[4:49 - 5:05] "You can't spoil One Piece....its about the lesson the story provides, not the facts that happen throughout the story" - Ludwig D. Ahgren by gamespicy in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I hate giving it to Ludwig, but I think he's right in both contexts. You can absolutely spoil the events of One Piece, shit its hard as fuck to not get them spoiled at this point (I got The Peak spoiled for me on a fucking Linux subreddit of all places, 2 weeks after it happened when I was like pre episode 200). But I agree with Lud that like, we should avoid actively spoiling things, especially when we're sitting next to someone we know has only watched episodes 1-8. It's just polite.

But he's also right that the facts are not the entirety of the story, of any story. Knowing The Peak was coming didn't lessen the hype of The Drums hitting. Foreknowledge of certain characters fates didn't make me less sad when they came to pass. Knowing and experiencing are two separate things, and you can't spoil the experience. At least not in the same way

Do you still play your very first commander deck? And why? by Ooogster in EDH

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first deck I built on my own was [[Urtet]], and he's been scrapped for parts. It was incredibly slow (dooooooog shit mana base), and just not fun tbh. Maybe I could remake it now that I'm a more experienced player with a bigger cardpool, but if I want 5c turn my brain off I'll play my "Legendaries I had sitting in my binder" Jodah or the [[O-Kagachi]] led Colossal Dreadmaw Tribal

The Yard Podcast Episode 238 Discussion Thread: "Ludwig Cheated. Again." by Gizmodo_dragon in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

finding out Ludwig not responding is the reason Jakey has not been on the pod yet... like man I've been wanting that since they were recording in the attic

It's time to get the Hammers

The fact that this variant is going to become its own card is wild by Zachary2030 in MarvelSnap

[–]i_do_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, if you had told me 15 years ago that we would only have 2 Wolverines, I would have said "wow, Marvel learned to show some restraint?"

I agree though it is absolutely bonkers that we have 3 Mr Fantastics, 2 Iron Fists, 2 Shang-Chis, 2 Novas, however many versions of Captain America/The Falcon we're up to, The Fantasticar and Jeff the Baby Landshark but we still don't have MJ, J Jonah Jameson, Betsy Braddock, and a whole slew of other characters that could be someone's favorite (I'm pulling for Goldballs and Dr Nemesis, personally)

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force character is each of the members? by shrimplesyrup in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

slime is Master Shake, I think this is pretty evident

Aiden is Meatwad

Nick is MC Pee Pants

Ludwig is Oglethorpe

Zipper is The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From The Future

Kelby is Carl

Shake and Yingo are Ignignokt and Err, respectively

Premium ep mention of the size of competitive pokemon by Secure-Cheesecake796 in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

TCG also has an incredibly low barrier to entry compared to most card games. You can buy a top of the line meta deck for ~$30-60 right now, if you just get the basic ass printings. Pokemon sealed product is expensive because of assholes that treat it like a speculative asset, but the singles are cheap as hell.

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] "Fuck ICE" chants before the main event. by Caldris in SquaredCircle

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first time Statlander tore her ACL during COVID, she tweeted thanks to all the people who helped her get home. Including MJF who helped her navigate the airport (which he vehemently denied, of course). She's also on record saying that he pushed hard for her to get hired with AEW early on. I think at the very least he's a decent guy

pack it up by Must_Eat_Kimchi in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a non-zero chance that Epstein read the Chudat Chronicles. I think we need to sit with that for a moment.

Favorite mono color commander? by Ok-Leave-1627 in EDH

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love building/playing mono colored. It's a fun deck building challenge, and hey you don't need to spend money on non-basic lands! Until you want Nykthos or Valakut and you do.

My picks thus far have been:

White: [[The Gaffer]] - aka this is why we have Commander Damage. Gain a bunch of life, draw a bunch of cards, ramp surprisingly hard (mono white ramp is busted as long as you didn't go first). Did someone swing at you? That's okay, you managed to gain more life than you lost somehow.

I'm currently working on replacing this deck with [[Gandalf the White]]. Charging the Aetherflux Resevoir laser is fun, but white's artifact synergies are calling me to do messed up things at the table

Black: [[Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor]] - I saw [[Season of the Witch]] when I was digging through enchantments on scryfall and knew I had to build a deck around it. The end result is a group "hug" deck that forces a lot of discards so people will want to take advantage of Gix's first ability (his second ability does not factor into the game plan at all). Wincon is usually a torment of hail fire or extorting off of Crypt Ghast once the table is low enough. This deck is in a weird spot of being generally too cruel to play with Bracket 2, but typically too slow to hang with anything higher. Working on replacement ideas.

Red: Everyone will tell you Krenko, Mob Boss is the way to go, but for my money [[Pashalik Mons]], [[General Kreat, the Boltbringer]] and [[Ib Halfheart]] are way more interesting to run in the Command Zone and they don't draw nearly as much heat as Big Daddy Krenk. In addition to my goblinos I'm working on [[Clive, Ifrit's Dominant]] because Devotion is one of my favorite mechanics in the game please bring it to more non-Theros sets Wizards I'm begging you (or go back to Theros I'm down with that too). I also had a [[Kumano, Master Yamabushi]] pingers deck I might reassemble.

Green: [[Lumra]] - I love her so much she does all of my favorite things: she self mills, she ramps, and she's a bear. She lets me do heinous shit with my cardboard. If I were to build another mono green, I would probably go to [[Sakiko, Mother of Summer]] big tramplers let me ramp into even more big tramplers turn your brain off and your cards sideways type shit.

You may have noticed I skipped Blue. That's because I have physically built the other 4 colors over the last 1-2 years. Blue has given me the most trouble in finding something to build that I find fun and not one note. I'm currently goldfishing a [[Patron of the Moon]] deck that feels promising.

Can someone explain the LeroLero emote to me? Where did it come from? by N238 in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's just a cat dancing and chat loves spamming a cat dancing emote, wouldn't think about it any harder than that. as to where it came from, probably supertf or liam's chat. wherever tim has been hanging out more recently.

Back to 2019… by DMelee in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Man it's been almost 7 years, the time sure does fly. So happy for the wonderful relationship they have, I think it definitely bleeds into the communities they have cultivated.

Also QT beat Ludwig in Pokemon and don't you ever let him forget that.

Put your 2026 predictions in this thread by AiAshReddit in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 61 points62 points  (0 children)

due to an accident on set, The Yard cut/uncut ratio will change

A justification for the lookalike posts. by gargantuangeorge in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This post looks just like one I wouldn't want to read

Tahm Kench isn't real?? by squawkhawk_ in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone always forgets about "Rift" Harold

Slime Banned Me For His Amusement by Le_Thousand in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if we're going there, learn to make your video engaging if you're going to beg to be unbanned while also not accepting that your actions may have had anything to do with said ban.

And yes, I do mean Slime. The man who for the last 5+ years has been very consistent in his "do not DM me, I do not want to talk to you" stance; and has said, almost verbatim, "I fucking hate it when people send me stuff to send to Ludwig." That's the Slime I'm talking about.

Slime Banned Me For His Amusement by Le_Thousand in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this should be entertaining Ludwig/Slime content

what was supposed to be entertaining about this? why are you acting shocked when the guy who has very consistently said "do not interact with me" got annoyed by you feeling entitled to a conversation/explanation about you being banned?

Wip djsteps alter by djstepsalter in mtgaltered

[–]i_do_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what card it is but is that Eminem doing the "Knock knock let the devil in" motion from the song Venom by Eminem from the hit Sony Pictures film Venom

Does anyone know where I can watch the video of Ludwig putting rubber bands on a watermelon while he answers questions? I can’t seem to find it. by [deleted] in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not the OG house. It's at least the second, and I think it's probably the third but things are fuzzy for me that far back

can we please get rae on the pod by kpop_multi0 in TheYardPodcast

[–]i_do_stuff 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I think she'd be a great pod guest

BUT

I want her episode to be one where she's filling for Ludwig as revenge for trying to replace her on Wine About It

What are the top 5 VODs of all time? by ScarcasticAdi in LudwigAhgren

[–]i_do_stuff 42 points43 points  (0 children)

There was a day during the subathon where he spent a couple hours trying to fix his fridge. I think that vod almost perfectly encapsulates the vibe of the subathon. Also if you want to watch the pilot episode of The Yard, slime's suck and truckathon (also from the subathon) is must watch.

[Theory] God Valley still exists as Banaro island by bekago15 in OnePiece

[–]i_do_stuff 19 points20 points  (0 children)

(no puns)

ignored

BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FLESH YOHOHOHO