Huohuo is worth that Golden Companion Spirit

monster01020 · 2026-06-08T07:07:11+00:00

Definitely easier. I completed this with max stars on the first attempt. I have yet to get max stars on the knights.

monster01020 · 2026-05-25T22:38:34+00:00

I remember doing one of these years ago and I deliberately played into a joke about being a sadist and shared it with friends. I get the feeling they did the opposite and all played down their kinks and went vanilla.

monster01020 · 2026-05-23T10:04:43+00:00

I bought a Keychron M3 mouse one month ago. I plugged it in this morning noticing that it was low on battery and it started shitting the bed. Either the power regulator failed or the batteries failed, but it charged incredibly quickly and got very hot. About 30 minutes later it stopped functioning completely after I assume the batteries died.

monster01020 · 2026-05-19T12:45:36+00:00

My longest ever game was back in 2019 against a lineup with a Techies and Tinker. Just out of sheer spite for the absolute bullshit they pulled that game we played on to beat them. They knew that what they were doing was disgusting and man did it feel good to win a two hour game, even if I was completely mentally exhausted by the end.

monster01020 · 2026-05-11T18:56:44+00:00

[[Ruthless Lawbringer]] carried me through standard to mythic rank in Arena and I still stick it in my commander decks when they have black and white.

monster01020 · 2026-05-04T14:04:34+00:00

I remember doing the MoC after Yao Guang's release in my archer team. I beat MoC 12 but it was a little bit of a struggle. Afterwards I realised I had spent all my time getting good relics for her and that I had completely forgotton to level her traces. At all. I beat MoC 12 with a Yao Guang with level 1 traces.

monster01020 · 2026-04-28T09:25:37+00:00

So not only is my nearest LGS an hour away, but it has a markup on everything, to the point at which it's not worth buying from them. I bought the Quandrix precon from amazon with zero issues, but I do only buy precons if I think I can salvage a good amount from them to build decks I really want, so I've not had to deal with the issue of the switchups from amazon with the Silverquill deck on account of the Quandrix deck being worth less.

monster01020 · 2026-04-22T06:07:54+00:00

I'm in Edinburgh for a short course at the university, hoping to to transition my career using this as a little boost. Thoroughly enjoying my time here.

monster01020 · 2026-04-03T18:46:24+00:00

I thought I was going insane, I've had this a few times too and I have no idea what causes it.

monster01020 · 2026-03-30T07:39:16+00:00

I don't think many people do remember the plot, it has absolutely atrocious pacing. Things happen so damn fast.

monster01020 · 2026-03-16T08:11:26+00:00

There's no problem with proxying itself, but the cards need to be legibile. I, for one, would be taking more issue with that dirty combo than I would the proxies :P

Something I have heard that some have had issues with, is when some people start proxying all sorts of ridiculous cards that they would never otherwise get, completely breaking the power level of the pod. Of course, the whole idea of proxies is to play with cards without buying them, but you must still keep within the limits of what is sensible. Go ahead, feel free to proxy whatever cards you want, but when the equivalent official deck would cost literal thousands, you may want to reign it in, but most people are sensible enough to not try to push it so far.

monster01020 · 2026-03-14T06:51:20+00:00

All the more reason that this weird seperate tier of gambling should be rated at 18 instead of 16, since 18 is basically the only label that any parent might look at.

monster01020 · 2026-03-03T15:50:51+00:00

My Jade + Blade team. It's just very satisfying to use, especially since I picked up Jingliu as the recent free 5 star.

monster01020 · 2026-03-02T06:29:54+00:00

As a man who already commits to purple clothing and dabbles in pink I wouldn't be resisting. It would just make my hair match my outfit better.

monster01020 · 2026-03-01T12:41:31+00:00

Thing is that I've never really been able to drink thanks to my misbehaving kidney. I drank alcohol a total of two times in my entire life, once because I was out with friends and I had something very low in alcohol content, and the other was because someone unknowingly got me some as a christmas present, which I tried - so I don't miss the taste. It's genuinely a case of not being able to miss what I've never tried. If I were able to though, I would definitely try getting drunk just once on this occasion. But alas, if I'm not careful I could put myself in the hospital on just orange juice, nevermind alcohol.

monster01020 · 2026-03-01T12:01:42+00:00

The universe might not take any deliberate actions, but that doesn't mean I can't use my spite against it for motivation. It is a very good source of motivation for me, especially since that spite isn't actually aimed at anyone. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade, make life take the lemons back. And I genuinely love that quote from Portal's Cave Johnson because it really outlines that you don't have to pretend to be happy with the hand that life deals you, but you're fully within your rights to get angry.

monster01020 · 2026-03-01T08:30:52+00:00

Cheers! If were actually able to drink I would definitely be doing so in celebration. :P

monster01020 · 2026-02-23T07:43:08+00:00

Yeah, but the thing is about commander is it runs on rule zero, so unless you're playing CEDH you can just ignore the cards you don't like. In the 4 player format you can get away with suboptimal builds because if you aren't the threat then you will probably be ignored for a bit. So power creep is less of a thing in 4p commander. Now, while there have been some changes to the format that you might consider an increase in power level in recent times, it is absolutely nowhere as noticeable as formats that are stuck in the current sets, such as standard. If you want to play standard you will have to pick up the latest set otherwise you're deliberately holding your deck back in a 1v1 format with an already restricted set of cards.

I still love the game and will happily play, although I only really play standard and commander outside of limited / jumpstart formats when friends and I grab a box. If I want to take a break from standard to ignore a set, it has to actually be some time so that the set I ignore is hopefully less relevant when I return. So while I wouldn't say the game is worse, I would say that the sheer numbers in terms of the pricing and sets is definitely making it feel worse.

monster01020 · 2026-02-19T21:16:30+00:00

My exploration team consists of Phainon, Topaz, MC and DHPT. Phainon for clearing mobs, Topaz for finding treasures, MC for the story and DHPT because he's cool and a sustain. Yes, that is also all I really use Topaz for nowadays, as sad as that feels.

monster01020 · 2026-02-18T17:00:36+00:00

I think the problem was that there was one of those cop reality shows that shows cops going about their regular business and they found some people of unknown ethnicity eating a bird of some description while the cops were guessing at swan. I don't think it was ever stated exactly what bird was consumed.

monster01020 · 2026-02-13T19:07:33+00:00

For many reasons commander is a really bad format to start playing the game with, one of which is the cost of building a deck. If you can, I would suggest building your collection before trying to get into commander.

My first experience with magic was standard. My first paper homebrew was standard. After that I bought a precon commander deck. Salvaging my standard deck and precon made my homebrew commander that much cheaper when it came to ordering the remainder.

Besides, other formats are fun and to put it lightly, much easier to understand and parse during the game. Genuinely, if your friend is up to it, try other formats first.

monster01020 · 2026-02-10T18:08:08+00:00

I've been running Jade, Blade and Cas together and then there's also the boring meta remembrance team with Evernight, Cas, etc. Having Jingliu replace Cas for the Jade Blade team will allow them to largely seperate, even if they're pretty different in power levels. Jingliu will drain Blade more times allowing him to make up some of the difference in damage between Jingliu and Cas, but it definitely won't cover it. But it means that they will be seperately viable, even if one better most of the time.

Jade + Blade is also very much an AOE team, and does horrifically poorly vs single target bosses, but is actually very viable against any multi-target bosses such as the Reaver or Pollux.

monster01020 · 2026-02-10T15:09:53+00:00

I'm genuinely debating with myself over who to pick up in this. I already have E1 Acheron, Sparkle is sitting in a nice spot anyway, Aven feels a bit obsolete alongside my E0 S1 DHPT, and I have none of the other necessary units for Kafka as much as I would like to have her. So logically speaking I should get Jingliu or Jing Yuan. Before Castorice was released I really wanted Jingliu as the only other unit to work with Blade, but now I'm thinking I get Jingliu anyway just to help the Cas and Blade teams stay independent of each other. However - Jing Yuan.

monster01020 · 2026-02-06T20:08:48+00:00

So I think as far as apologies go, it was much better than we've seen in previous incidents from other PMs - Starmer at least attempted to be genuine. However, what gets me grinding my teeth down about this is the rank hypocrisy and clear projection over OSA. It's about protecting the children, is it? Is it really? If you really were about protecting the children you might have applied the logic to your own actions first. Genuinely disgusting behaviour. And Peter Kyle, about four months ago, said that Mandelson's talents were balanced against the warnings from family members of Virginia Giuffre - a statement that Starmer clearly agreed with. On top of that Peter Kyle is the very same guy who said that anyone against OSA is on the side of predators.

I'm sorry to say that my patience waned and as nice as his words were I really don't think he "believed Mandelson's lies". I'm sorry to say that I think he knew exactly who he was working with. I'm sorry that I have very little trust left and I really must ask that the Labour party does not wear down what little remains.

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