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jshadow89.bsky.social

@jshadow89.bsky.social
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Just a nerdy guy who likes card games, Football, all things Godzilla, human rights, and ttrpg's 🏳️‍🌈. (He/Him) Starting a chess journey, currently not at an elo worth talking about.

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What the shit... Diablo 2 expansion...
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
He heard the Vikings were gonna trade for a QB in Burrow and decided to submit his resume for consideration.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
No one is better at snatching defeat from the jaws of Victory like democrats. Not holding my breath on any of this going well.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Fashion Souls has been great so far. Hammer go Bonk 🔨
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A bit wild last couple of months, but things are getting back to some semblance of normal. Now if we can just fix this tyrannical Russian Dictator that somehow became president of the US, I'd be perfect.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I discovered #EU4, and it has consumed my life lately. Turns out I really like map games. Which.... considering how long I've also loved and played #hoi4 that maybe should have been more obvious.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Vikings went out with a whimper. Sam Darnold went from comeback player of the year to barely worth vet minimum in just 2 games. *sigh* there's always next year. #MinnesotaVikings
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Been working my way through Glow on Netflix.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Darnold went from comeback player of the year to barely worth vet minimum in a single game. If he wasn't Super Bowl or bust before he sure is now. I'll be ready with my purple on but the hype is dead.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
That wasn't just a bad #Vikings game. That was one of the worst offensive performances in like 4 decades bad right when we needed to play our best. My hype is dead and it feels like we're a one and done playoff team after whatever that game was. MVP to vet min in a single game.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
You've played FF14 so.... 50/50 chance it consumes you or you return to ff14. There's things WoW does exceptionally well but you'll also be reminded of some of the things that are annoying here and perfect there.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
It kind of almost matters for the Seahawks. They at least have to try to win.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Of course the #MinnesotaVikings are good this year. The world is ending so it's only natural that they will win the super bowl as the final sign of the end of days.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
It's my favorite time of year to tell my mom that she knows this is a Happy Honda days house when she says Merry Christmas. Why yes, I am the family disappointment why do you ask? #Christmas #holidays
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
My cat just dramatically closed 3 doors at 4am today. What a weird way to wake up
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Got my event Emblem and I've just been playing my dumb Gyrados deck until I'm sure I've either won or lost and then conceding to not break people's streaks. It's Christmas time in #tcgpocket #Pokémon #cardgames
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Disliked 4th edition the most. Felt less like D&D and more like they wanted to make the base for MMO video games. No rules for crafting or professions in it for the role play. Everyone was functionally a caster so actual casters kind of sucked from lack of hp. Just a lot of bad decisions.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Nothing has been quite as humbling as going from Card Games where I'm pretty damn good at calculating my odds and finding my outs to win games I have no right to win, to no rng #chess where I don't think i could find checkmate if I had 6 queens to 1 pawn.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I really don't like the new Pokémon pocket event. In a game with this much coin flip rng on top of normal card game rng, you want me to win multiple games in a row to complete the event? -11/10 on this one. Please don't do it again. #pokemonpocket #tcg #phonegame
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It's definitely the most frustrating loss I've had so far because I feel like I had a very solid early-mid with great ideas and then just blundered like 15 times in a row as I stumbled blindly into a loss.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
When I say I'm starting as really really bad at #chess, like dumpster fire tier bad... this game is what i mean. So many missed opportunities because I'm just not looking at the whole board. chess.com/game/121382130364
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
That was some Mahomes BS.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This #Vikings team is not inspiring confidence that they're a legit contender. OL playing like they're the 33rd best OL in the league. Only reason we're in it is cause Falcons gonna #Falcon
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Guys I think Addison might be good.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Thanks, I've been using this and chess.com my biggest issue so far has just been that I lose track of the midgame, take a bad trade and have trouble recovering.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I'm beginning to suspect that I'm Dumpster Fire Tier bad at #chess. Oh well. We all gotta start somewhere and for me that's apparently at sub 500 elo.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Got myself my own chess set since the only other one I owned was given to me when I was like 8 and is Lord of the Rings themed. #chess
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Well so far in my chess journey, my early game is solid but my mid game is terrible. I lose track of positions and tend to blunder pieces very easily. It's fine. All good things take time. #chess #newhobby
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Matt Smith is probably my favorite doctor. I just love how he treads the line of whimsical and down right terrifying.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I think this one game shouldn't be confidence draining, but the pattern of the offense sputtering either sputtering and failing or coughing the ball up to make games closer than they have a right to be is confidence draining. It's been a while since we've had any sort of solid performance
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Fox news literally said that no one in their right minds would consider them legitimate news in order to win a legal battle.... so like. If Fox News is saying it 99.9999% of the time it's wrong.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I think it's the best Godzilla movie ever made tbh. Captures the soul of the original while modernizing it to today's audience. Amazing. 10/10.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It's like I'm watching Adrian Peterson plus the ability to catch, minus the explosive 50+ yard run potential.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
..... Well I guess I know what I'm buying later.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Finished Ted Lasso last night. It was an absolutely incredible show, might even be an all time great. If you rotate your streaming services like I do, consider putting apple TV in the mix for this show alone. Totally worth it. Roy Kent is probably my favorite. Love his arc. #TedLasso #NewShow
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The hardest part about learning chess when coming from tcgs is that luck isn't a factor. I didn't lose my queen from a bad draw. I lost my queen because I played poorly and didn't think ahead. #chess #cardgames
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
After the election results, I decided I wanted to just disengage from my normal spaces and try something new, like Chess. Today chess.com has a black Friday sale on their sub price. My goal is to be very reasonably good. Maybe I can hit a 1400 Elo next year or something. #chess #newhobby
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Gojira (1954). Started a phenomenon that we still see today. Incredibly well made and a product of its time.
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jshadow89.bsky.social @jshadow89.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I've joined the social media exodus so this is my first post huh.... So I guess: Normalize always pressing the thanks button after a match. It's just a game y'all and some people just like Mewtwo/Pikachu. Not the players fault the deck is good y'all. #tcgthings #Pokémon #cardgames #pokemontcgpocket
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