Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:43 am
The musical geek in me squeed when i read the flavor text for Frontline Rebel
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Visually the movie is really cool, excellent sets etc (though I did have sort of a claustrophobic feeling for a decent bit of it, despite being set outdoors). But for me, those sorts of things are pretty unimportant if the story and characters aren't enjoyable to me.Ruiner wrote: ↑1 month agoI watched it last week and rather enjoyed it. It had a surreal weird quality visually that I thought the set builders/designers killed it on. Mark Ruffalo's character was a great, grimey scumbag piece of garbage. Story was interesting enough, had memorable characters throughout.
However, I don't think it's a movie I'm likely to get the urge to rewatch super often and it wouldn't come close to being a favorite movie of mine or anything like that.
JFC it's got "rebel" in its name and they still can't make it a rebel. Rebels really are WotC's least favorite tribe.Hermes_ wrote: ↑1 month agoThe musical geek in me squeed when i read the flavor text for Frontline Rebel
It infuriates me that Kaladesh didn't have any Rebels in the entire block. Would have been an absolute slam dunk, but nope.DirkGently wrote: ↑1 month agoJFC it's got "rebel" in its name and they still can't make it a rebel. Rebels really are WotC's least favorite tribe.
I'm not very good yet eitherLifeless wrote: ↑1 month agoVery nice! I just started using an airbrush too, for priming and topcoating miniatures during bad weather. I did a large batch of miniatures a while back that got ruined because of humidity when I sprayed them so I kind of threw a fit and got the whole airbrush rig, lol. I'm not very good with it yet.
This all makes sense. I kind of thought the same. I think the film could've saved someone like you some time by naming itself the life and times of Bella Baxter rather than what it was. It really was just a story of discovery and growth, there wasn't a lot of point otherwise. I'm not necessarily averse to a film without any particular premise or point, but I struggled to stay in the mix myself here, too. I enjoyed the film from an aesthetic standpoint, but otherwise the elements I enjoyed I can definitely find elsewhere and enjoy more.DirkGently wrote: ↑1 month ago@toctheyounger Yeah, there are a lot of filmmaking elements that (to my uncultured eye) seemed to be very well done, but without a connection to the story or the characters, meh.
As far as the plot, I really don't find myself engaged by movies that don't have a core conflict. Sure, you want her to get away from Mark Ruffalo, but it's only part of the movie and it's not a strong conflict imo. There was rarely a point in the movie where I was thinking "I really hope X happens/doesn't happen". The plot feels very "a bunch of random things happen".
I guess what I'm saying is that I don't like goodstuff decks xD
It's just as bad with removal as it is with counterspells.duducrash wrote: ↑1 month agoYou know what I hate the most about counterspells decks? That players piloting them are 9 out of 10 times bad players. Will counter 3 Scavenging Ooze and will have nothing for a Emergent Ultimatum .
Seriously, I don't get why people think they have to use counters or removal just because they have in hand
Yeah, in a multiplayer game, not every threat is going at you. If I have my Talrand, Sky Summoner deck and someone were to play Elder Gargaroth, do I need to counter it? Maybe, but it might hit one of my opponents, and make its controller seem to be the bigger threat at the table. Now if that green player was to play Fauna Shaman or Tooth and Nail, now we have something going on. But like you say, lots of things are fine to let through in multiplayer imho, you can't play like you do in 1v1 control decks, trying to stop everything. (and even in those decks you have to pick what to counter as well).pokken wrote: ↑1 month agoIt's just as bad with removal as it is with counterspells.duducrash wrote: ↑1 month agoYou know what I hate the most about counterspells decks? That players piloting them are 9 out of 10 times bad players. Will counter 3 Scavenging Ooze and will have nothing for a Emergent Ultimatum .
Seriously, I don't get why people think they have to use counters or removal just because they have in hand
The rule I teach to new players is, "Don't use these things until not using them will lose you the game" - which is an oversimplified rule, but it is a significant better heuristic than "omg kill sumfin"
If you practice holding your removal until you will lose unless you use it (e.g. on a fatal attack, or a combo) you force yourself to learn what things you can let get away in the future or not. e.g. sometimes burning an early removal to stop a turn 1 Rhystic Study is correct but you never learn how bad it would be if you just always instantly kill.
Glad to see my girl Mayael so high up there !Rumpy5897 wrote: ↑1 month agoI'm not surprised. It's got that Feather quality where it does something novel and zany, yet useful. It's a cool design alright.
We had a fun little thought exercise with the guys recently and we ranked the various decks of the ten years (!) of the group into a tier list. Not all of them existed at once, so e.g. Purph getting ranked as high as he did was the result of his strength relative to Patron. Figured you all would get a kick out of a visual representation of a meta where Patron and Feather are among the wildest decks around
The Krenko is a pile of random goblins the guy finds cool, with zero attempt at abusing the commander's ability, and at one point a very precarious land count situation. The Patron is a combo deck, which I've written up and maintained for the past 10 yearsToshi wrote: ↑1 month ago- How is Krenko, Mob Boss built that he's just mid in a Meta where Patron of the Orochi is top tier!?
The Bruse came equipped with Tymna the Weaver, and it was a pretty fast voltron deck packed full of interaction. The Mayael was the guy's pet deck and was decked out with a bunch of fancy creatures and solid ramp. There was definitely an Avacyn, Angel of Hope, there were Eldrazi. Getting good quality fat stuff a bit ahead of time was sufficient to do well.- How do you get Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder and Mayael the Anima to upper tier levels?
You don't put anything degenerate in the 99, easy- How do you get Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge below them!?
A bunch of cool creatures the guy had lying around. The top end is stuff like Combustible Gearhulk and Abhorrent Overlord.- What does casual gamers' Chainer, Nightmare Adept look like?
The Alesha is probably the most contentious placement, as it's a similar story to the Chainer... for the most part. Turns out doing "cool creatures I had lying around" at 2 or less power is weaker, and then once every however many games it pieces together a Reveillark combo and wins. I don't think it's ever won sans Reveillark combo though. The Tazri was a pile of random block Ally chaff with some cheap pick-ups and the most heinous 2015 mana base you could imagine.- My girl Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and that dumb General Tazri boy in potato bracket!?
This is super neat. My highest confusion is why Sheoldred, Whispering One is in the same ranks as combo decks. Does the general just never get cast or is that the wrong Sheoldred picture?Rumpy5897 wrote: ↑1 month agoI'm not surprised. It's got that Feather quality where it does something novel and zany, yet useful. It's a cool design alright.
We had a fun little thought exercise with the guys recently and we ranked the various decks of the ten years (!) of the group into a tier list. Not all of them existed at once, so e.g. Purph getting ranked as high as he did was the result of his strength relative to Patron. Figured you all would get a kick out of a visual representation of a meta where Patron and Feather are among the wildest decks around
I need to figure out something to build for the potato bracket as the Saryth got decent enough with time to not only escape the bottom rung but become perceived as a mid deck. My gut response is to go for Baru, Wurmspeaker and rehome all the old timey wurms that got streamlined out of Saryth with time, along with ones that lacked trample (Plated Slagwurm, Symbiotic Wurm). I'm concerned it may end up too conceptually similar to the Saryth though. Guess we'll see how it shakes out.
Patron of the Orochi is a menace, put some respect on his name XD.Toshi wrote: ↑1 month ago
- How is Krenko, Mob Boss built that he's just mid in a Meta where Patron of the Orochi is top tier!?
Is jeleva that good? She used to have the (dubious) distribution of being the least-bad grixis storm commander, but she doesn't even have that anymore.- How do you get Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge below them!?
Pokken outing himself as a casual xD
Going down the list for myself: