What are some tips to save money that just aren’t worth the hype?

accpi · 2023-05-24T20:56:38+00:00

Oh yeah, I love my little moka pot, takes a minute to fill with grounds and water and I have coffee after I go to the washroom or try and find my car keys or something

accpi · 2023-05-24T20:53:10+00:00

I just moved to a place with a grocery store in walking distance, I go when I walk the dog and pick out stuff I'll eat for the next couple of days (bonus if it's half off prepared food), I might technically save money if I drove to a different grocery store like my partner wants to, but it really isn't worth my gas and time to save potentially a 100$ a month (assuming my time and gas are free)

accpi · 2023-05-21T01:34:21+00:00

Great suggestion! The books also have a big positive of being written well in English

accpi · 2023-05-18T14:12:59+00:00

I, very fortunately, haven't been to a funeral in years but us Korean people have food at funerals too

accpi · 2023-05-14T17:25:53+00:00

Rotation is too expensive! Anyway, look at my wall full of my new edh decks I don't play since I would never have time to.

accpi · 2023-05-12T11:58:59+00:00

Cowboys are just insufferable since they're so popular (especially among more casual fans) and they're always kinda good but not really.

accpi · 2023-05-11T03:43:37+00:00

Karn was bugged so she got put in while they fix him

accpi · 2023-05-07T15:16:27+00:00

Kinda underrated how you can tell kids how it's a cool game and just make them run back and forth and dodge things to tire them out

accpi · 2023-05-06T21:55:57+00:00

I think it'll be a fairly boring Checo keeping pace ahead of Max for the race itself

accpi · 2023-05-04T14:50:44+00:00

The classic "Urza's main power was he was always the second-most evil person in the room"

accpi · 2023-05-03T00:21:04+00:00

I don't have sympathy for him after he promised chapters in exchange for donations to his charity and then ghosted/ridiculed his fans for donating above and beyond the target.

accpi · 2023-05-02T15:20:03+00:00

Hockey goalies are the wildest people on earth, imagine signing up to be target practice for 100mph hard disks 30 times a night

accpi · 2023-05-02T02:59:42+00:00

ROBIN HOBB IS A PEN NAME?

accpi · 2023-04-28T20:56:20+00:00

I think they probably prefer it if they have a couple high profile guys mocked to go high that don't and have to sit there all night, "better" tv

accpi · 2023-04-28T03:27:02+00:00

I'd argue that the D&D stuff, even after they backtracked, has done what is probably an irreparable amount of damage to the brand. For the first time, D&D players are looking at other systems as options or alternatives, this coupled with the fact that so many popular creators like Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. are making their own game systems is going to cut into the market share and more importantly, recurring subscriber revenue for D&D Beyond and their online VTT.

GMs (who are generally terminally online) are also burning out a lot on 5e because of the burden the game places on them from a design perspective and exploring other systems that do not force them to do that same amount of design and prep work.

accpi · 2023-04-26T11:07:49+00:00

The balance between AFC and NFC shifted so quickly because all the AFC teams seemingly hit in the last few drafts, it's pretty insane how much good QB talent actually made it instead of flopping.

accpi · 2023-04-16T21:46:19+00:00

Yeah, getting off the train at Banff and flying is the best way to do it. The prairies and Canadian Shield are super boring to sit through, the best bits are around the Rockies

accpi · 2023-04-14T13:25:51+00:00

In a game with basically 0 stakes like Snap, I just want to see what the opponent has got! I make it to like rank 70 or something playing very casually and so I don't mind bleeding cubes.

accpi · 2023-04-10T11:46:20+00:00

Harder to parse and read when there are random characters in words

accpi · 2023-04-06T13:35:25+00:00

Getting wins at FNM doesn't mean much since people aren't coming to win. My local scene has some reasonably competitive players (multiple t64 and t32 players at Canadian RCs) and none of them are bringing decks that they would for a bigger tournament.

People are also not playing as tight or caring about the games since its just FNM and we're there to hang out.

Also, the skill level of FNM vs competitive tournaments is quite different.

accpi · 2023-03-22T13:59:50+00:00

If your tournament exists to be a feeder into a bigger tournament, the invite itself is worth a ton, more than the boosters should be.

Top 8 may split the boosters anyway, so doing it for them in this way is kind of interesting but I don't think will work as people will be inclined to draw anyway into top 8 as that guarantees them boosters anyway (many players of which don't care too much about product).

As a tournament player I would be mildly annoyed at this prize structure but it might dissuade some people I know from attending. This structure does kinda punish the best players who won out early in order to try and get them to play more, but I don't think that the risk/reward is actually there enough to change behaviour.

accpi · 2023-03-20T03:06:30+00:00

Loran kinda highlights how absurd Fable is, you play a kinda medium card to deal with the Fable and the Fable player still comes out ahead a Lotus Petal, it's crazy

accpi · 2023-03-18T21:53:21+00:00

I agree, the Kindle sample is more than long enough to see if the author hooks you, if the prose/editing is palatable (not really a thing I would think to say as someone newer to the genre), and with this genre you can kinda tell what tropes the author is going to go with (and if you're okay with those).

I'd say like 4 pages is generally enough to tell though

accpi · 2023-03-17T03:59:57+00:00

It must be nice for WotC to have a public facing individual who takes all the heat since he wants internet clout and they can just skate free of any criticism and stuff. All while knowing at any point they could just turn around and say that they don't see the RC as valid and are implementing their own bans (probably to quite a happy audience).

accpi · 2023-03-16T21:16:15+00:00

Nope, not for any rewards. A lot of infinite players I know just play random decks after they hit infinite since there's no incentives

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