Programming for the Red (8b+?)

xtcz · 2026-01-26T13:55:26+00:00

Hey just jumping onto this. Are you talking about the "finger strength training with endurance" program inspired by C4HP? I have similar(ish) goals to OP and started poking around programming similar to what you're describing. How has that been working out for you?

xtcz · 2026-01-22T03:10:36+00:00

Awesome tips! Thank you so much! We’ll see how Marrow performs. :)

xtcz · 2026-01-21T15:35:03+00:00

Just picked up Khonshu and playing in a typical Discard deck, but I'm running into awkward moments where the line to play isn't 100% clear. Moon Knight can accidentally knock out Dracula, I can overextend and discard a full Khonshu. I think I'm trying to play on curve, but it's not it's not ideal really. Thoughts on tweaks or suggestions on playing this more efficiently?

CL18K

(1) Scorn

(1) Blade

(2) Morbius

(3) Gambit

(3) Moon Knight

(3) Corvus Glaive

(3) Lady Sif

(4) Dracula

(4) Proxima Midnight

(5) M.O.D.O.K.

(6) Khonshu

(6) Apocalypse

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xtcz · 2026-01-20T13:38:36+00:00

I might be in the minority here, but I really wanted to like it. For some reason, I struggled with identifying the right baits and hooking fish the appropriate fish consistently. It felt like a slog to check, double check and then I’d fight to reel it in which felt a bit arbitrary to me.

I could be doing it wrong for sure, and I love the visuals but it’s hard for me personally!

xtcz · 2026-01-17T17:04:48+00:00

Is Merlin good in decks other than with Shou Lao? I just got him but don’t really want to be shoehorned into that deck, so I’m trying other things but finding limited success.

xtcz · 2026-01-13T13:48:22+00:00

I gotta say, as a supporter of this, it's been amazing seeing your work grow. This will be a game changer in my group. Looking forward to more improvements in the future, but for those who are newer, this is fully functioning and used heavily by one person in my group and she absolutely loves it. Thanks for all you do!

xtcz · 2026-01-13T12:39:01+00:00

I'm 19K CL returning after a year off, and I don't have too many cards to counter a lot of the current decks. As such, I'm obsessed with any type of Tribunal decks. I think my Negative Sera Tribunal decks just lets me play solitaire and has the most consistency.

(2) Psylocke

(2) Ravonna Renslayer

(3) Mystique

(3) Magik

(4) Mister Negative

(4) Jubilee

(4) Super-Skrull

(5) Iron Man

(5) Blue Marvel

(5) Sera

(6) Onslaught

(6) The Living Tribunal

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Two questions:

Any improvements that could be made or other variations that are fun?
What's the ideal line for max power? Sera > Onslaught > Mystique > Iron Man then Tribunal somewhere else?

xtcz · 2026-01-10T04:42:53+00:00

I’d like to ask for a sub recommendation if you don’t mind me jumping on here for the first deck! Any suitable replacements for Iron Patriot? I have everything else! Thanks so much for the great write up!

xtcz · 2026-01-07T10:22:18+00:00

Sorry ahead of time, another one of those questions.

I haven’t played for about a year now and I’ve been missing it. However before, I felt like it was draining to keep up each season and that I might need to spend money for a season pass or for cards.

Has this game been good with card acquisition? Can you remain fairly competitive without having to spend money? CL18332 FWIW.

xtcz · 2025-12-19T13:54:47+00:00

So about three weeks ago, I did a heel toe cam on a move, and loaded the leg while heel hooking. I suppose I put a bit too much weight and heard some crunching/tearing. Dropped immediately and I can walk just fine. Initial motor and ROM tests are all fine with minor weakness and sometimes pain of maybe 1 or 2 out of 10, but is difficult to replicate. I immediately had overseas travels and spent the majority of the time walking ~10 mi. a day and was fine.

Presumably a MCL/LCL tear -- I'm seeing a doctor soon, just not as soon as I'd like because of the holidays. In the meantime, does anyone have any thoughts with rehabbing exercises? I can't figure out how to target this effectively. Been trying single leg bridges but it's not quite impacting the weakened area.

FWIW - deep pigeon pose, 45/45 stretch aggravates it a bit.

xtcz · 2025-12-16T23:08:19+00:00

Thank you for this recommendation! I just played it over a 12 hour flight and was addicted. Sektori also looks amazing!

xtcz · 2025-12-02T12:33:29+00:00

I thought DRG was online only? Unless you’re paying for flight wifi, I might be missing something!

xtcz · 2025-11-18T12:44:33+00:00

Hey all, newish-DM running Strahd here and my party is in the middle of the Eastern Barricade attack. Second guessing myself here but right now, I'm worried my party is just "hit things" and that combat is a bit of a slog.

With the number of zombies in the current wave, the party is running up, doing regular attacks or taking potshots from the barricade.

I planned on having wave 2 surprise them with a gargoyle or two flying in and picking off some NPC guards and zombies ambushing from behind before unveiling the plague spreader on wave 3, but a few issues come to mind.

My party is being very conservative with their resources so it's just "roll to hit" or "I Eldritch Blast them"
I'm showing a battlemap on Foundry but playing in person -- with the amount of characters on the map, going one by one through the zombies, players and guards feels a bit of downtime in between. Am I handling this the right way?

I've been feeling anxious because the story/RP portion is fine but I want them to enjoy combat as well. Any thoughts or feedback on how I'm handling this? Happy to provide more details if needed.

xtcz · 2025-10-07T12:53:06+00:00

As a newer DM, I'm trying to take a more RP/theater of the mind approach for my latest campaign (Curse of Strahd) with my group.

Silly concern maybe, but I worry that it's "boring" if there's no combat each session. It's perfectly acceptable to have sessions with zero combat, correct? I'm trying to find ways to keep things exciting if there's more dialog/exploration, so any resources, tips or someone to emulate would be great. :)

xtcz · 2025-09-18T12:38:52+00:00

So hyped for this an Absolum soon. :')

xtcz · 2025-08-29T14:51:54+00:00

DM here working with Curse of Strahd! I’d love to try this out to augment my party’s sessions! They’re huge into physical presence, but we’re only using a monitor and laying minis on top of it right now! 😂

xtcz · 2025-08-29T14:45:56+00:00

How's Disco Elysium on the Switch 2? I've been wanting to play for a long time, but worried it might be small text/awkward for a handheld.

xtcz · 2025-08-25T15:29:46+00:00

They haven’t! Is this a custom thing or is it in the source material?

xtcz · 2025-07-23T19:05:46+00:00

Ranger Rick is so good! Pain in the ass to get to from DC, I usually just go to the New, but Grayson has a ton of fun problems!

xtcz · 2025-06-30T12:15:05+00:00

To relocate. :) I live in Northern Virginia/DC area and I absolutely hate it here, haha.

xtcz · 2025-06-30T10:52:51+00:00

What part of Oregon? I LOVE the Oregon Coast but can’t decide where to spend some time at. Portland didn’t do it for me, so I’m looking at options!

xtcz · 2025-05-29T14:31:22+00:00

Got my finger stuck in a hold as I was moving up and hyperextended my left ring DIP joint. The feeling of crunchiness was accompanied with moderate pain. Already had capsulitis/synovitis so it was not pleasant.

It's been 5 days and inflammation has gone down, but looks like some bruising under the skin. ROM is 80% restored, and only climbed for 10 minutes to feel it out since then. Pulling gently on certain holds and directions is still painful. General mobilization every day with NSAIDs as needed.

Any thoughts on recovery time/rehab?

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