tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82276881613640856832024-02-18T18:54:26.573-08:00NerdPopWe all have a little nerd in us. What's yours?NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-22563554843796329992015-07-21T09:33:00.000-07:002015-07-21T09:44:33.161-07:00 [JT] MTG Adversity<span style="color: #0b5394;">YYYYYOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So, after a whole FREAKING YEAR (O_o) I'm back. No seriously, today marks exactly 1 year since the last post was put up on here, and it wasn't even mine. How lame is that? Did you miss me? You missed me, didn't you? No? Oh... well... ok then... *shuffles off*</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">:P Seriously though, a lot has been going on these past two years, and you can expect an update on ALL that later, but today I'm here to talk about something that has caught my interest lately: Diversity and adversity in the realm of Magic: the Gathering. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Since this topic might bring in more than just M:tG players (Welcome, by the way!), I feel I should explain a few things. If you do not know, Magic is a strategy card game where you build a deck of cards, shuffle them together and draw cards from the now-randomized deck to play against an opponent. You have to manage your resources that you draw from the deck to best your opponent, who is trying to do the same against you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Now, this post might seem cliched at this point with all the "recent" (meaning "since the last time I posted") discussion on the topics, and while I have my own opinions on those debates, they are rather large subjects. Today, I want to focus on something a little smaller and more easily managed. What I want to know is when you are playing against someone with something that impedes their ability to play in the way we perceive as normal, how do you handle the situation? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Let me give you two examples. The first extends back to June, at GP Charlotte (yes, I did go again! :3). I finished up my match rather early and started wandering tables to see some other neat decks and catch up with my buddies from <a href="http://themanapool.com/" target="_blank">The Mana Pool</a>. While on this adventure, I came across something I had never seen before. At one of the table ends was a match that included a player with some physical handicap. I will not try to guess at what it was because I honestly have no idea, but he was confined to a wheelchair and could not even hold his cards. He had to have an aide hold and play the cards for him after he pointed out what to do (Side note: cheers to her, as well! She not only has to aid this person, but she has gone above and beyond and learned at least the basics of the game to know when he might want to play a card or do something in response). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I found myself mesmerized for a few seconds when I saw this, wondering what would I do if I was this person's opponent. Would I handicap myself to make it easier for him? Would I pay more attention to the aide to make sure she was only doing what he indicated and not trying to influence his plays? Would I start talking more to the aide than to the player? I'd like to think that the answer to the first and third questions is "no". In the first case, I might slow my pace a bit to make sure both of them understood everything I was doing, but I do not think I would change<i> how </i>I played. The third question though, I am not <i>as</i> sure of. If I was, in a sense, interacting more with the aide, I may focus my dialogue to her instead. I like to think that with my experience of speaking to groups of people, I would speak to both of them, but I can't tell for sure. As for the second question, I probably would, just to make sure there was no cheating.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The other example happened this past week at FNM. In the draft pod next to me, a player opened his pack and laid all his cards face up on his play mat in front of him (Note: for those of you who may not play Magic, drafting allows you to build a deck from random packs of cards instead of cards you already own. You are usually not supposed to show anyone what you are drafting). Someone in his pod probably assumed that he was new and pointed out that he did not have to do that (and yes, I am aware that I am making an assumption here myself). That is when he revealed that he actually has a condition known as hyperhidrosis and so his hands get extremely sweaty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Now, this scenario is extremely interesting to me! Here was a player that is perfectly capable of playing, and a very good drafter (I've played against him in the past), but he has adjusted how he plays and gives himself a huge disadvantage by allowing everyone in his pod to see what he was drafting. There is an argument that he is also sending the ultimate signals to the rest of the players to not pick cards in his colors, but they still have perfect knowledge of his deck. What I find to be the extremely interesting part is when I tried to step back and think about what I would do if I was in his pod? I've had players play with their hands tipped a little too low so that I can see what was in there hands, and I avert my eyes. I like to believe that in this case, I would do the same. Is that just me though?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">What makes this topic so interesting to me is that, being a teacher, I have dealt with students with different mental capabilities; from honors to low achievement to IEP students. However, I have never had to teach a student with any kind of physical impediment beyond casts or crutches.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394;">These are my reactions based on what makes sense to me. What I want to know from you all is how you would react in the above scenarios? What kind of similar scenarios have you come across in your travels across the multiverse? Let me know in the comments below!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Until next time, I'll be here mentally testing not only new decks, but now new types of opponents!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">- JT</span><br />
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<b>Mondays are for:</b> Ao Haru Ride, Re-subbed Sailor Moon, and <s>Master
Chef</s>! A girly anime based off a manga (that I’ve read, but now fallen out
of) that was super cute! A girl who wants to stop acting “cute” so that girl’s
in her school no longer hate her! She pretends to hate boys, eats a poop ton of
bread, and generally acts in tom-boyish ways. Until, that is, she meets a boy
she used to know (and had a crush on) now what is she to do?? (Clearly that was
about Ao Haru Ride and not Master Chef) I’m also keeping up on the Hulu
re-subbed version of Sailor Moon! I love rewatching the orginal, it’s really
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<b>Tuesdays are for:</b> Nothing! Free day! No shows for me to
watch on this day! I guess I can just Hulu things, like old episodes of Master
Chef Junior and Kitchen <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Nightmare&partner=AUTOANY" name="Nightmare">Nightmare</a>s <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Wednesdays are for:</b> Love Stage!! And Free! Eternal Summer.
Aka the day of the bromance! Love Stage being an actual yaoi and Free being
hard core bromance of the sports variety. Love Stage is also a genderbend,
which is pretty cute! I don’t think I need to talk much about Free, everyone
already knows everything there is to know about Free…though….the new ending
song is WAY crazier than the first seasons, no joke.</div>
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<b>Thursdays are for:</b> Kuroshitsuji: Book of <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Circu,%20Dimir%20Lobotomist&partner=AUTOANY" name="Circu, Dimir Lobotomist">Circu</a>s Persona 4
the Golden Animation, Zankyou no <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Terror&partner=AUTOANY" name="Terror">Terror</a>, Tokyo Ghoul, and Glasslip! The busiest
anime day for me! Whoa! My favorites are Zankyou no <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Terror&partner=AUTOANY" name="Terror">Terror</a> and Glasslip, at
least, so far. Zankyou no <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Terror&partner=AUTOANY" name="Terror">Terror</a> seems like it might be a little slow on the
action, but I think it’s going to have amazing back story and deepness to it.
The art is great and I love the animation! Glasslip is shoujo with the group of
friends, love triangles, transfer student coming into town and messing up all
the chemistry of the group, and a little supernatural flare that I did NOT see
coming! (It’s explained in the second episode) Tokyo Ghoul is the token horror
anime for the season, it’s got gore, and it’s got blood! It seems like it will
be an interesting story as well, though I’ve heard the manga is 13 something
volumes, so cramming that into 1 season might be rough. We will just have to
see. Persona 4 the Golden Animation seems like it will be good, though I know
nothing at all about the actual games. As for the new season of Kuroshitsuji,
it’s what you’d except: more butler, more demon, more awesome stuff like that.
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<b>Fridays are for:</b> Tokyo ESP, which had a JAM PACKED ACTION
INTENSE SO MANY CHARACTERS INTRODUCED HOW DO I KEEP TRACK OF THEM first episode
that I don’t even know what to think except that I have to watch the second
episode obviously to figure out what the hell is going on. There are espers,
there are bad espers, and there are regular people who don’t seem to like
espers. Think X-men, it’s sorta like X-men. At least, that’s what I’m saying
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<b>Saturdays are for: </b>SAO II and Barakamon! I HAD to watch SAO
II, which is based off GGO (Gun Gale Online) an arc from the light novel
series, so yes, this is still canon. Very cyberpunk, many guns, pretty awesome girl
introduced who seems like a boss. Looks promising! Barakamon is completely
different, being a comedy/slice of life type anime with an adorable small child
who constantly annoys an older guy trying to perfect his calligraphy. It has an
interesting cast of characters and it’s downright cute at times.</div>
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<b>Sundays are for:</b> Haikyuu!! And Gekkan Shoujo Nokzaki-kun! The
first is a remanent of the previous season that is still running. I love this
whole sports anime trend that is going on. Swimming with Free, Basketball with
Kuroko no Basket, and now my precious volleyball anime!! Though, it doesn’t have
the intense special move shounen aspect that Kuroko no Basket has, which is
quite nice. No spikes on fire or shit like that. (Not that it wouldn’t be cool,
but c’mon man, no way) The team is just too cute and I can’t, I love it to
death! ADORABLE VOLLEYBALL FEELS! Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is an adorable, you
guessed it, shoujo about a girl who wants to confess to a guy who is secretly
(well not so secret, no one believes him) the mangaka of a popular shoujo, but
MAN IS HE DENSE! It’s adorable and hilarious! That’s a winning combo in my
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So that’s my anime weekly schedule! Along with Sailor Moon
Crystal, which airs every 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> week on Saturday
(and can also be watched on Hulu)! Another series of note: Yami Shibai has a
second season that comes out on Sundays, it’s super short (about 5 min
episodes) and is sort of like Tales of the Crypt Keeper in that it tells short
creepy stories. I watched all of the first season recently, it’s pretty good!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341138145419314912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-14462864611820988252014-07-15T07:05:00.000-07:002014-07-15T07:05:54.808-07:00[JT] The Mana Pool Kickstarter! Come on in, the Mana's fineHey guys, I'm taking a break from [not] writing new content to share with you <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themanapool/the-mana-pool-mtg-merchandise-videos-podcasts-and" target="_blank">THE MANA POOL KICKSTARTER!</a><br />
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Yes, the podcast that has been bringing out free content for more than six freaking years is branching out. Want to show your TMP Dork pride? Now is your chance. The KS is so they can bring us some merch we have been asking for for years now; tokens, sleeves, t-shirts, you name it*! Check out some sweet art that you can get in different forms, done by Jars!<br />
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I am not doing this because I was on a few episodes, and not because they're my buddies, but because (as I have said many times before) without these guys, I would not have as deep a love for MtG as I do. Every week, these dorks are a reminder of the reason we all started shuffling lands and spells together: the fun of the game. So if you have ever enjoyed TMP and want to give back, or just want some sweet stuff, now is the time to dive in.<br />
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See you pool-side,<br />
JT<br />
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*DISCLAIMER: Brian's hot sister and magic-card bikini's are not eligible... though we might be able to get Mike into the latter... hmmm...NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-59607367729516238302014-02-10T12:36:00.002-08:002014-02-10T12:36:51.589-08:00[JT] CGC: Quick Standard Deck<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RX1Qp3_8L8pfyGe_GR5_ChroAhLNgxi_rN3-Xp3X-3oaurUzvu0RS2w7-AdDrmLht7415r0Gxwk4Xo2w_NTpvDedDa0Er5uJ121mOX9xZnZQOVlub0r-s4M57L1firA1FQ8iI-QIPlU/s1600/Phenax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RX1Qp3_8L8pfyGe_GR5_ChroAhLNgxi_rN3-Xp3X-3oaurUzvu0RS2w7-AdDrmLht7415r0Gxwk4Xo2w_NTpvDedDa0Er5uJ121mOX9xZnZQOVlub0r-s4M57L1firA1FQ8iI-QIPlU/s1600/Phenax.jpg" /></a><span id="intelliTxt">Hey guys, just wanted to through up a quick list while I work on my Sphinx post. I decided to try out a Phenax deck, and want to know your thoughts!<br />
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Creatures:<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Doorkeeper" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Doorkeeper">Doorkeeper</a> x4<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Murmuring Phantasm" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Murmuring Phantasm">Murmuring Phantasm</a> x4
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Wall of Frost"> </a></span><br />
<span id="intelliTxt"><a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Wall of Frost" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Wall of Frost">Wall of Frost</a> x4<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Phenax, God of Deception"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Phenax, God of Deception">Phenax</a>, God of Deception x3<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Mind's Eye" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Mind's Eye">Mind's Eye</a> Drake x2<br />
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Spells:<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Syncopate" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Syncopate">Syncopate</a> x2<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Rapid Hybridization" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Rapid Hybridization">Rapid Hybridization</a> x2<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Triton Tactics"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Triton Tactics">Triton Tactics</a> x4<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Dimir Charm" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Dimir Charm">Dimir Charm</a> x2<br />
Curse of Swine x2<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Mind Grind" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Mind Grind">Mind Grind</a> x3<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Pilfered Plans" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Pilfered Plans">Pilfered Plans</a> x4<br />
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Lands:<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx">Nykthos</a>, Shrine to <a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nix"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nix">Nix</a> x2<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Dimir Guildgate" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Dimir Guildgate">Dimir Guildgate</a> x4 (will become Temples)<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Watery Grave" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Watery Grave">Watery Grave</a> x4<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Island"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Island">Island</a> x9<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Swamp"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Swamp">Swamp</a> x5</span><br />
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Side:<br />
Under Construction<br />
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Things being considered:<br />
Lavaz, Dimir Mastermind x2-3<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nighthowler"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Nighthowler">Nighthowler</a> x?<br />
<a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver">Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver</a> x2-4<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Mind Grind" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Mind Grind">Mind Grind</a> x1<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Dimir Charm" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Dimir Charm">Dimir Charm</a> x2<br />
Curse of Swine x2<br />
<a class="hover" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="http://www.pojo.biz/board/CardHover/hoverMTG.php?CN=Rapid Hybridization" target="new"></a><a class="autocardanywhere-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Rapid Hybridization">Rapid Hybridization</a> x2<br />
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<span id="intelliTxt">Let me know what you think I should add or what needs to go in the sideboard in the comments below! </span>NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-42044760316038937462014-02-03T17:46:00.000-08:002014-02-03T17:46:07.449-08:00[JT] CGC: Crying for the MoonIt's been awhile since I talked about my pride and joy; i.e. my Moonfolk EDH deck (last iteration is <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2012/10/jt-cgc-im-about-to-moon-hell-out-of-you.html" target="_blank">here</a>). Unfortunately, there is not a lot of cards that have been released lately that either flavorfully or functionally make me excited to tweak the deck. Here is where it currently sits though: <br />
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Patron of the Moon (Commander)<br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Uyo,%20Silent%20Prophet&partner=AUTOANY" name="Uyo, Silent Prophet">Uyo, Silent Prophet</a><br />
Meloku, the Clouded Mirror<br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Erayo,%20Soratami%20Ascendant&partner=AUTOANY" name="Erayo, Soratami Ascendant">Erayo, Soratami Ascendant</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Savant&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Savant">Soratami Savant</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Mirror-Mage&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Mirror-Mage">Soratami Mirror-Mage</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Moonbow%20Illusionist&partner=AUTOANY" name="Moonbow Illusionist">Moonbow Illusionist</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Mindsweeper&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Mindsweeper">Soratami Mindsweeper</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Oboro%20Breezecaller&partner=AUTOANY" name="Oboro Breezecaller">Oboro Breezecaller</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Floodbringer&partner=AUTOANY" name="Floodbringer">Floodbringer</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Oboro%20Envoy&partner=AUTOANY" name="Oboro Envoy">Oboro Envoy</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Rainshaper&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Rainshaper">Soratami Rainshaper</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Seer&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Seer">Soratami Seer</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Cloudskater&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Cloudskater">Soratami Cloudskater</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soratami%20Mirror-Guard&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soratami Mirror-Guard">Soratami Mirror-Guard</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Kami%20of%20the%20Crescent%20Moon&partner=AUTOANY" name="Kami of the Crescent Moon">Kami of the Crescent Moon</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Keiga,%20the%20Tide%20Star&partner=AUTOANY" name="Keiga, the Tide Star">Keiga, the Tide Star</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Soramaro,%20First%20to%20Dream&partner=AUTOANY" name="Soramaro, First to Dream">Soramaro, First to Dream</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Riptide%20Director&partner=AUTOANY" name="Riptide Director">Riptide Director</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Riptide%20Shapeshifter&partner=AUTOANY" name="Riptide Shapeshifter">Riptide Shapeshifter</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Roil%20Elemental&partner=AUTOANY" name="Roil Elemental">Roil Elemental</a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBy7tUUBt7cphR5fUP8JwmFHcFAxcLzf6U3CSAE7ZzzP46L9e_Nqj0wzERnfCKGUYJi6nQdHrFtynzOpNdy1fVUugzwrkcTKr2Dr7HlIzFGGpuew_ZOPQrzWUag-nLq3ycUzYLQcntLf8/s1600/Keiga,+the+Tide+Star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBy7tUUBt7cphR5fUP8JwmFHcFAxcLzf6U3CSAE7ZzzP46L9e_Nqj0wzERnfCKGUYJi6nQdHrFtynzOpNdy1fVUugzwrkcTKr2Dr7HlIzFGGpuew_ZOPQrzWUag-nLq3ycUzYLQcntLf8/s1600/Keiga,+the+Tide+Star.jpg" /></a><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Lighthouse%20Chronologist&partner=AUTOANY" name="Lighthouse Chronologist">Lighthouse Chronologist</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Azami,%20Lady%20of%20Scrolls&partner=AUTOANY" name="Azami, Lady of Scrolls">Azami, Lady of Scrolls</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tomorrow,%20Azami%27s%20Familiar&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar">Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Kira,%20Great%20Glass-Spinner&partner=AUTOANY" name="Kira, Great Glass-Spinner">Kira, Great Glass-Spinner</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Windreader%20Sphinx&partner=AUTOANY" name="Windreader Sphinx">Windreader Sphinx</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Grand%20Architect&partner=AUTOANY" name="Grand Architect">Grand Architect</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Graceful%20Adept&partner=AUTOANY" name="Graceful Adept">Graceful Adept</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tamiyo,%20the%20Moon%20Sage&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tamiyo, the Moon Sage">Tamiyo, the Moon Sage</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Jace%20Beleren&partner=AUTOANY" name="Jace Beleren">Jace Beleren</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tezzeret,%20Agent%20of%20Bolas&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas">Tezzeret</a>, the <a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Seeker&partner=AUTOANY" name="Seeker">Seeker</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Counsel%20of%20the%20Soratami&partner=AUTOANY" name="Counsel of the Soratami">Counsel of the Soratami</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Into%20the%20Roil&partner=AUTOANY" name="Into the Roil">Into the Roil</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Hinder&partner=AUTOANY" name="Hinder">Hinder</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=High%20Tide&partner=AUTOANY" name="High Tide">High Tide</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Cyclonic%20Rift&partner=AUTOANY" name="Cyclonic Rift">Cyclonic Rift</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Cryptic%20Command&partner=AUTOANY" name="Cryptic Command">Cryptic Command</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Counterlash&partner=AUTOANY" name="Counterlash">Counterlash</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Boomerang&partner=AUTOANY" name="Boomerang">Boomerang</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Redirect&partner=AUTOANY" name="Redirect">Redirect</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Blue%20Sun%27s%20Zenith&partner=AUTOANY" name="Blue Sun's Zenith">Blue Sun's Zenith</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Infinite%20Reflection&partner=AUTOANY" name="Infinite Reflection">Infinite Reflection</a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSTJrc04ZVljpjht5KrSiHVIIFH6Xl0fYFRU5P3D2QQoZFfWP2PvWKBI46tx0G25XIdE5EfdQekUH8u8eugfcNcpCoAkBBEzHim-UvRmf0LMvtxJpRRc2CZgBW2HKVyG9e45THCvDRmQ/s1600/Infinite+Reflections.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSTJrc04ZVljpjht5KrSiHVIIFH6Xl0fYFRU5P3D2QQoZFfWP2PvWKBI46tx0G25XIdE5EfdQekUH8u8eugfcNcpCoAkBBEzHim-UvRmf0LMvtxJpRRc2CZgBW2HKVyG9e45THCvDRmQ/s1600/Infinite+Reflections.jpg" /></a><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Spreading%20Seas&partner=AUTOANY" name="Spreading Seas">Spreading Seas</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Inexorable%20Tide&partner=AUTOANY" name="Inexorable Tide">Inexorable Tide</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Gravitational%20Shift&partner=AUTOANY" name="Gravitational Shift">Gravitational Shift</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Training%20Grounds&partner=AUTOANY" name="Training Grounds">Training Grounds</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Archmage%20Ascension&partner=AUTOANY" name="Archmage Ascension">Archmage Ascension</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Parallel%20Thoughts&partner=AUTOANY" name="Parallel Thoughts">Parallel Thoughts</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Mirror%20Gallery&partner=AUTOANY" name="Mirror Gallery">Mirror Gallery</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Sol%20Ring&partner=AUTOANY" name="Sol Ring">Sol Ring</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Isochron%20Scepter&partner=AUTOANY" name="Isochron Scepter">Isochron Scepter</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tatsumasa,%20the%20Dragon%27s%20Fang&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang">Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Amulet%20of%20Vigor&partner=AUTOANY" name="Amulet of Vigor">Amulet of Vigor</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Coat%20of%20Arms&partner=AUTOANY" name="Coat of Arms">Coat of Arms</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Bident%20of%20Thassa&partner=AUTOANY" name="Bident of Thassa">Bident of Thassa</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Storm%20Cauldron&partner=AUTOANY" name="Storm Cauldron">Storm Cauldron</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Illusionist%27s%20Bracers&partner=AUTOANY" name="Illusionist's Bracers">Illusionist's Bracers</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Ring%20of%20Evos%20Isle&partner=AUTOANY" name="Ring of Evos Isle">Ring of Evos Isle</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Adventuring%20Gear&partner=AUTOANY" name="Adventuring Gear">Adventuring Gear</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Everflowing%20Chalice&partner=AUTOANY" name="Everflowing Chalice">Everflowing Chalice</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Sapphire%20Medallion&partner=AUTOANY" name="Sapphire Medallion">Sapphire Medallion</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Oboro,%20Palace%20in%20the%20Clouds&partner=AUTOANY" name="Oboro, Palace in the Clouds">Oboro, Palace in the Clouds</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Moonring%20Island&partner=AUTOANY" name="Moonring Island">Moonring Island</a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_l4QCVc-XuPDoSH67qQmra8aEvzcq2CPkcZ-E1HaajvMKEquB-JISjOcnwmRnzmHzZctJjXeu4xPzpiy-KpWzpZJmOy5jVNcbCqlFsAaPIinxCQp1M475FsSlvVccxrDGO5pUm7Xm4Y/s1600/Mirror+Gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_l4QCVc-XuPDoSH67qQmra8aEvzcq2CPkcZ-E1HaajvMKEquB-JISjOcnwmRnzmHzZctJjXeu4xPzpiy-KpWzpZJmOy5jVNcbCqlFsAaPIinxCQp1M475FsSlvVccxrDGO5pUm7Xm4Y/s1600/Mirror+Gallery.jpg" /></a><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Riptide%20Laboratory&partner=AUTOANY" name="Riptide Laboratory">Riptide Laboratory</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Academy%20Ruins&partner=AUTOANY" name="Academy Ruins">Academy Ruins</a><br />
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<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Ghost%20Quarter&partner=AUTOANY" name="Ghost Quarter">Ghost Quarter</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Buried%20Ruin&partner=AUTOANY" name="Buried Ruin">Buried Ruin</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Nykthos,%20Shrine%20to%20Nyx&partner=AUTOANY" name="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx">Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Reliquary%20Tower&partner=AUTOANY" name="Reliquary Tower">Reliquary Tower</a> <br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Cavern%20of%20Souls&partner=AUTOANY" name="Cavern of Souls">Cavern of Souls</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Thespian%27s%20Stage&partner=AUTOANY" name="Thespian's Stage">Thespian's Stage</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Minamo,%20School%20at%20Water%27s%20Edge&partner=AUTOANY" name="Minamo, School at Water's Edge">Minamo, School at Water's Edge</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tectonic%20Edge&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tectonic Edge">Tectonic Edge</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Haunted%20Fengraf&partner=AUTOANY" name="Haunted Fengraf">Haunted Fengraf</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Cephalid%20Coliseum&partner=AUTOANY" name="Cephalid Coliseum">Cephalid Coliseum</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Faerie%20Conclave&partner=AUTOANY" name="Faerie Conclave">Faerie Conclave</a><br />
<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Island&partner=AUTOANY" name="Island">Island</a> x21<br />
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Some changes I want to highlight (and still make in the future):<br />
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- <span style="color: #0b5394;">Infinte Reflection/<a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Mirror%20Gallery&partner=AUTOANY" name="Mirror Gallery">Mirror Gallery</a></span> I decided to increase the flavor of the Soratami using mirrors as a source of power. As such, I also want to include a copy of Tempt with Reflection from the new Commander products. I'm dreaming of a time when I Tempt targeting Keiga, the Tide Star. I'll let you figure out the fun in that one ;)<br />
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- <span style="color: #0b5394;">Low Tide</span> So, as much as I hated to do it, i had to take out Tidal Flats, Tidal Wave, Moonlace, Deluge, and some other flavorful cards because they were just underperforming. Some of them might make a return, but for now I wanted to use other cards to see how they work.<br />
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- <span style="color: #0b5394;"><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Bident%20of%20Thassa&partner=AUTOANY" name="Bident of Thassa">Bident of Thassa</a></span> Another method of controlling Tides, though I am still debating whether or not Thassa and the Moonfolk would actually get along... perhaps she should be the new Commander? Nah. Either way, will all of the flying, this can draw me a LOT of cards.<br />
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-<span style="color: #0b5394;"><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Nykthos,%20Shrine%20to%20Nyx&partner=AUTOANY" name="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx">Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx</a></span> Speaking of lots of something, how about lots of mana? This deck can already go infinite, but in a mono-colored, creature based deck, this card can produce stupid amounts of mana.<br />
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- <span style="color: #0b5394;"><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Tidal%20Force&partner=AUTOANY" name="Tidal Force">Tidal Force</a></span> I do not have a copy yet, but I feel like it is a pretty obvious inclusion. The only problem I have with including it (and Tempt with Reflection) is just that there is no foil version, and this is the one deck I want to foil out, but i will suck it up.<br />
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So there is my update on my Moonfolk deck. Kind of short, kind of sweet, but wait until next week, where I go over my new and improved Sphinx deck :3 Theros has been really good for it so far. And if that does not whet your appetite, maybe this will: Theros allowed me to almost completely overhaul my Legend of Zelda EDH deck. That's the one I am most excited to share, but we have to save the best for last now, don't we?<br />
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I will leave you with one quick match story with this deck. Apparently, Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar and Parallel Thoughts DO NOT GO WELL TOGETHER, especially when you put all of your possible outs into P.Thoughts. The two create a replacement effect for the same event (drawing a card), and you choose which you do, and unless I am mistaken (which I will be double checking as soon as I am done with this actually), since Thoughts is a 'may' and Tomorrow is not, you must do Tomorrow, meaning you never get to touch the cards you have under Thoughts. Learned that the hard way.<br />
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Do any of you know if that's the correct ruling? Let me know in the comments. Feel free to leave any other suggestions for the deck as well. And don't forget, <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2014/01/jt-dont-call-it-comeba-ok-yeah-its.html" target="_blank">I still need your help deciding what deck to build nex</a>t!<br />
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Well, until next time, I'll just be over here mooning you.<br />
-JTNerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-65033324926267845982014-01-20T19:19:00.001-08:002014-01-20T19:19:30.543-08:00[JT] Don't call it a comeba- ... Ok yeah, It's totally a comeback...Ok guys... Here it is. Another post. I bet you never thought you would see the day. Sorry I've been so quiet on new content; I've had stuff I wanted to get out, but I just could not focus enough to get them onto paper... err... I mean a computer screen. This is just going to be brief, but I need your input on something so I can work on a few pieces, so I figured I would give you all a small update at the same time.<br />
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First of all, I was lucky enough to be invited to do another guest spot on The Mana Pool this week! We discussed the first wave of Born of the Gods spoilers. You can find the episode by diving into the pool (i.e. clicking). <br />
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Over the next few weeks I'll be bringing you updates on all of my constructed decks (standard and EDH). At the same time though, what I need from you guys is what you think my next EDH deck should be. I have a few ideas I want you to choose from:<br />
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Esper control in EDH with a heavy artifact theme. Pretty much sums it up.<br />
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2) <a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Venser,%20Shaper%20Savant&partner=AUTOANY" name="Venser, Shaper Savant">Venser, Shaper Savant</a><br />
If you don't know by now, you should: Venser is my favorite Planeswalker, but since I have not really done much with <a href="http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-308/" target="_blank">my </a><a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Spellbook"></a>Spellbook format in a while, I can't build an EDH deck for him. So the alternative is his creature form. Of the three ideas, this is the one I think I can make with the most flavor (something which, if you remember, is something very important for me to be able to keep and maintain an EDH deck).<br />
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3) Arcane<br />
Either mono-blue with <a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Uyo,%20Silent%20Prophet&partner=AUTOANY" name="Uyo, Silent Prophet">Uyo, Silent Prophet</a> or an Esper build with <a class="mtgcardextensionlink" href="http://store.tcgplayer.com/Products.aspx?GameName=Magic&Name=Dromar,%20the%20Banisher&partner=AUTOANY" name="Dromar, the Banisher">Dromar, the Banisher</a>.<br />
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So, like I said, I want to know which deck YOU want me to talk about.<br />
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For now that's the only definite stuff I have planned. There are a few other pieces that might come up (a few anime reviews come to mind), and I am going to try and get the rest of my team back into action again. Not sure how much time they all have for it now, but I'm sure you'll see them again at some point soon (I'm sure they all have some gushing to do over Dr. Who since they haven't in a while). Speaking of which, Jas has actually started another blog of her own. Check out a few <a href="http://bookwormsindresses.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bookworms in Dresses</a>.<br />
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Ok. Short and sweet like I predicted. I promise I won't leave you for such a long time again!<br />
- J.T.NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-24791544264455904562013-11-07T13:21:00.000-08:002013-11-07T13:25:06.886-08:00[JT] Pokemon XYD (The D is for Disappointment)<br />
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Ok... I've had a bit of time to let this stew and see if my opinion changes after giving some thought, which is why this post has taken so long (it has nothing to do with my laziness. Nope. Nothing.), and I am just going to get it out in the open right up front: I found Pokemon Gen. VI, a.k.a. X and Y to be a HUGE let down.<br />
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Go ahead. Throw all the garbage you want at me.<br />
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You done? Ok. Now that that is out of your system, let me explain why I think this:<br />
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<b>1) <u>Storyline</u></b><br />
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series (though I do miss the mini sprites and graphics, but that's something that's just a personal preference). The problem I have is with the seemingly random uses of 3D. You get the opening cut scene with Prof. Sycamore in 3D, which gets you geared up for the adventure. Fletchling flies through your house and wakes you up in your bed in 3D, and you start to walk around.... in 2D?! You walk down the stairs in 2D, talk to your mom in 2D, and then walk outside, and get a 5 second cut scene in 3D? The cut scene in and of it self is fine... something new for the series besides just sprite standing still or walking back and forth. I am fine with those, but the fact that they seem to use these as a medium to show off the 3D, and only then (besides in certain battles and a few other select areas) seems like a cop out.<br />
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Again, don't get me wrong. I love the 3D graphics... WHEN THEY ARE USED. The Elite Four chambers are incredible, and watching the Pokemon World Championships are going to be a whole heck of a lot more entertaining if they use XY with the battle animations on, but the inconsistency with HOW they used the graphics is my main problem.<br />
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<b>3) <u>Poke Transfer</u></b><br />
It has been a standard pillar of the past few gens that there is a way to transfer in Pokemon from previous gens into your new game, and that is no different in X and Y. What IS different though is that there is no internal method of doing so. From what I have gathered (and I will admit that it is possible I have not given this due diligence, but this is my understanding currently) is that starting in December, there will be a Pokemon Bank app/download you can get that will allow you to store up to 3,000 Pokemon to use in this and future gens, which is a great idea. However, you get a free trial and then you have to pay a fee to use the bank. It's something small (like $5 a year or something), but the thing that really irks me about it is that this is why things like Skylanders and the like have been something I have stayed away from.<br />
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Pokemon was always something that could stand alone; you buy the game, and everything is done in game. You did not have to worry about buying figures or points or anything like that. You invest in the new game and that was it. Now you have to pay to do something that you've been doing for years. Sure this is will (I hope) have a few other features that make it worth while, but we do not even have the option to do things the old way. The other thing that bothers me is that we have to wait until December! Two months after the game is released. Why do I have to wait that long, especially for a game that has very little post game following a main game that can be completed in no time at all?<br />
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These are the three biggest things I have had a problem with. There are some other smaller and more aesthetic/personal things I had a problem with (new Exp. Share for instance), but those are just me so I won't bog down this post with it. <br />
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*JT used TELEPORT*NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-78528565972778620472013-11-04T17:05:00.001-08:002013-11-04T17:05:34.844-08:00[Jas] ConView: NYCC 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was my second year of going to NYCC, this time I flew, which limited the costumes that I could take. But, on the flip side, I got to stay at my friend's apartment, which made the trip a lot cheaper overall! (Paying for hotels is a real drain on the wallet, lemme tell ya!) Anyways. I got there a few days early to sight-see, and by sight-see I mean go places in NYC that I hadn't been before! But...that's a story for the other blog! Let's focus on NYCC here!!</div>
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It's a HUGE convention. I mean seriously. Over 130,000+ people, I don't even know the actual number, but that's what some guy in the dealer room told me. The cosplays are always something to see, that's for sure! I look forward to taking pictures at this convention, more than some others! Although there aren't really nice places inside the center to take pictures, which kinda sucks!</div>
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On another note, the dealer area in NYCC is something to really take in. There are SO MANY VENDORS! (And I don't mean small time vendors) These vendors are publishers, game companies, and even companies like Intel and Verizon for goodness sake! There are always freebies like tote bags (Which I got from Wtf is Yeah!) as well as free nails?! Yeah, that's right, free stick-on nails. You heard me right. </div>
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Medomai, the Ageless is a freaking house, and the Bident can be huge if you have an unchecked flier you've been getting in with, but nothing really gripped me. So I decided to forgo this for a while. However last night Theros officially released, and that means that the standard format has officially rotated. So, I would not be doing my duty if I did not do a HL/SL on the one card that has stood out to me for the past standard format...<br />
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Redirect! Yes. Redirect. How many of you thought I was going to use my old buddy Deadeye Navigator? While I did build my deck around him for two years, I have to give the MVP to the best counterspell ever (ok, not really).<br />
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At the end of it's legality, the count of Bonfire of the Damned's that I have redirect totals 3 (should be 4, but I misplayed at last week's standard), and I have even countered the uncounterable Counterflux with it. I whole-heartedly believe that there is no feeling more satisfying in Magic that your opponent miracling a Bonfire and you blow them out with a Redirect; or when your opponent goes to Counterflux your finisher, you tap two blue, they say "It can't be countered", and you respond with "I know. Redirect Counterflux to Redirect"; or when the same scenario plays out with an Abrupt Decay pointed at your Detention Sphere.<br />
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Here's another cool thing... Redirect get's around Hexproof since the only thing it is targeting is the spell. That means you could have Redirect-ed your opponents kill spell back at their own Geist of Saint Traft. This spell has done some serious work for me, and I am just as sad to see it go as I am to see Deadeye go.<br />
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With that, I leave you to ponder "what could have been..."; How would Redirect have changed your life for the better? Or are you super lucky that it did not see more play in your area? *Sigh* I hate to see you go, old friend, but perhaps we will see you again.NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-11670936601851680942013-09-08T11:33:00.000-07:002013-09-08T11:41:54.153-07:00[JT] CGC: Highlight Spotlight #1: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver<br />
Jas gave me the idea a little bit ago of how I can stick to "CGC once a week" like I had originally intended it to be, and I loved the idea. Basically, each week (or as close to it as I can) I will pick one or two cards and talk about it fairly briefly. Because we are in the middle of MTG Theros spoilers, That's where these first few are going to come from (small side note: when we are in spoiler season, I am just going to stick with cards that I can confirm have been officially spoiled by Wizards of the Coast or anyone they have given a spoiler too. This is something that The Mana Pool does, and I really like this policy). This week, we are talking about the newest planeswalker to join our ranks: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver<br />
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Let's take a second and look at the glorious (and creepy) art a little closer...<br />
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It might just be because of my recent love of Esper, or it might be my burning desire to make a mill deck (it was the first type of deck I built before I fell in love with the moonfolk), but I was downright giddy for this card. It comes down on turn 3 with basically 5 loyalty since there's no reason why you would activate it's middle ability. This means that there are only a few scenarios where it will not survive to get at least a small creature with her middle ability to protect itself (most of these scenarios involve your opponent playing aggro/burn).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhlDiUKbCWDVfpXMDxCeN3x-3tqcyw6VTL_lFAN1qhmiMB-lrh3Wbva4xxVj3F0NweWDb329Y2jfhC3hJwqUSvIa0r6gxyNCayooXlSxCWw5Mm7yGlMRCOB5yMiWeR1rChU-sKbK8vB4/s1600/Nightveil+Specter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhlDiUKbCWDVfpXMDxCeN3x-3tqcyw6VTL_lFAN1qhmiMB-lrh3Wbva4xxVj3F0NweWDb329Y2jfhC3hJwqUSvIa0r6gxyNCayooXlSxCWw5Mm7yGlMRCOB5yMiWeR1rChU-sKbK8vB4/s1600/Nightveil+Specter.jpg" /></a>Ashiok makes me want to build a fun little deck I like to call "Esper Cast-All-Of-Your-Opponent's-Spells-So-They-Don't-Have-To", where you are also turning your opponent's cards into your own resources while you are depleting their library. For example, Ashiok pairs really well with Nightveil Specter from Gatecrash. I also want to add that Specter plays very well with the new Devotion mechanic... just saying.<br />
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There is another new card from Theros coming out that has the same feel as these two, but puts a new twist on these effects: Daxos of Meletis. The twist that he brings is that he allows you to cast the spells you exile them by paying their mana cost. Up until this point, most of the effects like this have said "without paying its mana cost". It's always great getting a free spell, however the "problem" (used loosely) came when the spell was an X spell. Since you were not paying anything, X always equaled zero. That's not so with Daxos and the newly spoiled Psychic Intrustion; he allows you actually cast the spells by paying the mana cost. You do not get the benefit of a free spell, but you do get the benefit of, say, casting your opponent's Sphinx's Revelation.<br />
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I'm going to give you a little bonus and give you a brief little thought about the new Scry lands (by the way, Scry might be my favorite mechanic in the game). I am not going to tell you whether or not I think they are good or will see play, because the simple fact is I'm not sure (except super fast aggro decks... they do NOT want these lands) and you've probably already heard a million other opinions. I will however mention something I overheard at FNM this week that I believe is a really good way to view them: "They will make you more likely to keep a two-land opening hand."<br />
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There you go; my first entry in what I hope will be many more HL/SLs. Let me know what you think of the new card(s) and what card that's been spoiled so far that makes YOU the most excited. I'll see you again with the newest Theros card from the coming week that leaps out at me.<br />
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Until then, I'm shutting down this spotlight...<br />
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I love sphinxes, almost as much as I love the moonfolk; and since I already have an <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2012/10/jt-cgc-im-about-to-moon-hell-out-of-you.html" target="_blank">EDH deck built for them</a> (a bit out of date, but still...), a while ago I decided it was time for me to give my other loves some... well... love. As you all know from both my moonfolk deck and my <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2012/07/cgc-deck-discuss-legend-of-zelda-edh.html" target="_blank">Legend of Zelda deck</a> (actually, going through a massive overhaul currently), I love flavor as well. I love it so much so that I've come to realize I cannot maintain a non-flavor based EDH deck for more than a few games because they lack the fun that flavor deck bring to the table.<br />
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When it came to my Sphinx deck, I had to find some theme I could latch on to. I knew what creature was going to be my general already since there is only one legendary sphinx that allows me to play all the others: Sharuum, the Hegemon (I want to side track here for a second and say that I REALLY hope the Esper commander deck that is coming out will have a new legendary sphinx as the commander since I am tired of showing my commander to people and having to follow it with the line "It's not <i>that</i> kind of Sharuum deck...").<br />
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At first I tried making it an Arcane based deck (you remember Arcane; the subtype from Kamigawa that allows you to Splice other spells onto it? Yeah, that's the one), but it did not have that flavor punch that makes me drool over a deck. I was still at a loss. I needed something that was inherent to the mythos of sphinxes, and it dawned on me one day that the answer was in Sharuum's flavor text the whole time...<br />
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RIDDLES! Sphinxes are all about riddles, and I knew that if I could translate that somehow into a theme for my deck, I'd have Vorthosian gold! The answer to this riddle (heh heh... get it?) laid in the other Esper color card from Shards block that I was going to make absolute certain had a place in this deck: Brilliant Ultimatum.</div>
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Sharuum, the Hegemon (Commander)<br />
Sphinx of the Steel Wind<br />
Enigma Sphinx<br />
Sphinx Sovereign<br />
Magister Sphinx (As much as I want to play with all of the sphinxes, I would completely understand if this ended up banned)<br />
Sharding Sphinx<br />
Sphinx Summoner<br />
Cerulean Sphinx<br />
Serra Sphinx<br />
Sphinx of Uthuun<br />
Jelenn Sphinx<br />
Consecrated Sphinx <br />
Isperia the Inscrutable<br />
Isperia, Supreme Judge<br />
Vexing Sphinx<br />
Sphinx of Jwar Isle<br />
Chancellor of the Spires<br />
Sphinx of the Chimes (... yes... It's in here... I kind of had to)<br />
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Sphinx of Lost Truths<br />
Argent Sphinx<br />
Sphinx Ambassador<br />
Windreader Sphinx<br />
Goliath Sphinx<br />
Conundrum Sphinx<br />
Belltower Sphinx<br />
Grand Architect<br />
Solemn Simulacrum<br />
Adaptive Automaton<br />
Steel Hellkite<br />
Gold Myr<br />
Silver Myr<br />
Leaden Myr<br />
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Brilliant Ultimatum<br />
Choice of Damnations <br />
Do or Die<br />
Far // Away<br />
Distant Memories<br />
Killing Wave<br />
Painful Quandary<br />
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Soul Ransom<br />
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Dash Hopes<br />
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Truth or Tale<br />
Murmurs from Beyond<br />
Tribute to Hunger<br />
Flooded Woodlands<br />
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Sphinx's Revelation<br />
Mask of Riddles<br />
Sphinx-Bone Wand<br />
Venser, the Sojourner<br />
Coat of Arms<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE122S_ofo9BrQgj8t2OPR0lX2vp_6C5IFvd7D9SmSKqUmNVErf1h1fcRnJ2s57kyj34-G1f8Y73EGiHJjccT-t-ucXx9v6XDGNwxnSYpUdJWxfmtjBbCseiheh9MwgMwY1iK2-k2GU9I/s1600/Sphinx's+Revelation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE122S_ofo9BrQgj8t2OPR0lX2vp_6C5IFvd7D9SmSKqUmNVErf1h1fcRnJ2s57kyj34-G1f8Y73EGiHJjccT-t-ucXx9v6XDGNwxnSYpUdJWxfmtjBbCseiheh9MwgMwY1iK2-k2GU9I/s1600/Sphinx's+Revelation.jpg" /></a>Crystal Ball<br />
Unwinding Clock<br />
Azorius Signet<br />
Orzhov Signet<br />
Dimir Signet<br />
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Lands (37):<br />
Island x5<br />
Swamp x3<br />
Plains x2<br />
Seat of Synod<br />
Ancient Den<br />
Vault of Whispers<br />
Vivid Creek<br />
Vivid Meadow<br />
Command Tower<br />
Arcane Sanctum<br />
Azorius Guildgate<br />
Azorius Chancery<br />
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Dimir Guildgate<br />
Glacial Fortress<br />
Drowned Catacomb<br />
Seachrome Coast<br />
Darkslick Shores<br />
Watery Grave<br />
Godless Shrine<br />
Mystic Gate<br />
Sunken Ruins<br />
Nimbus Maze<br />
Tainted Isle<br />
Esper Panorama<br />
Terramorphic Expanse<br />
Evolving Wilds<br />
Mystifying Maze<br />
Buried Ruins<br />
Reliquary Tower <br />
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Cards I am still trying to get my hands on for this deck:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR0VGYqjRUzF8hpRjDE0R7V5g24RctVhfYwSM95QnZPMDoF60oajnkpKc7ahMaj-g2CEFJrYSlvjNY9q5ZacJwqCsIIgWhbkPyNJfaUKeluvXAikqDcZpdjz3D1xg8EI0WJdq8Fafzj0/s1600/Mystifying+Maze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR0VGYqjRUzF8hpRjDE0R7V5g24RctVhfYwSM95QnZPMDoF60oajnkpKc7ahMaj-g2CEFJrYSlvjNY9q5ZacJwqCsIIgWhbkPyNJfaUKeluvXAikqDcZpdjz3D1xg8EI0WJdq8Fafzj0/s1600/Mystifying+Maze.jpg" /></a><span id="intelliTxt">Petra Sphinx<br />
Curse of Wizardry<br />
Esper Charm<br />
Fatal Lore<br />
Temporal Extortion<br />
Imperial Edict<br />
Library of Lat-Nam<br />
Fact or Fiction<br />
Monomania<br />
Scrounge<br />
Thought Prison<br />
Thran Tome<br />
Riddlekeeper<br />
Liar's Pendulum</span><br />
<span id="intelliTxt">Intuition </span><br />
Maze of Ith<br />
Isolated Chapel<br />
Dimir Aqueduct<br />
Orzhov Basilica <br />
Vivid Marsh<br />
Fetid Heath <br />
Hallowed Fountain<br />
Patriarch's Bidding<br />
Propaganda (and similar effects) <br />
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So how does it play? FREAKING AMAZINGLY! This might be the deck I have had the most fun playing. There's a decent bit of inherent strength in the creatures, and Grand Architect (an inclusion that I have to admit I am not completely fond of since I feel it detracts from the flavor or the deck, but sometimes you have to go function over form) allows you to pump out the larger sphinxes a lot quicker than normal. However, there is nothing more satisfying than playing a Choice of Damnations at any point in the game to either drain them for a large chunk of life or just leave them with absolutely nothing while everyone else has everything.<br />
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One thing I want to make a note of is that this deck works a little better in a one-on-one duel than it does in multiplayer. Being able to focus all of your riddles on one player makes them all the more potent (Can you imagine an opponent's face when you give them a Choice of Damnations and they focus on keeping a board state so they keep their creatures, and then you follow up with a Do or Die? It might be down right cruel; certainly more so than if each of those spells targets a different player. That is not to say that the deck cannot hold its own in multiplayer matches, but for those I find myself relying more on things like Sphinx of the Steel Wind than the riddles she would ask.<br />
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As I have said, this is probably the one deck that I have had the most fun playing. It is the antithesis of the decks that allow little to no interactivity; it <i>requires</i> it. <br />
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And on that note, I am will see you all again soon. I don't intend to take a long hiatus again (though I also didn't intend to take these last few either). In the mean time though, I wonder how many of your opponents can answer The Sphinx's Riddle?NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-59978980370486234532013-08-28T13:36:00.001-07:002013-08-28T13:36:09.762-07:00[Jas] Yer Ship is ready Capt’n!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Out of all my purchases at AnimeNext 2013 this past weekend,
I’d say my all time favorite were the two pirate ship building kits I got from
One Piece. I was so excited to build them, since they would be my first
experience with anything kit building at all! Super exciting! I couldn’t wait
to start them….so I really didn’t! I started Sunday night when I got back home!
XD I finished one Sunday night and another one this morning before work! <o:p></o:p></div>
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They were a ton of fun, especially for someone like me, who
hasn’t done anything like this before! Granted, the tiny stickers drove me
almost insane. >_> I’m a bit too OCD with getting things to look perfect.
Some stickers would bubble a little, and I spazzed, but I didn’t want to rip
the stickers or something. *internal freak out<b>*</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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So I started on Sunday night with Law’s sub. All the
instructions were in Japanese, but that wasn’t really an issue, since the
pictures were so easy to understand and the pieces/stickers were numbered or
defined by a simple character. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It didn’t take me that long to do at all, and Sarah watched
me the whole time squealing about how awesome it was looking…and heck yeah, it
was looking totally awesome indeed!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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tackled Shanks’s ship! I was super excited about his ship, since it was a
little more intense than Law’s sub. (There were a lot more tiny pieces to put
together) I was seriously afraid of snapping everything in half while taking it
off the thingy. I was breathing heavily the whole time I was snapping the
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BUT IT LOOKED SO COOL WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE! SO COOL INDEED!
I wish I would have GOT THEM ALL! But…..I had already spent way too much. WAY
TOO MUCH! Seriously though. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is something I’d like to do more of though….oh no….I
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Sophie was the second
dress I’ve ever sewn before in my life! Princess Peach being the first. So, I
wasn’t completely confident in my dress sewing abilities…not to mention the
only pattern I could find only came in kid’s sizes!!! Let me tell you….my
height is not that of a small child. So, I had to get the biggest size and make
everything longer! I also ended up forgetting the zipper >_> so I had to
go back to buy that. Oops!</div>
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Anyways. Onwards!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Materials list:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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*Thicker blue fabric (about 5 yards)<o:p></o:p></div>
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*White fabric (1.5 yards to be safe)<o:p></o:p></div>
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*Thread (white and blue)<o:p></o:p></div>
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*Styrofoam ball<o:p></o:p></div>
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*Craft foam<o:p></o:p></div>
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*Silver wig<o:p></o:p></div>
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The dress itself was relatively easy to sew. I made it in
about a day, though I went back a few days later to re-hem it, after realizing
that it fell to about her ankles and not all the way to the ground. I just followed the pattern, though certain
areas had to be fixed to fit better…I ended up giving myself too much slack and
had to make things tighter XD oops! The dress was super comfy when it was
finished though, I loved how it hung!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I used a petticoat I already had, and shoes that I already
had since they were basically the same shoes she had in the movie! (LUCKY!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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As for the wig, it required almost no styling, aside from
the fact I had to cut the bangs, which was rather easy and only took a few
minutes. (I did that at the convention actually XD)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Calcifer was made in a day as well. I got the Styrofoam
ball, glue, and tissue paper from my cousin’s house. I glue the paper on in
little strips to make the flame like appearance. Then cut out eyes and a mouth
with craft foam after it dried and attached them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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(I have to say I picked a fantastic face for him! XD heehee)<o:p></o:p></div>
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In hindsight, if I do this again, I may tighten it around
the shoulders and wrists and make the sleeves tighter and the waist/chest a
little bit snugger as well. (Is snugger a word? I seriously didn’t think it was
a word, but spell check is telling me it is….okay?) <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Goal: </b>When I turn 60, I’m going to re-cosplay this. For serious.<o:p></o:p></div>
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[JT's note: <i>Holyyyyyy crap. Jas is back and with a vengeance
apparently. There are so many [p]reviews here that I am NOT going to go
through and edit, so you are getting the raw draft of what Jas sent me.
You've been warned!</i>]<b><br /></b><br />
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Okay! So this time I am combining the Preview and Review
into one, mainly because I TOTALLY FORGOT TO POST THE PREVIEW! OTL Also, we
apparently had too may anime posts in a row, so there was that too…but,
regardless, let’s continue! So, I will
be starting here with the anime’s I actually watched this time and the second
part will include my first impressions of the shows that I didn’t watch! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What I did end up
watching!!?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Red Data Girl:</b>
(got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 12/12 episodes)</span></span>
I don’t know how I feel about this main girl though. She’s really soft spoken
and timid. It has a clearly supernatural flair to it that I can’t say no to in
a series, even though I WAS SO CONFUSED IN THE START! My confusion lasted for a
while too, maybe I needed to watch the first 3 episodes, or so, again to try
and make things make more sense. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well it certainly wasn’t the supernatural flair that I was
expecting. I was confused for quite some time as well, like I was just
wandering through the series in confusion. It was almost like Shinseki Yuri,
which I had to re-watch to really appreciate. (Which was a wonderful choice,
because I LOVED that show so much! Such a deep plot! And THOSE TWISTS AND
TURNS!) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Though the story becomes clearer as the show continues, it
still never really hits that exciting of a climax in my opinion. I enjoyed the
show overall, though it wasn’t something that really caught my attention and
held me on quite as much as other shows. I wouldn’t put it on my favorites
list, but I wouldn’t diss it completely either. It falls sorta right in the
middle, I’d say. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Uta No Prince-Sama
Maji Love 2000%:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/13 episodes)</span></span> This is one of
those shows that I am sorta embarrassed to admit that I watched the first season
and couldn’t stop watching it. Reverse harem and it continues, with potentially
even more new members. Damn I want this girls life. I almost died when watching
the first episode. It’s so….stupidly catchy. I can’t say no to boy bands with
their singing, butt shaking, hip thrusting, najsgnalkfanklgn I’m sorry. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I was actually happy with this season of the show, I enjoyed
the whole competition and the fact that the lead girl was challenged. It was
refreshing. Also. I mean. Those men. Those songs. I just really like this show!
I wasn’t expecting a second season though, I didn’t really think it had enough
meat (HAHAHAHA SEE WHAT I DID THERE?!) to really pull off a second season.
Though, I guess, the fans just wanted more hot men fan service. XD<o:p></o:p></div>
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The lines that come out of this anime are just so
OUTRAGEOUS! Honestly! I want to die when I’m listening to it! YOU ARE ALL
ETERNALLY TWINKLING STARS IN MY EYES! But seriously. You know, it’s the ended I
expected (duh) no plot twists or anything. No deep thought needed. I might die
if there is a 3<sup>rd</sup> season though, straight up, I’d die. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hataraku Maou-sama!:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/13 episodes</span></span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">)</span> Oh a map, does this mean something old world?
Oh god. Dark Lord Satan has just been introduced. Dark Lord Satan has a general
named Lucifer….I thought they were the same person….also….Satan and Lucifer
appear to be good looking men. Yummy. OH A HERO IN ARMOR LEADING THE HUMANS TO
VICTORYY! Oh dear Satan what are you going to do?! THE HUMANS ARE ATTACKING!!
SATAN WHY ARE YOU SO BEAUTIFUL??!? THIS IS NOT FAIR SATAN WHY SO BEAUITFUL?? OH
GOD WHERE ARE THEY NOW?! LOL OH GOD WHAT IS THIS SILLINESS!???? SAATTTAAANNNN I
CANT EVVEEEEENNNN!!OMG HOLY POTTER POSTER LOL AKA HARRY POTTER THIS IS
HILARIOUS! SATAN IS WORKING AT MCDONALDS OH AJFBJOAKJFNJIAONFKJGLNAPOKGFLN!!!!
I CANT BREATHE PROPERLY!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I LOVE THIS ANIME SO
MUCH! SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO COSPLAY IT! SO MUCH THAT I FORCED MY BFF TO WATCH
IT SO SHE CAN FALL TO THE DEPTHS I HAVE FALLEN! Anyways, in all honesty, it is
more of a comedy anime for me, compared to other ones I have watched before. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t see a few
things coming, and the battle scenes aren’t intense, but they aren’t lacking
either in my opinion. I liked the story and LOVED the characters!! The real
question is….will my ship sail or sink? Or…..which ship am I even shipping
here? I LOVE THIS!!! I really hope there
is a second season, though the ending wasn’t bad at all or anything, nothing
unfinished (at least not really!) :3 <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Ore no Imouto go Konnani Kawaii Wake go Nai Season 2:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/13 episodes)</span></span>
Loved season 1, just bought a bunch of
blind box figures from it. I just adore all the characters! Season 2 is lovely
indeed and things are REALLY progressing! The romance is a lot more prominent
in this season and you get to learn more about the characters personalities,
which I’ve really enjoyed! You also get to meet some new friends! Yay! I love
new characters!! I’ve been squealing through a few episodes, and flailing
about, as per usual! <o:p></o:p></div>
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SO MANY SHIPS I WANT
TO SHIP THAT I DIDN”T SHIP BEFORE! Although this is a very harem-ish anime, I
feel like it doesn’t have the really harem feel to it like other obviously
harem animes have. The second season kept me going and I actually liked it a
lot better than the second season. More things seemed to happen, especially on
the romance side! EEEE!!! I almost didn’t want it to end!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Little Kirino is
ADORABLE! DROP DEAD ADORABLE!! LITTLE JEALOUS KIRINO!!! This just explains
everything so perfectly! I love this episode so much, I NEVER WANT THIS TO
END!!! OH GOD I AM SO HAPPY I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THIS SHOOOWWWW!!! THAT ENDING!
SO ADORABLE! MY HEART STRINGSSSS!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. Z:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">)</span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> with 13/13 episodes)</span></span> YES YES YES I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A SECOND
SEASON FOREVER I LOVE THIS SHOW I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH I CAN NOT WAIT THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE BEST SEASON EVER YES YES YES YES MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE I AM
SO EXCITED YES! FYI IT’S ABOUT DEMON’S AND THE LEAD GUY IS BASICALLY SATAN AND
I LOVE HIM AND SHIP HIM WITH THE LEAD GIRL YES YES YES!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once again, it’s a
collection of mini-episodes with no real plot. But I love the characters and
now they introduced new demons and I JUST CAN’T SAY NO TO HIS SERIES EVEN
THOUGH IT DOESN’T MAKE A LICK OF SENSE SERIOUSLY!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!
I CANNOT HANDLE THIS SHOW AT ALL I JUST CANNOT HOLY MOTHER!!! THE CENSOR BARS I
THINK I’M ABOUT TO DIE!!!!!!!! DO NOT WATCH EPISODE 9 IF YOU ARE FAINT OF
HEART!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m loving these new
demons! Hehehe!! But if only my Sakuma x Akutabe would happen! ;3; IT NEVER WILL
BUT OH HOW I WANT IT!!! AKUTAAABBBEEEEE!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Shingeki no Kyojin: </b>(got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/25 episodes)</span></span> Mankind living behind walls in fear of the Titans? (Which look scary by
the way, one had no skin) Like really intense.
ALL THE SHOUNEN! Also, that opening theme? The most intense opening
theme I have EVER heard. The parody videos on Tumblr are just wonderful,
seriously? (Attack on Omelet, I’m crying) Anyways. This show has had A LOT of
promise, with early twists that I did not see coming. (No, I haven’t read the
manga, but now I want to)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although, I am
vaguely concerned of it turning into Gantz. Aka. Being TOTALLY MINDBLOWINGLY
AWESOME AND SICK and then DRAGGING ON TOO LONG, RUINING CHARACTERS AND ADDING
THE STUPIDEST PLOT TWIST EVER AND KILLING MY SOUL! Well, now that everyone
knows how I feel about Gantz….. >_> So really. I hope this anime/manga
does well and doesn’t go down hill. So far, so good in my opinion. There are a
lot of unanswered looming questions that I am excited to learn the answers too.
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Also, super sick
cosplays. Seriously. And they popped up after episode 4 basically. I don’t
even. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Suisei no Gargantia:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/13 episodes)</span></span>
SPACEEEE!!!! HOLY FUCK FIRE ALARM TEST
IN MY BUILDING DEAR JESUS WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT! This is not your average
space battle getting flung into a wormhole and spit out elsewhere in the
universe anime. I acutally really like this and I told myself I was going to
take a break from anime with mecha’s and what not. I didn’t really know what to
expect when this began and honestly, I wasn’t expecting what I got. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was nice watching
how awkward the lead guy was in the start until he became more and more used to
his new life. It was nice watching a transition instead of a WHOA SUDDENLY I
FIT IN EVEN THOUGH I’VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR 2 HOURS! Please, I like watching the
struggle. Plus, he was ADORABLE! Anyways. Let me tell you about plot twists,
but not really, because that would spoil things, but really now. Plot twists.
Didn’t see coming. Should have seen coming? Maybe? I don’t know. But I didn’t
see it coming. I was baffled. Like. Whoa. Freaky/creepy! <o:p></o:p></div>
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twists in this that I didn’t see coming. I was really happy with the ending,
the show felt very complete and like there was a solid conclusion. There were a
few things that upon further thought I felt a little iffy about, but all
together it was a great series! I’m glad I kept watching it till the end!
Indeed! Wonderful choice! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S:</b> (got a <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span><span style="color: #414141;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with 13/24 episodes)</span></span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> </span>Now I LOVED the
first season, well not really “season” per say, since this is basically a super
long OVA of a story line they barely touched upon in the first season, but
listen, I LOVE RAILGUN! I liked this mini story before, and I love it right now
too!<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s about the Sisters arc and I love hoe in depth it’s
getting. Misaka is one of my favorite characters, she’s just too adorable. I wish
that this would have been longer, or that hopefully another arc comes out late
:3 maybe? /sobs/ <o:p></o:p></div>
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the fight scenes a lot! With the way
this series is progressing I’m really excited for the climax! Also, as a side
note, this season is almost completely separate from the first season, you
could watch this one without really watching the other ones. I kinda like that
set up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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posted when they were relevant. >_> ONWARDS! </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;">Doubt it. </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> (</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">╯</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">︵</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">╰</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> ;)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Date A Live:</b> At
first glace, incest anime with panty flashes from a cute little sister? Or
really weird personality flop and holy god what is even going on here? Spirit
things? Space quakes? What? Dating SIM? WHAT?! WHAT EVEN IS THE POINT OF THIS?!
COULD IT BE ANY MORE WEIRDLY LAME?! I can’t. I can’t. How would that even help
solve things? This seriously does NOT make any sense what so ever. Nope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">( </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> _</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> ) </span>Nope. Nope. At first it seemed promising and then BAM
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<b>Dandai Bunri no Crime Edge:</b> This is interesting. The lead guy has a….hair fetish? That’s a new one I
don’t recall seeing before. I also like this idea….though the romance thing is
moving a little fast…DON’T YOU THINK WHAT EVEN?! But all right….I like mystery
type things, and I get a feeling that this might be a but mystery related? I
could be wrong though. They do mention serial killer genes or something, which
is interesting. I like serial killers, they are interesting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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me interested, but not sure if that interest will carry through yet….<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince:</b> Okay I like the whole ‘Five Fail” group
name, pretty hilarious. This is a space alien mecha battle anime, and I feel
like I’ve seen so many that I almost don’t want to start another one…lest they
all mix in my head to the point I can’t keep them straight anymore. @_@ <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it?<span style="color: #414141;"> </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">( ̄~ ̄</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">;</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">)</span>I’m not feeling
it. I had a hard time concentrating on the episode…that might have been because
I was working on cosplay…but then I started watching Whose Line, which
distracted me from sewing more than this anime did. That could be saying
something….<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Devil Survivor 2 the Animation:</b> Oh I missed the 2 the first time around…..you
mean there was a first season of this?! I want to see that! I liked this first
episode, the story line seems really interesting and I like the animation as
well. The whole demon thing always catches my attention and I’d like to see
where they will go with this whole thing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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far it looks promising…but I should probably look into the first season
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<b>Karneval:</b>
Pretty boy in field of flowers, oh? Two pretty boys in a field of flowers.
SHOUTA BOY?! OMG TERRIFYING WHAT IS HAPPENINGIGNISUOHFJOAFJKL!WHY DID IT PAUSE
THERE TO BUFFER OMG!!!! This seems…..very interesting indeed. I like it. I like
it a lot. I’m confused, excited, and intrigued. <o:p></o:p></div>
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believe so! This shows a lot of promise so far and I want to understand what is
going on! And the boys are yummy. Mmmmmm~!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Photokano:</b>
Photo otaku? Photo otaku with a harem? Childhood friend enters the scene. Oh
god, I cant get over this ‘the camera will change me’ thing hahhaha! Cutie
little sister enters. ……More like you saw all the girl’s legs as potential
photo subjects……and their butts….. :I Whoa, was that a glasses pervert creeping
there? So CLICHED! Super creeper glasses bro. mer. Photography club, girls, ero plot line.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love photography but….just….no. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru:</b> Lysol calls it ‘healthing” not
‘cleaning’…..oh…wait…you want an anime review not an pre-anime ad review…..guy
who hates the trifles of youth. Well, that was intense. Fools that enjoy their
youth should just go kill themselves….sounds like SOMEONE NEEDS A HUG! From the
opening I am guessing this is a two girls and one guy story line. I can’t tell
how I feel about this one…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Aku No Hana:</b>
From the thumbnail it looks like the art style is going to be super realistic
looking and I don’t know if that’s really my style. :/ Oh gosh, like creepy
super realistic. SUPER CREEPY REALISTIC YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW! This is going
slow…..only music….what is going on? I don’t feel like I can watch 24 minutes
of this……The scenery is really well drawn though, show detail. Nope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride:</b> Well, I think I know what this is about just by reading the title…..I
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the opening. I don’t know why, it isn’t even that funny or anything.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wait…this is a
second season I think. These characters look familiar even though I never
watched the anime…….WHO SWEEPS STEPS IN A THONG?!??!?! WHAT IS THIS
TOMFOOLERY?! NIPPLES! Fighting, panties, girls, kissing, and yeah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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nope. I tried to watch the first season, and gave up. So. I have a feeling that
the same thing would happen again. It reminds me of Senran Kagura I just
watched last season….too much of that in a row is not happening. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Zettai Bouei Leviathan:</b> Magic girls? Magical dragon girls? It’s super cutesy and moe, but I
don’t think that it’s really my style of story. They got the three colors
though, blue, red, and yellow in the main three girls. Water, fire,
and…..earth? strength? I feel like there will be more action later but I don’t
think I can stick around for it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san:</b> Also looks like it will be super cutesy from the thumbnail. Bro fishing
and he catches….A MERMAID?! Whoa those eyes are HUGE SO HUGE! This opening is
seriously blowing my mind I don’t know how to handle life watching this. I
should be sleeping or something. Mermaids just flew out of the ocean and pushed
a giant meteor out into space…….WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE!! OH MY GOSH WHAT IS
THIS?! Also….what is up with this guys reaction to a mermaid….I’d be freaking
out….why is he so indifferent to life?? WEIRDEST ENDING EVER<o:p></o:p></div>
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season or something? Yep. There was a first season, which I have not seen….although
the girl does look familiar. Oh, yes she turns into a cat, oh gosh I’m so
confused. Well I’d need to watch first season for this because I am all sorts
of confused. It has girl on boy, boy on boy, and girl on girl love going on
here though. Even though I thought that boy was a girl, so now I’m super
confused. Lol Lovecraft reference!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live:</b> Another one in which I’ve seen basically nothing of the first seasons.
It’s like a combo of singing and ice skating at the same time. I feel like I’ve
seen so many of these cutesy magical singing ice skating girl animes
before….well that’s a lie…but the only anime even relatively close to this that
I’ve seen all the way through would be Mermaid Melody, and I did love that
show. Oh, self introduction time while running to school. Oh yeah, I remember
watching the first episode of the first season, the clothes are inside Prism
stones….which is…..confusing? Oh enter pretty singing man on the rooftop and a….bouncing
egg. The heroine has an adorable kitty. OH GOD that HAIR!! SHE IS DOING THINGS
THAT YOU CAN NOT DO IN ICE SKATES LIKE AT ALL LET ME TELL YOU! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Mushibugyou:</b>
Oh my god what is going on? Scary spider thing? Samurai? Crazy hair and
eyeballs! Samuari’s fighting giant insects? I’m pretty sure that is what’s
going in with this one. Oh my good god this hair. BOOB bouncing close-up. Whoa
what….did he like…cut his own legs off or something? WHAT WHY?! OH GOD NO
SPIDERS NOPE NOPE NOPE ISFIOJFOIJGNOSGNJKLGNSKJFNSLKFM I AM NOT DOING THIS. Oh
well now I know what happened to his father….and yeah. But still SPIDERS NOPE
NOPE NOPE <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">( </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> _</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> ) </span>NOPE NOT WITH SPIDERS NFLANFKJNFKLAKF NO GET
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<b>Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties:</b> I haven’t watched ANY of these and now there is ANOTHER ONE ADDED TO THE
LIST! I can already tell you that I’m not going to watch this one either….I just
can’t do it. Butler is a cute shouta boy who is BAM strong and the girl is a
lazy good for nothing rich girl who is seriously super lazy. Yada Yada Yada. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">╯</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">︵</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">╰</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> ;)</span> Nope. I haven’t seen any of the other ones
and I’m just like nope. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Arata Kangatari:</b> Time to pick a new princess! But who will it be…..why did everything
suddenly change? Now we are in a normal high school boy’s house? Is he going to
be a princess? Oh god, please tell me they are picking a boy as the new
princess, I would laugh so hard. Oh look at these hard ass dip shits, don’t you
pick on the new princess. Oh gosh, this poor boy has no friends. He deserves to
be a princess for sure!! OH GOD WHAT SCENE CHANGE AGAIN I CANT!! Oh another guy
with the same name will be new man princess?
ARATA! Well I saw that coming, they switched places. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">(・_・</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span>I don’t know how I feel about this one
yet….it’s just…I saw it coming…but what are they going to do? How will this
play out? Like what? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sparrow Hotel:</b>
I don’t think I can handle this already. It’s made in a style that reminds of
the late 80s early 90s, very retro. It almost hurts my eyes. I also just do not
understand at all. What in god’s name? it’s only 3 min though….but still…I just
don’t understand. This feels like a bad commercial or something. Oh this hurts, this hurts indeed. I can't even find a good image on Tumblr, I had to google search this one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch
it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">( </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> _</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Kannada MN';">ಠ</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;"> ) </span>Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Aiura:</b>
CRABS!! SO MANY CRABS! CRABS AND THREE LITTLE CUTIES! Only 4 min long though,
once again, the short animes have struck! I can dig the art style in this one
though with all the cuties. THE MEETING OF FRIENDS! That was a simple and short
first episode…maybe it was just like a little intro?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">) </span> I think I might! :3 It seems slice of life-y
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<b>Yuyushiki</b>:
Oh, someone is starting school! I just
found my twin in this anime. That would so be me! Hahaha! Yes! Heh! I like
these puns they just put in! XD Very very very very slice of life, with some
slap stick comedy. (There is a pun in here, if you’ve seen the first episode)
LOL More puns! Tee hee! Though….for some reason I can’t see why some of these
animes can run so long. I like how of 2/3 best friends are total air heads,
while the one is serious. I am so confused. Is this what school life is like?
Is this what my school life used to be like? I don’t remember being so happy
:I It must have been because I was
lacking Sarah in my life while I was in middle school. Oh! After school club
time? S&M quiz. We all know I’m a ‘S’ HEE HEE~<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">( ̄~ ̄</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial;">;</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: 'MS 明朝', serif;">)</span>Nooooope. I don’t think I can do this one.
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[JT's note: <i>Holyyyyyy crap. Jas is back and with a vengeance apparently. There are so many previews here that I am NOT going to go through and edit, so you are getting the raw draft of what Jas sent me. You've been warned!</i>]<b><br /></b><br />
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<b>Summer Anime
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Okay! Let’s get back
on track! (After really messing up the last season of new animes! Oops! Or
maybe that way worked better? I don’t know) Anyways, I have a massive spider
bite on my elbow, classes for my second degree started, and I am already ready
for fall to start. Maybe these new animes will offer some much needed relief
and relaxation! Hopefully.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Love it! </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> (</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">♥</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">。</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Like it! </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">It’s all right. </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">(・_・</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Ehhhh. </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">( ̄~ ̄</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">;</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Doubt it. </span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> (</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╯</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light";">︵</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╰</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> ;)</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou:</b> Guy turned into a dog by a dominatrix with scissors? This bro buys books
just like I do! Holy god, DREAM APARTMENT!!! That’s basically how I am going to
live. WHOA WHAT JUST HAPPENED/\??!?!?! LOL THAT WILL BE MY DYING SHOUT AS WELL
I’M SURE!!! Well now, that was interesting indeed. Though, too bad he isn’t a
cat, then I’d be more enticed. This is so confusing. Well….this ending song…..I
don’t even. This is going to be a……weird…….series. I think. <o:p></o:p></div>
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it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">(・_・</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">) </span>I seriously have no idea about this right
now, like…I want to see where the hell it’s going, since it showed characters
that haven’t been introduced, and I am so baffled as to how that bro became a
dog and what this chick’s deal is and just….things. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi:</b> Adorable little girl and smoking hot street youth. I really like the
premise of this one, very interesting indeed. God has forsaken the Earth since
heaven and hell are too overcrowded, so now the dead won’t actually die. But,
they aren’t like your average zombies, since they don’t eat people or anything
like that. God created people called Gravekeepers before he left, that, well,
bury people. The only way to put people to rest is to have them buried by a
Gravekeeper. Well now, this boy is a bit of a dick…and…well…..nooowwwwww. Okay.
I didn’t see that coming. <o:p></o:p></div>
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it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">)</span> I like how the
first episode ended, almost in a manner that now I HAVE to watch the second
episode to figure out what just happened. I like the characters so far, and I
think the story will be interesting as well. I’m curious as to how this will
develop, there is no obvious plot line at the moment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Gifuu Doudou!: Kanetsugu to Keiji:</b> The end of the Sengoku period, drunken man
party time! Bro with an axe, what even? And what is that lump on that one guy’s
head? It looks super creepy. WHY ARE THESE GUYS SO MUCH BEEFIER THAN THE OTHER
GUYS?!?! AND LIKE 8 FEET TALL IN COMPARISON??!??!!? What is going on here? OMG
THAT HAIR FROM THE PAST! Now I know why the one guy is bald, probably couldn’t
stand brushing that shit every morning, I know that feel bro. Sadly…I would not
look good bald. I CAN NOT THE MANLY-NESS OF THIS ANIME!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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it?<span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> (</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╯</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light";">︵</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╰</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> ;)</span> Uhmmmm no. I
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<b>Senyuu 2:</b> I
didn’t watch the first season of this, I decided not to. So, I doubt I’m going
to watch this season. It already looks totally redic, and I have no idea what
is going on at all. Rudolf looks like
the old man from FMA that was with Ling. There is also a talking cat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Mirai Nikki Redial: </b>I fucking loved Mirai Nikki, Yuno is my fav. She’s so insane crazy bad
ass wonderful. So this makes me curious, the anime ended concretely. Ah, I see.
This is a 1 episode OVA that was bundled with the new manga (also called Mirai
Nikki Redial) Deva Vu! Yuno seems different in this OVA. Everyone is so
different! Agh! I want to read the new manga!! I really hope that this comes out as a full series eventually! That would be so cool! Yeah? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Watched it! OVA (not
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<b>Brothers Conflict:</b> Reverse harem with...siblings? 11 siblings?! Dear god. ONE IS A CROSSDRESSER??!
THERE ARE TOO MANY!!! Oh god. The squirrel thing talks to her. I was not
expecting that one at all. Can these guys hear him too? No? I’m so confused?
Identical twins that have totally different hair styles. GOD THERE ARE JUST TOO
MANY OF THEM TO KEEP STRAIGHT! WHY SO
MANY!??? DEAR GOD!!! I SHIP IT!!!!!!!!!! I SHIIIPPPPP IITTTTTTT!!!!!! OH GOD
THEY DANCE AND SING IN THE ENDING SONG SCREAMINNNGG!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I SHOULD NOT BUT SOMETHING ELSE SAYS I SHOULD!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Free!:</b> I don’t
even think I can talk about this one. Instead I will show you the texts I
sent/received from Sarah when I started watching this one. It’s the only way to
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Me: IMWATCHING
SWIMMING ANIME NOW MY KOKKORO IS toO OLD TO HANDLE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT IN ONE
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Sarah: DON’T DIE! I
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Me: AUGH IT BURNS!
GO ON WITHOUT MEEEEE!!!! THE MEN!! NEARLY NAKED MEN! DOKI DOKI<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah: OH GOD DON’T TEMPT MEEEE. I MIGHT
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Me: OH THE BOYS! HE
JUST PULLEF HIM OUT OG THE BATHTUB IN HIS SPEEEEDDFFOOOOOOO THINNNGG
SSAAARRRAAAHHHHHHHHH DOKI MOTHERFUCKING DOKI<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah: NNNUUUUUU STTTTAAAAHHHPPPP I CAN’T
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Me: SHOTA BOY ALERT!
SHOTA BOY ALERTTT! WEEEEEEWOOOPPPOOOOO WWEEEEEWWWWOOOOOOOOO<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah: OHHH GAWWDDDD
MY WEAKNESS I CAN’T EVEN HANDLE THIS COMMENTARY!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku:</b> Seals? WHOA! HAIR CURL! Why is she the only one with that outrageous
hair curl? Well, regardless, high school life anime about a group of girls.
First episode, picking a club to join!
The Going Home club, which isn’t supposed to be a club, but IT IS! All
the members are a bit crazy! Comedy slice of life about the Going Home Club,
I’m assuming. The girls are all pretty adorable though…and one does like
fighting bears. Which reminds me of something…..Wait now whoa. Bear Kings? What
is this show?! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Tamayura: More Aggressive:</b> The third season of the anime Tamayura. It’s basically a slice of life
anime about a girl who likes to take pictures and her group of friends. Very
quaint and humble, nothing outrageous on the action or comedy side. <o:p></o:p></div>
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it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">( ̄~ ̄</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">;</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">)</span>It never really
held my interest, I kept drifting over to my other window with Tumblr on it.
Granted, I also just randomly watched the first episode of the third season
without seeing any of the other seasons, so maybe I’m just confused. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Servant x Service:</b> This looks like an anime about working in an office. That reminds of
when I used to play around at my dad’s office. Oh my, suddenly I am tempted to
re watch the Office on Netflix. Oh dear. SO ENTUIASTIC!!! LOL WHAT?! REVENGE?!?
This is pretty silly! Kinda cute and funny! The characters are all unique as
well. I wasn’t expecting all that much from this, and I’m still not really, but
it might be entertaining to watch. Depends of how it evolves I suppose. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe? I’m going to be very non-committal to this one. I can’t see it really
growing much in terms of a plot, but it still may be fun to watch. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Rozen Maiden (2013):</b> CONFESSION TIMES! I’ve never watched Rozen Maiden. I know what it’s
about (vaguely) but I’ve never really sat down and watched it. Let’s start!
Mildly creepy rabbit thing with a letter. Look at all those lolitas! Kawaii!
Moe! A tad bit creepy. Little talking
doll, that is super sassy. Little princess Shinku! It seems interesting indeed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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like the little girls, and it seems interesting. The fight/action scenes didn’t
seem very intense though. I guess I will have to see how it goes as I watch
more episodes. People have told me to watch it before…so I should try!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Dangan Ronpa – The Animation:</b> I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS BABEH TO COME INTO MY LIFE! I’ve the
translations of the game, watched everything, and gushed over fan art. I’m SO
EXCITED to see it all animated! I hope it lives up to the game! The animation is really close to the
animation/style of the game itself. So far it’s following the story line and
I’m excited to see how well it follows along with the game! I can’t wait! <o:p></o:p></div>
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MY DINGLE ROMPS! EXCITE I SAY! I’m curies as to how they are going to animate
certain parts from the game!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu:</b> Stella Girl’s Academy looks like a Disney
princess castle man!! So pink, so elaborate! There is a waterfall by the front
steps bro. The school uniforms better be ball gowns with this scenery!! The
lead girl seems supper shy. WHOA WHAT?! ANOTHER ANIME ABOUT ADORABLE GIRLS IN
WHAT YOU WOULDN’T THINK WAS BA MILITARY SCHOOL WIELDING GUNS?!!!?? Yes. THAT’S
WHAT THIS IS!!! Or is just this club a
war fanatic club?? Oh my, I want to play
war games!! SO INTENSE!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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to play war games/mock battles, I’m not sure if I want to watch an anime about
it. It might be a little too much for me, though we will see. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Senki Zesshou Symphogear G:</b> THIS IS THE SCARIEST FUCKING OPENING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE WHAT IS
GOING ON?!?!?! Okay, so anyways, this is the second season of Senki Zesshou
Symphogear. I started watching the first season, but for some reason stopped
hallway through and never finished it. I like the animation. It’s quite
intense. Maybe I should re-watch/finish the first season. <o:p></o:p></div>
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re-watch the first season though and actually finish it, too see if it’s good
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<b>Love Lab:</b>
Before I even watch this, I’m going to guess it’s about science-y love? Let’s
see how right I am. I am so far off the mark. OOPS! It’s actually about
two adorable girls! One is the student council president and is trying to learn
about love! The other is the school’s “bad girl” / “wild child” (though not too
wild at all) who lies and says she is experienced. I hope this ends up
Yuri…THEY ARE SO CUTE! AUGH! I JUST WANT TO SQUEEZE THEMMMM!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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girls, they are just too adorable to pass up! I seriously don’t need any more
cosplay plans….BUT TOO CUTE TO RESIST!!! I can’t wait to see how everything
unfolds in this one!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou:</b>
Adorable!! Super big moe anime eyes and loli-like gitls!! Magical girls as well
with a darker twist (I think). I was right about the dark twist indeed. The
main girl reads tarot cards as an apprentice at a shop. She must have some dark
power kind of thing that comes from the tarot cards ands gives her power when
she needs it. FIRREEE! Girl you stupid!!!! WHOA THAT MUST BE SO PAINFUL
WOULDN”T YOU BURN TO DEATH! Other magical girls have arrived! <o:p></o:p></div>
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magical girls are cute, and I like the dark twist they have on it, but I’m
still not sure how it’s going to end up. There doesn’t seem to be a set story
line it’s working towards yet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Monogatari Series:
Second Season:</b> YOU HAD BETTER BELIEVE I AM AN EXCITED LITTLE KITTEN ABOUT
THIS SERIES! ALL THE MONOGATARI SERIES ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITES AND I LOVE
THEM TO DEATH! WANT TO COSPLAY ALL THE GIRLS! ALL OF THEM! ALL OF THEM! I LOVE
THE STORY LINES AND THE CHARACTERS ARE ALL AMAZING! I RECOMMEND WATCHING ALL OF
THEM! Super cute opening, once again! Hanekawa is one of my favorites by far!! I’m
so excited already for this new season! Yes! Yes! <o:p></o:p></div>
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need to watch the first episode to tell you that I am going to watch this
series. Seriously. I’m just so excited! Now…if only the movie would come
ouuuttt! /whine/ <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Genshiken Nidaime:</b>
Cowgirl? This appears to be an anime club! The President is an artist!! Ah! This is the third season of Genshiken. AH
yes, the BL has come out! I would fit into this circle very well! OH MY! I DID
NOT SEE THAT COMING! BUT I LIKE IT!! Also, I love Sue, she is adorable without
a doubt! Hee hee! Though, I feel like it would be better to watch the other
seasons first. I LOVE SUE! She also likes the Monogatari series, wonderful. I
APPROVE! <o:p></o:p></div>
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watching the other seasons first! Though this does seem very slice of life,
down to earth, and normal! There is a bit of otaku humor and the art style is
different, a little more realistic looking I suppose. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS:</b>
The season season of Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Which I’ve never seen) But it appears to be
about girls who play basketball with brightly colored hair and adorable faces. There is one lone bro in this whole opening XD
These girls look too short and loli to be playing basketball, what is going on?
Oh wait…is it because they are in elementary school, well that makes sense now.
Though, that coach looks pretty young…dangerous! He is quite cute and he has a
harem of adorable loli basketball players. Cute uniforms! Oh no, conflict
already! The pressure of parents! <o:p></o:p></div>
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to have to watch the first season and it seems like something I wouldn’t really
watch. I don’t normally watch any sport animes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Prisma Illya:</b> A spin off of Fate/stay. I haven’t watched it though, so I
don’t really know the characters at all. But I do believe that Illya is the
main character in this. Looks pretty damn adorable, but I don’t really get what
the main story line was about. The costumes are adorable. I want a super creepy
talking waving magical stick that could turn me into a magical girl. I think
bathroom scenes are like a staple in all animes. This is the creepiest magical
wand/stick ever. Sibling love??! I like that! SHADY MAGICAL STICK!!! Why don’t
crazy magical sticks fly in my window and ask me to be a magical girl? I’d so be
like: “YES MAKE ME ONE!” hahaha yes!! “I won’t give this stick to anybody!”
Best line ever. SERIOUSLY! Poor Illya-chan!! ;3; adorabrrrruuuuuuuuu!!! Don’t
worry Illya-chan, I’m confused too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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just might, but I don’t know. I don’t really understand what’s going on at all?
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<b>Kiniro Mosaic:</b> A
girl going to study home stay in Great Britain/England. Her host family has an
adorable girl named Alice!! I WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING IS I WAS WITH A
HOST FAMILY I COULD TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW!!! I think it’s funny how they have
the Japanese and English intertwined. The voice actors do a good job with the
English, very nice! Okay. Well….it’s not THAT bad…I’ve heard much worse. Oh
god, yes, this is so adorable I wanna just make them into pastries and gobble
them up! CUTE!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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little better than the other slice of life ones I’ve seen so far. I like the
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<b>Teekyuu 2:</b> Holy
god they are TALKING SO DAMN FAST IN THIS 2 MIN ANIME! The style is super simple
too, not much depth or anything. I CANT KEEP WHAT WHAT?!
!Jgosjfangjkangjndgjslngkjsnglesg!! PEA SHOOTING! CHILDREN?! SCREAMING! EYE
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CAN NOT DO THIS??! WHAT EVEN IS THIS?!<o:p></o:p></div>
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haven’t seen the first season either, but I don’t really think I have any
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<b>Uchouten Kazoku:</b>
What is going on here? Tanuki? Tanuki turning into a person? Tengu too? Raccoon
dogs so cool? Oh goodness me. The animation style reminds me of Sayanora
Zetsubou-Sensei a bit, just the drawing style though. I could be wrong about
that though. Things just blur together in my mind after watching so many
animes. :I BOY RACCOON DOG IN A GIRL BODY? I DON’T KNOW HOW TO FEEL!! Oh his
tail came out! CUTE LITTLE SHOUTA! Hmmmm , a girl, who is sly and cunning I
see. <o:p></o:p></div>
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couldn’t really get into it. I’m not sure where things were going. It might be
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and Realist:</b> WHO MOST YAOI INTRO SCENE EVER! WHAT JOY DID I STUMBLE
UPON?!?! Oh dear, another adorable shota
has appeared who leaves milk and cookies by his bed so faries with grant
his wishes….imma die. OOPS! LOL OH MAN! MMMMMMMM BUTLER X YOUNG MASTER
BL!!!???! LOLOLOLOLOL YES IS THIS MY DREAM ANIME??!!??!! AHHhHhhhHhhhhHHHHHHhhHh!!!
KISS KISS DAMMIT WHY WON’T YOU ALL JUST KISS???!?!?! HUBER FUCK YEAH! /SCREAMS
FROM THE ROOFTOPS/<o:p></o:p></div>
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BOYS WITH BOYS! BOYS CALLING OUT FOR OTHER BOYS! AH! HOW MY HEART BEATS FOR
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<b>Blood Lad:</b> I know
what a vampire is, oh? Vampire? LOL OTAKU VAMPIRE! OH DEAR! A HUMAN WOMANNNNNN
YOU SAY?!?!? I like this vampire guy, I wanna cosplay him right NOW! I need to
order myself a damn black wig…..I have too many cosplay I wanna do. Boobies.
Heh. STAZZZZZZ~~!!!!!!!!!!! C-CUTE! SO CUTE!!! OH DEAR!!! OH MY THAT’S NOT WHAT
I WAS EXPECTING! I like this. I like. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m curious to see what will come of this one! Though it seems like something
that will lack a lot of plot, it does seem funny! So I’m excited! After
Overlord at Work! This seems like a great follow up! (Though I don’t think it
will be as good as Overlord)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Fantasista Doll:</b>
Girl watching a horror movie, which seems really scary actually. A guy drops
these cards with pictures of girls on them? Opening has revealed to me that
this will be another magical girl anime. (Edit: KINDA WRONG ABOUT THAT) WAIT
ARE THEY PLAYING A YU-GI-OH-ESQUE CARD GAME?!??! OH SNAP! SHE TOLD HIM! HE WAS
JUST JELLY THAT YOU PLAYED BETTER CARD GAMES THAN HIM! MAGIC: TO GATHER!
LOLOLOLOL CRAP I’M DYING! Whoa over exaggerating much? Someone just tapped you
on the back, calm yourself woman! Oh my, card game player extraordinaire now has
a card that sends out battle dolls? (kinda sorta) WITH ADORABLE OUTFITS! Hmmmm,
this is certainly an interesting concept. O-Oh my. Here it is, trademark bath
scene. OH MY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?!
HOW DID HE> WHAT IS HE> JFBNJKANJLAFKNKJALNFM???!?!?!? HE WAS ON A FLAG
POLE!? Oh dear goodness this anime.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>High School DxD New:</b>
I remember watching (I think) one episode of the first season of this wayyyy
back when. I’m nearly positive I didn’t like it too awful much. Anyways, this
is the second season of High School DxD. (obvs) Nipples. The load screen image
is just straight up boobs right in the face. Oh dear lord all mighty. AM I WATCHING HENTAI RIGHT NOW?! I THINK I’M
WATCHING A HENTAI!! I’m done. I’m done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hakken Ibun Season 2:</b> Disclaimer, I have not seen season 1. So from the
little intro back story I am guessing this is about 8 guys, who each have a
gem. This gem is a part of a princess that killed herself, and if all 8 guys
with all 8 gems come together; then the princess will come back to life and
grant a wish? Talking crow, well, singing crow and cute boy, flanked by two
more cute boys. WHOA WHAT IS IN HIS HAND? IS THAT AN EYEBALL??!?! Oh!? Demon
kitty? Oh crap, whoa, demon??? DEMONS? Well now, I’m sorta confused on how this
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first season before I tried to understand what was going on in this season.
(Duh.) It looks like it might be a little interesting though, what with people
turning into demons or something. The gems remind me of the dragon balls though
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<b>Watamote:</b> An
unpopular girl. In her 3 years in middle school men have spoken to her…SIX
TIMES! So basically an unpopular girl who likes playing dating sims. She’s
becoming a high school girl! YaaHooooo!! Cool opening song! Is she insane or
something? LOL DID SHE JUST REFERENCE GANTZ?!?!? LOLOLOLOLOL OH MY
GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREAMING!! Where can I get that game for my
Gameboy??!?!?! Intense internet search on how to be super kawaii desu so boys
look at you. Her little brother is cute~! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Gin no Saji:</b> Welcome
to the department of dairy science! COWS!,We have a grade A complainer right
here. Well, here we have an anime about students on a farm. Interesting, I
wonder why he is at a farm school? Oh dear, this guy is having all the food
ruined for him! XD LOL! Oh my gosh, this
kid is so funny, he does not belong! LOL THE GYM GUY LOOKS LIKE ALEX ARMSTRONG
FROM FMA!!! They must be distantly related. This is so real life intense, but I
like the characters so far! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Monaco; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Monaco;">‿</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">◠</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">) </span> It’s interesting despite being very slice of
life. Maybe it’s because it’s an interesting topic, something I’ve never seen
before. Food porn at it’s finest!! It’s one of the most unique slice of life
high school animes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Gatchaman Crowds:</b>
Interesting notebook, where words just show up, and something about a “target”?
hmmm! Oh a sword. WHOA NOW, what did he
just like…pull out of her huge tits? Oh? I’m confused. They better explain this
shit. MAGICAL NOTEBOOK. CREEPY COLORFUL BOX THINGGY! WHATTA?!? WHAATTT??! MECHA
SUIT THING?! I like this silly little girl. Her suit is super cool/cute as
well. Why is the Loli like half naked in the opening? LOL SO BAD AT KEEPING
SECRET IDENTITIES! Oh my god. O.D. I
like him!! Paiman, oh gosh, creepy looking! Not cute! Well…not cure to me.
Monobear is cuter! (Or maybe I have weird tastes) ALIENS!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Times;">(・_・</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">) </span> Hmmmmm I like
the animation style, but I don’t know how I feel about the storyline yet. I
like the lead girl and the blonde boy is cute~. I can’t tell yet if I will like
it or not, I suppose I’ll have to see how it goes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Choujigen Game
Neptune: The animation:</b> Online game, I’m assuming? WHOA BOOBIES NEARLY
POPPING OUT THERE!! In all seriousness though, dresses like that seriously
wouldn’t stay up on itself. Legit. Region leaders, signing a peace treaty
to foster world development. I’m a bit confused on this….CPU? What is reality?
Is this all in cyber space? I feel like I’m missing a lot of background
information here to understand what in god’s name is going on here. Those
monsters look too cute to be menacing at all. AH! AWKWARD MOMENT! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Will I watch it? <span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;">(</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╯</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Noteworthy Light";">︵</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 17.0pt;">╰</span><span style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt;"> ;)</span>It doesn’t
seem to be up my alley….and I’m still confused on what is going on here. I just
don’t think I can do this one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Brothers Conflict</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Free!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Love Lab<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Monogatari Series:
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341138145419314912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-65899425577836791702013-07-01T20:42:00.000-07:002013-07-01T20:42:43.843-07:00[JT] Testament of Metal[JT's intro: <i>So I am going to do something I haven't done yet, share some of my </i>other<i> writing. I used to write short stories all the time, and I constantly have them swimming around in my head. I decided I wanted to put this one into text though since it revolves around my favorite Planeswalker and what I hope happens with him next. I know it won't, but I can only hope.</i>]<br />
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The rain fell in sheets and the wind howled through the trees as two figures flew through the forest, running so fast that their shadows blurred and streaked behind them. "Get back here!" Shouted the figure in the rear, launching a wave of black mana from his metallic right arm, lightning arcing between the Filigree. The figure in the lead slashed his left hand behind his back, creating a blade of white mana that sliced through the darkness, both natural and aethereal. <i>Damnit, Bolas!</i>, he thought. <i>You knew this would happen</i>... Tezzeret sneered as he saw his spell split in two, striking nearby trees instead of his target. <br />
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The lead runner continued to sprint ahead, unphased by the death magic he had just avoided. He lifted his right hand in front of his iron-masked face and clenched it into a fist. An aura of blue mana engulfed it. Just beyond the haze of blue energy, the runner could see the edge of the forest and smirked. He leaped into the air, his momentum carrying him forward through the treeline and over the sheer cliff just beyond it. He began to plummet towards the tumultuous sea bank below.<br />
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Tezzeret broke through the trees moments later, skidding to a halt at the edge of the cliff. Steadying his own heartbeat from the panic, he looked below. "Fool! You squander your rebirth!" He spat. It was then he noticed what the other was doing. As he fell, the masked runner punched his blue-aured fist below him and released it, both the fist and the aura. Below him formed a disk of filigree large enough to stand on. The wind resistance slowed him enough - <i>just</i> enough - to buy time. He concentrated more mana into the disk and it began to glow the same blue that his fist had. He continued to slow, and suddenly stopped. He tilted his head up at Tezzeret, and shifted his weight a bit. The aura around the disk intensified slightly, raising him back up to the cliff. He continued upward until he was staring down at Tezzeret, and came to a halt. "Tell master that if he-"<br />
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He was cut off by a bolt of blue and black mana that Tezzeret whirled up and blasted from the palm of his filigree arm. He clenched his flesh and bone left hand into a fist and grasped his wrist with his metallic right hand. More blue and black mana began to swirl around his fist as he reared back and then shot it forward. Instead of a wave of energy, this time shot forward a bird made of both feather and filigree. The strix blurred through the air, it's metal wings slicing through the sheets of torrential rainfall.<br />
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The being in the air regained his balance with enough time launch a small cloud of death magic of his own. It dissipated itself in the downpour, turning into acid rain, drenching the bird and melting away what little flesh it had. The strix, having lost it's consciousness, sputtered in the air then plummeted into the waves below. Tezzeret looked up in disbelief as the figure above him reached both hands up to his helmet and removed it.<br />
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Venser started again; "As I was saying..." He held his helmet under his right arm while lifting his left hand up a foot away from his face. Plumes of blue, white, and black mana danced from his fingertips, unabated by the rain. "You can tell our <i>master</i>," the venom in his tone at the mention of the being who had given him this filthy half-existence stung through the wind; Venser silently hoped that the dragon Nicol Bolas himself could hear him from whatever plane he was on at the time, "that if he wants me, he can come and get me himself because his servant..." Venser smirked as a glint of malice shined through his eyes. "just won't cut it!"<br />
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He launched his left hand forward, shooting a wave of three magics at Tezzeret with such force that he couldn't move away in time. The magic exploded as it collided, sending rubble and dust into the air. Tezzeret hacked and coughed as he realized Venser had aimed for the ground below him. Even though the airborne debris was dying fast due to the rain, he felt the ground beneath him begin to shake. Out of instinct, he leaped back toward the treeline; as he landed, the ground where he had been standing crumbled and toppled down the cliff into the waves below. There was a loud sizzling in the air that caused Tezzeret to look back up at where Venser hovered; or rather, where he <i>had</i> hovered. As Tezzeret's eyes refocused on the sky, all he caught was a glimpse of a shadow dissipating into nothingness. Venser was gone.<br />
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"Blasted teleporter!" Tezzeret howled, his lightning arcing furiously. How was he going to report his failure to the dragon?NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-25895686925015747762013-06-30T21:00:00.000-07:002013-06-30T21:00:52.256-07:00[JT] More than a year later...Holy crap... I did not even realize that it has been over a year since my first post went up. On May 8th 2012, this site <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2012/05/introductions-and-farewell.html" target="_blank">started with a farewell</a>. Since then, I've been going back and forth like a sine wave with my productivity here, but I've been getting the itch to write more. I'm not certain if it's because of my recent foray into the Modern format in Magic, or if I'm just doomed to cycle through cranking out posts and not; hell, maybe I'm just a masochist and love giving my self more work when I am the busiest I have been in months. Who knows? But I couldn't think of a better way to kick off a new year [albeit a little late] and a new spurt of drive than to review what has happened over the past year; both the good and the bad. It's time for me to lay bare everything...<br />
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I'm warning you now, this is going deep, a lot deeper than I have gone into my personal life before, and it's not all pretty. So if you want the typical (trying to be) happy go lucky JT, he'll be here, but it's going to be after I get the crap out. I will be completely honest: this post is more for me than for you, I just figured I would let you along for the ride.<br />
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Let's dive in, shall we?<br />
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Since May 8th of 2012, a lot in my life has changed. Like I told you then, I officially quit school to pursue my true academic passion; teaching. Now, I am enrolled back in my undergrad alma mater, Mercyhurst University; this time as a grad student to get my Masters in Secondary Science Education. I'm taking two online classes right now with Sarah, who you just met. This is what I meant by creating more work during the busiest time I've had in months. The classes are easy but they eat up a LOT of time; added to the fact that I am still at Target until I move and I want to come home and do nothing but lay in bed (hence my lack of posts, or at least that's a part of it).<br />
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My drive was also sapped out of me by some other things that have been going on... *breath*... so, when I moved home after graduation in 2011, I moved back to my parents at each others' throats; a constant cycle of arguing and silence. It was so bad that I couldn't even sleep right; any little noise I heard outside of my room made me hold my breath and hope that this was not another argument about to start. Combined with the stress of finding a job to pay student loans, eventually finding one that makes me run around like crazy, and applying to colleges, I ended up losing about 30 lbs from sheer stress since the beginning of January (I'll admit that the drop in weight was nice, but I'm not proud of how it happened). Finally, a few months ago, right around the time that my Target store opened, my father moved out; I've only seen him twice since them. We still talk, but it's still weird. I can't even go visit him yet because it's so odd. <br />
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The good thing is it's quieted down in my house. I'm starting to get used to everything again. My weight has stabilized. Work is somewhat less stressful now that I don't have to worry about what I am coming back to. While we're on the subject of a good thing, let's forget all the crap, shall we? Let's dive into the thing that has kept me sane through this all and why I continue to try and push this blog forward: all the good that has come about in the past year.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NfRlNxihC_v-F7dhLNIir2wdRsntVaJ6J50eM3hhqS7IAnt6cL4H9JoXor966GgqJ5Hfyvf0HOq4yxP7WKhVTeO-BPM4Lkgm44WiZ2E0J4hPmr3E7ozvbhHF32VIzc70D2ztwjSP8js/s243/Mercyhurst_University_Seal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NfRlNxihC_v-F7dhLNIir2wdRsntVaJ6J50eM3hhqS7IAnt6cL4H9JoXor966GgqJ5Hfyvf0HOq4yxP7WKhVTeO-BPM4Lkgm44WiZ2E0J4hPmr3E7ozvbhHF32VIzc70D2ztwjSP8js/s243/Mercyhurst_University_Seal.png" /></a>I already told you the first: I got accepted back to Mercyhurst! I wanted to go to Seattle Pacific University, but I got wait listed, and the familiarity and sure thing of Mercyhurst was too much to pass up for the remote <br />
possibility of SPU. I'm not one to go for familiar when it comes to decisions like these, but I left my heart and soul up at Mercyhurst, so going back felt right. I still intend to end up in Seattle; just not yet (and you can be certain all of you will be seeing that journey unfold). What makes it even better is not only did I get accepted back, I got my old job back at our Performing Arts Center! For those of you that don't know, for the last two years of high school, I did stage crew. Then when I went to Mercyhurst, I spent all four years working as a stage hand, seeing some of the most amazing shows and meeting some of the most amazing performers; you don't know surreal until you get to speak Japanese with real Japanese Taiko drummers! Now I'm back, and as the GA of the center, meaning I'll have more responsibilities doing the one thing I love more than teaching that is not in my realm of nerddom. My return to Mercyhurst could not/cannot have gone better. Oh yeah, did I mention Sarah also goes to Mercyhurst? We're going to be the freaking Jessie and James of that campus!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wasn't sure if Sarah or I was Jessie or James, all I know is Jas is Meowth.</td></tr>
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I've also had the chance to go to some pretty awesome events recently that I did not forsee happening when I first started this blog. First, <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2013/03/jt-making-history-while-making-magic.html" target="_blank">I went to freaking GP CHARLOTTE</a>, the largest Magic event in his- ... Ok, so it was upstaged (read as: "obliterated") by GP Vegas last weekend, but whatever. I got to meet some heroes of mine, three out of the four dorks from <a href="http://themanapool.com/" target="_blank">The Mana Pool</a>, and got to see my best friend and our favorite nerd noob, Caitlin. Hands down this was the best week of my life.<br />
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Most recently there was AnimeNext, where Sarah, Jas, and I roadtripped to New Jersey for a weekend of cosplay debauchery (read as: they cosplayed while I took pictures, and then we were old fogies and went back to the hotel room early each night.... >.> <.< >.> did I just say fogies? F*ck....). Don't worry, those cosplay pictures will be up soon. I know I still owe you them. What was great for me during this trip was we tried out something completely new for us: we recorded end of day wrap-ups and posted them, unedited, on <a href="http://nerdpopularity.blogspot.com/2013/06/anime-next-day-one-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I never thought this site would go beyond text, but if you liked it, I definitely would not mind trying more. It was also great just going to a con because I really thought that after undergrad, my con days were over.<br />
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So, a year later and here we are. I've gone through my own personal hell and made it through with a smile. Even if this site is not huge and even if it never will be, I'm going to keep bringing you more content as I can. Like I said, I have a picture update for you, I'm working up some new CGCs and I'm sitting on a few posts from the rest of the gang too. This was just year one of who knows how many more, and I really hope you are going to see this through to the end, just like I will.<br />
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I'll keep writing if you keep reading...<br />
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[JT's note: <i>CUE THE TRUMPETS! I finally... </i>finally<i>... get to introduce you formally to Sarah, our newest author and Jas's other half. As a matter of fact, Jas wouldn't be on this site if it was not for Sarah (I met Jas because of her). She will be doing a multitude of different things; anime, manga, etc... and of course, cosplay...</i>]<br />
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First, I’d like to introduce myself. Hello, nice to meet you all; I am sure you
have heard lots about me! I am Jas’ cosplay partner Sarah and the eternal ghost
presence of this blog. JT has been begging me to write a segment for ages, but
I haven’t had the time, inspiration, or will power until now.<o:p></o:p><br />
I decided my first contribution will be some boring and philosophical (or not,
probably it’s just going to be some word vomit [JT’s note: <i>Deeeefinitely
more likely…</i>]) about cosplayers and the behind the scenes loves and terrors
that occur within, what have rightly been categorized as, cosplay “families.” I
have often heard people refer to their cosplay friends as family. I myself
consider my cosplay friends as a second family (love you Jas BABY <3). But
it is the overflow of tacky banners and hipster-esque captioned pictures with
the message that got me thinking about my own cosplay family and the dynamics
of others I have encountered. <o:p></o:p><br />
Unlike any other sport or hobby cosplay is virtually an unorganized phenomenon
when it comes to fashioning groups and partnerships. There are no group
leaders, teachers, councilors, or coaches to push cosplayers together and have
them socially interact. No one is there to intervene when we have problems, or
guide our activities, and there is no one there to pat us on the back when we
do a good job. In numerous ways this can be considered a plus. Many people,
myself included, as a result become more self-motivated, responsible, gain
better interpersonal skills, and learn how to collaborate as well as lead in a
group setting. Due to this freedom from authority cosplayers are also given the
privilege to construct their own ideal team; their own perfect family. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The truth of the matter is, rarely is a cosplay group ever a perfect family and
in fact many are far from it. Because there is typically no true authority in a
cosplay family many lack a mediator to quell rising tensions that inevitably
arise. Forming a circle of friendship in cosplay is like making new friends in
Kindergarten. Usually it begins by awkwardly shuffling up to someone who you
admire or has a similar cosplay and gushing over their perfection secretly
hoping they take some sort of ironic pity love for you (I mean what? That’s not
how you make friends? [JT's note: <i>No... Just her...</i>]). Although; rather
than asking your new friend if they will let you sit next to them at lunch like
in Kindergarten, you are asking them to endure your presence for a 2-4 day long
stress filled weekend in a room that is most likely meant for two but is
currently holding six. GREAT TIMES RIGHT?<o:p></o:p><br />
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This is why there is often “con drama;” or in clinical terms the emotional
catharsis of whiny babies on the first day of con. As fun as conventions are
they are also extremely stressful especially when you are packed into a room
the size of a sardine can with an inappropriate amount of people who have an
inappropriate amount of fragile luggage. It’s crucial to find friends who are
compatible since cosplay can be an unpredictable hell of a hobby all the way
from the hotel room to the con floor. You want friends who will not only
consider each other as “people they’d like to be with over family” but people
who treat other AS family. What do I mean by this? I mean friends who can work
well around each other, respect each other’s decisions, care for each other,
and compromise for each other. For example: Say Jas is putting on her pants and
I ask her to help me put tape on my boobs I’d like her to say; “There is
nothing in this world I’d rather be doing than putting my hands on your chest.”
Not, “Can’t you do it yourself I’m busy! You are so needy, you whiny baby!”
And, hey, it’s true I am a whiny baby. In fact my nick name among my cosplay
family is “Problem Child.” But rather than be malicious and get frustrated with
my more than apparent air-headedness my friends carry super-glue, Velcro,
scissors, and whatever else I may need and I do the same for them when they
wear a complicated cosplay. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "inherit","serif";">Now that this has been written out
it all seems to be very obvious but, no one likes to awkwardly walk by a
cosplayer crying into their latex gloves exiled from their hotel room. In order
to live harmoniously we have to pick our teams well and know that a good friend
will not always make a good group or roommate. What I have learned is just like
growing up through trial and error eventually you find the perfect friends and
the perfect roommates; for me they were ones who eat well, sleep well, take
care of me, are responsible, and love me (*uglycrying* My babies). Although,
what is perfect for me may not be perfect for you the important thing in
finding a cosplay group or even a set of roommates is finding people who
respect you and your life style whether that means working around it,
complementing it, or matching it! </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-69571221580764826492013-06-02T17:41:00.001-07:002013-06-02T17:41:03.877-07:00[JT] A faint pulse... I mean updateHiiiiiiii, everyone! :3<br />
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Yes yes; I'm not dead and I apologize for no updates lately. Work has been leaving me pretty drained and with no drive for much other than watching Let's Plays on YouTube recently. I'll have a nice long LifeDate for you all soon to explain everything a bit more in depth about what's been going on and what it might mean for things here, but rest assured that we are NO WHERE near done with this. <br />
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That wasn't the only reason I'm updating you guys though! This weekend is AnimeNext in New Jersey, and I wanted to tell you all that Jas, Sarah (who yes, you still have not officially met yet), and I will be going! We have something kind of cool/fun/maybe-totally-lame-but-we-don't-care planned that we haven't done yet that I'm really excited to do/share. Of course Jas and Sarah will be cosplaying all weekend; I'll tweet pics of their cosplays all weekend (and any other cool ones I see of course). Since I'm not a cosplayer, I'll just sort of be tagging along with them, but I'll have a multitude of different card game decks with me if you want to play a few games; namely Magic, Pokemon*, and Yu-Gi-Oh!*. It'd be pretty sic if we could get a giant EDH game going... just saying.<br />
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So yeah, just wanted to give you all a heads up. It'd be pretty cool to meet a few readers ^_^ and if you aren't going, you can always follow @NerdPop140 on Twitter and get things from my POV all weekend, or at least as much as I can update.<br />
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See you there!<br />
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*These will probably be casual/traditional; i.e. not just using recent sets in PKMN and using the traditional list in YGo (I won't have any broken combos).NerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-2795285586147715532013-04-01T18:36:00.000-07:002013-04-01T18:36:26.966-07:00[JT] BIG NEWS!I've been sitting on this info for too long, but I'm finally allowed to tell you all! This is going to be quick because we are still busy hammering out details, but I will give you all the info I have for now...<br />
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So apparently with all our nonsensical musings here, we caught the attention of MGM (No idea why; maybe it was my talking about horror movies or something around Halloween) and they really liked our cast of characters. Yes. That's right. I hate to break it to you if you haven't figured it out by now, but we've been acting the whole time. I've never shuffled a deck in my life and Jas has never even watched a cartoon, let alone one of those stupid anime thingies; Hell! My name is Richard... <br />
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When MGM realized this, they got in contact with me about some possible ways to franchise this thing, and we came up with a plot for a feature length film! We are currently casting the main roles now as we do some fine tuning on the plot. I can't go into too much detail about the plot, but I can tell you to think A Clockwork Orange, but instead of social hoodlums, we're nerds :).<br />
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We have some front runners for the casting though, and I'm proud to share with you who we are in talks with right now...<br />
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Bobby Lee as J.T. <br />
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Felicia Day as Caitlin <br />
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Nyxiie as Nyxiie (she's the only one of us who is actually a nerd, and so no one wanted to play her...)<br />
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Betty White as Jas<br />
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This dude as (Jas's pseudo-almost-actual lesbian lover) Sarah (you'll meet her here next season)<br />
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I can't wait to pass on more info to you, and will do so as soon as it's available and MGM let's me!<br />
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Now if you'll excuse me, I want some popcorn.<br />
-RichardNerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-1958510893087424412013-03-16T06:24:00.000-07:002013-03-16T06:24:07.517-07:00[Jas] C: Money of Soul and Possibility Control<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't remember this anime getting much press at all back when it debuted in 2011. I never watched it until I saw some cosplays on a Facebook group and got intrigued. Then, I recalled watching about half of the first episode before dropping it....well I was a moron. That's for sure. This 11 episode long anime was awesome!<br />
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It's nothing ground-breaking or anything, but it was definitely worth the watch! I wasn't expecting it to be as deep as it was and I really enjoyed the underlying themes, like the existence of the "financial district" and the effects that it has on reality as we know it to be. Investing with the "Future" is a very interesting theory, and I think they executed it very well. Things were wrapped up in the end and I couldn't help but smile at the ending.<br />
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The lead boy, Kimimaro, goes through a bunch of inner turmoil through this about what he believes is right, wrong, and what the future means to him. The "villain" of the show (Mikuni) isn't really a "villain" either, but a misguided man who only wants to preserve one moment in time. His character, as well as his "asset" (Q) are much more than meet the eye. His back story was hella depressing as well ;3; FEELS! Oh, I didn't actually state what the financial district is, did I? Well...<br />
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The Financial District is a separate world, like a side-by-side universe to our own. It runs on a special currency that is made by investing people's futures as a collateral. (If you don't understand this, well take a finance or economics course!) So. Anyways. If you are taken to this would you are dubbed an Entrepreneur and given an asset, that is basically your future. This asset takes a form and then fights for you. You take money from others you beat and as a result their future is damaged by the money loss or, in the extreme case, bankruptcy. Granted, if you don't really understand some economics basics, some of the terms and things might seem a little confusing. Attacks are boosted with inflation, in different levels, and there are "gains" and selling of stocks. They didn't really explain all the attacks in much detail, but I could get over that (Since I am a business major and all)<br />
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There was drama, action, romance, and coming-of-age. And....oh my god, dare I say it....there wasn't much fan service at all! :O (Minus Mashu's outfit...but that doesn't really count in my mind) I loved that it dealt with a pretty serious topic (Money running the world and basically ruining people's lives and the lives of everyone around them) and was still action packed and deliciously entertaining. For an 11 episode anime, it was worth the minimal amount of watching time I had to invest. (HAHAHA YOU SEE THAT FINANCE PUN I JUST USED THERE LOL PUN WAS SO INTENDED!!)<br />
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And...do I smell a new Cosplay? ....Q? I think I do.... heh heh~Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341138145419314912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227688161364085683.post-62338431436452731662013-03-02T19:00:00.002-08:002013-03-02T19:01:14.459-08:00[JT] Making History while Making MagicI'm just going to come right out and say that I just had the best week of my life. As you all know, at least you do if you paid attention to my last post and <a href="https://twitter.com/NerdPop140" target="_blank">my Twitter</a>, I went to Grand Prix Charlotte.<br />
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This is what 2,693 dorks look like from just above my eye level. Yes... just under 2,700 people came to play in the GP this past weekend (and that is not counting the people who only came to do side events, but more on those later). Not only was GP Charlotte the largest GP ever in the U.S., it was the largest <u><i>Magic</i></u> tournament in history!<br />
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... I mean ever... like... evvvvverrrrrr. <br />
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That alone made it worth the trip, but so much else happened this week that just elevated things to a whole new level of amazing.<br />
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Let's start this tale from the beginning. Thursday, I drove down to Charlotte. That in and of itself was fun. The whole time I listened to the 8.5 hours of set review that was done by Marshall Sutcliffe and Jon Loucks from <u><i>Limited Resources</i></u>... the trip was only 7.5 hours, by the way. After I got there, I met up with my best friend and fellow author here on NerdPop, Caitlin! This was the first time in a year and a half we got to hang out, so the trip was already off to the best possible start it could have had.<br />
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Friday, I went to the Charlotte Convention Center for the first day of the GP. Since I had pre-registered, after checking in I had nothing I really to do, so I just sort of wandered around, checking out the dealers' tables (read as: drooling like a madman), and checking out the side events. There was a large selection of events to try out: 8-man win-a-box tournaments in Standard, Modern, and Legacy (you literally win a box of Gatecrash); GP grinders (earn byes for the first rounds of the main tournament); 8-man draft pods; and even 4-man Commander/EDH pods.<br />
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After the Commander game, I set about to try and get some new cards, which was a rousing success. I got some sic foils (~$100) for NO money; i.e. just trading in random standard cards I didn't need. I usually hate bragging, but this is a special occasion. I also played in a 8-person Standard win-a-box with my Deadeye Control deck, which was a mistake because I hadn't touched the deck in almost a month. I lost in the first round to an Aristocrats deck.<br />
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Next started the best part of the GP. Soon after getting my foils, I met up with Chewie and Mike from the podcast, <u><i>The Mana Pool</i></u>, as well as Bill, also somewhat of <u><i>The Mana Pool</i></u>. I got to hang out with them for a decent part of the night, and it was AWESOME. We played some EDH (or at least Mike, another listener of TMP, and I did) before I had to bail and get some sleep before the main event.<br />
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Day 2 of the GP started off very slowly as they tried to accommodate the sheer number of players. While we waited, I got to meet Brian, the third host of <i><u>TMP</u></i> that was competing (who ended the weekend in 123rd freaking place! Holy crap!). Once we got things set up and ready to go, I looked at my pool and was slightly underwhelmed. I had a pretty solid "Borzhov" pool that topped out with Angelic Skirmisher, but it was nothing outstanding... and it showed. I went 1-3 before finally dropping. I was going to give you a round by round recap, but nothing too sensational happened with the exception of being on both sides of an insurmountable life total. Of course, both times I ended up on the wrong end of a zero total.<br />
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A little later on I did a side draft, ending up in my favorite archetype for this format: Esper. There is something very satisfying in getting back the Gridlock you had hidden away under a Bane Alley Broker to swing in with a Shadow Slice encoded creature for exactly lethal. Unfortunately. I lost in the second round thanks to the dream Simic curve of Cloudfin Raptor into Shambleshark into Crocanura into Crowned Ceratok O_o. The rest of the day was spent hanging out and rooting on Brian.<br />
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We then played another game with a Karn, Silver Golem player. Bill kept Lazav while Mike switched to Dakkon Blackblade and I to Bruna, Light of Alabaster. At one point I had a 30+/30+ Bruna with protection from creatures and double Totem Armor, but I didn't swing with her because I decided to give everyone one more round around the table before swinging, and she promptly got Phyrexian Metamorph'ed away *le sigh*. We were eventually all milled out by the Karn player's Rings of Brighthearth and Otherworld Atlas to make us all draw 36 cards, and of course I only had 35 cards left in my library -_-. It was a really fun set of games though. After, we hung out and waited to see how Brian did, which I already spoiled. After that we dispersed. It was amazing to meet those guys, and to do so at such an epic (I really do not think there is any other word more fitting) event such as GP Charlotte.<br />
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After the GP, I got to hang out with Caitlin a bit more [and here is where the Casual Daze sort of begins...]. We saw "Warm Bodies". It's definitely cute, but very... unorthodox? Or should I just say odd? Basically, it took me a bit of time to get comfortable with the movie breaking a lot of zombie conventions that I grew up with. It was definitely worth the price of admission though (OK, I'm a little biased since we got a matinee fee ,,v. ~_^).<br />
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Unfortunately our time was cut short just because of classes and work, so we didn't get to do much else. We did however get to grab some food at <i>Bubba's Barbeque</i>, which is an awesome little dive in Charlotte with real barbeque. I even got to chat with the owner for a bit, and he made me take a test to see whether I was a boy, or a man. I'm going to leave you with a picture of the test, and the words he told me that pretty much summed up the entirety of the amazing week I had down South...<br />
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See y'all later!<br />
-JT<br />
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P.S. No, I am not going to be typing with Southern mannerisms from now on :PNerdPophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10848427898675860938noreply@blogger.com0