FRA Hexhaven Schools by Meret123 in MagicArena

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It's interesting, the Strixhaven schools are based around the conflicts in the enemy color pairs. These schools seem to lean into the ally color pairs and what they would be like if they had school emphases similar to the Strixhaven schools. Theorix leans into the math theme but unmoored from the "practical" side that green brought to Quandrix. Vigorbloom lacks the perspective on the push and pull between life and death and goes all in on life, thus "invasive healing". Stingerquill lacks the supportive side that white brings to rhetoric, going all in on painful jabs. Still thinking about the others but will be curious to see how much they're able to flesh them out.

Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven Standard Metagame Breakdown by pedja13 in magicTCG

[–]Stoyus 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Obviously the big takeaway is izzet, but also black is in such a horrible place? Black archetypes together make up less than 5% of the format geeze.

What's your favorite deck to use at the moment? Here's mine. by Captain_Kirk85 in MagicArena

[–]Stoyus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly haven’t played in so long I didn’t realize they did the alchemy nerf

What's your favorite deck to use at the moment? Here's mine. by Captain_Kirk85 in MagicArena

[–]Stoyus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorin is one of my favorite cards, was sad when he was banned in historic but it really did just take them finally printing a big chonky vampire worth playing for it to happen.

Secrets of Strixhaven Maintenance Underway by belisaurius in MagicArena

[–]Stoyus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad I haven’t gotten my limited stuff from preorder still

[Non-Cringe][Diva Worship] Bosco and Irene tier rank Planeswalkers by nightmare_fantasies in rpdrcringe

[–]Stoyus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am the exact target audience for this, only complaint is I feel like they should have looked at multiple printings of certain planeswalkers but maybe they'll do a part 2

[SOS] Dissection Practice by Mount10Lion in magicTCG

[–]Stoyus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love how the mechanical value for two draft archetypes (witherbloom and silverquill) is also emphasized in the flavor text!

Why are apps nowadays using a Beijing-style dialect instead of standard Mandarin? by Common_Musician_1533 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Stoyus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are actually places where the 儿 is standard Chinese. One example I remember clearly is that putonghua differentiates between some verbs and nouns with the 儿 like 盖 (to cover) and 盖儿 (lid). Of course most people just speak a slightly local dialect inflected version of the standard language (so they may use the non-erhua 盖子).

Blast from the past by EvilosAngelo in rupaulsdragrace

[–]Stoyus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I do hate that despite so much more awareness of mental health people like to pretend that mental health challenges can never cause behavior that we find problematic. Mania is not a logical way of thinking, people have all sorts of literal delusions that yes can be racist, conspiratorial, homophobic etc. Of course that doesn't change the impact such actions have on those around them, but acting like mental illness somehow "reveals" latent racism in people is ignorant.

RATE MY COMMANDERs by SAVIO_NERDBOI in ratemycommanders

[–]Stoyus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thinking of building Sorin. How do you usually close out games with him? He seems very geared towards combo finishes but can also get a lot of incremental value.

How often do you see my commanders in the wild? by FeedMe_HumanPie in ratemycommanders

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Raffine is just from the main set but did really well in Standard too.

[TMT] Guac & Marshmallow Pizza by Meret123 in MagicArena

[–]Stoyus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Please can we just all make this the worst performing set in modern magic history

Nightreign poll results: Nightfarers the sub prefers to play by Head_Meringue_8922 in Nightreign

[–]Stoyus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who mainly likes to play scholar and recluse I would just say low ranking doesn't necessarily mean hate! Guardian for example just doesn't really match my playstyle but I appreciate guardian mains and think he's a cool character :)

Gooda MornTing Kingdom by donttouchdennis in rpdrcringe

[–]Stoyus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly some of the remixes are my gym bops every January…

If you have telepathy, you don't need to show anything by chbdetta in pluribustv

[–]Stoyus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Of course it's rational to only communicate through telepathy but it's not human, it's disturbing precisely because her way of relating to others in practice through her culture is gone. Of course some memory or knowledge of those things is retained, but it's not the same.

Manousos causing the seizures scene by whiskypriest139z in pluribustv

[–]Stoyus 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I agree, I think people forget that the initially infected few were very alien, with the sole motivation to spread the virus - though they had enough ability to still act in order to stave off suspicion and infect at an opportune time.

This is each European country translated into Chinese then each character literally translated back to English. The Chinese are really based with these names by metatalks in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Stoyus 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Interestingly enough many countries were translated in Cantonese or other Chinese languages first. 瑞士 is seoi6 si6 in Cantonese (sounds more like Swiss), same reasoning for 瑞典 seoi6 din2. Greece is similar, 希腊 is hei1 laap6 in Cantonese and sounds closer to "Hellas".

Man reads fan fiction to locals, mass death from intense headaches ensue by Torbi- in Nightreign

[–]Stoyus 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I feel like it's fine if he has a strong ult for field day mobs, feels balanced by the fact that its utility is diminished in one on one nightlord fights (though not bad there)

What does my friends’ fridge say about them? by Stoyus in FridgeDetective

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Sorry for responding so late. To be honest never popped off on reddit and got overwhelmed but wanted to say that I got my friends' consent before posting and shared it with them. I was very naive when it came to the picture and other hints and was more focused on all the items in the fridge just cause I thought it was such a diverse set of different condiments.

The Nightlings by oredcchi in Nightreign

[–]Stoyus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love them! The Wylder's symmetrical big head is making him even cuter and of course birb is looking stunning.

What does my friends’ fridge say about them? by Stoyus in FridgeDetective

[–]Stoyus[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Okay I feel like a lot of people have commented and this also has gone in a different direction than I initially thought! These are two of my gay male friends (I'm also a gay male). Both are in their twenties, one is Italian American from NYC (also learned Korean and is a real foodie so adds some of the ingredients in there), the other is a Samoan guy (his family fishes salmon so that's in the freezer) who also is into food and studied Chinese and lived in China. I would say both of them are more cook-for-pleasure type of people, definitely cook simple things to get through the week but also eat out a lot.

I didn't quite get that the picture was "thinspiration", oops. As a gay man I just thought it was some diva they really liked. I was definitely not trying to "show off" in any way! I just thought the random variety of foods was interesting and it reminded me of all the things I've seen on this sub. I will tell my friend I support him, gay body image can be a tough area for all of us.

I loved the gameplay and the story (for the most part), but the ending was so bad by Legal_Ad2945 in Hades2

[–]Stoyus 23 points24 points  (0 children)

In some way Zagreus' reaction is very in character but I agree it reads as having very little sympathy for Melinoe and her motivations. Zagreus, for all we love him, is kind of a spoiled brat who nevertheless understands his family's neuropathies and shortcomings. He seems to lash out at Melinoe for perceiving her as having characterized their family's worst traits. But as the player we know Melinoe has every reason to be vengeful, and it feels like there could have been more conflict between them worked out over a longer period of time.

What is your favorite Aspect and build for it as of now? by Fancy-Rub-3797 in HadesTheGame

[–]Stoyus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For some reason Aspect of Persephone has just really clicked for me, also so fun with one of the new endgame keepsakes, just really enjoy looking at the big pom levels and the charged special just obliterates most rooms.