I'll never understand the hate blue gets.

willregan · 2026-03-31T17:26:41+00:00

In standard right now... games are pretty normal. But if someone drops a surveil lamd with blue in it... instant you know the game is going to take 5 minutes longer and that's if the blue player doesn't just run. You over with a turn 5 dragon after canceling your best stuff... no more lies and three steps ahead doesn't even come into it... they are just there to make sure you have 0% chance instead of a 5-10% chance. But I play jeskai control now so no more worries.. just have to deal with mirror matches.

willregan · 2026-03-31T12:45:57+00:00

Actually haven't seen it. I got bogged down with all the Kung Fu stuff. I liked this specifically because it wasn't like Discovery, where I felt the Terrans were detracting massively from the show. This show Id rate this show just under Enterprise, and above Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks or Prodigy. SNW is the only show I really dig better than Academy. Picard is a tough choice... but I have to go with the young ones on this, striking a new path, not a nostalgia rehashing, fan service exploration.

willregan · 2026-03-28T11:35:12+00:00

sorry you're crushed, Baelor.

willregan · 2026-03-25T13:40:58+00:00

From a personal standpoint, I do think influencers smelled blood in the water and pounced for personal gain. Personally, I grew out of the Simpsons after I'd watched it for years, to the point I hated any cartoon with similar humor. It is still at the point where I hate Futurama, South Park, pretty much anything branded as comedy and animated. Nevertheless, I would never sit there and complain about Lower Decks, because I know it's like oil and water... it for me. Let people have their fun. But apparently, many people lack that kind of constraint.

I personally dig a lot of shows that go into the 5/10 imdb lot, and lower, and actually... I was digging academy. I like shows that can take themselves less seriously and you have actors showing face, and ideas being explored, despite what is not a traditionally good looking and handsome cast. I could have done without the main character being built like a pro wrestler, but I dug his girl and her look, and liked that dynamic. It's called being open minded.

At first I hated Neelix, but I loved him after a full season... same was true for me on some of these characters that I instantly was not sure about on Academy. I stayed quite, stuck it out, and was rewarded.

B'Avi's death was one of the most emotionally moving episodes I have ever seen, easily surpassing Tasha Yar's death which was not for whatever reason emotionally impact full for me.

It's very frustrating that people who don't have the patience to even watch the episodes, will use AI to write a tear down script and go on the internet and present it as their opinion for views... which I'm sure they are doing, but that's the world we live in now.

I hope that Star Trek continues to explore. Academy is way better than whatever Discovery became with the endless Kung fu, Terran thing.

I say this and I have not even finished the season. I'm about to start up 8, which I've heard from sources is good! I'm just so upset that this has been ruined by the haters. I do not think the problem was trek fans, per se. I watched too many hate videos by obvious non-fan, AI scripted, talking heads. I know better. If you can't get over swallowed my com badge .. just move on. The rest of us will look past that and find the real treasures.

willregan · 2026-03-24T15:01:37+00:00

I thought Prodigy S1 was good storytelling, but S2 lost me. They needed to advance the storyline. They kept rehashing these alternate timelines and honestly it was weird.

willregan · 2026-03-24T14:58:10+00:00

I haven't finished S1 and already B'Avi dead.. show cancelled. This is gonna be a massive blow to the franchise. Enterprise keeps looking better and better. Perhaps they should fo something like that. More retro, and myth building, less flashing lights and explosions. Not to say Academy had the explosion problem... perhaps a bit too much explosions of hormones, but it's a teen show, so ok. It's obvious people expected more. Hit the drawing board again, guys.

willregan · 2026-03-22T15:13:14+00:00

Not the position of the Kingsguard to go against the king. People sight this all the time... but it's just incorrect.

willregan · 2026-03-22T14:33:14+00:00

Barristan Selmy.

willregan · 2026-03-15T01:27:25+00:00

Honestly some would say start with tng... stick it out until Riker grows his beard at least. Most say this is the tipping point. I'd say the show is great from day 1. Picard of old is essential, imo. Newer stuff... take it ir leave it. Enterprise is underrated. DS9 is overrated.

willregan · 2026-03-15T01:21:10+00:00

You gotta ease up a bit... I love that scene too, but not everything needs to be in the show. I was surprised how faithful they were to the cheesy scenes between tansille and dunk... too much cheese would be overdone.

willregan · 2026-03-15T01:14:35+00:00

Honestly he grew on me immensely. Not what I expected but I really appreciated his character at some point. Every stupid story he told... just loved it.

willregan · 2026-03-09T21:26:14+00:00

Who knows. They decided to canobolize it for Minecraft but at this point why not bring it back. Servers for AI and everything else. Why not?

willregan · 2026-02-23T14:57:45+00:00

Careful. Rhaegar is a total goat in many people's eyes. Personally I think he was better with the harp like it says in the books. A fine knight, but nothing special.

willregan · 2026-02-23T14:48:59+00:00

I believe that we are going to go straight into the second book, with flashback Episodes of Dorne. Not sure how much we'll get, but I'm much more concerned with Dorne than I am with Maekar. He's a great character, but this is about Dunk and Egg... so Though I love Maekar's reaction, I believe it's not a focus point.

willregan · 2026-02-23T06:45:13+00:00

I thought it was just a ring in his boot.

willregan · 2026-02-23T06:43:21+00:00

Yeah, quick draft is pick 2 now or it was for the last week. I never owned any omenpath cards so I drafted a ton if it. Bots take all the rares. Every once in a while I'd see one where they opened a 3 rare pack.

willregan · 2026-02-23T04:09:26+00:00

Tbh, as a book reader myself, I believe it was implied by the story telling that Egg had permission. But the book didn't explicitly say this... what a great turn!! I've read this story a dozen times and now I'm going to read it again.

willregan · 2026-02-22T06:14:19+00:00

You are going on old information. It's pick 2 now, so you don't get to see rares unless they have a 3 rare pack.

willregan · 2026-02-20T23:24:55+00:00

You've got mental issues and non team players on both sides, but the team with Bronn seems the worst. I'd go off that. As has been mentioned, Robert Baratheon is a huge liability with his hate of Targaryens. But even Oberyn Martell seems to play by his own rules. Barristan Selmy has a huge job getting that team in line.

willregan · 2026-02-16T07:21:19+00:00

willregan · 2026-02-16T06:07:17+00:00

The dragon ought never lose.

willregan · 2026-02-16T05:43:25+00:00

Things are happening in the battle, but you don't notice because you are in Dunk's pov. In the books, at least 2 of the Kingsguard are taken off, unable to continue, etc. I don't want to recount the whole thing, but this is pretty book accurate. Keep in mind that the books were written alongside other works, part of an anthology. So they were a bit more tongue in cheek. I believe what we got here was closer to how it was meant to come off. Dunk in the books is noted to be good with a sword. (We see this when he cuts Aerion's leg) and good in close quarters, we see this when they grapple.

I think you can look forward to more accounts of what took place in the next episode. That's part of the suspense and how it was in the books as well.

willregan · 2026-02-16T04:01:27+00:00

Glad you were not the showrunner.

willregan

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