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Aug 4, 2008
Sutherlands posted a message on What "strictly better" truly means: A challengePosted in: Surging Chaos's Realm of Ruination -
Jul 24, 2008
Sutherlands posted a message on What "strictly better" truly means: A challenge"Back seat driver" means just that though; a person is driving from the back seat.Posted in: Surging Chaos's Realm of Ruination
I don't see how this isn't understood. If a person is driving from the front seat or is not driving, they are not a back seat driver.
There is nothing around it. If you want to bend the rules and say the back seat is the front seat, then you have your understanding of back seat driver wrong.
Not only did you ignore my link of the idiom, but cards that are considered "strictly better" are considered in a vacuum. That's the ONLY MEANINGFUL DEFINITION of "strictly better," and thus, it's the one that gets used.
You can say "strictly better means a card has to be better than another card in all circumstances, and there for no card is strictly better than another," but that's pretty worthless for conversation. I'd rather use the definition of "card A has all the advantages that card B has, and none of the disadvantages that it doesn't, plus it is superior in way X, therefore, it is strictly better." This meaning is actually useful in conversation, and once again, that's why it gets used. -
Jul 24, 2008
Sutherlands posted a message on What "strictly better" truly means: A challengeTo put it mildly: You're wrong.Posted in: Surging Chaos's Realm of Ruination
Check out this thread. Nothing is 100% always better than something else, that's why when talking about "strictly better" we use a functional definition. Also, check out this page. -
May 29, 2008
Sutherlands posted a message on Fairies. The other deck (To beat)I played an earlier version of this at FNM a few weeks ago, and found that quite a few times I had trouble getting black on the opponent's turn for terror. (Also a problem for the Pact.) For this reason, I support the Ruins. But why not 4x conclave?Posted in: TeknoBlog
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Axelrod ended up being randomized to Yare, and then bussed to himself.
Night 1:
Roja - Nothing
AH - Kill Kraj
spotofprey - Bus Kraj and AK
DYH - kill loran
Kraj - Copy roja to roja
AK - watch GT
Yare - Randomize loran
GT - target DYH
Night 2:
Yare - Randomize Axelrod
Roja - Shoot DYH
Axelrod - Target Roja
AH - Shoot DYH
spotofprey - Bus Axelrod and Yare
DYH - Kill Roja
Kraj - Copy Roja to Axelrod
Night 3:
AH - Kill Axelrod
Kraj - Shoot spot
spot - bus axelrod and kraj
axelrod - protect spot
Role pms forthcoming. (Except not really.) I'll work on getting actions out soon, though.
It is now day.
It is now Night. Send me your night actions.
As you gather around, in the morning, or afternoon, or whenever you get around to waking up after sleeping, you look around and notice that there are a large number of people conspicuously absent. You check around the local motels, houses, brothels, and bum communities for them, but instead you find only chips. After some detective work you realize that Roja, the Vigilante has died, leaving behind a blue chip, Yare, the Randomizer has died, leaving behind another blue chip, and that DYH, the ascetic has died, leaving behind a red chip. You know that the night's activities are indication that there is still scum among you, so you must get to it!
With 4 alive, it's 3 to lynch.
(2) Yare - spotofprey, Kraj
(1) DYH - Axelrod
You all gang up around Some One. Some of you screaming for his lynch. At the end of the day, Some One gives up. "Ah, screw it" he says. Then he reaches down his throat and pulls out a blue chip. Throws it at you, and walks away. Strangely, this placates the crowd.
Some One, Kill-Immune Townie, has been lynched.
It is now night. Night will end Monday night, at 7 PM Mountain time.
Tick tick tock...
(2) DYH - Axelrod, Roja
(2) Yare - spotofprey, Kraj
(1) AH - Some One
Deadline approacheth! T-5 days.
Also, activity has mostly picked up, but this day has gone on too long, so I'm putting a deadline up. The day will end January 23rd, at 9:00 PM MST. If no majority has been reached by then, the day will end in a nolynch.
Well, no, that doesn't work out very well for your horde of attacking creatures. You can do that, as you said, and you'll get two combat phases, but your creatures won't untap in between them, and the creatures that you used to conspire won't have untapped in the first place. So unless there's something going on where only 1 creature can attack each turn, or you have a way to untap creatures, it's going to work out the same or worse than if you hadn't conspired it.
And why do you think that?
(2) AH - Yare, DYH
(1) spotofprey - AH
(1) Yare - spotofprey
But now that it's past New Year's, (Happy 2009 everyone) I expect everyone to begin posting regularly again. I would prefer not to have to prod everyone, so...