So I posted my landfall deck yesterday, and I've gotten to play a little bit with it. It works well enough and is fun, though it could use some creature removal. Here are some specific things I noticed.
1: I'd feared I didn't have enough basic lands to search for, and I was correct. The very first game I played with it went a bit long and I failed to pop a Zektar Shrine Expedition with two harrows in my hand because I only had basic 2 lands left in my deck!
2: The Goblin Bushwhacker has proved himself to be as solid as I'd expected, and I desperately need to acquire a fourth.
3: Rampaging Baloths is really, really great, but not strictly necessary. Not that I'd remove it, but this deck is very aggressive and tends to win before the Baloths come out. Also worth noting that with a second turn Khalani Heart Expedition/third turn Harrow, you start turn 4 with 6 mana meaning you can play baloths and get a landfall trigger to boot.
4: It occurred to me that I can play Gruul Turf and have it bounce itself, allowing me to make at least one landfall every turn. It sucks when you run out of land (and, it's worth noting, it's awesome when you're hoping to top deck a land!).
5: Windrider eel is nice, but I probably won't take more than the two.
6: I still haven't really gotten a great chance to evaluate the Mold Shamblers' worth in constructed, but the ability to destroy a land even if the opponent doesn't have any other targets is nice, particularly in my local casual metagame which features a lot of the Ravnica bounce lands. Killing those is very nasty, since you set the opponent back two mana.
So with all that said, I'm not going to be making a lot of changes to the deck, aside from the mana base. Gruul Turf and Terramorphic Expanse are going to be the only non-basic lands, which will let me up my basic-land count to 16. I think that should be quite a bit better.
4:37 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/72763 4:38 PM - Asmor: meh 4:38 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: Downloading it because I know it will get taken down 4:39 PM - Asmor: Why would it get taken down? 4:39 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: FPSBanana admins are becoming Nazi-like 4:39 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: Anything that might be slightly offensive to anyone gets the boot 4:40 PM - Asmor: Yeah, that is really nazi-ish. Those nazis hated offending anyone. 4:40 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: jafnajfbasjgs 4:40 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: I hate you 4:40 PM - Asmor: I hate people who degrade the horrors of nazis by misusing the term hyperbolistically. 4:40 PM - .:|JYP|:. Soundwave: Touche
I don't know why but I absolutely love the transcriptions Google Voice makes for my dad's messages. Here's one example:
Hey Ed, Dad just calling to say hello. Falls, Evan good pricing on the fireworks in, and you would like to lock in the car and then heading back to me after tomorrow afternoon if you wanna have lunch tomorrow. Give me a holler. So I'm going to me and I will talk to you later. Take care and the news on the John 5.
In Google's defense, my dad is really difficult for humans to understand on the phone, never mind automated natural language parsers...
In case you're curious, that was him calling, saying Hi, telling me that Paul was having a party for the fireworks and that Becca and I are welcome to come. The next bit's pretty close. Then it ends with him asking me if there's any news on the job front.
7:18 PM - Asmor: You there? 7:18 PM - AGiganticPanda: no 7:19 PM - AGiganticPanda: :) 7:19 PM - Asmor: Quick question 7:19 PM - Asmor: Has anyone really been far even has decided to use even go want to do look more like 7:19 PM - Asmor: ? 7:19 PM - AGiganticPanda: what? 7:19 PM - Asmor: Has anyone really been far even has decided to use even go want to do look more like? 7:19 PM - AGiganticPanda: read what you just wrote 7:19 PM - Asmor: Yeah? 7:19 PM - AGiganticPanda: are you having a stroke on the internet? 7:20 PM - Asmor: No... I just wanna know if anyone really been far even has decided to use even go want to do look more like 7:20 PM - AGiganticPanda: really been far even has decided to use even go want to do look more like 7:20 PM - Asmor: k, thx
Last week I was at Barnes & Nobles and picked up a moleskine. It's got graph paper, which is a personal favorite of mine... I've been keeping it in my pocket with a bic ballpoint pen, but something as nice as a moleskine demands an equally nice writing implement...
And it just came today. My new Bullet Space Pen. And it is entirely too cool for school. It's tiny and strong, but when you put the cap on the other end it's full-sized so it's comfortable to write with. And it's got a good amount of heft to it, which is also quite nice. And it's got my name engraved in it, too. :)
Total cost was $18.70 + $2.50 for the engraving, free shipping. Got it off eBay.
Also really amusing: It came with a much crappier ballpoint pen, the sort companies buy to put their names on and give away. And this one says, "My other pen was bought from Cyber Space Pens."
We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the Siemens Draw Promo.Therefore you have been approve for a lump sum payout (750,000.00 GBP) Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterlings.
Just had an awesome idea... a Gunstar Heroes-inspired FPS.
You can only hold two weapons at a time, but the weapons can be combined to create a new weapon.
Each weapon would have to be unique, to ensure that all the combinations would be interesting. So I suggest...
Ripper (Unreal Tournament): Fires spinning blades which bounce off walls.
Rocket Launcher: Fires explosive rockets in a straight line which explode on impact.
Flame Thrower: 'Nuff said
Biorifle (Unreal tournament): Fires globs of acidic goo which stick to surfaces and enemies, damaging them.
Now to combine them...
Biorifle/Ripper: Globs of goo which bounce along the floor, seeking out the nearest person.
Biorifle/Rocket Launcher: Proximity bombs which detonate after a set time if not triggered.
Biorifle/Flame Thrower: Sprays napalm which coats enemies, keeping them burning for longer, and coats floors.
Ripper/Rocket Launcher: Fires bouncing rockets which explode when they hit an enemy or on third bounce. Alternatively, rockets explode in a shower of grenades.
Ripper/Flame Thrower: Shoots a bouncing fireball which does significant damage on a direct hit but also sets people near it on fire.
Rocket Launcher/Flame Thrower: As normal rocket launcher, but anyone hit by splash damage is set on fire.
The new packaging for lunchables really threw me for a loop. The very conservative design featuring simple, matter-of-fact illustrations and text made me think when I first saw them that someone had found a crate of lunchables from the '50s and put them out for sale on accident.
It's really quite refreshing to see a brand opt for simplification. I'd like to see more do the same.
So there's a lawn in front of a court house in Eastern Tennessee where people file for permits and put up various statues.
As I'm sure you can imagine, this has caused a bit of a problem among people with varying viewpoints.
The twist here is that that last statement is a bold-faced lie. Everything is entirely reasonable, and it's actually quite interesting and refreshing to see. They allow a variety of displays including a Jesus statue and a FSM statue, and everyone seems to be taking it all with good humor.
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