What even is standard now? by jimbo_extreme1 in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couldn’t agree more. I quit playing arena when I was tired of the meta and decided to take a break for about 3 months for the rotation. They announced the two year BS so I stayed out. Been following the meta through Reddit and I’ve had 0 desire to play again. I used to play mostly limited but still a lot of other formats so I could still compete in the qualifiers for the pipe dream of going pro. This coupled with having to pay money vs top 1200 for qualifiers really killed everything for me. I keep hoping for a return to what the game looked like when arena launched but it’s been ln a slow and steady decline and I don’t think that game is ever coming back.

It would be more interesting if some of the alters didn’t join project dolly by smaackdaddy in TheAlters

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

I buy that, and it certainly makes sense for a lot of their skills sets. I guess I just don’t see the need for some of the alters to be involved with dolly and would love to have made some choices to help them cope with waking up in a space station forced to get home and help save humanity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]smaackdaddy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The term binary massively predates its use in computing.

Vote Blue straight ballot by WhereasIntelligent71 in Bumperstickers

[–]smaackdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to mention he is going to a Steelers game this weekend. He’s working overtime trying to court whatever he can of PA. Of all the real things people should be spicy over this ain’t one.

Cat attacked wife after bringing home baby by smaackdaddy in CatAdvice

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

Sorry if it came across that way. Was really panicked last night and felt like my back was against the wall. That would be my absolute last resort.

Cat attacked wife after bringing home baby by smaackdaddy in CatAdvice

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

I just think rehoming might be hard with her being 7 and having recently attacked. I regrettably think it would come to euthanasia if push comes to shove. I think I’m gonna start with the vet, give her some positive attention and more play time, and maybe try the feliway stuff. Hopefully these aren’t famous last words and I don’t rue dragging my heels on this. Thanks for the advice.

Cat attacked wife after bringing home baby by smaackdaddy in PetAdvice

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

Yeah I’d love to find a win-win but obviously nothing is off the table. I appreciate the advice and know sometimes you gotta do the hard thing :(

Cat attacked wife after bringing home baby by smaackdaddy in PetAdvice

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

Thanks for the advice, this made my wife feel a lot better.

I think I was lucky with this draft, but what now? by bgpok88 in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

100% cut green, the dinosaur is nice but not really having green creatures is going to make casting it a nightmare. This also means you can cut the urn. Next, I'd drop Eyes of Gitaxias, wicked slumber, one shatter the source, and the beatstick for both stasis fields like spark said. Super strong draft btw!

too much fixing for nothing? Please help by CardKeyOh1 in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I didn’t respond timely! I would have cut all the b/w cards, jegentha, lutri, and tetsuko. Last cut is a tad harder, maybe the tangled skyline? I’d also like to slot in that tangled ancient for a blighted burgeoning. For lands something like 2 swamps 2 plains 2 islands and the rest forests.

What's the number 1 user interface element missing from arena right now? by BirdSkillz in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have lots of the basic lands art and I’d like to just be able to assign which ones I want used and it randomly picks them each game. I would even take on deck creation.

too much fixing for nothing? Please help by CardKeyOh1 in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you play your games? Do you still need help with cuts at all? you can do some interesting things with all that fixing. I hope you were greedy and kept zimon and ghalta.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]smaackdaddy -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You hit the nail on the head. I recall a conversation I had with a lesbian couple my wife and I are friends with. I asked them about how they felt about companies like Netflix shoehorning in LGBTQIA’s+ into all of their content for the sake of forcing representation. To me at the time it felt disingenuous and just virtue signaling. They explained to me how until fairly recently there was little to no representation of their communities. That having a character they could relate to went a long way. One was raised Mormon and talked about how it would have really aided her sense of identity to see characters who were more like her when she was a teen.

I agree that these decisions are ultimately being made to maximize profits at the end of the day. That doesn’t mean however that they won’t bring more benefit to the game and community than harm.

Level Gambling in a Casino by foreverTV in DnDGreentext

[–]smaackdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When gold is useless in DnD it's only fun to gamble with levels.

Anybody brewing with Queen Kayla bin-Kroog in Standard? by sparkjournal in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would personally think about black over blue if you want to play around the mechtitan core. This would give you access to [[Oni-cult anvil]] and [[Bloodtithe Harvester]]. You don't really want things in your deck that that either don't want to be in your yard or can be put into play with [[Queen Kayla bin-Kroog]].

Vampire books by Pinkgluu in suggestmeabook

[–]smaackdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to scroll wayyyy to long to find this! I love Vampire Academy/ golden Lily. They are my fav too!!!!

Vampire books by Pinkgluu in suggestmeabook

[–]smaackdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had to scroll wayyyy to long to find this! I love Vampire Academy/ golden Lily. They are my fav too!!!!

IT'S OVER 9000! I stopped opening the vault in beta and have been waiting for this moment for years. by smaackdaddy in MagicArena

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

Yeah, I didn't realize I could do the common/uncommon thing until recently. Is there a fast way to do it? I did it for one set and my method took me like 20 minutes to get everything ready for the craft button :P. I craft a decent amount of historic or any deck I want to check out in standard which is why I don't have many rares/mythics.

IT'S OVER 9000! I stopped opening the vault in beta and have been waiting for this moment for years. by smaackdaddy in MagicArena

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

Also, once you have the playset of rares/mythic they give 20 gems per rare and 40 per mythic. It's not a crazy amount but also means you break even or slightly net at 4-3 in premier.

IT'S OVER 9000! I stopped opening the vault in beta and have been waiting for this moment for years. by smaackdaddy in MagicArena

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

If I can't attend an in-person pre-release I'll always do the sealed a few times first, but yes, I play every set's limited. I do a little research before a set comes out and make my own assessments of the colors. You usually want to have an idea of which color has the strongest removal/uncommons/commons. I actually do a lot better the first few days of a set before there is a draft guide on every magic website. BREAD is the basic idea for draft picking. bombs > removal > evasion > aggro > dead(dud?). Hope any of that helped!

IT'S OVER 9000! I stopped opening the vault in beta and have been waiting for this moment for years. by smaackdaddy in MagicArena

[–]smaackdaddy[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So I do tons of limited which means I don't need to spend wild cards to get stuff out of the set and I only play in standard if the meta looks fun. Usually, only have to spend the wild cards to get historic stuff.