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caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
August 23 2013 20:45 GMT
#121
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.

meanwhile fetch lands are $50 QQ. I just want to make a modern deck...
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 20:49:44
August 23 2013 20:47 GMT
#122
On August 24 2013 05:38 .AK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 05:30 TheYango wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:27 .AK wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:18 TheYango wrote:
The discussion was shitty regardless and there was no reason to allow it anywhere except maybe as PMs between the two. Particularly when it got to the point where both of them started backseat moderating.

I mostly meant the discussion shortly following the ban (discussing overall moderation, what to do with PX etc.) I agree that the original discussion was going to be shit regardless but the one following it was fairly mellow (it was constructive but IMO definitely was off topic to normal LoL talk).

It just feels rather weak to open up both threads with the expectation that most off topic discussion will be discussed in this thread and then finding out that about 5 pages worth of it went on in the other thread (especially when you feel like I do in that this thread shouldn't exist in the first place).

Well we can't move posts after the fact and Neo and I were't around right when the discussion happened.

Well yes but a moderator was certainly around or they wouldn't have been banned in the first place. I'll stop now because it is a rather small point that I am probably overreacting to but again again it just seems kind of weak ruleskeeping.

Heyoka is the one who stepped in and he's an admin on the site. Had I been around, I probably would have fired off bans as well. It went from banter and escalated to personal shittalking from both users.

As for other general users talking about the bans in LoL GD, it happens. The posts that lead up to the bans were in that thread and I eventually stepped in and the discussion ceased. I don't see what the problem is.

For the most part, most offtopic discussions should belong in this thread, sometimes people forget or get lazy. Depending on the severity or relevance, I'll step in and redirect discussion to the appropriate thread if need be.

Edit: this week alone, people have talked about health&fitness stuff and more pokemon and it's all been isolated in this thread, not in LoL GD. I think this thread is definitely serving its purpose.
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Kitkatzy
Profile Joined May 2008
United States213 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 21:06:11
August 23 2013 20:57 GMT
#123
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.


Is MTG not insanely popular now? I haven't played in about a year but it was pretty big then.

edit: I looked up the last modern tournament in Vegas and the tournament capped the entries to 4500 players because they anticipated it was going to be giant. They met the 4500 player cap.
Curse Kitkatz
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 21:00:46
August 23 2013 20:59 GMT
#124
On August 24 2013 05:47 NeoIllusions wrote:
Edit: this week alone, people have talked about health&fitness stuff and more pokemon and it's all been isolated in this thread, not in LoL GD. I think this thread is definitely serving its purpose.

Well the unofficial thread was full of Pokemon, animes, games, food (a lot of food) and a bit of fitness too. However, in most of the cases (read: not food there, or fitness in this one) it didn't go as far as it went in the last GD, uh... tangents (damn English vocabulary failing me >.>), on food, housing, studies, or even the KS one a bit before.
My guess would be that the way topics are addressed in both off-topic threads is also influenced by the discussion we all had about these discussions themselves right after you announced you'd eventually make a separate thread.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 21:03:49
August 23 2013 21:03 GMT
#125
On August 24 2013 05:45 caelym wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.

meanwhile fetch lands are $50 QQ. I just want to make a modern deck...

I'd love to get into a TCG but I don't have that much disposable income.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 21:04:43
August 23 2013 21:04 GMT
#126
On August 24 2013 05:19 Badboyrune wrote:
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On August 23 2013 12:03 kainzero wrote:
On August 23 2013 09:48 caelym wrote:
On August 23 2013 06:39 Chrispy wrote:
Get this LoL talk out of my OTGD and start talking about bowflexing please.

I need to start working out. I get bored from exercise too easily which is why I never do it. Are there any fun, exciting and easy to get started programs out there? Is Insanity any good?

One reason why I'm averse to criticize other people's fitness programs is because they might find it fun even if it's "suboptimal."

So... try everything. Go hiking, try weightlifting, join crossfit, pick up a martial art, learn swimming, pick up go-karting, try any of the DVD programs, look at hip-hop dancing, go rock climbing...


Is go-karting a valid form of training? :o

I think it is, at least, depending on the go-kart.

The electric ones at K1 Speed, at first, had me gasping for breath and feeling tired when I first tried it. I imagine that gas/diesel ones are probably more strenuous, and I think it's because of all the g-forces when steering that your body has to absorb. And possibly the lack of power steering contributes to more physical stress.
AsmodeusXI
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States15536 Posts
August 23 2013 21:08 GMT
#127
On August 24 2013 06:03 onlywonderboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 05:45 caelym wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.

meanwhile fetch lands are $50 QQ. I just want to make a modern deck...

I'd love to get into a TCG but I don't have that much disposable income.


A couple MtG drafts with friends are fairly cheap and lots of fun. Just don't do it too often. Money saved.
WriterTL > RL. BNet: Asmodeus#1187 - LoL: DJForeclosure - Steam: asmodeusxi | www.n3rddimension.com
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
August 23 2013 21:11 GMT
#128
GOT PLAT 4

BRB BOWFLEXIN
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
August 23 2013 21:31 GMT
#129
I hate work because I have nothing to do so I'm here.

I just want to eat and play Xillia and sleep early for FF XIV.
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
August 23 2013 21:34 GMT
#130
Best lvl1 strat ever, going duo mid, I start red and invade enemy blue, meanwhile our 1v2 laner takes blue with the help of our duo lane.
solo laner dies to blue, I fail to smitesteal enemy blue
:D
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
August 23 2013 21:34 GMT
#131
On August 24 2013 06:08 AsmodeusXI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 06:03 onlywonderboy wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:45 caelym wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.

meanwhile fetch lands are $50 QQ. I just want to make a modern deck...

I'd love to get into a TCG but I don't have that much disposable income.


A couple MtG drafts with friends are fairly cheap and lots of fun. Just don't do it too often. Money saved.

Unfortunately I don't really have a lot of friends down here at school that share my nerdier passions. There is one comic store that does Friday Night Magic (and I think drafts) but don't think I could get anyway to go with me.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
August 23 2013 21:51 GMT
#132
So after going to pokemon showdown for the first time ive concluded three things.

1) I never should have come here.

2) Its fucking addicting.

3) Im a god a pokemanz. (10-0 anyone?)

Will have to actually sign up and actually learn what these weird ass gen 3000 pokemanz do
Useless wet fish.
Frost
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1042 Posts
August 23 2013 21:57 GMT
#133
On August 24 2013 06:51 Capped wrote:
So after going to pokemon showdown for the first time ive concluded three things.

1) I never should have come here.

2) Its fucking addicting.

3) Im a god a pokemanz. (10-0 anyone?)

Will have to actually sign up and actually learn what these weird ass gen 3000 pokemanz do


To be fair, there are a lot of bad players on Pokemon Showdown. But still, good job on getting off to a great start!
.AK
Profile Joined September 2010
United States561 Posts
August 23 2013 21:57 GMT
#134
On August 24 2013 06:34 onlywonderboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 06:08 AsmodeusXI wrote:
On August 24 2013 06:03 onlywonderboy wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:45 caelym wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.

meanwhile fetch lands are $50 QQ. I just want to make a modern deck...

I'd love to get into a TCG but I don't have that much disposable income.


A couple MtG drafts with friends are fairly cheap and lots of fun. Just don't do it too often. Money saved.

Unfortunately I don't really have a lot of friends down here at school that share my nerdier passions. There is one comic store that does Friday Night Magic (and I think drafts) but don't think I could get anyway to go with me.

Where do you live? You just described my home town
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caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 22:09:08
August 23 2013 22:04 GMT
#135
Magic is like crack, at first you start with a few innocent drafts. Before you know it you'll be want to get a playset of force of wills and Jace the Mind Sculptor.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
August 23 2013 22:11 GMT
#136
Anyone think some of the recent sci fi blockbusters have been pretty good? I was relatively pleased by the Tom cruise movie oblivion, I thought it had a good premise and some really fantastic shots. Saw the new Matt Damon flick Elysium last night and again, despite some small disappointments I was thoroughly entertained. Nj Hollywood
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 23 2013 22:12 GMT
#137
Anyone know a lot about e-readers? Also, is staring at a tablet LCD screen for hours any worse than doing the same for a laptop screen or monitor?
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
August 23 2013 22:22 GMT
#138
LCD is LCD, both devices will cause eye strain after long focused use. You want to get a e-reader with e-ink like the Kindle, Nook or Kobo. They're all about the same. Kindle doesn't like epub format, but has a bigger bookstore.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 22:24:15
August 23 2013 22:23 GMT
#139
I just spent an 8 hour bus ride reading off my laptop, but I don't feel bad apart from a slightly cramped neck and other things associated more with the bus ride than reading. I just use epubs and Adobe Digital Editions with big font.

Its about the same as spending 8 hours on your laptop any other way. e-reader more eye friendly though, and I'm a real flipping pages book guy at heart too. IMHO the biggest benefit of an e-reader is the battery life.

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 23 2013 22:49 GMT
#140
but then e-ink devices can't display color or pdfs very well right? I've read that you should wait till the holiday season to see what new gadgets are coming out. The kindle paperwhite looks pretty good but I'm still undecided between tablet or ereader.
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