#like all other things mtg is ruined by money

[mirakurutaimu]

Opinion on Ral Zarek now being an Otter in both meanings of the word?

rant time i talked about this on Twitter a bit yesterday but it's so fucking stupid. like it's kinda cute that Bloomburrow has the kingdom hearts lion king world "if you go here you're an animal while you're here" thing, but also the only thing we were really told about Bloomburrow leading up to it was "there will be no humans on the plane". so we're all like oh shit, cool, sounds like it's gonna be its own unique thing without a bunch of Dudes You Know in it since there's no humans in it, right? we can finally escape the cycle of banal, tropey sets that are mostly just "Characters From Magic's History Dress Up In Costumes" (MKM, Cowpokez, NEO, Capenna) but nope. of course not. if you planeswalk/omenpath to bloomburrow, you turn into a furry! now watch them sell secret lair packs of fur-tfed planeswalkers, because of course every set needs to be a vehicle for a bunch of stupid gimmicky Products™️ they can sell to gamers with extremely loose wallets

oh, yeah, and alongside this announcement was that they're cutting off printing of portuguese cards. it's not the Biggest deal since I've heard firsthand in non-English speaking countries that they usually just end up using the English cards anyways (gee I wonder if this has anything to do with the globalization of American culture lol no problems there). but they only decided to cut off the printing of portuguese (and simplified chinese) cards because they're facing a 2% drop in profits this year... because of all the stupid royalty fees they're paying on their dumbass Universes Beyond crossover bullshit lol

i've loved Magic since i started playing in high school, but as of late that love has been waning a good bit. the game is so bogged down by corporate product shilling bullshit. every card needs 900 alternate arts. 900 alternate borders. every set needs a hideous alternate card treatment. every set needs 56 different kinds of booster packs. no more Block-format releases, no more core sets, just products, products, products, products.

i used to be a big fan of Commander/EDH, but ever since it really caught on and Wizards/Hasbro decided "well, this is the most popular gamemode, we now need to design the entire game around it" and it kinda completely ruined commander imo. what was once a gamemode about running weird, niche interactions and building something with a unique flavor or playstyle now boils down to "well, just pick one of the 92849634796782435678 legendary creatures they've been printing for the past few years and run all these extremely pushed commander staples they keep printing" and it just ain't fun anymore. gotta sit down at the table and look at entire Doctor Who decks and Transformers cards and Tomb Raider cards and etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. Commander tables are just fucking billboards now lmao

it's very clear WOTC/Hasbro has no idea what to do now that they did the Giant Multiverse-Ending Threat of the Phyrexians in All Will Be One. much like the marvel movie franchise which MTG has been so emulating for years now (AND HAS EVEN SIGNED A FUCKING CROSSOVER DEAL WITH AS OF LAST YEAR, SEE YOU IN 2025 THANOS COMMANDER DECK), we're at the period where they're just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, twiddling their thumbs with these boring, tropey sets, all the while drowning players in a deluge of alternate arts, secret lairs, crossovers, etc. a common complaint among magic's playerbase is that nowadays they're literally selling too much shit. preview/teasers season for one set will immediately be followed by previews and teasers for another set. there's no time for anything to breathe it's just buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy buy.

anyways stop giving hasbro money, print proxies and play magic for free :)

[radramblog]

“magic is hearthstone now lol”

I’m taking a second shot at talking about Magic this week, because things happened and everyone is required to have an opinion on it.

In the hallowed words of a meme from a discord I’m in, “COME ON, 5 second without drama”.

Or without yet another spoiler season this year. Even if there’s a huge number of players this doesn’t actually affect, this still makes a total of 9 releases (10 if you count Mystical Archive, more if you count other little things) for the year so far, and we’re only just getting to August. That’s kind of insane.

So what the fuck did WoTC do this time?

Oh.

Huh.

While I’m sure someone stumbling across this post on Tumblr is going to know already, I also know that some of my mates read this and haven’t played Magic since, like, 2016, so I’ll give a brief explanation of Historic.

Historic is a Magic: Arena only competitive format that encompasses every card available on the program; this includes every Standard set from Ixalan onward, as well as “special” sets such as Jumpstart, Mystical Archive, and the Kaladesh and Amonkhet block Remastered sets. Some of these special sets, as well as the occasional “Historic Anthology” drops, have served to inject specific cards into the format- as an example, May’s Anthology 5 included several Artifact-themed cards, some Flashback spells like Ancient Grudge, the Phyrexian Praetors, and the Dragons of Tarkir Commands. In essence, Historic is like the Modern of Arena.

This format is pretty cool, though due to the huge number of releases it can be relatively volatile. This new news comes hot on the heels of the suspension of Brainstorm- a temporary period before it’s decided whether the card should get banned or not.

And what is that news? Well, Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, apparently. An injection of 782 new cards to this format, which will likely completely and utterly change how it looks and plays. Many of the new cards are highlights from Modern Horizons 1 and 2, which will likely lead the format to play much like the paper format that was those sets’ namesake.

However, not every card in the set is a reprint, and that’s where the controversy comes into it. 31 cards are new, digital-only cards with effects that by-and-large would be difficult to impossible to replicate in paper. Comparisons to digital-only card games like Hearthstone and Eternal were inevitable, as was the bitching from players that the game is Ruined Forever. Alarmism and fatalism and all that fun stuff I got sick of approximately 10 fuckbusted mythics ago.

For reference, these are not the first and only MTG: Arena, digital only cards. The program has a small handful of cards intended only for the New Player Experience- a tutorial, really, but you can keep them. Most of these cards are about as terrible as that comment suggests, but there are some exceptions that people are upset about- Goblin Gang Leader basically being a possible second copy of Beetleback Chief for singleton formats, and I’m sure the 15 people playing Ogre tribal would love Ogre Painbringer, but it isn’t good. The only real standout is Inspiring Commander, a card that would legitimately be good in a lot of white EDH decks, but without a paper printing, isn’t likely to make it into them anytime soon.

The key difference between these and the Jumpstart: Historic Horizons cards are that these could be printed in paper, whereas those ones absolutely could not (Well, mostly). They feel a lot like the Playtest cards from Mystery Booster, which were frankly a lot of fun. Davriel’s effect reminds me of many a Hearthstone card- particularly Kazakus, what with basically not explaining any part of what the card does and involving much RNG. Pool of Vigorous Growth is literally just Momir Basic on an Artifact, and Shoreline Scout just puts fucking Tropical Island into your hand. I’m not saying you couldn’t try some of these effects in paper, but I am saying you probably shouldn’t bother.

And that is, in part, why I am actually not worried, like, at all for the state of Historic, or Magic in general, with the release of these cards. For one thing, we’ve seen 22 of the 31 new cards at time of writing, and pretty much none of them are likely to break into the Historic format in any significant level. They just aren’t powerful enough, especially considering the other cards added simultaneously- fucking Yawgmoth and Ponder are here, not that many people are going to play Baffling Defenses. I’m sure one or two will pop up in Historic Brawl, but that format is inherently sillier anyway.

I’m of the opinion (and to be fair I’m ready to be wrong about this) that the digital-only cards in JHH are mostly just going to be a fun quirk for the limited format. Honestly, some of these look interesting enough for me to consider playing the game for the first time in months. But the majority power level on them is just that, Limited fodder, and I’d be surprised if many of the rares/mythics really took over like certain ones from the first Jumpstart did. Looking at you, Muxus.

And WoTC isn’t stupid. What this set, Jumpstart Historic Horizons, is intended to do is three pretty clear things.

Firstly, it’s to push the Historic format closer to what paper formats like Modern and Pioneer look like in power, while also potentially spicing it up with cards from other formats (I don’t know, we might see a Commander card or something). This is good, actually, because it gets us closer to actually having those competitive formats playable online without resorting to the distressingly old MTGO client.

Second, it’s to experiment with digital-only design. I’m kind of surprised Historic is the testing grounds for this, but for now, it’s ultimately probably fine. If the format was so utterly ruined by these cards that people really start rocking the boat, I’m sure they’ll make a separate format for these. Whether or not we se more in future depends a lot on the response to this set.

Thirdly, it’s just another Jumpstart set. I understand the first one was very popular on Arena, though I never played it, but it means that people are going to be buying in to events, and buying gems for Wildcards for all the new stuff. It’s going to make money. But hopefully it’ll be fun doing it.

I really do wish people weren’t so doomsday about these things, because I want to be able to express a positive opinion on things without getting my head cut off. Tome of the Infinite looks fun! Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv is cool, and I like the recontextualization of Shivan Dragon as a card- same with Kiora and Kraken Hatchling. And I want more cool, powerful cards on Arena, so that funky formats like Gladiator and Historic Brawl have more to play with.

So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m cautiously optimistic about Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. God knows someone has to be.

[havinganormalone]

Hi can we talk about the absurdity of eBay vault for a second?

It's an upcoming feature by eBay where you send them your valuable collectibles (the current push is collectible cards, but I'm sure it will extend beyond that) and they store it for you. From there, you can presumably sell it to other people or even buy cards for your collection and they will handle it all.

And I understand wanting to protect things that are worth money. Absolutely. But if you are buying, selling, and storing your collection somewhere, and never physically interacting with it, then what you are doing is essentially turning these collectibles into a stock portfolio. That's what this is. You are divorcing them from any tangible property, and reducing them to an abstract "I have this thing worth X amount of dollars, and occasionally I shuffle the assets in my portfolio around to speculate and try and increase their value." The collectibles market has long had this weird relationship with 'value.' Look. Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman) is valuable because it is estimated that there are LESS THAN 50 REMAINING IN EXISTENCE. And that's remaining PERIOD, regardless of condition. It is valuable because an important cultural moment could have very well been lost through neglect and carelessness. There is an alternate timeline out there where Superman's first appearance is lost media, like early episodes of Dr. Who or the source code for Panzer Dragoon Saga. It's a reminder that if we don't mindfully and intentionally preserve things for future generations, they may not be there.

So yes, taking care of things is important. But we take care of them with the intention to share that cultural history with other people, so they can have access to them. They are valuable because they enrich our lives, either through the enjoyment they bring or because of the history and cultural understanding they provide. When you lock that shit up in a guarded vault, abstracting these items to mere abstracts of monetary value, you're kind of missing the point.

But who am I kidding? The collectibles market has long been about controlling and hoarding resources, creating value by denying others access. It's full of all sorts of speculation (like a decade ago when a certain company intentionally bought and held onto MTG Fetch Lands so that they could longterm gouge the prices, inflating the cost to participate in high-level play). It went from trying to preserve obscure bits of culture not considered "high brow" enough for museums to a get-rich-quick scheme where you extort people's desire to belong to or participate in a subculture by ransoming bits of it back to them. It's just one more thing absolutely ruined by capitalism.

[berserker-official]

Is that MORE QUESTIONS I see? ANSWER THEM ALL YOU DAMN BEYBLADE. AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THE HURRICANE DIDN'T TAKE ME. YOU'RE DOOMED NOW YOU SPINNING DREIDEL.

THE HURRICANES MAY HAVE MISSED YOU BUT HURRICANE ZERKER SURE AS SHIT WON’T YOU

1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged?

No

2. You talked to an ex today, correct?

Nope

3. Have you taken someones virginity?

Yeah in MTG

4. Is trust a big issue for you?

Absolutely

5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently?

if this means crush “like” then no

6. What are you excited for?

For that Jigsaw movie to drop cuz I’m a dummy that likes that dumb shit

7. What happened tonight?

Last night I beat a minigame on Danganronpa 3 that is BS on the Vita. Tonight I’ll be presenting my photos so that’ll be fun.

8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted?

As long as they’re with a friend to help them out after they have a good time I have no right to judge people and their drinking habits when I don’t drink.

9. Is confidence cute?

Hell yeah

10. What is the last beverage you had?

Listen every time I answer this it’s either gonna be “Arizona tea” or “water”

11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust?

A good amount

12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans?

boi do you think these thicc thighs can be contained by skinny jeans

13. What are you gonna do Saturday night?

Depends on if a friend comes up for the weekend but probably nothing

14. What are you going to spend money on next?

I might go pre-order a game and buy Baby Driver but idk yet

15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed?

No

16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months?

Hopefully

17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything?

All of my close friends really

18. The last time you felt broken?

Like a month ago?

19. Have you had sex today?

hell yeah havin sex erryday (no)

20. Are you starting to realize anything?

I gotta step it up

21. Are you in a good mood?

Yeah

22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks?

Nope

23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s?

Nope

24. What do you want right this second?

My phone to be charged

25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy?

Nothing cuz they in a stable relationship and I don’t want my one-sided feelings ruining our friendship

26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color?

Natural the last time I dyed my hair was like a decade ago and it was a MISTAKE

27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh?

Probably not

28. What was the last thing that made you laugh?

I was watching some LPs earlier and those guys are pretty funny so

29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now?

Not really?

30. Does everyone deserve a second chance?

Probably unless they do something that could never be conceived as an accident

31. Honestly, do you hate the last boy you were talking to?

No

32. Does the person you have feelings for right now, know you do?

Nope

33. Are you one of those people who never drinks soda?

Yeah carbonation makes me feel weird

34. Listening to?

Danganronpa V3 soundtracks

35. Do you ever write in pencil anymore?

Only on tests

36. Do you know where the last person you kissed is?

In hell I hope

37. Do you believe in love at first sight?

I think so

38. Who did you last call?

My parents probably

39. Who was the last person you danced with?

An ex like 6 years ago probably

40. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed?

Cuz I was leaving to go home

41. When was the last time you ate a cupcake?

Yesterday

42. Did you hug/kiss one of your parents today?

No but the day isn’t over

43. Ever embarrass yourself in front of a crush?

Dude all the time

44. Do you tan in the nude?

I’m pale as shit what’s tanning

45. If you could, would you take back your last kiss?

Probably yeah

46. Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night?

No

47. Who was the last person to call you?

One of those dumb telemarketers

48. Do you sing in the shower?

Yeah

49. Do you dance in the car?

How

50. Ever used a bow and arrow?

yeah in vidya games

51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?

Longer than a decade ago

52. Do you think musicals are cheesy?

No High School Musical is the pinnacle of the motion picture art form

53. Is Christmas stressful?

Yeah

54. Ever eat a pierogi?

No

55. Favorite type of fruit pie?

Pumpkin

56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?

Drummer in a band

57. Do you believe in ghosts?

No but I’ve never witnessed one so

58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?

All the time

59. Take a vitamin daily?

Yeah

60. Wear slippers?

No

61. Wear a bath robe?

No

62. What do you wear to bed?

Whatever I’ve had on for the day

63. First concert?

@warlord-official took me to go see A Perfect Circle

64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?

target

65. Nike or Adidas?

Nike?

66. Cheetos Or Fritos?

I’m cool with both but Cheetos

67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?

Peanuts

68. Favorite Taylor Swift song?

The Off Button

69. Ever take dance lessons?

No

70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?

No but if I had to something that makes a lot of money

71. Can you curl your tongue?

Yeah

72. Ever won a spelling bee?

I got like second place in 3rd grade

73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy?

I was laughing pretty hard last night that I cried so

74. What is your favorite book?

Tied between “The Disaster Artist” and “All You Need is Kill”

75. Do you study better with or without music?

With

76. Regularly burn incense?

No

77. Ever been in love?

Yeah

78. Who would you like to see in concert?

Breaking Benjamin maybe?

79. What was the last concert you saw?

PVRIS

80. Hot tea or cold tea?

Cold tea

81. Tea or coffee?

Tea

82. Favorite type of cookie?

Chocolate chip

83. Can you swim well?

It’s been a while but probably

84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?

Yeah

85. Are you patient?

I hope so

86. DJ or band, at a wedding?

Either is good

87. Ever won a contest?

I won a giant poster the other week so kinda?

88. Ever have plastic surgery?

Nope

89. Which are better black or green olives?

Neither

90. Opinions on sex before marriage?

I’m cool with it

91. Best room for a fireplace?

Living room?

92. Do you want to get married

Sure but I gotta find someone that wants to even date this sorry ass so

[excusetheconfusion]

The homeless days.

After rekindling an old friendship from a 7 year hiatus, I've been inspired/influenced to write an experience story. Usually my blogs are just stoner ramblings about my feelings and thoughts but today it'll be more of a recap kind of deal. If you've kept up with my blogs, you know about the 'bad' ex, you know about my dad dying, you know how I sold the house that I hated...this picks up right after I sold the house. After living in the small town of Houston, Missouri from 2010 to 2013, I sold my first house. Really, sold my dead dad's house. Before that, I had lived with my dad on the Gulf Coast. We went through Katrina, lost everything over and over again. So material things hadn't meant much since 2005. We had our mobile home, then another, then a FEMA camper, then a FEMA cottage, then another camper. We didn't really move, all these homes were on the same piece of property, but hurricanes kept taking them. One day, after my dad had gotten his back pay from SSI and some other government things that he had been owed, he typed in cheap properties, and Houston, Missouri popped up. We moved summer of 2010. It was my first time having a real house, I thought it was going to be great. I hated leaving my friends, and I didn't care for the town too much, but it was a real solid house. Not even a year later, my dad was killed. I ended up pulling the plug while my dad was in a coma, basically brain dead. Bar fight gone wrong. I finished the job that a 23 year old, Caleb Buckner couldn't.(feel free to search Midtown, Licking Missouri Barfight, October 8th 2011, Victim Rickie Murray) After that, the boyfriend at the time, who was 20 seemed pretty mature considering I was 16. So here I am 16, no family, a house, 2 vehicles, in a town where the only people I knew were my dad's bar friends, and my boyfriend's family. I was a good kid. Good grades, good intentions, polite, soft spoken, the worst thing I did at the time was smoke a little pot. Which what 16 year old hadn't done that? Well, my family in Louisiana tried to get me to come home but, I knew better apparently. My family let me make my own choices, which looking back on now was stupid. I was 16, they should have made me come home and have a normal life. But they didn't and that's when I began my journey alone. My boyfriends grandparents adopted me. They gave me a room in their home, and treated me like their own. They went to my drama club plays, they helped me with cash when I needed it. They loved me just like I loved them. I called them grandma and grandpa and things were fine aside from the fact that their grandson was incredibly abusive. But where else could I go? We ended up moving into my dad's house 6 months later. So, I'm 17, a senior in high school with a 21 year old living with me. It got worse once we were really alone. It was about a 2 year long process of getting dad's house back from the government. I had a plan to leave Shad, but I had to bide my time. The day I found out the house was out of probate and was able to be sold, I packed up all his stuff and had it sitting on the front concrete porch. The day he moved out was also the day that The guy who ended up being my kids dad and I would sleep together. It was a hasty thing that happened at a very vunerable time. But we ended up in love and dating soon after. He was a hippie soul, and introduced me to many of the things I cherish and while heartedly believe now. I had wanted to be homeless since I met this guy called Homeless Dave at a party in Mountain Grove, Missouri. I envied him. I always wanted to just sneak away from my ex in the middle of the night and just walk and keep walking. I figured I'd do it one day, but I didn't know how soon it would actually be. My new boyfriend and his friend's family had a plan to go to Colorado. So I said fuck it, and that I'd go too. I didn't know these people from Adam. They move in with me, and I instantly regreted it. I didn't have a kid at the time, and I never thought I would have one because I didn't like fucking kids. Well, this whole thing was turning into a shit show. Long story short, their plan was for me to financially support everyone with the new money from selling the house. Which wasn't going to happen. So, I have to be the worst person in the world and say no to a family, because all it would do is bring me down. It was hard. I still feel guilty, but the gift of being in the present (future) is that they are still in the same boat. Divorced. Had more kids, in jail, on drugs, etc. No matter what I would have done back then, it wouldn't have changed their future. So I go to Colorado, alone...minus my dog and cat. I gave away everything I owned. I took clothes, pictures, and an open mind. And kitty litter and dog food. I make the trip totally alone, 19 years old, first time free, and totally in love. So, the plan was to go to Boulder and be homeless. But I had a home, I had family, I had people who cared about me. So I wasn't homeless, I was houseless. And I wanted to be. At this time, the big flood in Boulder had just happened, so there were not only regular homeless, but there were displaced victims of a natural disaster there too. And I say homeless because it is the PC thing to say. Hobo is insulting apparently. And I mean that with all the sarcasm. I stayed at the park in Boulder, right by the library. The mix of people were rich Boulder college kids, retirees, teens who left home just because, 20 something year old stoners, drugies, or 40 something year olds who were kicked out of the crazy homes back in the day. Some people lived in tents, motel rooms, cars, storage units. Even if some of them had money, they still lived like that. I met a ton of real people. I mean, as far as they knew, I didn't have anymore or less than they did. I didn't tell a whole lot of people that I just sold a home. I didn't want to get robbed or anything. Turns out, it ended up happening. The deadbeat husband with the family that I bailed on, well he stayed in Colorado being a bum while his family was in Missouri. I let him sleep in my car from time to time. In my car, had my dad's jewelry. Gold necklace, a few gold rings... He stole them and hocked them. He stole my cell phone, and a set of tires and rims that I left in Missouri. All for nothing too, if he had stolen my things and bettered his life with it, then I don't care. Rob me fucking blind,if you are going to fix your life. That's a sacrifice I'll take. But he didn't, and he took the last of my dad's things that I had. So there I was in Colorado and the only soul I knew was the guy who I had just started dating a couple weeks ago. He got a job with relief clean up from the flood. So I was just chilling. I had my pug, Rosie on a leash and my cat, Jan in a kitty fabric carrier. I had my back pack with water, snacks, and my recreational tools with me. I would just walk around and take naps in the grass. I'd sit by a creek. Go walk down town. I was just free. It was pretty safe for the most part. I have to say, the worst thing that happened was on one of my first days there. I saw some nerds playing MTG at a table, which was a card game I was familiar with. I join them and before I could even say anything a guy sits by me. He uses my body as a wind shield, leans down and pulls out foil and a straw. I'm in disbelief. Then he exhaled and said, 'It's just meth'. Then he walked away. Shortly after, I left the nerd table to hang out with some other homeless. Another funny story. So, I have my dog Rosie, who was an unbelievably disgusting animal. Nasty mucus filled eyes, a long dry shark skin tongue, that usually had poop stuck to it, because she literally ate shit. So with that horrifing backstory, I would walk around with Rosie and people would ask to take pictures with her. I let about 10 people take them for free. I decided to start charging. I was homeless, so I may as well hustle. This huge black guy with a briefcase come up to me, asks to take a picture of her, and I was like 'what cool thing do you have to trade'? This mother fucker opens up his brief case, that is full of buds of weed, and he throws a handful on the ground. Well that was enough of a payment for me. Never saw him again. Once it got to be October, it was getting pretty cold in Colorado. So we got an apartment in Westminster. Which ended up being the hood. And ya know, we still kept our homeless friends. We would go visit them in the park, or they would come and stay the night. We kept in contact the whole time in Colorado. Those people were 100. And those are the people who most see I'm the sides of the road and look down on them. Honestly most of those people had more money in their pockets then most 40 hour a week workers. I'd say the experience in a whole was humbling. Not just for me but for perspective on other people. I've showered in a homeless shelter. I've ate food from a soup kitchen. I had strangers give me socks and hot dogs, they took time out of their day to give me some comfort. It was a toughening thing too, knowing that I don't need anything or anyone and I'm good. I have it handled. I denied help when I felt like it. Because I knew I had the means if I wanted. I was pretty ghetto at times. I mean, I took sink showers in grocery store bathrooms for shits sake. I highly recommend doing something crazy like this at least one time. The only thing stopping you is you. It is as easy as waking up and giving everything away. Just walking away from everything you know. Right when it is scariest, that's when you jump. Who knows, you may jump into a shit storm, and walk away with less than what you came in with. You may ruin your relationship and be miserable. You may meet the love of your life. You may get pregnant and have the most beautiful baby. Your life may take a complete 180. But wouldn't you rather know what happens? I don't know how anyone could just wonder about these things...jump. It's the best choice I've ever made.