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  • posted a message on [BNG/RTR] Expansion Symbols Suggest Born of the Gods Connection to Ravnica?
    Quote from ilovesaprolings
    yeah, totally. they are connected by a lot of things like... come on guys it's just a hole in the expansion symbol, it means nothing, stop being stupid


    No, it's not just a hole. It's the same overall keyhole design, a U-shape with the same hole-narrowing-to-an-opening at top.

    The symbols really are suggestively similar.
    Posted in: Speculation
  • posted a message on [BNG] Born of the Gods Official Announcement
    Quote from hairlessThoctar
    Because the three letter code is used for all Hasbro products. If a more obvious three letter code isn't being used, its because some previous product already used it.


    No, codes of Hasbro's other products have no bearing on MTG set codes.

    It might be because "BOG" has negative connotations in general and implies swamps (thus seeming to favor one color over the others), whereas "BNG" sounds like "Bang!" as in come in "with a bang" (something exciting).
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on You Make the Card 4 (YMTC4) - Name Submissions Time
    Quote from brokenenigma
    For similar reasons, I submitted Spectral Bounty to reference that card as well as the classic Specter creature type.


    Oh, wow, that's brilliant! Really nice double reference! Thumbs Up Of all suggestions I've heard so far, I hope this wins!
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on 2014 PTQ Seasons announced
    Quote from SolonWave
    "Lucy Ricardo you have some splainning to do!!!!" I am totally confused at this season schedule and need some one who is a rocket scientist to explain it to me. From what i see the Journey into nix season is starting right around Dec 2013 to March 2014. Does this mean that Journey into nix is coming out in Dec 2013? Season 2 has M2015 does this mean that somewhere in between the two dates m15 is coming out? And are the other two set huey dewey coming out at their dates too?


    No. "Journey into Nyx season" means "the PTQ season for PT Journey into Nyx". Similarly, "M15 season" means "the PTQ season for PT M15". The PT happens after the end of the season. So the sets are coming out at their normal times.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Ding Dong, Extended Is Dead!
    Hey, check it out, guys, Extended is now finally OFFICIALLY dead! Quoting from today's announcement at http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/07222013:

    Quote from Wizards of the Coast »

    As the popularity of Modern has continued to rise, Wizards of the Coast has made the decision to retire the Extended format. Too many formats can fracture a player base, so we’ve decided to focus efforts on our other Constructed formats.

    Tournament organizers will be able to sanction Extended events up to August 7, 2013, but after that there will be no more sanctioning of events for Extended. Events sanctioned before August 7, 2013, will be able to be run until October 8, 2013.

    Magic Online will be removing Extended as a supported format after their downtime on August 7, 2013.
    Posted in: Extended (Type 1.X)
  • posted a message on Reactions to Revenge of Necromancy is disgusting
    Quote from Massive Marc
    Whats the casting cost for these cards. I can't find it anywhere.


    Cuz it hasn't been decided yet.
    Posted in: New Card Discussion
  • posted a message on You Make the Card 4 (YMTC4) - Winner - Revenge of Necromancy!
    Quote from apegoneape
    Revenge of Necromancy is unplayable garbage destined for the kitchen table. How could anyone be moronic enough vote for it over Blood in the Watering Can.


    Don't you realize you answered your own question right there about who voted for it? All the kitchen table players.
    Posted in: The Rumor Mill
  • posted a message on Theros Legendary Theme Almost Verified by Legend Rules Changes
    The legendary rules changes (from "none survive" to "one on each side survives") pretty much verify that Theros will have a legendary theme, yeah?

    Especially when the last time the legend rule (from "first survives" to "none survive") was changed was right before Kamigawa, which ended up having a major legends theme.
    Posted in: Speculation
  • posted a message on The Countdown to DOOMSDAY (December 21, 2012) Thread
    Quote from dondee
    sooooo. im asian, and its now 12/21/2012... how much longer would it take to end this world? LOL


    Quote from Yorutenchi
    Lol in Japan, china, India, New Zeland and Austrialia and a few other countries is 12/21/12

    will they despatched of first?


    Quote from Bitsy
    Maybe the event happens in GMT time. Rofl


    Guys, it's obviously got to be CST (UTC -6) or EST (UTC -5), since that's Mayan time. Wink
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on The Countdown to DOOMSDAY (December 21, 2012) Thread
    Quote from Oglor
    Why is everybody arguing about which civilization's calendar is more accurate?


    Because the claim that the Mayan calendar is more accurate is ridiculous. Modern atomic clocks maintain accuracy better than a billionth of a second every day, and they are synced based on very precise astronomical observations that even take into account extremely minuscule relativistic effects. To claim that the Mayan calendar was more accurate is preposterous. They had neither the equipment nor the theory to measure up to modern timekeeping.

    Ancient civilizations knew to make adjustments for leap years. Modern timekeeping makes adjustments for leap seconds and is many orders of magnitude more precise than anything any pre-industrial civilization had.
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on The Countdown to DOOMSDAY (December 21, 2012) Thread
    Quote from Teia Rabishu
    The Mayans didn't account for leap years, so the "doomsday" date has already passed.


    Quote from bocephus
    Actually they did. Their calender was more accurate then ours today.


    I don't know if the Mayans accounted for leap years or not.

    But I do know that unless the Mayans miraculously invented atomic clocks and understood relativistic time effects centuries before anyone else, their calendar was not more accurate than ours today.
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on The Countdown to DOOMSDAY (December 21, 2012) Thread
    Quote from Quirkiness101
    Can I add plumbing failure to the list

    (Only thing that happened to my family on Y2K was our toilets all stopped working)


    You have computer-controlled toilets?!?! IMPOSSIBRU!
    Posted in: Talk and Entertainment
  • posted a message on How to Answer When a Woman Asks "Do You Think I'm Prettier Than [Beautiful Celeb]"?
    Quote from Combat_Strix
    It should go something like this:

    Q: Do I look prettier than X?

    A: You're much prettier than Kristen Stewart.

    EVERYONE looks better than Kristen Stewart. I'm not saying she's ugly but she has a paralyzed gargoyle ***** face. Girls think she's pretty though so what seems like common sense to guys is a high complement to women.


    Um, no.

    I'm a straight guy, and I think Kristen Stewart is gorgeous and extremely beautiful.
    Posted in: Real-Life Advice
  • posted a message on How to Answer When a Woman Asks "Do You Think I'm Prettier Than [Beautiful Celeb]"?
    Quote from incarna
    She knows that, if you say “yes” than she will be upset. She also knows that, if you say “no” she will think you are lying to her.


    I think you actually meant to write:

    Quote from incarna
    She knows that, if you say “no” than she will be upset. She also knows that, if you say “yes” she will think you are lying to her.
    Posted in: Real-Life Advice
  • posted a message on Is Delaying But Not Preventing Doomsday a Meaningful Accomplishment?
    Quote from Horseshoe_Hermit
    Why, though? The example states that you know doomsday is inevitable.
    Knowledge is so precious that there's almost no way you could relate to possessing it; but if it's real knowledge then it is certainty, a certainty that implies the statement is true, that the disaster is unavoidable.

    It's not somebody else's statement that the disaster is unavoidable. It's knowledge that is afforded to you.


    The original post doesn't state that doomsday is inevitable. It says that, without interference, doomsday will happen. Cassandra found a way to stave it off by a year, but she was unable to find a way to stave it off more permanently. Therein is her failure.
    Posted in: Philosophy
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