Ugh....
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Dom Harvey
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can't wait to see what Duel Decks: Xenagos vs. Tamiyo looks like!
It's nice to see some powerful characters drawn as normal people. It looks weird.
"hey i'm building this modern peasant cube, can you take a look at my list"
"sure" *started looking* "oh, you have Woodlot Crawler, i'm not a fan of such strongly color hate cards because " *explanation of reasons*
"well green is really good so I wanted a way to balance that."
"yeah, but I'm not sure that's really the right way to go about that, because " *explanation of reasons*
"I guess I'll remove Zombie Outlander"
"wait, you had that too?"
man what
"sure" *started looking* "oh, you have Woodlot Crawler, i'm not a fan of such strongly color hate cards because " *explanation of reasons*
"well green is really good so I wanted a way to balance that."
"yeah, but I'm not sure that's really the right way to go about that, because " *explanation of reasons*
"I guess I'll remove Zombie Outlander"
"wait, you had that too?"
man what
Are those the Star Wars reviews?
FlowerSunRain
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Does anyone else have this problem?
I've been muddling along in my next cube revision for a while now. A month at least, and its really not getting anywhere. I think to myself, I need help. And then I realize, I'm part of a cube community that exists (at least partly) for the very specific purpose of helping out with this kind of stuff! I should just ask them!
But then I sit down to try to articulate what I need help with, and I find that just as hard as actually doing the cube revisions that I need to ask for help with, so rather then just ask some questions and possibly hitting upon the epiphany that breaks me through this developmental rut, I just lurk these forums (and others) and hope someone randomly says something useful to me without making any attempt to elicit a useful response, then get frustrated when it doesn't happen.
I've been muddling along in my next cube revision for a while now. A month at least, and its really not getting anywhere. I think to myself, I need help. And then I realize, I'm part of a cube community that exists (at least partly) for the very specific purpose of helping out with this kind of stuff! I should just ask them!
But then I sit down to try to articulate what I need help with, and I find that just as hard as actually doing the cube revisions that I need to ask for help with, so rather then just ask some questions and possibly hitting upon the epiphany that breaks me through this developmental rut, I just lurk these forums (and others) and hope someone randomly says something useful to me without making any attempt to elicit a useful response, then get frustrated when it doesn't happen.
You should probably have a face-to-face (or at least voice) conversation with someone. I have lots of ideas about the budget cube thing but the thought of taking the time to type them out is a major roadblock.
CML
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So I'm tutoring this kid whom I correctly guessed played mtg, and once I knew he was a friend of ours I decided I was gonna give him some bulk rares. 100-handed one has no use to me but for him it'll make his day! (Though to be fair i thought the same of Desecration "Big Double D's" Demon a year ago) ... anyway he told me 'I've got this card that's so overpowered. it's probably not legal in tournaments. it's called ... crypt incursion." i told him it wasn't great and then i realized i was a giant hypocrite because
PLEASE NOW someone find the video of me losing to that card with my lifegain deck.
PLEASE NOW someone find the video of me losing to that card with my lifegain deck.
We should make a map of cubes on this site. It would be cool for people like me who like to travel.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Ever coming to small town Canada? 
It seems like every time I change my cube I add more synergistic cards and cut generally good stuff. I make myself a pack and look at it and I'm like "wtf is all this shit?"
FlowerSunRain
Contributor
A sure sign of progress is being confused and complaining about how things aren't as good as they used to be.
Do you guys think we should have a separate subforum for non-Magic discussion?
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Probably not at this size.
In an alternate world Rich Hagon parodies himself during broadcasts:
"Erectile whichfunction?"
"Erectile whichfunction?"
CML
Contributor
we've had a great deal of fun coming up with cards that describe the magic weddings that happen from time to time around here. annul is kind of obvious but bond of agony was great and well there's this hagon-inspired gem
while rereading Brideshead Revisited i made a note comparing Bridey to Hagon because well yeaaahhhhhhhh. i wonder if his wife collects matchboxes
while rereading Brideshead Revisited i made a note comparing Bridey to Hagon because well yeaaahhhhhhhh. i wonder if his wife collects matchboxes
CML
Contributor
who else likes doug hofstadter?! GEB is really long-winded (imagine if a Beckett play had more than one joke) but man have i had a blast with him on acid.
(http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...man-who-would-teach-machines-to-think/309529/)
(http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...man-who-would-teach-machines-to-think/309529/)
I think we're gonna go ahead and try this out, since 90% of our forum activity seems to be on this thread, which has long outgrown its original intended purpose. Not everything needs to be in GBS; now you can feel free to make Specific BS threads!