Mike Juntunen

@Wildlaw406 @tomweedlaw But given how LLMs are built (large samples and correlation etc), I think it's basically impossible they'll ever be good at areas that repurpose basic terms into terms of art, because their training data is actively harmful to interpretation

@Wildlaw406 @tomweedlaw The biggest barrier is how frequently there are basic, common English words that are defined in one specific statute to have a specific meaning that is not the same as the common meaning, and may have other definitions in other statutes as well For language models, this is hell.

I filed a motion for sanctions for the first time in my career. Opposing counsel filed an AI brief that was supported only by hallucinated and misquoted cases. He didn’t have any actually relevant law in his brief. Why ask the court to sanction him? Because he spent maybe an hour drafting a groundless no-evidence motion (Texas thing) that took me 20 hours to effectively respond to. Not about to let him do that and not pay a price for it.

@NotYourRock @ExLetum @MillThat The initiative cards are so strong theyre playable in eternal formats and the play patterns aren't amazing When printed for multiplayer cards are busted and unfun in 2 person games it is an understandable complaint

@ExLetum @MillThat Boomers almost unanimously hated the initiative, and they are the loudest voices by far in online magic spaces See: redditors seething today at maro saying UB and commander are popular and insisting it is lies lmo

Some of y'all are mean as fuck which is one thing, but everyone ignoring how absolutely bonkers this card is anyway Also - print more initiative (says no one but me)

@MillThat Take the initiative and take it back for sure every turn? why not This card is so strong that LSV only includes it in the version of his vintage cube that includes time vault and demonic consultation combo. The regular one cuts initiative with those combos.

@tomweedlaw @Wildlaw406 It still sucks at it. Fundamentally, AI doesn't have judgment so it can't decide between applications of law, and it's fundamentally poor at handling how many simple words are legal terms of art with different meaning

@Wildlaw406 Do you tell is to do a brief first with links to authority and explaining how it stands for the position it is cited? Like minor scaffolding and oversight.

@Indie_Gamer_01 I haven't played Mixtape and don't know if it passes that particular test. And, there's nothing wrong with a fun activity. But I find this definition is quite functional and valuable to thinking about how games differ from other media.

@Indie_Gamer_01 I find the Mark Rosewater distinction to be the best: a game has decisions and agency and the player has influence on results. Without that, it is an activity. Candyland, where the result is entirely randomized with no choices by players, is an activity, not a game

I just don't understand the whole "Mixtape is not a game" craziness. Of course it's a game! Who let them decide what a game should be mechanically?! #MIXTAPE is a storytelling masterpiece, alongside these other incredible narrative-driven games. Are they expelling these too? 😅

@ScytheSwipe @Intrepid_Tautog Cactaur is functionally similar without the vanishing which doesn't matter. It is exactly what they want from a card like this: conceptually intriguing, never actually played in a draft deck. A format where a card like this was playable would be awful

@ScytheSwipe @Intrepid_Tautog That's 7 for FF, but it could be 8 in slower sets. Cards like this will always be priced to be limited unplayable because useles-or-win in one hit is not a desirable experience

MtG Development Exercise: What would be an appropriate CMC for the following card if it were printed into a Standard-legal set? 🤔 "Astral Whisper Creature - Avatar Elemental Vanishing 3 Astral Whisper has power and toughness equal to double your life total. */* "

@ValerieNoName Include my favorite creature to cast of all time

What's everyone's favorite midrange Cards? Building an Oops! All Midrange! cube and i still have 24 slots i don't know how to fill......

@SonRebell Prowess plays fragile threats and is often protecting them with at best crappy combat tricks and can't handle anything with more than 4 toughness That forces a pretty aggressive frame

@SonRebell Imo one thing lessons has for it is more diversity in effects. Prowess is awful into counter magic and can't really fit any. Lessons gets a pretty fixed list of cards but they have a fairly broad scope.

I have some questions for prowess gamers: - We must have tried a lessons core variant with flow state too right? I presume it’s eating too much space - Why don’t we like colorstorm stallion? - Why don’t we play 1x Emeritus of Ideation in the side?

@SonRebell Crab likes draw since you want to get them to UU and honestly you usually want more than one You rapidly run out of space for all the good things and you have to make hard choices between maximizing your blitz wins vs having more resilient ways to win contested games