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prokopetz: Reasons why computer problems seem to mysteriously vanish as soon as a technician shows...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:38:06 -0400

Reasons why computer problems seem to mysteriously vanish as soon as a technician shows up:

You were spacing out and skipping a step somewhere without realising it, and you can’t reproduce it when you try to demonstrate it because now you’re paying attention to what you’re doing

It’s an intermittent electrical connection fault that’s being aggravated by movement/vibrations in your desk; you need to check your cables

The act of explaining the problem to someone caused you to figure out what you were doing wrong

The real cause of the problem was somewhere upstream of your terminal device – for example, at the network service provider – and it got fixed at the source while you were waiting

Your computer is in a location with poor airflow and is overheating; waiting for the technician to arrive gave it a chance to cool off

Despite all appearances to the contrary, modern computers actually have very good fault recovery, and most minor problems will sort themselves out on their own if you give it a minute

Magic

follower-of-liliana: zoanzon: golgari-trash-lord: commandertheory: Looks like all the...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:24:22 -0400

follower-of-liliana:

zoanzon:

golgari-trash-lord:

commandertheory:

Looks like all the God-Eternals are going to have some sort of ETB trigger that relates to the activated ability on their AKH card.

WANT

I’m just wondering what Oketra or Kefnut are going to have.

Kefnut had a ‘draw, bounce a land if you want’ ability, while Oketra made tokens. So…Kefnut might have a ‘reveal X cards, put all (lands in play//nonlands in hand) and discard the rest’ ability to merge the ‘draw’/’land focus’ aspect, while Oketra…Amass ability where X=large?

my predictions for the other two gods.. hop on the hype train!

I like these.
Amass is in Grixis this set, but a mythic rare of a character from Amonkhet is the perfect excuse to put it in white despite the Zombies!
(I’d like to abuse some ETBs or cast triggers with Khefnet as well. Not sure exactly what but I guess Rhonas is the most immediate example at hand if they’re in a simic deck together– growth elves are also fine there, while a wellspring or just resetting a land are the first thing I think of for mono-blue?)

rhonas-indomitable: seras-sanctum: Well that’s dumb. Hey @rhonas-indomitable you uhh, how you...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:16:11 -0400

rhonas-indomitable:

seras-sanctum:

Well that’s dumb.

Hey @rhonas-indomitable you uhh, how you doing there buddy? You’re looking a little uhhh… emaciated?

Its all good i just need a smoothie

apocalypse–enthusiast:Oh to be one of those lights you sometimes see floating in the desert - you...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:03:46 -0400

apocalypse–enthusiast:

Oh to be one of those lights you sometimes see floating in the desert - you know the ones.

prokopetz: prokopetz: My favourite type of villain is the one whose leitmotif is just a bass...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:02:16 -0400

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

My favourite type of villain is the one whose leitmotif is just a bass drop.

@mentallia replied:

Seinfeld

That would be a bass sting, not a bass drop. =P

Though now that you mention it, a villain whose leitmotif is a Seinfeld style bass sting would also be very good.

Concept:
One or more characters are aware of the musical queues of the show and actively comment on them from time to time. Occasionally one will begin but they just aren’t feeling like that today, so they do something incongruous with it.

Character thesaurus includes: Bumblebee (Transformers)

prokopetz: prokopetz: My favourite type of villain is the one whose leitmotif is just a bass...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:58:43 -0400

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

My favourite type of villain is the one whose leitmotif is just a bass drop.

@mentallia replied:

Seinfeld

That would be a bass sting, not a bass drop. =P

Though now that you mention it, a villain whose leitmotif is a Seinfeld style bass sting would also be very good.

uncleromeo: yeehawlw: yeehawlw: i can’t stop thinking about that tweet about the guy who tried to...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:58:15 -0400

uncleromeo:

yeehawlw:

yeehawlw:

i can’t stop thinking about that tweet about the guy who tried to stop his cat from pushing his door open and accidentally trained him to push 50lbs instead

he cannot be stopped

therealvagabird: 02/2019 - by Kamila Szutenberg “Do not rest,...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:57:43 -0400

therealvagabird:

02/2019 - by Kamila Szutenberg

“Do not rest, wanderer.

There are yet more sights to see,

And you know you will be enchained

If you dare to stop.”

—Vagabird

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Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:56:23 -0400

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seras-sanctum: Well that’s dumb. Hey @rhonas-indomitable you uhh, how you doing there buddy? You’re...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:54:21 -0400

seras-sanctum:

Well that’s dumb.

Hey @rhonas-indomitable you uhh, how you doing there buddy? You’re looking a little uhhh… emaciated?

Oh, aha! So they used the Raze-boar to finish out the cycle because Hazoret’s still on Amonkhet, not eternalized. I see; that’s clever and I really should have seen that coming yesterday (I’m distracted by Uni crunch time, though).
Xenagod, God of Revels deck with Momentous Fall and such.

But also stack a deck full of overrun effects that come with extra riders like vigilance and indestructibility (Song of Freyalise front and center). Not sure what colors I want to do it in, though; there are plenty of great options– I should probably choose one most dissimilar from the decks I already have, though (or else rebuild my Nahiri/Balan deck from the ground up as Selesnya, probably under Mirri, though I have an idea for Karametra…. Man, someday I’ll actually like, build decks; but alas, today is not that day).

dailymtgflavortext: “Before you can open your third eye, you...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:46:44 -0400

dailymtgflavortext:

“Before you can open your third eye, you must prove you can open the first two.“

-Refocus

seras-sanctum: seras-sanctum: Planeswalker deck Gideon is here! You know what I don’t like?...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:45:55 -0400

seras-sanctum:

seras-sanctum:

Planeswalker deck Gideon is here!

You know what I don’t like? The fact that Gideon has to sacrifice himself to ultimate. I don’t like it WotC. Please.

Also I really, really can’t help but laugh at flying Chad there and “non-Gideon creatures.”

It’s so funny to me and I don’t know why.

I’m getting real whiplash from that combat trick from the absurdity of “flying Chad” and the powerful flavor text (which is really doing it for me).

follower-of-liliana: commandertheory: The End-Raze begins! HE WAS REAL AFTER ALLKinda getting...

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:59:12 -0400

follower-of-liliana:

commandertheory:

The End-Raze begins!

HE WAS REAL AFTER ALL
Kinda getting princess mononoke vibes! Love the green mane and the fact that he’s unkillable!

And this little piggy went rampaging across the city

How happy are you now that you know lots of players got exactly what they wanted when Feather was revealed?

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:41:17 -0400

You all being happy makes me happy.

bluesunshinedays: silencinq: gunpowderplotandtreason: aceslytherpuff: brawltogethernow: brawltog...

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:18:47 -0400

bluesunshinedays:

silencinq:

gunpowderplotandtreason:

aceslytherpuff:

brawltogethernow:

brawltogethernow:

muchymozzarella:

iloe:

iloe:

do the spiderverse kids all have. slightly different meme cultures

miles: look I can fit my whole fist in my mouth

gwen: freaky flexing. but alright

miles:

miles, through his fist: I’m sorry what did you just say

ok but remember Peter B’s world is most like ours

so both Miles and Gwen would have slightly off memes and distress him when he has a hard enough time remembering his own world’s memes

I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD POINT THIS OUT.

Miles: It’s “strange flex but cool beans.”
Peter: Am I tripping on something? Is this a stroke, is this what a stroke feels like?

Miles: *makes a mistake* This is distressing. Siri play Take on Me.

Gwen: you absolute heathen. It’s ‘This is tragic, google play All Star.’

Peter: whAT the fUCK

THAT’S IT THIS ONE IS THE BEST ONE

noir: strange flaunt, but alas

spiderham: that’s unfortunate, jukebox play What’s new Pussycat

Why hasn’t the Blue colored artifact in the WAR cycle been spoiled yet?Because Jace forgot he was...

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:14:37 -0400

Why hasn’t the Blue colored artifact in the WAR cycle been spoiled yet?

Because Jace forgot he was supposed to make one.

Alright Lesbians, The Old Flag Sucks And So Does Our Approach To Fixing It.

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:43:46 -0400

sky-chau:

sky-chau:

sky-chau:

sky-chau:

So I’ve seen a lot of posts about how the L in LGBT is getting forgotten in posts about us and how people are using the fact we no longer have one unified flag to fly under, as an excuse.

The lipstick lesbian flag was offensive but at least people knew what it was.

The new flags are inoffensive but unidentifiable. Straight people don’t know what our flag is when its two feet in front of them and that’s a design problem.

So I’m here to explain why none of the flags suggested so far have really stuck in mainstream culture and hopefully fix it.

The main reason is our flags suck from a graphic design standpoint. Their purpose is not easy to figure out unless someone labels them. We’ve taken the bio hazard mode of symbolism; pick a sign that’s both memorable and meaningless and through cultural education, assign it a meaning. This is a terrible fucking approach and therefor bad design.

So here’s the checklist:

1) Flag must have meaning

2) Identifiable to everyone. A person who has no idea what a lesbian even is should know just by looking that this flag, is about girls liking girls.

3) Unique and Accessible. Can someone who is completely color blind tell that this is the lesbian flag and not the gay or trans flag.

4)Traditional Color Symbolism. Use the culture your currently in, not the culture you wish to create as no one will understand that yellow is suppose to mean femininity. For now stick with pink.

5) Not Eye Bleeding. No Neon.

6) Inclusive. This ain’t just a white lesbian flag, this is an all lesbian flag. If people feel the need to add another colored stripe after the fact to represent themselves, your doing it wrong.

So If We Must Ditch The Old Flag, Try Replacing It With This. I Think With Enough Signal Boosting This Flag Will Catch On.

Symbolism:

The brown fem sign represents all the women of color that first fought for our rights and acts as a reminder to lesbians of color today that they are welcomed.

The white fem sign represents our more privileged sisters who gave the movement numbers.

The interlocking design shows solidarity.

The Pink Triangle is an inversion of the more famous triangle used to label gays in Nazi Germany. Its a tribute to those who’ve been hurt and a light house for those of us that are still hurting today.

The top of the triangle points up and forward guiding us

The base of the triangle reminds us of where we have been and how far we have come

Also meant to look like a couple walking down a never ending street.

The black outline represents those we have lost.

The magenta stripe represents the love we all share

The light pink stripe represents all the trans lesbians that call the community home

The white stripe represents all the non-binary lesbians whom we accept with open arms

The dark pink stripe represents femininity in all it’s forms.

FEEL FREE TO USE AS ICON/HEADER/WHATEVER! LETS SPREAD THIS AND BRING UNITY! REPOST, REBLOG, LETS GET THIS FLAG OUT THERE!

ONE FLAG TO RULE THEM ALL!

Alright SO many of yous got in a bit of a huff about it being too feminine despite me pointing out that “femininity in all its forms” refers to the entire futch scale because apparently butches hate pink. so here we go butches, I fixed it. I took your color suggestions.

2.0 is here

minor changes were made to the sizes of the stripes and the centering of the triangle.

Clarifications on Symbolism:

feminity in all its forms is now represented by purple.

When I say non-binary I’m referring explicitly to any identity that is not male or female. So that by default will catch all the intersex, genderqueer, agender, ect folk. Sorry for the confusion.

The size of the stripes is not indicative of importance, the small stripes are people and identities, the big ones are feelings and abstract concepts.It’s pretty simple.

For all you knitters out there,

the triangle and the pink stripe can use whatever pink you have on hand for the trans flag, which means you’d only need to stock one extra color pink to your yarn stash. for the harder parts of the design id just grab a piece of felt and stitch it into the item like crochet people do with toys.

how many colors does the flag need to have?: 5

2 shades of pink, one shade of purple, one shade of brown, one white. (black optional)

so now that the flag is fixed we can get back to spreading the flag around and hopefully unifying under it.

NON LESBIANS FEEL FREE TO REBLOG!

ITS A BIG HELP TO GETTING THE FLAG SPREAD ROUND THE COMMUNITY

ALRIGHT SOME OF YALLS DON’T LIKE THE FLAG BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARD TO MAKE CHARACTER ICONS OUT OF.

TO WHICH I SAY! YEAH! IT KINDA IS!

BUT I GOT YOU COVERED.

HAVE A TEMPLATE!

PUT THE CHARACTER A BIT TO THE SIDE AND MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST PART OF EACH STRIPE,

LIKE SO!

HAVE A CHARACTER FACING THE OTHER WAY?

IVE GOT YOU COVERED THERE TOO!

WANT JUST THE STRIPES?

I GOTCHA

WANT JUST THE TRIANGLE?

YOU CAN HAVE IT! ITS TRANSPARENT TOO!

TAKE IT! HAVE FUN YOU FUNKY LITTLE LESBIANS!

follower-of-liliana: commandertheory: follower-of-liliana: commandertheory: A Boros commander...

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:56:21 -0400

follower-of-liliana:

commandertheory:

follower-of-liliana:

commandertheory:

A Boros commander that isn’t focused on combat!

Fell the Mighty and Chandra’s Ignition seem solid if you’re doing them every turn. Note that it’s every end step, so cheap instants that cantrip are very good. Anyone got more sweet tech?

I had a card with an almost identical ability to support a heroic edh deck! Glad it got printed! As for neat tech choices..

Also pretty much any multitargeting card because you get to use it on the whole army again and again.

If we’re talking multitargeting, then Aurelia’s Fury has to be one of the best things to do every turn.

I think the winners are these two..
With impact resonance, you just have to deal 1 damage to one of your creatures to have a repeatable mini wrath / rattlesnake effect, and eerie interlude secures your board as many times as you need. Both spells are searchable with a little magic hammer by the way…

Repeatedly cantrip and solve the Boros card draw problem

Re: Brawl support - The fact that Brawl isn't on Arena is a huge, huge indicator that WotC doesn't support Brawl. The fact that we can't play your Standard-Commander format on your Standard-only online client (that already supports Standard Singleton) is baffling. Any insight?

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:04:29 -0400

The reality is a little backwards. There’s a lot Magic: The Gathering Arena could do. Popularity in tabletop would help communicate that this is something players would enjoy on MTG Arena. If you like the idea of Brawl and want to eventually see it in digital, playing it in tabletop is the best way of showing that interest.

Speaking of... where is Tamiyo?

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:45:32 -0400

Patience. We’ve got two more weeks of previews.