I am so F'ing mad that Speedball doesn't give you a warning when you target it

Yes, I realize that I'm an idiot and after a decade of magic I should know that reading the card explains what the card does. HOWEVER, this might just be my declining mental ability, but I'd argue that the rules text is deceptively difficult to parse and the plain english of it implies that it's the controller of the spell who retargets, not the speedball owner. But Arena is generally extremely generous about warning you when you might be doing something with consequences you're not picking up on, and the stupid thing has hexproof+, I can't think of a single scenario where targeting an opponent's speedball is something you should do, I would argue that this card is the single most obvious scenario for Arena to ask if you're really sure you want to do that.

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u/Bike_Alternative — 7 days ago

Best non-fringe non-obvious things to check out?

We'll be at the festival for a week, and while I'd normally not bug people and just do my own research, but my brain is already fried trying to make sense of all these shows, so I'm coming to you, people of the internet, in my hour of need. What are some of the non-performance art things that edinburgh has to offer that are must sees while we're in town? We're generally much more interested in local culture than tourist traps or anything Harry Potter related.

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u/Bike_Alternative — 7 days ago

Anyone own one these condo/hotel hybrids in Mexico? How's it going?

My husband and I really love Puerto Vallarta, and are working towards getting our work lives arranged in a way where we can eventually split our time between Mexico and the states, part of making that feasible would be owning a place that can at least generate some income to offset the cost when we're not there. I've been a landlord before, so I'm not totally opposed to being involved with the management, but we've stayed at these condos that are popping up where, at least from my understanding, the building takes care of everything, you just tell them when you're using it and they give you a check after their cut gets taken out. The appeal is obvious and, given that this isn't really meant to be a profit-making venture we'd be much more interested in less stress, but I'm having trouble finding anything about how these deals are actually structured and how they end up working out for the owners.

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u/Bike_Alternative — 7 days ago

4 days in the highlands and then flying out of Inverness. Where to go/stay?

We’re going to be spending a week at the fringe festival in August and then have days 4 full days to spend in the highlands, we’ll have a car and will be flying out of Inverness early on the 5th day. I’m getting a little overwhelmed by the choices here, does it make more sense to set up home base in Inverness and do day trips from there or just book hotels in different towns? I think we’ll want a slower paced vibe, and other than visiting a few distilleries we really don’t have any particular must sees.

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u/Bike_Alternative — 28 days ago