The New Year Approaches.

NebulaJack wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:The insanity of working for Cell Phone Mining Corp Inc. is getting to me.

For example-- Customers who are leasing phones *might* be eligible to trade those phones in and upgrade.  Since CPMCI owns the phones we have to get an approval and ship those phones back to CPMCI.

All through December I have having a weekly fight with the woman who is in charge of submitting the information for these shipments.  I would submit 6 devices that needed to be shipped. She'd send me an approval for 3 of them.  "The others require manual approval..."  Some of these phones sat in my locked drawer for a month or longer.

Now is January and the same woman sends an email "Your store has un-shipped giveback phones.  Please send them NOW or risk being charged for them..."

Dammit.  It's you who didn't do your job. Now you're threatening me as if it was my fault.

Cut her brake lines.

I think you've landed on a great board game premise. You draw a card and put in play and it's something like "Is a rude customer at the bagel shop". Whoever you play it against now has to try and cut your brake line without being noticed. If they succeed, they have to play a dick move card, and the person they play it against tries to cut their brake line. You have to answer trivia question to earn "check your brake line" cards, otherwise you're driving without knowing the danger. Dice rolls determine if you live or not. The last person with uncut brake lines , or the last person alive wins the game.

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:The insanity of working for Cell Phone Mining Corp Inc. is getting to me.

For example-- Customers who are leasing phones *might* be eligible to trade those phones in and upgrade.  Since CPMCI owns the phones we have to get an approval and ship those phones back to CPMCI.

All through December I have having a weekly fight with the woman who is in charge of submitting the information for these shipments.  I would submit 6 devices that needed to be shipped. She'd send me an approval for 3 of them.  "The others require manual approval..."  Some of these phones sat in my locked drawer for a month or longer.

Now is January and the same woman sends an email "Your store has un-shipped giveback phones.  Please send them NOW or risk being charged for them..."

Dammit.  It's you who didn't do your job. Now you're threatening me as if it was my fault.

Cut her brake lines.

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:The insanity of working for Cell Phone Mining Corp Inc. is getting to me.

For example-- Customers who are leasing phones *might* be eligible to trade those phones in and upgrade.  Since CPMCI owns the phones we have to get an approval and ship those phones back to CPMCI.

All through December I have having a weekly fight with the woman who is in charge of submitting the information for these shipments.  I would submit 6 devices that needed to be shipped. She'd send me an approval for 3 of them.  "The others require manual approval..."  Some of these phones sat in my locked drawer for a month or longer.

Now is January and the same woman sends an email "Your store has un-shipped giveback phones.  Please send them NOW or risk being charged for them..."

Dammit.  It's you who didn't do your job. Now you're threatening me as if it was my fault.

Cut her brake lines.

James.k.Polk wrote:The insanity of working for Cell Phone Mining Corp Inc. is getting to me.

For example-- Customers who are leasing phones *might* be eligible to trade those phones in and upgrade.  Since CPMCI owns the phones we have to get an approval and ship those phones back to CPMCI.

All through December I have having a weekly fight with the woman who is in charge of submitting the information for these shipments.  I would submit 6 devices that needed to be shipped. She'd send me an approval for 3 of them.  "The others require manual approval..."  Some of these phones sat in my locked drawer for a month or longer.

Now is January and the same woman sends an email "Your store has un-shipped giveback phones.  Please send them NOW or risk being charged for them..."

Dammit.  It's you who didn't do your job. Now you're threatening me as if it was my fault.

NebulaJack wrote:To add another few kicks to the endlessly fun dead horse of Jar Jar, if I ever get the chance to direct a spin-off movie I'm picking him. Partly to bask in the fan anger when it's announced, and more so to soak up the "holy fuck how is this movie so awesome" if I pull it off right.

I'd basically pick up with Jar Jar going to Padme's funeral, and having his soul crushed by the realization that he's one of the key figures responsible for the end of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. It'd be a soul searing exploration of how the search for atonement can lead to greater suffering and tragedy. I'd even throw in a crippled, brain damaged guy that Jar Jar tries to help in a hospice. The dude tells him about how his life as a drug dealer was up ended when a bearded man in robes talked him into going home and rethinking his life. When he decided to quite the life, his associates beat him savagely, and ever since he's been in constant pain and begging anyone who'll listen to kill him and put him out of his misery.

The first act would culminate with Jar Jar cutting out his tongue or at least severing his vocal chords as an act of penance for speaking words that led to the Emperor's rise to power. The second act would would be his his further suffering at seeing Storm Troopers clear planets of "undesirables" i.e. non-humans and being unable to cry out against the injustice. Third act would be Jar Jar finding some kind of purpose in the galaxy that will never balance out the harm he did, but is still good none the less.

rkwsuperstar wrote:Also, that comment that Sly just posted about getting developers to comment on his posts...was that a dig at Gallen?  Because I think it was.  

Patch wrote:https://i.imgur.com/YQk1UTK.gifv

For Gallen

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:...but the thing that pisses me off the most is that while TR was still around he didn't want to have anything to do with our facebook group.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

Sleverin wrote:Damn you people have been busy.  

1. Darth Maul comes back as mecha spider legs Darth Maul.  Yes that's the description, no its not a joke.

2.  Fringe is great, despite Fox's meddling in their story ideas and creating a bad slump in season 2.  Fox wanted an episodic show, writers wanted a serialized show.  They compromised for season 2 which hinders the pacing of the overall story, but its still good.  Season 3 just rocks the house.  Not gonna lie, I fell in love with the show because of an lsd taking scientist and that they went full boar with the super science concept.

3. I'm a bit feverish and I'm not going to check it, but I think Gallen made a fair point about the use of jokes/slap stick humor to ease dramatic tension.  The reason we love C3PO is because he's interspersed between serious scenes (trash compactor for instance).  Jar Jar was swinging around on tanks like a moron in the middle of a climactic battle scene.  It was badly written copies of the Three Stooges humor, if there was less of it sprinkled throughout and just a touch better written it probably wouldn't have been so badly recieved.  I think RK made the point...again, I'm feverish and struck with flu.

Oh, I don't argue that the humor is there to ease tension.  It works with C3PO and R2D2, and with Finn and BB8, and it fails with Jar Jar.  My issue is more the way he talks about it...he doesn't seem to be agreeing or disagreeing with someone's point, he just wants to prove that he knows something, even if only slightly related to the point he's responding to.  And then if you don't respond to his knowledge, he has to post it again.

Sleverin wrote:Damn you people have been busy.  

1. Darth Maul comes back as mecha spider legs Darth Maul.  Yes that's the description, no its not a joke.

2.  Fringe is great, despite Fox's meddling in their story ideas and creating a bad slump in season 2.  Fox wanted an episodic show, writers wanted a serialized show.  They compromised for season 2 which hinders the pacing of the overall story, but its still good.  Season 3 just rocks the house.  Not gonna lie, I fell in love with the show because of an lsd taking scientist and that they went full boar with the super science concept.

3. I'm a bit feverish and I'm not going to check it, but I think Gallen made a fair point about the use of jokes/slap stick humor to ease dramatic tension.  The reason we love C3PO is because he's interspersed between serious scenes (trash compactor for instance).  Jar Jar was swinging around on tanks like a moron in the middle of a climactic battle scene.  It was badly written copies of the Three Stooges humor, if there was less of it sprinkled throughout and just a touch better written it probably wouldn't have been so badly recieved.  I think RK made the point...again, I'm feverish and struck with flu.

Sleverin wrote:Damn you people have been busy.  

1. Darth Maul comes back as mecha spider legs Darth Maul.  Yes that's the description, no its not a joke.

2.  Fringe is great, despite Fox's meddling in their story ideas and creating a bad slump in season 2.  Fox wanted an episodic show, writers wanted a serialized show.  They compromised for season 2 which hinders the pacing of the overall story, but its still good.  Season 3 just rocks the house.  Not gonna lie, I fell in love with the show because of an lsd taking scientist and that they went full boar with the super science concept.

3. I'm a bit feverish and I'm not going to check it, but I think Gallen made a fair point about the use of jokes/slap stick humor to ease dramatic tension.  The reason we love C3PO is because he's interspersed between serious scenes (trash compactor for instance).  Jar Jar was swinging around on tanks like a moron in the middle of a climactic battle scene.  It was badly written copies of the Three Stooges humor, if there was less of it sprinkled throughout and just a touch better written it probably wouldn't have been so badly recieved.  I think RK made the point...again, I'm feverish and struck with flu.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.

Hehe..See? That's why I love you guys. You know me well enough to know when I'm being serious and when I'm not.

Usually

*Narrows eyes*

Sometimes it's more obvious than other times.

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.

Hehe..See? That's why I love you guys. You know me well enough to know when I'm being serious and when I'm not.

Usually

*Narrows eyes*

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.

Hehe..See? That's why I love you guys. You know me well enough to know when I'm being serious and when I'm not.

Usually

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.

Hehe..See? That's why I love you guys. You know me well enough to know when I'm being serious and when I'm not.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

theIllustriousDrGonzo wrote:I didn't read it. He annoys me as well. "Look at me! Look at my articles! I'm Important! Sly and Gallen are The Slithe and Monkian to Lukes Mumm-Ra.

Well, to be fair, if you made money or earned free games or whatever based on page hits for your writing, you'd probably be promoting your stories, too.

Yeah, but I'd be GOOD at it.