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Erm, I think that's it. Everything else is fair game, especially any discussion about FreeholdDM's love of everything Joss Whedon.
Also, welcome Trinam!
Beer is down the hall.How about the Dew?
Hmm, that would be nekkid Dew for ToP. Club rules. Dang rookie gets ToP with his 4th post here!
Hmm, that would be nekkid Dew for ToP. Club rules. Dang rookie gets ToP with his 4th post here!
Trinam am also always winner.
Welcome to the madhouse Trinam, I see the others have filled you in, glad to have new blood in our happy little playhouse.
I'll have Solnes drop you some BttH later on when I speak to her again.
Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
::smack, smack:: Man, that tasted bitter.
I have to wonder upon seeing the new faces after being in forced exile from Fawtl for so much of the past year, what drew you new Fawtlies here?
I was told there would be cake, hookers, and blow.
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I have to wonder upon seeing the new faces after being in forced exile from Fawtl for so much of the past year, what drew you new Fawtlies here?I was told there would be cake, hookers, and blow.
Sebastian keeps taking all the hookers and blow, and leaving Skittles on the cake. Trust me, you don't want the cake after Sebastian has Skittled it.
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So, it seems I managed to piss off some friends by opting out of their gamenight. :-/
I sent a nicely worded email to the group. And the GM was personally offended that I didn't call him first.
I mean, I guess I can kinda see his point, but 1) we never talk on the phone about... well anything really and 2) It's not like I had issues with anybody that had to be worked out, I just couldn't handle/afford the long drive anymore.
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So, it seems I managed to piss off some friends by opting out of their gamenight. :-/
I sent a nicely worded email to the group. And the GM was personally offended that I didn't call him first.
I mean, I guess I can kinda see his point, but 1) we never talk on the phone about... well anything really and 2) It's not like I had issues with anybody that had to be worked out, I just couldn't handle/afford the long drive anymore.
Well that sucks.
I have to wonder upon seeing the new faces after being in forced exile from Fawtl for so much of the past year, what drew you new Fawtlies here?I was told there would be cake, hookers, and blow.
There is. You just have to know where to look. \m/O.O\m/
So, it seems I managed to piss off some friends by opting out of their gamenight. :-/
I sent a nicely worded email to the group. And the GM was personally offended that I didn't call him first.
I mean, I guess I can kinda see his point, but 1) we never talk on the phone about... well anything really and 2) It's not like I had issues with anybody that had to be worked out, I just couldn't handle/afford the long drive anymore.
I don't get why he'd be upset, since it has nothing to do with the group. It's not like the venue was going to change. Hopefully, he'll get over it.
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So, it seems I managed to piss off some friends by opting out of their gamenight. :-/
I sent a nicely worded email to the group. And the GM was personally offended that I didn't call him first.
I mean, I guess I can kinda see his point, but 1) we never talk on the phone about... well anything really and 2) It's not like I had issues with anybody that had to be worked out, I just couldn't handle/afford the long drive anymore.
I don't get why he'd be upset, since it has nothing to do with the group. It's not like the venue was going to change. Hopefully, he'll get over it.
I hope so to, but I got a nasty email in response to the email that I sent... In which I was told it was chicken s#~+ to send an email instead of calling. 0.o
That bridge is burning and while I'll be glad to put it out, I'm not going to be the first one to pour a bucket of water.
This goes back to the whole CHILL thing.
CHILL: It's the Fawtly® way.
Open mockery is my way of life.
Wow. People usually only mock me behind my back...
So Whedon is a figment of FHDM's imagination, this then woudl mean Freehold created the awesome that is the first few Seasons of Buffy and Firefly as well as the Horror that was Aliens 4!!!Things are going crazy at the office today. My skull is pounding.Maybe Whedon is trying to escape?
This cannot be. Find him. Break him. Then bring him to me.
So, it seems I managed to piss off some friends by opting out of their gamenight. :-/
I sent a nicely worded email to the group. And the GM was personally offended that I didn't call him first.
I mean, I guess I can kinda see his point, but 1) we never talk on the phone about... well anything really and 2) It's not like I had issues with anybody that had to be worked out, I just couldn't handle/afford the long drive anymore.
I don't get why he'd be upset, since it has nothing to do with the group. It's not like the venue was going to change. Hopefully, he'll get over it.
I've been there before...it's never fun. It's not really something you just "get over", I do think a phone call would have been the better way to go. Still, I'm not blaming you or anything man. My weekly Thursday night game met the exact same fate because the commute was killer for all involved but one person. Gaming has never been the same since. Still, some great things came up out of the ashes, including my monthly Kingmaker game and my monthly Darklight Sisterhood game.
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This goes back to the whole CHILL thing.It's better than FATAL.
Isn't that like saying it's better than getting shot in the face?
No chill wasn't a bad game, it just was not call of Cthulhu.Isn't that like saying it's better than getting shot in the face?This goes back to the whole CHILL thing.It's better than FATAL.
I meant comparing it to FATAL.
I could not do this, the kids would drive me nuts.So, I just got an offer to work from home at my current job! I would have to make the commute to Atlanta occasionally, but, otherwise, I'd be working from home.
I wish I would have been offered this earlier, but it's a very good offer.
What do you guys think?
My kids are old enough that they won't be bothering me. They're at that lovely stage of pretending their parents don't exist. :)
Apart from the fact that you already have an apartment, where would you rather work?
I'd rather work for my current employer. The answer seems pretty self-evident, then. :)
Wait, these guys let you stew in unhappiness all this time, then they suddenly come up with a work from home counteroffer when you find a job back home? That's kinda crap. Are they set up for a work from home program? If not, are they going to have to cancel yours once the 'howcome he gets to do it' whining starts? If so, why couldn't get get in on it before you were miserable enough to quit?
Taking counteroffers is also rather risky for your career. How often is 'sometimes'? Are they gonna jerk you around once you turn down the people you just accepted, knowing that bridge is seriously burned?
I dunno, dude... lots of squickiness there, looking in from the outside. You might feel comfortable knowing the people, though. Maybe it's all cool. Sense Motive!
Now I need a little help from Vomit Guy.
Just repeat after me....
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Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)
A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
That's fine. Those pygmies are jerks anyways. And like, 80% of them are cannibalistic.
Jerks.
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A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
And there's also FAWTL Gang. We beat up other posters, and go through their avatar's pockets for loose homebrew rules.
In a very passive/aggressive way, of course.
First rule of FAWTL Gang! YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT FAWTLY GANG!!!
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Trust us on this one Moth, and do not try looking for it. I wont give you creepy thoughts by not revealing details.Um ... not sure about that.Ok, I'm home, kids are home, Solnes is leaving for her sexy job. 3 kids, 1 parent...
God help me.
That's way worse than 2 girls, 1 cup! O_o
Oh, Im familiar with 2 girls 1 cup unfortunately ... Just not convinced that 3 kids 1 parent could be worse!
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A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
That's fine. Those pygmies are jerks anyways. And like, 80% of them are cannibalistic.
Jerks.
The worst part about cannibal pygmies is they always bite ate face level. :S
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A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
And there's also FAWTL Gang. We beat up other posters, and go through their avatar's pockets for loose homebrew rules.
In a very passive/aggressive way, of course.
First rule of FAWTL Gang! YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT FAWTLY GANG!!!
I thought the FIRST rule was: It's okay to look, but never touch Solnes' breasteses. :P
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Oh, Im familiar with 2 girls 1 cup unfortunately ... Just not convinced that 3 kids 1 parent could be worse!Trust us on this one Moth, and do not try looking for it. I wont give you creepy thoughts by not revealing details.Um ... not sure about that.Ok, I'm home, kids are home, Solnes is leaving for her sexy job. 3 kids, 1 parent...
God help me.
That's way worse than 2 girls, 1 cup! O_o
Than 2 girls eating chocolate soft serve ice cream and pretending it's kuky?
Yeah it is... but not by much.
What! Pygmies are awesome. I'm pretty sure some others are the cannibals.
I could not do this, the kids would drive me nuts.So, I just got an offer to work from home at my current job! I would have to make the commute to Atlanta occasionally, but, otherwise, I'd be working from home.
I wish I would have been offered this earlier, but it's a very good offer.
What do you guys think?
My kids are old enough that they won't be bothering me. They're at that lovely stage of pretending their parents don't exist. :)
Apart from the fact that you already have an apartment, where would you rather work?
I'd rather work for my current employer. The answer seems pretty self-evident, then. :)
Wait, these guys let you stew in unhappiness all this time, then they suddenly come up with a work from home counteroffer when you find a job back home? That's kinda crap. Are they set up for a work from home program? If not, are they going to have to cancel yours once the 'howcome he gets to do it' whining starts? If so, why couldn't get get in on it before you were miserable enough to quit?
Taking counteroffers is also rather risky for your career. How often is 'sometimes'? Are they gonna jerk you around once you turn down the people you just accepted, knowing that bridge is seriously burned?
I dunno, dude... lots of squickiness there, looking in from the outside. You might feel comfortable knowing the people, though. Maybe it's all cool. Sense Motive!
Thanks for your insight, Treppa. I was hoping you'd weigh in on this, and I appreciate you doing so. Most of what you've pointed out crossed my mind, so it's good to see some affirmation of the thought process.
I will say that the stewing was in large part due to my lack of communication about my happiness. People may have suspected, but I never said anything about looking for a job back home. I guess that's conditioning from my previous experiences at Gilbarco where speaking up about anything was met less than enthusiastically.
I did bring up the whining, but not in that particular way. They've been pretty good about letting people work from home, on a one or two-day basis, but I also found out that they've got an employee who works from home full time (not from the Atlanta office, but one of the other offices), so they think it will work for me.
I will be coming to Atlanta once a month for two days at a time, on the company's dime.
Not that I have many, or any, ranks in Sense Motive, but I think this is a genuine offer.
A few people have said that. I guess it is a little exclusive. I mean you have to be able to log onto the Paizo boards, so I guess the pygmies are excluded. ;)Morbid curiosity. From the outside this seemed like a highly-exclusive awesome people's club.
Turns out I was close. It is an awesome people's club, but it ain't highly-exclusive if I can post here.
And there's also FAWTL Gang. We beat up other posters, and go through their avatar's pockets for loose homebrew rules.
In a very passive/aggressive way, of course.
First rule of FAWTL Gang! YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT FAWTLY GANG!!!
We're Sebastian's gang.
When you're a Skit,
You're a Skit all the way
From your first hookers and blow
To your last dyin' day.
When you're a Skit,
If the s+~% hits the fan,
You got FaWTLers around,
You're a Paizo man!
You're never alone,
You're never disconnected!
You're home with your own:
When company's expected,
You're well protected!
Then you are set
With a capital S,
Which you'll never forget
Till they cart you away.
When you're a Skit,
You stay a Skit!