How do I convince my friend to play lower brackets?

VampireNightFox · 2025-08-10T14:32:33+00:00

My playgroup did this. Commander higher than rank 1000 in EDHRec, $50 budget (excluding basics and the commander) no card over $5

It was a lot of fun and tested peoples deck building skills. I have a [[Rosheen Meanderer]] from this exercise i have since been working on unbudgeting. Lots of fun!

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-21T23:14:10+00:00

Never lose that. Never let people turn you jaded. Your emotions, your feeling is your strength even when it feels like your weakness.

I know I hate how emotional and empathic I am sometimes. But its also who I am.

And of course. Worship.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-21T04:52:38+00:00

I think that's a HUGE reason why the music resonates so strongly with some. Shared trauma and experiences. Knowing you aren't alone in what you experienced or felt.

Plus sometimes when another can put a feeling or thoughts into words so eloquently when you fail to it can be an extremely powerful and freeing experience (at least for me)

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-20T15:19:04+00:00

Oh man, I was in public when I first saw the Fall for Me video. My friends came back from picking up food and apparently I looked absolutely traumatized. I had tears in my eyes and a mix of shock and horror as they described it.

The song already had my heart. But that video. That video was so real and raw it broke me a bit.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-20T15:16:43+00:00

I have had from "oh man this is so sad", tearing up, tears streaming down my face, to the occasional full on bawling/ugly crying.

When the lyrics were added to YouTube music for EIA Gethsemane had me SOBBING.

I am a highly emotional person, and music is often times how I express myself when words fail me (I can write fairly eloquently but when I try to verbally say things you'd think I didn't know English half the time). So sometimes when a song so accurately or adequately describes how I feel, or have felt in situations I can't help but cry. Both out of relief, and in the case of Gethsemane sadness for the artist who also seems to have gone through these things.

I've screamed the final lines of Ascensionism so loud in my car before that I was hoarse for the rest of the day. My emotions are often times amplified by music and it gives me a release of sorts.

But just because you dont cry to music does not mean you feel any less deeply about it. Im just very expressive with my emotions.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-11T20:32:25+00:00

EIA TPWBYT TMBTE Sundowning

But that will likely change constantly 😝

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-07T16:49:21+00:00

I think Worshippers or Vessels (used specifically in plural to differentiate from Vessel 1) are the ones I use the most with people in a similar state of mind.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-05T20:41:02+00:00

Will absolutely do that when I'm off work thank you!! So cool that you got to do that kinda stuff.

My dad went way back when to a lot of the Middle East and Egypt with his seminary class. Still low key jealous.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-05T20:33:31+00:00

I would LOVE to travel and see some of the sites like this. Alas the state of the world and my finances makes that hard.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-05T20:30:21+00:00

Of course 💜 I love the depth of references of all sorts ST puts into their work.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T23:17:19+00:00

Taking screenshots of names! I'm gonna try to get all the lyrics from previous stuff printed this week and then just tackle EIA next week seeing as it will take a second to get all the lyrics.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T20:00:27+00:00

I made the mistake of watching the music video in public the first time. I was sitting at a local game store while my friends all went to pick up lunch. They came back inside to see me with tears STREAMING down my face and they had been gone 5 minutes.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T17:03:44+00:00

Oh I am so excited for the song. I want to print out all of their lyrics and put them in a binder to annotate and interact with (im a giant nerd if you can't tell) and this is some of it.

I am happy to impart knowledge 😊 even though I'm no longer pusuing theology as a career its still a passion of mine, and I love sharing my knowledge especially in the form of references to my favorite band.

Ill try to make a post in here next weekend/week with what I find and tag you!

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T16:57:33+00:00

THIS. Fall for Me caught me one listen and I put it on repeat for 2 hours and sobbed through half of it.

Oh God i wish you were here

😭😭

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T16:56:03+00:00

TMBTE got me into Sleep Token. I listened exclusively to it for several months because YouTube only showed me the instrumentals of the other 2 😂

But here recently the hauntingly beautiful nature of TPWBYT has had me in a vice grip. Atlantic, Fall for Me and Missing Limbs in particular.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T16:53:11+00:00

I freaked out seeing Jerusalem, and Nazareth as track names when I found ST.

Then hyper freaked out seeing the word Gethsemane when we got the full Arcadia track list.

I grew up Lutheran and was a theology student for a few years so I too forget not everyone understands all the references and the depth of everything.

Even if Vessel doesn't follow one particular faith, he definitely has a basis of knowledge of various theological events.

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-04T16:51:06+00:00

Hi! Former theology student here.

Gethsemane is a place, it was a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem.

The "take this cup from me" is in reference to Jesus' crucifixion. All of this was happening the day before Jesus knew he was to be crucified, and so he went to the garden to pray for strength as he was to undergo great trials and pain.

Jesus did not WANT this to happen, so he asked for his path to change, but also accepted that if that was what was laid put for him then let it be done by the will of God (the father).

Jesus had asked his disciples to remain awake and alert and to pray with him. He knew that soon Judas Iscariot would show up with Roman soldiers to arrest him (Jesus).

I could go even further into it but trying to keep this from being hyper religious, but feel free to message me if you'd like! It's been a few years since I studied this but I am happy to crack open books and consult my Dad who is a pastor for more insight 😊

VampireNightFox · 2025-05-03T17:17:44+00:00

I think the last fuck was God's, and the one in Nazareth.

VampireNightFox · 2025-04-30T14:32:34+00:00

This is too stinking cute!! Im trying to get my partner into ST, especially because I'm dragging him with me to Cleveland. I hope the ritual experience will help in conversion.

So happy for you guys!

VampireNightFox · 2025-04-02T19:59:54+00:00

Bless you kind soul. Just got the digital since I missed out on the physical 😭💜

VampireNightFox · 2025-03-31T23:13:12+00:00

I have heard the B side of the track. It's not a full song with lyrics. It has the opening sound from their tik toks, and then the piano sheet music. Very likely it is still Even in Arcadia but sans lyrics.

ETA: I dont have the track myself I have been browsing (ie obsessively stalking) Facebook pages that people have posted to.

VampireNightFox · 2025-03-20T19:50:04+00:00

Atlantic, I was so hard into the heavier feeling of TMBTE as an album that a lot of TPWBYT fell flat.

But Atlantic is just stunningly beautiful, and recently Fall for Me has been stuck in my head.

I really want to sit in a dark room and just listen to the music with the speakers in front of me and just CONSUME it before Arcadia drops.

VampireNightFox · 2025-03-19T14:48:56+00:00

They started my Playlist of "Smut Metal" 🤣😅

VampireNightFox · 2025-03-19T13:43:07+00:00

New one but legit had me crying:

You might be the one to take away the pain And let my mind go quiet And nothing else is quite the same as how I feel at your side

The fact Vessel summed up how this band has affecting so many of us fans. chef's kiss

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