F5 - The Refresh Strikes Back

[Aldax]

It's finally friday and at my workplace shit has been hitting the fan constantly during the whole week.

I need a pint

[Okaros]

Sounds like my week, except I have a four-hour maintenance window that I have work through tomorrow as well. Shutting down our entire production datacenter in order to apply core switch firmware updates. Fucking Cisco.

Fortunately we have a liquor cabinet in the office. Tequila, anyone?

[RaveBomb]

[7-zark-7]

It's finally friday and at my workplace shit has been hitting the fan constantly during the whole week.

I need a pint

So say we all. It has been a week. New director gave more authority to a peer of mine, which turned into a wholesale land grab on his part.

For my self deprecating comments about moving into a managerial role over the last few years, it does come with a balancing act and a price. We are all taking the position of "let's give him runway and see what he does with it"...

He's chewing through his karma at prestigious speed, and may well end up lower on the totem pole than he started without a reasonable course correction.

More (workplace drama) in a bit,

7z7

[Aldax]

Ok so now the fan's been wiped and the walls are so clean you could eat from them (don't, there was shit and now chlorine in them). Why? because the Celestial Council decided that I and only I can help them with their conundrum so I'm stuck with making complimentary documentation for this project! Woo!

[Okaros]

Who decided this week was "overwhelm Okaros with all the games" week? 'cause the timing is both great and suck at the same time:
Horizon: Zero Dawn? Tomorrow
Torment: Tides of Numenera? Tomorrow
Next Path of Exile league? Friday.

All of these are capable of consuming a week or more of play-time by themselves.

Week-long Business trip to Manchester? Sunday.

[7-zark-7]

Ok so now the fan's been wiped and the walls are so clean you could eat from them (don't, there was shit and now chlorine in them). Why? because the Celestial Council decided that I and only I can help them with their conundrum so I'm stuck with making complimentary documentation for this project! Woo!

I feel this - my implementation team has been very vocal on the difficulty in staffing last minute asks. So a few people have taken to playing hot potato with those very things.

Client move to a new workspace is bumped by a week, & I get to submit the emergency change order covering the ass of the guy who dropped the ball.



Bit of a cultural problem - the guy in question is the chosen one of our senior VP and has an ego the size of a small moon or space station. Politically, I'll end up owning the fallout for this one, despite spooling up to rescue him, & he will look like a hero for doing 1/5th of what he was signed on to do.

Oh yeah, and get off my lawn.

More in a bit,

7z7

[Omega]

Who decided this week was "overwhelm Okaros with all the games" week? 'cause the timing is both great and suck at the same time:
Horizon: Zero Dawn? Tomorrow
Torment: Tides of Numenera? Tomorrow
Next Path of Exile league? Friday.

All of these are capable of consuming a week or more of play-time by themselves.

Week-long Business trip to Manchester? Sunday.

Manchester, England or Manchester, New Hampshire?

Separately, I'm taking a week off next month. My "spring break" happens to overlap with Mass Effect Andromeda's release. Pure coincidence.

[Okaros]

England, for my first-ever trip abroad. My stay will consist of exactly the Manchester airport. Why? Our Manchester office is located in the airport. So's the hotel that the SVP hosting this little shindig booked.

My boss and I are going, and we don't even get a rental car between the two of us. Endless airport meals, yayyyyy....


At least it's entirely on the company dime.

[Omega]

England, for my first-ever trip abroad. My stay will consist of exactly the Manchester airport. Why? Our Manchester office is located in the airport. So's the hotel that the SVP hosting this little shindig booked.

My boss and I are going, and we don't even get a rental car between the two of us. Endless airport meals, yayyyyy....


At least it's entirely on the company dime.

Maybe if you ask CAD reallllllly nicely he can have some fine British cuisine delivered. And by that I mean, Indian food.

[Okaros]

Not a bad idea, but I think all my meals (and almost all of my free time) are accounted for/planned for three days I'm actually ambulatory in Warehouse City. 3 days of work book-ended by a day of travel each way. Who the hell put the U.K. so damn far away?

I'd totally be game for meeting up with CAD if I could find some free time, though.

[7-zark-7]

Wait. British Airport Food?

My god. Okaros, I don't know what $deity you have offended... But you should start repenting early and often.

No one deserves that. Not even Rekard.

More in a bit,

7z7

[Okaros]

Wait. British Airport Food?

My god. Okaros, I don't know what $deity you have offended... But you should start repenting early and often.

This is part of my "reward" for accepting my promotion. The benefits of being king of the IT mountain include meetings like these.


I may have made a horrible, horrible mistake.

[7-zark-7]

[Iron Clad Burrito]

Wait. British Airport Food?

My god. Okaros, I don't know what $deity you have offended... But you should start repenting early and often.

No one deserves that. Not even Rekard.

More in a bit,

7z7

I'm insanely jealous. Seriously, fucks given would equal zero. It's fucking MANCHESTER. I'd take some time and go visit Old Trafford, and fuck anyone who thinks less of me for that.

GGMU, motherfuckers. GGMU.

[Iron Clad Burrito]

Jimmy or Warren? Doesn't matter. They both have brains I'd like to pick.

[Omega]

Holy Shit, ICB is here! And on earth.

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

[7-zark-7]

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

I just want to say this made my day. Kudos.

Damn good to see you ICB - please see my last game where you wet yourself repeatedly and were eventually carried off by a very large and exasperated bird.

More in a bit,

7z7

[Iron Clad Burrito]

Holy Shit, ICB is here! And on earth.

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

Do tell?

[Clearasday]

Not a bad idea, but I think all my meals (and almost all of my free time) are accounted for/planned for three days I'm actually ambulatory in Warehouse City. 3 days of work book-ended by a day of travel each way. Who the hell put the U.K. so damn far away?

I'd totally be game for meeting up with CAD if I could find some free time, though.

If you're in London anytime let's grab a pint!

[Omega]

Holy Shit, ICB is here! And on earth.

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

Do tell?

Current game. All aboard the S. S. Iron Clad Burrito

[Okaros]

If you're in London anytime let's grab a pint!

Unfortunately my itinerary in Manchester has all the freedom of a colonist under King George III. If I do somehow manage to throw a Tea Party, I'll shoot you a PM. If it's going to happen any time, it'll be Wednesday night.

[Iron Clad Burrito]

Holy Shit, ICB is here! And on earth.

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

Do tell?

Current game. All aboard the S. S. Iron Clad Burrito

This. This is GLORIOUS.

Iron Clad Burrito is our last best (rusting) hope for peace

Truer words, Sven.

[Iron Clad Burrito]

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

I just want to say this made my day. Kudos.

Damn good to see you ICB - please see my last game where you wet yourself repeatedly and were eventually carried off by a very large and exasperated bird.

More in a bit,

7z7

Dude, that was glorious. It was one "putting on pants and trudging across camp" shy of perfect. As it is, it brought a tear to my eye. Some Lembas bread soaked it up.

[dferrantino]

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

I just want to say this made my day. Kudos.

Damn good to see you ICB - please see my last game where you wet yourself repeatedly and were eventually carried off by a very large and exasperated bird.

More in a bit,

7z7

Also my game where you and Omega got married.

[Iron Clad Burrito]

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

I just want to say this made my day. Kudos.

Damn good to see you ICB - please see my last game where you wet yourself repeatedly and were eventually carried off by a very large and exasperated bird.

More in a bit,

7z7

Also my game where you and Omega got married.

HAHAHA!

Change my custom title to "Propmaster Emiritus"

[Omega]

I made a Spaceship out of you, by the way.

I just want to say this made my day. Kudos.

Damn good to see you ICB - please see my last game where you wet yourself repeatedly and were eventually carried off by a very large and exasperated bird.

More in a bit,

7z7

Also my game where you and Omega got married.

HAHAHA!

Change my custom title to "Propmaster Emiritus"

For you? Sure.

[7-zark-7]

your're respected and missed here ICB - you should come out and play more often

[Iron Clad Burrito]

your're respected and missed here ICB

If I'm respected, you've all just forgotten who I really am.

you should come out and play more often

This is truth. Looks like I just missed a game's start. Maybe very soon?

[Admetus]

Yay, that'd be sweet!

[7-zark-7]

your're respected and missed here ICB

If I'm respected, you've all just forgotten who I really am.

Nah, everything was fine after we had twdog clean up all the urine. It was quite a mess you know, I mean like gallons of piss, ~everywhere~.

We never did get the smell out of Ryvvn.

More in a bit,

7z7

[7-zark-7]

Ahem. F5?

[Omega]

Sorry about the delay everyone!

It was a big day.

[Okaros]

The cognitive dissonance of hearing everyone talking like all the British TV shows and radio plays I consumed while growing up is... quite strong. CAD, why isn't there a TARDIS on every corner? And when am I issued my babel fish?

(Kidding, of course. Mostly.)

[Omega]

The cognitive dissonance of hearing everyone talking like all the British TV shows and radio plays I consumed while growing up is... quite strong. CAD, why isn't there a TARDIS on every corner? And when am I issued my babel fish?

(Kidding, of course. Mostly.)

Last time I was in the UK there was a TARDIS on every corner. Maybe you're in the wrong part.

[Clearasday]

The cognitive dissonance of hearing everyone talking like all the British TV shows and radio plays I consumed while growing up is... quite strong. CAD, why isn't there a TARDIS on every corner? And when am I issued my babel fish?

(Kidding, of course. Mostly.)

There are TARDIS on every corner. They're just better disguised than in the show. Otherwise you Yanks would run off with them all.

[7-zark-7]

The cognitive dissonance of hearing everyone talking like all the British TV shows and radio plays I consumed while growing up is... quite strong. CAD, why isn't there a TARDIS on every corner? And when am I issued my babel fish?

(Kidding, of course. Mostly.)

There are TARDIS on every corner. They're just better disguised than in the show. Otherwise you Yanks would run off with them all.

He's right. Here's one they got all the way to New York:

[Visigoth]

Weaponized MLP

[7-zark-7]

Weaponized MLP

So... I taught fencing (and fenced competitively) back in college. I've always watched the swordmasters with interest and swung the hammer against the hot steel on more than one occasion.

My pony exposure is limited to TWG and occasionally TWdog following me around You guys talk pony more than my two daughters combined.

Impressive piece of construction. I thought they under delivered on "painting the pony" (a thought which is better with "quotes" around it), but that it was a good clip.

Not quite what I expected in the village pub today, but interesting none the less.

More swordplay in a bit,

7z7

[Okaros]

You guys talk pony more than my two daughters combined.

Hey now, we're not at fault here. Your daughters clearly need to step up their game.
Alternatively, you could RP as the Mane Six. They'd work well for your style.

[dferrantino]

Had an absolute blast at the Werewolf panel at PAX East, thanks Ryvvn for hosting yet again. Highlights included:

• Ryvvn leaving index cards on everyone's chairs with the Dan (i.e. me) one first. Which led to...
  
  • Everyone introducing themselves as Dan.
  • Dan being chosen as the first wolf. I refuse to believe this was actually random.
  • Everyone deciding to vote for Dan in the first round.
  • Dan having to defend himself via pillow fight & crowd participation, revealing him as a fan favorite and likely invincible until that rule was removed.
  • Dan being seered as a wolf immediately after said revelation.
  • Dan also having a crowd-participation ability granting him an extra life.
• Spontaneous dance parties
• A player with a "kill cultists" ability being not only a wolf, but a cultist himself, complete with the ability to convert people to the cult.
• And much, much more.

[Visigoth]

Weaponized MLP

So... I taught fencing (and fenced competitively) back in college. I've always watched the swordmasters with interest and swung the hammer against the hot steel on more than one occasion.

The whole series is pretty good and I've spent too many hours watching a number of the episodes.

[stdio]

Sorry I havn’t been around, something crazy happened last week and I haven’t had the mental bandwidth to deal with twg.

The world is full of secrets; turns out one of those secrets is that I have an older brother no one ever told me about.

[stdio]

next game sign up thread is posted!

[7-zark-7]

The world is full of secrets; turns out one of those secrets is that I have an older brother no one ever told me about.

Wow. As reasons to be away go, that's solid. Any continuing drama, or was this a "well after x years, it's harder to excuse the secret than it is to keep it going"?

None of my business, but honest and supportive thoughts coming your way.

Best,

Steve / 7z7

[stdio]

I probably shouldn't have said anything, but I'm just still in shock over the whole thing. The short version that I'll post here is that mom's teenage years were a giant trainwreck. Like, imagine a train crashes. Then another train crashes into that one. Then a 3rd train. Then a plane falls out of the sky onto what is already a clusterfuck of a pileup. She thought should could leave it all behind, move to another part of the country, do whatever it took to get a degree and a job, and never tell anyone about anything.

But the whole veil sort of came crashing down when when my brother turned up looking for his birth mother last week. But I don't blame her, really. I was raised in a safe and stable enviroment, and while we were never rich, we weren't poor, and we never had to worry about having enough money for food, clothing, or housing. None of that was true when my brother was born.

honest and supportive thoughts coming your way

Thanks for thinking of me!

[Jrsthethird]

Welcome back and best of luck with adapting to your new situation!

[Jrsthethird]

Also, dfer got about 3 different massages from another player because his role was to vote for the lynch via back massage.

The panel was very entertaining.

[dferrantino]

Also, dfer got about 3 different massages from another player because his role was to vote for the lynch via back massage.

The panel was very entertaining.

He had very strong hands.

[Okaros]

Tell me someone has video of this panel. We need it.