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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoI think it’s actually correct in this usage because “effect” is a keyword in the game, so using “effect” triggers specific rules. Plus Duke has a secret ability that if someone tries to argue the sentence isn’t grammatical you get to give them a swirlie.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoNo, that’s definitely not how it works. It would never be worded this way to begin with, but this “effect” is just a homonym of the word you’re referring to.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoI don’t make the rules fam
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoPretty sure they’re right. If something has no effect on you, it doesn’t affect you. I can’t do a comprehensive search right now, but I’ve so far been unable to find the word “effect” on card text.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s not. Source: I gave the best years of my life to this game.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThat’s a noun. It’s used as a verb in this card description, which is wrong.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoEffect can be a verb also, but then the meaning is like “cause.” “The president’s policies effected change.” It’s technically accurate that cards with lots of text aren’t going to effect me, I think.
Affect.
I think it’s actually correct in this usage because “effect” is a keyword in the game, so using “effect” triggers specific rules.
Plus Duke has a secret ability that if someone tries to argue the sentence isn’t grammatical you get to give them a swirlie.
No, that’s definitely not how it works. It would never be worded this way to begin with, but this “effect” is just a homonym of the word you’re referring to.
I don’t make the rules fam
Pretty sure they’re right. If something has no effect on you, it doesn’t affect you.
I can’t do a comprehensive search right now, but I’ve so far been unable to find the word “effect” on card text.
It’s not. Source: I gave the best years of my life to this game.
Effect
That’s a noun. It’s used as a verb in this card description, which is wrong.
Effect can be a verb also, but then the meaning is like “cause.”
“The president’s policies effected change.”
It’s technically accurate that cards with lots of text aren’t going to effect me, I think.