"Joe and Bob"

Mad Dog wrote:

Me: "I'd move to Minnesota if I could work for Fantasy Flight"

You must either be independently wealthy, or didn't see the kind of salaries they advertised when they had some open positions last year.

JoelCFC25 wrote:

Mad Dog wrote:

Me: "I'd move to Minnesota if I could work for Fantasy Flight"

You must either be independently wealthy, or didn't see the kind of salaries they advertised when they had some open positions last year.

I assure you I'd make enough to afford a vacation in Scotland.

Mad Dog wrote:

I assure you I'd make enough to afford a vacation in Scotland.

Pfft. Anyone can afford to vacation in Scotland.

MattDP wrote:

Mad Dog wrote:

I assure you I'd make enough to afford a vacation in Scotland.

Pfft. Anyone can afford to vacation in Scotland.

Touché

Mad Dog wrote:

Chick: "Who'd want to move to Minnesota?"

During a brutal summer of unemployment in Indianapolis, I decided that I needed to move somewhere with a better job market. I knew that I wanted to stay in the Midwest and live in a city, so that narrowed it down. It turned out that the Twin Cities had the best job market, but at the time, Indianapolis had the second best job market. So I thought it over carefully, weighing the merits of both cities:

Indianapolis:

+ a lot of my friends still live there
+ I grew up there, so I know where everything is
- too many rednecks
- too much pollution
- my friends are always cockblocking each other when we hit the bars
- job market might be better than most, but I haven't found anything in three months
- nightlife scene is kind of dull

Twin Cities:

+ half my relatives on both sides of the family live in Minnesota
+ best job market in the midwest (at that time)
+ great local music scene
+ a lot of cultural stuff, plays, museums, etc.
+ not many rednecks
+ lots of lakes and parks
- really harsh winters
- bad traffic

Oh, and I actually did work for Fantasy Flight for a short time. The pay was reasonable for what it was, light assembly work, and it was a fun place to work. Great music, good conversation and an awesome company Christmas party. However, when I was offered a job as an accountant there, I had to turn it down. I was overqualified, and I had a high-maintenance girlfriend to support, so I moved on as soon as I found the kind of job that I was after.

ubarose wrote:

Joe & Bob don't want to play Tom's games, because they don't want to play with TOM. They are clearly making lame excuses just to be polite. DUH.

Good point. Maybe they know he's the type of "friend" that would write about them on the internet without their prior consent.

I fear that this discussion on Clearclaw and creamed hamburger will degenerate beyond the usual, and I just had a nice sandwich. So:

http://canyonparkcabin.com/blog/2007/02/10/creamed-hamburger/

Sounds like a regional thing, or maybe just a camping thing. NOT SEXUAL AT ALL.

Does that look like cream to you?

Bullwinkle wrote:

I fear that this discussion on Clearclaw and creamed hamburger will degenerate beyond the usual, and I just had a nice sandwich. So:

http://canyonparkcabin.com/blog/2007/02/10/creamed-hamburger/

Sounds like a regional thing, or maybe just a camping thing. NOT SEXUAL AT ALL.

Heh. Canyon Park.

Canyon.

Camping.

Bears.

Creamed hamburger is really like eating hamburger gravy on a bun.

Count me in on the people who hate doing math unless it is at work -- I get enough of that shit all day, why would I want to spend my free time thinking about numbers or optimization?

I love this line, in the comments:

"...it was fairly easy to start off playing a game like “Oh Hell” with regular cards.
... Since then we’ve evolved and play things like ... Galloping Pigs."

And even Larry Levy's comment, the only comment which dares to disagree with the article, claims that "They don’t love games", despite the fact that they fucking memorize chess openings and two-letter words for Scrabble.

THEY ARE NOT GAMERS GAMES.

Just because someone doesn't play a gamer's game doesn't make them not a gamer. I would say that if someone loves a game enough to study it's nuances, strategies and what not would make them a gamer. They just aren't the type of gamer to go out and get the latest and greatest game just because they can.

i totally agree. the phrase "gamers game" is rotten to the core. it's like saying "ooh, this novel is a real reader's book" or "this album is a real audiophile's record". fuck that shit. anyone who defines themself by the activity they partake in is a few bricks shy of a load.