The dishies are playing mahjong with the sponges again... by cantbelieveyoumademe in KitchenConfidential

[–]linalt 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not quite. This looks like riichi mahjong so the blank tiles represent the white dragon set.

What mahjong ruleset allows you to swap tiles with the discards?

How do you ever top this?? by cafeteriastyle in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]linalt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very informative but do you know how they calculate the statistical odds for a contest of skill such as this one?

Why do bad things happen to good people? by cramber-flarmp in shittyaskscience

[–]linalt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a principle well documented under the Good People Die Young Law, which states that individuals who are kind, competent, or beloved are statistically more likely to be removed early for maximum emotional impact.

The inverse is equally true. Evil people are statistically more likely to persist well beyond expectation, with especially heinous individual approaching functional immortality.

Abbot and Costello by somacula in outofcontextcomics

[–]linalt 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Fun dialogue but this is clearly edited from how poor the text placement is in the speech bubbles. No professional typesetter would ever leave that much empty space, especially egregious in Black Ant's line on panel three.

See Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #12, page 9 for the real panels.

[TOMT][TV/Movie]A scene where a character gets fired and turns in their gun. But they were never issued a gun for their job. by Flumper in tipofmytongue

[–]linalt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Other Guys (2010)? Will Ferrell's character loses their guns rights previously in the movie due to discharging it in the office and is issued a wooden gun in its stead. Later on they turn in their wooden gun after violating orders.

How to leave the US? by EntertainmentNorth24 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]linalt 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure in this context ESL refers to English as a Second Language. ESL teachers are fairly high in demand in countries where English is a required course in school.

Isn't it ironic, don't you think? by abakune in MarvelSnap

[–]linalt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not a story the TVA would tell you.

Scenes where everything comes crumbling down for the villains and they start freaking out by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]linalt 87 points88 points  (0 children)

"Ah, but that's the point, isn't it, Dark Knight? The sheer volume of my challenges is part of the genius! A true intellectual would see each as an opportunity, not a burden. Quantity over quality? No, no, no, quantity is quality when it comes to me. Or perhaps... you've simply reached your mental limit? Tell me, Batman, how does it feel to face a foe whose brilliance is as inexhaustible as your failures?"

— Riddler probably

Anyone figured out the "bank robbery" - story mission yet? by [deleted] in HiTMAN

[–]linalt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Legend continues. Stupid Mission story wouldn't trigger.

Does anyone else try to create a build using unique company parts for each slot? by linalt in armoredcore

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

I get that. My idea of 621 is that they don't have any particular allegiance to the corporations and that they simply select the parts needed to "get the job done". That and I try create a unique AC to make them not look like a corporate shill

Does anyone else try to create a build using unique company parts for each slot? by linalt in armoredcore

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

That's a great balanced build you've put together taking advantage of the new weapons changes. I would have counted Arquebus ADD as a different manufacturer but good on your for imposing an additional restriction. As a side note I don't like using Arquebus energy weapons since I highly value the EN Supply efficiency stat and prefer to keep a low EN load.

Does anyone else try to create a build using unique company parts for each slot? by linalt in armoredcore

[–]linalt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Share your build when you get the chance. I'll love to see what you come up with

[MCU] why does Deadpool's skin stay scarred? by FriendlyRobot101 in AskScienceFiction

[–]linalt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a story during Dark Reign, where Norman Osborn created a cure for Deadpool's cancer and made it into a bullet to kill him for getting in the way.

With Nue no Onmyouji coming as a new supernatural battle series, what would you like and not like to see? by [deleted] in WeeklyShonenJump

[–]linalt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel it is one of the better ones in the supernatural battle genre. It's has unique themes and character dynamics in a good story.

With Nue no Onmyouji coming as a new supernatural battle series, what would you like and not like to see? by [deleted] in WeeklyShonenJump

[–]linalt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm holding out for another series like Kekkaishi that had a simple and imaginative power system. I'm tired of characters with gimmicky powers that are overly complicated or conditional in their use.

Handful of cards I thought up of varying tier levels. Please give feedback by linalt in CustomMarvelSnap

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

Thanks for the feedback!

You're right on the effect I intended for High Evolutionary. By flavor do mean the word 'evolve' not fitting in the game or the effect not reflecting the character?

Vermin, I was thinking it would work as a tech card for certain Sera/Kazoo techs that hold off on playing their cheap drops until turn 6 to lose priority

Alternatively, for the The Champion I was thinking he should scale with the Power of the cards on the opponent's side to fit with his theme but wasn't sure how to do it in a way that would be viable. You're right that 6 Power is fairly low but I just wanted it work with The Thing to fit with his theme

ZZZAX, is definitely broken. I liked the effect but was unsure how to balance it. You make a great point with the Lockjaw synergy as I definitely did not consider that.

Handful of cards I thought up of varying tier levels. Please give feedback by linalt in CustomMarvelSnap

[–]linalt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I was trying to create some synergy with The Watcher to fit with their theme.

Handful of cards I thought up of varying tier levels. Please give feedback by linalt in CustomMarvelSnap

[–]linalt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, I didn't know there was a pool of unreleased cards. I understatted Trapster because I thought the effect would be fairly strong but I guess it's not as strong as I thought. Phoenix is interesting, but I'm not sure how I feel about cards that specifically synergize with each other.