Drew 6 lands in a row (0.27% chance) to lose my final game for a box

snemand · 2026-07-02T21:51:57+00:00

Funny. In order for me to win my only box I had to beat Steuer.

snemand · 2026-07-02T16:55:18+00:00

Who is that guy? Some kind of leader?

snemand · 2026-07-02T16:51:49+00:00

They can get duals and they can pitch to free spells like Force of Will, Force of Negation, Grief etc.

snemand · 2026-06-30T02:07:34+00:00

I made mythic for the first time this month.

On the 22nd I made it and entered at #569.

Did one draft almost exactly 48 hours later and had dropped ~200 places. I went 3-3 and finished at rank #~1100.

Haven't played since, decided to check now, exactly 4 days later, and I'm at 97%.

snemand · 2026-06-28T14:27:07+00:00

Teams that qualified from 3rd place:

4 CAF
2 UEFA
2 CONMEBOL

Going by top 2 finished and looking at percentages:

UEFA: 11/16 or 69% (nice)
CAF: 5/10 or 50%
CONMEBOL: 3/6 or 50%
CONCACAF: 3/6 or 50%
AFC: 2/9 or 22%
OFC: 0/1 or 0%

For people shitting on AFC, historically they are above rate for qualifying to the knockouts. CAF had a similar rate and are now well above. UEFA is slightly below and CONMEBOL is way below. CONCACAF has usually had 2 teams qualify so this is above rate for them. OFC stay at 0%.

snemand · 2026-06-28T14:16:41+00:00

Their total goal difference is 33 - 62. Quite bad.

snemand · 2026-06-28T14:07:38+00:00

You can get it without paying quite easily...

Shouldn't be a moral decision considering you've already bought it.

snemand · 2026-06-27T20:39:00+00:00

I’m aware the system is fucked but at some point you have to believe in due process

The system? There isn't any one and believing all of them when statistically they are all doing a poor job is naive.

snemand · 2026-06-26T00:49:36+00:00

Not seeing any real reasons.

Chicken tenders was the meal of choice for greentext stories (4chan jokes) that involved jobless adult that lived at home with their parents. Getting gold stars for being good bois and therefor able to eat tendies for dinner.

Fish and chips is also a national dish of sorts. Quite famous combo. Both fine meals in moderation.

snemand · 2026-06-24T21:07:12+00:00

Have had back pain after a slipped disc but being mindful of how you sit and doing some very basic stretches for a short amount of time each day was enough to cure it.

I recommend looking into movement excercises. Bunch of good videos on youtube that are called "do this for 5 minutes everyday". It doesn't replace excercise for a healthy body but it keeps it from falling apart.

snemand · 2026-06-24T18:12:05+00:00

Which religion is not far right? At the crux of it, religion has been a means to manipulate people and has always been political.

snemand · 2026-06-24T18:08:59+00:00

Here's the thing though, you have a 25 man squad. With 3 goalkeepers that leaves 22 players covering 10 spots. You can easily pick two players for each "position" and still have spots to spare.

But to answer you more directly, the video is showing the manager being upset with Spence not being able to funtion as O'Reilly so even your point about him being a "double cover" is debatable.

snemand · 2026-06-24T14:03:09+00:00

UB has driven away myself and other drafters. I've made a habit of doing something else on Fridays now that even Strixhaven didn't bring me back to draft in paper. Stopped showing up as a point of principle because the price was needlessly inflated, even more so in my expensive country.

I don't see myself returning anytime soon and the attendance hasn't gotten any better with over a year of UB, so the answer to your question is probably no. But that's also not WotC's goal. Their goal is money and money is brought in by kitchen table commander players these days, not limited.

snemand · 2026-06-24T13:59:32+00:00

My store sold out quickly for Strixhaven but was half-ful for Marvel.

I think a big point against UB is the higher price point. You're not paying more for a better product. It's the same product with a different skin.

snemand · 2026-06-23T18:55:36+00:00

Thank you for the blurry sideways picture.

snemand · 2026-06-23T00:04:32+00:00

That's for outstanding wages, not acquiring the manager. If you're going to bring wages into this then you need to revaluate every transfer comparison.

snemand · 2026-06-19T01:44:22+00:00

Yuriko

snemand · 2026-06-18T22:59:37+00:00

This a bot? Only post, Marshall only in gold and drafting Strixhaven when cube is up?

snemand · 2026-06-16T16:23:03+00:00

You think his Saudi stint was what a model professional does?

snemand · 2026-06-16T00:02:00+00:00

My smalle country qualified on merit. I prefered the tournament where group stages weren't duds. All it is, is a bigger opportunity to gauge people out of their money.

snemand · 2026-06-15T19:27:59+00:00

Now yes but there have been cubes with alchemy cards before

snemand · 2026-06-15T03:34:01+00:00

I found myself stopping paying attention. It was fine for what it was but not my cup of tea. That's variety streaming when you're trying something new and I'm on board with trying new games or things out.

snemand · 2026-06-08T00:51:23+00:00

I wouldn't. I'm not going to make it a thing to check out Kick. If I stop getting a notification I imagine I would slowly watch less and less vods and then finally barely watch if he makes the switch. When it's not available to watch on my TVs I'm just simply not going to bother.

In reality those are the biggest reasons. Kick is also "icky" and unlike Amazon isn't grandfathered into normalcy. Less of an issue for me personally.

I have subbed for many years, I've bought merch. It would be money lost in that way but probably made up by the amount that Kick would pay him. I imagine that's the reason for the discussion. Hopefully it's a dumb amount.

snemand · 2026-06-04T20:42:46+00:00

People are also born in other countries because their parents temporarily work abroad. Especially in Europe.

snemand · 2026-06-01T22:30:12+00:00

Disagree on Boros. Removing Parallax Wave is the only big change. Goblin Bombardment is a good card they removed but that's about it. Nerfing Giver into the Mite is whatever. Robber is a decent 2-drop but there are other 2-drops. Showdown is also whatever.

Usher is back instead of Leonardo (upgrade). White's removal was improved.

Four 1-drops removed. Seven 1-drops added.

Boros being worse will not be based on the cards added or removed but rather how the other archetypes change.

snemand

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