u/noxnoctum

I've been in the industry for a little over a decade now, but strictly on the clearance/release/entry processing side of things (working for a couple different brokers). I got my license recently and was hoping to move to a role with an importer for the better pay and benefits, but I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

I frankly don't think I have the experience to be making major compliance related decisions without some level of oversight. Is there some sort of "in between" option that might be a good fit that's a step down from the "Head of compliance" type roles I see for LCBs? I know enough to pinpoint major areas of risk, but I'm not going to be able to rattle off requirements from memory for various scenarios like I know people who have been in compliance a while can. I'm also still only just learning what the best resources are to go to for "ground truth" since there are so many out there (CROSS, various PGA websites, etc.).

I was at EDC 2026 which had a dedicated happy hardcore stage and heard a fair amount of both but am confused where the border lies. My current perception is HHC has a distinctly older kick with a rubber band sound with more piano sections while UKHC has a more modern bouncy kick.

TBH I like the UKHC sound the most but what confuses me is that S3RL for instance calls his music HHC while to me the kicks are clearly much more UKHC.

The point of this post is mostly just to identify what what I like is called so I can find more :P.

The shuttles shut down right before I arrive (the ones going to EDC) . I was thinking I'd drop my stuff off at the hotel and take an uber and still get 3-4 hours at minimum but if the traffic is crazy and I'd only get a couple hours in I might just crash.

By that I mean basically anyone who wasn't an OG in the 90s through late 2000s/early 2010s.

Looking at 17lands, there seems to be a pretty huge variety. I've found decks with as few as 7 creatures as well as more normal looking aggro decks. I really struggle to know what direction to go. I'm only looking at diamond and mythic.

Do you want 5-6 in an aggressive deck or is that too many low-powered creatures?