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- mikeyG
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Member for 16 years, 1 month, and 30 days
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Dec 3, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Why Breaking Dawn MUST Be Made Into A MovieThey're expected to break the fourth book into two films to fit it all in, so I doubt much will be sped up or omitted.Posted in: Random Rants -
Dec 1, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Why Breaking Dawn MUST Be Made Into A MoviePlagiarized!Posted in: Random Rants
But it was a great article, so I'm not hatin'. -
Nov 29, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Friggin' PolanskiHe's one of the most infamous flight risks in the past 50 years and they gave him house arrest.Posted in: {bloggyG}
House arrest in a luxury chalet.
I need to break more ☺☺☺☺ing lamps. -
Oct 7, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Raw, raw, fight the power.Nice repost. Be more originalPosted in: File Under Sexy
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Sep 20, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on the end of friends...Facebook: home of Farmville, useless quizzes, photo-memes and drama llamas.Posted in: 1-800-cyanide line
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Aug 17, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on I have an idea...Actually, right in the rules it states that the rules apply to the Blog section. As the staff member unofficially in charge of Blogs, I tend to keep it fairly loose, but there are lines. Thanks for crossing one.Posted in: Tyler Durden Blog
For anyone wondering, he was infracted for this. -
Jun 27, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Leave for japan!Chances are, if you qualify for enrollment in a mental health facility you really ought to go.Posted in: Archon Kamigawa Blog
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Mar 30, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on [ALR]From Game Japan 5So hybrid is in the set as well as enemy gold and a 'double cast' ability which I'm a bit confused on.Posted in: MTG Japan news blog
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Mar 29, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Let's celebrate!!!!Well, no, you attributed your incessant posting to boredom several times in this entry as well as the comments, including the one I was replying to.Posted in: Keeperofzion Blog
i am currently not that bored yet...although i think i will be this monday
At no point did you say you were too busy tospam the ever-living crap out of the forummake your contributions to the forum. So sorry if you lost me. -
Mar 27, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Let's celebrate!!!!You plan out your boredom?Posted in: Keeperofzion Blog
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Mar 26, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on Let's celebrate!!!!Quality not quantity.Posted in: Keeperofzion Blog
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Feb 26, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on My Late EpiphanyStop asking good questionsPosted in: {bloggyG}
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Feb 24, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on My Late EpiphanyNo one is who they seem! I am awash in duplicity and betrayal! Oh the humanity of it all!Posted in: {bloggyG}
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Feb 23, 2009
mikeyG posted a message on My Late EpiphanyI was kingcobweb all along.Posted in: {bloggyG}
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I think that's quite the overstatement. There are people who don't enjoy this fairly radical change to the game (and for many reasons, some may think it breaks immersion, some may see it as a jump the shark moment, whatever the individual perception is) and won't engage with it. And others are excited by the possibilities and the change won't really impact how they interact with the game. No one's hurt, no one's bullying.
At worst, this is equivalent of arguing about whether one can/should skip the Edward Norton Hulk movie or Thor: the Dark World in an MCU rewatch. There's discussion on the merits, and ultimately most people will just quietly do what's best/fun for them and only a tiny number of maladjusted people will take it seriously enough to make bigger issue of it.
Dude, if someone can't walk away without being a weird, standoffish dick about it, they probably don't have the most stable place in that group to begin with. And yes, that's what one would do if everyone else in the group is cool with something that you're not, just as in most other things in life. And this game.
I'm really confused by this. How are all of you interacting with people where walking away respectfully from something you don't want to be a part of is so outlandish a concept?
This. I have a particular vibe I'm after when I play, and I don't play games that just aren't fun to me. I don't play competitive, I don't typically play against people who spend thousands on the best cards and that's all they talk about, etc. That's not gatekeeping, it's just me understanding what I find fun and not engaging with things that ruin that fun for me. In playgroups when stuff like that comes up, I just walk away and do something else. Get a drink, eat a snack, make a trade, check my phone ... whatever. Exactly like Arena games I concede on turn two when I see what the other player is doing and it's just going to be an irritating experience (but, if I'm being honest, playing with most MtG players is an irritating experience). These idiotic brand concepts are the same thing, people can play them all they want, just not with me.
Calling that gatekeeping is laughable.
Absolutely this. I've taken extensive breaks from the game more than a few times, which has typically refreshed my interest when I eventually wander back after whatever drove me off to begin with peters out. I'm going to give it to Strixhaven previews. Kaldheim didn't interest me at all, but I think Strixhaven could be more appealing so I want to see.
That Cultivate art, though. What a gorgeous composition to match a really powerful piece of flavor text about resiliency and cultivating a brighter future from present struggles. Well done.
... it's Black History Month, isn't that the exact right time to do this product? Why is it off to do a product that acknowledges that and raises money for a charity relating to Black girls during Black History Month?
I'm saying that using the unrealistic theory of MTGS' resident conspiracy theorist (no offense, CSJ, but you did once claim that we need to get more concerned about EMPs) isn't solid ground to build much of an argument. Much ado about nothing, as I said.
If you say so, I don't really see it. If anything, you and Cranky seems to be the vocal minority behaving in tiresome ways. I'm honestly unsure what you're hoping to achieve here, it just seems like you're trolling at this point.
It was a couple posts from a regular poster with a history of unsubstantiated and we'll say dubious theories, a post or two explaining why that was unlikely, and one saying that the RC could theoretically profit from the corporation in other ways if such a thing were going on. Much ado about nothing, my dude. You're just making it into a bigger thing than it is because it validates your position.
That's what you think other posters here are doing?
Really? Really?
I know that's likely hyperbole, but I think it reveals more about you and your friends than it does the toxicity of the MTG playerbase.
Careful, your slip is showing.
Well, no, and that's a bit of a strawman. I don't do that, I doubt anyone here does. Speaking for myself, however, when I'm in a public space (like a forum) and I witness ignorant comments or bigoted behavior I will (if safe) say something. And, in my experience, the reverse is also true and I've been in public and have had bigoted things said to me (usually for being ~*~TOO GAY~*~ but sometimes for other social justice/progressive statements). Being in public and never experiencing socio-political issues in everyday places is completely foreign to me.
The point I'm trying to make, though, is that the behavior I'm describing, people in public spaces responding to socio-political cues from others, is exactly what was transpiring on the forums. And it's probably going to keep happening because humans have opinions and there will always be organic moments when those opinions are shared in public.
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For me, though, I'm going to take your advice and I'm going to go. I'll probably lurk and hibernate, see if the site changes again, but this clearly isn't the place for me anymore.
For what it's worth, a 'lynch' in mafia-style games refers to the elimination of a player based on group vote. It's literally a game term for mob 'violence', and it's been used on these forums as long as I've been around on the site (likely back to the 'News days).
Though, for the sake of fairness, I know some mafia communities are moving away from that term for obvious reasons.
Mine is really wholesome and not so doggedly competitive so there's a feeling of enjoying seeing other players' decks do their thing, so to speak. That, plus we're all largely budget players, means that we can all get away with more synergistic cards that may not provide the best utility for the cost. And we can get away with decks that aren't as finely tuned so there's less stress about utility.
I'm a bigger fan of being on theme, but I'm also not competitive at all and get more enjoyment out of doing fun things than actually winning. And one of our players has the most fun slowing games down and helping underdogs win (or at least not lose). So my situation is a bit different.
At the end of the day, though, the game supports an array of approaches. I say do you, have fun, and don't worry about what's most ideal or 'right'.
Same. The only sealed products I buy are Commander decks and the odd booster box when I want to treat my staff to a draft night, and I feel ver (as you put it) bogged down.
I maintain 12-15 EDH decks at any time and I usually build one or two new decks when a set releases depending on set themes and interesting/affordable commanders (along with, of course, rebuilding/refining existing decks to include new cards). And I haven't built a new deck since Commander 2019 and there are a ton of interesting commanders and themes that I probably just won't catch up on when in prior years, I likely would have.
That's not entirely on WotC, part of it is the pandemic and part of it was my work situation in the months before the pandemic. And I'm not sharing that for the sake of being negative on the internet (:rollout:), it's just the reality of the situation for me at the moment. The perceived barrage of new products makes catching up feel more overwhelming and expensive, and decreases my desire to do so.
Hahaha, same.
It's a worthwhile exploration of MDFCs. I like that it's a dual to fix you if you didn't draw into one of your colors, and it's a decent spell if you're good on mana. It's also a really neat way of bolstering a multicolor set's number of multicolor cards while also providing the manabase decks in Limited require in that environment.