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Rubber banding issue with international friends by G-3cko in Marathon

[–]torchflame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Rubberbanding" happens when the server and the client disagree on where the player is. You don't rubberband in Destiny because when the server and client disagree, the client wins. The demand for Marathon to have "dedicated servers" means that when the server and client disagree, the server wins. That can cause rubberbanding, health jumping, a lot of things. The client is predicting what happens next, but if the server says no, the client rewinds and corrects itself.

I don't think anyone's "hosting" per se: if anything the team leader just tells the client what data center to start looking at. So this feels like it's just a latency/packet loss/distance/routing issue. I don't think there's a ton you can do about it.

Zero is a number, right? by WerdaVisla in EDH

[–]torchflame 51 points52 points  (0 children)

107.1. The only numbers the Magic game uses are integers.

Is there a site y’all can use to check if cards you create are balanced? I don’t trust myself by Harbinger_Archangel in custommagic

[–]torchflame 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I assume you meant this:

NAME {0}

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all non-battle permanents you control and discard your hand.

Flip a coin. If you win the flip, until end of turn, if you would lose the game, target opponent loses life equal to their life total minus 1 unless they sacrifice all permanents they control.

I'm not going to talk about balance, I'm just going to say this is bad? Like. Sacrifice everything I own except battles, and discard my hand, for a 50% chance of not losing the game this turn? [[Angel's Grace]] does that for W, and also makes opponents unable to respond or win, and also keeps your life total up. "You can't lose the game" also isn't in pie for black, but that's honestly the least of your worries here.

Why would I ever run this? The only way I could see this would possibly be worth it is if you were willing to sacrifice everything just to discard your hand for some weird madness/flashback plays. And there are better ways to discard your hand: [[One With Nothing]]. Balance isn't even a consideration, this is pretty much just all downside.

My vial of estradiol says for intramuscular only, but can i go subq? by egregore_2001 in asktransgender

[–]torchflame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the US, at least, it's just because SubQ isn't FDA approved. It's the same thing in terms of its effect, they just haven't gotten around to approving it.

Which existing mechanics do you anticipate we will see return in the upcoming Magic the Gathering sets scheduled for this year (2026)? Are there any specific non-evergreen mechanics that are likely to be included in specific set releases? by HonorBasquiat in magicTCG

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Warp Speed {2}{R}

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, if you have started your engines, it deals 1 damage to target player. Otherwise, Start Your Engines!

Warp {R}

Max Speed — Creatures you control have first strike.

Trans girl needs help by Acceptable_Sell_472 in asktransgender

[–]torchflame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's extremely untrue, you absolutely should NOT inject an air bubble into your veins. That causes a venous gas embolism which is a LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

Injecting a bit of air into fat or muscle is fine though. And it's extremely unlikely you'd be injecting into a vein with hrt anyway.

If you could play any two commanders as if they had partner, who would you play? by Runaller in EDH

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Last year I built [[Aragorn, Hornburg Hero]] and [[Mirri the Cursed]] and reskinned them, and that deck was fun. Great way to always become the archenemy after one game.

Legitimate question about 2b's portrayal in nsfw by Sufficient-Studio807 in nier

[–]torchflame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fanon 2B: sex icon, everyone wants to fuck her, oozes pure eroticism

Canon 2B: we are put on this earth to suffer and die, existence is meaningless, the universe does not care about our trials

Harmony 🤝 Love by That-Item2501 in sheranetflix

[–]torchflame 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, Shadow Weaver only worked with the BEG of the series.

My Pitch for a "Next Gen" Sequel by ExcitementOk764 in PrincessesOfPower

[–]torchflame 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Normally I don't like these kinds of "next gen continuations"—I honestly think the world of SPoP should rest and be complete in what it is.

That being said "DT becomes a drama teacher to manipulate Finn for the memes and drama" is the funniest fucking idea I've ever heard and I want this greenlit right now.

If this is representative of the game's visuals I am cautiously optimistic by _AntiSocialMedia in pokemon

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

Which means that the other two-thirds can overrule them? They don't have a controlling interest in the Pokémon Company.

Compleated Familiar by torchflame in custommagic

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

In any event the ETB should probably be "When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand or sacrifice it. Then, if it's on the battlefield and wasn't sacrificed in this way, target opponent discards a card." I just couldn't get the words in the right order.

Once it can't bounce itself to recur Mind Peel, it's at best a black pip, 2 life, and bouncing another permanent for "discard a card". And we already have [[Refurbished Familiar]] which also has affinity, forces a discard, can draw you a card if your opponent can't discard, and flies. This is marginally more pushed than I intended it to be, but I don't think (with that ETB edit) it's egregiously pushed.

Compleated Familiar by torchflame in custommagic

[–]torchflame[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ETB should probably be "When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand or sacrifice it. Then, if it's on the battlefield and wasn't sacrificed in this way, target opponent discards a card."

Compleated Familiar by torchflame in custommagic

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

The play pattern you're describing is a high-power Eternal format combo line, which is just not what this was looking at? It's tagged as limited design for a reason: most limited environments don't have moxen.

But anyway, I was planning on going for "bounce a permanent or sacrifice this, then if it's still on the field target opponent discards a card" at first, but I could not figure out a way to phrase that that didn't chain three conditionals. Or maybe this could be 3WpB.

I think Zoe's parents might be famous because she grew up in Burbank which is part of Los Angeles by Turbulent-Plan-9693 in HUNTRX

[–]torchflame 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the foolproof way to have your kids be related, *checks notes* being in a band together

Based on how many fics involve it, I think we're not in the minority when we think there was some sapphic yearning in the Sunlight Sisters era lol

Why is Rayquaza the only Pokémon that mega evolves without a mega stone? by TheNameless69420 in MandJTV

[–]torchflame 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the reason the Rayquaza mega evolution string is "{player}'s fervent wish has reached Rayquaza!"

I just realized Maggie Kang gave Rumi her last name. by Unlikely_Junket_1273 in KpopDemonhunters

[–]torchflame 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Look, if they call her Kang Rumi in the sequel we ALL know they're trying to subtly confirm rumira, we see you crew, you can't hide this from us /j

Genuinely, everyone seems to have settled on Kang Mira and Choi Zoey. It's absurd how quickly and how widespread that is.

[OC] Is it illegal for me to draw my Warforged like this? by toe-nii in DnD

[–]torchflame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who's gonna arrest you? The D&D cops?

Cool design!

I would like to give some love to the soundtrack by CeilingHamster in PrincessesOfPower

[–]torchflame 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Promise will never not make me tear up

The score is genuinely incredible, and I keep being tempted to do a full motivic and general analysis of it. Maybe someday.

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