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  • posted a message on Pokemon X and Y
    Not Pokemon X/Y, but Pokemon related:

    http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon

    Twitch chat controls what happens at all times. Its amazing. Twitch chat has beaten two gyms so far, just got Cut.

    I honestly have no idea how they are going to beat Lt. Surge.
    Posted in: Video Games
  • posted a message on Who Will Get to Conquer Earth?
    Independence Day invaders would win. Their forces are primarily airborne vs a very slow walker/tank type used by the War of the Worlds aliens.

    The War of the Worlds walkers may be able to shoot down the fighters, but the ships, such as the ones that destroyed DC, would wreck them.
    Posted in: The Versus Forum
  • posted a message on [[BNG]] SCG - Thassa's Rebuff
    Oh god, my monoU nightmares tonight....
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on [[BNG]] DailyMTG Previews 1/13
    Seems almost entirely limited focused so far.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on 7CBB - Research/Game: To Infinity and Beyond (@ Turn 2^1024 + 9234)
    Quote from plopfill
    I think I have a better one.



    The only way to win is to attack with Magus of the Tabernacle ten times.
    One must sacrifice Lotus Bloom for three white mana to cast it, after which one can never get Lotus Bloom back.
    Magus of the Tabernacle gives all creatures upkeep costs of {1}, including itself.
    Eldrazi Spawn tokens from Growth Spasm are the only way to pay for that, but they also have upkeep costs from Magus of the Tabernacle.
    Because of that, once Magus of the Tabernacle is on the battlefield, one must sacrifice half of one's creatures to pay for the upkeep costs of the other half every upkeep.
    Growth Spasm cannot be cast once Lotus Bloom is lost.
    Therefore, one must have 1023 Eldrazi Spawn tokens after Magus of the Tabernacle is cast, and one more is needed to cast it, for a total of 1024.
    To get those, one must repeatedly retrieve Growth Spasm and Lotus Bloom with Dwell on the Past and Doomsday, and must also have Emerald Medallion on the battlefield.
    Doomsday halves one's life total each time; one must gain life to survive it.
    Ivory Tower is the only way to gain life, but once Emerald Medallion is cast, one can never gain life from Ivory Tower again; therefore, enough life must be gained beforehand.

    Putting everything together, here is what one should do.
    (At the start of each of the following lines is the turn number.)
    1 Suspend Lotus Bloom.
    4 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three green mana, and cast Ivory Tower and Dwell on the Past targeting Lotus Bloom.
    5 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    8 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three black mana, cast Doomsday, put Lotus Bloom and Dwell on the Past into one's library, and lose 10 life.
    9 Draw one of those cards.
    10 Draw the other one.
    11 Gain 1 life from Ivory Tower, making one's life total 11.
    12 Gain 1 life from Ivory Tower, making one's life total 12.
    13 Gain 1 life from Ivory Tower, making one's life total 13.
    [continue in the same way]

    2^1024 Gain 1 life from Ivory Tower, making one's life total 2^1024, and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+3 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three green mana, cast Emerald Medallion, and cast Dwell on the Past targeting Lotus Bloom and Doomsday.
    2^1024+4 Draw Doomsday.
    2^1024+5 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+8 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three black mana, cast Doomsday, put Lotus Bloom and Dwell on the Past into one's library in that order, and lose 2^1023 life.
    2^1024+9 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+10 Draw Dwell on the Past.
    2^1024+12 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three green mana, cast Dwell on the Past targeting Lotus Bloom and Doomsday, and cast Growth Spasm; there is no basic land to find, but one still gets an Eldrazi Spawn token.
    2^1024+13 Draw Doomsday.
    2^1024+14 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+17 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three black mana, cast Doomsday, put Lotus Bloom, Dwell on the Past, and Growth Spasm into one's library in that order, and lose 2^1022 life.
    2^1024+18 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+19 Draw Dwell on the Past.
    2^1024+20 Draw Growth Spasm.
    2^1024+21 [Repeat from seven lines above, 1022 times.]

    2^1024+9219 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice it for three green mana, cast Dwell on the Past targeting Lotus Bloom and Doomsday, and cast Growth Spasm; there is no basic land to find, but one still gets an Eldrazi Spawn token.
    2^1024+9220 Draw Doomsday.
    2^1024+9221 Draw Lotus Bloom and suspend Lotus Bloom.
    2^1024+9224 Get Lotus Bloom, sacrifice Lotus Bloom for three white mana and one Eldrazi Spawn token for one colourless mana, and cast Magus of the Tabernacle.
    2^1024+9225 Sacrifice 512 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9226 Sacrifice 256 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9227 Sacrifice 128 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9228 Sacrifice 64 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9229 Sacrifice 32 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9230 Sacrifice 16 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9231 Sacrifice 8 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9232 Sacrifice 4 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9233 Sacrifice 2 Eldrazi Spawn tokens to pay for the upkeep costs of the other creatures and have Magus of the Tabernacle attack.
    2^1024+9234 Sacrifice the last Eldrazi Spawn token to pay for the upkeep cost of Magus of the Tabernacle, have Magus of the Tabernacle attack, and win the game.

    That is 2^1024+9234 or 179,769,313,486,231,590,772,930,519,078,902,473,361,797,697,894,230,657,273,430,081,157,732,675,805,500,963,132,708,477,322,
    407,536,021,120,113,879,871,393,357,658,789,768,814,416,622,492,847,430,639,474,124,377,767,893,424,865,485,276,302,219,601,246,094,119,453,082,952,
    085,005,768,838,150,682,342,462,881,473,913,110,540,827,237,163,350,510,684,586,298,239,947,245,938,479,716,304,835,356,329,624,224,146,450 turns.

    The first one was not good:


    The next one was incomplete:

    and I could not find anything suitable to give life.

    Next was one like the current one, but with Eladamri's Vineyard in place of Emerald Medallion, which does not work properly, because Eladamri's Vineyard gives green mana that can be used to cast Dwell on the Past.
    It was then changed to Darkwater Catacombs, Izzet Signet, Helm of Awakening, and finally Emerald Medallion.


    This is so sick it brought a tear to my eye.
    Posted in: Forum Magic
  • posted a message on Searching for a Moderate Republican Voice
    I use google news. You get a variety of sources on any one topic. It can auto-pick your results or you can sway your results by favoring fox news, or what have you, but if you keep everything neutral, it seems like a solid way to get less biased news.
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on Why is the debate subforum so far left? [a legit debate topic]
    Age and European views v. US views would be my guess.

    Age primarily because people who go on here are young, and youngsters are generally left leaning. Euro is just the general political view of the world is left of the general US view.

    I'd say the board is center-left.
    Posted in: Debate
  • posted a message on League of Legends Season III
    May not be super efficient but tiamats on yasou is so much fun.
    Posted in: Video Games
  • posted a message on Xbox One or PS4
    PS4 is cheaper.

    Xbone watches you while you sleep and can see your D.
    Posted in: Video Games
  • posted a message on Comics that must be read. NOW.
    Injustice League is one of the most hilarious comics I have ever read. The amount of zingers is astounding. Honestly never laughed so far.
    Posted in: Printed Media
  • posted a message on Affluenza and intoxication manslaughter in a court decision
    Was this a guilty plea?

    Can the prosecution appeal the sentence in TX juvenile court?
    Posted in: Debate
  • posted a message on NSA infiltrating... World of Warcraft
    Video games are also used as efficient ways of moving money from one country to another.
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on More race stuff....not so much privilege though
    I'd say not teaching kids to swim is a bit more accurate term than "drowning as a child," but thats a cool way to put it.
    Posted in: Debate
  • posted a message on More race stuff....not so much privilege though
    Right, but the problem is participation. What if the participation levels are low because of a cultural aspect of the community? Can you distinguish past discrimination affecting current situations from cultural aspects of said community?

    Seems like you could quickly stray into undermining someone's cultural identity if you focus the program's goal on specific races instead of the general population.
    Posted in: Debate
  • posted a message on More race stuff....not so much privilege though
    What if its just a purely cultural difference, not one that spawned through some kind of discrimination?
    Posted in: Debate
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