Dies to Removal

Siege Against the Machine

Siege against the Siege

Which Magic the Gathering legendary creature do you think would enjoy cheetos the most?

I think it HAS to be Squee, Goblin Nabob

all this Rhino talk.

Somewhere, Babar is rallying his troops.

"good one"

Something about multani screams cheetos to me.

So who wants to talk about Alesha

Podcast episode #10 was called She Who Tucks At Death and we all emerged better people, anyone have any follow up thoughts

Can download on iTunes

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my Mum won't admit it...

Was it concluded if Alesha is a top or bottom?

Obvious joke about transgendered people, canned laughter.

I posted this in the Salvation forum talking about Alesha:

There is another aspect to consider for the Alesha story: Alesha presents a character for transgender Magic players to identify with.

When she chooses her war name, she is just 16 years old. She is unsure of her choice, hesitant to make her choice known to the others because she is unsure of their reactions. These are people she has fought with, killed for, and helped triumph. These are her friends and her family, yet she is still somewhat afraid of their reactions to her choice. The nameless khan, however, recognizes the importance of letting the warriors choose their own names, and more importantly, of respecting those names, those identities that the warriors choose. Alesha has earned that right to choose, and that choice will be respected. It's not a show of strength that earns her that choice. It is her willingness to fight for those around her. Alesha is her war name, her identity, and choosing it means that she is no longer unsure of who she is.

How many times have we heard of a transgender or homosexual teen coming out to his or her friends only to be rejected? He or she reveals who they are as a person to those closest to them, those who should support them after having lived with them and raised them. And yet their family and friends turn away. Alesha represents that not every situation is like that. For a young person struggling with choosing to express their identity, that's a positive reassurance.

I very much like how this story is presented. The nameless orc initially doesn't understand the importance of choosing who you are, perhaps thinking that identity is tied into the expectations that surround a person. As an orc, he is supposed to be strong, tough, and bloodthirsty, but that's not who he is, and he's hesitant to express his own identity. Alesha challenges this for him, leading him to realize the importance of choosing his own identity and drawing strength from knowing who he is.

Whoa. Cards the cards is so deep.

Bruce Jenner would be so happy if he knew.

Or if she knew.

yeah but how many times has a transgendered person killed a dragon in one-on-one combat before picking their new trans- identity?

check and mate.

also your analogy falls flat because it's not who you are that determines ... who you are, but the actions you do. the orc doesn't identify as a bloodthirsty murderer, he's just there to help save his friends. but he doesn't have a name.

alesha killed a dragon so she gets a name.

the analogy to trans- people would be once you start acting like a trans- you get to be a trans-, but that's merely conforming to society's standards of what x or y gender acts like and how the "they" expects you to behave as a person who identifies as one versus another thing. which is sort of a crock of bullshit because identity is a personal matter, not a melting pot of expectation and social norms being imposed on the individual.

it's a cool story about how mardu take on their personal identity, but i wouldn't call it a high five for identifying as a different sex from your birthed one. it does give someone for trans people to identify with who is a cool character and whose gender literally shouldn't matter in her being a cool character.

check and box

I was discussing with a friend the possibility of Alesha's operation triggering a planeswalker spark

Blue wizards can turn a human into a sheep. Surely they can turn a cock into a beaver.

the hells the matter with you

All I'm saying is a cock in the bush is worth two in the hand.

Having sex with someone is worth as much as jerking two guys off at the same time?

Ha

At least twice

At least.

current block seems like a really thin meta so far, i hope it turns out better.

how can you say it's thin when there are 4/5 rhinos sieging about?

how can you say it's thin when there are 4/5 rhinos sieging about?

lolol

Tasigurs thinly veiled package

tasigur’s the 4/5 we deserve, but not the one we need right now. So we’ll play him because he can take it. Because he’s not our siege rhino. He’s a 4/5 without trample. A 1-mana draw engine. A banana king.

Twin guaranteed for PT FTR finals. Thanks Based Twin.

Some of the main decks seem really weird. The multiple Cryptics and having the potential to get your red sources LD'd out of the game for your combo in the one list seems miserable in an event where Thoughtseize/Inquisition/Liliana is without a doubt going to be the most common matchup you face. Similarly, the lack of Spellskite where Path/Decay/Pulse/Revelry/Bolts/Dismember/Natures Claim are also guaranteed just doesn't seem good. Not that I'm in this final so what do I know, but building for this event where the lay of the land is pretty well established, building in these ways seems suspect.

how did you all feel about this week's ctc podcast

episode 11: is that a spirit dragon or are you just happy to see me

I thought it was really great. I liked the part where you compared Ugin to a school bus full of cats.

yeah, that was pretty great of me

Thrillho had a bit of an off week, kept looking at his phone the whole cast

I noticed. His sharp wit was a little less pointed than usual.

guise I'm telling you we need an RSS feed so the really dedicated neckbeards can listen on their archaic podcast fetchers

Is there like a cat that plays my role on this