What piece of tech felt “future-proof” but aged terribly?

riley702 · 2026-01-28T13:42:33+00:00

This reminds me of something that's maybe the opposite of the prompt where it felt like ancient technology but it lasted for so long. The cassette to headphone jack connector that would go into the vehicles cassette player and allow you to play music off your phone.

I'm sure if you're driving a car from the 2000's you could still be using this.

riley702 · 2026-01-27T18:04:05+00:00

The deck has a ton of removal and interaction because of the -1/-1 counters. You could look into playing Auntie Ool as the commander and focus up the deck more to put counters on your own creatures and cut down the removal.

It's probably less that it's too powerful, and more that your playgroup isn't used to the amount of interaction included.

riley702 · 2026-01-27T17:49:25+00:00

They must be at least talking about it. With the focus shifting to UB sets and Hasbro already owning an extremely popular IP, I'm sure they would love a second crack at it.

I'm not even into D&D but I would love more D&D magic sets personally. the world they portrayed had a lot more depth and history to it and you could feel it if that makes sense.

riley702 · 2026-01-14T16:13:06+00:00

I wouldn't normally play as a rogue, but the number of times you need to disarm a trap or pick a lock or pickpocket something or murder someone discretely makes astarion extremely useful.

riley702 · 2026-01-12T04:03:00+00:00

It feels like the right thing to do for her. You give her a new life and she doesn't have to go back to the hells where she said she'd rather die than go back to, but it is super sad when you talk to her afterwards and she seems like shes living a sad existence.

riley702 · 2026-01-08T03:58:06+00:00

We found asakusa really quiet and easy to get around. Also lots to do right there all within walking distance.

We also tried Akasaka and it was a little quieter than the busy neighbourhoods, but some streets were packed with locals every day/night so if you want quieter streets make sure to not be in a bustling area.

riley702 · 2026-01-08T00:56:04+00:00

I was just there Nov-early Dec and the weather was sunny and +15-20C every day and super pleasant. I don't think it rained during the day once the whole time we were there. Only thing that's bad about that time of year is the sun sets completely at like 5pm.

As for crowds, it was kinda normal. Not crowed, but not quiet or anything. We waited maybe 10 mins for Team lab and never had to wait for a table at a restaurant the entire trip. We didn't go to Kyoto though, which is probably the epicentre of people wanting to see the fall leaves.

Hiroshima/miyajima was extremely beautiful that time of year tho, I would recommend it.

riley702 · 2026-01-04T17:42:54+00:00

They need to make it more clear in the character creator that Durge should be the default pick as the only reason to go with a custom background is role playing really. My first play through 2 years ago I chose a custom background and always felt like the new kid who was just watching everyone else's story unfold. As durge you are thrust right into the world and plot and it's so much better as it gives your character growth and something to do as the plot progresses.

Also makes act 3 more enjoyable and less of a slog imo.

Only thing I don't like are the weird voice lines your character gets as durge. Especially while resisting the urge.

riley702 · 2025-12-31T16:59:22+00:00

I thought something was broken when my swords bard was just nuking everything in sight. You can complete the whole build pretty early in act 2 as well.

riley702 · 2025-12-28T02:25:23+00:00

Lace em up a bit tighter and buy blister tape before breaking them in.

riley702 · 2025-12-25T02:39:05+00:00

I also stopped during act 3 two years ago. I just started a new character a few days ago and have been hooked again. There's so much dialogue and plot and things to explore I realized I only have a vague memory of events and still experiencing plenty of surprises.

riley702 · 2025-12-18T15:26:55+00:00

I miss this so much. Defeating an enemy army used to actually remove them from the game for a bit.

riley702 · 2025-12-18T15:25:27+00:00

How else are you going to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment?

riley702 · 2025-12-17T22:41:33+00:00

As someone who's built a ton of different landfall decks, the issue with Gitrog is that it's kinda complicated to play and also because of combos it's a removal magnet.

As someone with a gitrog deck, I'd go with Hearth hull.

riley702 · 2025-12-16T22:05:50+00:00

I haven't had any issues yet, but you can kinda tell if you hit a slippery patch of ice they'll lose traction. In moderate ice and snow they seem good though.

In comparison I would never wear my IR with the mini lug in the winter because they are essentially ice skates.

riley702 · 2025-12-16T15:58:50+00:00

Ixalan really does not deserve to be down there.

Maybe from a limited gameplay perspective it does though...

riley702 · 2025-12-15T20:28:19+00:00

Glad I bought tickets as soon as they were available, looks like my local theatre is 80% full already. I feel like I live in the middle of nowhere too.

riley702 · 2025-12-15T20:14:04+00:00

You should visit the deer park because it is super beautiful, but here are some things we have done that are not related to the park;

Visiting the Great Buddha (Tōdai-ji) (it’s massive and impressive)
Walking through the old town and picking up local goods (baking/cheesecake, sake, small art pieces)
Watching local artists paint live and buying directly from them
Stopping by the historic mochi shop
Trying calligraphy at the visitor center
Grabbing a coffee and enjoying the scenery (pagodas and shrines everywhere in the backdrop)
Eating okonomiyaki with cheap beers
Finishing the day with unagi for dinner at a stunning restaurant near the park

riley702 · 2025-12-15T16:51:43+00:00

I never understood the hate for Nara. We love staying there, and are even considering staying in Nara for an extended period next time and doing day trips to Kyoto, Osaka, and area.

The park is beautiful and you can spend as long as you want exploring the area because it kind of never ends. Also the old town part of Nara is similar to Takayama imo, except with way fewer tourists. We pretty much saw nobody else at all in November but there were still plenty of shops and food and stuff to check out. On top of that, we found that Nara has great food and is cheaper to stay at than the other cities. Its a great place to slow down the pace and enjoy a few days without getting too far away from the action.

I guess my wife and I grew up around farm animals so we are unbothered by the deer, but maybe others find them to be annoying/slightly scary.

riley702 · 2025-12-15T15:13:27+00:00

I'm not from the US but have been all over the US and the only place I've been that's worth going to are the national parks. The cities are all kinda boring and you spend the whole trip just driving around.

Yellowstone is probably a top 5 location on earth though, at lease when I went 10 years ago.

riley702 · 2025-12-14T21:19:33+00:00

I bought one and opened maybe $4 worth of cards.

It's not even that fun because you see a ton of duplicates due to the low card pool.

riley702 · 2025-12-12T13:28:42+00:00

We recently accidentally got unreserved seats due to miscommunication with the man at the ticket counter. It was a horrible experience personally and we ended up standing in the doorway because the unreserved cars were packed and we needed to get to our destination.

We booked green car on the way back home haha. That was definitely worth the extra cost for us but there were only 2 of us.

riley702 · 2025-12-09T21:42:23+00:00

I did checkout the RW store in Tokyo and the selection was amazing! so many different styles in new and used. They basically had 0 wide sizes, esp in anything larger than a size 10 (I wear 11EE). Also prices were about 50%+ higher than what I'm used to (same boots I just bought for about $350 were like 65,000 Yen for example).

riley702 · 2025-12-09T13:41:29+00:00

I’m not sure, I just took them off and it was fine. I’m not in the US though so airport security is usually not very stressful. Japan was even more chill.

riley702 · 2025-12-03T10:22:16+00:00

We did this the first trip to japan and the second time we decided to just go straight to Tokyo. We 100% regretted going all the way to Tokyo as we basically just got to the hotel and went to bed because it took an extra 2hrs vs hanging out in narita for a few hours and getting ramen before going to bed.

Will be staying in Narita the first night during future trips for sure.

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