I generally don't read peoples blogs here, or blogs in general. I have read maybe 4 blog entries on this forum since they appeared.
But I went out of my way to read this one.
Various random IQ tests clock my IQ at about 185. Yet best I muster in life is working fixing printers over the phone while people yell at me. Being smart, I do amazingly well at it, but cannot get ahead.
The world is made by and for the average. Very rarely can an above average individual get anywhere of merit, because we are all square pegs trying to fit in round holes. Schools AIm to give A grades to those who can work the hardest at the C grade material. And we get lost in the shuffle. Even beauty is really about how average you are. Beuaty is judged on symmetry, and familiarity. Barbie dolls and Fashion magazines tend to exagerate and warp the idea of average, so we fawn over unattainable goals in the media. But in the end, 95% of us reach for and fall in love with those whom are the most average.
Average people; the average person feels the most comfortable with an average person, but strives for the media warped god or goddess. it is sad, but alas.
Even Universities and colleges are designed for the average. Those with above average ability tend to get labelled as having learning disablities, whichever one is the curse dujour. Einstein had Dyslexia and failed Highschool math, nowadays the easy prognosis for the square pegs is ADHD, then med them up until their corners are rounded enough to fit in the hole. I was diagnosed with ADD and Dyslexia as a child (actually not ADD, but a variant. Closer to Autism) I was lucky and avoided the meds after the first year. School was still a pain, and I was still a square peg. But I learned what was a disability really was not, and when I learned to use it I discovered I could keep alot of different subjects and ideas going on in my mind at a time. My problem was not that I was unable to focus on the world around me but that the world around me was far to simple.
Life is about making mistakes. We make loads of them, they are necessary to learning. They are necessary to the way the wrld works. Even at the biological level, life makes mistakes and the beings who cannot handle the mistakes they are handed die off due to natural selection.
The mistakes we make are much the same.
We have a choice with each mistake we make (assuming it was not such a bad one we erased ourselves from the gene pool) ; A) Learn from it and become better for it B) Say **** it and give up. B leads to repeating the same mistakes over and over, doing the same things again and again, getting the same results.
There is a saying about a person who does the same thing over and over expecting different results ; that is called being crazy. That is 99% of the world, and as long as a person lets themselves fall into that demographic ; they are average. The only way to be above average is to fit in that remaining 1%
Anyways ; I always respected you and thought you were awesome, regardless of whether I have had much chance to really speak to you.
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Jun 22, 2008Sakura posted a message on My Life as...Not much of anythingPosted in: The Sorceress's Realm
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Jan 18, 2008Sakura posted a message on 18 days into the year: so far so good!I still talk to you??? O_oPosted in: Bitsy's Guide to the Fraggable Lifestyle
Oh wow, I thought these pms were from someone else.
/me waits for Bitsy to start cying...it arrouses -
Jan 18, 2008Sakura posted a message on Is enjoying playing bad Magic cards a crime?pfft, you can't play substandard cards in standard. N00bPosted in: Bitsy's Guide to the Fraggable Lifestyle
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Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeNo thats not GodPosted in: Why Hello
I met God once...Mother of Jesus is more accurate. Apparantly God makes mistakes, even with himself...er...herself.
Ever wonder why he was reaching for that naked guy? -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeOMG we could be sisters!!!!!Posted in: Why Hello
Except for me it was a priests collar (don't ask...well ok ask)
And I fashioned it into a puppy
And I was like that gay man who played Dorothy
They arrested me when I tried to free the Lion from the zoo....facsists!!! -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeI got crammed into a boys locker once. I was very dissapointed, he wasn't in there. Lucky his jock strap was.Posted in: Why Hello
I've been crammed into alot of boys stuff actually. -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeAh, thats what I was getting wrong. The bowl. Dammit!!!Posted in: Why Hello
My guests cannot spell usually. They went to public school. -
Sep 24, 2007Sakura posted a message on Getting to Know MeAHA!!! I knew I recognized your polished marbelesque ramblings.Posted in: Why Hello
Just letting you know while the nuns were flogging you I managed to grab that nickle...and it was a buffalo.
You should send me your address, I promise each year for christmas to send you one normal modern nickle to make up for the one I denied you of. Besides, I belive it is just to pay for good entertainment when I see it, and I appreciate a good nun-flogging. You saved me weeks of therapy.
Do you have a good recipe for Gespacho? -
Sep 11, 2007Sakura posted a message on And so it begins...The body has trouble digesting most seeds as is sweety. It is an awesome start and they mix well on alot of foods. If you have a blender, put them into some shakes and such. That will break them up so your body can digest them better.Posted in: Hall of Enigma
They are good on salads and make good cookies.
I prefer capsules if you can find them -
Apr 25, 2007Sakura posted a message on My own little Future Sight.That is a really cool idea, ether. It is alot of fun to do actually, I have friends who rescue animals and such. I recommend going the legit route (as you seem to be doing, and making a career) then just as a personal private thing. The later will turn you into a cat-lady.Posted in: Ether uses Gigagash!
:ducks the onslaught of hurled cats:
I definately wish you luck. I love animals too, and have thought of these professions as well at times. -
Apr 20, 2007Sakura posted a message on Slightly Emo Venting and GuiltMy comments on internet dating come from experience...sorry Alacar. I am a really good judge of people, yet manage to become blined to stupid things on net relationships. I am not saying they are 100% bad, just that it is way to easy to get lost iin the fantasy of them.Posted in: Sakura-densetsu
I am trying to mend things with Elisha. i doubt she will see me as two timing, we already had the understanding we would see other people if we liked...no strings. We weren't even serious. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
The Jitte is a tad clunkier than alot of work I would normally do, but I did rush it a little. There is a clear difference between a lack of skill and just rushing a bit. If Air Force had said something about it I would have redone the Jitte. As is it doesn't fit in his hand full, and the stamp/blur job I did in the top left is pretty bad.
The Text on these look fine on my home comp, but on my work comp the text seems to blend into the background a bit more than i had intended. Though I usually have problems with my work comp moniter being abnormally dark at max brightness...it is old and constantly in use. But does anyone else have that problem?
I think you will find that while it will be more explosive, you lose out alot on durability.
What he said.
Concidered bargain, not sure where to fit it.
Arbitter is bad because it will die
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Beseach the Queen
4 Consume Spirit
4 Death Grasp
4 Vindicate
4 Duress
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Staff of Domination
2 Decree of Justice
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scrubland
10 Swamps
You can win on your opponents turn with my buil as is. If someone runs Chant or Abeyance and Chants in response to Dream Halls, you can go off and dig up a Wish for Brain Freeze on their upkeep or at least draw into the counters you will need.
Very fun. Made me think alot. Allways enjoy playing against you.
Playing through FoW, Mana Drain AND Pyroblasts was a serious pain. And stop Misdirecting my Recalls >_< grrrrr
This deck seems resilient to hate. That is a plus.
In testing I've beaten Oath Tyrrant, Painter (though was a Legacy build), some sort of control deck (not w100% sure I killed him ywo games without him accomplishing much), a vintage version of angel stax (WG, 8 speheres/thorns), and Aggro Stax...creamed both Stax decks horribly. The best decks I played were the Oath Tyrrant and the Aggro Stax. The hardest match Was Oath.
Edit: was just testing with Cecillia/Kevin. I won 3/4 matches against his Vintage build of Landstill. The first two games were moderate, first one harder with me just Tinkering a Collosus after looking at how dull my hand was and Kevin with only two cards in hand and a Null Rod in play. He couldn't answer it. Game three I got stuck at one blue source most of the game and fell too far behind. Game four looked like I was going to stall at two islands and Kevin had complete control. I MDesired Early for 2 (first chance I could hit 6 mana) our of desperation and got a mox and a Painter. Two turns later I Get Yawgmoth's Will and MDesire for a count of 5 and drop a Dream Halls. They I played out my graveyard ditching lands, nail a Fact or Fiction into Tendrils.
4 Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Underground Sea
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mind's Desire
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
4 Dream Halls
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Opportunity
4 Thirst for Knowledge
3 Cunning Wish
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Stifle
1 Grindstone
1 Darksteel Collosus
1 Tinker
2 Painter's Servant
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Remand
1 Gush
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Echoing Truth
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Repeal
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Brain Freeze
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Stifle
1 Opportunity
1 Misdirection
Advantage over Normal Storm combo (TEPS/Long) ; Dream Halls lets you run more of a control build. You do not need to rely on cards like Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual. The Cards you need to go off are generally all around useful cards such as Mana Drain and Card Draw spells. Stuff you are happy to see even when you cannot go off. This deck can be explosively stupid or play long control games.
Advantages over Normal Painter ; You have more ways to win than they do. Mill, Beats or Tendrils. You are also stronger without Painter in play than they are.
Notes concerning this deck ;
1) Painter lets you pitch lands to play your spells if you get a Dreamhalls. It also lets you play Yawgmoths will. Get one out fast. Tinker/Painter in many cases is a better play than Tinker/Collosus.
2) There is a fair chunk of targetted draw in this deck. Ancestral, 2 Opportunity and one wishable. You have a good chance of seeing one off of a Brain Freeze or Grindstone, pay attention because in some matches you will need to force then to draw some cards. (ie Grindstone reveals Blessing, just ditch a card to Opportunity. If you have Stone and 3 mana free, don't showboat and waste that last Opportunity.
3) Don't be afraid of low storm count Mind's Desires. Most of the time in most decks Storming for 4-5 is often an act of desperation. This deck gets the most consistant 4-5 storm Mind's Desires I have seen. Drop dreamhalls and pitch to play Desire in the same turn, it is usually a strong play. In testing I had a number of games where I dropped a pair of free mana sources and a Dream Halls turn two and Played Mind's Desire right there. I won each of those games off of storm counts of 4-5.
4) Remeber with Dream Halls out you use it to discard for Force of Will instead of paying one life and removing a card from the game.
I have had some opponents ask why i run Op over Tidings. Op is an Instant, rarely does the 1 mana make any difference, and once dream Halls is out they are exactly the same spell. Also, if I have already used the one in my sideboard and have eaten one with a Force of Will I can still wish for it.
I have even been experimenting with Crone in Legacy alongside Godlin Welder in a Teen Titans/Painter hybrid with fair results. It is cool because it is a powerful reanimater build which can win through combo if it is disrupted or loses gas. 4 Sundering Titans, 2 Reaper Kings, 4 Painter's Servents, 4 Goblin Welder, 4 Scarecrone, 4 Grindstone
@"Anyone want to guess about an enchantment that turns your artifacts into colors?" Painter's Servant
Yeah, nikki seems pretty stereotypical in many ways, but steretypes come from somewhere.
I have my concerns as well. I saw no pics of David/Hodoku in any of her pics (though i couldn't access her Facebook pics) Pics of lots of friends on her phone, none of Hodoku. But they never said that I recall that they have been dating very long.
But I am not going to make a big deal over it. You can see signs anywhere of anything if you are paranoid enough. If Nikki is fake, whatever. Is it worth wasting your life makinga big deal about every random paranoid hunch you have? When does another person's life become more intresting than your own? That is what this is all about. I really think you have developed an extremely nosey streak.
The internet is really serious, we should stop Hodoku from having his fun at all expense!
If she is fake, the rules have nothing against gimmick accounts exclusively. Leave him be until he uses it to cause a real problem. The mods will catch it.
If she is real, then you just wind up looking like a n00b or you drag her name through the mud and people don't take her seriously.
@your last post. You want less drama? Stop accusing people in the intro area of being a gimmick. There was no drama here until then. It is only drama when someone makes it drama.
I sometimes Google users private info (email address and such) on my forum, but I am Admin and own the forum and have alot of fake accounts recently and have a valid reason.
Clearly you seem to think you found something stuck at the bottom of a dumpster. If it is so damning why haven't you shared it? You feel the need to tell us you believe it is a gimmick and that you have found info that backs that up then expect us just to accept it?
And if it is, Hodoku will be found out and then he will have to live the rest of his life knowing that from that point on I will always imagine him in a cute skirt and pumps. How can he out debate me when he knows I have that visual. He will post some rebuttle and ill quote and edit it to say "goss this skirt im wearing adorable.
That said, i hope its not a gimmick. I was actually growing to like Nikki.
3 Fluctuator
3 Decree of Justice
3 Krosan Tusker
3 Eternal Dragons
3 Eternal Witness
3 Akroma's Venageance
4 Orim's Chant
4 Wall of Blossoms
3 Harmonic Sliver
3 Life from the Loam
1 Genesis
4 Plains
4 Forest
I made it for fun but it did better than expected. If I were to make it competitive I would make some adjustments.
Because Counterbalance requires double blue and is harder to fetch, meanwhile Top fits in every deck and makes alot of cards more powerful. Counterbalance, Fetchlands, Dark Confidant (basically neutering its disadvantage). Counterbalance is not the broken card in the combo, on its own it does not do alot. Ask iny countertop player ; if they can only have one of the two cards (cbalance or top) in play, which one would they pick? Without any effects to abuse it even, Top effectively increases your hand size by three.
Also, banning Top allows them to print decent deck manipulation and card draw for 1 and 2 mana. With an Artifact themed Shard in the new block, I can see a top alternative potentially. Something like Scroll Rack maybe (not a direct reprint, it would probably be too powerful. But a Scroll Rack with X in its activation cost would be fine. X : Set aside X cards, draw X cards, put the set aside cards on top.) Or maybe X : Look at the top X cards of your library, you may then shuffle your library.
Anyways. Being an artifact that nearly every deck runs that costs 1 mana and provides so much card advanatge and synnergy with so many already playable cards really hinders design space.