TheLameSauce

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[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

They might be ESL or have a disability that affects their ability to write. What they wrote here might be a huge improvement over what their English writing looked like a year ago.

Attack their ideas, not their language. Plenty to go after there without targeting the person behind them.

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

He scored me 55 points last night! What???

 

This Thursday, October 24th, the first official Season of The Dynasty Cube begins!

What is The Dynasty Cube?

The Dynasty Cube is a collaborative, living draft format that combines a few concepts, none of which are required knowledge:

To begin, the Draft Pool for The Dynasty Cube will contain almost all of the 500 or so oldest cards from Magic’s history, with the next oldest cards being added incrementally with each subsequent Season. Cards that go undrafted get removed from the next draft, and cards that get drafted repeatedly become more difficult to retain, resulting in an ever-changing pool of cards.

The current Draft Pool for The Dynasty Cube, as well as a more detailed explanation of the draft can be found on Cube Cobra.

In The Dynasty Cube, the decisions you make continue having an effect after each draft. Teams may trade their cards or even future draft picks with each other to improve their draft pool. After each Season, The Teams will vote on new rules and other changes that will take effect in the next Season.

Currently The League has about 30 regularly active members, with each of the 8 Teams having between 2 and 6 participants. Ideally, each Team would have at least 5 active members - the more members on each Team, the smoother The League operates!

What does Team participation look like?

Joining a Team primarily means providing another voice and perspective to help your Team to come to a decision - but you can claim more responsibility than this if you want it!

During a Draft, Team members will discuss in their own private channel their strategy for what kind of deck they want to try to draft, what cards to prioritize with their next pick, what cards may be under/over valued by the other Teams, etc.

They’ll determine one Team member to be responsible for playing out their Team’s matches for the Season, and if that Team does well enough, they’ll have the chance at winning the Championship for that Season!

After a Season finishes, Teams will be presented with changes to The League that they will have the power to vote on to decide whether these changes be enacted.

Who are the Teams?

Below are the current Teams with their logos, colors, and mottos.

Alara Shards

Logo: 🌟

Color: Rust

Motto: "Why not both?"


Kamigawa Ninja

Logo: ⛩

Color: Dark Indigo

Motto: "Omae wa mou shindeiru."


Innistrad Creeps

Logo: 🧟

Color: Blue-Grey

Motto: ”Braaaaaaiiiiins”


Theros Demigods

Logo: 🌞

Color: Gold

Motto: ”The Fates will decide”


Ravnica Guildpact

Logo: 🔗

Color: Royal Blue

Motto: “A Championship is won and lost before ever entering the battlefield”


Lorwyn Changelings

Logo: 👽

Color: Green Apple

Motto: ”Expect the unexpected”


Zendikar Hedrons

Logo: 💠

Color: Aquamarine

Motto: "Good Vibes, No Escape"


Tarkir Dragons

Logo: 🐲

Color: Lavender

Motto: "No cost too great"


Getting started with The League:

Join a Team on our Discord and start collaborating with your new teammates, or you can give yourself the "Spectator" role which gives you some extra access that you won't otherwise have without a Team affiliation.

If you're not sure which Team best suits you, we have a channel specifically for team recruitment where the Teams will try to win you over!

Additional details about The League as well as the Draft Pool for The Dynasty Cube can be found on Cube Cobra.

Join our Discord server!

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Damn has it been 7 years already? I remember the "pretty good, for a RB" jokes when they were genuine, before Lamar had proven he could pass as well as run. Now the dude's outplaying Mahomes, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, and has put up a few of the best all time QB performances in the last few years.

Starting to understand all the folks that have been following the game for 20+ years, it's wild how fast the time goes...

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's basically a requirement in the US to file a lawsuit to get anything done with regards to businesses doing shady/illegal shit. There's just too much bullshit for the agencies responsible to go after every single offender. And corporations know it.

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this... a Cloverfield meme?

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

TLDR:

Return rates have increased substantially, but not quite to the level they'd hoped. Injury rates aren't public yet, but they seem lower. Expect return rates to increase a bit more in the second half of the season.

New kickoff rules expire after this season, hopefully they reinstate them plus shift touch backs to the 35 from the 30 to further incentivize returns.

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ideally, each team could use another 3-5 members to truly feel like a cohesive team. Weve got at least a couple active members in each team currently, and there's no maximum team size so the more the merrier!

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I appreciate the feedback, I'll make that a priority!

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For the time being, yes - when I have the time and funds for it, I intend to commission an actual logo but I sadly lack the artistic skill myself.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20472413

The Dynasty Cube is a collaborative, league-style draft in which teams of players draft through the history of Magic, starting with the first handful of sets, and cumulatively adding sets in chronological order in subsequent Seasons. Drafts are done rotisserie style online, with matches played through the following weeks to determine a Champion. The collaborative aspects of The Dynasty Cube have also heavily inspired by Blaseball - expect The League to evolve into something entirely different over time.

The League is currently looking for additional participation to keep the final Beta phase moving before the first Season begins at the end of this month.

The first Beta phase (Season 0) just completed (congrats to the Season 0 Champions, Innistrad Creeps!), and The Season 0.5 Draft begins today, Thursday Oct 3rd. This will be a "Draft-Only" Season intended to work out any bugs in the progression between seasons. The League will reset before beginning the first real Season that follows.

As no matches will be played in Season 0.5 and everything resets shortly after, the stakes are as low as they're ever going to be to jump in and see what The Dynasty Cube is all about!

The inaugural Season 1 will begin the week following CubeCon, with the Draft kicking off Oct 24th.

Additional details about The League and Season 1 list.

The Season 0.5 draft list

Discord server where you can join a Team and start participating!

If you have any questions about The League that aren't answered in the links above (or, hell, if you're just to lazy to click them), I'll be answering them here for as long as people are asking 'em!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20472413

The Dynasty Cube is a collaborative, league-style draft in which teams of players draft through the history of Magic, starting with the first handful of sets, and cumulatively adding sets in chronological order in subsequent Seasons. Drafts are done rotisserie style online, with matches played through the following weeks to determine a Champion. The collaborative aspects of The Dynasty Cube have also heavily inspired by Blaseball - expect The League to evolve into something entirely different over time.

The League is currently looking for additional participation to keep the final Beta phase moving before the first Season begins at the end of this month.

The first Beta phase (Season 0) just completed (congrats to the Season 0 Champions, Innistrad Creeps!), and The Season 0.5 Draft begins today, Thursday Oct 3rd. This will be a "Draft-Only" Season intended to work out any bugs in the progression between seasons. The League will reset before beginning the first real Season that follows.

As no matches will be played in Season 0.5 and everything resets shortly after, the stakes are as low as they're ever going to be to jump in and see what The Dynasty Cube is all about!

The inaugural Season 1 will begin the week following CubeCon, with the Draft kicking off Oct 24th.

Additional details about The League and Season 1 list.

The Season 0.5 draft list

Discord server where you can join a Team and start participating!

If you have any questions about The League that aren't answered in the links above (or, hell, if you're just to lazy to click them), I'll be answering them here for as long as people are asking 'em!

 

The Dynasty Cube is a collaborative, league-style draft in which teams of players draft through the history of Magic, starting with the first handful of sets, and cumulatively adding sets in chronological order in subsequent Seasons. Drafts are done rotisserie style online, with matches played through the following weeks to determine a Champion. The collaborative aspects of The Dynasty Cube have also heavily inspired by Blaseball - expect The League to evolve into something entirely different over time.

The League is currently looking for additional participation to keep the final Beta phase moving before the first Season begins at the end of this month.

The first Beta phase (Season 0) just completed (congrats to the Season 0 Champions, Innistrad Creeps!), and The Season 0.5 Draft begins today, Thursday Oct 3rd. This will be a "Draft-Only" Season intended to work out any bugs in the progression between seasons. The League will reset before beginning the first real Season that follows.

As no matches will be played in Season 0.5 and everything resets shortly after, the stakes are as low as they're ever going to be to jump in and see what The Dynasty Cube is all about!

The inaugural Season 1 will begin the week following CubeCon, with the Draft kicking off Oct 24th.

Additional details about The League and Season 1 list.

The Season 0.5 draft list

Discord server where you can join a Team and start participating!

If you have any questions about The League that aren't answered in the links above (or, hell, if you're just to lazy to click them), I'll be answering them here for as long as people are asking 'em!

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I fucking hate this rhetoric.

Voting for a third party is not "taking a vote away" from anyone.

You're arguing with someone who would in all likelihood JUST NOT VOTE if not for an alternative option. If you want assurances that fascism doesn't get voted in, how about you direct that passion towards getting people to vote for someone, anyone, instead of staying at home? That is the only certain way of getting not-the-GOP-candidate elected time and time again. Republicans always come out to vote in about the same numbers every election. Just get more people voting, and not only do the Dem numbers go up, but the viability of a third party goes up astronomically as well.

Just VOTE. For anyone!

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, hell yeah. Always wanted to watch the ELF while I lived in London, but it was impossible to find a free stream.

[–] TheLameSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If only the situation were even that "good" for Palestine. It's been an occupied territory by Isreal for years - long before last Oct. There already are "border fences" - Gaza has been under blockade by Isreal for at least 2 decades, restricting any movement of Palestinians. I recommend having a look at a map to see just how dire the situation is for Palestine when they have Isreal right in the middle and all around simultaneously.

Palestine isn't even recognized as a country by several, including - conveniently - Isreal and the US.

So, neither of those proposed alternatives would really be a good argument to Israel I'm afraid.

 

I'm now a pro magic the gathering player! Never thought I'd ascend to such heights, I'm terrible at magic lol

 

It’s that time of year again.

The weather is getting warmer, and your friends are all planning vacations. Sure, you could just go to FNM - or *shudder* spin up Arena - to get your Magic fix, but it's just not the same.

You love the social aspect of Magic. Thrills are hard to come by these days and winning a close matchup against a friend or talking about the latest spoilers with them is still one of them.

But half the people you used to play with have sold their collections off. The ones still playing are often just too busy to come around for a few games anymore.

You think back on simpler times.

Happier days.

Days when Magic: The Gathering was the only thing you and your friends could think about because it was so damn fun. It was social. It was creative. but above all, it was fun.

.

..

We have what you need.

What you crave.

THE DYNASTY CUBE

What is The Dynasty Cube?

The Dynasty Cube is a self-correcting, draft league in which Teams draft through the history of Magic, beginning with ABUR (the original four Magic sets from 1993-1994), and cumulatively adding newer sets in subsequent seasons.

Drafts are done “rotisserie”-style, then matches are scheduled throughout the following weeks to determine THE CHAMPION.

After The Championship match, cards that were drafted become harder to retain in the next draft, the next Magic set is added to the draft pool, and players draft again from the new pool of cards.

As the pool of cards evolves over time, the rules of the game may evolve as well. In The Off Season between The Championship match and the following draft, players will vote to enact new rules to The Draft or to the game itself.

Why is it called a “cube”?

“Cube” is a limited format that is typically curated by a single person choosing what cards are in the environment. In The Dynasty Cube, curation will occur as a product of how The Teams interact with the cards, combined with new sets being introduced each Season.

Teams? Isn’t Magic usually a 1v1 game?

In The Dynasty Cube participants are separated into one of 8 Teams of their choice. Teams can contain any number of members, however only one Pilot is designated to play a given match for that team. Teams will also designate a Captain who is the sole arbiter of any decisions made by that Team between matches, such as draft picks, trades, and league votes. It is expected - but not necessary - that a Team’s Captain consults their members to determine what decisions will be made.

The Dynasty Cube as a concept was heavily influenced by Fantasy Football and Blaseball, which sadly ended last year. Anyone familiar with Blaseball will notice some similarities as The League progresses.

If you want to find out more or are interested in participating, join the Discord!

 

Introducing The Dynasty Cube

The Dynasty Cube is a long-form draft league that allows you to draft through the history of Magic in the format of a fantasy sports dynasty league.

At the moment, I've just finished spinning up a Discord server to host and manage the league through - if anyone is interested in being sent an invite link, please DM me!

Here are some of the finer details of how the league works:

Drafts are done in a "season" - a draft plus all matches for a given draft.

Teams are allotted a certain number of "points" to spend on the cards they draft to build their deck for the season.

Each card starts with a point value that goes up each time it is drafted or kept into another season, or loses points if it's never drafted.

After the draft, players may also make trades with other players. Card values do not change with trades, and both cards and future draft picks may be traded.

After completing a draft season, each player may designate any number of cards from their pool as "keepers". In the next draft, keepers will be automatically drafted for that team rather than being available to the other teams.

The current list includes most draft-worthy cards from Alpha through Legends.

Each season, the next chronological set/product will be added to the pool for the next draft, excluding cards that are deemed problematic to the format. If adding this set does not add a sufficient number of cards that 8 players can draft 45 cards (360 cards available worth no more than 1 point), the next set/product will also be added to the pool.

 
 

Done by Dani at Dark Heart in Chicago

 

Good riddance.

 

It's my first automatic watch. Had been working great until a few months ago, now it seems to struggle to keep a charge and occasionally sticks even when it should still have a charge. Need to find a place to take it in, sadly I've now moved from London to Chicago or I'd have just brought it back to the seller.

 

THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS, THELAMESAUCE'S JANKIUM EMPORIUM IS REOPENING, RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN FRONT FEDERATED DOOR!

We've closed up shop over at reddit and we've just finished moving all our merchandise here - AND WE'RE READY TO GIVE YOU UNBELIEVABLE DEALS ON THE JANIEST JANK YOU'VE EVER SEEN!

Do you strive to confuse your opponent when they open with a [[Thoughtseize]] and don't recognize a single card in your hand?

Do you get no joy out of winning a game simply because you curved out with evasive threats before your opponent could stabilize?

Do you dream about that one rare you managed to open 3 or 4 of and you just want to build something that showcases it?

WELL COME ON DOWN TO THE JANKIUM EMPORIUM FOR ALL YOUR JANKIEST NEEDS!

I've got something extra special for those high-rollers out there that just got wilcards out the wazoo ready to burn a virtual hole in your virtual pocket. I'm talkin' the biggest deck you ever laid eyes on. It's got everything.

Boardwipes Spot removal POWerful spellls Card advantage Ramp Reanimator Yesseree this here decck does it all! Now, I hear you saying, "but what ties this deck all together, it sounds like it's just a pile of random cards?" Well my friend, this here deck is all about LEGENDS. That's right, this deck has got legendary status written all over it! you'lll be the talk of the town as you ultimate [[Kaya the Inexorable]] and play whatver legendary spell you want, totally and completely mana-cost-free! You enemies will cower as you cast [[Primeval's Glorious Rebirth]] and bring dozens of legendary creatures, artifacts, and PLANESwalkers back from beyond the grave! You'll feel untouchable as your [[Angel of Suffering]] keep you upright while your foes feably fall to their knees.

I know I've got your interest with this one folks, but I'm afraid the decklist is just TOO BIG to share on the showroom floor here. I'll have too take y'all round the commments section to get a looksie.

In the meantime, I've got something extra special for our loyal customers and new folk alike:

In honor of our grand reopening, we are marking down all our old decklists - not half price. Not 75% off

AB-SO-LOOTLEE FREE

Now you look like a mage that isn't quite sure what your favorite color of mana is. WELL HOW ABOUT ALL OF 'EM?

Get ready to draw an enormous number of cards off [[Tome of the Guildpact]] because this deck here has TWENTY-THREE multicolor cards to trigger it!

I can see you got your doubts about a 5-color deck, but I'll tell you my friend, with 4 [[Incubation Druid]] paired with 5 lands that tap for any color and 3 [[Chromatic Lantern]] you'll rarely have mana issues.

How's the deck win? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED! You see the 2 [[Rythm of the Wild]]? That there is gonna GARE-ANN-TEE you hit your opponent with your [[Etrata]] or your [[Thief of Sanity]]. You smell that? That there is card advantage and a win condition all in one!

5-Color Etrata, the Jankencer

4 Incubation Druid (RNA) 131

3 Etrata, the Silencer (GRN) 170

1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun (GRN) 192

2 Lazav, the Multifarious (GRN) 184

3 Thief of Sanity (GRN) 205

2 Deputy of Detention (RNA) 165

1 Hydroid Krasis (RNA) 183

2 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206

4 Discovery // Dispersal (GRN) 223

1 Find // Finality (GRN) 225

2 Absorb (RNA) 151

2 Tome of the Guildpact (RNA) 242

3 Chromatic Lantern (GRN) 233

2 Notion Rain (GRN) 193

2 Rythm of the Wild (RNA) 201

1 Domri, Chaos Bringer (RNA) 166

2 Hinterland Harbor (DAR) 240

1 Woodland Cemetery (DAR) 248

3 Guildmages' Forum (GRN) 250

1 Field of Ruin (XLN) 254

2 Drowned Catacomb (XLN) 253

1 Evolving Wilds (RIX) 186

2 Overgrown Tomb (GRN) 253

4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259

1 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245

1 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246

2 Gateway Plaza (WAR) 246

1 Plains (WAR) 250

1 Island (WAR) 253

1 Swamp (WAR) 256

1 Mountain (WAR) 259

1 Forest (WAR) 262

SB

2 Gaea's Blessing (DAR) 161

1 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206

2 Expansion // Explosion (GRN) 224

2 Status // Statue (GRN) 230

2 Absorb (RNA) 151

2 Bedevil (RNA) 157

1 Ethereal Absolution (RNA) 170

2 Consecrate // Consume (RNA) 224

1 Hostage Taker (XLN) 223

Now I hear you, you want a real alternate win condition, not just relying on Etrata to do all the work - well I've got just the thing for you.

You hear of Treasure tokens? How about makin a whole mess o tokens? And then winning because you have SO MANY TOKENS?

What that? "I know where you're going with this, and [[Revel in Riches]] is not good enough to win against T1-2 decks in standard."

That's where you're wrong my friend! With enough planeswalkers, counterspells, and board wipes, I'm here to tell you that you can win with anything.

This deck has SIX board wipes and another THREE in the board! We've got SEVEN counterspells, including the on-brand [[Spell Swindle]] for those sweet, sweet Treasure tokens.

You know what my favorite thing is about Treasure tokens? You can play ANY color! That's right, we're running FIVE off-color planeswalkers to cast off those treasure tokens!

Fool your opponent into thinking you're just a run-of-the-mill control deck, then surprise them with your Revel in Riches out of nowhere!

When this deck gets going, you'll always have counter magic up to keep yourself protected, and you'll always have a way to reset the board when your opponent lands a spooky creature!

Treasure Cruise

2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) 207

1 Narset, Parter of Veils (WAR) 61

2 Dovin's Veto (WAR) 193

3 The Eldest Reborn (DAR) 90

1 Angrath, the Flame-Chained (RIX) 152

2 Spell Swindle (XLN) 82

2 Treasure Map (XLN) 250

1 Vraska, Relic Seeker (XLN) 232

1 Revel in Riches (XLN) 117

2 Search for Azcanta (XLN) 74

4 Dire Fleet Hoarder (XLN) 102

1 Negate (RIX) 44

1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master (M19) 79

2 Devious Cover-Up (GRN) 35

3 Ritual of Soot (GRN) 84

2 Ral, Izzet Viceroy (GRN) 195

1 Karn, Scion of Urza (DAR) 1

1 Vraska, Golgari Queen (GRN) 213

2 Smothering Tithe (RNA) 22

3 Kaya's Wrath (RNA) 187

1 Godless Shrine (RNA) 248

2 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 251

2 Plains (WAR) 250

2 Island (WAR) 253

2 Swamp (WAR) 256

1 Mountain (WAR) 259

1 Forest (WAR) 262

1 Isolated Chapel (DAR) 241

4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259

4 Drowned Catacomb (XLN) 253

1 Field of Ruin (XLN) 254

4 Glacial Fortress (XLN) 255

2 Evolving Wilds (RIX) 186

SB:

2 Cleansing Nova (M19) 9

1 Devious Cover-Up (GRN) 35

1 Price of Fame (GRN) 83

4 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206

1 Kaya's Wrath (RNA) 187

1 The Wanderer (WAR) 37

1 Ashiok, Dream Render (WAR) 228

2 Blink of an Eye (DAR) 46

2 Vraska's Contempt (XLN) 129

I can tell those decks weren't quite spicy enough for you - you, you're a mage of class! You deserve the best! You deserve to punish your opponent simply by drawing cards!

Let's start off with the centerpiece of the deck, [[Satyr Enchanter]]. With this guy, you're gonna be drawing cards like you wouldn't believe - there's a grand total of TWENTY-TWO enchantments ready to generate real value, and another NINE enchantments in the board.

Between [[Ixalan's Binding]] and [[Seal Away]] you'll have no trouble dealing with your opponent's threats while drawing more and more cards.

What are we going to do with all that card draw? Well my friend, we're going to eviscerate our opponent using [[Psychic Corrosion]] of course!

Not drawing enough cards by just casting enchantments? Well that's what [[Patient Rebuilding]] and powerhouse [[Nezahal]] are for! Draw cards forever!

I present to you the peak of standard cheesing:

Bant Enchantress Mill

2 Search for Azcanta (XLN) 74

4 Glacial Fortress (XLN) 255

2 Patient Rebuilding (M19) 67

4 Psychic Corrosion (M19) 68

4 Gift of Paradise (M19) 184

4 Satyr Enchanter (M19) 223

2 Chemister's Insight (GRN) 32

3 Devious Cover-Up (GRN) 35

4 Temple Garden (GRN) 258

2 Wilderness Reclamation (RNA) 149

1 Consecrate // Consume (RNA) 224

3 Breeding Pool (RNA) 246

2 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 251

2 Plains (WAR) 250

1 Island (WAR) 253

2 Forest (WAR) 262

3 Hinterland Harbor (DAR) 240

4 Seal Away (DAR) 31

1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) 207

1 Nezahal, Primal Tide (RIX) 45

3 Settle the Wreckage (XLN) 34

3 Sunpetal Grove (XLN) 257

4 Ixalan's Binding (XLN) 17

SB

3 Cleansing Nova (M19) 9

1 Nexus of Fate (M19) 306

3 Conclave Tribunal (GRN) 6

2 Eyes Everywhere (RNA) 38

2 Mass Manipulation (RNA) 42

2 Verity Circle (RNA) 58

2 Lawmage's Binding (RNA) 190

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