I also was going to say I opened a Sig Shop called PortalWish Studios as well, so hopefully you guys will see some of my artwork floating around eventually.
I also was going to say I opened a Sig Shop called PortalWish Studios as well, so hopefully you guys will see some of my artwork floating around eventually.
@Rewind: Project M is, in a word, wonderful. It's the only reason I've been looking into competitive fighting games at all. I haven't fully explored the 3.5 update yet, but the changes that I have seen feel good. I definitely recommend looking into it, provided you can find someone to play with. Luckily I have a younger brother who's just as into the game as I am, so I always have someone to beat down (and get beat down by.)
@Sharad: It's funny you mention Ganondorf, I was actually messing around with him a lot towards the end of 3.0. His punish game was incredibly fun and his dair spike/aerial flame choke suicide kills are just too fun. I haven't really messed with him much since 3.5 though, but I can imagine that getting that cape neutral B is a huge boon to his game, seeing as his primary weakness was approaching against projectile heavy users. Not to mention the float shenanigans it enables.
I've been toying around with Lucas a lot since 3.5. He's a very tech skill dependent character, which makes him great for practicing with. Getting down the double jump cancel aerials has been a very challenging and satisfying process, and his combo strings are just nuts. After watching this video where a Lucas player makes M2K look like a complete chump in the beginning, I knew I had to try the character out. He's received some nerfs in the 3.5 release, but still very fun and very rewarding to play.
So we're at a crossroads in the control clan. All of its triumvirate have fulltime work, which in my case is very draining because of the hours. Arctursa puts in many hours per week, and Ouraios has always been a hands-off leader (which is grimly comical, considering his adoration of the steering metaphor).
In light of this, I ask you to keep in mind that is the situation. Nothing is fundamentally different about the clan; remember that this is a forum for ideas and all discussion is invited. (We tried structuring conversational endpoints; it didn't work.)
Arctursa controls the thread first post, I hereby place orionancient on observational status pending admission to the clan. Please, help us get to know you. You may consider filling out a bio form, included in the first post.
I am Horseshoe_Hermit, my first deck was the gatling combo with Horseshoe Crab. I play Limited on and off across gaps of years, have an incomplete postsecondary education, and really really love the writing device of the Color Pie. My background is in computers and cognitive science. My hobbies at the moment are the Civilization games.
Wooooooooooooooooooork is a bummer, but dem holiday hours. I havent worked less then 54 hours in 1 week in over 4 months, and I havent worked less then 66 hours in a week until this week since October. I even had an 88 hour week.
I wish I Had thought of it earlier, but it wouldve been cool to do a clan secret santa.
I was also unaware of the Horseshoe gatling deal being linked to your name. Interesting. Irmis is..............well hes Irmis lets face it. And Whatever name Swenka landed on, that guy has heaps going on. I semi-wish we would all just move to a facebook group sometimes, we would lose structure, but be able to post articles and links to things that interest us and spur discussion, the problem with that is no new members........6 to 1 etc..
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The desert is still dry, but it's been getting cool and foggy at night now. Most of my off time doesn't have internet, and that is spent playing Dark Souls II and it is certainly the mightiest of challenges.
Haven't had much time to care about the game or read this site
sorry for what i missed and will miss in the upcoming days
really going through a rough time with the girlfriend
she's going through some existential crisis and i'm just here depressed over the thing
sorry all hope all is well and you'll be enjoying the holiday season
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—Ertai, wizard adept
Damn it Luminous fill out a clan bio so I can more easily remember who you are on FB and talk to you.
Actually just deactivated the thing but ha yeah sure I should update it anyway, expect that soon. In an edit to this post. Might reactivate it soon, just wanted a break and to not be tempted or upset by what the girlfriend is or isn't doing. It is a little pathetic but you're a good friend for asking.
Also how is Smash for the Wii U? I'm so close to getting it but my life might get very expensive soon so that might not be a good idea. Skype or Google Hangouts/Chat are better options anyway. Google Hangouts being preferred.
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Spike
Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Favourite Food(s): Indian and hibachi
Favourite Band(s): Streetlight Manifesto, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys
Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
Instant Messenger: PM for skype or google hangouts
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Also how is Smash for the Wii U? I'm so close to getting it but my life might get very expensive soon so that might not be a good idea. Skype or Google Hangouts/Chat are better options anyway. Google Hangouts being preferred.
Updated. I thought Google Hangouts sputtered out. G+ is still a thing? I might try it again.
Today I celebrate the power of words. I love words. They get me things I want when I use them good. It is also nice to make one of my newest foundational changes in my personality and outlook be affirmed in the world - that there is great skill but great upside to radical honesty. (If you look up that term you'll find a theorem which is -not- what I'm talking about. I have a saner version of it, but it is unfortunately difficult to specify. It's really been a matter of just letting the inner me out, of trusting that my judgments about what to say and do have, all these years I've been so inhibited, actually of great use to me and greatly appreciated when I present them.)
I too am wondering why I can't get any info (outside smashboards) on Smash 4. No videos on youtube. No dime a dozen game reviews.
You know me and crisis. I have a stoic view of crisis , yet know rationally that stoicism cannot be maintained in the utmost. That is, I think people feel pain and distress when they are unable to relinquish a contradiction. They are living with a presupposition, assumption, or feeling of entitlement which does not exist. I don't mean to emphasize "selfishness" as the cause; I mean that people have ideas about the world but don't realize when these ideas all can't be maintained at once. Like, in relationships. Lots of people have fights in relationships. They're actually fairly bizarre when you examine the situation in the manner of talking about what you want and expect, and looking at the relation no different than any negotiation. It's just that people come in expecting something and not ever communicating it, then they get angry, and then at that point they do any number of the stupid things caused by resentment (passive-aggression, blowing up, etc.)
I really have never understood why there is any obstacle to things working when the parties can talk. Even agreeing that they can't have what they want, or don't want to do this (whatever this is) anymore, is progress.
Anyway back to crisis. It's cliche to say your girl will have an epiphany to solve her suffering, but, well, there's some facts of life. One of them is that suffering exists and will always be there. What you might call "solving" that suffering isn't removing it, it's doing something that makes it worth it. She might solve hers with information (as I do 99% of the time). She might solve it with aggression. She might solve it with acceptance. The only failure is inaction, because pointless suffering is not only analytically bad, it is, I believe, the first Evil.
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I too am wondering why I can't get any info (outside smashboards) on Smash 4. No videos on youtube. No dime a dozen game reviews.
I can't speak for game reviews, but VGBootcamp on youtube has posted several videos of their local tournament play with the game, and they're composed of skilled players so it should be a decent representation of the game. I've only watched a handful of videos myself, and what I can say is that the game looks so very slow. Not just the pacing, but the animations, fall speeds, everything is so slow. It says a lot that the standard is 2 stock matches.
Hey guys, probably wont be too vocal since i mostly post from the office during lulls or whenever i need a mental break; but i hope you all have a kick ass holiday. (for those of us who drink and drive; dont do them together)
Honestly, I -am- having a kick-ass holiday. Other than being on the wrong-end of a communications mixup cluster**** that will cost me stress, freedom, and time later. Protip: The wrong end is both of them.
This is also the first socially appropriate season of gift-giving in which I actually have the means to give gifts plural. I have to decide what that means.
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My name's Tyler, but I have gone by Tangelos, or Tangey for short, for over 8 years now. I would like to join this clan!
I am not going to use the template, but I will give a brief overview of it. I am the biggest Johnny you will ever meet; I live to deckbuild, combo off in the weirdest ways, and win with swag alone. My favorite color to play is blue, I love birds (especially storm crow), my favorite planeswalker is Teferi,I normally play Standard and EDH, I love my U/R Artifact Rape-train deck, and I started playing MTG during Journey into Nyx (I'm quite new).
I listen to all sorts of music, I love Chicken Alfredo, I sing bass 2 in a choir, play bass guitar, I study math, and I want to be a high school teacher. If you guys have any questions feel free to ask, and I hope everyone has a great holiday!
I am not going to use the template, but I will give a brief overview of it.
This maverick son of a--- i like the cut of your jib.
I am not an admin in here or anything, but we are always open to pleasant conversation - just remember that we try to keep it polite and well intended in here. Stick around, mind the rules, and you should fit in just fine.
What commanders do you enjoy? I primarily play EDH and always enjoy conversation about it
Well since I literally just started playing EDH like 4 weeks ago, I can't really give a great opinion on that I have only played Teferi, Temporal Archmage as my commander, but if you were to ask me what commanders I find to have the most potential, I'd go with Arcum Dagsson, Melek, Izzet Paragon, and Bruna, Light of Alabaster
News: I haz job! Buying a new house!
Other news: EDH Decks, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Teferi Temporal Archmage, Sliver Overlord, Bruna, Keranos!
Other other news: Next semester I take: Professional Writing and Statistics for Decsion Making. Soon I'll see the world as one big magic deck.
Other other other news: My brother and his girlfriend are having a baby, this makes 3 for her and 4 for him.
Other other other other news: Hey Tangelos. Welcome! Be sure to pet the sphinxes, they hate that.
I forgot this place existed. Since I have largely quit magic again (due to scg structure change) Ive no real reason to check. Im back to playing pokemon with my son, spending more time home and largely doing honeydo projects. I have been swamped with work -still- but things seem to be moving at their own intended pace here so keep up the good work!
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Eh, people like babies. Always asking about them. I dunno why, they are babies its not like they do much.
I had off both New Year's Eve and Day, so I did some deck building and that's about it. I tried sleeping but I kept waking up at my regular time without the alarm being set, that is so annoying.
Finally back to see what's up. Lots of stuff happened, but I have not been able to play. Although I have just read some spoilers and I do like me some Ugin.
What do you think about Fate?
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Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Sweet four days at the beach with constant beerflow. I am satisfied with those holidays.
Now that I have some surplus money, I also decided to hunt down a WiiU, but who knew? They sold out! Maybe they did not stock enough, due to the poor sales the last years.
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-Made By PortalWish Studios-
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@Sharad: It's funny you mention Ganondorf, I was actually messing around with him a lot towards the end of 3.0. His punish game was incredibly fun and his dair spike/aerial flame choke suicide kills are just too fun. I haven't really messed with him much since 3.5 though, but I can imagine that getting that cape neutral B is a huge boon to his game, seeing as his primary weakness was approaching against projectile heavy users. Not to mention the float shenanigans it enables.
I've been toying around with Lucas a lot since 3.5. He's a very tech skill dependent character, which makes him great for practicing with. Getting down the double jump cancel aerials has been a very challenging and satisfying process, and his combo strings are just nuts. After watching this video where a Lucas player makes M2K look like a complete chump in the beginning, I knew I had to try the character out. He's received some nerfs in the 3.5 release, but still very fun and very rewarding to play.
Legacy
WW Death and Taxes WW
Modern
WBMartyr-Proc BW
So we're at a crossroads in the control clan. All of its triumvirate have fulltime work, which in my case is very draining because of the hours. Arctursa puts in many hours per week, and Ouraios has always been a hands-off leader (which is grimly comical, considering his adoration of the steering metaphor).
In light of this, I ask you to keep in mind that is the situation. Nothing is fundamentally different about the clan; remember that this is a forum for ideas and all discussion is invited. (We tried structuring conversational endpoints; it didn't work.)
Arctursa controls the thread first post, I hereby place orionancient on observational status pending admission to the clan. Please, help us get to know you. You may consider filling out a bio form, included in the first post.
I am Horseshoe_Hermit, my first deck was the gatling combo with Horseshoe Crab. I play Limited on and off across gaps of years, have an incomplete postsecondary education, and really really love the writing device of the Color Pie. My background is in computers and cognitive science. My hobbies at the moment are the Civilization games.
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I have opened a thread in Philosophy. It is titled Can Justice be the Highest Virtue?
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I wish I Had thought of it earlier, but it wouldve been cool to do a clan secret santa.
I was also unaware of the Horseshoe gatling deal being linked to your name. Interesting. Irmis is..............well hes Irmis lets face it. And Whatever name Swenka landed on, that guy has heaps going on. I semi-wish we would all just move to a facebook group sometimes, we would lose structure, but be able to post articles and links to things that interest us and spur discussion, the problem with that is no new members........6 to 1 etc..
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sorry for what i missed and will miss in the upcoming days
really going through a rough time with the girlfriend
she's going through some existential crisis and i'm just here depressed over the thing
sorry all hope all is well and you'll be enjoying the holiday season
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."
—Ertai, wizard adept
Legacy: UW Miracle, U MUC, UW StoneBlade, U Merfolk, R Burn, & UB Reanimator
EDH: U Azami, Lady of Scrolls & URG Riku of Two Reflections
Casual: UR Dragonstorm, UB Dralnu-Teachings, U NinjaFae, & UR Izzet EDH
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Actually just deactivated the thing but ha yeah sure I should update it anyway, expect that soon. In an edit to this post. Might reactivate it soon, just wanted a break and to not be tempted or upset by what the girlfriend is or isn't doing. It is a little pathetic but you're a good friend for asking.
Also how is Smash for the Wii U? I'm so close to getting it but my life might get very expensive soon so that might not be a good idea. Skype or Google Hangouts/Chat are better options anyway. Google Hangouts being preferred.
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Spike
Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Favourite Food(s): Indian and hibachi
Favourite Band(s): Streetlight Manifesto, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys
Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
Instant Messenger: PM for skype or google hangouts
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Legacy: UW Miracle, U MUC, UW StoneBlade, U Merfolk, R Burn, & UB Reanimator
EDH: U Azami, Lady of Scrolls & URG Riku of Two Reflections
Casual: UR Dragonstorm, UB Dralnu-Teachings, U NinjaFae, & UR Izzet EDH
Updated. I thought Google Hangouts sputtered out. G+ is still a thing? I might try it again.
Today I celebrate the power of words. I love words. They get me things I want when I use them good. It is also nice to make one of my newest foundational changes in my personality and outlook be affirmed in the world - that there is great skill but great upside to radical honesty. (If you look up that term you'll find a theorem which is -not- what I'm talking about. I have a saner version of it, but it is unfortunately difficult to specify. It's really been a matter of just letting the inner me out, of trusting that my judgments about what to say and do have, all these years I've been so inhibited, actually of great use to me and greatly appreciated when I present them.)
I too am wondering why I can't get any info (outside smashboards) on Smash 4. No videos on youtube. No dime a dozen game reviews.
You know me and crisis. I have a stoic view of crisis , yet know rationally that stoicism cannot be maintained in the utmost. That is, I think people feel pain and distress when they are unable to relinquish a contradiction. They are living with a presupposition, assumption, or feeling of entitlement which does not exist. I don't mean to emphasize "selfishness" as the cause; I mean that people have ideas about the world but don't realize when these ideas all can't be maintained at once. Like, in relationships. Lots of people have fights in relationships. They're actually fairly bizarre when you examine the situation in the manner of talking about what you want and expect, and looking at the relation no different than any negotiation. It's just that people come in expecting something and not ever communicating it, then they get angry, and then at that point they do any number of the stupid things caused by resentment (passive-aggression, blowing up, etc.)
I really have never understood why there is any obstacle to things working when the parties can talk. Even agreeing that they can't have what they want, or don't want to do this (whatever this is) anymore, is progress.
Anyway back to crisis. It's cliche to say your girl will have an epiphany to solve her suffering, but, well, there's some facts of life. One of them is that suffering exists and will always be there. What you might call "solving" that suffering isn't removing it, it's doing something that makes it worth it. She might solve hers with information (as I do 99% of the time). She might solve it with aggression. She might solve it with acceptance. The only failure is inaction, because pointless suffering is not only analytically bad, it is, I believe, the first Evil.
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I can't speak for game reviews, but VGBootcamp on youtube has posted several videos of their local tournament play with the game, and they're composed of skilled players so it should be a decent representation of the game. I've only watched a handful of videos myself, and what I can say is that the game looks so very slow. Not just the pacing, but the animations, fall speeds, everything is so slow. It says a lot that the standard is 2 stock matches.
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Thx Pols.
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Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
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mixupcluster**** that will cost me stress, freedom, and time later. Protip: The wrong end is both of them.This is also the first socially appropriate season of gift-giving in which I actually have the means to give gifts plural. I have to decide what that means.
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My name's Tyler, but I have gone by Tangelos, or Tangey for short, for over 8 years now. I would like to join this clan!
I am not going to use the template, but I will give a brief overview of it. I am the biggest Johnny you will ever meet; I live to deckbuild, combo off in the weirdest ways, and win with swag alone. My favorite color to play is blue, I love birds (especially storm crow), my favorite planeswalker is Teferi,I normally play Standard and EDH, I love my U/R Artifact Rape-train deck, and I started playing MTG during Journey into Nyx (I'm quite new).
I listen to all sorts of music, I love Chicken Alfredo, I sing bass 2 in a choir, play bass guitar, I study math, and I want to be a high school teacher. If you guys have any questions feel free to ask, and I hope everyone has a great holiday!
Cheers!
This maverick son of a--- i like the cut of your jib.
I am not an admin in here or anything, but we are always open to pleasant conversation - just remember that we try to keep it polite and well intended in here. Stick around, mind the rules, and you should fit in just fine.
What commanders do you enjoy? I primarily play EDH and always enjoy conversation about it
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
News: I haz job! Buying a new house!
Other news: EDH Decks, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Teferi Temporal Archmage, Sliver Overlord, Bruna, Keranos!
Other other news: Next semester I take: Professional Writing and Statistics for Decsion Making. Soon I'll see the world as one big magic deck.
Other other other news: My brother and his girlfriend are having a baby, this makes 3 for her and 4 for him.
Other other other other news: Hey Tangelos. Welcome! Be sure to pet the sphinxes, they hate that.
Control is the ultimate expression of power.
I'm surprised to see Irmis mention babies. If you don't want to go anywhere near them, what would anyone ask you about it?
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I had off both New Year's Eve and Day, so I did some deck building and that's about it. I tried sleeping but I kept waking up at my regular time without the alarm being set, that is so annoying.
Control is the ultimate expression of power.
What do you think about Fate?
Standard:
Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Modern:
xAffinityx
Commander:
WUG Enchantress GUW
+Building+
Modern Slivers
Modern/Legacy Dredge
Primer - Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Thor, Ragnar Röks!
Hela, and the Enemies of Asgard
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Now that I have some surplus money, I also decided to hunt down a WiiU, but who knew? They sold out! Maybe they did not stock enough, due to the poor sales the last years.
Standard:
Tired of changing it every x months, so whatever list caught my attention...
Modern:
xAffinityx
Commander:
WUG Enchantress GUW
+Building+
Modern Slivers
Modern/Legacy Dredge