I used to go to FNM every week with a group, got into EDH, built decks, went to GPs, it used to be so much fun! Now it's just this cheap cash grab, Arena is miserable, Moto never gets talked about because they don't profit off it like Arena (and it's never going to get updated or fixed in any meaningful way), the power creep is absolutely bananas they're on track to invalidating years worth of cards. It's just really unfortunate it went downhill soooo fast. And we're going to get more of these stupid crossover sets with a billion stupid overlapping keywords 😭.
It's also frustrating because deck building games are fun, and Arena is the only "F2P" version that scratches that itch, but their hidden ranking/matchmaking system makes it borderline unbearable.
(: thanks. I'm studying to be a teacher in Europe but grew up with the standard SAT American educational experience. It was miserable and my whole life I was always "the problem student", and I was "smart but never applied myself". Learning about it now, I realize I was a kid that needed support that was outside of the standard, and my problems were caused by the system itself being an unbending machine. It's really depressing to think how many other "problem" kids were in my classes over the years that were just trying to seek help but didn't know how to express it and were completely failed by the system.
This is a result of the US teaching for arbitrary ass tests, pushing bullshit curriculums, and using 40 hour school weeks + homework as a prepping ground for their shitty 9-5 future job, while underpaying + under supporting teachers. This isn't a "moody kids with phone" problem. Are phones an issue in classrooms everywhere? Yes. Could kids use less screentime? Yes. Is the US schooling system a well studied topic of how not to construct teaching curriculums for children? Also yes.
When I first started learning my brain was desperately trying to make heads or tails of it and rationalize it somehow. And then I realized that was stupid, abandoned reason, and now I just utter these backwards ass numbers and we all nod and everyone is happy lol. Language is weird.
Excuse you, that is THe wizard of Oz, he has an arts history degree and is working as a manager for a cool 22$ an hour with no extra vacation, his benefits package is shit, lives with 4 other people in a too small house in a questionable neighborhood, and drives a shitbox. Clearly he's doing his job out of the pure goodness of his heart! He's just living his American Dream!
Didn't she just sick her legal team on the random kid who was tracking her public flight record habits? I was under the impression it stemmed from that (highlighting her frivolous plane usage).
Imagine not having screens on the windows and letting every single bug in the nearby area take up residence inside and being okay with it cuz "it's only a few months out of the year".
Yes, in that it is horribly dated, maintained, and responsible for the death of many Texans due to legislature/company greed. But that is also true for most infrastructure in the states, just look at California's power lines.
Ah my main go to has been cockatrice! I will look into that too, ty!