mbunch

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by mbunch 5y ago
Turns out the system wasn't quite able to handle the traffic that came through yesterday. It should be working better now!
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by mbunch 5y ago
The last time this came up, it was an unhandled exception that basically killed the combat thread. Probably something similar this time. In any case, thanks! Hoping to get it back into a playable state shortly, haha.
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by mbunch 5y ago
Sorry, looks like this is a bug with Flee that just popped up and it just stalls combat entirely. Trying to fix now.
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by mbunch 5y ago
Welp, that's definitely a bug! Flee is supposed to move you to an adjacent room on completion, which is, of course, exactly what it did until some time today. Working on a fix now!
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by mbunch 5y ago
It just came online and I was able to get in. Is it still not working?
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by mbunch 5y ago
Not OP but somebody else who has worked on the platform. Thanks for the feedback! I can't give quite as good of a response as teebes but I'll take a crack at it. - Patreon isn't the ideal subscription service but it was the m
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by mbunch 5y ago
Yes it's restarting now, had a hiccup for a bit. Sorry! Edit: Should be online now
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by mbunch 5y ago
sigh Looks like it needed a restart. It was getting hung up when trying to put you into the tutorial. Sorry about that!
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by mbunch 6y ago
It's frustrating how hard of a sell the text medium can be, especially with how creative authors have grown to explore what visual media isn't well-suited for. So many of my avid gamer friends just won't give anything with su
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by mbunch 7y ago
Sure, it may not completely be a corollary of compound interest, but the fact that there are people that can live entirely off of the passive income generated by their assets and have some left over to invest further illustrates that the ga
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by mbunch 8y ago
There are some projects like https://writtenrealms.com that are trying to modernize the MUD and lower the barrier to entry, but they are still coming together and most of the ones with an established player base / full feat
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by mbunch 8y ago
Drafting will only cost you about $10 if you like Limited. Commander can be done on a reasonable budget too if you like wacky multiplayer.
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by mbunch 8y ago
It is my least favorite part of the game (really the only part of it that I dislike), but you're right. I don't know if it was quite what Richard Garfield had in mind, but at this point it's 100% an intentional part of the de
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by mbunch 8y ago
The art in Magic: The Gathering followed a very similar arc. Cards have absolutely amazing art today in terms of technique, but many older cards conveyed a sense of charm and whimsy that's gone now.
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by mbunch 8y ago
That's part of the reason why Bitcoin is seen as V1 tech that's being moved away from and other cryptocurrencies using variants of Proof of Stake (which consumes orders of magnitude less electricity but has other potential pitfall
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by mbunch 9y ago
Did robber barons have as much political power as corporations do today? This is an honest question. I'm not an expert, but my speculation is that the level of control that lobbying gives those "winning" capitalism today over
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by mbunch 9y ago
So the ideal is to adopt an "abundance mentality", right? One where you're so confident and successful that you really don't care if any individual reaction doesn't go your way. It takes a loooong time to get there
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by mbunch 9y ago
I feel for the guy, to be honest. I've been in a good relationship for years now, but I know that bitterness and resentment. If I'd made the mistake of broadcasting my honest thoughts during that time and somebody linked them to m
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by mbunch 9y ago
> When you see a headline like "P versus NP", do you look at criteria like http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=304 to check for signs of credibility? It's funny that you reference another person who