Chicken and asparagus [chat]

Zampanov

Irond Will wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

so I'm watching Wire In The Blood and the second season intro seems like someone at BBC watched Seven and wanted that intro so hard they didn't care that they didn't have the budget for neat lettering and trent reznor.

How is that show? Netflix has been recommending it to me.

I like it. I don't know how much of that is it being actually interesting and how much is just the novelty of a slightly different culture the police procedural is taking place in. I also like the format approach BBC seems to take with them, or at least they have with this and Luther. They treat them more like miniseries than full seasons, which makes it more palatable to me.

how many episodes of luther have you watched?

I finished the first season. It definitely didn't end up being the show I thought it was gonna be, but I kind of liked that about it.

stevemarks44

Organichu wrote: »

so i started playing this game (oblivion) and i've logged way too many hours in the past few days. i quit LoL for exactly this reason. i might just delete my windows partition altogether. my addictive personality is starting to really get on my nerves. this is why i no longer drink at home. it sucks to feel like i'm powerless against my own urges, that i have to deny myself altogether instead of being an adult who can moderate his consumption.

Yeah, I run into this when I'm out of work (which I think you said you are too, chu). I have deny myself a lot of things and set parameters. After a couple of weeks of mayhem (nothing serious or anything), I've put myself on a decent diet, I don't drink to excess on weekdays, I don't play too many games and I make myself exercise.

When I had/have a job the built in structure made a lot of these things non-issues. Boredom is my drug. It's why I know that I don't really have an -ism. I've been drinking too much the last month or so, but it's never a problem when I'm working.

I just get really bored and unfortunately the things around me are usually booze, food and videogames.

Irond Will

Zampanov wrote: »

Irond Will wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

so I'm watching Wire In The Blood and the second season intro seems like someone at BBC watched Seven and wanted that intro so hard they didn't care that they didn't have the budget for neat lettering and trent reznor.

How is that show? Netflix has been recommending it to me.

I like it. I don't know how much of that is it being actually interesting and how much is just the novelty of a slightly different culture the police procedural is taking place in. I also like the format approach BBC seems to take with them, or at least they have with this and Luther. They treat them more like miniseries than full seasons, which makes it more palatable to me.

how many episodes of luther have you watched?

I finished the first season. It definitely didn't end up being the show I thought it was gonna be, but I kind of liked that about it.

yeah i did too

it was ballsy as hell

Zampanov

Irond Will wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

Irond Will wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Zampanov wrote: »

so I'm watching Wire In The Blood and the second season intro seems like someone at BBC watched Seven and wanted that intro so hard they didn't care that they didn't have the budget for neat lettering and trent reznor.

How is that show? Netflix has been recommending it to me.

I like it. I don't know how much of that is it being actually interesting and how much is just the novelty of a slightly different culture the police procedural is taking place in. I also like the format approach BBC seems to take with them, or at least they have with this and Luther. They treat them more like miniseries than full seasons, which makes it more palatable to me.

how many episodes of luther have you watched?

I finished the first season. It definitely didn't end up being the show I thought it was gonna be, but I kind of liked that about it.

yeah i did too

it was ballsy as hell

also I might have a hetero mancrush on Idris Elba

stevemarks44

Well maybe Luther will be next up for me. It is constantly being recommended by Netflix, and I've started revering Sports Night a little less. I think I overloaded.

Tox

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

stevemarks44

I stopped playing Magic when I realized that the game quickly become who could buy the best cards.

Kalkino

Elldren wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

honestly it isn't anything new

the only novel thing is the means of contact

Oh sure, contempt is nothing new but the ease of finding someone then making contact in an initially hard to monitor way is

Zampanov

stevemarks44 wrote: »

Well maybe Luther will be next up for me. It is constantly being recommended by Netflix, and I've started revering Sports Night a little less. I think I overloaded.

I rewatched sports night recently too

God I hated it. Basically it was 90s studio 60 light and when I was a teenager I just must have not picked up at all on Jeremy being the worst person ever. He is the goddamn villain of that show.

I can rewatch Studio 60 all day, but I can't do Sports Night anymore. It has not aged well for me even a little.

stevemarks44

See, I wasn't a huge studio 60 fan. There were a few fundamental breakdowns in that show.

Really the main thing I've gathered is that Aaron Sorkin is jut aces all the time.

Crimson King

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

There's a few different formats: Standard, which is the last two years' worth of cards, Extended, which is the last four years, and Legacy, which is every card ever including the really broken ones from Alpha. This isn't exactly right, but it's something like that. I stopped playing Magic when I realized it cost a stupid amount of money and took up way too much of my headspace.

Zampanov

And to be clear, Luther and Wire In The Blood are not super similar. They're both police shows, and they both have eccentric main characters, but the eccentricity is different and Wire is closer to your typical police procedural than Luther. Just as a heads-up.

Jacobkosh

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It's a rolling thing. Each new set of cards gets a name and a number - I don't remember the specifics, but say the newest set is "Edition 12: Gypsy Sodomy Ninjas." A valid deck might be allowed to include cards from the last three (IIRC) so like 12, 11, and 10. When edition 13 comes out, you'll need to rejigger your deck to remove your cards from 10.

Tox

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

Arivia

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It would be legal in a certain set of formats, which determine which cards can be played.

In order of newest cards only to oldest/everything: Block Constructed, Standard, Extended, Legacy/Classic.

Tox

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It's a rolling thing. Each new set of cards gets a name and a number - I don't remember the specifics, but say the newest set is "Edition 12: Gypsy Sodomy Ninjas." A valid deck might be allowed to include cards from the last three (IIRC) so like 12, 11, and 10. When edition 13 comes out, you'll need to rejigger your deck to remove your cards from 10.

That's pretty cool, then. It's sort of a revolving format, constantly being expanded and scaled back at the same time.

They probably don't have as many Grognards in MtG, as opposed to D&D, I'd wager.

Jacobkosh

Netflix dudes, you all should watch Cheers. It's fantastic and has really held up spectacularly well. It even still looks pretty nice.

Zampanov

stevemarks44 wrote: »

See, I wasn't a huge studio 60 fan. There were a few fundamental breakdowns in that show.

Really the main thing I've gathered is that Aaron Sorkin is jut aces all the time.

Although, one thing about Sports Night that is still awesome for me is Isaac. Robert Guillaume is the best.

Crimson King

Tox wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

BobCesca

Tox wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

If I remember correctly, it's the latter.

Tox

Arivia wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It would be legal in a certain set of formats, which determine which cards can be played.

In order of newest cards only to oldest/everything: Block Constructed, Standard, Extended, Legacy/Classic.

Arivia!

Hey Arivia!

*stares at sig for 10 minutes* sync up! please sync up? deargodwhywonttheysyncup?

Arivia

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It's a rolling thing. Each new set of cards gets a name and a number - I don't remember the specifics, but say the newest set is "Edition 12: Gypsy Sodomy Ninjas." A valid deck might be allowed to include cards from the last three (IIRC) so like 12, 11, and 10. When edition 13 comes out, you'll need to rejigger your deck to remove your cards from 10.

this is incorrect; standard rotations are the last two blocks of sets (generally three per block, only names) and the last core set, which gets a number.

depending upon how wizards feels like rotating standard, you may end up with three blocks or two core sets available for a very short period of time

FroThulhu

I don't wanna troll the xmen thread, so I'll just say it here:

'First Class' was not good.

Zampanov

FroThulhu wrote: »

I don't wanna troll the xmen thread, so I'll just say it here:

'First Class' was not good.

from what I've heard so far it sounds like it's okay to not like it, but I'll probably like it anyway

Arivia

Tox wrote: »

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It's a rolling thing. Each new set of cards gets a name and a number - I don't remember the specifics, but say the newest set is "Edition 12: Gypsy Sodomy Ninjas." A valid deck might be allowed to include cards from the last three (IIRC) so like 12, 11, and 10. When edition 13 comes out, you'll need to rejigger your deck to remove your cards from 10.

That's pretty cool, then. It's sort of a revolving format, constantly being expanded and scaled back at the same time.

They probably don't have as many Grognards in MtG, as opposed to D&D, I'd wager.

Surprisingly, they do happen. Mostly people who can't distinguish between casual play and constructed.

Crimson King

FroThulhu wrote: »

I don't wanna troll the xmen thread, so I'll just say it here:

'First Class' was not good.

Expressing an opinion on the X-Men movie in the X-Men movie thread is not really 'trolling'.

(yes it was)

Tox

Crimson King wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

The Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Baron Lord Igor Judge.

Man...the bar has been set, Sir Doctor Stephen T. Colbert, DFA.

Arivia

FroThulhu wrote: »

I don't wanna troll the xmen thread, so I'll just say it here:

'First Class' was not good.

magneto was stellar, though

Elldren

stevemarks44 wrote: »

I stopped playing Magic when I realized that the game quickly become who could buy the best cards.

everyone buys the best cards

then opens them

then picks one and passes the rest to the left

Crimson King

Tox wrote: »

Crimson King wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

The Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Baron Lord Igor Judge.

Man...the bar has been set, Sir Doctor Stephen T. Colbert, DFA.

My favourite part is that's he's clearly a friendly grandpa.

Zampanov

Tox wrote: »

Crimson King wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

Kalkino wrote: »

Man, that Facebook jury contempt case makes me wonder at the world a little.

Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge?

Is that, like, just two titles, or is the guy's last name Judge, and he's a Lord, and also Lord Chief Justice?

Because, if the latter is the case, holy shit that guy's awesome and I want to go to England and commit a crime so I can be brought before Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge

The Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Baron Lord Igor Judge.

Man...the bar has been set, Sir Doctor Stephen T. Colbert, DFA.

it's like naming your kid crystal chandelier

you have predetermined their career path

Tox

Arivia wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It's a rolling thing. Each new set of cards gets a name and a number - I don't remember the specifics, but say the newest set is "Edition 12: Gypsy Sodomy Ninjas." A valid deck might be allowed to include cards from the last three (IIRC) so like 12, 11, and 10. When edition 13 comes out, you'll need to rejigger your deck to remove your cards from 10.

That's pretty cool, then. It's sort of a revolving format, constantly being expanded and scaled back at the same time.

They probably don't have as many Grognards in MtG, as opposed to D&D, I'd wager.

Surprisingly, they do happen. Mostly people who can't distinguish between casual play and constructed.

I don't see it a surprise. Grognards are a thing. They happen, it's just how it is. Anytime anything is ever changed even a little it will inevitably be RUINED FOREVER! (not linking to tvtropes).

See also: modern day GOP and the 17th Amendment.

Crimson King

Elldren wrote: »

stevemarks44 wrote: »

I stopped playing Magic when I realized that the game quickly become who could buy the best cards.

everyone buys the best cards

then opens them

then picks one and passes the rest to the left

for ten dollars a game

all i'm saying, if chess cost ten dollars a game, who would play chess

Eddy

Chu, I find that a 1:1 ratio of exercise:gaming keeps you from feeling like a obsessive nerd / fatty fat fat fatty. If you play an hour of gaming, make yourself exercise for an hour that same day.

Elldren

Arivia wrote: »

Tox wrote: »

How does MtG work through the different editions of cards? Like, how far back is the game compatible?

Could I throw together a deck that consists of no card less than twelve years old? Or would it be illegal as opposed to just probably sucking?

It would be legal in a certain set of formats, which determine which cards can be played.

In order of newest cards only to oldest/everything: Block Constructed, Standard, Extended, Legacy/Classic.

You can have block decks of old blocks though.

all of the other formats there are horrible

Cokebotle

Jacobkosh wrote: »

Netflix dudes, you all should watch Cheers. It's fantastic and has really held up spectacularly well. It even still looks pretty nice.

Hey, I remember that show. Wish we could get Netflix in Australia...

Organichu

Eddy wrote: »

Chu, I find that a 1:1 ratio of exercise:gaming keeps you from feeling like a obsessive nerd / fatty fat fat fatty. If you play an hour of gaming, make yourself exercise for an hour that same day.

what if i play for 14 hours

Mojo_Jojo

Tox wrote: »

They probably don't have as many Grognards in MtG, as opposed to D&D, I'd wager.

Grognard refers to somebody who is super into simulationist wargames. I see it bandied about when people talk about old editions of D&D, as some kind of joke about how "edition X " was too complicated. I think you mean powergamer or munchkin?

RMS Oceanic

Hmm, servers hiccuping. :?

Eddy

I guess the 1:1 ratio is a bit extreme. But my body requires lots of exercise to keep it in the shape it's in. Perhaps a less demanding but still healthy ratio of exercising:gaming could be 1:2 or 1:3.

edit: 14 hours? I mean at that point you can do the Gabe thing and install a computer over your treadmill...