Recent content by Chamale

Shrine makes artifact creatures, so Galvanic Blast is probably live after only 1 activation. For the mana problems, you should test with 4 Evolving Wilds in place of Shimmering Grotto and just take out Ancient Grudge from the main. Divine Offering [http://magiccards.info/mbs/en/5.html] and...

Shimmering Grotto is useful for flashback costs, as Lingering Souls and Ancient Grudge both cost less to flashback than to cast normally. Adding more Swamps with this deck would be a mistake, the all-basic landbase is already sketchy. Putting in 4 Clifftop Retreat and 2 Isolated Chapel would...

Boros tokens is a good deck, and your problem is in your manabase. Experienced players value a good pile of lands very highly, and right now your lands suck. You also have some strange spell choices like that Shrine, and four Blasts, but I'll chalk that up to personal preference. I would...

Not everything an -ism, but treating members of one gender differently in media because of their gender is sexist.

I have noticed that video games and movies tend to shy away from showing women being killed, especially not as violently as the men getting killed. It's a subtle form of sexism, probably descended from the belief that men should go fight in wars while women stay in the kitchen.

I'd say the best one-on-one fights I've ever seen were in Toribash, not that "every last second of it" is badass. When I played, sometimes a server would have two people jumping around without damaging each other, while people wait for the match to end. When Toribash is good, though, you see...

I'faith, by Iesu, Shakespeare! Art thou a maiden of six-and-ten years? They are not words. Rant? Verily? An thou'lt mouth that "word." All as next'ld be admitting accents in the French words. Example: Café. ... You know not the wot of English, and you fellows created the By-Our-Lady...

Would it be The Serbian Film? The normals are curious now. What's the portal?

Tomorrow I'll be leaving home for a week each in Paris and London. What are some good places to visit in each city? Recommend standard tourist stuff or things that would only appeal to nerds like me.

The Republicans have successfully convinced the American public that taxes are particularly high right now - income taxes actually haven't been this low since before the Great Depression. I've always said that Obama is a terrible negotiator, and the Republicans are now trying to get the deal...

From Dust Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dead Island Possibly Battlefield 3 I might grab Far Cry 2 at some point, if I see a good deal and I'm bored.

All of those are wrong. Sharks can occasionally get cancer, but it's rare because they tend to die violently before becoming old enough. Chameleons don't change colour to match their surroundings, various primates and other animals experience sexual please, and many species of birds have...

You are an excellent teacher and a cool guy. Congratulations, The_Vigilant.

Interesting. I'd love to see a setup whereby a few versions of this AI play each other and evolve to eventually create a very good AI. I'd also like to see this done for an FPS game, creating an AI that would be extremely good both strategically and in terms of raw fighting ability.

This is an idea I just had for a poll. Let's see how many Escapists believe that their home country is the "best" one (use whatever definition of best you like), and then compare the answers from the United States to those from other countries. There's a stereotype that Americans are arrogant...