Please start using your shift keys.
I'm a fan of all lowercase. It's the internet, not a professional paper. You can use shorthand, and it's not a big deal.
Also Temple seems pretty good but the whole gathering part of it is weird.
That said, some things still grate. Many people use the word "random" to describe things that are not probabilistic (or aimless) in any way, shape or form. (No dice were rolled, no cards were shuffled. Maybe it's arbitrary. Maybe it's mysterious. Maybe it's a non-sequitur. Maybe it's senseless. Maybe you just don't understand it. That doesn't make it random.) I have heard text-speak of "bee-tee-double-you" instead of "by the way" which may be shorter when typed, but is longer when spoken. And I will never be able to get over people saying "could care less" when they mean "couldn't care less."
How much better is this with Shelters?
That said, some things still grate. Many people use the word "random" to describe things that are not probabilistic (or aimless) in any way, shape or form. (No dice were rolled, no cards were shuffled. Maybe it's arbitrary. Maybe it's mysterious. Maybe it's a non-sequitur. Maybe it's senseless. Maybe you just don't understand it. That doesn't make it random.) I have heard text-speak of "bee-tee-double-you" instead of "by the way" which may be shorter when typed, but is longer when spoken. And I will never be able to get over people saying "could care less" when they mean "couldn't care less."
Oh yeah, that reminds me how "double-you double-you double-you" is longer to say than "world wide web".
My position is: if somebody can't be bothered to take the time to write correctly, then I don't feel a pressing need to read the things they write. Eschewing capitalization and/or punctuation just automatically makes you seem less educated/intelligent.The different feel that not capitalizing gives you is something I sometimes specifically want. Just exactly along those lines, except, as a reason to do it.
You are not e. e. cummings
carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
Just want to point out that it might not be a good idea to incorrectly capitalize E. E. Cummings' name when you're being pedantic about capitalization.
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/cummings/caps.htm
;)
Without capitalization, English can be incredibly difficult to read.why should it be easy to read?
Interestingly, he apparently has been doing so. The original post does contain colons and question marks, which cannot be typed on a normal keyboard layout without hitting the shift key.hold alt and press 6-3 on your numpad
It makes me wonder if he's making a statement about our evolving language and its use on-line. I've known people who actively rebel against the tyranny of people insisting on on-line capitalization.i would describe it as less of a statement and more of a grunting session
Many people use the word "random" to describe things that are not probabilistic (or aimless) in any way, shape or form. (No dice were rolled, no cards were shuffled. Maybe it's arbitrary. Maybe it's mysterious. Maybe it's a non-sequitur. Maybe it's senseless. Maybe you just don't understand it. That doesn't make it random.)♥
my phone automatically capitalizes the beginning of each sentence so i have to press the shift key to unshift it each timeMy position is: if somebody can't be bothered to take the time to write correctly, then I don't feel a pressing need to read the things they write. Eschewing capitalization and/or punctuation just automatically makes you seem less educated/intelligent.The different feel that not capitalizing gives you is something I sometimes specifically want. Just exactly along those lines, except, as a reason to do it.
I think shadd IS e e cummings.carry your fart with me(i carry it in
Interestingly, he apparently has been doing so. The original post does contain colons and question marks, which cannot be typed on a normal keyboard layout without hitting the shift key.hold alt and press 6-3 on your numpad
shadd IS e e cummings.
alt:
shadd IS e e cummings.
(http://i.imgur.com/PfT9erN.png)
Gathering
it's all here. what are you doing with all this
anyway?
perhaps you keep them
for her
but
nobody
is a temple
for everyone
that follows
shadd IS e e cummings.
(http://i.imgur.com/PfT9erN.png)
Gathering
it's all here. what are you doing with all this
anyway?
perhaps you keep them
for her
but
nobody
is a temple
for everyone
that follows
Temple
as is the temple marvelous
from donald’s
hands which sent it forth
to trash upon the world
and the estate withers
the copper crumbles
one by one
trash flutters into the trash pile.
My position is: if somebody can't be bothered to take the time to write correctly, then I don't feel a pressing need to read the things they write. Eschewing capitalization and/or punctuation just automatically makes you seem less educated/intelligent.And I also feel uncomfortable by reading schadd's posts.
I would say more, but I think we are supposed to be discussing temple in this thread?
I can elaborate on this more if someone doesn't get what I mean, but it feels kind of like Explaining The Joke in that deconstructing it kinda ruins it.
A trashing strategy question for the experts, which culminates in a Temple question:
Assume there's no junking in the kingdom. Assume there are engine pieces, and of those engine pieces, at least one of them is a possible BM-enabler (as many terminal draw engine-pieces are, also.) The presence (or quality) of the trashing available is going to determine what type of deck is going to outrace the others, correct? Maybe BM will be the best. Maybe an engine which manages to reliably get a province a turn will be the best plan. Maybe you'll get reliable double-province buys. Maybe you'll be able to pull off a mega-turn. The quality of trashing has a lot to do with how much you build before greening because of the exponential growth possible after drawing your whole deck, which can usually only reasonably be accomplished with at least some trashing.
There are some trashers that are absolutely no-brainers when it comes to deciding whether there's enough trashing to get really thin. Chapel, Steward and Remake are the big three, right? They're all trash-twos or better that you can open with, and Steward and Remake even come with upside. Done deal. You see any of these cards, you go thin or go home.
Other trashers are trickier. Count is brilliant, but it's a $5. And Forge says "hi", but $7?! You better have a plan. (Not a Plan. Different thing. Also a trasher.) These may not be cards where you can plan to get thin early then build up. You'll have to do some building as you go and thin along the way because you'll have to at least be able to spike $5. Same with Junk Dealer, who has the added wrinkle of being good in multiples because it's non-terminal.
But the difference between a trash-2 and a trash-1 is significant. If you open Steward/Something, after your first reshuffle your deck will get smaller, because you'll probably trash two cards, then buy one card, trash two, buy one, etc. With a trash-1, your deck never gets smaller: trash one, buy one, trash one, buy one. The math is simple.
There are two basic consequences of this simple math, if I've been playing anything remotely like correctly: 1. You often only need a single copy of a trash-2 or better to get thin. 2. You need at least two copies of a trash-1 or you simply cannot get thin.
That starts begging the question: Of the trash-ones, which will actually WORK to thin your deck if you buy multiples and trash aggressively? Is it ever the right play to open Trade Route/Trade Route? Raze/Raze? Ratcatcher/Ratchatcher? Lookout/Lookout? Forager/Forager? Should you only buy multiple trash-ones that quickly if they're not terminal? Is it more important to open trash-one/$2-generator if there's a critical power-$5 and buy another trash-one later?
I'm asking this question to get opinions from experienced players, because there may be those who say that you just can't get thin fast enough with a terminal trash-one like Trade Route so don't even try it or you'll lose to BM every time.
This is the question that leads us to where Temple stands.
First of all, it's almost never a trash-three, so forget about living that dream. But early on is it more like a trash-one (Copper) or a trash-two (Copper/Estate)? My experience so far is that it plays MUCH more like Trade Route than Steward or Remake. You pretty much have to buy two to get thin, which is why it's nice that it comes with some spare VP for buying them. However, unlike many trashers it doesn't come with any other upside that helps you at the moment you play it, which is part of what makes it slow. No coin. No cards. No actions. No sifting. No +buy. Part of the brilliance of Steward and Remake is that they both add economy as well as trashing. Raze sifts and is non-terminal. Forager adds coin and is non-terminal. Temple is utterly unhelpful.
But there's still something funny about it. It costs $4. Why? A huge number of the other trash-ones cost $3 or less (Trade Route/Raze/Forager/etc.) Did the playtesting reveal that the card was overpowered at $3? If so, it may be that the Alt+VP aspect of this card might actually be MORE important than the trashing.
That's all I've got. Lots of questions about existing trashers that I hope will help answer where this card fits in the grand scheme of things.
(Grand Scheme: $4 +1 card, +1 action, Topdeck two action cards from play during clean-up __ You can't buy it with copper in play.)
If you buy Temple/Silver, there's about 72% chance of drawing the Temple with copper and estate on T3/T4. And for what it's worth, drawing Temple + 4 copper is bad, but it would have been bad to draw Steward + 4 copper too.
I think it's pretty likely that you can trash two cards atleast on this first shuffle which is pretty nice. Any mathematicians around here who can calculate the %? :) Don't forget that trashing itself is also an upside, as is the ~2VP you can get per play (assuming a mirror).
If you're other buys are sifting/draw, your Temple plays in later shuffles are also likely to trash two cards.
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capitalisationreallysucksitsjustaboutasannoyingaspunctuationusingspacesoranythingthatmakesyouadecentcommunicatorisalsofornoobsdontyouagreeschadd
Okay, this has been annoying me since the Empires Let's Discuss started.
Dude. You have not just one but two shift keys on your keyboard. One on each side even, conveniently placed such that one hand's little finger can hold it down while the other hand types a letter. Without capitalization, English can be incredibly difficult to read. You are not e. e. cummings*, and this isn't poetry. Please start using your shift keys.
Matchmaking in Shuffle iT is, by design, pretty simple and versatile.Schadd is coming to the light side.
respectively.
Guys guys, the discussion on Capital hasn't started yet. :PBut Tribute is no longer available!
I played a board with this 3-card combo:
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/thumb/7/71/Tomb.jpg/320px-Tomb.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/thumb/9/9f/Temple.jpg/200px-Temple.jpg)(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/thumb/6/66/Salt_the_Earth.jpg/320px-Salt_the_Earth.jpg)
My opponent split 5/2 and opened Soothsayer; I opened Temple/Silver and continued buying only Temples and a couple Silvers, trashed my deck down to a Temple and two Silvers, then just Salted the Earth each turn till the game was over.