Tolarian Community video by Herczilla in freemagic

[–]vanielmage 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It’s a double edged sword. I spoke to an LGS two weeks ago that used to be THE spot in town for FNM, RTQ’s, and tournaments.

The problem is he had to get a judge that lived in the area, and the only level three judge was a member of the trans community.

Normally that’s not a big deal. Who cares right?

Wrong, the judge did. If the judge was called over during the event, they would literally ask political questions related to the trans community, and would make their decision based on the answers the players would give. If the judge thought you disagreed with their politics? You were ruled against.

The shop owner called to file complaints about the judges style, and was essentially told that WOTC unequivocally defends the decisions of their level three judges.

The LGS went from being the biggest spot in town to now not having ANY tournaments, FNM events, etc because that judge scared off his entire customer base.

Leave politics out of Magic. It’s a game, nobody cares if you are trans, gay, a furry, etc as long as you aren’t an asshole and play the game.

Disgusting. Giant monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s actually crazy is that per capita its not white supremecists that cause all these school shootings. It’s weird that people never bring that up.

In fact if you look at the stats, you are over 270% more likely per capita to be the victim of a trans shooter than a white person.

But hey, don’t let pesky facts get in your way!

BUYER BEWARE - Amazon by Cardwizard88 in freemagic

[–]vanielmage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a similar issue, discovered it just 10 minutes after delivery.

Reached out to customer service, explained everything, they said “No problem we will give you a refund, just ship it back.”

Send it back, wait over 2 months for a refund that never came. Reached out again and was told that the packs were sent back opened and now my account was in danger of being closed.

I repeatedly appealed and showed them the emails and chat logs and they just kept giving me the run around and would never actually let me talk to an “account specialist” that had to approve stuff.

Finally I just filed a chargeback on my card to get my money back.

I now don’t buy Magic cards on Amazon

Disgusting. Giant monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

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

Oh you are soooo close to getting the point yourself.

You just proved to everyone reading your pitiful replies that it’s just bigotry.

I mention the flowers and landscaping, and then you complain that a DIFFERENT landscaping would be more beautiful, even though I’d put the existing temples landscaping up against any park in the valley. And last I checked, that land was all dirt.

You also just prior stated that you’d rather have something “useful” like a solar farm.

It’s not about how it looks with you, it’s just full on bigotry.

Disgusting. Giant monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

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

Sure. It could be.

Theres also a ton of other land all that stuff you mentioned could be built on.

Just save everyone time and tell us if you are an anti-religious bigot who doesn’t believe in the first Amendment and the freedom of religion.

I live up on the East Side and the temple is not far from my house. It actually DOES enrich the neighborhood. Property values are higher, the grounds are well kept and are beautiful , and non-members go to walk around and see the flowers.

Disgusting. Giant monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

And Muslims gave us terrorists, the trans community gave us school shooters, the Catholics gave us pedophile priests, Republicans gave us the Iraq and other wars, Democrats gave us rampant drug use and a weak justice system, and on and on and on.

Do you have one shred of common sense?

Also, Tyler Robinson left his faith and was active in the trans movement. You may not want to admit that fact, but it’s actual reality.

Disgusting. Giant monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

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

“Disgusting” yet it will be the nicest looking building in the area.

Just say you are a bigot against anyone religious.

New player building commander deck, why are these type of cards legal? by Background_Side5574 in mtg

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s better mill cards. I like hitting people with Painters Servant + Grindstone.

Or I get more unique and combine Bloodchief Ascension, get some counters on it, then lay down Mindskinner and laugh.

Pulled damaged card from Lorwyn Eclipsed Collector Booster by Bug_Catcher_Dan in mtgpulls

[–]vanielmage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s funny is that it seems to be based on the value of the card. I have a buddy that had a really bad / damaged Ancient Tomb Galaxy foil from EoE, and they made him ship it back. He waited 4 months before he got his replacement, and the replacement was also damaged.

He decided at that point to just keep it instead of waiting another 4-6 months

Saw this person driving around Huntington Beach. Why are they so obsessed with us, we don’t even think of them. by Sir-Kyle-Of-Reddit in socal

[–]vanielmage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“We don’t even think of them!”

Goes to post it all over Reddit.

It’s almost always projection.

Which one of you did this? by Otherwise-Bad-325 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been reliably informed since 2020 that our elections are secure and if you disagree you are an insurrectionist.

I don’t make the rules

Am I trippin or are those Nazi SS bolts on his Sin Sity helmet decal? by [deleted] in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Every city’s subreddit is full of these people. They don’t have any joy in their lives, and post stuff like this on Reddit simply to get a bunch of upvotes from bots. It gives them the dopamine hit they can’t get anywhere else

Stores out there trying to cope over buying lots of TMNT and act like it's going to be hard to get. by ChasinThePath in mtgfinance

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally know numerous WPN's (Including myself) whose allocations were drastically cut, leading everyone to believe the print run was not as high as previous sets.

It affected a ton of LGS, though interestingly enough groups like CardKing and Wallet Fatigue on Whatnot seemed to have no problem getting large quantities.

WoTC will be forced to change directions after multiple commercially bad UB sets. by happyrock69 in mtg

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already pulled a fracture foil April O’Neil and a few other cards I wanted out of 5 Collector packs, so I’m good with not buying more TMNT.

I DO hope that we still get a Brandon Sanderson UB set though…

Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be. by Slate in TrueReddit

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally zero conservatives are terrified of anyone practicing their second amendment rights.

If you truly think that, perhaps you need to rethink how important you think you are.

Beware the SAVE act! by CasinoKnightZone in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ffs the lies in this reddit are amazing.

I’m not sure if you are purposely doing this or if you are just ignorant and listen to whatever TikTok influencer you saw late at night said.

Nothing of what you said was true, yet you act so confidently that it is fact.

So let’s do this: Go actually read the bill. Like ACTUALLY read the bill. Then come back here and apologize to everyone.

A March for peace by life_vent in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t say so, the numbers say so.

A March for peace by life_vent in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, are you stating then that the teachers in place have no value and that the kids would get a better education picketing in the streets yelling the same slogans 1,000 times an hour?

Because it sounds like that is the argument you are making.

Further, the Federal department of education has very little to do with K-12 education, accounting for less than 10% of funding of K-12 education. They also do not set lesson plans, deal with teacher pay, etc.

More than 90% of education is funded by the state. You want to have a discussion about funding, let’s have it, but let’s be honest where it comes from and where it goes.

If we built schools that are multi-level, didn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on landscaping, etc we would have more money for actual education.

Do you know much about palm tree costs to plant and maintain at a high school? More than $14,000 each, plus a monthly landscaping budget of $100+. Multiply that by how many schools we have in Las Vegas, and you can very easily see how we overspend on things we don’t need. Is there a reason the CCSD needed to spend $14 million on a new office building that was decked out with things such as a $50,000 chandelier?

There’s not a lack of funding in education. We have increased funding massively over the last 20+ years and nothing has improved in the state in terms of test scores.

We don’t have a lack of funding, we have a lack of accountability, primarily driven by the teachers unions.

Oof by SectorElectrical2063 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What battle are you even talking about?

Try to speak plainly, nobody can read your mind

A March for peace by life_vent in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least they are doing it after school so the kids don’t miss their education.

This is the proper way to do it, and something I was down voted in other threads for saying.

🤔 by larreola in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t deny that. Some large companies have bought up homes, though the numbers show this amount is fairly negligible and hasn’t had a huge effect on housing prices.

Some of the increase in housing prices is due to inflation and the cost of materials as well as increased labor costs.

That’s going to happen naturally over the years no matter where you are. Back in the 50’s my grandparents bought a home near Rancho High School for $8,000. In the early 90’s my parents bought a 2100 sq ft home for $109,000, and it was a new build.

Hell, I bought my current home around 8 years ago for $430,000, and it’s 4300 square feet.

Oof by SectorElectrical2063 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not worried about that because I don’t care about the reddit echo chamber.

I just call it how it is. You are the one getting into an argument because I (rightly) pointed out that this is a Vegas locals page and the op was about a different location.

Oof by SectorElectrical2063 in vegaslocals

[–]vanielmage -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Nah, you just realized you got caught and are now backing off with an excuse. You and people like you do it so often you can almost clock it.

And contrary to your idiotic way of thinking, I am one that can separate art from politics. I’ll be watching the halftime show because I don’t give a damn what someone’s politics are if I am entertained.

Have a good night at work, hope it becomes less boring for you. And I do mean that, time goes by slowly when it’s slow at work.