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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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And I did get a couple PKs while going through Duskwood Remember how I said I'd have to wait until a Mage's Frost Nova is on cooldown? Now I don't, if I can use Vanish to get out of it!

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While the Redridge map shows a route that looks like it can only be entered from the Swamp, there is a way to climb up to it within Redridge The new area, Riverglades, appears to be around the same level range as the Swamp and Badlands. Would not have made it without several Sprints and Vanishes

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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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Also it's funny how limiting The Fallen & The Virtuous to 2 does nothing, but if it ever gets limited to 1 then even the Branded decks won't play it anymore

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

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

My PvP characters are my Rogue and my Hunter. I don't think I'd be comfortable as any other class out there Anyway, last night I was reminded that as a Rogue I should not attempt to PK a Mage unless I know their Frost Nova is on cooldown

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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

I guess I can't be mad about the game showing off the newer Exosister cards that say "You can force your opponent to do The One Thing You Shouldn't Do Against Exosisters" if I'm just going to do it anyway

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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

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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Anyway I doubt I could find enough games or anime to fit a collage of nine for myself, and adding manga as a third thing of nine was kind of a stretch considering I only saw it on the timeline once unlike the other two that I saw much more often

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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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having my one pumpkin spice latte for the year

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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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Pretty much the only thing that made me get my Rogue to 60 was "I want to experience The Burning Crusade as it was intended, because I started playing during that time and never made it to Outland back then" Turns out I was still missing out on a lot of it even after the portal opened

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In that version, I had started a Paladin with the goal of completing every dungeon while only joining as Tank or Healer, because I usually only ever play Damage... I gave up at Gnomeregan

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When I reached Current Level Cap for the first time in any World of WarCraft version ever, which was Level 60 in Anniversary Edition before TBC started there... I spent almost all of Level 50 to 60 only grinding normal mobs while I had rested XP because every quest left was dungeons and raids

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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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I thought I forgot to save the replay, but here it is

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Anyway, I still won, because my opponent: -Summoned Alba Los and had no other monsters to attack with, leaving me with 500 LP -Forgot Incredible Ecclesia is a Quick Effect when I summoned a second one in Turn 3, and tried to destroy it with Branded Beast, Tributing Alba Los Never give up, I guess

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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 · 22/09/2026

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

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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

That is correct, I was no longer Furiten after I discarded that second North in front of me