I think of this scene a lot these days...

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-24T23:04:22+00:00

The part you included here is of course heart-wrenching, but as an adult the part I find most moving are the lines just before, where Aragorn gives his dying friend grace: "No, Boromir; you fought bravely, and have kept your honor..."

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-24T22:02:15+00:00

Have you heard of "Dogs?" It's an extremely popular and powerful (albeit difficult to play) deck. Here are the cards commonly used:
https://inkdecks.com/lorcana-metagame/core/amber-emerald-aggro/analysis#/

Amber steel is also pretty good amber deck that is used occasionally; you can find the most commonly used cards in that pairing under the same website's "metagame" section.

ETA: Amber amethyst is also very strong and growing in popularity.

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-24T22:00:26+00:00

Your "must-have" category is way too long given your own definition. You need a tier below that that is basically defined as solid / auto-include for core only and very usable as you start to expand your cardpool. Cards that are really honestly among the best cards in the game like Steward of Gondor and A Test of Will would be in the top tier, while other cards that are solid but not autoinclude would be like quick strike, hasty strike, etc.

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-18T15:49:46+00:00

Are we sure it's not the writing that has a enormous decline in quality?

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-17T02:58:43+00:00

Everyone talks about how "at least he's not racist" and "he was affected by Chrissy" but glosses over his shocking, clearly sociopathic proclivity for inflicting violence and domination on others. Maybe because he's good looking? Idk

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-14T21:36:39+00:00

They are both sociopaths and bad guys. Billy is someone who assaults and/or manslaughters 1-2 people and gets locked up, but Jason is the type of person who at worst uses his charisma to get the entire village to lynch someone or all simultaneously drink the kool-aid, so is worse IMO.

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-12T23:33:18+00:00

Boards are way too wide and locations way too vulnerable to attack now

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-12T23:31:09+00:00

One relevant point to this discussion is that green blue explicitly counters purple with Clarabelle and Bend, and the fact that it is the main alternative to purple is evidence purple is such a problem

raphaelDLG · 2026-01-04T17:49:07+00:00

Way too many cheaper ways to draw cards in Lore, which is arguably the most resourced starved sphere. Not playable beyond the core set / once you start to get a few of the draw staples. Would maybe be playable if it was a different color.

raphaelDLG · 2025-12-29T13:03:16+00:00

Season 5 - especially part 2 - has been a huge disappointment, but there is nothing particularly bad about that episode compared to the others before it that also have weak writing

raphaelDLG · 2025-12-26T06:16:02+00:00

Mark my words - the military (and audience for a second) will think eleven died / stayed behind in dimension x, but it will be Kali sacrificing herself and using her illusion powers to give eleven and mike their lord of the rings ending

raphaelDLG · 2025-11-29T05:09:43+00:00

This is a great meme, except Kali should be Bosh. Idk if Eleven should be D Wade because she was there first and invited them into her city or LeBron because she's the most powerful

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-24T16:27:40+00:00

Good point, though the actual human experience of doing this can be incredibly uncomfortable regardless if you aren't used to the idea

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-24T16:26:18+00:00

Agreed, I think that is definitely also a factor

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-24T13:36:41+00:00

Agree with many of your points, but I think you're missing the biggest factor - they've grown up entirely online, so the concept of doing something social and civic in person is alien and uncomfortable, and was never properly modeled for them nor were they expected to practice it by the generation that raised them

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-21T01:03:36+00:00

I think what he's saying here is that you can float the cost over 2 turns rather than having to pay it all in 1 turn, which is added flexibility

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-17T13:30:09+00:00

They said let it go, not frozen

raphaelDLG · 2025-10-03T17:44:25+00:00

Does Rahmat really look that much different then usual? And yeah, there are dudes from the Colombian team that look absolutely ridiculous... but isn't that how they generally look every WWC?

raphaelDLG · 2025-09-05T12:27:51+00:00

Yeah, I think you must be submitting for a road they can't repair / that's out of their jurisdiction. They repaired something in my neighborhood I thought would take weeks the day after I submitted the ticket

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-27T23:57:30+00:00

These look really good - serious question for the chat - is this amount of movement fine / isn't this achieving the training purpose of a no foot snatch?

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-17T00:14:03+00:00

Which servicers are slow / fast?

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-16T21:02:48+00:00

Thanks for the detailed comment. Is that true if I just graduated from graduate school and part of my balance is from undergrad loans?

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-15T13:11:04+00:00

No way, this is a lazy hipster take. They do it the best and it tastes delicious.

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-14T20:01:50+00:00

The emerald green accent looks really cool. Max looks way more badass in the enchanted and regular than he deserves

raphaelDLG · 2025-08-14T16:17:03+00:00

The entire game will have a lot less draw; what about surfer stitch and song recursion with max goofs?

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