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AlternateNu posted:Amen to that. My FNMs are in a literal anime merchandise store, and we don't get anyone near as goony as what you motherfuckers describe. gently caress, the "creepiest" person in the group is probably the girlfriend of one of our regulars who freely admits to writing slash fanfiction and manages to pull at least 2 mythics every time she drafts with us. Our LGS is a comic shop with huge rooms for tournaments. We don't have many creepy Pedo anime sleeve/mat people. But since our LGS judge is female she weeds out the creepers real fast. It's the most enjoyable place to play I have ever been to. Clean, roomy, well lit and the creeps are out? Yes. I am in. I feel sorry for the terrible conditions the rest of you play in.
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We could beat up the butts in the hobby but even though that'll make the group better as a whole and is quietly appreciated guess who's getting thrown out of the store.
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Nov 6, 2014 19:28
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Chill la Chill posted:Nice. Source? This would be bad even fore MTGSalv so, yeah, source?
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Nov 6, 2014 19:28
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Madmarker posted:Really? I think he was just being sarcastic to illustrate the point. I hope, anyways. 
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Nov 6, 2014 19:30
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I like my LGS. There's one woman in our regular drafting group, she's in her mid 40s and has some mild mental retardation or cognitive impairment or whatever the term is these days. She has won one game the entire time I've known her but she does seem to be slowly improving. For instance, last week she drafted almost all black and green cards and then some Sultai gold cards. So she's getting better about being on color.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:This would be bad even fore MTGSalv so, yeah, source? According to a 1998 survey by the National Institute of Justice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximately 3% of men are either rape or attempted rape victims and 17.6% of women. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172837.pdf So it does happen to both, technically, but does definitely more heavily happen to women. However, even if there were no gender disparity here, it would still be a HORRIBLE thing to bring up to describe beating something as rape. It is the definition of "triggering". bhsman posted:I think he was just being sarcastic to illustrate the point. I hope so as well.
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Nov 6, 2014 19:32
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:This would be bad even fore MTGSalv so, yeah, source? I've heard people say things to that effect IRL and I'd be surprised if you couldn't find something with a bit of googling. I remember there was a controversy with professional street fighter players a couple years ago about that word being thrown around casually and one of them defended it by basically saying " what is this, North Korea? Freedom of speech, bro"
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Nov 6, 2014 19:33
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Ciprian Maricon's avatar should be turned into a emoticon. I feel I need the ability to check other peoples privilege while also having mine checked by other people in emoticon form.
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Nov 6, 2014 19:37
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Jesus wtf is going on in the thread today? Stop talking about rape you idiots. Be the change you want to be. Be nice and polite and welcoming to everyone including girls. Except don't tolerate creepy playmats or extremely gross unclean people. This is not MLP where everyone is welcome. There really isn't much more to say.
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Nov 6, 2014 19:42
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This is a few pages back but I always laugh when Maro is defending the merits of black's philosophy as being the color of capitalism. Like even if you're some intern for the American Enterprise Institute it's pretty easy to see blue has always had the parts of capitalism people like to praise -- i.e. commerce broadly. Black meanwhile is the color of Greed, Coercion, Murder, Enslave, and a man who loves gold so much he turns everything he touches into lovely golden computer models circa 1995 (King Macar will make anime real).
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Can I just say that I really hate the popular trend in certain circles (SA sometimes being one) to poo poo on someone having an epiphany because you were gender-progressive (or whatever) before it was cool? And if the next argument is "well, okay, but he still doesn't need to write an article about it" the answer is yeah, no, he does, because regardless of how far you think he is behind you in talking to women in public without breathing heavily and sweating out his exposed asscrack, he's still effectively at the vanguard of this when it comes to Magic and nerdgames; arguably society in general but definitely nerdgames. If you think it's explaining or articulating stuff that's old hat and kindergarten-level stuff, that's because you are not the target audience. When you take potshots at someone in that position it's like reading a 101-level textbook and sarcastically slow-clapping at the authors for explaining basic concepts while you totally have a PhD--not that a blog post is the equivalent of a textbook, but hopefully my point can be taken.
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Nov 6, 2014 19:49
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If you guys want to blather on about triggering and privilege or whatever the gently caress else, there's a thread for that. Not every thread needs a treatise on how this particular topic is socially progressive/regressive/triggering/loaded with trans-fats. Play the game, enjoy the game, don't be a poo poo.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:08
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JerryLee posted:Can I just say that I really hate the popular trend in certain circles (SA sometimes being one) to poo poo on someone having an epiphany because you were gender-progressive (or whatever) before it was cool? I'm not making GBS threads on someone who realizes he used to be a misogynist, good for him. It is just boring when it becomes the topic of the day for the magic thread, I'd rather discuss many other things than how to treat women like people and not creep them out at card night, because I already get it.
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jassi007 posted:I'm not making GBS threads on someone who realizes he used to be a misogynist, good for him. It is just boring when it becomes the topic of the day for the magic thread, I'd rather discuss many other things than how to treat women like people and not creep them out at card night. I don't think I meant you or that argument specifically. There were/are some people who were like "why is there a blog post about some poorly-adjusted nerd taking his first steps down the road to progressive socialization."
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Nov 6, 2014 20:10
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When did MTGO become so hostile towards less-than-stellar internet connections? I used to play full tourneys on 28.8k dialup, yet lately on Verizon 4G I can't add a card to a trade binder without being instantly disconnected. I really wanted to trade off some chaff while it still had value.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:13
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Is it normal for MTGO to use more memory than Skyrim?
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NofrikinfuN posted:When did MTGO become so hostile towards less-than-stellar internet connections? I used to play full tourneys on 28.8k dialup, yet lately on Verizon 4G I can't add a card to a trade binder without being instantly disconnected. I'd blame v4. Nearly everything performance-related went way downhill.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:This is a few pages back but I always laugh when Maro is defending the merits of black's philosophy as being the color of capitalism. Like even if you're some intern for the American Enterprise Institute it's pretty easy to see blue has always had the parts of capitalism people like to praise -- i.e. commerce broadly. Black meanwhile is the color of Greed, Coercion, Murder, Enslave, and a man who loves gold so much he turns everything he touches into lovely golden computer models circa 1995 (King Macar will make anime real). Sounds like real capitalism to me!
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Yawgmoth posted:If you guys want to blather on about triggering and privilege or whatever the gently caress else, there's a thread for that. Not every thread needs a treatise on how this particular topic is socially progressive/regressive/triggering/loaded with trans-fats. Play the game, enjoy the game, don't be a poo poo. There was an article specifically addressing the topic in relation to magic. Thats what started this conversation. Rather than complaining that people are having a conversation about a topic you dislike, bring up another topic and stick with it. Gender issues and privilege as it relates to gaming is certainly meriting of discussion in the general magic thread. If you dislike the current topic, don't participate or start a different one. Nehru the Damaja posted:This is a few pages back but I always laugh when Maro is defending the merits of black's philosophy as being the color of capitalism. Like even if you're some intern for the American Enterprise Institute it's pretty easy to see blue has always had the parts of capitalism people like to praise -- i.e. commerce broadly. Black meanwhile is the color of Greed, Coercion, Murder, Enslave, and a man who loves gold so much he turns everything he touches into lovely golden computer models circa 1995 (King Macar will make anime real). Blue is academia, they are the research scientists that want to know how to extract energy from the sun. Black is the business owner funding the institute so it can have first dibs at the awesome new technology they made and charging people a premium rate to use it. Oh and some demon summoning on the side.
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Yawgmoth posted:If you guys want to blather on about triggering and privilege or whatever the gently caress else, there's a thread for that. Not every thread needs a treatise on how this particular topic is socially progressive/regressive/triggering/loaded with trans-fats. Play the game, enjoy the game, don't be a poo poo. Yeah being dismissive is a great way to keep the creepy status quo.
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Madmarker posted:
To be fair if work meetings involved demon summoning I'd be a lot more interested.
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Zoness posted:To be fair if work meetings involved demon summoning I'd be a lot more interested. P sure when the topic is about the little demon who keeps eating everyone's lunches it literally is. That's when I learned the magic ward of making the container look as gross as possible.
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Morphing why is this horse not able to move its legs as it runs
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Okay, here's a question for the thread that isn't about misogyny: for those of you who play non-rotating formats, how did you end up playing the deck you play now? Was it the first deck you started with? Did you switch over time, possibly dramatically? What about it appealed to you? I've kind of flitted from deck to deck over time, but I finally feel like my current deck is the one I want to seriously get better at playing and stick with. It's kind of a neat feeling, and I'm sure it'll be rewarded by tighter play. What do you all play, and why?
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gang sines posted:why is this horse not able to move its legs as it runs That's just how quickly it morphs/ unmorphs 
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Ableist Kinkshamer posted:That's just how quickly it morphs/ unmorphs it's moving horizontally though so it's moving pretty ridiculously fast !!!!!
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Morphing
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Sleep of Bronze posted:Unmorphing Woah man, what is he feeding that horse?
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gang sines posted:why is this horse not able to move its legs as it runs ~ ancient draconic magic ~
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a dozen swans posted:Okay, here's a question for the thread that isn't about misogyny: for those of you who play non-rotating formats, how did you end up playing the deck you play now? Was it the first deck you started with? Did you switch over time, possibly dramatically? What about it appealed to you? When first dabbling in competitive standard I put Tempered Steel together, which put me a good way toward having Affinity. Did alright with transitional versions of the deck, and now I have a bit of a rep in the smaller groups I'm in.
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a dozen swans posted:What do you all play, and why? Dredge because Dread Return is the single best magic card ever made. Also because I can't justify buying cradles to myself but I'd totally learn to play with some green men if I had some cradles. Creature-based combo that has a beatdown plan is just cool. Zoness fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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gang sines posted:why is this horse not able to move its legs as it runs Veyrall posted:Where did you find this? 
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a dozen swans posted:What do you all play, and why? In legacy, I'm working on getting something grixis delver related going, but right now I just have my manaless dredge locked in.
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bhsman posted:Woah man, what is he feeding that horse? Beefarino
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a dozen swans posted:What do you all play, and why? Merfolk and UWR control. Because I already owned the cards, and am a cheap bastard.
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Yawgmoth posted:If you guys want to blather on about triggering and privilege or whatever the gently caress else, there's a thread for that. Not every thread needs a treatise on how this particular topic is socially progressive/regressive/triggering/loaded with trans-fats. Play the game, enjoy the game, don't be a poo poo.
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a dozen swans posted:What do you all play, and why? Started with Living End and Breakfast Burrito in Modern and Legacy, respectively, due to how relatively cheap they were to assemble (I was able to use my FTV Jace to get a few copies of Verdant Catacombs to start off and Avalanche Riders did a decent Fulminator Mage impression until I finally got my playset about half a year later). I still have Living End due to how consistent is can play against a wide range of decks, but I've slowly started to accrue pieces for Melira/AngelPod, Legacy Dredge, and even Infect since I literally play at Tom Ross's FLGS. For Standard I play Rabble Red just due to having a playset assembled when they were cheap so the rest of the deck was easy to assemble and likes to give me 4-1 finishes at FNM from time to time.
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a dozen swans posted:Okay, here's a question for the thread that isn't about misogyny: for those of you who play non-rotating formats, how did you end up playing the deck you play now? Was it the first deck you started with? Did you switch over time, possibly dramatically? What about it appealed to you? Infect in both modern and legacy. Because I hate fun, and love easy to disrupt combos. Also new Phyrexia is when I started playing again.
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a dozen swans posted:What do you all play, and why? Stax. Because you'll play magic when I say you can and not a moment sooner.
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Froghammer posted:Aside from the fact that this is just a really lovely opinion for you to have, ignoring the problem is a fantastic way to make sure it never gets solved. And it's absolutely a problem. I am pretty sure that gross exaggeration and fake outrage doesn't solve it either.
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