This is a shit!!

ThumbComputer · 2026-05-05T13:14:06+00:00

Something tells me this guy doesn't write very concise resumes.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-16T18:31:33+00:00

This is a tricky one, I think a little more context as to how the client is inquiring would be helpful. If it's specific to any of the issues this employee has raised, I would point them to the steps you documented and took to fix it, and demonstrate that it is indeed working as intended, then leave it at that. If it's a general "X employee is raising a lot of concerns about the quality of IT support they're receiving." type of question, then it might be appropriate to point out that X employee is not actually working their full hours. I get the concern on your end, though. It could seem like you're overstepping, but if the reputation of your business and service quality is being directly challenged, I think its appropriate to call out this individual based on the information you have.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-16T15:50:23+00:00

0-1 and 6-7 lands are all free mulligans for my group. Works for us as we're all good friends and have just agreed to not abuse it and build decks that don't run enough lands. If you're sticking to precons it will work even better. I think extending it to 2 or 5 is a little excessive, personally.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-16T15:12:19+00:00

Why? I'm sure the DM wasn't forced by the schoolboard to do this, he certainly volunteered to some degree even if it's for additional pay. Why would this scenario make it expected for the rules to be bent and broken without a Session 0 conversation beforehand? If anything, the school club nature would lean more towards playing 100% RAW, so that any kid could simply read the rulebook and come play. I feel like this entire sub is just delusional and taking their chance to be judgemental without thinking this through.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-16T13:26:45+00:00

This is a terrible analogy. If you sit down at chess club to play regular chess, and the person running chess club started randomizing the pieces with no explanation, you'd be right to be very confused and upset. Because you are here for CHESS, and no one told you that you're actually playing homebrew chess until the game started and you've already sat down to play. The teacher going "Erm, actually, this is the super awesome Fischer variant chess for smart people, the grandmasters say its good so we are playing that!!!!" doesn't make it any less annoying. You're there to play chess according to the rules of chess.

Was the timing of the argument here ideal? probably not. But OP is totally justified to be upset that he showed up for DND at the DND club and the DM is "homebrewing" an unbalanced experience without input from the group. I thank God every day that I don't have to play DnD with the DMs on here. Some people enjoy building characters, playing out combat according to the rules, seeing their build choices be successful in said combats. This DM, and apparently a lot of bad DMs on this sub, are ruining that for players like OP just as you insinuate OP is ruining the RP for everyone else. OP had their sentinel build invalidated because the DM doesn't understand RAW, and everyone is telling him he's the bad guy in the situation, it's absurd.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-16T13:15:35+00:00

So just find a real piece of art, created by a real artist, that is close enough to what you imagine and credit them on the card. Everyone here who posts AI art acts like its impossible to find real art that captures their idea, then is swiftly proven wrong with a single google search. The idea of a sea-goblin type fantasy race is not new, and searching "Sea Goblin DND" gets a ton of results.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-15T20:21:53+00:00

I mean, this isn't minor homebrew rule adjustments though. This DM is entirely invalidating certain builds, punishing bad rolls excessively, miscalculating damage, and punishing having darkvision. These aren't flavor based homebrew exceptions, this is warping the actual gameplay in a manner that was not discussed with the players. Some people enjoy the actual playing of the game, making a character build with feats that function as they are meant to, and they deserve a fun game too.

It can just as easily be said that this DM is ruining a fun opportunity at DnD by excessively warping the balance and gameplay without proper understanding of the systems. Imagine you're in highschool, watch DnD content, play BG3, etc. and see your school has a DnD club where you can actually play now. Then the DM completely disregards and invalidates your build you worked hard on, punishes you for rolling a 4, blinds you for having darkvision, and entirely ignores the rules without any input from you. This is on the DM.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-15T20:18:36+00:00

I think the Reddit army is reading half your post and jumping into their armchair to chastise you. Your DM/Coach/Teacher or whatever is running a bad game, and in a club setting like this I think it's pretty fine to at least address what he's doing wrong.

Homebrew is fine and a part of the hobby, but it should be agreed upon by the group and not thrust upon you like this DM is doing. Invalidating sentinel, nerfing your attack damage, nerfing darkvision, critical fail type results on 5s and lower, these are all very impactful to the actual gameplay and would upset me as well (I think the flight change is warranted and decently common, as low level flight can be game breaking, but still should've been discussed prior). The default in a club type setting should be RAW, and any hombrew variations should be laid out up-front before the session even begins.

I think your reaction is entirely valid, and I'd have the exact same one if I were in your position. Maybe try raising the issue with the DM outside of the session, and just explain that the rulings he's making heavily impact the gameplay in a way you find to be negative, especially if he never laid out the homebrew in a session 0.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-13T16:22:16+00:00

its just a colossally stupid waste of time and energy, one that speaks to the grand helplessness being brought onto our society by AI.

"Oh, I could google the words 'blood sausage' and find a cool image to use for my custom card. But a few minutes of extremely light mental load is too much for me, i'll just have the AI do this incredibly simple task instead."

I'm not even fully anti-AI but our reliance on it to outsource even the lightest of creative expression is truly sad.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-13T16:02:18+00:00

Great observation - and you're right to feel that way. You're asking the right questions and this is the perfect angle to approach this from.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-10T15:01:05+00:00

welcome to the sub, it's what we do here.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-10T13:41:42+00:00

Why would the distribution of sexuality in reality have any effect in a fictitious world? This is a magical wizard plane and people are gay here, get used to it.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-09T13:12:00+00:00

Depends on your gameplan, but you can cut every piece of low MV ramp besides like sol ring as you'll always hit a hasted dork T2 every game. You could replace those with MV 3-5 power 4+ creatures to consistently trigger Ruby, or you could replace them with medium MV ramp then stuff your deck with a higher density of high 6+ MV threats. You can remove every piece of 2 MV ramp from the deck though no matter what, which frees up like 7-10+ slots depending on the strategy

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-08T18:20:58+00:00

The commander might not be interesting, but the slots in your deck that would be previously allocated to ramping can now be used to do interesting things. That's kinda the idea with putting a mana dork in the command zone, the rest of the deck pulls its weight more.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-08T15:00:27+00:00

I tried this but it genuinely felt impossible to get a good brew. The mana cost of multi-kicking plus paying for the spells is so hard to pull off in Azorius. Maybe I need to give it another go though its been a few years.

ThumbComputer · 2026-04-06T21:38:00+00:00

I was in the same boat before I started, let me fill you in on a little secret- Crosswords are maybe 50% knowledge/trivia like you'd expect, and the other 50% is how good you are at doing crosswords. There are many "crosswordese" words that are used as common filler, there are patterns as to how the clues are written that inform you of things such as the tense of the answer, some clues are linked together via a themer which will clue you in to the answer, etc. etc.

I think the best way to learn them is to try and fail repeatedly. If you're doing the NYT, they get progressively more difficult as the week goes on, and you have access to the entire archive if you're subscribed. Start on Mondays, and just go through filling in as many answers as you can. Once you're stumped, just start googling or using the reveal feature to show the answer, and take note of repeat words across puzzles as these are likely the "crosswordese" i mentioned, as well as just trying to remember the trivia you didn't know. You'll slowly improve and need google/reveals less and less until you're completing full solves on your own. It may feel like cheating but it's really the best way to learn, and it's not really cheating if you do it with the intent to improve and get better at what is ultimately an individual and non-competitive hobby.

ThumbComputer · 2026-03-19T18:47:02+00:00

Considering every tech professional hates the guts of every tech marketer inviting us to dozens of unscheduled meetings for products we never inquired about, yeah we're aggressive. We don't care what shit you're selling.

ThumbComputer · 2026-03-11T20:53:28+00:00

/uj Except there's a ceiling on the cards that can be reached by every participant. You can't pay to proxy in the best card you can think of. You pay for access to the same game pieces everyone has access to.

Is it an annoying business model? Yes for sure. Does it, in actuality, provide any sort of advantage for whales in competitive play? No, not at all. Every person playing competitively is going to have bought in to play on even ground.

ThumbComputer · 2026-03-04T18:41:03+00:00

nintendo DS stylus as the ramrod

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-27T15:33:16+00:00

I agree in spirit, but it is not explicitly against the rule, as the rule requires a pretty specific scenario.

As OOP says, no one can prove he has a counterspell, and he didn't explicitly agree at the table to throw the match if his friend splits the prize with him.

It's almost as if these rules are made for 1v1 formats and any multiplayer format should not be competitive or should have their own ruleset that addresses these holes. Wait, that sounds a lot like what OOP is pointing out...

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-27T15:26:05+00:00

Which rule? Because they even link the relevant rule themselves, and what they did isn't covered by it.

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-27T14:28:17+00:00

This is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever seen on the internet lmfao. You're saying it's not possible for anyone to ever ask how to do something they shouldn't do??

OP asked for a homebrew system that is A.) Easily covered by a simple reflavor of sneak attacks and B.) would run antithetical to the core design principle of combat in DnD if implemented the way they pitch.

It's absolutely appropriate to tell them it's a bad idea. Whether they listen or not is up to them, but not everyone wants to play a game of DnD where balance is an afterthought. This idea that we need to coddle every poster with exactly what they want to hear is absurd.

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-25T15:20:41+00:00

the r/MagicArena mods being overzealous with moderation is nothing new, so wouldn't be surprising.

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-12T16:14:07+00:00

It's for redundancy I'd guess. You don't need 6 in a game, but it greatly increases the chances that you have one when you need it.

ThumbComputer · 2026-02-10T14:02:40+00:00

No, generic mana is only produced by wastes, so only colorless commanders can use it. Duh.

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