Yeah! 195!
Its 195 for about the same goodies you get in say monopoly. Well you get less pamns and pieces. What a bargin. As far as a realism level, it is pretty hig. It is cool, but not 195 cool. Eric you will love it. Or not. Maybe we ought to throw in a fight to the death in the end in which you had to outfit your guy with gear purchased with all your wealth gained from the first portion of the game. Maybe even a talisman dragon end.
Rock on Mo Fo's
Saturday, November 22, 2003
God damn 195 dollars games!?
Sorry, I lost my capacity to speak English.
I went down to Brookblurst today (didn't buy anything). Then I went to Little Saigon and walked around in this Vietnamese mall they have there. It had a very different vibe than say the Manhattan Village. They actually had an arcade, which is pretty cool. They had one Japanese Capcom game called "Ninja Baseball Bat Man." It was a side-scrolling fighter (like Double Dragon) where the players are robots with baseball bats and the enemies are walking baseball gloves.
The best part was watching these two eleven-year-old girls playing Dance Dance Revolution. Holy fuck. They were selecting these songs that were about 120 beats per minute with half-steps and all kinds of multiple arrow hitting and changes, hitting 50-string combos with no problems. I watched one girl's feet and they were almost blurring. I would have stayed and watched longer except I think I would have started to feel kind of creepy.
Sorry, I lost my capacity to speak English.
I went down to Brookblurst today (didn't buy anything). Then I went to Little Saigon and walked around in this Vietnamese mall they have there. It had a very different vibe than say the Manhattan Village. They actually had an arcade, which is pretty cool. They had one Japanese Capcom game called "Ninja Baseball Bat Man." It was a side-scrolling fighter (like Double Dragon) where the players are robots with baseball bats and the enemies are walking baseball gloves.
The best part was watching these two eleven-year-old girls playing Dance Dance Revolution. Holy fuck. They were selecting these songs that were about 120 beats per minute with half-steps and all kinds of multiple arrow hitting and changes, hitting 50-string combos with no problems. I watched one girl's feet and they were almost blurring. I would have stayed and watched longer except I think I would have started to feel kind of creepy.
I Now Own Both Cashflow 101 and 202
I got them for a deal from someone at work. Now we can all try and learn to take over the world the Rich/Poor Dad way! Abstract economic games are not my fancy, they are close enough to "real" economics to make me think I get them, yet far enough away that what it takes to win any particular model for any particular game, seems strange and wrong to me, hence my attempt at destroying Giganten and yet in the end winning the game. What feels right, and what I can apply from my limited real world knowledge of economics is typically wrong, and frustrates me. Then I want to kill everyone, but I can't cause there is no warfare in the game.
So there you have it.
PS Aaron blogs alot now.
I got them for a deal from someone at work. Now we can all try and learn to take over the world the Rich/Poor Dad way! Abstract economic games are not my fancy, they are close enough to "real" economics to make me think I get them, yet far enough away that what it takes to win any particular model for any particular game, seems strange and wrong to me, hence my attempt at destroying Giganten and yet in the end winning the game. What feels right, and what I can apply from my limited real world knowledge of economics is typically wrong, and frustrates me. Then I want to kill everyone, but I can't cause there is no warfare in the game.
So there you have it.
PS Aaron blogs alot now.
Puerto Rico Suave
I got a basic impression of the game while I was getting the game explained to me and what little game play I was involved in. It seemed pretty cool and based on your description, it seems to play out well. What is it with Eric and economic games? Oh well.. I guess it will join the ranks with giganten and Aquire. I guess we all have our favorite hated gametype.
Did Johnny and I tell you about the 195 dollar game we played a few weeks ago? It was a basic business game, sort of like Life with finance and accounting. It was made by the gent who wrote the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It was a pretty cool game, the premise was to get the most money through investments/risks. It is a circular set of inner and outer tracks your pawn travels on, like Talisman. Die roll based movement. It was fun, but the production values on the game set it probably in the 35-40 dollar range. Basic board, paper money, player sheets, dice, and three types of card stacks. But $195? Damn.... I guess the Rich Dad, Poor Dad writer needs to milk his Fans (Cultists?) for more money. A little L Ron-ish if you ask me. Too bad it was pretty fun.
Enron Butterflyington III
I got a basic impression of the game while I was getting the game explained to me and what little game play I was involved in. It seemed pretty cool and based on your description, it seems to play out well. What is it with Eric and economic games? Oh well.. I guess it will join the ranks with giganten and Aquire. I guess we all have our favorite hated gametype.
Did Johnny and I tell you about the 195 dollar game we played a few weeks ago? It was a basic business game, sort of like Life with finance and accounting. It was made by the gent who wrote the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It was a pretty cool game, the premise was to get the most money through investments/risks. It is a circular set of inner and outer tracks your pawn travels on, like Talisman. Die roll based movement. It was fun, but the production values on the game set it probably in the 35-40 dollar range. Basic board, paper money, player sheets, dice, and three types of card stacks. But $195? Damn.... I guess the Rich Dad, Poor Dad writer needs to milk his Fans (Cultists?) for more money. A little L Ron-ish if you ask me. Too bad it was pretty fun.
Enron Butterflyington III
Puerto Rico is fun.
The rules are very quick and elegant but the gameplay seems to have lots of strategic depth. I'm pretty sure you and Jael would like it. The rules are pretty different than anything else, but at their heart they involve everybody taking roles as nation-builders. Every turn each player takes a different role. Taking a role allows everybody to perform an action, but you get some kind of edge for initiating the action. For example being the Builder lets everybody build, but you build first and get a discount. There are economic incentives to take the roles that haven't been used in a while so sooner or later everything gets done. There's lots of balancing and lots of paths to win. Good stuff.
(Not for everybody of course. When I tried it w/ Eric, Laurie, and Denis, Eric said, "Because this is an economic game, I will probably never play it again." Oh well.)
The rules are very quick and elegant but the gameplay seems to have lots of strategic depth. I'm pretty sure you and Jael would like it. The rules are pretty different than anything else, but at their heart they involve everybody taking roles as nation-builders. Every turn each player takes a different role. Taking a role allows everybody to perform an action, but you get some kind of edge for initiating the action. For example being the Builder lets everybody build, but you build first and get a discount. There are economic incentives to take the roles that haven't been used in a while so sooner or later everything gets done. There's lots of balancing and lots of paths to win. Good stuff.
(Not for everybody of course. When I tried it w/ Eric, Laurie, and Denis, Eric said, "Because this is an economic game, I will probably never play it again." Oh well.)
Its cold!
Damn cold front from the north came in yesterday midday. It went from cool to very cold in a hurry. 43 degrees right now. Suck. Stupid cold. Anyway...
Bummer on the D&D, but I am not set on D&D, although fantasy would be cool. But to be honest I just want some RPG, as long as it is not LARPS or ahhhhhhh..... Black Gloves.... Ahhhhhhh... You find Three Sun Blades..... Deck of Many things, Deck of many things. I would pretty much be open to anything, although CoC, WHFRP, or D&D are at the top o' da list.
Good news its 45 degrees now. Its sizzlin'. I love the weathermen, they predicted rain for every day this week and everyday halfway through the day they would revise it and push the rain back another day. All the way until we never had any rain. So I carried my umbrella around for a week for nothing.
Jhan: How is Puerto Rico? I started playing it once but only got a couple rounds in before we were interrupted. It looked like it was going to be cool.
Jerks are lame
Damn cold front from the north came in yesterday midday. It went from cool to very cold in a hurry. 43 degrees right now. Suck. Stupid cold. Anyway...
Bummer on the D&D, but I am not set on D&D, although fantasy would be cool. But to be honest I just want some RPG, as long as it is not LARPS or ahhhhhhh..... Black Gloves.... Ahhhhhhh... You find Three Sun Blades..... Deck of Many things, Deck of many things. I would pretty much be open to anything, although CoC, WHFRP, or D&D are at the top o' da list.
Good news its 45 degrees now. Its sizzlin'. I love the weathermen, they predicted rain for every day this week and everyday halfway through the day they would revise it and push the rain back another day. All the way until we never had any rain. So I carried my umbrella around for a week for nothing.
Jhan: How is Puerto Rico? I started playing it once but only got a couple rounds in before we were interrupted. It looked like it was going to be cool.
Jerks are lame
Its cold!
Damn cold front from the north came in yesterday midday. It went from cool to very cold in a hurry. 43 degrees right now. Suck. Stupid cold. Anyway...
Bummer on the D&D, but I am not set on D&D, although fantasy would be cool. But to be honest I just want some RPG, as long as it is not LARPS or ahhhhhhh..... Black Gloves.... Ahhhhhhh... You find Three Sun Blades..... Deck of Many things, Deck of many things. I would pretty much be open to anything, although CoC, WHFRP, or D&D are at the top o' da list.
Good news its 45 degrees now. Its sizzlin'. I love the weathermen, they predicted rain for every day this week and everyday halfway through the day they would revise it and push the rain back another day. All the way until we never had any rain. So I carried my umbrella around for a week for nothing.
Jhan: How is Puerto Rico? I started playing it once but only got a couple rounds in before we were interrupted. It looked like it was going to be cool.
Jerks are lame
Damn cold front from the north came in yesterday midday. It went from cool to very cold in a hurry. 43 degrees right now. Suck. Stupid cold. Anyway...
Bummer on the D&D, but I am not set on D&D, although fantasy would be cool. But to be honest I just want some RPG, as long as it is not LARPS or ahhhhhhh..... Black Gloves.... Ahhhhhhh... You find Three Sun Blades..... Deck of Many things, Deck of many things. I would pretty much be open to anything, although CoC, WHFRP, or D&D are at the top o' da list.
Good news its 45 degrees now. Its sizzlin'. I love the weathermen, they predicted rain for every day this week and everyday halfway through the day they would revise it and push the rain back another day. All the way until we never had any rain. So I carried my umbrella around for a week for nothing.
Jhan: How is Puerto Rico? I started playing it once but only got a couple rounds in before we were interrupted. It looked like it was going to be cool.
Jerks are lame
Hey Aaron, guess I never answered your GenCon RPG query a while back, so here’s a long post about gaming.
I’ve been thinking that GenCon would be a good time to haul out some of the cool games that we’ve never played. I’ve decided against running D&D for three reasons. First of all, we don’t know what player availability is going to be like, and I don’t want to worry about either being short (of players) or of having to exclude people that weren’t in the original gruppe. Second, I’m burnt-out on D&D. Third, I’ve run ten billion fantasy games and, while I love playing and running fantasy game, I’d like to stretch out my GM chops a little.
I think that I will come to GenCon prepared to run two or three things and realistically plan on running between 0-2 of them. Right off the bat, I have two things I’d like to play. The first is a classic Deadlands adventure that seems perfect for a one-shot. (Deadlands == Western + horror. It’s what the Doomtown card game was based on.) The second is an Unknown Armies one-off. (Unknown Armies == modern occult conspiracy--sometimes horror, sometimes not, but always dangerous.) Both of these are fine with 3-4 players but also have a “more the merrier” element.
Is there anything else people want to play? If anyone has a strong request for something that I have a good one-off for, I can try it....
Speaking of WFRP, funnily enough Aeryk and I have been talking about it a lot recently. We’re getting rather burnt out on D&D and are trying to convince the group to try either WFRP or a piratey game that I’ve recently become enamored with. So I’m into playing WFRP and might soon get a shot at it. But I’m sure that it would also be popular with the boys at GenCon and definitely would scratch that fantasy itch. Whaddya say Aeryk?
I’m also looking forward to board gaming (I recently got Puerto Rico, which I really like, and I have an urge to play Evo and Battle Cry). And of course general hanging out, checking out the dealer room, and whatever debauchery we put our poor bridegroom through. Yee-haw!
I’ve been thinking that GenCon would be a good time to haul out some of the cool games that we’ve never played. I’ve decided against running D&D for three reasons. First of all, we don’t know what player availability is going to be like, and I don’t want to worry about either being short (of players) or of having to exclude people that weren’t in the original gruppe. Second, I’m burnt-out on D&D. Third, I’ve run ten billion fantasy games and, while I love playing and running fantasy game, I’d like to stretch out my GM chops a little.
I think that I will come to GenCon prepared to run two or three things and realistically plan on running between 0-2 of them. Right off the bat, I have two things I’d like to play. The first is a classic Deadlands adventure that seems perfect for a one-shot. (Deadlands == Western + horror. It’s what the Doomtown card game was based on.) The second is an Unknown Armies one-off. (Unknown Armies == modern occult conspiracy--sometimes horror, sometimes not, but always dangerous.) Both of these are fine with 3-4 players but also have a “more the merrier” element.
Is there anything else people want to play? If anyone has a strong request for something that I have a good one-off for, I can try it....
Speaking of WFRP, funnily enough Aeryk and I have been talking about it a lot recently. We’re getting rather burnt out on D&D and are trying to convince the group to try either WFRP or a piratey game that I’ve recently become enamored with. So I’m into playing WFRP and might soon get a shot at it. But I’m sure that it would also be popular with the boys at GenCon and definitely would scratch that fantasy itch. Whaddya say Aeryk?
I’m also looking forward to board gaming (I recently got Puerto Rico, which I really like, and I have an urge to play Evo and Battle Cry). And of course general hanging out, checking out the dealer room, and whatever debauchery we put our poor bridegroom through. Yee-haw!
Friday, November 21, 2003
Speaking of Rudy
Let's not forget the destruction that was the Lil' Lebowski Urban Achievers vs. Slitherin Dynamo...
Rudy took his slightly experienced Norse team and beat the hell out of my Lizardman team. I actually retired the team after their first game. I think two players were going to miss the next game, one player had a movement loss due to getting his ass kicked and the team recieved little to no SPP's, and I didn't keep any cash back for reserves to buy replacement players.... smooth move. So I think I prematurely retired the team, and should have stuck it out, but eh.
Let's not forget the destruction that was the Lil' Lebowski Urban Achievers vs. Slitherin Dynamo...
Rudy took his slightly experienced Norse team and beat the hell out of my Lizardman team. I actually retired the team after their first game. I think two players were going to miss the next game, one player had a movement loss due to getting his ass kicked and the team recieved little to no SPP's, and I didn't keep any cash back for reserves to buy replacement players.... smooth move. So I think I prematurely retired the team, and should have stuck it out, but eh.
Virtual Cyber Crime on the Information Superhighway.
Ashcroft is an idiot, and so are most of Bush's other cronies. 'Nuff said. Personally I could slap Al Gore everytime I hear that Highway reference. Then I remember that he lost his home state in the presidential election and I want tslap him more. Why couldnt we have him as a pres and not the current yokel from Texass. Fuggers
Yeah, where has everyone been? Normally I am one of the laggers, but everyone seems to have been on posting-light mode. Jon are you going to be around T-Day weekend aside from meixco on the 27th? Eric I think I heard you say you will be around. Switching gears... At GenCon I know Jon you had been talking about running an RPG. Is that still the case? I am desperate for an RPG. I need my fix. I am almost desperate enough to try and run one, but then I remember that it would be lame. Butter, the Bane of my brief DM existence.
Giznad the Brilliant
Ashcroft is an idiot, and so are most of Bush's other cronies. 'Nuff said. Personally I could slap Al Gore everytime I hear that Highway reference. Then I remember that he lost his home state in the presidential election and I want tslap him more. Why couldnt we have him as a pres and not the current yokel from Texass. Fuggers
Yeah, where has everyone been? Normally I am one of the laggers, but everyone seems to have been on posting-light mode. Jon are you going to be around T-Day weekend aside from meixco on the 27th? Eric I think I heard you say you will be around. Switching gears... At GenCon I know Jon you had been talking about running an RPG. Is that still the case? I am desperate for an RPG. I need my fix. I am almost desperate enough to try and run one, but then I remember that it would be lame. Butter, the Bane of my brief DM existence.
Giznad the Brilliant
Isn't this a wee bit 1994?
This quote is taken in regards to the Feds cracking down on "Cybercrime".
"The information superhighway should be a conduit for communication, information and commerce, not an expressway for crime," Ashcroft said Thursday.
You would think that SOMEONE on his staff would realize that the term is outdated and do something to stop him from sounding more like an idiot, but apparently that is just not the case. Of course if you take out the references to places that cars can drive on, Ashcroft's metaphor falls flat.
I hate our government.
PS Where is Rudy? I think there has been more posting by MIKE and RYAN than by Rudy as of late...
This quote is taken in regards to the Feds cracking down on "Cybercrime".
"The information superhighway should be a conduit for communication, information and commerce, not an expressway for crime," Ashcroft said Thursday.
You would think that SOMEONE on his staff would realize that the term is outdated and do something to stop him from sounding more like an idiot, but apparently that is just not the case. Of course if you take out the references to places that cars can drive on, Ashcroft's metaphor falls flat.
I hate our government.
PS Where is Rudy? I think there has been more posting by MIKE and RYAN than by Rudy as of late...
So let it be heard, so let it be done...
Ja -eL, I sort of expected that you were not going to be making the trip down. Speaking of trips, I will need to talk to you about GenCon travel days etc... On a different note, congrats to you for the victory againts the Evil-rick, the tyrant of BB. Also, I will be nice and leave the sphinctor comment alone.
Well I finally joined a gym and now I am working out and feelin' sore. After noticing a bit of a pot developing I decided I better get my ass back in shape. Besides I always seem to have more energy when I am working out regularly. Pretty sweet.
Elrich: Who would have though the Kings could be playing as decent as they are with so many injuries? You can never predict that teams success. Hooray for Zoidberg!
Back to work... If you can call it that.
Ja -eL, I sort of expected that you were not going to be making the trip down. Speaking of trips, I will need to talk to you about GenCon travel days etc... On a different note, congrats to you for the victory againts the Evil-rick, the tyrant of BB. Also, I will be nice and leave the sphinctor comment alone.
Well I finally joined a gym and now I am working out and feelin' sore. After noticing a bit of a pot developing I decided I better get my ass back in shape. Besides I always seem to have more energy when I am working out regularly. Pretty sweet.
Elrich: Who would have though the Kings could be playing as decent as they are with so many injuries? You can never predict that teams success. Hooray for Zoidberg!
Back to work... If you can call it that.
I have defeated the great Elrock!
=D hazzah! Although we never quite finished the game. There are two turns left but not enough time for an Erick comeback victory. I doubt we'll ever finish that game but not forgotten! Welcome aboard Ryan. How goes your roommate situation?
So this is the last post i'll be making in Taiwan until I return. I won't be paying for the internet broadband connection in the hotel anymore, which has so far cost around 500 nt per day or roughly 15 dollars US. I was using it to trade in the US markets, which hasn't been too gentle for my sphincter. A little too much Greenspan rapage.
That"s too bad about your company aron. I'm surprised they didn't keep anyone from your company, instead of laying everyone off. They'll probably be candidates for BK pretty soon too.
Food, Sex and Ewe is extremely cheap here. Drinks however, are outrageous. My entire 3 meal dinner at the mall cost me 99 NT or 3 dollars. My Boba drink cost 70. Its been a really great experience for me so far. You can eat like a king here, if you can find somewhere to live. The amount of living space in the city is so lacking that the cost per square footage is worst than SF.
Alright fellas,
Talk to you guys next week,
Jael
P.S
Enron - I probably won't be going to LA afterall, seeing that Jon might be going to the Mexico's.
=D hazzah! Although we never quite finished the game. There are two turns left but not enough time for an Erick comeback victory. I doubt we'll ever finish that game but not forgotten! Welcome aboard Ryan. How goes your roommate situation?
So this is the last post i'll be making in Taiwan until I return. I won't be paying for the internet broadband connection in the hotel anymore, which has so far cost around 500 nt per day or roughly 15 dollars US. I was using it to trade in the US markets, which hasn't been too gentle for my sphincter. A little too much Greenspan rapage.
That"s too bad about your company aron. I'm surprised they didn't keep anyone from your company, instead of laying everyone off. They'll probably be candidates for BK pretty soon too.
Food, Sex and Ewe is extremely cheap here. Drinks however, are outrageous. My entire 3 meal dinner at the mall cost me 99 NT or 3 dollars. My Boba drink cost 70. Its been a really great experience for me so far. You can eat like a king here, if you can find somewhere to live. The amount of living space in the city is so lacking that the cost per square footage is worst than SF.
Alright fellas,
Talk to you guys next week,
Jael
P.S
Enron - I probably won't be going to LA afterall, seeing that Jon might be going to the Mexico's.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
WOrse than mine?
That is a bad lot if R Dub's rolling is worse than mine. I feel for you Ry. Has anyone managed to defeat the great Elrock? I never did. I was able to pull a couple draws along with some really miserable defeats. But never a victory. Ahhh the shame. I think Elrick killed two guys and seriously injured or otherwise removed 5 guys one time.
You know it is really interesting? Watching the company I am working for slowly get cannibalized by the purchasing companies. From what I can see and what I garner from the manager, the company that is taking over operations is just setting themselves up for one disaster after another. ANyone who knows anything or is a valuable asset in any of the three companies being formed into this mega beast is jumping ship or has jumped ship already. Ugly. Really quite a view from a someone with no vested interest in the company. The new company sounds like a total office space environment.
I like Green, or so I hear
That is a bad lot if R Dub's rolling is worse than mine. I feel for you Ry. Has anyone managed to defeat the great Elrock? I never did. I was able to pull a couple draws along with some really miserable defeats. But never a victory. Ahhh the shame. I think Elrick killed two guys and seriously injured or otherwise removed 5 guys one time.
You know it is really interesting? Watching the company I am working for slowly get cannibalized by the purchasing companies. From what I can see and what I garner from the manager, the company that is taking over operations is just setting themselves up for one disaster after another. ANyone who knows anything or is a valuable asset in any of the three companies being formed into this mega beast is jumping ship or has jumped ship already. Ugly. Really quite a view from a someone with no vested interest in the company. The new company sounds like a total office space environment.
I like Green, or so I hear
Another Member of the Faithful
That's right kids, R Dub is now a member of FUMBBL and has two teams, one Norse and one Human. So far I have been teaching him the game we have only played two official matches because of the can't play each other more than one time in a row, rule. I foolishl created a dwarf team to play against his humans and the block skill was a bit too effective.... not to mention R Dub has had the WORST luck I have seen. Pitch invasion, throw a rock, double skulls dice rolls, the list goes on. The part is that he is trekking along and still has not lost his interest though we have played 4 (unofficial) games and he has yet to score a touchdown, but he has killed one of my players!
Long live BB!
That's right kids, R Dub is now a member of FUMBBL and has two teams, one Norse and one Human. So far I have been teaching him the game we have only played two official matches because of the can't play each other more than one time in a row, rule. I foolishl created a dwarf team to play against his humans and the block skill was a bit too effective.... not to mention R Dub has had the WORST luck I have seen. Pitch invasion, throw a rock, double skulls dice rolls, the list goes on. The part is that he is trekking along and still has not lost his interest though we have played 4 (unofficial) games and he has yet to score a touchdown, but he has killed one of my players!
Long live BB!
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
A hoot..
If you want a quick laugh try the Snoot.org Recipe Book!. If the first one isnt funny try the next. At least one out of every four is just so bizarre it is great. Pay close attention to the ingredients.
Back to work Jerk
If you want a quick laugh try the Snoot.org Recipe Book!. If the first one isnt funny try the next. At least one out of every four is just so bizarre it is great. Pay close attention to the ingredients.
Back to work Jerk
Monday, November 17, 2003
[vent] Vent alert...
[rant type="computer cases"]Why must all computer cases for PCs be so fucking ugly. Jesus you would think one of the mother fuckers out there could pay a dime or two for a real designer instead of these idiots that think PC design has to be either a beige box, a beige box with curves, or be eXtreme (aka lets shit on a shingle, paint it colors, throw some flair and a window on it and then call it a day). Grrrrrrr... The only one that I found that looks cool and simple is a Home Theatre PC Case manufacturer. Too bad they make nice desktop cases, but then only make towers that look like option number three of the designer case styles, aka aSStreme. I even found one case at another manufacturer I could tolerate. It was basic with a simple designed and not beige. Minimal design (Black/Silver), straight lines, etc.. Then they had to throw on the bubbly curvy air vent/usb and audio interface module at the top of the case. I almost didnt see it, all the photos hid it by virtue of camera angles except one. It was like a child pushed three weeks worth of crap under the bed to hide the evil sins. WHY? Fuckers.[/rant]
[rant type="fitness gyms"]While I am on a roll, I figure I would go on my other pet peeve of the week. Fitness Gyms are bastages. 24 whore fitness, Club One, and Ballys all do not post prices. If you look on site or online they dont have any price listings anywhere. If you go to the gyms, they have no paper work. If you want to look at the gym you have to fill out paper work, aka advertising fodder for your mailbox. Then you have to listen to a 'fitness specialist', aptly named since he probably doesnt know a barbell from his asshole. These 'fitness specialist' aka sales reps are worse than used car salesman. Its like a telemarketer in your house. They give you a long shpeal while they try and rape your entire wallet right out of your ass through trickery and in some cases insults. Fuckers. To really make sure they have you grabbing your bootstraps for optimum theft, these companies hire secret shoppers and if they staff is caught giving advice good for the customer, like which is really the best deal, instead of robbing you blind, they can be fired. Commission, commission, commission. Nice. 220 dollars just to sign up? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! fingers, so sore... From typing... So many letters in that last app... Gotta charge 220 to ease the pain. WHORES. I love big companies. No not really.[/rant]
On a side note my hard drive seems to have come out unscathed. It hasnt replicated that error. Sweet. On the other side of the coin my UPS battery needs replaed. damn thing beeps loud for 30 seconds every few hours to remind me. Fitty bucks. D'oh.
I Feel better. What a woman I am.[/vent]
[vent type="lastOneISwear]P.S. Stupid Blogger wont let me use PsudoTags aka < and >.[/vent]
[rant type="computer cases"]Why must all computer cases for PCs be so fucking ugly. Jesus you would think one of the mother fuckers out there could pay a dime or two for a real designer instead of these idiots that think PC design has to be either a beige box, a beige box with curves, or be eXtreme (aka lets shit on a shingle, paint it colors, throw some flair and a window on it and then call it a day). Grrrrrrr... The only one that I found that looks cool and simple is a Home Theatre PC Case manufacturer. Too bad they make nice desktop cases, but then only make towers that look like option number three of the designer case styles, aka aSStreme. I even found one case at another manufacturer I could tolerate. It was basic with a simple designed and not beige. Minimal design (Black/Silver), straight lines, etc.. Then they had to throw on the bubbly curvy air vent/usb and audio interface module at the top of the case. I almost didnt see it, all the photos hid it by virtue of camera angles except one. It was like a child pushed three weeks worth of crap under the bed to hide the evil sins. WHY? Fuckers.[/rant]
[rant type="fitness gyms"]While I am on a roll, I figure I would go on my other pet peeve of the week. Fitness Gyms are bastages. 24 whore fitness, Club One, and Ballys all do not post prices. If you look on site or online they dont have any price listings anywhere. If you go to the gyms, they have no paper work. If you want to look at the gym you have to fill out paper work, aka advertising fodder for your mailbox. Then you have to listen to a 'fitness specialist', aptly named since he probably doesnt know a barbell from his asshole. These 'fitness specialist' aka sales reps are worse than used car salesman. Its like a telemarketer in your house. They give you a long shpeal while they try and rape your entire wallet right out of your ass through trickery and in some cases insults. Fuckers. To really make sure they have you grabbing your bootstraps for optimum theft, these companies hire secret shoppers and if they staff is caught giving advice good for the customer, like which is really the best deal, instead of robbing you blind, they can be fired. Commission, commission, commission. Nice. 220 dollars just to sign up? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! fingers, so sore... From typing... So many letters in that last app... Gotta charge 220 to ease the pain. WHORES. I love big companies. No not really.[/rant]
On a side note my hard drive seems to have come out unscathed. It hasnt replicated that error. Sweet. On the other side of the coin my UPS battery needs replaed. damn thing beeps loud for 30 seconds every few hours to remind me. Fitty bucks. D'oh.
I Feel better. What a woman I am.[/vent]
[vent type="lastOneISwear]P.S. Stupid Blogger wont let me use PsudoTags aka < and >.[/vent]
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