Mike Brum

I play video games, Magic: the Gathering and do computer stuff. Opinions, while often grumpy, are my own. @bmemike.bsky.social

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

A better shot of some of the cards I bought in bulk boxes at a yard sale this weekend for $100 #MTG #winning

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

@SD_Comic_Con Last year, I got my email about 5:30p on the Friday prior (which would be today). And that seemed to go pretty smoothly and quickly.

So if we do get official comms today, we're still probably many hours away from everything being done.

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@SD_Comic_Con I’ve chosen the wrong profession if I never want to see “internal server error” ever again.

We just call them “I-S-Es”.

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@Batman_Fan117 @SDCCFan97 @SD_Comic_Con I've heard a number of people haven't received emails. Some got them very quickly, others waiting after a while.

I hope once everything settles down they just resend everyone's email conf so nobody potentially misses out.

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@OGuardianHammer @MondoNews We very much need a Prof X in the levitating yellow chair.

But many Jean variant options.

Beast, Morph.., the list goes on.

And with the non-X-Men coming out taking up resources, that’s why it’s disappointing when they spit out the same character multiple times.

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@xdonnamonsterx @kidstylez @Comic_Con @SD_Comic_Con Support is never helpful when these issues come up. After getting the brush-off in past years, I knew to not bother.

I was lucky that someone else in my group got through and took care of our badges.

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@SD_Comic_Con Need a "got in, but also got glitched and was needlessly stressed as a result".

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

@Source_2_Screen @SD_Comic_Con Good luck.

My experience in the past has been that they aren't overly helpful even if the reason you didn't get badges is due to a problem on their end.

Good luck!

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@SD_Comic_Con Tried checking out (everything in my cart and hitting the "Process" button) and it failed 3 times. After the third time it kicked me out of the queue and sent me to the end of the line.

Not cool.

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@MiztrizDi My group was able to take care of me and the other people that I was checking out for, so we're good.

But I did get back in the queue out of curiosity - and still have ~20m left, which means I probably would have scrubbed out given that Friday just sold out.

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@JunkyardLurker I'm fortunate that I'm in a group and we were able to work through it - but I was worried that I had failed the ppl I was buying for as well.

An absolute cluster and a half.

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@MiztrizDi Everything is on fire and falling over.

I think it's better to be where you are than to be actively trying to check out right now.

I got booted out while checking out and my session wiped. Others appear to have been as well.

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

@CIassic Says it right in the tweet.

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@GreenApple898 Yes, I intend to use it myself.

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

#SDCC recap thread.

First, this year felt like a return to the pre-strike, pre-COVID years. It's been a while but I'm glad we're back.

One huge highlight is, of course, the #DeadpoolAndWolverine Hall H screening. The line fiasco was horrible, but the experience was incredible.

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@GreenApple898 I play Java - which is a requirement for modded.

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

@GreenApple898 I play modded, so it changes based on the modpack. A lot of packs have been updated to 1.20, but not everything.

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@GreenApple898 Fire away!

[Mike Brum @bmemike]

@GreenApple898 You just did!