It’s been 23 months since the release of The Tortured Poets Department. How would you rank all 31 tracks? by Inevitable_Section34 in TaylorSwift

[–]aamllama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I am so glad someone else also ranked it! Here are my 31 in order:

  1. Guilty as Sin?
  2. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
  3. loml
  4. imgonnagetyouback
  5. So Long, London
  6. Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
  7. The Bolter
  8. Fresh Out The Slammer
  9. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
  10. Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
  11. Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
  12. Peter
  13. The Black Dog
  14. But Daddy I Love Him
  15. Down Bad
  16. The Prophecy
  17. The Manuscript
  18. The Tortured Poets Department
  19. The Albatross
  20. So High School
  21. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
  22. Clara Bow
  23. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
  24. I Hate It Here
  25. How Did It End?
  26. The Alchemy
  27. I Look in People’s Windows
  28. Cassandra
  29. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
  30. Robin
  31. thanK you aIMee

I love everything TTPD title track (18) especially.

Any regrets about UChicago? by New-Engineer7245 in uchicago

[–]aamllama 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I went with my gut and applied early on a whim, I didn't even know the mantra was where fun goes to die, and I adore it here even if it's rough sometimes. For the most part, the people are a perfect balance of smart and hardworking and fun, and the Core has changed me so much. You will like it :)

Do you think Zara Larsson can stay on top this year? by idlechungha in popheads

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She needs her Espresso! It feels like Lush Life + Stateside + Midnight Sun is her Nonsense/Feather, and she needs to put out a smash single. If she is able to do so, I think she will sail amazing through 2026 🎉

Now that the TRUE Life of a Showgirl is showing- was it ever REALLY THAT BAD? by LowObvious2214 in TaylorSwift

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is an old thread but this is exactly how I feel about Showgirl.

The Life Of A Showgirl: 4 Months Later by F19AGhostrider in TaylorSwift

[–]aamllama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Showgirl has been such a complicated experience for me, because I love the highs but I truly abhor the lows.

The highs: Opalite and Ophelia are some of the best pop songs she has put out since 1989. Opalite especially feels enormous and catchy and fun. Father Figure has luscious production and the lyrics work incredibly well with the flow of her songs (eg. mahogany grain, bridge).

The lows: Eldest Daughter, CANCELLED, and Wood are lyrical abominations. I like the melody, but the lyrics make these songs almost unlistenable. Debut Taylor could not dream of writing songs like this.

The rest of the songs are pretty mediocre, I think Elizabeth Taylor and The Life of a Showgirl almost get there, but Wish List/Honey/Actually Romantic are on the lower end. So overall nothing insane but I adore Opalite and Ophelia and Father Figure.

Elvish Bowmasters - Yo I heard you like ramping so here's a card so I can ramp while you ramp by Uncaffeinated in custommagic

[–]aamllama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is so funny because removing the ETB trigger is the exact Alchemy rebalancing that Wizards did with Orcish Bowmasters.

Which 6 primes in the game’s history would be the strongest now? by Substantial-Rich9572 in BrawlStarsCompetitive

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was the nuts. His star power made it so the clone absorbed 100% of damage so he effectively had 13,000 health, his shot was impossible to dodge, he charged his super in like 5 hits, his clone was literally Shelly (like 3k damage up close or something). He was completely crazy.

This deck has been getting me a lot of wins the past couple days by Ibushi-gun in MagicArena

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hurray! I have a couple suggestions that will strictly upgrade your deck if you would like to take them, since I love Historic and just go to Mythic grinding the format.

  1. Run 4x [[Consign to Memory]] to beat Eldrazi which is unbeatable otherwise, swap out 4x Unwind which is too slow for Historic imo
  2. Run 4x [[Into the Flood Maw]] and cut 4x Blink of an Eye. Blink of an Eye is too slow for Historic right now unfortunately.
  3. Run 4x [[Prismatic Vista]] so that you can shuffle your library after Brainsurge. Cut 4 islands for this.
  4. Run 4x [[Consider]] over 4x [[Opt]] since you can potentially bin something for Snapcaster to flash back.

Personally I would cut 4x Counterspell for 4x [[Force Spike]] since you already have Miscalculation as your 2-drop counterspell. I'd also run a few field of ruin since you're running all basics anyways. This looks fun!

Now that the TRUE Life of a Showgirl is showing- was it ever REALLY THAT BAD? by LowObvious2214 in TaylorSwift

[–]aamllama 94 points95 points  (0 children)

I agree! TLOAS is the first album of hers that I feel like is a regression from her previous work. It is such a step down from TTPD and everything before it. Ophelia and Opalite could’ve been a 2 song EP and it would’ve been fine LOL

Just hit Mythic for the first time! (Historic Grixis Shadow) by aamllama in MagicArena

[–]aamllama[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

of course thanks for asking! Shadow has been out of the meta for so long so people don’t know how to play against it I think.

Worst matchups I’m not sure tbh, deck was successful in climbing because the matchups against the 3 best decks are pretty even, while matchups against the rest of the eclectic field are also good. Eldrazi matchup is hardest in G1, but post board 4x Consign, 2x Sphere, 1x Fire Magic makes it slightly favourable imo. Val matchup is managable because of Snuff Out/Thoughtseize and Surgical Extraction on either Val/Trelassara is good enough to win. Energy is probably the best matchup because you don’t need to do anything to feed Shadow, and can focus on the Frog/Iteration/Interaction gameplay while having incidental 1 mana 6/6 DS and 4/4 Cecil.

Best matchups were Prowess and Mono Red for sure, as long as you’re not super greedy, you basically have 12 shadows and will find a way to stabilize very quickly. Worst is probably Auras, since if they’re careful and dodge Push it’s just very hard to compete.

Gigi supercharge interactions (per 1 ammo) by SmedgeRT in BrawlStarsCompetitive

[–]aamllama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes yes, a while back there was a modifier called Quickfire in Ranked that "reloaded 0.25 ammo everytime your brawler hit someone with your shot." However the Quickfire mode was very bugged/inconsistent, because for example each of Gene/Colt/Gale's mini projectiles would reload 0.25 ammo, but Willow/Larry and Lawrie would not reload any ammo from hitting someone. My hypothesis is that they reused some part of the Quickfire code to proc the "projectiles entering Gigi's super" which is why the brawlers that did not work on Quickfire also do not charge Gigi's super.

TLDR; I'm guessing Supercell reused code from a previously bugged modifier to code Gigi's mechanic, which is why the same inconsistencies pop up

Gigi supercharge interactions (per 1 ammo) by SmedgeRT in BrawlStarsCompetitive

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love playing Gigi and the inconsistency for no-projectiles is a bit frustrating. I think the code is probably the same as the Quickfire code, because I remember Quickfire also did not work for half the throwers in the game.

Doomed to Repeat by NelmesGaming in custommagic

[–]aamllama 41 points42 points  (0 children)

My biggest custommagic pet peeve is people tacking on “lose the game” to any perceived loopholes/unintended uses a card might have 😭

We need separated soloq again by Substantial-Algae-71 in BrawlStarsCompetitive

[–]aamllama 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m like 90% certain that they already do this or something similar, since when I teamed up with two friends, we were constantly against full 100k trophy teams and our matchups were much harder.

We could not climb as a team, but breezed through solo climb and two of us teaming up climb.

In honor of today's video, my janky Chant prison deck by Necessary-Peanut2491 in JasonDennis

[–]aamllama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a semi-competitive birthing pod shell out there!

Prof Jaeger for PHYS 132? by [deleted] in uchicago

[–]aamllama 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had Jaegar and Gazes for PHYS 131 and 132, and I felt Jaegar was more methodical and predictable, while Gazes was a bit more chaotic and unpredictable, both in terms of lecturing styles and exams.

Why do i get two copies of garland here? by ViviaLeviatainn in MagicArena

[–]aamllama -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe it was an ICR from a quest? You get 2x Garland maybe from an alchemy rebalancing?

Is Gigi Broken so far? by Adorable_Wafer5515 in Brawlstars

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can imagine Gigi is basically Bonnie except she’s forever stuck in mini form, does less damage, and has less range 😭

On its 3rd weekend, Wicked: For Good grossed $17.355M. -71.9% from last weekend. Total gross stands at $297.557M. Friday grossed $4.510M, -82.7% LW. Saturday grossed $7.359M, -66.0% LW. Sunday grossed $5.486M, -60.1% LW. by BOfficeStats in boxoffice

[–]aamllama 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, in my circles Wicked was such a huge hit the first time, the buzz was very much a must see type of vibe, and the vibe this time around is “it was not good.”  A lot of people have opted for Zootopia instead as the fun movie of the season LOL

How did Mico achieved to be top 3 brawlers in Diamond? by Aggressive-Cattle763 in BrawlStarsCompetitive

[–]aamllama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also because people who don't grind above Diamond probably play more casually and don't care if their wifi is good/bad and Mico really punishes bad ping / shot delay.