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Anyway this was the only other thing I bought at the con

From headempty, a shirt with a picture of Frieren and the words "no thoughts" "headempty"

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I also went to the Yen Press panel. Almost changed my mind about it yesterday after I actually bought the book I was originally looking for more information on, but glad I went anyway as I saw a lot of newly announced things I am now looking forward to

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Today was my "I actually went to a comic panel at comic con" day Specifically, the Dark Horse Comics Wizards of the Coast panel. Got this poster just for attending

Poster for an upcoming Baldur's Gate III comic, featuring Astarion

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Board boat in Booty Bay: Mostly fellow Horde players there with me Boat loads in to the Barrens on the way to Ratchet: It is suddenly me and a bunch of Alliance

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So the Forever beta randomly changed the Rogue's Backstab sound to the one from Retail I actually kinda like that one better

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Here is what I brought back from comic con today

From Manga Spot: The first volume each of Buying a Classmate Once a Week, and The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All
From Bead Geekz: A cap that says "Yuri"

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Saw the Crunchyroll showcase at Comic Con and heard about a lot of cool things, which of course I could not take pictures of I will at least say it started and ended with trailers of anime adaptations of video games (Sekiro, and Ghost of Tsushima Legends)

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Since I did take my Rogue to Stranglethorn Vale, I also snuck through the Swamp to pick up the Stonard flight point. Then, while looking on the map, I saw what appeared to be a way to Badlands through a new area... and I made it through to Kargath to connect the north and south flight points!

Flight map while I am at Kargath, showing that I can go north to Undercity, or south to Stonard or Grom'gol

The path I took, starting at Grom'gol in Stranglethorn Vale (south end), going through Duskwood, cutting the corners into Redridge Mountains, then going through the new area Riverglades into Badlands

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My Rogue is now at Level 28 in the beta, and I'm wondering if I'll need to start Stranglethorn Vale just to get to 30, as I am understandably behind in level compared to the quests I have due to Not Doing the Dungeons

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Master Duel finally getting Elfnote June Pride just in time for me to get it for basically free thanks to the crafting points from dismantling Kewl Tune cards that are now Forbidden or Limited

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So I was making Rogue stuff and I noticed my skill just kept going past where it should have been capped (Ignore how much HP I have there, I was given Fortitude and Blessing of Kings)

The "Skills" screen, including "Poisons" which reads "131 / 125"

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Despite some new things that have happened in World of WarCraft Forever, the goblins still haven't fixed the Samophlange... yet?

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As the Rogue, Levels 20-21 were terrible without Vanish or Distract yet But with those at Level 22, I went back and completed Mission Possible But Not Probable! (Walk on Air saved me when the final fight didn't go my way the first time, and also helped me shortcut back to it the second time!)

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

With the Forever beta level cap moving up from 20 to 30 two days ago, I will be heading into Hillsbrad in PvP for the first time, thinking "We're already at the point where there will be entire groups of Alliance making sure Tarren Mill is completely unusable the rest of the way out, aren't we"

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not doing the dungeons means I don't have any of the blue-tier gear almost everyone else has yet. PvP will be super hard mode now

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gonna hit the free gem limit in Duel Links during the 10th anniversary campaign I guess I can drop a few here and there to start putting together as much of my Master Duel "Dark Magician of Destruction pile" as I can fit into 30 and 9 because almost all of it is in the game now

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Completed on the last day with 3 guesses to spare I think I missed a day on my other two accounts though, might not complete it on those

The Card Decoder screen showing me that I completed Challenge 9, which was the last one (My final card was Dark Desertapir, but different players may get different cards)

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"What is Dimension Shifter doing in the newly released Exosister Solo Mode right before it gets Forbidden," I ask myself as I tell The Zombie Vampire to move a monster out of the GY while the CPU opponent has Elis face-up on the field...

"Select a monster to Special Summon," the game asks, showing me two of Tearlaments Reinoheart and a Tearlaments Havnis in my GY, and Exosister Irene and Dimension Shifter in the opponent's GY

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me one week ago, about the World of WarCraft Forever beta, with one character at Level 20 before the cap increase: "I'm not sure if I want to continue playing if my characters are gonna get wiped before the release anyway" Me now: Three characters at Level 20 and working on a fourth

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Master Duel brought back Card Decoder, and between the game adding a fourth guess per day, and my strategy of "Use all the hints as soon as possible," I'm already at 4 out of 9 completed after only 3 of the 9 days on my mobile account Still need to get started with it on PC and Xbox

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sometimes I keep a joke post stuck in the drafts for an entire day because I think it'll suck but then I post it and then delete it a minute later

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

having my one pumpkin spice latte for the year

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just heard Dimension Shifter is getting Forbidden in Master Duel Now I can just play Tearlaments all the time and I won't also need the Maliss deck for when we're in a Shifter Format

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Playing World of WarCraft Forever has made me annoyed about many small things that are Not Classic, but also I have still not tried finding a dungeon party because it doesn't have the Dungeon Finder even though I know that is the most Not Classic thing that could be asked for

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Me with Virtuous Bonds, going first and seeing my opponent has Beasts from the Abyss: "All right, it's Branded Bystial. I'll go Sinister Sovereign and then leave Incredible Ecclesia out to tag in Albaz in Turn 2. Should be fine, as long as I don't get Golem'd" I get Golem'd

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So what chat program are we all switching to when we leave Discord

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I should have known Splitgate wouldn't last long when I started playing it and I could only describe it as "Portal-Halo"

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My first opponent in the Double Draw Duel Trial was running a deck that intentionally loses with Relay Soul?... But the whole point of Duel Trial is to get 3 wins?

Duel result showing that I won due to the effect of Relay Soul, with the log on the right showing that the last move was my opponent destroying their own Zoodiac Thoroughblade with their Zoodiac Drident

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I haven't played much of any fighting game since that first Blazing Pass in Strive that I posted about months ago, but last night I hopped on to Sorana's stream just to: -Be Gary Oak versus her Ash Ketchum -Remind everyone of Street Fighter The Movie

In Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Sorana made a costume for Terry Bogard that makes him look like Ash from Pokemon, so I made a costume for Rock Howard that makes him look like Gary

The versus screen in the Street Fighter 6 Battle Hub, where Sorana is Marisa and I am M. Bison, using the recently released intro image from the Street Fighter Movie promo

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Downloaded World of WarCraft Forever Waited 15 minutes in the queue to log in Clicked PvP in the Ruleset menu "No servers are currently available" Now waiting 25 more minutes in the queue ...I guess that's enough of a warning that maybe I should pick Normal

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Never mind, Yummy is also one of my fun decks now I just have to remember NOT to activate Snatchy's on-summon effect when I have these other cards available...

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me playing Maliss or Tearlaments: "This is one of my fun decks" Me playing Yummy: "I play this deck because I hate Yu-Gi-Oh and I want to make people stop playing it"

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just got done playing my last day of the Pro Player event in Mah-Jong Fight Club Union Legend No. 22 among Garthe's fans 52 / 72 Emblems collected

The Pro Player event selection screen in Mah-Jong Fight Club Union, showing that I have chosen to support Garthe, and that I have 4,748 points

The screen showing which Pro Players' Emblems I've collected. (If I scored higher than a player supporting a Pro, I'd collect an Emblem for that Pro. Silver ones mean I've collected them twice; Gold ones mean I've collected them at least 3 times)

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As someone that played both "Classic" and "Anniversary Edition" World of WarCraft, I will most likely play Forever, but I will definitely go in thinking "Blizzard already fooled me twice and is fooling me a third time"

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think I've found my rival

I found a player named "07Dropout" while Mining at the Highweald Ruins

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Was gonna hit the free gem limit during Dice Rally if I didn't use any, so I picked up the Yummy collection Not sure if I'll play it pure, or wait until the new Melffy cards get added to try to combine the two into the most annoying deck ever

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Forgot to pick up the Street Fighter Movie intros in Street Fighter 6 when they went up yesterday, so I missed my chance to post this and say "but for me it was Tuesday"

The character customization menu in Street Fighter 6 Fighting Ground, where I have chosen M. Bison with the Street Fighter Movie themed intro image

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Never mind, this event is unplayable

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Now that A Ruff Situation is out in OSRS, I made sure to complete it and of course I chose the Shiba (I did rescue all the other dogs too)

My Old School RuneScape character outside Edgeville bank with a Shiba puppy

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bringing back The DMOD Pile for Dice Rally because it's the least banned of all the decks I have for this event I have a second version with the Imperms and Fuwalos replaced with Veilers and 1 each of Ghost Ogre, Ghost Belle, and Nibiru for when the board slaps a monster on my field at the start

Dark Magician; Snake-Eye Ash; Snake-Eye Oak; Snake-Eyes Poplar; 2 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring; 3 Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous; 3 Mulcharmy Fuwalos; 3 Dark Magician Girl the Magician's Apprentice; Diabellstar the Black Witch; Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic; Timaeus the United Dragon; Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon; 3 Imsety, Glory of Horus; Hapi, Guidance of Horus; Qebehsenuef, Protection of Horus; Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction; Sinful Spoils of Subversion - Snake-Eye; Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye; Divine Temple of the Snake-Eye; Walls of the Imperial Tomb; 3 King's Sarcophagus...

...3 Shining Sarcophagus; WANTED: Seeker of Sinful Spoils; The Gaze of Timaeus; 3 Infinite Impermanence

Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon; Granguignol the Dusk Dragon; Secreterion Dragon; Dark Magician of Destruction; Timaeus the United Magical Dragon; Chaos Angel; Despian Luluwalilith; Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy; Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord; Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder; Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze; I:P Masquerena; S:P Little Knight; Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames; Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale

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eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I made my new RS3 Ironman a member on Friday night and the first thing I did immediately after was start grinding Divination because I want to eventually unlock Invention I think I am actually unable to do anything for fun anymore

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I got 10 URs from free Secret Packs between the Nijisanji campaign and the newly released packs (everything before Fusion Deployment, except one of the two Iris) Didn't realize until I looked at them here that the Snatchy is an alternate art

All the UR cards I just got from free Secret Packs: Conduction Warrior Plasma Magnum; Yummy★Snatchy (alternate art); The Iris Swordsoul; Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, Four Heavenly Dragons; Schwarzchild Infinity Dragon; Crystron Inclusion; Sauravis, the Ancient and Ascended; Myutant Synthesis; Nerva the Power Patron of Creation; and Lyrilusc - Ensemblue Robin

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Since today's Forbidden and Limited List update in Master Duel, I have successfully resolved Turn 0 Havnis three times and still lost all three times. Working as intended

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After what was probably over 100 Infernal Mages to get the Fire ruby, I got the Air diamond after only 5 Killerwatts Yes, these drops get broadcast to nearby players

Another player says "I Just Wan The Diamond" right after I get the Air diamond, and then says "Mfer"

Okay, I may have found an even better pair of opponent names

My two opponents at this table were named "NOWAY" and "PUSSY"

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just got the new Fire Amulet in OSRS. Plus 2 to my normal max hit with Fire spells means plus 4 to my max hit against Frost dragons! I haven't made the combined elemental amulet yet because I haven't done the quests I need for the Earth part. Gotta get on that

Me hitting a Frost dragon for 47 with Fire Wave, with the added outline around the hit icon indicating that it is the highest I can hit with it

eMiko @easternmiko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I now realize this kinda looks like a bot name to anyone that doesn't know where I got it from

My character's name is "Nicole of 09" and I tried to make her look like Nicole from "Class of '09"