Your friends are all 18 I take it? If so, don't worry about it. Not everyone has forward momentum after high school and it's not uncommon for someone to be confused about what comes next. Many of my friends went through the same thing and even with myself, I'm only just now moving toward a concrete future after years of bouncing from place to place and job to job.
In the meantime, try to be a bit more patient and a lot less *****ily judgmental. They aren't moving in the same direction or at the same pace as you, that's nothing to get your thong in a twist over.
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Oct 6, 2008
Posted in: Minineko BlogIs it possible to spam on blogs? Cause I think that's what this is
Technically yes, but I'm really lax when it comes to spamming in here. As long as it's not a dozen blog posts in a row or the like, I'm hesitant to infract over content-light blogs. Especially since every second blog is just pointless rambling about useless ****, I don't want to open that particular can of worms.
If the blog-going populace of MTGS wants to open a discussion about Blog-specific rules, we can discuss it in SYM if you wish. -
Sep 20, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on Planeswalker TeamsI love that idea. Good mixes of characters and abilities there, too.Posted in: ZasZ234's Arcana
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Sep 12, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on That snuck up on me...Posted in: The Cadet's Random Idiociessaw one of the best posts EVER by some guy named Jack M.F. Elgin over on breakfast@epiphanies...
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Sep 12, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on Wedges of Alara: DarithWe actually have a great discussion going of this exact sort of thing (the philosophies behind enemy wedge shards) going on here. You should check it out. A lot of great ideas passing around, it's interesting to see what the community thinks since wedge identities are almost completely untouched on WotC's end so it's virgin territory.Posted in: ZasZ234's Arcana
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Sep 9, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on bad designAnd? WotC doesn't want people to be unable to cast these new, cool spells. So they give us effective mana fixing. If they didn't, they'd be getting complaints on the other end.Posted in: Confessions of a Rouge deck builder
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Sep 6, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on Thoughts on A Planeswalker's Guide to AlaraI may actually get this guide, if it ever gets sold here. The very notion that I may buy something Magic-related is insane since I have not gotten anything related to Magic since 2001.Posted in: Machine Messiah Blog
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Aug 7, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on I love being me.Posted in: The Cadet's Random Idiocies...have you checked your sig lately?
Except I'm laughing at the crazy things people say to me when they decide they don't like me, I'm not whining about not being universally loved. There's a bit of a difference. -
Aug 3, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on I love being me.Posted in: The Cadet's Random IdiociesI mean, this just hits me really hard. I suppose I really couldn't expect anything beyond this; after all I "Trolled PBG". Yeah, well, you know what? I didn't recognize that until later, and then I tried to make amends. What more do you people want from me? Is it the spam? Notice: I have not been spamming lately. Is it the fact that my poetry sucks? Notice: I know. Thank you. Is it the fact that I asked to be banned? Notice:...
Yeah, okay, I can't talk my way out of that corner. But you get what I mean, right? It's kind of sad how much energy some of you are putting into making my life even more of a hell as it already is! For god's sake! My parents are divorced, my mom and I are struggling to scrape by, and pretty much the only thing I can really do in my free time is surfing the forums.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't pour my life's story out like that. I just feel like my trust has been broken, you know? I had this feeling when I got here "Oh, what a nice site". I had my mind changed. Then, when I returned, I had that feeling again, because I had missed this place.
But my trust is broken. MTGS may have some really great people ('Rax, AoK, Les, Sakura, Alacar, to name a few), but I really can't shake the feeling that me being accepted is something that will never happen here. Oh well. I would love to put some kind of last words here, but I really don't have the mental stamina to do so. This takes it out of me.
Oh wow. Please stop. You're every melodramatic teenager cliche rolled up into one blog post.
I'm going to be honest, I didn't really know about you until recently. I was vaguely aware of your situation here and the problems, but I didn't really get what was going on. Now I do. -
Aug 3, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on I love being me.Posted in: The Cadet's Random IdiociesHave any advice?
Yeah, stop making such a public show of everything. Be cool, Sodapop. People are a lot less likely to treat you like an over-dramatic social outcast if you stop going on about it. Contribute to discussions. Stop worrying about how many people you think hate you and worry about putting an end to behavior that got you in this mess. Be patient. The social order will find a new pariah to pick over eventually. -
Aug 3, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on I love being me.Why don't you spend less time crying and a bit more time actually trying to address the problem? Constantly posting about how much people don't like you, how you're a social pariah and just just can't do anything right really doesn't help your situation. It'll probably just make people sour on you.Posted in: The Cadet's Random Idiocies
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Aug 1, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on God, I love this place...So instead of bringing this to the proper channels, you post it pretty much everywhere else????Posted in: The Cadet's Random Idiocies
I realize you're angry but there are reasonable, constructive ways of dealing with this and then there's pissing and moaning to anyone who'll listen. -
Jul 31, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on i hate being the newbie...You're probably interested in looking here in Custom Card Creation.Posted in: firstorb Blog
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Jul 31, 2008
mikeyG posted a message on Random Thought: Running On ReservesPosted in: Redington Blog
No. I'm well aware of films based on those franchises being developed, but all that proves is that the studios tend to greenlight films that have better odds of turning a profit. And once again, films based on existing properties (such as board games with worldwide name recognition and videogames with millions upon millions of units sold) tend on the whole to be profitable based on their preexisting fanbase. The name Monopoly attached to a movie will have a greater effect on the film's success than the same film without the Monopoly name. Or at least that's the studios' thinking.
So no, Hollywood hasn't run out of creativity. All that's happened is that the studios aren't likely to bankroll films without a decent shot of performing well. That means bankable stars and established audiences (thus the sequels, prequels, remakes, ripoffs and films based on preexisting franchises).
Writers and directors are forced to sit on riskier creative scripts because the studios won't bankroll them. Probably with good reason, but the creativity is still there. We just aren't seeing it on the screen as much as I wish we would.
I guess it depends on who you view as Hollywood. If you think of the studios as Hollywood, then yeah, I can see them as having lost their creativity. Personally, I view the filmmakers themselves as Hollywood, and they most certainly have not run out of creativity. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Actually, I was being legit because I was surprised and disappointed to see you making such a weak argument and I wanted to help you understand why I disagreed. But if you want to project and then act a fool, that's also typical MTGS behavior.
Sure, that's the general conceit, though I still don't believe that means crossovers with other IPs fit the game.
Yikes. Are you okay?
I addressed that in my post. I don't feel the trial and error, spaghetti on the wall early days of the game justifies UB anymore than I think having worn black nail polish for a couple months when I was 14 means going full goth now wouldn't be a radical shift. I'd argue that decades of established identity trumps experimentation in the game's beginnings, at its heart that's why UB feels dissonant for a lot of people like the TWD stuff before it.
That's not at all what I said. What I said was that the game took a few sets to really find its footing/identity but that for decades after it had established its identity and set expectations for players. And that identity was independent from IP crossovers (though MtG obviously has pulled considerable inspiration from other IPs/mythologies/pop culture/etc over the years), until recently.
The reason I made that point was to disagree with the assertion that those early days of trial and error when it came to how the game interacts with other IPs/real world concepts can be used to justify Universe Beyond because I feel that is a weak argument. UB isn't less of a big shift for the game because Frankenstein's Monster was a card in 1995. Despite the growing pains of the early days, MtG developed an identity over decades distinctly independent of direct crossover, to the point where the obvious lifts from other IPs don't really feel like they fit in hindsight. That's the basis of my disagreement that early sets like Legends show that MtG was meant for IP crossover like UB, it's a weak and disingenuous line of reasoning. If that's not feeling clear for you, by all means let me know which aspects you need more clarity on.
I'm not against the game expanding, far from it, I just tend to dislike expansions that feel dissonant with the core of the game. And I don't feel IP crossovers fit with that core, certainly others may.
No, and this is still a disingenuous take. The fumbling for a cohesive identity of a game in its infancy is not indicative of its identity as it coalesced over decades, which is why a lot of those early sets have direct references that feel out of place in hindsight (though how much that bothers a player is subjective). And this take also conflates influence and homage with expanding the game to include external IPs.
Universe Beyond represents a change for the game, if the TWD Secret Lair was dipping the toe in this is a belly flop. We can all have different responses to it, but let's not pretend this is an organic change in the game or that the game was always meant for it. People can embrace the UB concept without all that.
You don't find that to be a disingenuous comparison? Seems to me that there's a difference in terms of context and expectations of what the games are. And incidentally, I started disliking SSB the more they broadened the pool of characters outside the core Nintendo/Mario cohort because it felt dissonant to me. But I also don't have much investment in that game so your mileage may vary. Regardless, one can like cross-IP blending in some contexts and not others, it's not an all or nothing thing.
I generally don't love fourth wall breaking in media, but sometimes in some contexts it can elevate the experience. Liking a concept doesn't mean you have to like it applied in all contexts.
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.