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  • chaosof99chaosof99
    Someone brought a 250 card Battle of Wits deck to a high profile Magic tournament and has actually been successful with it.
  • DromaroDromaro
    Booooooring. I played a 244 BoW deck to an 18-1-1 record over a month at a local FNM. ;-) It's still very nice to see the deck get some propers.
  • ColdguyColdguy
    So I am back from WBC thoughts:

    - For a "world" event the vendor area is really small
    - HOLY SHIT THOSE DISCOUNTS!
    - Free play area has an awesome system of game check out using bar codes on badges
    - Game signups are done via poster, it is an interesting way to go about doing this
    - If you are into War gaming or Rail gaming (1830 and 18XX) this is a must go
    - The average age is 40, it is weird feeling young at a con environment
    - If the FRC were to go down we would need to go as a team and compete in the team tourney
    - I would like it if there is a panel/area for upcoming game designers to congregate and meet with industry people, they are there but often got the "you just missed X who was here"

    Thinking of going to Allentown Comic Con tomorrow.
  • GregGreg
    Board gaming is traditionally populated by older geeks. I'm used to being the youngest person at Unity Games by ~10 years (excluding the friends I bring with me).
  • chaosof99chaosof99
    Booooooring. I played a 244 BoW deck to an 18-1-1 record over a month at a local FNM. ;-) It's still very nice to see the deck get some propers.
    I still have no clue how you people manage to shuffle those things. I have my trouble shuffling 99 cards for commander decks.

  • DromaroDromaro
    In segments. There is no other way. I was fortunate enough to have judges who let me pre shuffle in between rounds, have others shuffling the deck whilst I played it, so on. At the pro level, I'm sure he just hauls ass since you probably don't get concessions at those venues.
  • BantaBanta
    That, and no one really takes Battle of Wits decks super seriously. "Sure, you can take five to shuffle, it's not like you'll actually win."

    Then you do win, and it's awesome.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Curiosity is on the surface, the Skycrane worked. Images incoming.

    I'm ecstatic.
  • canine224canine224
    Curiosity is on the surface, the Skycrane worked. Images incoming.

    I'm ecstatic.
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  • AlanAlan
    Curiosity is on the surface, the Skycrane worked. Images incoming.

    I'm ecstatic.
    Hell yes. Logistics of that crane mechanism was outstanding. That 14 minutes was so tense. To be in that room..
  • canine224canine224
    Another one.

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  • Linkigi(Link-ee-jee)Linkigi(Link-ee-jee)
    Hark! A Vagrant updated.
  • jtvhjtvh
    Knowing that there was a small crowd in Times Square watching NASA during the landing, and chanting "Science! Science! Science!" makes me almost as happy as the landing itself. BoingBoing.
  • muppetmuppet
    Knowing that there was a small crowd in Times Square watching NASA during the landing, and chanting "Science! Science! Science!" makes me almost as happy as the landing itself. BoingBoing.
    I think a small crowd is all we're ever gonna see again. I'm not optimistic for the future anymore after the last 12 years in this country.

  • canine224canine224
    Image of the parachute slowing it down taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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  • GregGreg
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  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Service Guarantees Citizenship, Civilian!
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2012
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  • chaosof99chaosof99
    Ahh, the french revolution. Such a good idea, such a terrible execution:


  • GregGreg
    I see what you did there.
  • Jordan O.Jordan O.

    A friend of mine made an excellent Twinrova cover.
  • gomidoggomidog
    The creator of the great new webcomic Nimona did make something on her tumblr page which I didn't know about until now.
    The Broship of the Ring
    If the Lord of the Rings was a bunch of hipster hobbits on a road trip. Love it!
  • gomidoggomidog
    edited August 2012
    So back to the whole thing about making friends based on random interaction with strangers, let me tell you what happened on the train this morning. I was going to work and the guy next to me had headphones on. His music was loud enough to hear, but not annoying loud. I was like wait a second, that's Electric Shock by the Kpop band f(x)! And I turned to him and I was like "Hey, you are listening to Electric Shock. I like that song! We ended up talking about anime and videogames, and it was very nice. He actually had heard of my studio on the internet! Now we are Facebook friends.
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  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    Got an iPhone to replace my broken Android phone. It's pretty nifty.
  • GreyHugeGreyHuge
    edited August 2012
    Over the last few days I have been compiling all of the remixes of the Taco Bell Dorito Taco Review into a single comprehensive playlist in chronological order. Enjoy.
    Post edited by GreyHuge on
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  • RochelleRochelle
    Partially a WTF, but overall the best image I've seen all day.

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  • johndisjohndis
    http://www.dinofarmgames.com/now-hiring-programmer/

    Keith Burgun is the terrible moron behind 100 Rogues, and now he wants to pay an "experienced and dedicated" programmer $200/week to code his "unique and innovative" game within a couple of months. This dude is just too hilarious. His 180-page paperback on game design theory is $40, too.
  • DevilUknowDevilUknow
    The War of the Spider Room
  • open_sketchbookopen_sketchbook
    I know that Homestuck ain't exactly popular round these parts but I personally think this is rather cool; all the panels from the very start to the beginning of A6A3 strung together and set to music. It's really neat watching it knowing the story; it's like one of those sped-up videos of a plant growing or something.



    And hopy shit yeah there are an awful lot of panels jesus christ how did i manage to read all this.
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