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  • posted a message on MTGO on a Windows 8 /8.1 Tablet
    I've been looking into this lately and I'm having trouble choosing between a good six or seven different devices. One thing I'm not sure of is how well MTGO scales based on resolution.

    Would the GUI be better on a 12.5 inch screen at 2160x1440, or a 15 inch screen at 1920x1080? The Yoga 2 Pro has 13.3" at 3200x1800, but I've heard nothing but bad things about the WiFi card.
    Posted in: Other Formats
  • posted a message on How I met Your Mother
    Quote from Cyan

    That alternate ending is only 'perfect' if you just ignore the repeated instances throughout the series where they drop hints that the mother isn't going to be around in the end. I'm not saying it is an inherently bad ending. Of course it's not. That scene at the train station is a beautiful moment. I'm saying that they had a particular ending in mind, and made multiple references throughout the series to this end, and the ending that you guys like is not consistent with that. I would have been furious if they just left that hanging. I would also argue that said ending makes Barney/Robin's divorce even less meaningful. At least this way, in the end, Robin and Ted end up together.

    But I really did like the ending. Ted struggled with love for so long(including getting left at the altar etc), but in the end, he got to be with BOTH loves of his life.
    By "repeated instances throughout the series," I assume you mean "twice, vaguely, and both within the last 28 episodes of a 208 episode show?"
    Posted in: Television
  • posted a message on How I met Your Mother
    I liked the ending, I even cried. From my understanding, they had this ending planned from season II when they filmed it.
    And maybe it would have made sense in 2006 after season two, but during season nine in 2014, it felt shoehorned.

    The alternate ending on YouTube was perfect. Normally I'd have trouble accepting alternate endings in the face of the original, but the original ending is just so out there and wrong for the tone of the story that it's surprisingly easy this time. It's like if Law and Order or some other real-world, serious show ended with some crazy alien invasion, you'd be like "clearly that's just dumb and doesn't fit at all, I'm just going to believe they all retired or something."
    Posted in: Television
  • posted a message on Battle of Choices : Needing keyboard Mouse and Headset (gaming)
    Corsair Vengance K70 (it's not as long as the later models, which I prefer)
    Razer Naga/Naga Hex
    Posted in: Geeks Corner
  • posted a message on Explain it to me like I'm 5: Bass guitar
    Once you're able to read tabs, go to www.songsterr.com and search for songs you'd like to learn. Here's Longview, by Green Day (it was the first bass-heavy song that came to mind). Select the bass from the instruments drop-down at the top and hit play. At the very least, it helps to conceptually put together how a song is played.

    Then I'd look up tutorials on YouTube for whichever song you choose for proper finger placement and just go for it.
    Posted in: Real-Life Advice
  • posted a message on [Event Discussion -] SCG Open Nashville
    What the heck happened? I was gone for like 2 seconds and Brad's life total dropped from 14 to 2.
    Karma happened to Brad Nelson.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on Worst trades you have ever seen (or have made)
    Quote from bocephus
    I dont care if its an electronics store, a car dealership, or a LGS. If I feel one of the parties is being taken advantage of, I will speak up. Those that wouldnt are not people I want to deal with any way. If both parties finish the deal knowing one is being taken advantage of, thats not my business to stop, but I will let them know.
    Sounds like a good way to get banned from every store in town.
    Posted in: Magic General
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    I don't understand why people keep bringing up other players and other circumstances. It doesn't matter what other sneaky things "nice" players have done, or what nice things "sleazy" players have done. Nothing condemns or exonerates Brad Nelson's actions aside from Brad Nelson's actions. Which were, by many people's opinions, exceptionally trashy.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on G/R Monsters?
    Quote from Valryu
    The OP is talking about G/R monsters originally piloted by BBD, not Mihara's G/r devotion deck. The monsters deck is currently well-positioned in the current meta.
    It still is pretty weak to spot removal, and there are those games where you draw lands, dorks, and then die. But it's still pretty fun. Have you ever popped a Domri and double Ghor-Clanned a Mystic Elf?
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    Quote from boomershadow
    http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1w4xsq/brad_nelson_vs_john_wallace_round_4_scg_baltimore/

    Matt Wall, the Level 2 judge at the table, stays and answers questions and comments about the match and the call in the comment section, but this is the core of his basis for the ruling.



    I'm of the opinion that this was a cheap and skeazy way to try to win a match, but based on his explanation of the situation it seems that the ruling is technically correct.
    If you read that thread, the head judge was asked about the ruling after the match and said that he would have let the Ruric Thar trigger resolve.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on Grand Prix Vancouver
    Quote from Tackman
    My fellow Canadian Alexander Hayne won with a deck that isn't monoblue or monoblack. Everything is well! Nodding the Affirmative
    As far as I know, UW has been doing well for a while. I don't know why the announcers made it sound like it hasn't.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    Quote from rath665
    And morals are still irrelevant and imaginary. In the future try to focus on things that actually exist. Not things that are made up in the minds of people who fail to understand reality.

    We are done here. It has been entertaining seeing your ramblings and trying to reason with you. Have a wonderful day sir.
    Thank you for realizing your errors and conceding. Have a nice day as well!
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    Quote from rath665
    It seems you just are confused about how a competitive tournament works. You should look up the different REL's and learn the differences of them.
    You're the only confused one here. No one is saying what Brad did was against the rules. That doesn't mean that what he did can't also be morally questionable.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    Quote from rath665
    You claim Brad should have immediately said, "I take 6" when casting Elspeth.
    I never claimed that. Brad should have let his opponent get the trigger because his opponent called it within five seconds of Brad taking a card out of his hand and putting it on the table with nothing happening in between.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
  • posted a message on SCG Open Baltimore
    Quote from rath665
    On the GP coverage, I just watched Shenhar's opponent miss a Young Pyromancer trigger. Was it immoral of Shenhar to not remind his opponent of the trigger? If not, please explain the difference between the two events.
    I don't know the exact situation, but let's just say Shenhar's opponent (Player X) was casting a Shock targeting Shenhar's creature. If Shenhar says "resolves," picks up his creature, and puts it into his graveyard immediately after seeing the Shock, and then claims that Player X missed the trigger because obviously the spell has already resolved (because his creature is now in the graveyard) then that would be sleazy.

    If Player X just goes to the dome with a Magma Jet, scrys, passes the turn, but then immediately says "oh, Young Pyromancer trigger," I wouldn't say that denying your opponent the trigger would be sleazy.

    There's a certain amount of leeway that should be granted for paper magic so that we don't have to announce every single phase and passing of priority. Five seconds after your opponent casts a card is, in my opinion, within said leeway. To take advantage of this shorthand way we have to play is sleazy.
    Posted in: Standard Archives
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