#motm aftermath

[pxper-cranes]

Shoutout to girls and their girlfriends going through portals together.

[dragongirlbunny]

god i fucking. hate it when someone has an 80% good point that they feel the need to bolster with blatant lies. because then if you try to correct them they act like you're defending the bad thing they're against and its like no, i agree the thing is bad, but let's focus on that instead of just fucking lying to people

[dankxsinatra]

Does that make MotM:Aftermath their version of a post credit scene?

On brand

[vorthosjay]

How much exactly do we know about what happened to all the compleated (non-planeswalker) people after the war? Even after looking I've only heard a few vague mentions, which feels odd given we've had Aftermath plus two full standard sets since MotM.

They're dead, almost uniformly. I'm sure there's some exceptions, but as a general rule, they died with Elesh Norn. Planeswalkers survived because they had to be kept alive to keep their souls and sparks. For everyone else, compleation is fatal with only a few exceptions.

[space-wizards]

Looked up the latest MTG leaks, because apparently I wanted to give myself psychic damage, and, uh, cool, thanks WotC. Thank you for making me regret ever caring about your story. 

(By the way, totally called it on MotM: Aftermath being a standard legal mini-set, just like Hearthstone. You can’t buy it all as one package, but why would I expect that from this company?)

[pxper-cranes]

I think the Great Desparking was an interesting choice to take the storyline of Magic, but personally I'm not the biggest fan of the situation. While on the surface, it is a really interesting dilemma for the characters of the story, (previous planeswalkers), especially on how certain walkers react. We saw a bit of this with Nissa in MOTM Aftermath, but what about characters like Liliana, who personally put a lot of emphasis on their state as a planeswalker, and all the work she went through to maintain it. Huatli and Saheeli also provide a really engaging story and adventure of them both travelling the multiverse to try and find one another again, but I feel stories like that struggle to be created cohesively in the current state of the way the Magic story is told.

As someone who personally prioritises the story of Magic over playing and keeping up with the actual game (I'd love to be more engrossed in buying and playing the new sets and stuff, but magic products are wildly overpriced and practically unable to be bought where I live), I think that the differentiation between planeswalkers and legendary creatures was important to defining the main characters and the secondary characters of each arc and set. While the Great Desparking levels the playing field for all kinds of characters to take the stage, but then again, that could already be done, simply by delegating each set with a sort of 'planelocked' protagonist and set or characters to play out the domestic, single plane stories while planeswalkers could step in and have their own, multi set spanning story arcs simultaniously. This way, planes that we havent seen in a long time (Kamigawa, Lorwyn, Tarkir) are able to show off their vibrant and intriguing worldbuilding and storylines without having it overshadowed by the rest of the multiverse, as well as have planeswalkers dip in and out whenever their story demands it. But, I think that now with characters we were able to distinguish as our set of leads being diminished majorly to be like the other secondary characters, we lose that sense of iconography and coherence with them as a group.

If there's one thing I want to get across with this, is that Magic is in a very special situation with the opportunities its story has gone and will go. The situations that the many worlds of Magic offer its characters is really unique and what keeps bringing me back to caring so much about the story. I want to say that whatever happens in the future, I hope that characters of magic the gathering are put first, which I know is a lot to ask from a profit focused company. Still, the great Desparking, while not something that I really appreciate and like, has to be upheld and really investigated with the integrity it demands. i want stories of old planeswalkers trying to find each other, sifting through many different planes (I swear to god if Saheeli and Huatli aren't reunited together soon there will be problems), as well as offering factions of various planes to come together in conflict or unison. What would Innistrad be like if it's people realised they could go to other planes rather than be hunted and terrorised for life? A set exploring the Innistrad Refugees would be really interesting. What if the Simic Combine of Ravnica set up base on Ikoria, seeking to creat their own kaiju monsters? Does Strixhaven offer interplanar excursions or student exchanges? All I ask is that the people at Wizards take the time to think, and I mean really think, about the affects this will have to the characters that have been built up for literal years, as well as how the connection of the multiverse's planes will affect one another.

I will probably (Definately) write more long sort of posts about how I feel and ideas I have about Magic's story and especially its characters, just because I really adore so much of this game, and I hope that the story moving forward will be able to shake off the more lacklustre bits that have been plaguing much of it for the past few years.

So yeah, TLDR give your story and choices weight, respect your characters and their arcs, and reunite Huatli & Saheeli (ship name dinobots) or else.

Has the public reception to The Great Desparking been mostly positive or negative?

Let’s find out here. What are your thoughts about the Great Desparking?

[dravidious]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you're so cool!!

I was going to preview some cards I'm making for a special format but ACTUALLY something came up and I'm disproportionately pissed about it.

Look at this card.

It's from Commander Masters, a very recent set.

Now look at this card.

From MotM: Aftermath, another very recent set. Now if you're normal, you won't see anything wrong with these. But I am not.

Today, I was making a card very similar to Blot Out, but there was a problem. I'm very particular about formatting/templating, so I needed to know one very minor, simple, insignificant thing: Is it "greatest mana value" or "highest mana value"?

As it turns out, this aspect of effect templating is still stuck in the fucking 1900s, because to this day WotC can't make up their god damn minds about which one to use! "highest" has been used for most of the game's history, but the game almost always uses "greater" and "lesser" when comparing numbers like power or mana value, so ever since Crimson Vow Commander they've been printing cards that use "greatest". But despite that, they still keep putting "highest" on cards! With modern sets it's seemingly random which one they'll use, so it's safe to say there is no consistent templating for when you're looking for the biggest number among things. Which, again, would not be a problem if you're normal. But I am infuriated.

And this isn't specifically about mana values, it's about anything using "greatest" or "highest". They just cannot make up their minds about this. The same problem exists with "least" and "lowest", though those phrases are less common.

The dumbest example is Purging Scythe, which uses "least":

Oh sorry, does it say "lowest" on the card? Click the link, the updated oracle text uses "least". They updated this card to say "least" instead of "lowest" because apparently "lowest" is incorrect, but they're still printing modern cards that say "lowest", so basically this company is a disgrace to all things good in the world.

And I STILL don't have a good answer as to what to put on my card.

[tipsoctopus]

'Captain material', 'On fire' - Plenty of Rangers fans gush over 9-cap ace's Twitter post

Rangers moved into the transfer market to sign Glen Kamara from Dundee at the end of the January window, and it’s fair to say the new acquisition has made an instant impact at the club.

The 9-cap Finland international’s reputation has been snowballing since the moment he set foot in Glasgow, but his reputation culminated last night when he notched his first goal for the club.

Kamara was an outstanding performer at Ibrox in a domineering 4-0 win over his former club. He set the tone for a fine evening by bagging the opener after just four minutes with a well cushioned volley.

In the aftermath of proceedings, Kamara took to Twitter to galvanise the supporters during this rich vein of form and cited his delight at scoring his first goal for the club.

Another big result for us tonight, the boys are flying! Nice to get my first goal for the club as well 🙏🏾💙 pic.twitter.com/oEbkT5umSl

— Glen Kamara (@GlenKamara4) February 27, 2019

The supporters responded to the post with gushing admiration, with suggestions that he could become a future captain or club legend firmly a part of the discussion.

It may well be early days in his career but it appears that the 23-year-old is well on his way to establishing himself as a firm fan-favourite.

Here’s what the Gers faithful had to say in response to Kamara’s Twitter post…

Your on fire big man. Youve not out a foot wrong and we have not conceded a goal since your introduction to the team.

— Garry Clark (@GarryClark426) February 28, 2019

Superb again tonight ma man. Keep it up!!

— ᒪᎥᗩᗰ (@LiamWATP) February 28, 2019

Class again sir, keep improving ??

— Thomas Ross (@coopotb72) February 28, 2019

Love you xx

— Scott Young (@Scottyoung_4) February 28, 2019

MOTM no doubt. Keep doing what you are doing and become a legend

— Yacky (@hesaidnoto) February 28, 2019

What a signing hes been Scott! Plays like he’s been there all season

— Brewdog (@Brewdog1872) February 28, 2019

Glen looking like captain material.

— AK47 (@wmaker47) February 28, 2019

Some player! Keep it up

— Lewis (@LBeattie92) February 27, 2019

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[liveonlinematches]

By way of Conor Laird Created on: December 17, 2017 6:58 pm Remaining Up to date: December 17, 2017 7:09 pm

Regardless of Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino choosing up a purpose and lend a hand each and every, and Mohamed Salah impressing as soon as once more, every other of Liverpool’s stars used to be named as Guy of the Fit following his efficiency as opposed to Bournemouth this night.

Matchup

Liverpool travelled to the Power Stadium for a Premier League conflict previous lately, with the Reds getting into court cases at the again of a disappointing Zero-Zero stalemate with suffering West Bromwich Albion closing day trip.

Bournemouth, in the meantime, noticed an outstanding 90 mins at Previous Trafford right through the week sooner or later produce no issues, even though the Cherries certainly took quite a few positives from their 1-Zero loss.

Blitzed

On the other hand, any renewed self assurance at the a part of Eddie Howe’s males used to be briefly extinguished this night, as Jurgen Klopp’s travelling Reds blew the hosts out of the water with three first-half targets.

Philippe Coutinho were given issues began for the guests, lights up the Power with an impressive run and end after 20 mins.

And it used to be 2-Zero quickly after, as Roberto Firmino did brilliantly to hook a pass again around the Bournemouth field following a nook, with Dejan Lovren available to go house.

And the sport used to be successfully put to mattress as a competition simply sooner than half-time, as guy of the instant Mohamed Salah netted but every other ultimate purpose for the Reds, chopping again previous two defenders to expertly curl house into the ground left-hand nook of Asmir Begovic’s web.

Firmino added a 4th within the 66th-minute so as to add some gloss to the scoreline, nodding house a pinpoint supply from fellow countryman Coutinho.

MOTM

Unsurprisingly, a lot of the debate over the process the 90 mins lately revolved across the flowing attacking soccer on display from Liverpool, with Philippe Coutinho singled out for specific reward by means of enthusiasts and pundits alike.

On the other hand, upon the awarding of the Guy of the Fit by means of Sky Sports activities within the aftermath of the conflict, it used to be actually Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who used to be honoured, following a massively spectacular, all-action show in the course of the park from the previous Arsenal guy:

Guy of the Fit@LFC’s @Alex_OxChambo fifth PL get started this season Assisted Salah’s purpose four possibilities created, joint maximum with Coutinho three tackles, maximum for Liverpool http://pic.twitter.com/aBoQ4ETZ5l

— Sky Sports activities Statto (@SkySportsStatto) December 17, 2017

Liverpool and Manchester Town passed massive switch spice up

Liverpool goal Actual Madrid superstar as Philippe Coutinho alternative

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[cheatinsnakes]

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