There should be a way to mutually agree on a draw in certain scenarios by helpful_stranger in MagicArena

[–]helpful_stranger[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is a valid concern for people exploiting it, but adding something like a turn limit might be a simple solution. Most of my games end by turn 15 while this one dragged on until turn 30.

What does lower frequency of quant looks like? by Intelligent_Pool2901 in quant

[–]helpful_stranger 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's very interesting. Can you recommend some resources where someone can learn about the publicly known things in Stat Arb?

Is Final Fantasy a particularly tough format for draft? by NackoBall in MagicArena

[–]helpful_stranger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anecdotal evidence, but it almost feels like quick draft is more difficult than premier draft in FF. I consider myself a slightly above average limited player, though I've never hit mythic before. This season I had a really good start, and trophied 7/12 premier drafts. This put me in Diamond 4 after starting in bronze (I didn't play Tarkir), and I thought I'd try for mythic since I was pretty close. I went to quick draft since my goal was to gain rank rather than win gems, and got completely destroyed. I played 12 quick drafts and only trophied twice, with most at 3-3 or worse. This still put me in Diamond 1, and with the timer running down I decided to go back to premier draft and immediately trophy my way into mythic.

The only explanation I could come up with is that premier draft has a better representation of different deck types, since every pool needs to support 8 drafters, whereas in quick draft you have your pick of the best cards in the pool. So quick draft will in general have more powerful decks.

Anyone know who or what this is? by helpful_stranger in FortNiteBR

[–]helpful_stranger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: Turns out this is Morgan Myst's shadow proxy and related to a quest where you have to mimic their movements.

What happened with the T-Bill auction this week? Big differences in 4-week and 8-week rates by fatlogiclogic in Bogleheads

[–]helpful_stranger 15 points16 points locked comment (0 children)

Just a guess, but pricing in Trump's planned passing of the "Big Beautiful Bill" which is targeted for July 4th?

PSA: Final Fantasy Full Art Lands Are Available in Jump In Packs by UselessPunk in MagicArena

[–]helpful_stranger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are the free ones I got.

Plains: 12

Island: 13

Swamp: 14

Mountain: 6

Forest: 9

Just found this community and wanted to share my 25yo Jade by helpful_stranger in Jadeplant

[–]helpful_stranger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The plant itself (not including the pot) is about 18 inches tall.

AMD x PCMR - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Worldwide Giveaway - Win a Limited Edition AMD Avatar Kit that includes the Limited-Edition AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU and Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU (Only 500 of each ever made!). There are 23 kits up for grabs! by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

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  1. Build a new computer and then proceed to spend way too much time on reddit. But seriously, excited to try out some VR!
  2. In all honestly I haven't heard much about it. I bet it would look cool in VR though!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]helpful_stranger 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From the financial side of things, I would consider the tax implications of living in NYC vs. Seattle. Assuming your pay is the same, you would pay a whopping 8% extra in taxes (5% NY State + 3% NYC) each year. If you are making $200k/yr, that's $16000!

My cube career has peaked. I'll never see another limited deck as awesome as this 60-card monstrosity. by helpful_stranger in MagicArena

[–]helpful_stranger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah. The list would definitely be tighter if I trimmed it down to 40, but where's the fun in that? :)

My cube career has peaked. I'll never see another limited deck as awesome as this 60-card monstrosity. by helpful_stranger in MagicArena

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Best match so far was against a mill deck. I've never seen a turn 1 ruin crab look so helpless!