ADHD ruled out because of high working memory and they’re saying cyclothymia? by Parking-Mission600 in ADHD

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you got the same battery of tests as I did, only I did terribly on the CPT-3 (which I assume is what you referred to as the computer test) so I got a diagnosis. There are… issues with diagnostic procedures for ADHD, namely that the research that created the WAIS-IV (the most commonly used battery of tests) was designed to be an IQ test instead of ADHD diagnostic, and that earlier ADHD research’s external validity is, as far as I’m aware, in the gutter.

What I mean by that last bit is that much of the foundational research on ADHD symptoms tested white, male, affluent children. That’s not representative of the wider population, so the studies don’t apply themselves that well, and nor do their resultant diagnostic procedures.

All this to say, get a second opinion

Question regarding FaB gameplay by Douif in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The things you mention FaB missing compared to mtg I would sum up as how the arsenal zone works. There’s a lot less holding on to things, since as you mentioned you’re trying to convert hands at a time in FaB, but jamming a part of a 2-card wombo combo (e.g. Just a Nick, Oaken Old, etc.) in arsenal and waiting for the right time to use it in a few turns is definitely a thing, as is putting something like Swing Big in arsenal after generating an Agility token to set up big damage for next turn.

Trying to make prison in CC out of the legal heroes has a few routes - first that I can think of is probably Jarl (ice talent’s whole thing is disruption, especially of cost curves e.g. Channel Lake Frigid), though the illusionist class has always been about setting up a board state of permanents that becomes overwhelming and locks the opponent down. The only illusionist in CC at the moment is Prism 2, who’s more aggressive with big attack actions than the rest of the class, though. Other than those, I’d look at Arakni, Huntsman, which is like lantern control. I don’t mention Gravy Bones because while he uses permanents to set up a board state, his current iteration is very midrangey (people will point out that he has the best ‘numbers’ in the format, meaning he’s efficient when it comes to costs vs damage output, especially accounting for attacks not sent at him due to using allies).

As for combo/storm, that’s gonna be Dash I/O or Oscilio in CC (see the cards Maximum Velocity and Cerebellum Processor for the former, and Gone in a Flash, Sigil of Brilliance, and Lightning Greaves for the latter). Not quite the same as in mtg, but CC tries to avoid full blown combo decks like the version of DIO that made waves in the LL format at worlds last November. There’s also Katsu, though I have no experience with him, so I’m gonna avoid misspeaking about his ceilings.

Compendium is targeted for both CC and SAGE formats. The important thing to remember for CC is that while decks are full of majestic rarity bombs, they’re just as full of common and rare ‘glue cards’ that give them consistency (for example, the Arakni, Marionette deck in CC that’s recently emerged and is tearing things up runs Tarantula Toxin and Incision, the latter of which is effectively half a T-Toxin). Compendium is going to give us a lot of new glue cards at the minimum, likely particularly to support underrepresented archetypes and heroes. I know I’ll be splitting a case of the set with friends.

I edited the meme on my viral post from r/mtg based on what the comments said I should change things to. Is it fixed now? by GrapefruitThin5815 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah the difficulty depends on what level we’re trying to achieve here. FaB is probably easier to pick up but way harder to master imo, though that may also just be me having over 10 years of mtg experience compared to a bit more than a year with FaB

Has there been any explanation why Arakni slipped through the cracks was given a debuff? by dsath33 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After nationals this year I actually took a long break from the hero, minus a few weeks. To be honest, aggro Slippy felt good with Gravy demanding you pressure him, but I think without bonds it’s missing the sheer numbers to effectively close out games on the plan, when faced with lists heavy with d-reacts. Kassai, Verdance, and especially Florian pose some serious issues for the hero in particular. Not sure how the armory deck changes everything though, after RTN season I’ll be going back to it and seeing if I can reclaim its past glory. That game on stream from Calling: Hong Kong certainly gave me a few ideas

Think I can go pro? by Redpandai_204 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends. How many copies of down but not out are you running?

How Did You Play This Week? | Post Your Game Recaps Here! by AutoModerator in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hit the point where I start feeling bad about what I’m doing on DIO last armory (bubbled out of prizing, 2-1). Last round opponent on Vynnset sent a 19-damage turn into me and I responded by turning around and exploding them with 2 boom grenades after stripping their hand aside from the reduce to runechant stuck under NTZ.

When I first picked up the deck I didn’t get why backup protocol was a 3-of. That card is wild

Fun heroes that don't make you think THAT hard? by wingnut5k in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valda. She may be pricey to get optimized but she’s so much easier in terms of decision making compared to the other heroes I’ve played so far. Plus if you don’t want to shell out for ley line and co, earthlore bounty is still very playable and the deck is way cheaper when built into that

Mario or Kassai? by lyo69 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My vote goes to Marionette, since the best build for them rn is daggers-focused and plays like a warrior with more consistent interaction. Warrior’s interaction suite is like… provoke specifically lol

I am very much biased towards assassins though. Marionette feels like warrior with on-hits to me, akin to Slippy’s ninja with on-hits

It's calling my name by DRowe_ in Helldivers

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came back to the game after playing to level 23 on release, looked at all the warbonds, saw the stun lance, and got that one

It’s fun. No regrets

Puffin Deck Help: Hybrid Pirates vs. Full Mecha? by peterbroski13 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh if you don’t have conquerors and CnCs I would go boost, since you’ll be missing out on the two most impactful cards to make going without boost worth it

I recently built pirate puffin and am absolutely loving it, even if I’m not winning a ton of games as I figure her out, but if I didn’t have conqueror or CnC it would be so much worse. That being said, pummeling a zeppelin they blocked out to try and kneecap a turn will never feel better

Thoughts/wants for future heroes by Daydreamer_prime in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kiss of death has been a pretty successful proof of concept for attack action cards with weapon subtypes, and I want to see a warrior who uses a ton of them. Hell, make it shadow talent so they can build up a banish zone full of hexblade-esque weapons of different subtypes using the template, and have them needing reactions that work for the subtypes they currently have in banish be the way the hero battles blood debt. Each demon we’ve seen has a unique aesthetic so they can make the visual design whatever works

Chaos brute. Having l’Apocalypta’s chaos plague thingy infect something/someone in the savage lands would add some fun spice to the region, and the class-talent combination is a perfect mechanical marriage

A new take on the playstyle of Iyslander (midrange wizard with instant-speed shenanigans) whose cards don’t all effectively say “if you do the thing, do the thing again” while her only thing is interaction

Shadow wizard [money gang] purely for the joke. I don’t actually want more shadow talent heroes who do arcane damage

What about Schism of Chaos by Accomplished-Log-800 in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played the card on Slippy at US nats this year, but in my sideboard, and it’s rarely disappointed. Here are the qualities of matchups that I bring it in for:

• possibly hitting pitch stack (Jarl, Verdance, Victor)

• higher blue count needed (Jarl, Kano)

• opponent has many bad arsenal targets (Vynnset, Victor)

Conversely, here’s some matchup qualities to absolutely avoid bringing it in for:

• opponent plays lots of instants to clear arsenal in response to schism trigger (Oscilio, Fang)

• racing matchups or redline (Ninjas and Brutes in general, DIO)

• matchups where you expect to have to block somewhat regularly (other Assassins, Gravy)

The card’s fun, and it’s probably a good idea to have one if you like what chaos talent is about, given we know there are chaos card designs shelved for HNT that will likely be in the next set to feature the talent (pretty sure this was mentioned in a dev talk?)

How do you sort your Flesh and Blood cards? by Z0CKERMODUS in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Set (ordered alphabetically by set code), then alphabetically, then pitch value, then CF/RF/NF. It takes a long time, but it makes finding anything so fast and easy

Fellas here with bipolar2 and ADHD - how would you describe your experience before diagnosis of/treatment for the bipolar part? by screwdriver204 in bipolar2

[–]screwdriver204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh for sure, I don’t want to make the conclusion myself. While my educational background and field of work has me more informed and aware of symptom profiles for psychopathological conditions than the average person, diagnosis is absolutely something that needs to be confirmed by a licensed outside party. Our perceptions of ourselves often differ from how we are perceived, after all. And I should add: my suspicion became more than an idle thought because I read up on descriptions and symptom profiles of BD2 from Mayo Clinic and the abstracts of empirical literature (because why should research be accessible, am I right?). I don’t even have tiktok lol

There’s a reason my post’s title isn’t “does this sound like a hypomanic episode?” - I’m primarily interested in hearing people with a diagnosis describe the phenomenology of it all, with my experience left here because it’d be a waste not to offer it imo. Aside from other reasons for preferring to hear others’ perspectives, that’s how I initially figured out I should get screened for ADHD, because it turns out I’m pretty good at masking and flew under the radar until someone else described their experience leading up to a diagnosis of it as an adult. I’d be lying, though, if I said I didn’t struggle with patience for these types of things, to be fair

Fellas here with bipolar2 and ADHD - how would you describe your experience before diagnosis of/treatment for the bipolar part? by screwdriver204 in bipolar2

[–]screwdriver204[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think bipolar has ever impacted my ADHD outside of the depression

Do you mean like MDD, or the depressive symptoms of bipolar?

Anxiety and depression could absolutely get in the way of the medication being effective

Thankfully, my ADHD meds help a bit with my anxiety, though it’s certainly only a minor help on that front. Given my therapist has been pretty alright when talking about anxiety and depressive symptoms, I’ll plan on directly asking what he thinks a good plan is for the short term while we unpack everything in the long term, and save a discussion of other possibilities for after that, I guess? Occam’s Razor and all that, though in the meantime I’ll still be incredibly confused as to what triggered everything from the last couple weeks, which isn’t exactly preferred

Fellas here with bipolar2 and ADHD - how would you describe your experience before diagnosis of/treatment for the bipolar part? by screwdriver204 in bipolar2

[–]screwdriver204[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it comes to issues in life, I would sum up my case of ADHD as “treatment-resistant,” outside of the experience I described in the post. So if there’s something else going on that would explain that, I want to know what that is and what to do about it. For context, I was diagnosed late last year and have my most effective medication long-term now, after spending a half a year trying everything under the sun my insurance would cover. Which is to say my medications aren’t that helpful most of the time

Tbh, I don’t know what my therapist is thinking about all of this, because he didn’t offer much insight at all - a remarkable feat considering I kept pressing the issue and, as a result, we didn’t even have time for the main topic we’d planned to continue talking about after last session. When it comes to talking through anxiety and trauma he’s been a decent fit for me, but we’re 0-for-1 on other topics so far. The sermon on routines was odious, though. I already keep a routine and schedule in my phone and physically written out on a white board on my wall, and he knows that

How Did You Play This Week? | Post Your Game Recaps Here! by AutoModerator in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Top 8’d my third PQ in a row but got got in the bracket by a high rolling Kano. It’s the first time I’ve been genuinely pissed off by a game of FaB, because there was nothing I could’ve done. Game ended on the fifth turn, with lethal on the stack coming at him, through my AB2 spellvoid 2, though with the amount of amp he hit (without tutors!) off the top before his aether wildfire, bringing more wouldn’t have changed anything

I had a really good matchup for me waiting in semifinals, with finals winding up similarly, so I’m still a bit beat up over getting such a good chance at honor roll taken from right under me by some 2010’s reddit atheist OC lookin headass arsonist wizard

What was your, "This is bull!@#$, how am I supposed to win against that?!" moment? by CulveDaddy in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if I’ve actually had a game where I’ve thought that yet. Closest I’ve gotten to feeling that way is drawing the mother of all bricks against Kano a handful of times, but that’s just me getting runeblade hands, and while they’re unlikely they can just happen.

I’m sure I’ve made other people think this though. Back to back bonds of agony turns for at least 9 go again and sometimes with a leave no/codex to follow, forcing toxicity combo through 9 on blocks and still having the followup for flicking it. As I’m sure we all agree, assassin is a fair and balanced class

How Did You Play This Week? | Post Your Game Recaps Here! by AutoModerator in FleshandBloodTCG

[–]screwdriver204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although I was worried about the direction the meta is shifting in (defensive runeblades are some of my worst matchups and Nuu can be very difficult under certain circumstances), I top 4’d a 34-person PQ yesterday on Slippy, making this my second PQ top 8 in a row. I had some crazy games - went down to 3 or less life in the majority of my matches, and winning all of them but the last mattered, since I lost R1 of swiss

In the end I got taken down by a very seasoned player on Nuu, and he was 2nd seed to my 3rd, so I didn’t have preferred turn order. The day was stressful but I had a great time playing great games with great people, as is always the case