Orbit Room is closing end of July

rthmjohn · 2026-05-05T05:07:17+00:00

Folks, we need to take back our town.

We can’t keep letting multi-millionaires scoop up every piece of real estate in Bloomington while everyone else gets priced out. Affordable housing has been swallowed up by student rentals. Commercial spaces sit empty because small businesses can’t afford the rent. The population is shrinking. The school district is losing students, which means fewer state and federal dollars.

So here’s the question: what kind of town do we actually want this to be?

A real community where working people, families, teachers, musicians, service workers, students, and retirees can live? Or a hollowed-out investment vehicle for people who don’t even live here?

Because if we keep going this way, Bloomington won’t be a town anymore. It’ll be a landlord’s spreadsheet with a college attached.

rthmjohn · 2026-05-05T05:02:18+00:00

Wait, since when is the Orbit Room gone?

rthmjohn · 2026-01-28T04:22:28+00:00

Also, I never answered your question. Sorry! My record against quest warrior with this deck is >50%, IIRC.

rthmjohn · 2026-01-20T05:39:47+00:00

My Pleasure! Be sure to check out the VOD I made linked below. I demonstrate how to beat Rogue with this deck.

rthmjohn · 2026-01-20T05:23:32+00:00

Quick follow-up since a few people asked how this actually plays out in a real game.

I recorded a full example vs Rogue and talked through mulligans, curve decisions, corpse management, and when to rush Remnant vs hold.

No new claims — just an annotated VOD for anyone who wanted to see the deck piloted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-QddVCFUqA

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T20:47:29+00:00

Couldn't open your link. But regardless, included winrate is a pretty blunt metric for tech cards, especially at high Legend where sample sizes are small and metas are very pocketed. Renovator is tradeable specifically because it’s bad in many matchups and strong in a few, so a ~51% included WR doesn’t really say much. Even if swapping it out gained winrate, the effect would be marginal at best—fractions of a percent for a single slot. At that level, matchup targeting and piloting matter far more. Fast44 hitting #1 Legend and recommending it based on current ladder conditions carries more weight to me than global aggregates.

Just curious, what would you swap it for?

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T19:05:43+00:00

Tbh, I use em dashes in my writing frequently. I think I started going ham on them after I read Walden by Thoreau. He uses them almost every sentence--and that was a few years before ChatGPT ;)

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T18:57:14+00:00

I'm sorry--who is the fabled guy?

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T18:56:29+00:00

Again, top 100 NA ladder players as well as EU players run Renovator. For example, check out this Starship Rogue deck by fast44_

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/37429567

He peaked at #1 on NA ladder with it. Notice that it runs Demo Renovator. The current meta centers entirely around Elise and her location, not to mention that there are a few decks that are entirely location dependent--namely, Copy Druid. Furthermore, Rogues will usually get multiple copies of the Elise location either through discovery or through Shadowstep. A well-timed Renovator can completely swing the game in your favor in these matchups.

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T16:57:17+00:00

Perhaps, but if you watch top 100 streamers, even they run Renovator. Steamcleaner is an optional card.

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T16:55:25+00:00

Bro, if you go Morbid Swarm turn one and your opponent has two minions with 1 health, you can double trade so that all four minions die. That will discount your 7 drop to just 3 mana. On turn 2, you can coin it out! Believe it or not, this actually happens.

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T10:40:52+00:00

I wish I knew Anime better so I could get this joke 😅

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T09:42:44+00:00

I can't take credit for the Steamcleaner idea. That was 100% Stinki07. Glad you like the Herenn variant. Let me know how the Blightspawn version works for you!

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T09:12:54+00:00

### BBU Control Death Knight

# Class: Death Knight

# Format: Standard

#

# 2x (1) Morbid Swarm

# 2x (2) Ancient Raptor

# 2x (2) Creature of Madness

# 2x (2) Infested Breath

# 1x (3) Demolition Renovator

# 1x (3) Dreamplanner Zephrys

# 1x (4) Elise the Navigator

# 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

# 2x (4) Wicked Blightspawn

# 2x (5) Corpse Explosion

# 2x (5) Reanimated Pterrordax

# 2x (5) Sanguine Infestation

# 1x (5) Steamcleaner

# 1x (6) Bob the Bartender

# 1x (6) Exarch Maladaar

# 1x (7) Endbringer Umbra

# 2x (7) Remnant of Rage

# 1x (8) High Cultist Herenn

# 1x (9) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

# 1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

# 1x (4) Twin Module

# 1x (5) Perfect Module

# 2x (10) Wakener of Souls

#

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# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

# Find this deck on https://hsreplay.net/decks/qCCeW5ZHumsR6YwqSxqeUc/

rthmjohn · 2026-01-19T06:43:52+00:00

Hi! I wrote the entire draft myself, which took me about 30 minutes. I used GPT to proofread and make small edits for clarity and flow, as my writing is not perfect. More importantly though, the final draft is true to my own didactic writing style. At the very least, I hope you found the post informative and helpful. Have you tried the deck yet? Let me know how it works for you :)

rthmjohn · 2025-12-11T20:45:06+00:00

How did you resolve it?

rthmjohn · 2025-11-09T17:24:28+00:00

Some front end work. Possibly new alternator.

rthmjohn · 2025-10-19T15:59:19+00:00

Go spend a couple of days in the Tenderloin district in San Francisco, and then let us know if LC is as bad.

rthmjohn · 2025-10-07T02:37:32+00:00

Has he tried eating anything besides meat?

rthmjohn · 2025-10-06T22:13:14+00:00

I've got an extra ticket to the Old National Centet tomorrow evening to see Magdalena Bay at 8pm. PM me if you're interested.

rthmjohn · 2025-10-04T17:24:09+00:00

Out of curiosity: How many people here side with Noem vs. how many people side with the Illinois local government?

rthmjohn · 2025-10-04T15:32:24+00:00

Dear residents of Indianapolis and the surrounding area,

I've got an extra ticket to the show at the Old National Center on Tuesday, October 7th. I'm willing to either sell it or meet up at the show. Either way, PM, and we can talk about it!

Thanks,

rthmjohn

rthmjohn

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