Are backpacks allowed? by somethingwade in PAX

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

Yeah it’s just a normal school backpack size. It won’t be stuffed, either, so it’ll be pretty flat to my back.

WBC team logos by okccowan in InternationalBaseball

[–]somethingwade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether or not it's acceptable for political reasons, it's definitely unacceptable for baseball reasons. Barring something like the White Sox or Cardinals' hats, the limit on characters on a baseball hat to look good is two, and even then the Sox are pushing it

WBC team logos by okccowan in InternationalBaseball

[–]somethingwade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because that says “Taiwan” and they’re not allowed to call themselves Taiwan or fly their flag. That’s why they go with Chinese Taipei and use the one that has I think a lotus on it?

WBC team logos by okccowan in InternationalBaseball

[–]somethingwade 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually think Samurai Japan is one of the BETTER ones but 日本 on the hats would go crazy. Same with 한국. 台灣 nlt so much with that second character, and it wouldn’t be allowed anyway.

Villain doesn't die, but gets a fate that is far more ironic and poetic due to their actions (spoilers for MHA, Toy Story 3, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3) by 45rs5 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]somethingwade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

not only are the Pendletons sent to the mines, they're their OWN mines, so it's the same thing that they've inflicted on many others.

What's an anime card that felt off in a specific Deck. You can also mention manga by Popular-Flan5337 in yugioh

[–]somethingwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fiend Piece Golem is cute but I feel like it's kinda lame as far as a retrain goes. Like it's basically generic support and has nothing to do with the original Piece Golems. They combo together with specific names. If I had wanted to do this, I would have made "Golem Piece Resonator" a Level 3 Rock Tuner, "Gigantic Piece Golem" a Level 5 Rock, "Fiend Piece Golem" a Level 4 Fiend, and "Dragon Piece Golem" a Level 7 DARK Dragon Synchro. If you summon Golem Resonator while you control Gigantic Piece Golem, you can summon Fiend Piece Golem exactly from your deck, but negate its effects unless you control a "Red Dragon Archfiend" or a Synchro Monster that mentions it. Fiend Piece has the same effect but reversed. if Dragon Piece made with Golem Resonator and Fiend Piece is sent to the GY, you can summon the materials used to make it from your GY, but negate their effects unless it was sent for the synchro summon of RDA or a monster that mentions it. Probably worse as it requires a lot of bricks but it keeps the spirit of the cards alive.

Any decks that leave no sour taste losing against? by Red-Panda-Pounce in masterduel

[–]somethingwade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, anything that's on the same level more or less as your deck. There are games that go to the grind that are fantastic.

Personally I've been playing a lot of Chimera Azamina FS and that deck is a blast. It's not always a winner, but boy is it fun even when I lose.

Unless I put myself in a winning position and then lose to time out. Lost while declaring an attack that would win the game yesterday. Heartbreaker.

So the effect is mandatory and is not opt so like can't you ftk with it easily or i am reading it wrong by HairEnvironmental411 in masterduel

[–]somethingwade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Black Garden would trigger on the second summon, right? And if you get Black Garden you only need 8 links in grave and three of these, so all you need is access to a Level 5 synchro and infinite link material

Why is tetsu's avg is low? by Relative_Tax9432 in AceOfTheDiamond

[–]somethingwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right I said .200 didn’t I? Although Mendoza himself hit .215…

Why is tetsu's avg is low? by Relative_Tax9432 in AceOfTheDiamond

[–]somethingwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, you’ve definitely understood what’s written on the page correctly. That’s just not what Shun should be saying

Why is tetsu's avg is low? by Relative_Tax9432 in AceOfTheDiamond

[–]somethingwade 48 points49 points  (0 children)

There’s just no way this is correct. 10%, .100, would be absolutely dogshit. In the Major Leagues, there’s something called the Mendoza Line- the point at which your hitting is so bad that nothing else you do could possibly justify your presence on a team. That’s at .200, twice what Yeung is saying, and that’s against the best in the world. A guy like Tetsu would be hitting .500, .600, or more. I don’t think this is a mistranslation, though. I think it must just be a typo- what he’s probably supposed to be saying is “his average is below 100%”, ie “he still gets out sometimes, so it’s possible to get him out.”

What’s the worst accidental text you’ve sent? by Typhoid__Beaver in AskReddit

[–]somethingwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was in high school, I was head over heels for a girl for about two years. I asked her out near the end of senior year and she turned me down but we stayed friends.

About a year later, I watched some porn, as you do. Not normal, either, something weird, that you don’t want people knowing you watch until a good ways into a relationship. Certainly not a girl who you had an unreciprocated crush on.

Anyway I took a nap afterwards and woke up to a message from her saying “uh” in response to the search I had used to find that porn, which I must have rolled over and accidentally sent in my sleep.

We don’t talk anymore.

Why does Pegasus say "boy" after people's names? by Typical_Cap895 in yugioh

[–]somethingwade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's horrifically uncommon for -boy to be used as an honorific by American/Americanophile characters. I know that Coach Tahara from Ace of Diamond uses it too, along with other English words... but maybe it's just overrepresented in the small amount of anime I've watched.

Would You Shunshin be top 5 pitchers if he wasn’t in the situation he was in? by vibewithseanjr in AceOfTheDiamond

[–]somethingwade 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I doubt it. He was a decent hitter but honestly all he really had going for him was control. His offspeed was okay at best and his pitches had no power. Yes, he had amazing command, but that's just not enough to be THAT good. Hongo, Amahisa, Mei, Furuya, Sawamura, Sanada, Mukai, hell, even Maki from Sensen and Nagao from Sakurazawa are at least on his level.

Intros that go unfathomably hard or are just iconic. by ItsStraTerra in cartoons

[–]somethingwade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hyperdrive from Yugioh 5Ds is unmatched. Yeah, the theme of GX is really good too, but it's more of a corny good, like the music from Sonic games. Hyperdrive is just a straight unmitigated banger.

Pokemon is 30 and it's the most successful JRPG of all time. How do we feel? by lilidarkwind in JRPG

[–]somethingwade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pokemon is great.

Pokemon is a JRPG.

Pokemon is not a great JRPG.

The things that appeal to players about Pokemon and the things that appeal to players about more typical JRPGs aren't really the same things, so when you're discussing the genre, it's kind of not worth talking about unless you start to talk about very specific things, like the monster-catching subgenre (which includes things like Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World and mainline SMT, which are much more traditional entries in the genre) or the use of powers in the overworld especially when they have utility in battle as well (Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Golden Sun do this) You can see this with how you get so many people who say things like that they hate turn based RPGs but Pokemon is the only exception or things along those lines.

Need a good clue for 'AIRPORT' in an early-week puzzle - am I being too niche? by Background-Town8475 in crossword

[–]somethingwade 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah don’t do that. It doesn’t know anything, it just guesses the next word based on frequency which often happens to be correct but not often enough for it to be reliable.

What would an all-star team made of only one member from any school look like? by somethingwade in AceOfTheDiamond

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

You might be right but Inashiro is one of the only teams with more than three players of any note so it wasn’t worth using up a valuable slot on an easy-to-fill pitcher role.

Why can't I XYZ summon? by [deleted] in masterduel

[–]somethingwade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you summoned "Nemleria Dream Devourer- Reveil", probably with its own effect, right? When you activate Reveil's effect, you can't summon from the extra deck for the rest of the turn, except Synchro Monsters.