"so stupid it drools" -- a conversation with local judge who fails to realize that the Riptide Cube is like the West coast; had it been discovered first, nobody would have ever moved to the East coast.
(after having a wizards employee over of draft the other day, said gentleman advocated for karakas in the main cube draft because 'it's ok if it just goes 14th,' proving he'd become as stupid as the people his set designs condescend to. this and the below confirmed my judgment that conventional cube design is pretty much dried-up in terms of what it has to offer us, both in specific card choices and design sophistries):
D: Still have repeats in the Cube?
C: I dunno does elvish mystic and llanowar elves count
D: Nope. And neither does fyndhorn elf or arbor elf.
D: But 14 ponders skews the games too hard bruh
C: OK I’ll rename the other ones
C: How about ‘contemplate’ and ‘mind tempest’ and ‘nativity draft group’
D: No need to accommodate me. But I won’t play it. Sorry man 
C: No games have ever been skewed by sol ring
D: But at least it’s highlander. To each their own. I prefer the old school method that tom lapille and max mccall and all the old school cubed designers use.
C: Why
D: Because it’s a version of rotisserie. Highlighting the best cards in the game and the drafters ability to find synergy and efficient curves using the available, balanced pool of cards.
C: How is lotus balanced
D: Because there is only 1. And it’s a 20% chance to draw in your opener.
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There's nothing really worth taking seriously here, and spending time exploding the obvious hypocrisies and instances of poor taste would be as bad as sinking to that level, but I did want to share this with y'all (most of whom forsake the broader
Magic community) just to give y'all an idea of the prevailing culture surrounding Cube stuff
