I am from Arkansas (Bentonville, while on the other side of the state, is the birthplace of Wal-Mart, founded by Sam Walton, who "chooses" Dr. Thunder).

I've also said a number of times, again usually with Magic, that if your local metagame is such that everyone or most everyone is into that kind of thing, absolutely go for it. But be mindful of where you do it, because in all my years of playing Heroclix I've never seen a venue that could do it sustainably. Several places have decided "We're going to play REAL Heroclix here, where everyone plays to WIN!", but I don't think that model can last for long. It creates too much hostility, at least in my experience. Again, if it works for you and the people you play with, excellent. But I think the reason it works better in large tournaments is that you don't have to deal with those people week after week.

MITCH HEDBERG FTW!!!!!

It's a weird mix of velocities at work today. The imminent holiday saw a large chunk take the day off, others come in for just a chunk of the morning before either already or soon scooting away. Aside from them, though, there are a few people who are in the thick of matters that must be completed today. Most unfortunate of all are those who thought they were in for a relaxed slide into a holiday weekend but instead, were tapped by a client who wants Heaven and Earth rearranged (retroactively, if possible) to suit them. Delays will not be tolerated!

At the moment I'm dodging in and out of tasks that aren't due today, but which I don't want to be waiting for me as high attention items come Tuesday morning.

Several questions have been coming my way, distracting me.

I'm fairly certain that since I've been posting in the same thread as Miraclo for the last 8-9 months, I've become more intelligent through osmosis.

Try Audacity. Here is a tutorial on how to make ringtones.

A-friggin-men. Some people are just unbelievably selfish. They don't care about driving away players from the venue by being jerks or hard to get along with, as long as THEY get what THEY want, they're satisfied, and screw everyone else. And they are totally stunned when people don't show up every week so that they can get crushed. They call them bad sports, when really, these jerks are the bad sports.

The reason VGA wasn't good at 2 way arguments is because he firmly believed that he was right, without question, and that people who said things in contrast to that were just breathing hot air.

Again, some people just can't understand the concept of everyone having fun. They're sick individuals because the fun that they have is derived from the losses of others. Don't get me wrong, winning is fun, sure. But there's so much more to it than that. I've had plenty of games that I've lost and had a blast playing. Other people would say I'm crazy because, well, "you lost! How is that any fun?" They immature, selfish jerks.

I say the same thing about people who restrict non-unique duplicate figures.

Throw in something about munchkins deserving to be beaten with a sack of doorknobs for busting out the 4x OOTS and 4x AA Questions in friendly games and I'll agree.

By a similar token, bestowing junk shots on their fellow 'Realmsers was something that made GroovyBoy and his pals happy. Of course, it was all in good fun, but, at the end of the day, a boot to the jewels is still a boot to the jewels. Would have been awesome to see VGA's and Groovy's two happy-inducing behaviors to converge at a con at some point.

Well, at last year's WW Philly, I was on a Quizzo team named "VGA's Sister." I'd have liked to see him try to chuck me down a flight of stairs.

I'd throw any of you down the stairs for a win. Sorry. *shrugs*

And I'd do it just for fun. No apologies.

lol...why? They (presumably) paid for em.

You already know my philosophy on it doesn't involve the usual munchkin definition of why people can and should play dupes, so for me it's a 'goes without saying' kinda deal.

Reminds me of WWE Raw Deal (WWE CCG):

Back in the day, my buddies and I used to design custom cards. Mine was a maneuver called "German Suplex Down the !@#$ing Stairs." :knockedou