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Just noticed Birthing Pod has finally jumped on the Modern staple price spike bandwagon. Started yesterday and continuing in force today. Been wondering why it was taking so god drat long to make this kind of move.
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MiddleEastBeast posted:Just noticed Birthing Pod has finally jumped on the Modern staple price spike bandwagon. Started yesterday and continuing in force today. Been wondering why it was taking so god drat long to make this kind of move. I actually wanted to buy Birthing Pods for the eventual abandoned creation of my ow Merilia Pod 
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Mar 8, 2014 20:29
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MiddleEastBeast posted:Just noticed Birthing Pod has finally jumped on the Modern staple price spike bandwagon. Started yesterday and continuing in force today. Been wondering why it was taking so god drat long to make this kind of move. To be fair Pod has been under costed for a while now. This is more a correction than a spike.
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Mar 8, 2014 20:43
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Konstantin posted:So the MOCS event just crashed, and took down several other events with it. I wasn't playing in the MOCS since I cut way back on MTGO in the last couple of months due to their constant problems, but I felt like playing some Magic and was 1-0 in a Daily. Gotta love MTGO. Same, I was 1-0 in the Premier after thoroughly destroying mono black (always satisfying). More annoyed that I passed up on a local event to play in this. Fuzzy Mammal posted:I like you Baron but this is a terrible post There's no "officially" correct pronunciation, I'm not going to argue that, but there are linguistic rules that, yes, these made up words don't need to necessarily follow, but which when ignored sound incredibly grating. Polukranos is the perfect example: in a Greek-themed block with Greek-sounding words and names, the classic syllable construction would be that the '-kra-' would be accented, which would suggest a longer, more open 'a' with a shorter, more closed 'u'....pah-loo-KRAH-nos over puh-LOO-kruh-nos  If you don't agree (or don't care), that's cool, but it is almost physically uncomfortable for me to hear. Pronouncing it "correctly" keeps the demons asleep  That said, I'll keep my linguistic ravings to myself in the future and just quietly die a little inside  I'm going to go find something else to do, now that I find myself with no MTGO to keep me busy...
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Mar 8, 2014 20:48
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. Are you privvy to some internal pronunciation guide or something? Does this really bother you enough to bring it up?
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Boco_T posted:2000 matches to choose from and they show a Melira Pod mirror.
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Mar 8, 2014 20:51
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BaronVonVaderham posted:There's no "officially" correct pronunciation, I'm not going to argue that, but there are linguistic rules that, yes, these made up words don't need to necessarily follow, but which when ignored sound incredibly grating. Polukranos is the perfect example: in a Greek-themed block with Greek-sounding words and names, the classic syllable construction would be that the '-kra-' would be accented, which would suggest a longer, more open 'a' with a shorter, more closed 'u'....pah-loo-KRAH-nos over puh-LOO-kruh-nos Don't worry about it, it's great to see the correct way of pronouncing things. Linguistics and a great grasp of a language is powerful, I wouldn't mind seeing you sperg out more about the correct pronunciation, since it irritates me too how people mispronounce cards (especially Pithing, Melira, Jitte, etc  )
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Mar 8, 2014 20:55
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Since we're bitching about pronunciations now: Every single time I hear Liliana pronounced as "Lilly Ana" it makes me want to punch the commentator in the face.
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Mar 8, 2014 20:58
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As a Melira Pod player, that match was actually really fun to watch  ...but I can see how no one else would want to see that. Ever.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:08
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BaronVonVaderham posted:As a Melira Pod player, that match was actually really fun to watch For me, it didn't help that I'm (somewhat) more familiar with Kiki Pod, so none of the lines of play I was thinking of existed.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:16
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BaronVonVaderham posted:There's no "officially" correct pronunciation, I'm not going to argue that, but there are linguistic rules that, yes, these made up words don't need to necessarily follow, but which when ignored sound incredibly grating. Polukranos is the perfect example: in a Greek-themed block with Greek-sounding words and names, the classic syllable construction would be that the '-kra-' would be accented, which would suggest a longer, more open 'a' with a shorter, more closed 'u'....pah-loo-KRAH-nos over puh-LOO-kruh-nos Just call him Many Heads. How do you pronounce Xenagos? I've always said zen-AH-ghos.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:19
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BaronVonVaderham posted:There's no "officially" correct pronunciation, I'm not going to argue that, but there are linguistic rules that, yes, these made up words don't need to necessarily follow, but which when ignored sound incredibly grating. Polukranos is the perfect example: in a Greek-themed block with Greek-sounding words and names, the classic syllable construction would be that the '-kra-' would be accented, which would suggest a longer, more open 'a' with a shorter, more closed 'u'....pah-loo-KRAH-nos over puh-LOO-kruh-nos I wish I knew how that other pronunciation seemed to take primacy among everyone I know. What the gently caress.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:28
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I think that they should just write names in IPA from now on. Can't wait to play my pəluː'krɑːnoʊs!
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Mar 8, 2014 21:31
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Re: Greek-ish names in Theros. I've always seen people refer to Nykthos as NIK-thos whereas I assumed it was NEEQ-thos. Anyone know if either version is correct?
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Mar 8, 2014 21:34
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Boxn posted:Don't worry about it, it's great to see the correct way of pronouncing things. Linguistics and a great grasp of a language is powerful, I wouldn't mind seeing you sperg out more about the correct pronunciation, since it irritates me too how people mispronounce cards (especially Pithing, Melira, Jitte, etc Wait, pithing and jitte are actual words. How did Melira end up in that list? I thought it was a made up fantasy name. suicidesteve posted:Just call him Many Heads. I say ZEN-uh-ghos.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:41
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^^^ Wouldn't it be like saying Xena, the Warrior Princess? Ah-sound. Hmm keeping that obliterator back would have kept him alive. Seems like he really didn't need to press the attack so soon without a kill spell in his hand for exactly what happened.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:41
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morning wood posted:I was excited about watching the coverage, until I realized it was modern. Not hating on it but I'm still trying to learn standard and they don't even play modern at my LGS. "Here's an awesome card that you can never use because most card shops don't host modern tournaments." No thanks. I played Modern yesterday at FNM. Not all stores are the same.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:41
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Kibler on stream right now. His fidgeting is so hypnotic...
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Mar 8, 2014 21:43
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Boxman posted:Wait, pithing and jitte are actual words. How did Melira end up in that list? I thought it was a made up fantasy name. People mispronounce those names. It's really irritating. EDIT: I can understand the fantasy mispronunciation since there isn't an official guide unless you follow linguistic rules like Baron said, but they should at least know how to pronounce real life words. neetengie fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Mar 8, 2014 21:45
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suicidesteve posted:Just call him Many Heads. At least this one doesn't morph vowel sounds too badly, it's more a matter of which syllable to accent. I think "ZEN-uh-gos" rolls off the tongue easier, but that's coming from a native English speaker. I think if you follow Greek convention your pronunciation is more technically correct. vOv posted:I think that they should just write names in IPA from now on. Can't wait to play my pəluː'krɑːnoʊs! Seconded. I wonder how hosed up these things get in Chinese or French. Do they sort of shoehorn these names into that language's phonetic constructions or is it a totally different made up word for them? Like if I said "Polukranos" to a Japanese player never exposed to an English copy of the card, would they know what I was talking about? I know actual English words get translated (see: everyone's favorite foreign card, Retard), but I've never thought about the made up names before. bhsman posted:Re: Greek-ish names in Theros. I've always seen people refer to Nykthos as NIK-thos whereas I assumed it was NEEQ-thos. Anyone know if either version is correct? I go with NIK-thos.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:47
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Seconded. I wonder how hosed up these things get in Chinese or French. Do they sort of shoehorn these names into that language's phonetic constructions or is it a totally different made up word for them? Like if I said "Polukranos" to a Japanese player never exposed to an English copy of the card, would they know what I was talking about? I know actual English words get translated (see: everyone's favorite foreign card, Retard), but I've never thought about the made up names before. As far as I know, for every made up word in English or English words that don't exist in their language, the JP version is just in Katakana, so it sounds close to the English word Polukranos = Porukuranosu as far as I can tell.
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Mar 8, 2014 21:50
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Boxn posted:People mispronounce those names. It's really irritating. Nobody uses those words in everyday conversation, dude. And the only people who care about obscure linguistic rules are english majors.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:04
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I have never seen either jitte or pithing outside of magic, and I read a lot of random rear end stuff.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:09
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forbidden lesbian posted:Nobody uses those words in everyday conversation, dude. And the only people who care about obscure linguistic rules are english majors. I'll have you know I have a Master's in astrophysics, sir, I resent being called an english major  But yes, I have no life
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Mar 8, 2014 22:11
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qbert posted:Kibler on stream right now. His fidgeting is so hypnotic... Does hypnotic mean "makes me want to punch Brian Kibler"? Because if yes, then it's very hypnotic.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:14
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Watching Reid Duke play UW Tron is a thing of beauty. edit: Why yes I'd like to cast Emrakrul in Modern. Korak fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Mar 8, 2014 22:15
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Korak posted:Watching Reid Duke play UW Tron is a thing of beauty. That's always a deck that I had in the back of my mind ever since GP Hoth. Can't wait to see the deck list.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:22
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C-Euro posted:Maybe some prices will go back down once this Modern season is over? That's what I'm hoping for at least, I really don't want to spend $55/card on a playset of Mox Opals Dude if you shop around you can definitely get Mox Opals for less than 55 , especially if you are willing to get non NM copies. Just picked up 3 for 40 each.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:24
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Just had an affinity player rage scoop to UW prison. I'm living the dream. Related: I've named the deck "Louisiana State Penitentiary"
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Mar 8, 2014 22:40
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BaronVonVaderham posted:I go with NIK-thos. I say that it wouldn't be appropriate because the Beyer et al. have given a go at Hellenicising stuff but clearly weren't ready to send someone through a proper high level course or anything for obvious reasons. Instead they've flipped through an English to Greek dictionary and had someone read a few translations of myths. They're not owning the variance from the real world as clearly as they have done in other sets where history or myth has inspired them, which is perhaps to their discredit when they are approaching it in quite so amateur a way, but it's very very obviously there and therefore I can give them a little leeway on matters of pronunciation going differently. Though naming Anax as they did is still loving dumb. Meanwhile, the Wizards site says they've settled on Poh-LOO-krahn-ohs as their Polukranos standard. Alaan posted:I have never seen either jitte or pithing outside of magic, and I read a lot of random rear end stuff. I read a lot of random rear end stuff and I've seen them both. Yay, anecdotes.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:42
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AgentSythe posted:Just had an affinity player rage scoop to UW prison. I'm living the dream. Are you at the GP? It'd be pretty cool to see you on the feature match if you make it, I'd love to see that poo poo.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:46
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AgentSythe posted:Just had an affinity player rage scoop to UW prison. I'm living the dream. What's your record so far?
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Sleep of Bronze posted:I read a lot of random rear end stuff and I've seen them both. I'm not even sure why you or the other guy brought this up. Just because you see a word doesn't mean you know how to pronounce it. I'm sorry for this post, I'm really just bitter that I pronounced allegory wrong for like 15 years straight, because I never actually needed to say it out loud.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:50
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AgentSythe posted:Just had an affinity player rage scoop to UW prison. I'm living the dream.  Still hoping this guy wins it all.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:51
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Boxn posted:Are you at the GP? It'd be pretty cool to see you on the feature match if you make it, I'd love to see that poo poo. I'm x-2, but lost all my matches in 3 and they were all winnable. Unless I win my last 4 matches I dont think I'll make it on camera, and even then it'll be day 2.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:55
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Speaking as a Classicist, I feel even more confused.
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Mar 8, 2014 23:08
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What kinds of packs are the best EV these days? Winning a couple at my EDH melee and not really looking for anything in particular, plus I don't come here enough to bother with store credit.
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Mar 8, 2014 23:12
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Promoted Pawn posted:To be fair Pod has been under costed for a while now. This is more a correction than a spike. Oh absolutely agree, I've been scratching my head for months and months wondering how it could be sustaining at <$5 for years now. I mean it's the namesake engine card for not one but two widely played variants of a mainstay Tier 1 Modern archetype for crying out loud. Finally can feel smug about the 20 copies I bought in the late summer of 2011 as the only successful speculative buy of my life.
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Mar 8, 2014 23:14
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MiddleEastBeast posted:Oh absolutely agree, I've been scratching my head for months and months wondering how it could be sustaining at <$5 for years now. 
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Mar 8, 2014 23:18
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Reid Duke with more Ghostly Prison on stream!
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Another Reid Duke match this time up against Dickmann's incredibly good Tarmotwin deck. Tied 1-1. I'm still loving this UW Tron deck with Celestrial Colonnades, Emrakrul, Iona, and Elesh Norn.
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