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Artifact 2.0 - My Personal Review
Hey guys, Ive been planning to do this for quite some time, because I want this game to succeed and the best way to do that is give feedback of course. I didnt just want to talk out of my ass, so I decided to play the game until I thought I could actually give useful feedback. I got into the beta with the very last wave of players, so I havent been playing that long, yesterday however I reached Immortal rank so I feel like I played the game enough for my opinion to have some weight and it had enough time to develop properly. In general Im very positive on A2 and have quite a few bad things to say about A1, but I will try to give reasons for everything I say and also give positive and negative feedback. So my way of starting the game was, I played the campaign all of the mssions except the hunger ones and hero draft until I had a full collection and then waited a little more until I reached Ancient rank so I could experiment in constructed without losing ranks. So I basically got the new player experience the way it was intended, even though of course Im not a new player really, because I played A1 and Im an experienced card game player. I will still give my opinion on this system. So here we go. The campaign: Playing the campaign didnt really scratch too much of an itch. A lot of the missions were super easy and therefore not fun to play at all. Thats kinda expected from beginner missions, but as a lot of other people already pointed out it also didnt really do a good job of explaining the game. Now I know that a proper tutorial is planned, but if thats the case maybe making the first mission a little bit more difficult might be a good idea so they dont feel like a complete waste of time. The later missions like the meepo one were well designed and fun to play, but we need more of those if campaign is gonna be a thing in A2. Also on another note: I actually had a good idea to complement the new tutorial. I didnt see any other game do it, but I think its a good idea and might be downright needed for a complex game like A2. You could have a menu in the main menu thats called rulebook or something, that you can open where you can read about all the game mechanics and keywords. I think this would help newer players a lot since often times you cant remember everything just because you played it in a tutorial once and playing the tutorial again is not fun at all. So having a place thats easy to navigate where you can read up on stuff you forgot would be super helpful. Hero Draft: When I didnt have access to the game yet I was kinda sold on the idea of hero draft. Now after playing it, Im a bit more sceptical. It looks like a fun concept on paper, and as a casual game mode it totally is, but it has several problems that Im gonna point out. First of all as many players pointed out, playing hero draft until you have a full collection in general is not a good experience, because on the way there you really get excited to play other modes. In general the mode does a good job of showcasing the mechanics of A2 and why they are great and what you can do in theory, but once youve realized that, you actually wanna start DOING these things instead of just theorizing about them. So basically you grow out of hero draft at some point, and for experienced card gamers that doesnt take long. Now whether thats a problem or not depends on whether there is a grind for cards in the full game ( which Im expecting there is), because that basically locks constructed away. Even if the matchmaking takes into consideration the card pools of the players, people are just not interested in playing constructed with limited card pools, and I wasnt either. This concept doesnt work, because if players like the concept of playing around and managing limitations, then phantom draft is likely where they wanna go. So I guess it all depends on at what point phantom draft will be available for new players. So the problem with hero draft and why it wont be a permanent game mode for most people is, that it lacks competitive integrity, and I think the crowd this game will attract will mostly be competitive people. I have a few suggestions that can help mitigate this problem, but I feel like hero draft just cant get to a point where people will respect this game mode and therefore it probably shouldnt be a ranked game mode. The first thing you can do is to improve the random decks created. I still remember having some really shitty decks and the game should generally make efforts to create a useful deck. I still remember one game where I played mono blue and my hand was complete garbage, to a point where I overdrew and had to struggle to get rid of cards in my hand to get to my items and newly drawn cards, because all the cards that were sitting in my hand were useless. Of course this is also kind of a balance problem, but if the variance in deck strength in general is too high the mode kinda becomes coinflip simulator instead of a deep strategy game. So this could definitely use some improvement. The other thing is the card pool. Currently the game uses a combined card pool of both players, but that gives the more experienced player an unfair advantage, on top of the fact that he already has an advantage because hes more experienced. This game mode matched me with a lot of players that had way bigger card pools than me and I assume this will stay this way for full release since people will leave this game mode fairly quickly and the ques wont be populated that much. Therefore Im suggesting that you change the card pool to only using cards that are in both players collection. This shouldnt be a problem because the starting card pool is big enough to play this mode, and it actually has benefits for both groups of players. The newbies dont get needlessly disadvantaged when playing against more experienced players, since they are already likely to lose, but this could actually help make these games less stompy and feel more like meaningful games. On top of that the experienced players that will likely only come to this mode for casual games, get a different experience from their play-with-full-card-pool-games, they get in the other game modes, depending on who they are facing and how progressed their collection is at this time. So that might make the game mode more interesting for them as well. Constructed: Im not gonna say too much about constructed, because in general I feel constructed is great in this game. Im mainly a constructed player, I played constructed only after reaching Ancient rank with hero draft, and I got Immortal rank in it yesterday. The quality of constructed mainly comes down to the game mechanics and card balance. I think the game mechanics were pretty much made for constructed play and Im also very pleased that you take card balance so seriously. Theres something for everyone, great ways to come up with creative decks that noone plays except you and have success, but also the "Im gonna netdeck an already optimized deck and play with it"-experience, that a lot of people seek. The good thing is that playing the game has a really high skill ceiling, which makes netdecking in this game not op, because you have to learn how to play the deck properly if you want to have success. Last thing I wanna say is that I hope you guys nail phantom draft as much as constructed, so theres a home for every type of player in Artifact. Mechanics that were changed from A1, and why those were good changes: In the next paragraph Im gonna go over things that changed from A1, and why these changes made the game better, because a lot of people still demand that specific mechanics go back to the way they were in A1, however I dont think there is a single change they made over A1 that is not an improvement, so Im gonna explain myself.
Lets start with the elephant in the room. The mana system in A2 imo is pretty good, even though it could still use some tweaks and Im gonna adress that a little later. But whats more important is, to realize why the A1 mana system was deeply flawed and imo the main reason why A1 failed, from the gameplay side of things. Imagine there was a card in Hearthstone, that read: "Destroy 1 minion your opponent controlled and burn 3 of their mana" and costs 7 mana. Would that be balanced? Maybe, Im not a HS expert. Would that be fun to play against? Hell no! What I just decribed to you Is what the average assassinate in A1 would do. You can say a lot about modern card games, and how most of them are dumb as hell, and I would mostly agree with you. But the thing is the card game industry figured some things out over the past couple decades. And one of those things is: Which mechanics are unfun, and therefore shouldnt be in our game. Mana burn is actually one of them (funny thing is mana burn does exist in A2, but is far from a competitive concept, so I guess we are in the clear for now). The mechanics of A1 are designed in a way, that the whole game revolves around this concept, a concept that is deemed unfun by the vast majority of the card game industry, and for good reason I want to add. It has always been an unwritten rule of card games that, if you can prevent your opponent from playing the game at all, then that will always be a winning strategy. I used to play a lot of old school Yu-gi-oh! back in the day. And back then cards existed in the game like " The Forceful Sentry", "Confiscation" and "Trap Dustshoot", that had the effect that you could look at your opponents hand and then take away one of their cards. All of these cards are still banned to this day in modern Yu-gi-oh! and the reason is simple: Looking at your opponents hand and taking away one of their cards is such a powerful concept, that it will decide games on the spot way too often and create an unfun experience in the process. And from my understanding, card game developers understood this, because this mechanic simply doesnt exist anymore in modern card games ( sure there probably are some exceptions, and funny enough Imperia in A2 is one of them, but you get the idea). And this is where A1 went wrong and why A2 is doomed to fail again if the developers should ever go back to the old mana system: The fact that you can deny a big chunk of your opponents mana pool by clearing all the heroes from a lane. As long as this is a thing, the game will always revolve around this mechanic, because the concept of denying your opponent actions is just too powerful of a concept to not use if its available. Sure you could design your cards in a way that this is not easily achievable, but why would you limit your design space this much, when the answer is simple: Just dont have your game have mana burn as a major mechanic because its not fun! Sure disruption is still a concept that exists in card games and its always gonna be powerful, because its simply impossible to design a game without having at least unintended interaction, that limit plays for the opponent. But it is from my point of view a consensus that the card game industry came to, that games are generally more fun if both players get to do what they want and noone gets shut out of the game. This of course is a utopia, not every single game can be a back and forth, but this is also an utopia that is worth working towards, and in my humble opinion A2 does a great job at that. And A1 just didnt respect this at all. A1 to me always felt more about shutting the opponent out of the game and therefore preventing them from executing their strategy at all, rather than letting the strategies of both players clash head on. And that is why I think A1's gameplay was incredibly unfun for the vast majority of players, and the mana system is to blame imo.
The deployment phase I think we all agree on is a straight up improvement from A1. Flops could be super frustrating and downright game deciding in A1 and A2 didnt completely eliminate this problem, but made some improvements to mitigate snowballing from the flop and those are very welcome. Deploying heroes after the flop also just got way better. No more random position for heroes, which I think a lot of people wanted, and rightfully so, because more player agency also means more room for skill expression.
Removing the random arrow was very important in my opinion, because this was just a source of needless frustration. Yes you could influence the arrows in A1, but a) this concept was not nearly prominent enough in the game to fight the bullshit rng that came from the random arrows, and b) even if you do have quite a lot of ways to influence arrows, it would still be randomly decided whether you needed to use that limited resource or not, which is still not ok. I dont think you would be cool with havin a random chance to discard your cheapest card and burn one of your mana at the start of your turn in A2, would you? I could go on my rng rant right here, but I will save that for later so lets move on.
So the shop is an interesting one. I already said, that I think it is an improvement over the old shop. But this is for me the mechanic, that still needs the most tweaks. But I will have a seperate section on how I would change the shop. This is about whats wrong with the A1 shop and why it needed to change. The obvious one are the consumables. People have complained about TP scroll randomness for ages and for good reason. Having one consumable that shows up at random and is like 10 times more impactful that the other consumables on top of also being cheaper is just straight up bad design. But also the item deck was very flawed. Not only that you could get crazy strong items on turn 2 or 3 if you highroll with an econ deck and decide the game then and there, you could also never really put high cost items into non-econ decks because they could show up at random and block you for the turn, which led to this really stale item meta especially in draft. The A2 shop improves on that by giving the player some agency over which items show up and therefore eliminate the problem of items blocking you like that, on top of the fact that they always allow you to run high cost items and then decide during the game that its not worth upgrading the shop because youre not gonna be able to afford pricey items. Also im not a big fan of the secret shop either, but ill go into that a bit later. The A2 shop still needs improvement for sure, but its already a sizeable improvement over the A1 shop, which was a complete dumpster fire imo.
The hero designs in A2 are so much better. Interesting cards are very important for a game to be succesful and A1 had way too few of them, which led to this super solved meta/tier list, mostly because the game didnt give a lot of reasonable alternatives. Now this is also a balance issue, but having simple cards also pushes this kind of development. Because the simpler a card is, the easier it is to evaluate its power level, on top of the fact that simple cards are also more boring to play with. If it was for me, I would probably have given every hero1 passive and 1 active, but Im fine with the way things are currently on the hero front. More complex heroes = more room for experimentation = more stuff for Timmies to do, which cannot be understated for a card game that wants to be succesful. But this also raises the skill ceiling, which is something that a Spike can appreciate as well.
The overdraw pile is also quite controversial, I still like it better than having no hand limit at all though. Havin no hand limit promotes this do-nothing-and-accumulate-cards-playstyle, that Im not a big fan of. For the same reasons items and abilities now cost money and I like that as well. I think having too many cards in a card game needs to be punished, because if it isnt, this will create unhealthy playstyles. The funny thing is, as bad as the overdraw pile feels sometimes, I even like this solution more that the standard cards-get-discarded-if-you-have-too-many-approach. Because artifact has items unlike most of these games, and your hand needs to be able to contain them. But I still stand by the stance that no hand limit is unhealthy for games, and this imo even apllies to items. Players SHOULD get punished for not playing cards imo, this also changes the flow of the game towards more proactivity, which is a good thing imo. The one thing that needs to change about the overdraw pile though is, that you need to see which cards are in it and in what order, but Im sure this will be a thing at some point.
For the last one Im gonna talk about a change thats fairly underrrated imo and therefore needs some attention, because it shows to me, that the devs DO KNOW their stuff about card games and are able to identify problems with the design, that dont get circlejerked in the community. Lets talk about why the armor changes are a nice improvement. One thing that the hero/item system in artifact brings with it is, that heroes over the course of the game can become unkillable behemoths, which feels really bad if youre on the other side of the board from that. This is still a thing in A2 by the way, which is for example why I think a card like Lady Anshu is somewhat problematic. The armor changes are a step in the right direction though. In A1 it felt like games were frequently coming to a point where instakill cards like Coup de Grace, Annihilation or Assassinate would become a neccesity, because key heroes couldnt be killed in other ways anymore, which is really bad for card balance. The armor changes are not the most important change in A2, but they are a step in the right direction. It always feels bad, and this still applies to A2, if you look at a hero and think to yourself "I will never kill this hero...", because it is either not possible or simply not worth the effort it would take to do so. This for example is my main problem with Tidehunter atm in A2. He is way too hard to kill for how annoying he is on the board, and that makes it pretty unfun to play against him.
Things that you should/could change about A2:
Lets start with the mana system again. I think the mana system of having one mana pool for all the lanes is good and needs to stay. I also think that items and actives costing mana is a good change, because these chages reduce the stalling, but also create meaningful decision, because mana is a limited resource and you cant do everything you want in a turn, so you have to evaluate, which action is the best to take out of your options. Its still a common opinion here that people want to take more actions a turn and that high cost cards should have more impact in general. A solution or maybe its more fitting to say improvement for this that I would at least try is: Remove the courier and start the game with 4 mana. This can improve a couple of problems at once. First of all it is widely known that the current iteration of the courier is a bandaid and that it will be changed in some way in the future. But even if the courier becomes a standard game mechanic in the future and not a card, is that really good for the game? The courier as is, is a pretty confusing mechanic for players new to the game. I doubt that it would be more clear if the courier is not a card anymore, it will likely be even more confusing even if there is a visual indicator for it. Removing the courier and starting at 4 mana would be in net the same as having the courier and playing an item every turn, which from my experience you do not. So this change would not only mean that you remove confusion from the game, players would also have a little more mana to spend and they would get earlier into the turns where they can play high cost cards. So it at least adresses some of the problems the players are having currently. I think its worth a try.
The shop is a pretty hard one to solve and still has many flaws. Im gonna focus on the one that is the most prominent to me for now. This also ties back to why I think the secret shop was a dumb concept in A1. I know this is probably a controversial statement, but I think the shop still has too much RNG. Having random items pop up in the shop, when theres so many items that are straight up hard counters for certain strategies is just unfun in general and should never decide any games. In my perfect vision of the shop, the shop becomes a toolbox for you to have at your disposal, where you can put items that complement your strategy or disrupt the opponents strategy, IF and only IF, you have identified that you need answers to that strategy. So what I think is, that a player should be able to design their entire item deck if they wish to do so, and further doing this should be mandatory at least in official tournaments. Now this would never be a good addition to be mandatory in regular ladder play, because it would just create an inconvenience for players to add items to tiers they know they wont be using. So autofilling the items deck still needs to be a thing, especially in draft because you wont have enough items, but the item deck should not be random if the player piloting a constructed deck doesnt want it to be and on top of that all the items in the opponents and your deck should show up in the deck tracker even if they were generated randomly, so that you dont get blindsided by a hard counter that just happened to be in the opponents item deck without you knowing. Easy examples for that would be hooked net for creep based strategies, jasper daggers for decks with lots of crowd control or demagicking maul for tower enchantment based strategies. You should never lose to a randomly created counter in your opponents item without at least knowing its in there and you should not be able to counter anything in tournaments unless you decided you want to counter this specific strategy, thats a tleast my opinion. Now I know this is basically a debate about rng in card games, which is obviously needed, but even then the shop will still have rng over which items show up, just then all the items that could show up were chosen by you, and theres still draw rng and in draft your deck is also rng, I dont really think this rng is needed at all. Managing rng is an interesting concept, and A1 wanted to be that kind of game, but I dont think theres a place for that in the current market, and even if there was A1 just didnt execute this concept well enough to be succesful. Hearthstone and autobattlers are somewhat successful in that genre, but the harsh truth is, none of these games will ever get close to the behemoth that is Texas Holdem Poker. Truly the king of all rng management games, it offers benfits to lovers of this type of gameplay that even Hearthstone can only dream of. It offers way more money to you for being succesful in it, while also giving you a way bigger edge over your opponents, if youre good at it, while also being quite fun. Its hard to compete with THP for any of these games, when its just the obvious go to for rng-lovers. And I always hear this argument "But when we remove all the rng out of card games they will just become chess!", and I have to say, that is such a dumb argument its not even funny. Chess is a full information, almost all-skill-game. A card game could never hope to get anywhere close to that! The only rng in chess is the coinflip at the start of the game, thats it. In card games there will always be draw rng, which already puts like a 1000 times more rng in a card game then in chess, there will almost always be the fact that you cant see whats in your opponents hand, and in Artifact, even with the shop changes I suggested, there will always be shop rng. The compasison between A2, which reduced the rng significantly from A1, and chess is so far fetched, you need to be a complete moron to think thats even somewhat close to being accurate. The only thing this achieves is, that it gets further away from being a slot machine, which is a good thing at least for me. Im not a chess player personally, because its a bit too boring for my taste, but I would probably play chess if you could choose your own pieces out of like 50 different options, because thats basically what card games feel like to me, and why I like them in the first place. If they are executed well, they feel like some customizable version of chess with rng sprinkled in, these are the ones I want to play, the bad ones feel like slot machines, and those are the ones I stay away from. Whether you lean more towards the Chess or the THP side is a matter of personal taste, both are excellent games. What we need to understand though is, for a card game to be successful, it needs to have some legitimacy when compared to these games, because at the end of the day card games are in the same overall genre of strategy games. So the best case scenario is, that you position yourself somewhere in between those two, because no game can become successful by being a shitty ripoff of any of those two games ( except Hearthstone I guess, because they were the first digital card game with a masive IP behind them...). And I understand, that a lot of you are afraid that A2 will become a shitty version of chess, which I think we are still quite far away from, but I couldnt help but feel, that A1 already was a shitty version of THP, which made me not wanna play it.
OK, this is all I can think of for now. I probably forgot some things and I will edit them if I think they are important, but this needs to do for now. I hope this is some useful feedback, and I will of course be here and in other threads for discussion in the future. I hope this game becomes a success, even though the road there is still long and rocky. Devs keep up the good work!
This was hard for me to write I will include the Drive link to anyone who wants to read it there I'm 25 I live in PA here's my story.
I have my google drive if anyone would want that by any means just let me know ill shoot it over to you so you can have the DOC. also set to CONTROVERSIAL. Death to who you think you are Chapter one: The briefing If we want to get the feeling of the beginning we have to start from the real beginning. I don’t remember the real age but I was very young. We shall say somewhere from one to two. I got to spend time with my real father and that leads down a bad path. From what I was told, being older that is. I had gotten soap in my eye and I cried nonstop and my dad hit me in the face. Now, this wasn’t some normal hit or love tap of being out of order. This was a young baby with now a fractured skull and an innocent child that now will start his journey in life on the wrong foot. My mother took my real father out to court over custody and needless to say he did not show and my mother had taken me home safe from something every happening again. We can kind of fast forward from this point to about the age of four to five. My life consists of my mother, my grandfather and my grandmother. My mom at this point had brought me around a lot of people and for me being a kid I didn’t know a lot, but we never went around someone I shouldn’t be around. But then my mother brought this guy around. We shall call him Lewis. he was a cool guy we got along well with and with me not having that father figure around it was cherished in a way that not a lot of people will get. Towards the end of me being my five-year-old self, my mother had gotten married to Lewis. It was a beautiful wedding and my mom was herself, everything just seemed right as a child, happiness is simple when you are that age I guess. We had lived in a small town in a house that my mother had purchased around the same time as the wedding, also along with that was a few brand new cars. Life was good as a child at least that’s what it looked like. The next few years flew past I had a new father and my mother was happy just everything was right. Now first thing’s first I was not a super poor child or I mostly got what I wanted being an only child. But as little as I knew things were going to change and I had no idea. Around the age of ten is when things started to fall out of place and was a downward spiral until I started my new journey. My mother never had a good record with health but that goes for most of us in the family. She had suffered from numerous strokes and back issues due to a car accident that changed her life. Many hospitals and doctors’ offices had been visited with the journey I’ve taken with my mother. But we shall also get deeper into that. At this time in life, my mother was going through changes that I did not understand. She was sick and also trying to have a baby some time went on and things seemed well with my mother but something inside as a kid told me things were only starting and boy was I right. Around this time of me being nine to ten my mother had lost over ten miscarriages, I mostly don’t know the real reasons why that was but I’m sure if I wasn’t told correctly it was to make it seem like everything will be okay in the end. But many times I knew about having a sibling and sometimes it was just oh the stork or something didn’t make it, you know the things we were all fed as kids so we just didn’t ask questions. Finally, a miracle for my mother and Lewis happened. They got pregnant with my younger sister. That was a long 9 months with my mother for sure. But once my sister was born there were problems that I didn’t understand fully. She had been put on a machine that was attached to her heart, as a kid, this was terrifying to see someone you love in that situation because as myself-going through something life-changing likes that. At this age is when I started getting “Stuck in my head”. My grandfather raised me showing me to always be observant and have your back to a corner so no one can come up from behind you. At a young age, I was taught a lot in a short time. Because on top of my mother having issues and my grandmother was also sick at the same time with this thing called cancer that I had no idea what it was or how harsh of a thing it was. But at that age, I realized something was wrong. Wrong… I started spending time with my grandparents more and more and I wouldn’t leave their side. That’s when I had realized these are my parents and my haven. Now don’t get me wrong my mother is my mother and I will love that woman no matter what I say or do. But she also knows what I mean by this statement and as for most of you know that’s just how having grandparents is. At this time I committed my time to my grandmother though. Like I had friends and stuff in school but nothing meant more to me than going to see her after school or on the weekend just honestly any time. I was learning so much from her how to cook, clean, do laundry or even just something like gardening. I was learning so much at such a fast pace I was blinded to the fact that this woman, my haven, my grandmother was dying and I had not the slightest clue. In this short time of ten to about twelve is where I learned how to become an adult very early. I was on a mission and I had no idea. Page 1 Chapter two: The blindfolded truth In the time of me being around my grandmother, I have seen things people will never see in their lifetime and things that you couldn’t even process in your head. This section will be about my Grandmother and just my journey with a woman who was the purest person you could ever meet. The time of realizing my grandmother was sick I picked up even harder on being there making sure she knew I loved her. Around when I did start to notice was when she started losing her hair. To me, she was still a beautiful woman no matter how she looked because her soul was so pure you could just feel it in the atmosphere around you. You can see the sickness in her eyes, you can see the thoughts, the worry and the pain. But she never broke character; she never let us know how much it bothered her. Until one afternoon she had gone into the bathroom. She had collapsed and I had heard it. I ran to that door as fast as I could but it was locked. I had no response from her but I knew I needed to get in here. I knew this was not good. Soon my mother and grandfather came to help. We got that door open and we had many smelling salts planted around the house and this was a time we had to use one. As my grandmother laid there hopeless, unconscious and looking lifeless my heart dropped emptiness grew inside my head and my heart and my soul started to feel like it was being torn out of me. I had to have been around the age of ten to eleven when this had happened. It was all like a daze, something that wouldn’t go away as the EMS got there and they had stabilized her enough to get her to the hospital. Across this time frame this was very normal she lived at chemo or the hospital or doctors. The chemo at this rate had been burning her because of how often and strong the treatments were. My grandmother used to sit there and not be coherent or not know who she was or sometimes the grandkids or her husband. We all understood though. We all knew this was going to be a long ride or this was going to end soon and none of us wanted that to happen. She was progressively getting sicker and there was nothing I could do about it. We moved forward and did all the things we needed to do for her and as a family we were one of the strongest families around no questions asked. One day she had gotten a call or was at the hospital or something along with that nature and she was told that the doctor that had done her test reading had read it wrong and she was given the wrong treatments of chemo. (Leukemia lymphoma) Fill with info!). So for that time of around 2 years of treatments they were treating her wrong and with that kind of treatment being wrong they were just put here in a microwave and frying her. By this time there wasn’t very much to do. There was only one shining light of hope and it was this amazing doctor from Pittsburgh that took care of my grandmother. She trusted this man to save her life, as did we all. All within a month, we had to film a documentary with the attorney that was handling the case with my grandmother and that’s when we all kind of knew this wasn’t going to end well. After all the filming and stuff was done it had started to run into the holidays and man they just were not the same and you could tell. She had been in Pittsburgh at this time staying in a hotel room right across the hospital where it was filtered air and just everything was super clean. Her prepping had come to an end and it was time. The family gathered at west Penn before the surgery. The drive was quiet but I knew everyone was just in their thoughts as was I. I had hoped due to the percent that she had told us of making it through it all. Which to us kids was around 80 percent; you know something to make it easier on the grandkids to understand. We all gathered in this waiting room and the room filled with silence for a bit you can just feel the tension in the room and that’s not what my grandmother wanted. She wanted us to be ourselves, talk and be a family and we did it just to break the ice. We all know my grandmother was the one to break that ice. We all talked and the time we had seemed so short but all said and done it was time to go. My mother and I wanted to stay just in case we needed to be here. But my grandfather was not having it he wanted everyone to go home and relax for the night. Remind you if something happens we are an hour plus away. Well, Lewis had calmed my mother down to the point where we all went home. The night grew old and sitting in my room thinking she will be okay I'll just call her tomorrow. Now, this is where the nightmare became a reality. I had woken up early to dead silence, my stomach turning and head spinning, it felt like a movie a haze filling the room but not just the feeling there is. I walked downstairs to my mother making coffee and I just remember looking at her and I said I don’t feel right something is wrong, she also had the same feelings. Shortly after the phone rang, it was like a horror movie. She raced to pick up the phone and it was my grandfather. Mostly all that was said to me was we needed to get the whole family there as quickly as possible. We scattered and collected the family and drove my mother to make it there in around a half-hour to forty-five minutes. We pulled in and I had my great grandmother in a wheelchair. We rushed to where we needed to be in no time. As we got to the final stretch to see her my heart was racing hands shaking. My heart slows as we approach The room. I see these women in this bed that I had no idea who she was. I had thought maybe I had the wrong room or something. I just remember looking at the nurse and saying that isn’t my grandmother. She had gained a massive amount of water weight and she was attached to this machine with all these clear tubes running a tank and in that tank was the blood that was being cycled out and back in because her body couldn’t do it by itself. We were told she can hear but she cannot respond or open her eyes. A large part of me died in a matter of minutes. A cold shiver went up my spine rapidly into my brain and everything lost colors and feelings and it got really cold. We were pulled into another room to talk to the doctor about what was going on and what had happened and you can tell a lot of hate and anger went right to him in the room. But as we were explained she crashed the percent we were all told was indeed super low the real percent was only five and she had made it through that five percent chance. The issue was cancer got so bad it had taken over and this is where a choice changed the lives of many. One thing I will never wish someone has to do is to choose someone if they live or die. The switch of never seeing someone again, seeing their smile or feel the love from someone again. While they made this decision I got to spend a few last moments with her to where she could hear me. Things no one has ever heard but us two. Those things didn't let anyone forget her. I was sorry if I didn’t say I loved you enough and that I’ll take care of grandpa. I just don’t want you to go but it will be okay and if you can’t do it by yourself it is okay to let go someday we'll all understand. At that moment she squeezed my hand with all she had in her and a tear fell from her eye. I knew it was time I knew this was the goodbye that I had nightmares about sleepless nights. Shortly my mother returned and we talked to her some more and then the rest of the family had said their goodbyes. As I sat there in my chair in the waiting room I waited and waited and then the real meaning of empty had filled me, a ring in my ear it had felt like I watched my heart and mind get sliced in half before me. The room filled with silence again and the ringing stopped… She was gone but she had let go before the machine had been turned off and you could tell. Peace had filled the air for just a brief minute knowing she had never had to deal with the pain and suffering. But the anger and hate grew with the pain and my head was spinning and I just couldn’t believe it, I didn’t want to believe it. What seemed like maybe a half hour I was with my grandfather helping him collect her things and her from the apartment they were staying at once we had all of the things we had left. The drive had felt like hours and hours had gone by not much was said not many tears were shed either. We all had finally gathered at their house. Blank faces across the room, silent tears running slowly down everyone's faces. No one knew what to say. You can tell everyone wanted to comfort one another but you just couldn’t find the words to speak. Some of what happened is just a blur to me. The next thing I know we arrived at the funeral. Smelled of overpowering perfume, you can feel that certain people did not belong here. You can tell my mom was losing a grip on reality; she hadn’t eaten much, slept or even showered much. She wanted my grandmother’s funeral to be perfect and it was as perfect as it could have been. The day went on and it was our times to say our final goodbyes. The effect was kicking in at this rate the women, my mother, my grandmother, and my hero was gone. She would never get to see me grow up, graduate or even get married and have kids someday. MY life had felt like nothing but over. I don’t remember much at the time of burying her. I mostly stayed in the car. We had stuck around my grandfathers for a while every day in and out eventually he had won the lawsuit against the hospital and the doctor that had made the mistake of his life. I don’t remember the exact numbers but the set amount was a million dollars after taxes, lawyer fees and all that he still has a decent amount left. My mother and her two brothers received a good chunk of money out of this from my grandfather. Everyone did something good with it and did well with the money for the most part. But there was another turning point in life that we didn’t know was about to happen. Chapter Three: The distraction My grandfather is a hell of a man. That man would give you the skin off his back. He has also taught me about life and god and hunting just all the things a father would teach their child. My grandfather was in a car accident when I was very young. He was bedridden for some time; he worked down at the steel mill; he was one of the big guys down there. He claims to me that I was the reason he wanted to make it through the pain and suffering to live. He says I saved his life and I see that but little does he know he is what kept me alive all these years as a person. He was the father I never had. That man put his life into me and I’ve also done the same as best as I can. But when my grandmother had passed away he had felt an empty feeling that I will never understand and neither will anyone else in this world. It was his wife, his partner, his everything and she was just gone. He always had a good poker face but little does he know he taught me to be so observant that I can feel things in a matter of seconds I can feel things by looking into people’s eyes. But his poker face became a part of his life. He had gone to Vegas numerous times to play Texas Holdem and slots. He had gambled his pain away and no money in the world can ever take that pain away. You can’t replace that feeling no matter how hard you try. At this time I was trying to be around and be his grandson but I also was failing myself. I gave up on myself. So instead I started a new thing. I took my pain and turned it into healing others since I knew I understood people more than they thought I could do this. Well, an incident happened where I forgot my grandfather was in Vegas for weeks. We had talked briefly and he had some scrap in the back. I was going to clean up the house so when he returned it had some life back in and we got to make a few bucks because he didn’t want the scrap money. When I had gotten out back the door was inched open I had told my friend to go out to the front just to make sure they didn't run out the front if there was someone there. I searched everywhere I could and no one was found. His girlfriend he now had which was only like 8 months after my grandmother’s death. Which we will cover that soon also. But anyway she had walked in and had asked why I was there and I explained myself and everything went bat shit crazy my mother showed up, mind you she hated this lady. Some arguments happened and my grandfather called in the middle of everything and he wanted all the keys back whoever had one and none of us were to step foot on the property. A while went on and I and he hadn’t spoken. But one night I and Lewis got into a very heated argument and I had packed my shit and went to the haven I thought I had. Only to get there and have him look me in my eyes and tell me I’m not welcome there. At that point, I hadn’t had anything. I was failing out of school. My mother wouldn’t leave her bed. Lewis was out cheating on my mother because of how mentally unstable my mother was. Now at this time frame, I had been running around with the wrong crew. People who stole didn’t have a home. I was around fifteen to sixteen getting drunk and smoking weed and just not giving a care in the world what happened to me. 2009 is when I knew I had been around the wrong people. One night I had gone to a party just for a birthday with some food and a fire. Towards the end of the night, some kid had flipped the table and knocked everything off the table well when I had gone to leave I had picked up all the stuff being respectful and one of the items was a wallet. Well, I had turned it over to the owner of the home and went on my way. Several days later I had been with my girlfriend at the time and I had received a phone call from a cousin. Asking how I was and what I was up to. Now my mother had just gotten off the phone with me and had told me to come straight home. When my cousin had asked I hesitated a while and asked where. Well, she had said the school is only 100 yards from my front door. So we went… As we pulled in there were people flooded in the parking lot and the jungle gym all familiar faces. As the car came to a stop we started a conversation. The names of these men will not be named for this. They know who they are. I was asked if I had seen a wallet and I had stated yes because I did. I told him what it looked like but I did not open it. I had handed it to the owner of the home and he was there. He looked at me and said listen he’s telling the truth I told you leave him alone. Something was screamed in the background and after that it was black. I remember thinking to myself I was dead there was no way I was getting out of this. Eventually, I had come to and all I have seen was my girlfriend over my body and she was getting hit over and over and over again it had been over 45 minutes and the worst part about it is. I had a whole text written to my mom to come over to the school and call the police but as I was hitting send it when I got hit in my face. Eventually, we had gotten away and driven. I couldn’t move. I felt super drunk but I just kept hearing he’s dead. I just closed my eyes and next I was being helped out of the car. This burst of energy exploded in me when I saw she was hurt. I also ran in the house and went right for the shotgun that was always in the closet. But it wasn’t there. It was already loaded in the back of Lewis’s car shortly after my grandfather had rolled into the parking area. I had gone to sit in the back of his car and he had all of his guns with him also. Shortly after that, the police had shown up with 2 of the men who had assaulted me. The anger I had I told that cop and them you had 1 minute to get off the property or id kill all 3 of them and not think twice of it. He had gone to turn them in and an EMS had shown up shortly after that. I wasn’t worried about myself. I knew I’d walk away. I was more worried about my girlfriend at the time. Which ended up being a total joke? I had over 10 blunt traumas to the head, slightly torn iris; I developed TMJ in the jaw neck and back problems due to how much I was beaten. But something in me wouldn’t let it be about me. I just couldn’t let it be about me. That’s not how I was raised. Well, I never returned to school because all of them went to the same school and having to deal with 46 individuals in a small area was not ideal for me. Also yes 46 people now 3 days after that had happened to me. The person who had stolen the wallet returned it to the owner of it. So now something that happened to me was pointless I had almost gotten killed over some paperwork for the military and around 10 dollars in weed. Needless to say, the people who deserved what they got did get what they had coming to them. My grandfather and I started spending time together again slowly and it was something that I needed but also was just me masking my real feelings towards my life and the situations I was in. Chapter Four: Meeting darkness At this point in my life, I had slowly figured out how to deal with depression and what I can do to make time pass. I accepted that I meant nothing. So I focused on everyone around me. I tried to help fix my mother, my grandfather also looked over my siblings in the mix. I had a girlfriend different one this time. I was around 23 to 25 at this point. She helped with the things wrong in my head and she created this weird feeling in my chest like you swallowed a napkin which sounds stupid but it’s a good thing. She was beautiful no matter what with makeup, without it didn’t matter this girl was smoking hot to me. Her eyes and smile were pretty weird too but it just fit with me. It felt like I met the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But here was the major problem with that. My stupid ass didn’t realize I was just getting worse by bottling up my feelings and not expressing myself because let’s face the hard truth of this world. We Men Aren't the Way We Should Be. It’s called being the stableman and the men that grow up without a real father have to be the man of the house for their mothers. But anyway sorry about that rant just if you’re a dude reading this I get it and believe me express those feelings it draws people closer. So anyway I drained this girl she tried so hard to help me and I knew she loved me but when I felt she was trying to step into an area that no one was allowed my walls came right up. So I didn’t trust her. I began to not care anymore. I pushed her away like I had done to everyone in my life at this point. But when I realized in reality I was losing her, I panicked and tried everything in my will to get this girl back. But needless to say, she was gone. The pain grew and my brain felt too big for my head, like if I didn’t talk to someone or do something I was going to explode. This next part is a hard one for me to write down on paper let alone put out there for someone to read so bear with me while I try to explain some things. There are a few times I had almost taken my life 3 to be exact. The first one was after this stunt I had pulled on probably the best thing that had ever happened to me. I sat there one-night drunk. I had around 2 bottles of Smirnoff 100 proof vodka blue cap clear bottles. I was down at the dam around my house. I was in my lifted piece of shit jeep just existing. All I could think about was I mean nothing. I have no one, my family fell apart, my girl left, I didn’t have a job, I didn’t live. I lay in the water and went under holding my breath hoping to just fall asleep. Something weirdly pulled me, it felt like the tide had tugged me, it felt like hey you can’t do this get outta here. I sat on that beach for 4 hours and cried my night away. I knew this darkness in my head was getting worse. I knew I had lost control. Several days had gone by and things got better again for a little while. I didn’t want to die but no one wants to die. We just feel that way. Days grew to months which led to me getting a job working at FedEx. Now at this time I was doing pretty good and had money for a car and a job. It was all falling into place where I wanted it to be. As I spent while at FedEx I loved the job and just hated who I worked for with the contractor there. I just bought a brand new car. 2019 Civic sport with all blacked out everything SI wheels the whole nine-man…I felt on top of the world. My grandfather was in my life everyday. My mom was doing good. She had moved and was living in Florida with this new guy who wasn’t so bad. Dude just needs to open up to her but that’s none of my business I guess, whatever mom. Anyway, life was making sense. I just struggled with the fact that my grandmother was not there to see all the progress I had made. Also, I wish the girl who had left me was there to see all the steps I made to make my life better. Now notice that the last part of the sentence I made my life better not myself. I tricked my head once again into thinking everything was okay. Well, the girl had come back into my life shortly but again disappeared which hurt just as bad as the first time. This leads me into round 2 the time I thought my life was going to end. The same spot I go at the lake to go into my head I was there just thinking about I was just sitting there and over and over again in my head I said if I’m gone all the problems tied to me go away. Mind you I never told anyone where I was but somehow a friend showed up and talked to me and realized how hard I was crashing and falling. I owe that man my life debt I can never pay but oddly he related to me and understood some of the pain. So once again we are back on this train of I think I’m fixing myself but little did I know this was only me getting right back into the mix. Several months have passed and I have gotten a new job. Working with driving again and tires now. Easy job I loved , boss , was awesome, worked with a friend and coworkers was awesome, so once again I thought I was on track again mentally and physically. Now I have a new girlfriend, a sparky character. I think I was more into the feeling of having someone than anything because I thought I loved this girl. But one night I was down bowling with my grandfather and I had stumbled over and caught myself feeling hot and dizzy . I felt like I was going to just drop dead. But I dragged myself to my car and tried my hardest to make it look like I was okay truth be I couldn’t see anything driving to the hospital I just kept saying I’m dying kind of laughed with my sense of humor like really dude stroke while bowling’s going to take my ass out like this is how I go out? Fuck me right now I haven’t touched this subject because it’s still hard to deal with on a small scale but that’s strokes I have had 4 in total by the age of 25. Also on top, I’ve had 2 mini heart attacks. The time I’m speaking of is the 3rd one I’ve had. So I get to the hospital walk-in and check-in, I wait about 10 minutes for someone to see me and tell her with half of my body working I think I’m having a stroke. I said to that lady I’m one of those people who aren’t in a rush when it comes to my problems, shortly after I fell to the ground. I opened my eyes and I was in a room with a laptop and the man was talking to me about some pill he wanted to give me. I thought I was dreaming or hallucinating. I just remember him running simple tests of lifting my left leg and left arm. My face was sagging and I just can only help to remember thinking all these times I wished I was dead and I tried to fix them and this is it for me. I can hear the man in front of me but it was kind of like the faint echo of a voice. He said something along the lines of whatever this pill was to clean the clothes in my brain but if they were not in my head there was a small chance I would die on the table in 15 to 20 minutes. I rejected and took a deep breath. I leaned back and I tape played in my head from when I was little playing in the kitchen with my shadow to the moment laying in this bed that smelled like death and after 6 days I had returned to work. Now the reason I think I had the stroke is kind of selfish but is the only thing that makes sense is the most recent ex, not the one who left me because I was fucked in the head but one more after her. I was so stressed out I had lost her and I was losing my job and just once again just my whole life crashed and folded on top of me. I felt like fucking have died over and over again one day after the next the problems pile the bills stack the car gets repo’d I have a room a bed and a computer. I was in my prison and I had no way out even though the door was unlocked. It was like I was drowning in air and no matter how hard I breathed in I was running out of time. I had one friend by my side and that was my choice. I had pushed everyone away. I started smoking cigarettes again pack or 2 a day depending on the days I was smoking weed again but sadly that was my way out. I spent 4 months high every day from the time I rolled out of bed till I closed my eyes but see I was mellow I was happy I found a form of an inner peace that let me talk to my ego and sort something’s out of course I started small on the list of things I wasn’t so much worried about like a job and a car and all that those things come over time and work and right now I need to work on myself. So I was in this haze for these months and I learned a lot about myself and things I didn’t know I could do. I was getting my creativity back and my head was clearing and I just enjoyed who I was again. But this was the beginning of feeling good and happy and just flipping my world because the journey has only begun.
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Kickstarter Roundup: May 28, 2017 | 38 Ending Soon (incl: Card City XL, Diceborn Heroes, Zombie Tsunami) & 48 New This Week (incl: Deep Space D-6, Roll Player Expansion, Hand of Fate: Ordeals)
What this is:
This is a weekly, curated listing of Kickstarter tabletop games projects that are either:
newly posted in the past 7 days, or
ending in the next 7 days (starting tomorrow) and have at least a fighting chance of being funded.
All board game projects meeting those criteria will automatically be included, no need to ask. (But the occasional non-board game project may also sneak in!) Expect new lists each Sunday sometime between 12:00am and 12:00pm PST.
Ending Soon
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The Incident Report- artwork project A tabletop wargame set in an alternate reality. Here the Mayan calendar is right and Armageddon came with the alien gods return! (Has currently earned $901 of $900)
Cortex Prime: A Multi-Genre Modular Roleplaying Game Cortex Prime is a dice-based tabletop RPG you customize yourself from toolkit elements to capture your favorite gaming genres. (Has currently earned $71,954 of $30,000)
Panzer Attack: War in Russia A fast-paced, easy to learn, deck building, card game that captures the epic scope of World War 2 combat on the Eastern Front. (Has currently earned $4,861 of $2,200)
Four Elements - Physical Gaming Fire, Air, Earth & Water - Can you master the Elements in this quick tactical dexterity game? (Has currently earned £1,334 of £1,000)
Tradewars - Homeworld: Exterra Edition Lead one of the last Terran factions in the galaxy and defend your Homeworld! A unique deck-building board game for 1-4 adventurers. (Has currently earned $27,068 of $16,000)
Diceborn Heroes: A Co-op Dice Adventure Game 1-4 Player Co-op Dice Game inspired by Japanese RPG's. 60-90 mins. Ages 10 and up. (Has currently earned $105,308 CAD of $32,000 CAD)
Glory™ Are you ready to laugh while being challenged? Reap the glorious Glory while playing this funny and strategic resource management game! (Has currently earned $2,577 of $4,500)
Card City XL Card City XL is the ultimate card city building game in which your city automatically evolves under your eyes (Has currently earned $46,293 of $12,000)
Border Tensions A new kind of strategy card game for 2 or more players designed for fast pickup and go play. Good for parties, bad for friendships. (Has currently earned $3,040 of $5,000)
Blue Falcon: The Game to Screw Over Your Friends A competitive, player-elimination card game for 3-5 players, where you race to knock out your opponents... before they get you first. (Has currently earned $10,318 of $9,000)
Archmage Origins A 2-4 player card game where you use your mystical energy to gain control of a force of monsters, crush your rivals and win the day. (Has currently earned $5,134 of $2,500)
Alchenemy - A card game of turning lead into gold You must constantly choose between growing your resources and undermining your opponents as you compete to become the Royal Alchemist (Has currently earned $13,097 of $13,689)
RailRoad Rush - Card Game (PnP-version) Print and Play version of the game called "RailRoad Rush". Party-game up to 6 players.\nMix of strategy, fun and a little bit of luck! (Has currently earned €133 of €200)
MADPONG - The Evolution Of Beer Pong MADPONG is a cleaner and more explosive version of beer pong with crazy challenges and many shots. Get yours NOW! (Has currently earned €24,331 of €10,000)
Children - The Board Game Will you be the one to finally put the children to rest? Or will the malevolent child spirits drive you insane? (Has currently earned $8,677 of $1,500)
Zombie Tsunami - The Board Game Zombie Tsunami is a Party Game for 3 to 6 players where everyone leads a group of Zombies and compete to be the largest horde! (Has currently earned $55,607 of $10,000)
Painted 28mm Tanks and Vehicles Desktop Dioramas is offering high quality Painted 28mm tanks and vehicles that have been done by Veteran's and Disabled Veterans. (Has currently earned $399 of $3,000)
Game Upgrades 3.0 by Meeple Source! Game upgrade kits for Carcassonne, Catan, Camel Up, Colt Express, Pandemic, Charterstone, Islebound, Above & Below, and more! (Has currently earned $65,972 of $10,000)
Feetball - Fantasy Football Board Game With Feetball you predict every play as you watch NFL or college games on T.V. Call what happens, gain yards, and score! (Has currently earned $555 of $500)
Wizards of the Wild - The Forbidden Forest Expand Wizards of the Wild with fantastic magical creatures and artifacts to empower your wizard with new abilities and strategy! (Has currently earned $13,487 of $7,500)
Heroes of the Great War: Limanowa 1914 Command genuine Great War units, cooperate with your allies and rewrite history in this tactical-scale war board game for 1-4 players. (Has currently earned £24,684 of £35,000)
DOS! Twice the fun of UNO. DOS! The social game for creative people. Create bizarre sentences with your opponents and win by sticking to your vision. (Has currently earned $4,772 of $5,000)
Code Triage A cooperative emergency room board game for 1-4 players that plays in 60-120 minutes. Work together and save the hospital! (Has currently earned $5,229 of $20,000)
FARSIGHT: Corporate Warfare in a Dark Future Man and machine fight for dominance in this epic sci-fi strategy game with optional scale miniature sets. (Has currently earned £48,090 of £30,000)
The Moods of the Mad King! A micro-game for up to 4 players. Can you prevent the Mad King from chopping off your head by writing or stealing the best play? (Has currently earned $1,929 of $3,000)
Armageddon War: Armored Combat in the End War Thick, 1" game chits/counters, beautiful components, fresh, dice-driven system. Armageddon War is wargaming's next step. (Has currently earned $42,912 of $16,000)
PROTO - a game to inspire innnovators While most people fear innovation because of uncertainty, PROTO gamifies the chaos of the creative process to inspire future innovators. (Has currently earned $6,078 of $3,500)
RomBomb: The Laugh Out Loud Hidden Agenda Card Game RomBomb is a game where you build up your romantic social status, or tear down other's social status, to win the game. (Has currently earned $1,746 of $2,000)
Turf War Z - 28mm Miniatures & Rules Gang warfare during the Zombie Apocalypse. A NEW game system and range of 28mm miniatures. (Has currently earned £18,627 of £4,000)
Hedgerows and Heroes Hedgerows and Heroes is a face paced strategy 28mm scale miniature game featuring all manner of woodland creatures. (Has currently earned $1,395 of $750)
"Don't Panic!" - Bricks & Mortar Resin Terrain Hand made 28mm resin brick terrain, perfect for WW2 games like Bolt Action. These can be used in 40k or any 28mm scale tabletop games. (Has currently earned £481 of £500)
96%
9
£53
06-05
#bling
A DOG’S LIFE GAME – Be A Canine Hero! Enjoy a dog’s adventure with your family! We are happy to present to you our game for families, players and dog lovers. (Has currently earned $12,378 of $20,000)
61%
355
$35
07-01
Badlands: Outpost of Humanity Badlands is a strategic boardgame in a post-apocalyptic world, for 2-4 players. (Has currently earned €10,433 of €25,000)
41%
182
€57
06-23
Band Rivals - The Card Game Band Rivals is a fast-paced card game for 2-4 players. Play your character's special abilities to put together the perfect band. (Has currently earned $160 of $1,500)
10%
7
$23
06-22
BANDEMONIUM! - A Card Game BANDEMONIUM is an awesome Party Game! (Has currently earned $10,709 of $10,000)
Big Bad Con 2017 Big Bad Con is built on great games, great game masters, and a welcoming community. Come join us October 13-15, 2017! (Has currently earned $15,330 of $3,000)
Darklands: Warriors of Baalor In the dark lands, YOU command the hosts of man and beast that your ancestors once did for power, glory or just to survive... (Has currently earned £7,537 of £10,000)
75%
89
£85
06-06
#minis
Dreadbound A cooperative sci-fi survival game. Strategize and succeed as a team, or struggle against an increasingly difficult alien threat. (Has currently earned $5,081 of $15,000)
33%
91
$56
06-29
DRINK TO THE GODS This is an uncensored drinking game for 4-10 players who are 21+. Players take turns drawing cards that invoke the Wrath of the GODS. (Has currently earned $997 of $10,000)
9%
33
$30
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#take2
Drinkagon - Strategic Drinking Game Board game for up to 6 players that combines drinking vs. truth or dare and strategic thinking. (Has currently earned $3,801 of $5,000)
Dwarven Smithy A dwarven themed crafting card game with hand/area management. Earn the most gold to win the game! (Has currently earned $4,007 of $19,000)
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Electromagnate Board Game The euphoria you experience when playing custom multiplayer games online is now available on your table top. (Has currently earned $2,236 of $1,550)
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H.E.A.D. Hunters: A New Kind of Tabletop Game A miniatures-like game where everything needed to play is stored inside the head of each 5.25" collectible toy. (Has currently earned $11,401 of $40,000)
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Hand of Fate: Ordeals An adventure deck-building game of life and death set in the Hand of Fate universe. Play competitively or co-op with 1~4 adventurers. (Has currently earned $154,445 AUD of $30,000 AUD)
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Hang 12: The push-your-luck party game! Do you know what your friends are thinking? Guess correctly to surf bigger and bigger waves, before it all comes crashing down! Whoah!! (Has currently earned $1,688 AUD of $8,500 AUD)
Kitchen Rush A real-time cooperative board game set in a high pressure kitchen environment. (Has currently earned $40,117 of $20,000)
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Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama We are re-releasing and expanding the 2016 Essen hit "Avenue" in the lovable world of Kodama. (Has currently earned $25,899 of $10,000)
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Legend of Champions Legend of Champions is a fast-paced, trading card game that can be played in 15 to 45 min with 2 to 4 players. FREE SHIPPING in US (Has currently earned $406 of $3,500)
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Magilogical Magilogical is a simple card game that has been designed to introduce the concept of Logic Gates. Fantasy and Magic meet Computing. (Has currently earned £139 of £1,000)
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Metal Dawn Cooperatively race against the clock & fight the invading rogue AI robot army while gaining intel to hack machines and stop Metal Dawn! (Has currently earned $17,613 of $15,000)
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Napoleon Saga : Waterloo A 2 player tactical board game of Napoleonic warfare during the first Empire. (Has currently earned €16,446 of €15,000)
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Nerd Fest - The Comic Convention Game Everyone loves going to comic conventions. This fast paced card and dice game captures that excitement and experience. (Has currently earned $2,506 of $8,000)
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Nocturn An epic strategy boardgame. Build your very own nation in the dark fantasy world, wage wars to expand it, and try to survive. (Has currently earned kr75,750 SEK of kr500,000 SEK)
PRICETITUTION: How much money for you to do absurd things? A card game where you guess how much money it would take your friends to do ridiculous things. Pricetitution - Everyone has a price. (Has currently earned $17,434 of $10,000)
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Project NOS - Tabletop Street Racing Are you the best street racer? Prove it in this 15-20 minute, real-time, dice drag race for 2-4 players ages 12+. (Has currently earned $1,255 of $5,000)
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Red Moon Rising RPG Roleplaying in the steampunk world of Red Moon Rising using Revolution D100. (Has currently earned €2,593 of €7,500)
Relic Worlds Showdown Find ancient treasure on alien worlds and fight your enemies in this exciting expansion to Savage Worlds Showdown! (Has currently earned $150 of $2,000)
Risky Arcade Play arcade games on the board, win tickets and race to the gift shop! Take risks, battle other players and collect all 3 prizes to Win (Has currently earned $1,896 of $7,000)
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ROLL PLAYER - Monsters & Minions Expansion (+ Reprint) The King has raised a call to arms! Create your character. Earn experience and confront the vile monster terrorizing the village! (Has currently earned $187,546 of $65,000)
Saloon Tycoon: The Ranch Expansion Yee-Haw! Introducing The Ranch Expansion for Saloon Tycoon, the 3D tile laying game set in the old west. Base game also available. (Has currently earned $37,010 of $10,000)
Samhain The Roman legions advance! On the night of Samhain, the Celtic clans gather to decide who will be the leader of the resistance (Has currently earned €13,213 of €3,000)
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Scuttler's Island A frantic game of paths, pirates and treacherous traps that evolves as you play, for 2-8 players. (Has currently earned £3,075 of £17,500)
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Street Masters Rise of the Kingdom 1-4 player cooperative miniatures board game inspired by classic fighting video games, designed by Adam and Brady Sadler. (Has currently earned $32,444 of $60,000)
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Street Rod - the card game It’s the summer of 1963 and with the few bucks you’ve got, you buy yourself a car. Race it, customize it and beat the King. €10 only! (Has currently earned €758 of €2,900)
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Texas Hold'em with ZOMBIES An easy to learn, fast-paced game, combining Texas Hold'em Poker with zombie slaying. For 2-8 players. Ages 10 to infinity. (Has currently earned $2,100 of $7,079)
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THE GREATER DEBATE A stand alone expansion to The Great Debate, the third in the series! Come meet new friends and defend your views in this social game! (Has currently earned $1,546 of $5,000)
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The War of the Worlds - Board Game Save England from the Martian Tripods in our Solitaire board game! Based on the classic novel of H. G. Wells! (Has currently earned $12,336 of $25,000)
Trumpty Dumpty Board Game Trumpty Dumpty is a brilliant yet simple board game that can be played in under an hour with 2-4 players. (Has currently earned $644 of $5,000)
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unPresidented: Bigger and Better Board games for politics nerds, strategy gamers, and people with good taste. (Has currently earned $10,625 CAD of $28,000 CAD)
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Villain Clans card game A 'Happy Families' - style card game featuring classic and not-so-classic villains from pop culture. (Has currently earned £0 of £800)
Gem Offers - Let's compile which ones are worth it
I'm trying to make a compilation of the Fyber / TapJoy rewards so that we can all have a better idea of which ones are worth the time. If anyone has any offers to add in the comments I'll put them in this post. Note that gem/diamond amounts will vary from user to user, but the listed amount should be a decent approximation. It's recommended to check both Fyber and TapJoy before selecting an offer as one service may reward you better than the other. Free Slots Casino - House of F (876 diamonds) Reach level 20 Not worth imo. You can autoplay, but you will likely run out of coins well before level 20 so then you have to check the app every 2 hours to get small amounts of coins to play with.
Board Kings (409 diamonds) Reach level 3 This one is super easy, it took about an hour play time. Roll your dice, build buildings whenever possible, and you should hit level 3 quite quickly.
Vegas Words - Downtown Slots & Word (409 diamonds) Reach level 11 This one is very easy. Set the slot to autoplay, level 11 does not take long. You will need to click every now and then to close various prompts. The coins you start with should easily be enough to hit level 11 unless you have really bad luck.
First Kobo Audiobook for free (935 diamonds) Start your free trial, download and play your free audiobook. You need a CC for this one, and you will not be billed. You can cancel the subscription immediately and you will still keep all rewards. It took maybe 15 minutes, and I got my diamonds almost immediately after.
Poker Heat - Free Texas Holdem (351 diamonds) Reach level 5 Not worth it unless you really like poker. It seems like this one would take a couple of hours as progress was quite slow. I know I would have run out of free coins long before level 5, but I'm not a great poker player.
Lords Mobile (2131 diamonds) Beat a level 2 monster (Note: it says beat, but you only need to attack a level 2 monster to get credit) This one is very much worthwhile. It takes about an hour of constant playing to finish. Level your main building (town hall or whatever its called) to 7 asap, and only level other buildings when required. Join a guild as soon as you can as guild members can reduce your build times. Use gems and the cooldown reduction tickets that you get for completing quests and you should be done in no time.
Legendary: Game of Heroes (2571 diamonds) Reach rank 20 Suuuuuuper boring, but easy to do. Just play level 2 (1-2) over and over and over like 200 times and you will be rank 20. It takes maybe 2 hours of mind numbing repetition. This is worth it because of the number of gems, but do yourself a favor and have Netflix on or something while completing this one.
Pirate Kings (643 diamonds) Finish Island Three If you're going to do this one, try and do as much as possible in one session. With a little luck you might be able to finish with just the starting number of spins. When you leave game and let time pass other players can blow up your island, which will set you back. If possible try to take any breaks as soon as you get to a new island and when you have very little money on hand. This one won't time much in game time, but you will likely have to play for a few minutes several days as spins recharge slowly. milkshaakes pointed out this post which shows the following offers (it's for a different game, so it shows cash instead of diamonds):
Final Fantasy XV 3528 cash -- Level 10 citadel Strategy Build lots of stone producing buildings, and about 1/2 as many metal producing buildings. Also build a few banks to produce gil. Research instant building completion. Upgrade what's needed for the citadel, ignore the rest of the game unless it gives you free stuff (like casino and quests). Time to complete A few days. You'll need to log in for a few minutes repeatedly to queue buildings. Value High. That's a ton of cash.
Lords Mobile 1612 cash -- Level 11 Castle Strategy Queue the buildings needed for the castle. Complete free quests and use instant resource items when needed for buildings. Research construction speed if you feel like it. Time to complete A few days. You'll need to log in repeatedly to queue buildings. Value High. A lot of cash. I actually played the rest of the game for fun while I was at it. One of the more entertaining ones.
Forge of Empires 336 cash -- Thatched House Strategy Research the requirements for the thatched house. Time to complete Go through the tutorial, then log off for half a day. When you log back in you should be able to immediately research and build the thatched house. Value High. This one only requires two log ins, and is probably the best time-to-cash ratio one I've completed.
Idle Heroes 392 cash -- Player level 40 Strategy Progress until you're getting about 10 xp per 5 seconds. Log back in in about 24 hours and collect all the accumulated XP. Time to complete Only requires a little bit of playing upfront, then just logging in once or twice a day or two later. Value High. Very little active time required.
Portal Quest 280 cash -- Team Level 10 Strategy Level up your characters. Click on the buildings and quests for free stuff and equip items. Time to complete One login, 30 minutes to an hour. Value High. Pretty easy to complete for a bit of cash.
King of Avalon 196 cash -- Level 5 Strategy Follow the tutorial for a little while, then go straight for leveling up your castle. Time to complete A few logins, not much active time. Value Medium. Not too long to complete, not much cash.
Coin Master 616 cash -- Complete Village Level 2 (i.e. get to village level 3) Strategy This game has no strategy. Time to complete About a day. A few logins of grinding that big ol' lottery spinner. Value Medium. Reasonable amount of cash, reasonable amount of time, but a really painful game to have to play.
Alliance: Heroes of the Spire 560 cash -- Level 10 Hero Strategy Do the main quest until it gets too difficult, then do the extra stage areas, and back to main quest. Time to complete A few hours of gameplay, a few log ins. Value Medium. Good amount of cash, not too much effort.
Summoners War 1400 cash -- Beat Level 9 Faimon Volcano Strategy You have to build a strong balanced team. Depends on what heroes you get. Time to complete This game requires a lot of fighting and leveling up your characters and unlocking new areas. Value Medium-low. A lot of cash, but takes a lot of time to complete. Game is relatively fun, until you realize it's disgustingly P2W like every game on this list (and JWA itself ...)
Legendary Game of Heroes 560 cash -- Player level 20 Strategy Get in an okay guild. Use the guild characters in your fights for a super-powered assist. Power up a bunch of characters in one or two colors and try to match massive matches of those colors. Time to complete This game requires a few hours and a few log ins. Value Medium-low. I enjoyed this one, or it wouldn't have been worth the time it took.
Homescapes / Gardenscapes etc. low amounts of cash -- Install and open or tutorial Strategy I couldn't complete the tutorials, but u/Wolvenna said they didn't take long, so YMMV. Value Medium-low. Good for a quick little cash boost.
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes! 111 cash -- Level 8 Strategy Follow the tutorial, do the main quest. Time to complete This game took a few hours and a couple logins. Value Low. The game was reasonably fun, but a bad time to cash ratio.
Hey everyone!! We are Death Squad Gaming "DSG". DSG is a large PC gaming community/discord that enjoys playing a lot of different games from FPS to MMO. We have a very diverse community :) If you are looking to join a fun active online pc gaming community then DSG might be the place for you! We have a large destiny 2 community and will be starting Archeage unchained on the 15th. We also have a texas holdem poker tourney every Sunday night to get the community together to have some fun "we use play chips not real money" and whoever wins gets the Poker King role for the week in discord. This role gives bragging rights for the week:) Pop in say hi and join in the fun :) DSG also has a streamer role to help your stream grow. This role is only handed out to active and loyal members of the community that spend time here and show love for the group. We do have a age limit though so please no one under the age of 16! Here is a list of some of the games we play in DSG! Destiny 2 R6 Siege Apex Legends Archeage Unchained Rust Conan Exiles " We run one of the best PVP servers on the game that is super active" 60FPS Borderlands 3 Escape From Tarkov Poker We also bounce around to a lot of different games also like Overwatch, Sea Of Thieves, Table Top, Guild Wars 2, and much more! Apply to the discord here https://discord.gg/P35bRDX .
Tips that all poker players should follow if they want a chance at succeeding
There is a really high knowing curve in Poker. At the start a little info will take you a long way, however as you enhance, the brand-new info you discover will not include as much to your video game. So if you are a newbie poker gamer reading this post, this is most likely the most beneficial and cash conserving details you will ever check out. If you soak up all of the newbie poker pointers listed below, you might even turn from a losing gamer into a break-even or winning gamer. These novice poker ideas will not turn you into a specialist gamer in 10 minutes, however they will set you on the right track to ending up being a winning poker gamer.
1 Do not play a lot of hands.
An extremely typical error that amateur gamers make is not being selective sufficient with their beginning hands. Do not fall under the typical trap of believing that 'any hand can win'. Although this holds true, some hands are most likely to win than others and will assist you win more cash, whilst others will assist you in losing more cash. So be selective about which hands you play. Here's a convenient short article on beginning hand choice for you. Excellent beginning hand choice is the structure of every winning poker gamer's video game. Discover it!
2 Do not bluff excessive.
Another typical mistaken belief about poker is that you require to bluff to win. You might see incredible bluffs on the WSOP reveals, however these are modified to reveal the highlights of the competitions therefore provide the incorrect impression of the frequency that leading gamers bluff. Bluffing in poker is not as important as you believe it is. When using online casinos like poker stars rest assured that your opponents will be using a HUD that will give them the upper hand. If you are a novice online poker gamer, it is much better to play your cards well instead of attempting to bluff your challengers out of hands. It is excellent to attempt periodic bluffs occasionally, however the genuine art of understanding when to bluff originates from understanding and practice. You may likewise have an interest in having a look at the how frequently should I bluff in poker? short article.
3 Consider your challenger's cards.
It is essential in poker to consider the strength of your challenger's hand, and not simply your own. It is nice to have a big hand, however if you believe that your challenger has a much better hand than you, you must prepare to fold. For instance a straight is a good hand, however if there are 4 cards of the exact same fit on the board and your challenger presses all in, do you still believe you have the very best hand? Learn more about believing on greater levels in the short article on several level thinking in poker. It's a little a sophisticated principle, however it is extremely intriguing nevertheless.
4 Bet gamers even worse than you.
This might appear apparent, however you will be shocked at the variety of gamers who break this basic concept. If you are much better than the gamers who you are betting, it makes good sense that you will be a winner in the long run. If you were the 10th finest gamer on the planet, it would not pay to sit at a table with the leading 9 gamers on the planet. Select your video games and limitations just as thoroughly as the cards you have fun with. Excellent table choice will assist you to discover those fishy poker tables in the lobby.
5 Consider your position.
Table position is an extremely essential consider poker, particularly in Texas Holdem. The very best positions to be in are when you are last to act upon the hand, for instance, when you are on the button. This indicates that you acquire understanding about what type of hand they might have prior to the action gets to you. Having excellent position in a hand can quickly turn a losing hand into a winning one. Position plays a much larger function in no limitation Texas Hold 'em than you believe. It can typically be more vital than the cards themselves, and make the distinction in between winning and losing a hand.
6 Take note of the video game.
The very best method to get informs is to view your challengers and how they play in each pot. Even when you are not in the hand, you need to still focus on the video game to comprehend how your challengers play. Ideally you will see what moves the gamers make when they do not have the very best hand, and what relocations they make when they do have the very best hand. The more info you can obtain from your challengers, the much better the chance you will need to beat them.
Texas Poker Bill - I'm going to call Sen. Rodriguez (I'm in Austin, TX) - with some suggested amendments. Could use /r/Poker's feedback.
Though he's not my state rep, he's the state rep of the next district over. I'm going to call him later today. Here's what I'd like to say, so far. Let me get some feedback before I do: EDIT: (UPDATE) - Just called his office, and illustrated my concerns. Here's the skinny - another poker bill was actually scheduled to pass *last legislative session, and had approval from the governor's office right up until the moment that it looked like it was going to pass, and then at the last minute, the governor's office withdrew their support. (The Texas Gov. is Rick Perry - and we hate him too, he won re-election with only 39% of the vote in 2006.)* So what's important to realize is even though this probably will *not produce profitable "pure" poker rooms for Texas, it does at least establish poker as legal. That's an important "foot in the door." It also means that poker can be used as a loss leader for established gambling venues such as racetracks and bingo halls, as they sell food and drinks to players, and entice them to play in the bingo games and horse races that turn a profit. * What's important is that the paramount concern of the governor's office is that they want to keep the gambling footprint in Texas about the same size - they do NOT want to see the gambling industry grow, and they don't want new poker rooms to open up. Thus, the profitability, except as a loss-leader. So, some of my suggestions below aren't going to work - it's more important that the bill be viable, at this point, than it be good. That said, a number of the clarifications below would make the bill stronger without harming the viability.
I'd like to see it clarified that home poker games that do not take a rake are legal. ( Sec. 2004.101. (a) ) Home games are legal, but I'd like to see this expressly clarified, rather than an unstated assumption.
Home Poker Games are defined as: Games where the organizer of the game takes no profit from the game, other than fair winnings from other players. All funds taken from players must be returned to players.
Home poker games are allowed to employ a dealer. Home game dealers can take tips, but cannot charge a rake, fee, or time charge. However, home game dealers do not have to be licensed by the state.
I'd like to see the option for a time charge; the idea being that rakes are difficult to manage (and harder to keep track of). Time charges are easier for smaller organizations and businesses, and easier for the lottery commission to track. I think a fair time-charge rate would be to not exceed $8 per 1/2 hour.
I'd like to see it clarified that the administration fee for tournaments should be no more than 30% or $30, whichever is lower. (This way, you can't have a $30 tournament with a $30 fee, though you can have a $30+10, a $50+15, or a $75+20.)
I'd like to see "re-entry" and "re-buy" tournaments clarified. Is the tournament operator allowed to charge a player who has previously entered the tournament an optional fee to re-enter? Can this fee exceed the $100+30 total set out originally? I don't really care either way, but I do believe that this should be defined because the reasoning for the $100+30 limit is not stated in the bill.
I'd like to see a list of poker variants approved by the state. The list should include:
Structured Limit or Spread-Limit Games:
Texas Holdem
Omaha, played for high, or high/low with an 8 or better qualifier, with three card (Southern), four card (Standard), and five card (Big O) variants allowed.
7-card Stud games, including Stud-hi, Razz, Stud High/low with an 8 or better qualifier, and Razzdugi (a split-pot game in which half the pot goes to the best 5-card low hand, and the other half goes to the best 4-card low hand of unique suits and ranks - played with or without a qualifier)
Draw games, such as 5-card draw, Lowball (both Single draw and triple-draw - and A-5/2-7 variants), and Badugi.
5-card Stud
No Limit Games (Any no-limit game can be offered as pot-limit or half-pot limit):
Texas Holdem
Omaha, played for high, or high/low with an 8 or better qualifier, with three card (Southern), four card (Standard), and five card (Big O) variants allowed.
Draw games, such as 5-card draw, Lowball (both Single draw and triple-draw - and A-5/2-7 variants), and Badugi.
Mixed Games: Any variation of the above games, for both cash and tournament play.
I'd like to see it clarified that all games are to be "table stakes" - that is, players can only wager the amount of money placed on the table - and are not open stakes. It seems so obvious that this is the case, but still - let's put it in there just in case.
Poker rooms are required to post their policy towards the practice of straddling - placing an optional third blind bet in order to reserve the option to act last during the first betting round. Specifically, they should clarify who is allowed to make a straddle and how much the straddle is in relation to the bet.
Poker rooms are allowed to hire "Proposition Players" but are not allowed to hire "shills," and the difference should be clarified in the law. Proposition (or "Prop") players are hired to play at the poker room for an hourly rate not to exceed $16/hr. (The purpose is to allow a card-room to start games and continue games that would otherwise break.) Proposition players must provide their own funds for playing - they may not use the resources of the poker room to play. Poker rooms are not allowed to employ "shills," defined as players who work for the operator of the poker room, who play with funds from the Poker Room, and whose winnings are returned to the funds of the poker room.
The license fee is only $1000. Can a location have multiple licenses? Can they open a 16 table room, and pay $4000 for 4 licenses? That's something worth considering in the bill.
Sometimes my best friend russ makes me smoke ganja, but i become a bit insane and normally eat a couple hundred dollars worth of say, ice cream sandwiches or dilly bars or what have you. even worse, i won't share any of it.
Sadly, even quite sadly, maybe tragically for me, i have no personal experience with which to reply in an expert manner. she looks pretty good to me though.
I had one in my house once. i think i just opened all the windows and kind of gently broomed it out. just make sure it's in your apartment and not in your head.
I think, sadly, that privacy is finished. no such thing. if you're a known person, you learned to live without it long ago. that's very,very unfortunate, but such is life. i think there's no going back as that particular horse has left the barn. i have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors union about why we're not paid when we appear in say a tmz production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it. for the nsa, i've always assumed they listen to everything and read everything and see everything. france, where i've also lived for a number of years is exactly the same-possibly worse. i think it's too late.
I was given a script in france, by a seemingly rather disturbed young man. let's just say it was not good. also, one night, a woman came in to our yard in france around 2:00 am. i was outside on the phone talking to my producing partners in los angeles. she gave me a script called elle tue,(she kills!) which was about the lead character killing a movie star. it was written like it had been done with a butcher knife in red ink. also, it wasn't very good.
Oddly enough, i happened to see that very scene when i did a kind of q and a for the toronto film festival a couple of weeks ago. a fairly nightmarish experience. sort of my idea of hell.
On the contrary, spike jonze wanted to cut it because we were late that night and he felt no one would be able to hit me on the head with a half full can of beer from a passing car, and about 70 or 80 sets of hands shot up on the crew saying they would like to try. eventually the task fell to johnny cusack's writing partner and he nailed it on the first try.
It used to be fine, but it gets wearing at my age. too many cell phone cameras and doofuses who need a facebook photo with their thumb up. a few hundred a day over a 15 year period is, well, not that much fun. of course, most the people one actually gets to talk to are as interesting and fun as ever.
Marie louise is my hero. sharp, sad, funny, extremely gifted and quick. i love to be around her and i adore working with her. we had a beautiful vomiting in tandem on the car windshield scene in red 2, ungratefully removed by the powers that be. for the pick up line, i'm not to sure. i would counsel the direct approach. i wouldn't use the schwarzenegger pick up line "baby your bangability is very high tonight." on 2nd thought, if you have a good styrian acccent, maybe it would be perfect.
No, i only met mr. madoff once, many years ago. he seemed very pleasant. but, you know, i don't think i'd have much to impart. for me, in all honesty, it was a good life lesson. and it also must be said that the vast majority of in the world live with nothing and with the hope of nothing their entire lives. i was lucky, as i've been my entire life. i could go back to work and make my way in the world.
No. i haven't run into him since then. i very much enjoyed the dance remix of his remarks to the cinematographer, though. i wanted it to be the voice mail of our mr. mudd office, but my partners felt it wasn't very stylish.
Strangely enough, i have anew production of les liaisons dangereuses which opened last night at the lincoln center festival. a beautiful young french cast, with quite hilarious costumes. i am often quite involved in the costume choices for period films. partially for it's impact on character, partially because i'm a fashion designer, and partially cause i'm so fucking vain. but my favorite film costumes are in a film i made a few years ago in london called color me kubrick. i had some lovely teal blue bras (quite pointy!), nice fishnets, and some lovely 1970's short shorts and a very fetching kimono. costumed by a wonderful english girl and lunatic called vicky russell.
Every time i'm out here in los angeles, he's on a little hiatus, so i don't get to do it often. at one point he had asked me to become a semi-permanent character who lived in a fish tank. the script was very funny, too. alas.
It's a very nice script. good producers and hopefully a good cast. plus, movies that are well written are hard to get made and hard to finance. plus, it will be the first time since 1990 that i will be in one place for at least five months.
No, i was doing an opera that was opening in toronto and we were in tech reharsal with the normal pursuant chaos. i did leave him a letter, though. i was happy he made it through, ok. he seemed such a dignified and preternaturally calm man.
Unlike either of those gentlemen, i regret every stupid thing i've ever said. however, when you have a public life, you're going to say stupid things, just not as many as journalists or politicans.
I don't really know how to measure best. one might do a bad film, or a not so good film with a wonderful director. one of my personal favorites was a chilean director i worked with several times called raul ruiz. he had such an odd and unique view of the world, and such a wonderful and strange and full culture. of course i loved spike jonze, frears, manuel de oliveira and many many others.
I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but jello for 4 months. but of course there is great variety in the colors! i think, if i remember correctly it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. maybe 270? in the 5th month i added fruit.
Setting aside the idea of actually ranking the 169 hands from best to worst, we might think for a moment about other ways of categorizing starting hands in hold’em, using that initial breakdown Below you will find a list of poker hands in order from highest to lowest to help you get started, as well as the top starting hands for Texas Hold'em. Click the button on the right to get a cheat sheet that displays the traditional poker hand rankings, which are used in the most popular variants of poker (such as Texas Hold‘em). This chart will give you the rank of Texas Hold’em hands from best to worst. This can serve as an easy list of all hands sorted by strength rather than separated by biggest starting card. I am including all 13 pocket pairs and 78 unique non-paired starting hands for a total of 91 hands. Hellmuth presents a list of the top 10 starting hands in Texas holdem, and he suggests that you ONLY play hands from that list. His list is a little different from the one I present below, though. His list consists of any pocket pair of 7s or better, plus ace king suited and ace queen suited. My list is less bull-ish on pocket pairs, though. Pocket Aces (Ace-Ace) and other big-pocket pairs (like King-King) are the best starting hands in any position in Texas Hold’em. Big-suited connectors such as Ace-King and King-Queen come in next Known affectionately as American Airlines, pocket rockets, or simply the bullets, a wired pair of aces is the top starting hand in all of Texas holdem. As you can see, bringing aces to battle against nine random hands gives you nearly a one third chance of winding up the winner. Having a strong starting hand can help you determine your chances of winning even before the flop is dealt. In general, you're a strong contender if your starting hand contains: Ace/Ace: the strongest starting hand in the game. King/king, queen/queen, jack/jack: high pairs set you off well. A pair of queens, also known as "ladies," rounds out the top three best starting hands for Texas Hold 'em poker. You will hear many groans from players over this hand. It looks so pretty and it is strong, but they have often had it busted in the past. If an ace or king comes on the flop, you are probably going to be bested. Trashy – Hands like Q5o, J6o, 52o and 84o are among the weakest starting hands in Texas Hold’em and should never be played as a raise first in. The majority of Texas Hold’em starting hands are in this category, so it’s important to get into the habit of only selecting appropriate hands to play from each position. Texas Holdem Starting Hands Infographic This Cheat Sheet covers every kind of starting hand and gives you easy-to-follow instructions on how to play them before and after the flop. The infographic also includes helpful stats about how likely it is for someone else to have a bigger pocket pair than you before the flop.
