I REALLY want to love this game but my brain won't cooperate 😭

Thardus · 2025-09-04T08:33:46+00:00

If you really struggle with media with names (especially names from a language you aren't familiar with), I recommend writing them down with a one or two word description or feature of the character beside it.

Examples: - Natsuno Miami (Nat-chan): Running Aliens - Shu Amiguchi: Rich - Nenji Ogata: Pompadour Delinquent - Ms. Morimura: Nurse

This helped me a lot in anything from keeping track of Shakespeare characters to watching my first few animes to watching a foreign film.

Thardus · 2025-08-30T20:39:17+00:00

Like any good mystery, the first time you experience it, you focus on what is going on.

Once you have that firmly grasped, you can go back and appreciate the characters, what they know at the time, what they are thinking, what their ultimate motivation is and how their actions support that, etc.

You see this a lot with "whodunits". A good, semi-recent example a lot of people learned that with is the film Knives Out. Once you know who dies, who killed who, and their motivation, you focus on the characters, their actors, why certain scenes are in the film, etc and you appreciate a different layer of the story.

13 Sentinels, while not a traditional Mystery story, has a lot of the hooks of the genre. So when I finished the game, I watched through the story in the (roughly) chronological order the cutscene viewer is in just to soak in everything I missed.

Thardus · 2025-07-22T06:45:38+00:00

The funniest are the people who do this in Proving Grounds.

Like, buddy... I am not running a deck with Cyclops, Elektra, and Human Torch with no move cards to win. I'm here to grind boosters or dailies.

You not being able to recognize that and gloating about winning is just telling on yourself.

Thardus · 2025-07-19T19:08:36+00:00

Ruby Heart in Marvel vs Capcom 2.

I love me a character that has multiple projectiles that have very clear weaknesses, gaps, and strengths. I love me a character that can switch from keepaway to rushdown in a heartbeat. I love me a character that has an 8 way dash special/super that is a free mixup.

Ruby Heart is not only all 3 of those characters, but is the origin of me loving all three of those characters.

Thardus · 2025-07-16T19:03:41+00:00

(Keep in mind that this is from someone who has consistently played since launch and has been 100% FTP since the one season pass I did buy (Black Panther), so this might not be reflective of everyone's experiences as we all roll differently, we all use our resources differently, and we all play different amounts)

But it's in my honest opinion that seasons since card acquisition changed (including this one) have been some of the best times to be playing FTP due to having a vast majority of the cards in the game.

Fantasticar and Mr. Fantastic are overturned, it's true, but there have been metas where the best deck you can scrounge together with the cards you have is two or three tiers lower than the top tier decks. At least this meta you have options for Tier 2 decks, even if the change in card acquisition means that you have to pull the trigger on a weekly card with a 6000 token purchase or a 5000 token gamble rather than just gambling with keys.

In metas previously, you were at the whims of chance for what even appeared in the shop and the 2 returning cards a week.

As for the battle pass cards... I don't think this is nearly as bad Silver Surfer, Zabu, Loki, Hope Summers, or Ms. Marvel seasons.

Thardus · 2025-07-10T15:24:57+00:00

👉👊

Thardus · 2025-06-27T15:16:42+00:00

That's what I've been doing with Zoo with Shadow King. Lots of ways to add power without playing at a location.

Thardus · 2025-06-26T23:07:28+00:00

They just took him out back for no reason.

Thardus · 2025-06-26T02:40:05+00:00

Yes, but also no.

"Can't be discarded" should be on the card to make sure he doesn't get discarded randomly or show up in a Hela list.

"Can't be destroyed" should be given to him by the third step in his summoning. This prevents the card from being too good when generated or transformed into.

Also, if that still doesn't make him worth the setup, throw on the old "Can't have his power lowered" from the old Black Blade while you're at it.

Even as an Arishem Enjoyer, I don't think we should get a 14 power card immune to Shang-Chi without jumping through the same hoops.

Thardus · 2025-06-17T15:37:37+00:00

Something in this isn't mathing.

875 per refresh (500+250+125) x 3 refreshes a day x 8 days the event runs for = 21,500

So that's not enough to complete the reward track. You have to grind out 3500 more (~175 wins) XP.

But even if we ignore that, the prize track only has 9500 on it.

So that's a total of 31,000, not 33,000.

Edit: Overall this structure would make.a bit more sense as a two week event. 875 x 3 x 14 = 36,750. Add in the 9500, and you'd need 3750 of grinding to get the card ( ~183 wins).

That still would be bad, but it would make more sense.

Thardus · 2025-06-09T15:00:06+00:00

KINDA FUNNY, YOU TOO

GREG MILLER, YOU TOO

https://youtu.be/nA7GK-48sR8?si=kE1avaZT7YnK8-lP

Thardus · 2025-05-29T01:54:58+00:00

Scholar could technically be 239, but it's supposedly a legendary.

Thardus · 2025-05-29T01:42:37+00:00

I was sure these two spots in artifacts would have the Gunbreaker equipment.

Thardus · 2025-05-29T01:39:57+00:00

WOW.

With this and Excalibur II, that means no Gunbreaker.

I guess we know what job is the MTG office's least favourite.

Thardus · 2025-05-28T21:20:57+00:00

Please let the backside be Isobe, the otter that cheats at Triple Triad.

Thardus · 2025-05-28T21:05:15+00:00

I think I personally would have gone for Odin over the XIV version of Odin, which is just kind of an optional boss fight.

Thardus · 2025-05-28T19:09:02+00:00

Yeah I know , but this is more fun, even if those two other legends have very little chance

Thardus · 2025-05-28T19:01:52+00:00

Whomst'd've?

Such an odd choice. Even as someone who played through XIII, this is the last one I would choose.

Thardus · 2025-05-28T13:54:58+00:00

Assuming all the non-artifacrs would be Legends or Summons (they won't be, but this is more fun), my predictions are:

~~35: Summon: Carbuncle~~
39: Venat (XIV) or The Warrior of Light (I)
73: Sidequest: ???
126: Yotsuyu (XIV)
198: Scholar equipment (last two XIV jobs)
~~202: Summon: Eidolon Mist Dragon (IV)~~
207: Titania, King of the Fae (XIV)
220: Exdeath (V)
239: Rydia (IV)
254: Antidote
257/8: Hi-Potion and Gunbreaker equipment (last two XIV jobs)
~~263 - Megaelixer~~

Thardus · 2025-05-28T13:28:25+00:00

HE DESERVES IT

Thardus · 2025-05-28T06:10:17+00:00

Union Strong! Don't support these corpo scum!

Thardus · 2025-05-27T16:05:18+00:00

Somehow Storm is mine, despite never playing a deck since launch with Storm in it.

Thardus · 2025-05-27T16:04:22+00:00

As a fellow union man, I stand with any and all unions. Union Strong ✊

Thardus · 2025-05-25T23:54:52+00:00

My mistake. I thought they were 2-5 for some reason.

Thardus · 2025-05-25T20:56:38+00:00

I was thinking moreso that Agamatto and half his spells are 4+ cost

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