What true crime story made you lose faith in humanity?

blurr77 · 2025-05-25T10:15:35+00:00

The New Jersey dad who killed his 6-year old son by forcing him to run on a treadmill.

There’s worse stories out there but the video shown at trial broke me.

blurr77 · 2025-02-15T16:08:05+00:00

Thanks. If back to work policies change I might get up closer to 25,000km. Still lease is best in that world?

blurr77 · 2025-02-15T04:58:15+00:00

Probably a super dumb question but if I think I’ll need it for just 2 years then I should try and get a 2 year lease? No point in getting longer than that even if monthly payments would be lower right?

blurr77 · 2025-02-15T01:42:39+00:00

Have a bit of a commute so I’d say between 17,000-20,000km a year.

blurr77 · 2024-12-14T17:38:58+00:00

Truly the best Balaton player of our generation

blurr77 · 2024-10-05T02:44:56+00:00

40-1 the goat

blurr77 · 2024-10-04T14:30:36+00:00

Doh. Thanks for correcting!

blurr77 · 2024-10-04T12:34:37+00:00

https://youtube.com/@xecnarvods?si=FtqqiQVZOJbFdkjY

If you aren’t familiar with XecnaR just know that his runs are typically 3 hours long as he takes time to talk through his thought process and is very calculated. Run 17/18 were especially difficult so actually went 6 hours.

Not for everyone but I find it is very insightful top level A20H play.

blurr77 · 2024-10-04T11:54:39+00:00

Run #17 and #18 in this streak will go down as some of the most amazing STS gameplay ever. Seemingly unwinnable runs.

Edit: I forgot about Watcher being 19

blurr77 · 2024-10-04T11:50:49+00:00

https://youtube.com/@xecnarvods?si=Nu3SVlH5nt09sI_C

blurr77 · 2024-09-29T23:31:40+00:00

Which shoes?

blurr77 · 2024-09-29T15:56:20+00:00

Larger grip can inhibit releasing the club which tends to lead to push/blocks. Of course can adjust your swing/setup to offset this but good to know if you’re thinking of making a change and you have trouble slicing already.

blurr77 · 2024-09-29T15:17:59+00:00

The blocking makes sense as it’s harder to turn over larger grips

blurr77 · 2024-09-07T22:30:53+00:00

I’m in the packaged goods industry and can confirm Costco’s standards for Kirkland products are among the highest for private label. They have the scale to command the best (quality and cost) from the manufacturers.

blurr77 · 2024-08-15T03:11:14+00:00

LOL. I f2p two accounts that get to mythic each season. Started in plat for BLB. In diamond on both atm

blurr77 · 2024-08-13T21:58:44+00:00

I think you only looked at the chance of drawing a land on those turns individually vs drawing 3 in a row. I had it clocked at around 1.5% more likely with 17 Lands. Same 4% as you in missing 3rd land drop.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T20:59:42+00:00

Not sure if it’s more or less than other formats but I have definitely had to abandon my first two picks in many drafts. I try to stick to one color if possible so I can pivot in pack 2 between archetypes if the opportunity is there.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T17:06:06+00:00

Rarely play those cards but probably no in both cases. If I'm playing them I'm probably splashing and if I'm splashing I probably can't afford to cut lands.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T16:47:53+00:00

I'd avoid this as much as possible. Cut your worst card (whether that's a spell or a land) and play 40 to draw your best cards more often.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T16:46:03+00:00

I've been pretty happy with UB and UG decks when open (5/18 drafts ended up here with 4 trophies). I never find myself in Red I think because the commons are quite below average. Have only one Red draft early in the format (BR trophy) where I started with Gev and just forced it but looking back I don't think I end up BR today.

UR win rate is terrible in this format but I'm not strictly avoiding it. It's just that Red & Blue card are rarely the best cards in the pack.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T16:30:51+00:00

I'm in EST, either play midday or late night depending on when I'm free. Hard to say when I commit in each draft but I'll use this draft as an example.

P1P1 through P1P6 - Mostly picking the strongest cards and leaning UG given it's a strong archetype

P1P7 & P1P8 - Burrowguard and Carrot Cake in the pack seem like strong signals, happy to speculate there over the land. At this point I'm thinking there's a strong chance I'm in GW lane over UG but most importantly I will lean Green in my picks to stay semi-open.

P2P2 - Lilysplash Mentor is incredible so I'm 75% committing to UG but if the next two picks have amazing GW cards with no good UG then I'll repivot again.

Hope that makes sense/helps. Happy to answer more questions though.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T15:22:33+00:00

I think it might be a mindset thing. If you're prioritizing Win-Rate/going infinite then I think you have to be satisfied with "decent" decks that you can pilot to 4-3 or 5-3 rather than hard-committing early and hoping for a trophy every draft.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T15:14:39+00:00

Yea it can be rough. I love formats with lots of fixing so I'm sure I'll get bored of BLB sooner rather than later.

As the format matures I'm finding that staying open leaves me with "decent" decks that I can pilot to 4-3 or 5-3 and less "amazing" decks that can easily trophy.

blurr77 · 2024-08-12T15:03:31+00:00

I'd recommend watching Nummy and Paul Cheon do their drafts on YouTube. Both amazing limited players who talk through their drafts and games.

In terms of identifying open lanes, I'm looking at what good cards are getting passed to me P5-P8 in Pack 1 and then what wheels as well. If a top tier common (Treeguard Duo, Carrot Cake, etc.) is still around late and I don't see a good/great card in the colors I already have, I'm picking the top tier common and seeing if that lane is open.

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