ladel

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[–] ladel@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, unfortunately not. From TL I only have extras of the two Origin Formes, Giratina, and Arceus.

Edit: though I do have TL pack points to spend... let me think about it

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

Still looking for these STS 1-star cards:

  • Spiritomb
  • Garchomp
  • Glameow
  • Mamoswine
  • Heatran

These are the cards I have dupes of:

~~Also a bit interested in getting a second copy of GA Magneton, so if you have one to spare, let me know what 3-diamond cards you're looking for~~ e: Magneton taken care of

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just came across someone playing a new deck: chatot/rampardos/kabutops.

Chatot is the only basic, so you always start with it and can reshuffle your cards until you find your fossils and rare candies. Chatot and Kabutops only one 1 retreat cost, so you can switch them about if you need to look for another fossil later and chatot survived.

I tried it out and it's pretty fun. Not sure if it's good yet.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, UB is really grindy. Even if you only have a 50% win rate on average, you'll only gain 3 points for every two battles. MB must be even worse.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was still using a Blaine deck, but I was making no progress in ranked. It's good enough to hover about in UB1, but not good enough to get to UB2. So I switched to a Rampardos/Lucario deck and got to UB2 without too much difficulty even though I only have one rare candy. Haven't tried to progress to UB3 yet.

I pulled a second Solgaleo, but haven't really tried it out yet. The problem with stage 2 decks (or even stage 1 decks) is that they always have a chance to brick, whereas Darktina is so consistent because it's only basics. I'd like to try a Darktina counter deck, but I don't have any Oricorios.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Great. I've sent a freind request. Just send either and I'll send a Palkia.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unfortunately not. These are all the duplicate exs I have:

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

I'm always surprised that BotW isn't a bit higher up given how long it's been out for and the positive press it got. I guess it's not as casual as all the other games on this list (bar TotK, of course), but I thought it would still have wider appeal.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

In SR I'm looking for Tinkaton ex or Giratina ex. I can offer Charizard, Wugtrio, or Bibarel from SR, or check with me for dupes from other packs.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've also been scuppered by Lillie, being able to heal 60 from a stage 2. Yeah, it may be too strong to be just an item, but if it is too strong, it will get balanced out somehow in a future update.

I'm still use a Blaine deck, which can still work, perhaps because it's a bit obscure these days and people forget how it plays, but really the powercreep has left the deck behind and I need to find a new one. I like the look lf Solagleo, but I don't have the cards yet.

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Solgaleo sounds really good but I haven't faced it yet. I always take a while to learn the patterns of the new decks that get introduced, so I'm frequently getting smashed right now. And also by most stage 2 cards, since they've all got a buff with rare candy (except Magnezone).

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

It probably does look a bit scammy the way I've presented it here, but the code does come from the official PTCGP X account.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/877454

This is a post about placenames because I find these kinds of things interesting. Fill in any blanks or make corrections if you can.

For whatever reason, Korea likes to refer to a connection (usually a railway or road) between two places by taking the first part of each word and combining them. When one of those places is Seoul, the syllable used is gyeong - for example Gyeongbu to refer to a rail line between Seoul and Busan, or Gyeongin to refer to the collective area/connection of Seoul and Incheon. Gyeonggi-do, the province surrounding the capital, literally means that. But why is "gyeong" used in place of "Seoul" or "Seo"?

Seoul is, as far as I know, the only native Korean placename in use. Everywhere else has over the course of history been converted to a Sino-Korean name, which can be written using Hanja (Chinese characters). For some places, the old native Korean name is still known, but is never used.

Seoul as a word simply means the capital. It's a word that has transformed from being a general noun (e.g., "the seoul of England is London") to being a proper noun referring to the city of Seoul. (Aside: I think 수도 is now the term to refer to a capital in general sense).

Seoul only became known as Seoul following the end of Japanese occupation. Prior to that, it had a few different (Sino-Korean) names, most recently Gyeongseong - a Sino-Korean word meaning capital city (gyeong/경/京 means "capital"). When Seoul Station was built, it originally took the name Gyeongseong Station. So it makes sense that when they named the railway line between Seoul and Busan, they called it the Gyeong-Bu line, right?

So when you see 경 in relation to Seoul, you might have a slight appreciation of why it's there. But just because you see it, it might not be related. For example, Gyeongnam province or Gyeongju city both have "gyeong" but have a different Hanja and a different, totally unrelated, underlying meaning.

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