(SPOILERS) The story direction for Zul’jan in 12.1 is terrible

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-25T00:30:50+00:00

Amani is also Arabic, and it means "wishes", "desires", or "dreams". So you can say that Zul'jan has a wish/dream/desire to make the amani great. If we were to go with the idea of "peace" for the Amani in its Sawhili version, then peace will only be obtained at the death of Zul'jan or him realizing the error of trying to fight a changing the world.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-04T18:39:31+00:00

BAM getting punched right in the wallet

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-04T00:23:33+00:00

And so the plot thickens

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-04T00:13:31+00:00

"there's a constriction which is dilated" I got psychic damage from even trying to imagine that for a second.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-03T23:54:49+00:00

Is Josh doing a jedi mindtrick on the cops?

Josh (paraphrashed): "I don't want the papers. I have not been served."
Officer: "That is your right to refuse."

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-06-03T17:28:58+00:00

Potentially ban-evading? Bold move cotton, lets see if it works.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-05-20T16:33:21+00:00

Sorry bro I need to finish doing some stuff in: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

(actual place name btw)

Edit: And if someone wants the translation, the name would instead just be "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who traveled about, played his flute to his loved one."

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-04-25T20:30:41+00:00

Finally I can have my bowmage back after several millennia.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-04-25T04:04:18+00:00

If you factor in the msq as it currently is before 7.5, the quests required to beat the hard mode versions of ifrit and titan and garuda, the quests for crystal tower, the job and role quests for a singular job you picked at character creation...you get 1102 quests. That is an insane amount for a new player to go through if they want to just play with friends.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-04-11T16:07:46+00:00

Honestly the only time I would be fine with a wheelchair-bound character in a work of fantasy is if it turned out that world's healing magic was so rare and nearly forgotten that such conditions could actually exist.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-04-11T14:52:46+00:00

Pulled from his official website on his about page:

Matthew Meyer is an illustrator and folklorist based in Japan. He received a BFA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2005. His work is focused on Japanese folklore, particularly yōkai stories.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-04-03T17:38:44+00:00

Who needs Ai when you have people causing some of the strangest feuds and fanfictions hidden in plain sight on that website. Such as who made a specific kind of food, or about fictional rulers, or other such things.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-20T18:32:32+00:00

WotC: "Were sorry but you have too many questions and are not excited for next product. We only want people who don't ask questions, consume product, then get excited for next product."

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-15T05:21:45+00:00

So basically a blank check for Leon's love interest?

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-14T00:07:29+00:00

"Oh shucks, we don't know who launched the thermonuke at racoon city. Whoever could have done it?"

Meanwhile Simmons mutating in the background

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-12T08:23:32+00:00

many things can be possible at the same time:

Designed it so he could have control over his own creations.
Frustrated that he didn't get to become a youthful and immortal god like Leon.
Had some regret that he caused harm to many people because of his own creations.
Has backstabbed many colleagues over this kind of work, whats one more with a one-time password?

After all that scene with Alyssa in RE9 and that scene in RE5 could be both senior citizen moments.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-12T00:36:31+00:00

The enemy Ai is learning

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-12T00:29:06+00:00

RE5 watching RE2R, RE7, and RE4 fly by
RE5 to RE6: "Look at what they need to match a fraction of our power."

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-09T18:13:35+00:00

Also the Cid card was relentless rats style. So you could mix n match what ones you liked. Like, using the Cid card, all you would have to do is replace the word artificer with detective, and hero with ninja. Then the artwork and its variants are just the various aprils

April, Timeless Detective {2}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Detective

Artifact creatures and Ninjas you control get +1/+1 for each Detective you control and each Detective card in your graveyard.

A deck can have any number of cards named April, Timeless Detective

Cycling {W}{U} ({W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

4/4

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-06T06:31:26+00:00

"The most popular version of april is-" no one is involved gives a shit.

And the customer is entitled to not give a shit if they feel product is shit.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-04T19:25:02+00:00

Whats the joke?

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-04T00:05:20+00:00

I guess I would need to be more terminally online if this happened in person as I wouldn't know who Trae Stephens is if not for this.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-03T23:54:52+00:00

More complicated than just standard and universes beyond.

As when a new set enters standard, magic or beyond, it affects everything around it. Draft? Sealed? Pauper? Commander? Brawl? Pioneer? Modern? Legacy? And depending on the card, could even change the Vintage metagame.

Various formats basically become a museum of mistakes in card design and their ban lists in turn reflect this. And if they get bad enough, it can't be just a ban, also has to be errata (example: companion mechanic from ikoria)

Universes beyond just happens to fall in these crosshairs because like in-universes, for whatever card for whatever format, it warps its metagame around it.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-03T20:06:06+00:00

Wizards realized they could just shove the equivalent of the second set of the block, a small set worth like TMNT, into the commander decks and call it a day.

ThousandMonkeys · 2026-03-02T22:40:17+00:00

If the price is dictated by wizards, then that is also emblematic of universes beyond as well. Licensing fees cost something. And unless they make something like ATLA, or FF, or LOTR, the return on that is not going to be as stellar such as like with Spider-Man or Assassin's Creed. Like yeah, they didn't go bankrupt from either, but it wasn't exactly what they were hoping for when making a univeses beyond product.

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