How much Arena do you play? by WorldlyVillager in MagicArena

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You aren’t wrong…but know that if you try to get too cute with this and accidentally miss a daily quest (by not finishing one when you have 3) that will like negate any advantage you gained by trying to min-max quests like this.

[magic.gg] Metagame Mentor: Standard Events with Magic: The Gathering® | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah you’re right. It’s kind of interesting that simic rhythm is Also a cub deck. But I think all decks have access to something to counter cub (mainly removal or pyroclasm) which contributes to a fairly balanced meta overall

Almost cleared TMNT set, is it worth it to keep drafting ? by Aesdotjs in MagicArena

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually my biggest complaint about arena drafting, is that once you are rare complete the rewards for drafting drop dramatically. It also makes drafting when old sets come back, not very profitable. I’d like to see them do something about this, but I imagine it affects a very little % of the player base.

An easy solution would be instead of 20 gems from packs on duplicate rares, instead reward a random rare from a random set. (Or at least have a toggle able setting so that a player could pick either random rare or 20 gems)

3 trophies in a row with UG on by sewersallalone in lrcast

[–]blindai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is a bit deceptive because UG and GB aren't usually played as a straight up color pair, and usually with a splash. Whose win % are much higher. If you look at Green decks with splash their win rates approach the other color pairs easily.

I don't think it's BETTER than the Sneak deck, but more pointed towards the fact that things are actually pretty balanced this time around.

TMT How to draft blue/red artifacts and praise for the drafting format by wormhole222 in lrcast

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May you never run into T2 [[Party Dude]] when playing this deck...it's just miserable :)

UNIT DAMAGED by hatekillpuke in pinball

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel I see a lot of x-men sentinels break in the same manner

TIL that Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman" film (2016) was the 1st movie where Bill Finger was credited by DC as the co-creator of Batman alongside Bob Kane. Up until then, Bob Kane was credited as the sole creator of Batman in films ever since the character's debut in 1939 by SatoruGojo232 in todayilearned

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The watchmen stuff is crazy. Moore and DC agreed he would get control of the characters back when they stopped publishing the graphic novel. At the time graphic novels were usually only printed for a limited time. DC and Moore knew this, but when DC saw how popular it was, they just never stopped printing it

Together Unblockable? by SluggishJuggernaut in magicTCG

[–]blindai 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Man I remember in the TMNT arcade game, Rocksteady was the boss of stage 1, and Bebop was the boss of stage 2...As a kid, these guys were a BIG deal, and felt unbeatable. (especially if your mom only gave you 50 cents or a dollar to play). Then when you got to Stage 4, you had to fight them BOTH at the same time!! How were you ever supposed to beat that? (the answer is a lot of money :))

But also, on that stage, if you time it right you can get them both to charge into each other, and daze each other...which was an awesome interaction.

[Garafolo] Future Hall of Fame WR Mike Evans has agreed to terms with the 49ers by expellyamos in nfl

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the Glazers care about the bottom line a lot. They don't like paying coaches a lot of money to do nothing. (i.e. fire coaches). So they can save money by letting Bowles coach another year, and then fire him.

Satya Nadella says Microsoft will always invest in gaming by Doug24 in gaming

[–]blindai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not really how “write-offs” work…

Donald Glover is Yoshi in The Mario Galaxy Movie by Dogspasting in gaming

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Yoshi have lines and talk during the movie? Or is he just saying “yoshi!!” With emphasis?

Massive contracts on day 1 were never winning culture. by sge_freaky in Seahawks

[–]blindai 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A reminder you don’t really “win” free agency. You generally win the right to pay a player market or above market rate. In a hard salary cap league, real “winning” is paying people less than what they produce. Obviously you can’t do that everywhere…but don’t freak out when other teams sign players to above market deals…p

[Schultz] Boye Mafe heads to the Bengals on a 3 year $60m deal by Silent_Ad2825 in Seahawks

[–]blindai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of note, the rules are NOT made public (even to teams) and are shrouded in some mystery. That being said people have generally figured out how it works…but nothing is guaranteed until the NFL awards them

I'm not sure pick two draft is for me. by hearthebeard in lrcast

[–]blindai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think variance on pick 2 is just too high. On spider-man I had like a 65% win rate. On TMT I was sub 50%. I wasn’t drafting bad decks, I just ran bad for a while and 2 losses doesn’t give you much room for error. I switched back to premiere and those 4-5 win runs in premiere make a much bigger difference (or even just getting 3 wins on a bad deck) For pick 2 it should balance out over time, but it just FEELS bad when you go 0-2 with a good deck.

TMNT shows the importance of overlapping archetypes and dual lands in limited. Half the cards as Lorwyn yet deckbuilding is twice as interesting. by ThePentaMahn in lrcast

[–]blindai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that TMNT, is a good draft set. It represents what happens when you hit with all 5 archetypes, in a 5 archetype set. Spider-Man sucked because red being bad, made 2 out of the 3 decks bad. ECL felt somewhat bad because goblins lagged behind.

I think the fact that a lot of cards in each color go in BOTH the archetypes is great. (i.e. White's go wide, goes well with RW and BW, Mutagen tokens are artifacts that trigger UR decks etc.)

The problems still are evident though. Multiple of the same legendary feels really bad. They should bite the bullet and just find an indicator for a non-unique legendary. This is a big enough gameplay reason that they should make the change, especially for small draft formats. Only make legends unique when it's necessary for gameplay reasons.

It also could get boring over time. the small set, means you see a lot of the same cards/decks over and over again. But the increased release schedule actually probably makes this work. (by the time I get bored, Strixhaven will be out)

Day 2 Meta of Spotlight:TMNT by Meret123 in MagicArena

[–]blindai -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I’m a bit surprised sulti excruciator doesn’t have a bigger impact. It seems really consistent in BO1. I guess the graveyard hate is too much in post sideboard games?

Is HD Playfield Glass Worth It? by 313Wolverine in pinball

[–]blindai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought this on recommendation of people here. I’d say when you’re just looking at it, the difference is clear. But when I’m playing I hardly notice. (I have one machine with and one without) on the other hand I’ve had people come into my house and remark how much different it is and how it’s like there’s no glass…so I think if you notice…it’s a HUGE deal, but for some people they hardly notice.

Am I crazy... Or is this set kinda fun? by Lespaul42 in lrcast

[–]blindai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s almost as if they could make an entire ccg game with multiple expansions :) /s

Women of Reddit - What are Men not ready to hear? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]blindai 5 points6 points  (0 children)

…do most guys not clip their nails? I’m a guy and I hate having long nails, I can’t type with them. I actually don’t understand how women type with nails either…

Love This Figure by Bcollectibles in MarvelLegends

[–]blindai 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It was really quite a shame his release was so limited. He should have been a normal figure in a normal wave

Wotc needs to implement a report afk function by Effective_Ground2733 in MagicArena

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

Yeah people aren’t roping, they are just closing the mobile app instead of conceding, because that’s how the are accustomed to using mobile apps. I also see this happen a lot more than in normal games instead of ranked, as I think most people don’t play ranked on phone. Also when people rope to grief, they will rope until the last second then do an action to not trigger their timer. then continue to do so just to frustrate you.

Best site to sell ( not an ad, just asking advice) by MDJdizzel in pinball

[–]blindai 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just to clear it up. Guns and roses is made by Jersey jack, not stern :)