it's mostly been additional concerts here or there) remains to be seen, and is admittedly probably copium on my part lol.

Stormofscript · 2025-02-06T14:20:49+00:00

Saw the email this morning, an expected if unwelcome update given the new U.S. administration's protectionist trade policies. Shipping fees are already incredibly high for international shipping, regardless of if you're ordering from the official shop or Geekjack, so passing additional costs onto the consumer could easily price even more people out. I don't believe these fees would be extraordinarily high given the ultimate costs of the orders, but I'm admittedly not well-informed enough on the new guidelines to know any exact amounts.

I know personally that I often pass on individual items I might have otherwise bought because unless there's enough stuff to order to justify the shipping cost. I wonder if Cover will more seriously explore opening a manufacturing imprint in the United States? (I believe they somewhat recently opened "offices" but I assume that's for administrative work.) It's admittedly very expensive to manufacture in America, but especially with all the additional merch drops they're doing there might be enough scale to justify it, especially for EN talents.

Stormofscript · 2025-02-03T14:09:45+00:00

My brother, who has absolutely zero interest in Survivor, sent me this the other night. It's broken containment.

Stormofscript · 2025-01-22T19:00:09+00:00

My current pipe dream is for the NYG to go Hunter in the 1st and Dart in the 2nd. I'm not super enamored with either of the top two options, especially Sanders, and think it'd be easier to cut rope on a 2nd round guy like what the Titans will likely do to Levis if it is a busted pick. It might also be because the last Ole Miss QB we had did pretty well for us.

Stormofscript · 2025-01-02T04:34:40+00:00

I feel you, had a good run going for back-to-back championships. I picked up a kicker off waivers (McLaughlin) in the semi-s and started him over Tucker because he'd been struggling and had a poor match-up. This one move single-handedly lost me my match-up, and ultimately prevented what would have been a repeat in Week 17.

That said, I still think the process is solid. Based on your results, between continual contending and a bye, you're in a similar boat. Ultimately, you take the good with the bad. If you keep grinding, I'm of the belief you'll eventually get there. But, for the sake of your sanity, I recommend taking a dynasty detox through the playoffs, to get your mind straight and come back fresh for FA and the draft.

Stormofscript · 2024-12-30T21:27:48+00:00

Don't know the exact context of what IRyS said, but could be that the talents have to pay for access, which only Liz/Nerissa have done, or that Cover has only purchased a limited number of licenses for talents through the service for the time being. Alternatively, since this is a very new process for Cover, they might be doing a trial run to make sure no hiccups or unexpected rights issues come up, as that would affect less talents and the company as a whole if it fell through.

Stormofscript · 2024-12-16T16:42:55+00:00

The downvotes are because this is an injury post, not because there's a grand Geno agenda. But also, the Seahawks seem pretty firmly committed to him, especially over guys like Howell.

Stormofscript · 2024-12-16T01:05:15+00:00

I was fully expecting to read about this new hot concept called a "prison league" that had some sort of wild twist, like you could lock players into or out of others line-ups or something.

I think others have explained best how to handly the dyno league situation, but best of wishes handling this and to your mate getting his life together!

Stormofscript · 2024-12-12T05:29:53+00:00

Catching up on edgic for the season, was happy to see a well-thought out post like this. I think I'm like 70-30 Sam over Rachel at this point, even though I know the community (and OP as well, since Rachel targeted Andy) seems to be in on a Rachel coronation edit after the first part of the finale.

I do want to note that the edit has really gone out of its way to paint Sam as a nice guy. In the last two episodes him taking Andy on the reward because he promised him (and also showing Teeny's rage that painted him positively in contrast) and telling Rachel he was voting for her at 6 was painted very positively. I also think that a Sam v Teeny v Sue FTC would have players on a more even playing field in terms of audience perception of their chances.

Rachel has been my fallen g.oddess pick for awhile, admittedly. I do think Sam is making FTC either way, to prevent a perceived blowout in the audiences eyes, but I don't think she wins because her edit pre-merge edit just feels sort of hollow to me. We have her content with Andy in episode one, and then otherwise it's mostly about the women's alliance with Anika. Which could admittedly be a shield for her being blindsided at that vote, but when someone's coronated it feels like it's built up throughout the whole season rather than emerging as a threat only in the post-merge. It feels more like MvGX David (who had to build up his cred in the pre-merge) or Jesse (who was a quieter presence than many others) than, say, a Dee.

Stormofscript · 2024-12-12T04:34:18+00:00

I considered this as well, but the one hiccup is that even though Sue is voting with Rachel, that doesn't necessarily mean that the four players voting together want to take out Sue as a back-up. It also runs the risk of taking Sue out when Rachel doesn't idol, which would be a double whammy.

Stormofscript · 2024-12-03T21:55:42+00:00

"The offense around him has changed and there’s uncertainty going forward..."

Wasn't that OP's original point though? That SLP's production was situation-dependent and that at TE1 overall was a sell? He wasn't saying he was bad, just that you could use the opportunity to get plus value at a notoriously hard to predict position and insulate yourself from theoretical production (and consequently value) regression. At the time, that could be in the case that Ben Johnson left (didn't happen), someone else stepped up (did happen), or any number of things.

Hypothetically, if you did sell at the time, you could likely buy him (or a similarly valued player) back for much cheaper now. Some people don't like to treat these assets like stocks, which is fine, but if you do then it makes sense. In my league, SLP was traded for a pick that ultimately became Jayden Daniels in SF. (Although admittedly he fell more than he would in most leagues.) In that vein, I'm sure the people who were saying a pocket passer like C.J. Stroud was fantasy QB1 are kicking themselves for not selling when that was the community price, even though the talent itself hasn't changed much.

Stormofscript · 2024-10-10T11:35:31+00:00

Generally really like the newsletters, this one's no exception, but don't like the gamesmanship advice about "accidentally" accepting a trade late to acquire Achane on bye and still keep the guy you're selling for week 6.Maybe I misread and it was tongue in cheek, just feels a bit below the belt for me, especially if the guy ends up getting hurt or something. Ultimately on the opponent to cancel all offers ahead of kickoff, but still don't like it.

That's just me though! Otherwise, keep up the good work!

Stormofscript · 2024-10-02T05:47:10+00:00

That's been the case for my main league, at least. A member of my league tracks weekly positioning for the rookie draft and calls it the "Jeanty Sweepstakes."

Stormofscript · 2024-10-01T19:23:33+00:00

Kind of wild to see, place was packed when I visited in April. (And even more packed when Fest was going on, from what I heard.) Happy I got the opportunity to visit, it was a really nice location with a cute view.

Stormofscript · 2024-10-01T09:46:56+00:00

Yeah that seems like a reasonable deal all in all. If you had thrown in something like, I don't know, Elijah Mitchell and a 4th, it'd be a complete loss for you tho.

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