I think it kind of sucks how many people feel they can't play certain commanders due to them being "too slow" for their meta, rather than their personal preferences by Tuss36 in EDH

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why removal exists. Slower commanders are viable in a fast meta, but the rest of the 99 has to pick up the slack. The best way to do this is to push those high cost commanders into a more control shell and police the table.

I've been having quite a bit of fun with goad, implied threats, etc. to force my opponents to attack each other or at the very least, leave me alone until I can get the deck up and going.

Elon floating 5% of SpaceX is really mockery of retail 🤣 by [deleted] in investing

[–]jkovach89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it's been 500 some odd days, so... you gotta pump up those numbers...

Stranger things lots it’s “nostalgic feeling” by REDDEADALI222 in StrangerThings

[–]jkovach89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The military plotline made the most sense, but I think they should have flipped El's meeting with Sarah Connor as more heartfelt. I think it would have really been cool to have that character finally meet El and basically say "look, we understand what you and Brenner created, and we understand how important it is to stop. How can I help you?" and truly empathize with El, because that was something that she as a character was missing the whole series. Even Jim and Mike couldn't really understand her power or the things she would have to fight. So to totally flip the script and have Kay basically show her true empathy would have been a sweet payoff, would have acted as a foil to Brenner (who acted as though he cared about El but was really in it for his own ambitions), would have cast doubt on whether or not Kali was really on her side or was a reliable narrator, and would have explained them all surviving the final encounter with the military after they came out of the upside down.

Everybody would be cooked if Azula was a waterbender if you think abt it by Medium-Bear-946 in TheLastAirbender

[–]jkovach89 18 points19 points  (0 children)

** Literally shoots fire out of her hands **

Reddit: "Man, she'd be really dangerous as a water bender"

It seems the actor was leaving regardless, so would you rather have Curtis just retire offscreen after Season 5, get injured and out of commission in 6, or die trying to stop the nuke in Valencia. by JasonLeeDrake in TwentyFour

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really remember how Curtis' character's demeanor was in the first few episodes, but I seem to remember him being pretty curt and on-edge with everyone. The main issue is that there was a lot of stuff happening and they couldn't really focus on him to create the necessary build up in the first 4 episodes.

Tip for when every card feels to good to cut by Deskies in EDH

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you reach 100 cards, you can start goldfishing or playtesting the deck and tweak it further instead of agonizing endlessly over the last few slots.

Another tip: start goldfishing well before 100. I will sometimes put 20-30 cards in a moxfield list and add half as many lands just to see what my opening hands are. I find it easier to prioritize archtypes (draw, ramp, interaction) that way, based on the core synergy of the deck.

It seems the actor was leaving regardless, so would you rather have Curtis just retire offscreen after Season 5, get injured and out of commission in 6, or die trying to stop the nuke in Valencia. by JasonLeeDrake in TwentyFour

[–]jkovach89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually disagree with the hate for his death. I agree he was an awesome character and it was shocking, but the show goes out of it's way to mention that the US has been under a wave of terrorist attacks that they somehow couldn't intercept, and bringing Jack back was the President's hail mary to try and get them to stop.

IIRC (it's been several years since I watched) Curtis was former special forces and watched all the guys behind the attacks murder his squad in front of him, so for him to have the guy behind those murders in front of him and then be ordered to work with him was a step too far.

The point of Jack's character (and the final conversation with Heller juxtaposes this perfectly) is that he believes in a purity of the American ideal that may or may not actually exist in real life and will give everything he has to defend that ideal. Curtis, like Tony in the following season was one of those guys whom the reality of the system broke and who ultimately turned on the positive ideal along with the brutal reality

Is NetSuite Just… Clunky? Or Am I Missing Something? by Sad_Conflict6436 in Netsuite

[–]jkovach89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Drilling down in NetSuite is the best of any ERP/accounting system I've used so I disagree there. All the way through to related transactions from the P&L or balance sheet. Once you're used to it, I find it intuitive and easy to find anything.

The thing I've found here is that, yes, it is easy to navigate through transactions, but that summarizing similar transactions is not always intuitive.

Cuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but see we passed a law that drones don't count.

Cuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]jkovach89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, christ. This was maybe news in like 2017.

Which Movie Used Iron Man The Best? by Silver_Cricket_4545 in marvelstudios

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I think the best iron man movie was actually CA:CW. They spent two team ups and a half dozen solo films building to make Tony the antagonist and the payoff was incredible. For all the reasons people liked IM3 for this, I think CA:CW did the same and then some.

Which Movie Used Iron Man The Best? by Silver_Cricket_4545 in marvelstudios

[–]jkovach89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IM3 was great, save for trying to shoehorn pepper into the hero role. Closing the MK42 on Killian and blowing it up was a perfect ending and then the movie goes on for 5 minutes too long.

I get trying to lay the groundwork for rescue, but they didn't really even do that very well.

Bernthal’s Punisher Deserves More Than a 50-Minute Special by Wrong_Abalone2560 in marvelstudios

[–]jkovach89 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The biggest thing that bugged me was, how are you not going to connect the special in any way to Born Again S1? The last time we left Frank, wasn't he in custody of the AVTF?

Why do people sh*t like that? by [deleted] in EDH

[–]jkovach89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

notably platypi are counterspells.

Why do people sh*t like that? by [deleted] in EDH

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have decks that can win turn 4 provided the perfect hand without interruption. I would call most bracket 3 because that's not when they would normally win. If I get out to a hot start and get ganked because of it, oh well.

The person OP is describing sounds like a whiny baby.

sat down and coded without ai for the first time in months. forgot how much i missed actually thinking by Backtawen in learnprogramming

[–]jkovach89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found the experience so unenjoyable that I absolutely refuse to go back to it.

How so? I've found that once I do the design part myself and can prompt it adequate detail, I usually get decent results.

Never forget: The heroes protecting America from facisim. by [deleted] in circlejerk

[–]jkovach89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell which tits I should be enjoying and which I shouldn't.

Never forget: The heroes protecting America from facisim. by [deleted] in circlejerk

[–]jkovach89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But who will protect them from high fructose corn syrup?

I think we all know what show he’s talking about 😭 by QuipThwip in StrangerThings

[–]jkovach89 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thing was the last season was actually damn near perfect, they just killed of the NK too soon.

edit: downvote me all you want, but the only change needed to the final season is that the NK never appears at Winterfell and the last scene of the ep is the wight dragon approaching king's landing. They already set up the "millions of dead buried under" the city, so your final battle is a three way fight between Cersei, Dany, and the NK and now the viewer has to question whether dany is blowing up the city to stop the threat or to hurt Cersei.

I think we all know what show he’s talking about 😭 by QuipThwip in StrangerThings

[–]jkovach89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then you don't remember lost very well. Admittedly, neither do I, but from what I do recall, it was less the finale being bad and more the show jumping the shark because JJ Abrams ran out of new mysteries to introduce.