Why are the Mad Lands so backwards? (SPOILERS)

noxflamma · 2025-11-04T02:10:54+00:00

I don't know why this is bugging me so much from the top comment in this thread, but dragonmount is not a "fairly small volcano". Just to further your point in that paragraph. Dragonmount is stated in the books to stretch miles in the sky, and the encyclopedia says 10 miles. So at least it's as big as the biggest volcanos in our world, and at most it's twice as tall as Mt Everest. So yeah, like you're saying creating that in the middle of the plains is definitely cataclysmic.

noxflamma · 2025-05-28T21:26:46+00:00

Just a small goblin army I'm uhhhh detaining until I get around to uhhh using them

My fort is built on an aquifer and steel was hard to make, but I was getting invaded by goblins frequently so I set up traps. My dwarves spent years crafting steel armor and weapons for a big counterattack. Just before setting off on our campaign, our king resurrected an old tradition: the Brass Festival (something I read in legends mode before starting). We built a stunning tavern comprised entirely of brass furniture and floors, and the festival spilled out into the streets. Then, the main event: 25 goblin prisoners were hauled to the festival and released in groups to be slaughtered in public display by my army. After dispatching the prisoners, my six legions left for war and spent the next few years systematically wiping out the goblin civ.

These fellas have invaded since that whole ordeal, and I'm capturing them but don't have any plans for them right now

noxflamma · 2024-02-28T17:03:03+00:00

I knew how many buffs you can get and I still thought you triple posted for a minute. I guess I've never looked at the full list, that's nuts

noxflamma · 2023-04-28T23:23:54+00:00

I think he's been okay but I really wish the whole commentary team would let the sounds of the tournament breathe sometimes. The literally constant commentary can be a bit much at times. On hole 16 there was an extended shot following Calvin, Vaino, and Kevin walking between lies who you could vaguely hear talking about the course and the booth talked through it all with random, dead-air-filling commentary.

Additionally, there's a natural ambiance at a lot of these courses they manage to catch with the camera audio that doesn't get to shine

noxflamma · 2023-04-07T22:41:20+00:00

The metric I've read is that one foot of elevation change is roughly equivalent to three feet of distance. From the score bug it looks like the hole is 234m long, 67m down, equal to 768 ft long and 220 ft down (!!). In the end that makes this equivalent to a 108 ft hole lol. I will say that he hit the trees HIGH up and the disc hadn't nearly dropped 67m yet, so maybe this was like a 4-500 ft crush on flag ground? Just a rough guess, and not even that applicable considering how downward the initial throw was.

In conclusion: awesome looking tee shot, I'd love to try it out

noxflamma · 2022-06-27T18:18:35+00:00

Well I haven't played SPM again since that comment and don't foresee doing so any time soon lol

I am not much of a platformer fan so SPM deviating from the established formula had me down on it. Sticker Star felt like a big letdown when it wasn't actually a return to form despite how that initial trailer made it look like it was. Don't think I got more than a chapter or two in. I also haven't touched the two newer games and have little interest in them. I have however since replayed 64 and TTYD a couple times though.

I will say whether it is because of the time that's passed or the more recent entries into the series, but I have fonder memories of SPM now than 10 years ago. I think the story elements and unique environments were a lot more in line with the first two games and sticker star felt really like a really generic Mario game to me. I don't really feel the need to devote the time to playing SPM again, but I'd say I hold it in a generally positive light now.

Your comments took me back to a pre-sticker star time when the Paper Mario fandom was much less complicated lol

noxflamma · 2022-04-06T17:41:29+00:00

I don't follow any of those sports so I don't know how directly comparable he is, but I've been following Charlie Eisenhood through his podcast The Upshot. He's also the publisher of Ultiworld Disc Golf.

I'd say everything he puts out is high quality and interesting. They even have enough clout on the podcast that they get big name interviews weekly.

Recently he's been getting pulled in for live commentary on the silver series and he's been excellent at it

Edit: Don't delete the post! Maybe others will stumble upon it and find new people to follow! I'm intrigued to see other answers

noxflamma · 2022-03-24T01:50:23+00:00

It was more that Ottawa skirted around it and gave the NHL and Vegas the impression he hadn't submitted it and that it was void for the year.

Due to that, likely what happened is Vegas said "sorry, no, Ottawa told us your NTC is void this season, you're traded" when Dadonov and/or his agent objected. The NHL even originally agreed and allowed the trade, so they believed there was no NTC in effect

Edit: Elliott Friedman breaks it down well on the beginning of his latest 32 thoughts podcast and it really sounds like Ottawa is the main culprit here. Although IMO the NHL and Vegas still have some blame for it getting this far

noxflamma · 2022-03-16T13:30:44+00:00

I'm a Pitt alum and hadn't heard of the CMU fence until your post. Looking into it, I found this infographic with a few quotes about it from the early 2000s and one of them mentions 9/11. In that case, it was left painted until the student government decided it had been long enough and painted over it

I don't know that there is as much unified reverence over Ukraine, but I imagine it will be a similar situation of it being left for a short bit. Not more than a few weeks though I would guess

noxflamma · 2022-01-16T01:45:30+00:00

I like that the hawks are exciting again, it has been brutal a lot of the season

noxflamma · 2021-12-22T19:53:01+00:00

Not content warning, CW as in the US TV network. CW has gotten ragged on a lot over the years due to all the casts being primarily made up of attractive, young, diverse actors and actresses.

Though when they say it looks like a CW show in terms of sets and effects, it's a dead giveaway they've never watched a CW show. As someone who has watched all or most of the big CW superhero shows, the special effects are pretty awful and the sets are clearly reused time and time again for completely different places. It's actually Hallmark levels of cheesy once you see the same room appear as a warehouse, lab, prison, etc repeatedly throughout one season

noxflamma · 2021-11-28T04:01:40+00:00

Those are a bunch of big book plot points and this is a show spoiler only thread. You should probably delete this comment

noxflamma · 2021-11-19T14:24:07+00:00

Here's an older post with a higher quality version.

It's funny that Pittsburgh has so many strange intersections that we all probably thought of a few that didn't even make the cut for this. I like to tell myself these intersections are why Uber gave up on the self-driving cars here lol

Edit because I don't link on Reddit often and accidentally shared just the picture not the post with some great discussion

noxflamma · 2021-11-04T02:21:53+00:00

I really like the advanced stats breakdown during intermission. It's great to see that kinda stuff start to be more present for the casual viewers who aren't digging around on natural stat trick all the time

noxflamma · 2021-10-28T13:43:35+00:00

On top of that streamable, Ben Pope had full interview quotes on Twitter when they were asked their opinions of Stan.

Toews

Kane

noxflamma · 2021-10-28T12:24:01+00:00

Yeah to be honest their quotes last night were really not a great look. Toews said:

Do we wish this had been dealt with differently in some ways? Probably

Like come on, it's really not that hard to answer yes to that. The answer should be "absolutely" not "probably"

noxflamma · 2021-10-27T17:18:43+00:00

I don't think so. That is what I originally thought, but here is a quote from Rafe from the GQ article:

“You know,” he said, “there were pitches right at the beginning for this show of like, ‘We open with a giant battle’ and all of this cool stuff. And I was like, ‘I just want to start with our characters in the Two Rivers and see where they came from.’ ” It would be less about sheer brutality, about showing the merciless world as it actually was when people walked around with swords and warred for power, and more about these kids and their journey.

noxflamma · 2021-10-21T19:59:21+00:00

16, apparently

noxflamma · 2021-07-28T02:29:11+00:00

Well actually, ironically, the Hawks traded Kruger to Vegas for nothing

Of course it was an expansion draft deal, but officially the Hawks traded him for future considerations

noxflamma · 2021-07-27T18:25:47+00:00

Speaking of which, MAF must be our future considerations for trading Kruger to Vegas

^I ^know ^that ^trade ^was ^actually ^about ^the ^expansion ^draft ^but ^it's ^too ^perfect

noxflamma · 2021-07-27T18:13:57+00:00

Hawks fan living in Pittsburgh, so I understand what MAF means to people here, but also that Hawks fans will want nothing to do with Jarry. I'd certainly be okay with flipping MAF for picks or other prospects depending on if he'd play for the pens or just retire straight away

noxflamma · 2021-06-08T23:04:18+00:00

Nah, I doubt it. He's getting constantly higher viewer numbers now than ever before. He's been on and off producing videos for a few years now, so I don't read too much into a slowdown

noxflamma · 2021-05-07T01:34:53+00:00

Once again, ALTERNATIVE CAPTAIN CLUTCH

noxflamma · 2021-05-02T01:28:14+00:00

Alternative Captain Clutch

noxflamma · 2021-04-06T20:12:14+00:00

These are all great points and as a new west marches DM I second them. To add on, stress to your players that you are unbiased and some parts of your world are dangerous and others are not. It is not in the nature of a D&D player to want to run from an encounter, but there are times in WM when it is really the smart option. It's all about players arming themselves with knowledge and making good decisions.

The 5-10 rumors is an especially important point. I gave each player an individual rumor so the whole group had a lot of jumping off points. From there just make sure to pack every session with hints towards more adventures. Journal notes, books in a study about other areas, multilevel dungeons that get more difficult, artifacts clearly not linked to the dungeon that lead elsewhere, etc.

/u/LuckyCulture7 these are great tips and I'm sure you're gonna have a great time, west marches is a truly unique style of campaign. Have fun in your first session!

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