Hehei62
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Am I the only one who still views minimum wage as gas money for your car and movie tickets for you and your date while you gain work experience in high school or at the bookstore in college?
When did it become a career wage?
JB Pritzker@JBPritzker
$7.25 an hour is about $14,000 a year. No one can survive on that. People can barely survive on double that. We raised the minimum wage in Illinois. It's long overdue everywhere else.
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@PNGBagre @XRG117 @DrivetheTacos @UsagiKaede1 @wzrdnx People say its going to happen yet nothing has happened so far
Magic isnt like pokemon where collectors are huge, i dont see it impacing prices that much even in the long term
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@kyleDeBrosse @XRG117 @DrivetheTacos @UsagiKaede1 @wzrdnx The premise has happened in absolutely every single one, though I think the conclusion hasn't happened yet, I don't think the number of people that solely collect the editions impacts that much on the price of the cardboard (at least in short-term, maybe in years we feel this)
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@XRG117 @DrivetheTacos @UsagiKaede1 @wzrdnx There have been plenty of UB so far name one set that this has happened to
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@DrivetheTacos @UsagiKaede1 @wzrdnx I didn't say new players is a bad thing, I do think the number of new players that simply will collect it and leave them off the market unplayed will impact the overall accessibility of cards from the set, but I welcome the small percentage of players who join and stick around.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx Lol someone is getting angry over a stupid reason this site never gets old
playing to win and expecting to win are for all intents and purposes the exact same thing, if you are playing to win then you expect to win. If you expect to win then you are playing to win
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx It doesn't.
Yes you have. "Trying to win" & "expecting to win" are different things. Damn, you might just be stupid.
Anyway fuck off. I'll continue policing my pods & you can continue being wrong.
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the average Commander player treats the format like analog slot machines now. they just want to "do the thing" with decks from their favorite themes or franchises without disruption, and whoever does it first wins. Magic is undergoing full casinoification
winnie!@wildstwawberry
If you’re not playing a game to win, maybe you shouldn’t be playing a game where the end goal of each game is… to win.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx When someone says why play or shouldn't play in this regard it means the exact same thing
I haven't shifted goalposts at all i have defended that most Commander players aren't playing to win they are playing to have fun, and winning is just a byproduct of that fun
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx No. Why would i defend a point i'm not arguing. "Why play" is not "you shouldn't play" though.
Now you've gone to "expecting to win." I don't do that either. Weird that you have to shift the goalposts all the time.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx Lol i know your not op hence why i said op, please explain how those 2 aren't basically saying the same thing?
This platform is where the vocal minority gets seen, most decks do have a plan to win yes but the players dont sit down expecting to win, they just want to have fun
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx It's amazing that you're too stupid to get why those aren't the same thing. Or that im not op.
On here it's an even split, and in the 3 game shops i frequent the vast majority i play with build jank but still aim to win their games. And their decks aren't aimless pits.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx Thats literally what op posted, "if you aren't playing to win why play"
This arguement is happening because a few players dont understand that the format is not one thats about winning and they cant stand that, its just the vocal minority
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx This argument is happening because commander players aren't happy. So i guess you're wrong.
I've yet to see somebody say "the only reason to play a game is to win." That isn't my stance. If you need to lie, you're probably wrong.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx rule 0 does work, because if it didnt then commander players wouldnt be happy
the only ones unhappy are the ones who think that the only reason to play the game is to win
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx If rule 0 worked, we wouldn't be talking about this. That's obvious so i assume you just don't pay attention lol.
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx then you are having the wrong rule 0 conversation, idk what to tell you it exists so everyone playing can have fun
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx Rule zero doesnt do dick.
Not looking for cedh & bracket 3 players will still try to win a game.
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@BartDecider @wildstwawberry Just an example, i have not seen many people talking about winning in bracket 4, in any of the platforms im on or any stores i have been to, any video i have seen, etc.
I can only base my opinion on what ive seen, and in my exp i rarely see people trying to win outside of cedh
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@kyleDeBrosse @wildstwawberry "my experiences are universal" ahh reply
bracket 4 is cedh with marginally less optimization, but no one's gameplay should be "let me spend 3 extra turns not winning so i can see what the decks do"
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I think EDH players would get more out of hosting social events with snacks and drinks where they just show each other their trade binders
winnie!@wildstwawberry
If you’re not playing a game to win, maybe you shouldn’t be playing a game where the end goal of each game is… to win.
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@BartDecider @wildstwawberry This isnt true, i have multiple bracket 4 decks, they are built to do their thing, that does lead to a win, but i dont play them with the goal of winning
Besides cedh most other Commander decks focus on doing the thing over winning
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@kyleDeBrosse @wildstwawberry bracket 3 is when it turns into "trying to show what your deck does is secondary to playing the game" and bracket 4/cedh is exclusively focused on winning
which makes it weird that people who don't play b4/cedh are commenting on commander like b1 is the only one that exists
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@GrimGrin17 @wzrdnx This is what rule 0 is for lol
But i can tell you 80-90% of players are not going to be the kind of players you want, cedh players are the only ones and bracket 3 is the most popular
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@kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx The problem is that i don't want to sit at a table with people who "don't care if they win." Im fine with gimmick decks, but those decks should still have a path to winning & should be piloted by people who want to win
It's really easy to ask aboutdeck strength going in.
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@tsukame_success @kyleDeBrosse @wzrdnx But your goal at a tournament isn’t to have a memorable game of magic it’s to collect your wins.
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@LeFeverSax @SmilodonnaVT the point of doing any hobby is to have fun
if you have fun by winning thats fine
but not everyone is like that
i enjoy competitive games, idc who ends up winning as long as everyone was able to play
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@SmilodonnaVT The point of playing is to win
It’s unfortunate how much of a board game commander has become
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selling all my expensive commander staples, playing them is boring. i'd much rather find creative ways to make budget jank work
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@_Chrysaetos_ @AvatarInfamous8 @Chilly_MIV Yes because korra is a genius at the physical elements of bending that is established early on, she struggles with the spiritual side of bending which is why she struggled with air
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@AvatarInfamous8 @Chilly_MIV Thats great but this toddler is bending 3 elements
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This is just awful writing that breaks so many established rules. Also why does she struggle the most with air bending when the avatar always struggles the most with the element opposite of the nation they’re born in? She should’ve been struggling with fire.
Enjoy@_ema_nuel
Bending 3 elements straight out the gate is when I knew we were in for a peak avatar
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@robertgraham i mean sure but it doesnt work like that, because the urban parts of that state still tend to outweigh the rural areas, the electoral college and popular vote both work in the exact same way, the places with a bigger population have more votes, the number is just smaller in EC
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There is a good civic argument for the "electoral college".
Almost all western democracies give more weight to rural voters, for the same reason as the original compromise when ratifying the Constitution. Without some counterbalance, rural areas simply become "colonies" of urban areas, with government serving the interests of urban areas over the wishes of rural areas.
In almost all western democracies, the person leading the country is not chosen by a popular vote, but by representatives. Those representatives are in turn chosen primarily as local representatives for individual communities.
The electoral college giving more voting power to some is not a violation of democratic principles, but the norm in western liberal democracies.
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki
There's no good civic argument for the electoral college. It was arguably necessary to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, but it's an anti-democratic device that gives some American citizens far more voting power than others, based purely on where they live.
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