Last weekend I participated in a Warhammer Fantasy tournament. Here's the AAR (after-action report for those not in the know) as well as some general thoughts.
I went into the tournament talking quite a bit more trash than is my usual, fly-below-the-radar style. For the none-of-you out there who don't know but do care, I play demons. In general this is like bringing the '96 Bulls against the 1996 CYO Mt. Carmel 7th Grade A-team. It's just not a fair fight. The tournament had put in quite a few restrictions to try and hamper my army, but I'd play tested a bit, had my army nice and ready to go and was confident that I could pull out a victory.
The first round I was paired up against a lizardmen army. Lizards have a lot of different abilities that are tailor made for going up against demons, and the guy had an army that looked reasonably well put together. He had made a few choices that I thought of as sub-optimal, so I pegged him as a good-not-great player. He ended up being one of the better players at the tournament, and my early misappraisal of his abilities definitely hurt. In the game I made 2 mistakes, and had one run of truly terrible dice rolling. I should have switched the deployment of two units, I thought something was within 20" of me when it was actually 20.25" (ouch), those were the mistakes. On the other hand, I managed to get three of my main combat units into a fight with his one main unit, a fight where I'm roughly a 75% favorite. Sadly, the dice came up on the 25% side, and my army ended being completely wiped out.
The tournament used "battle points" to determine an overall winner, and after the first game I was at 0. My opponent had picked up 20. I knew then that I had no hope of winning, but figured I could make a good charge at the "top something" by wiping my way through the losers bracket. The round two pairings came up and I was being pitted against the youngest person in the tourney. One of the tournament organizers (with whom I'm pretty good friends) came up to me and said "be nice". I replied, "of course, but there's only so much I can do".
The kid had a very nicely painted chaos warriors army (turns out his dad painted it) and he was a pleasant enough opponent who knew the rules pretty darned well for someone his age (13 I later found out). That said, he just had no hope. His entire strategy revolved around charging into combat with me. The problem was that given a modicum of intelligence on my part (which I displayed in this game) the units he was trying to get into a fight with me had no chance of winning. I ended up tabling him after turn 4 (of 6). I really tried to be nice, and he seemed to have a good time of it, so I didn't feel too bad.
After getting 20 points from the kid I had gotten some of my pride back, and had the equivalent of two draws. That said, there were people in the high 30s, so I still had a lot of work to do. Game 3 I was pitted against another chaos warriors army. This opponent had driven all the way down from New Jersey, and was a really nice guy. That said, his army suffered from the same issue that my previous opponents had, although to a lesser degree. Also, the huge amounts of Capt. Morgan and Coke he'd been drinking probably didn't help that much. He had a slightly sub-optimal army (chose the wrong type of spells - Nurgle instead of Tzeentch, and yes Mom, Nurgle is the guy who has the Great Unclean One) and he split his army into slow and fast sides. I was able to deploy across from only the fast side, and pretty much nullify his slow moving portion. The dice didn't screw me and my guys were just better than his. Still, because I ignored half his army I was only able to get 14 of the 20 possible points.
This put me at 34 points after 3 games. The top tables had roughly 50, so again, no hope of winning. That said, I'd managed to eke my way back above several of my friends who'd won their first few games, so that was nice. My last game was against yet another chaos warriors army. My 4th opponent had played another of my friends in game three and I'd been able to watch enough of it to know that he knew what he was doing. Also, he had the best army build for chaos warriors that was possible under the tournament rules. However, his build requires one model get a certain spell in order for it to be most effective. Spells are randomly rolled, and he had a 1/6 chance to not get that spell. Fortunately for me, it was that 1 in 6, and so I wouldn't have to fight his army at its peak.
Unlike my previous opponent, this guy's entire army was mounted, so I couldn't just ignore one half. Fortunately, my guys are still better than his. In one instance one of my hero models was surrounded by ten of his basic troops. My guy was just flat out better and won. It was that kind of a fight. It was a pretty close fight until the last turn when I forced his general to charge mine. He threw in another unit as well, but I was able to use a rule which allows only our two generals to fight. Mine slaughtered his (mine was a 20 foot tall demon, his was a wussy wizard, it kind of makes sense) and ran down the other unit. This was a big enough swing to give me a 16 point victory.
At the end of the day I managed to finish 10th out of 50 with 50 battle points. The tournament winner had 68 although 20 of those came when his last opponent forfeited the game over a rules dispute... On the whole I'm pretty happy with my comeback. I'll definitely be haunted by the possibility of what might have been if that one charge in the first game had actually worked out. Especially looking at the top tables near the end of the tournament I know that my army would have an AWESOME match up against anything it would have fought there. Oh well, play better next time.
Overall the tournament went well, and I thought a lot of the individual balance restrictions that were in place worked well. That said, I think most of them worked because so many of the attendees assumed the restrictions would work, and so brought sub-optimal lists. From a pure power perspective I think there were maybe 2 or three other lists in the tourney that could match me, and so I'm still pretty annoyed that I only finished 10th. That said, 50 points in 3 games isn't too shabby so overall I'm pretty pleased.
I do still think that demons are utterly broken, and on my road trip across the country this summer I plan on proving that point. I'm going to be stopping at stores across the country and challenging people to games. I'll definitely be blogging about it (that trip is a main reason this blog started), so expect fairly regular updates about the state of play in Illinois, Missouri, Arizona and California at least (we'll see if I make it down to Texas). And that trip is coming up in just about a month, now all I have to do is get the financing in place (ugggggh, anyone have $70k they want to loan me? I'm good for it I swear! I just don't want to deal with the loan application process, BOO WORKING!)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Something Cool
I find this strangely mesmerizing. Thought I'd share it with you all. Also, I played in a Warhammer tournament this weekend, will probably share way too many thoughts about it later today.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Fantasy Basketball
Here's the promised second part of the fantasy draft series. This one took place immediately after MVB threw in the towel on the NFL draft. In his defense, I've played this game for many years with my dad, and MVB was just winging it, so I did have a pretty serious advantage. For the NBA draft, Sleve (name changed) had been putting together a list of players he'd want to draft, so he was slightly better prepared for this than MVB had been for his.
As I've explained in previous posts, the general idea is to put MJ on one team, Bird and Magic on the other, then give Jordan's team the first pick from there. Sleve didn't want to take me up on that, and instead just took Magic first, letting me have Jordan. Ok, if he wanted to do that who am I to argue. So first picks: Sleve - Magic, WTH3 - MJ. (I'm going to hold off scoring this one until the end, because I think you can make very good points about each pick, so it's hard to say who "won". That said, in the future I think you have to take MJ out of the discussion, cause basically, his team just wins... anyway)
Second pick Sleve took Hakeem. As mentioned before it is my opinion that the top three picks should always be MJ, Bird/Magic. Sleve definitely threw me by taking Hakeem this early, although he would have been the first center I would have taken off the board as well. I just think there are enough quality centers that 1-6ish are pretty even. If Sleve wasn't going to I definitely was going to take Bird. MJ and Bird on the same team is just so much combined "I WIN" factor.
Third pick Sleve took LeBron. Now, this was just after game 2 of the Eastern Finals, so LeBron's stock was about as high as it's been (and probably will be until he wins a championship). However, if LBJ doesn't have to be your number 1 option he brings great size, speed, D and ball handling to a team. Like Magic he can basically play all 5 positions, and putting the two of them on the floor at the same time would allow your team to go very big without losing anything in terms of back court play. Having five 6'9"+ players on the court at once is nasty. Falling behind on size, I took Tim Duncan. Assuming you don't play centers out of position, Duncan is generally regarded as the best PF ever. He has 4 rings, plays great on both sides of the floor and is a great teammate. At this point I'm down on the overall athleticism of my team, but I have 13 rings to Sleve's 7, so I'm feeling ok.
Fourth pick Sleve took Kobe. I'm not a Kobe hater like Simmons, but neither am I his biggest fan. I respect the fact that he is a beast on both ends of the floor, but in my mind he wants to be better than he is. He sees himself as Jordan, but he also has a pout button that Jordan never showed. Plus, I'm just not sure how well he could fit into a team where he wasn't the best player. Basically, Magic+Kobe has me nervous. Wanting to solidify my inside presence I took Bill Russel. He's a bit undersized to play center these days, but the idea in these drafts is to normalize size/speed based on era, and in that case there're no worries. He's also the greatest winner of all time. One of the things I like is that my team's Finals record at this point is 24-2 (both being Bird losses to Magic) and Sleves is 8-7. My team is just full of more winners and to me that matters.
Fifth Sleve took Karl Malone. Solid pick, definitely a physical force who plays both ways, but the lack of championships hurts. Yes, he was unfortunate to go up against Michael, but in every game that mattered Malone was made to look silly next to His Airness. '98 Finals Game 6's last 41.9 second, and all that. Still a fine pick. Fifth, I added Wilt Chamberlain. This pick hurts my ridiculous 92% Finals winning percentage, but having Wilt's scoring come off the bench is just too good to overlook.
This is going long so I'll summarize the last 7 picks on both sides (not necessarily in order). Sleve - John Stockton, Dennis Johnson, Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Patrick Ewing, Oscar Robertson and Moses Malone. WTH3 - Pete Marovitch, David Thompson, Scottie Pippen, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dennis Rodman, Jerry West and CP3.
Sleve basically lost the draft in his three pick run of DJ, Hill and Webber. DJ was a solid role player, and apparently won the 79 Finals MVP. Hill and Webber are both testaments to almost-lived-up-to potential. All three are great players who would fit into a championship team, I'm just not sure they're all timers. Ewing (while a Hoya, he's a Hoya I remember as a hated Knick, so am always ambivalent towards) never could win the big one. Stockton is a solid pick, although I can see taking Isiah over him. Big O and Moses are both great picks, and in my opinion are the strength of Sleve's later rounds.
Not much you can say about my last few picks. I've got a soft spot for Pippen and Rodman due to their Bulls affiliations. You could make the case that neither deserve to be on this team, but I took them more for their athleticism and D. The '91 Bulls combo of Jordan and Pippen were just amazing perimeter defenders and I liked both of those two in picks 8-12. West I got 12th, which is just sad, because he's the frikken logo and probably the third best guard of all time. Younger players just see a White Guy and don't think about him, so he's definitely someone who can be picked up later. Kareem changed the rules of the game (no more dunking) cause he was so dominant. Russell, Wilt, Kareem and Duncan as my bigs makes me pretty confident about controlling the post, especially compared to Hakeem, Malone and Ewing. I especially like the mental toughness edge I'd have over Malone and Ewing. Pistol Pete and CP3 could handle the ball for me, although given my overall talent, they're probably some of the first to go to the bench. Jordan, Bird, West, Duncan and Russell are probably my best starting 5, and I'd put CP3 and Pete out there when I want to run. Thompson is largely referred to as the athletic freak of the league before Michael, and would be a great sub for MJ. Ok, apparently I did have a lot to say about my last few picks, sorry.
Ok, so those were the teams. It really was pretty close until Sleve's threesome of average. As with the NFL, I heartily recommend this as a time passing activity. That said, I've clearly done this before, so don't expect a cake walk if you take me on.
Enjoy the weekend!
As I've explained in previous posts, the general idea is to put MJ on one team, Bird and Magic on the other, then give Jordan's team the first pick from there. Sleve didn't want to take me up on that, and instead just took Magic first, letting me have Jordan. Ok, if he wanted to do that who am I to argue. So first picks: Sleve - Magic, WTH3 - MJ. (I'm going to hold off scoring this one until the end, because I think you can make very good points about each pick, so it's hard to say who "won". That said, in the future I think you have to take MJ out of the discussion, cause basically, his team just wins... anyway)
Second pick Sleve took Hakeem. As mentioned before it is my opinion that the top three picks should always be MJ, Bird/Magic. Sleve definitely threw me by taking Hakeem this early, although he would have been the first center I would have taken off the board as well. I just think there are enough quality centers that 1-6ish are pretty even. If Sleve wasn't going to I definitely was going to take Bird. MJ and Bird on the same team is just so much combined "I WIN" factor.
Third pick Sleve took LeBron. Now, this was just after game 2 of the Eastern Finals, so LeBron's stock was about as high as it's been (and probably will be until he wins a championship). However, if LBJ doesn't have to be your number 1 option he brings great size, speed, D and ball handling to a team. Like Magic he can basically play all 5 positions, and putting the two of them on the floor at the same time would allow your team to go very big without losing anything in terms of back court play. Having five 6'9"+ players on the court at once is nasty. Falling behind on size, I took Tim Duncan. Assuming you don't play centers out of position, Duncan is generally regarded as the best PF ever. He has 4 rings, plays great on both sides of the floor and is a great teammate. At this point I'm down on the overall athleticism of my team, but I have 13 rings to Sleve's 7, so I'm feeling ok.
Fourth pick Sleve took Kobe. I'm not a Kobe hater like Simmons, but neither am I his biggest fan. I respect the fact that he is a beast on both ends of the floor, but in my mind he wants to be better than he is. He sees himself as Jordan, but he also has a pout button that Jordan never showed. Plus, I'm just not sure how well he could fit into a team where he wasn't the best player. Basically, Magic+Kobe has me nervous. Wanting to solidify my inside presence I took Bill Russel. He's a bit undersized to play center these days, but the idea in these drafts is to normalize size/speed based on era, and in that case there're no worries. He's also the greatest winner of all time. One of the things I like is that my team's Finals record at this point is 24-2 (both being Bird losses to Magic) and Sleves is 8-7. My team is just full of more winners and to me that matters.
Fifth Sleve took Karl Malone. Solid pick, definitely a physical force who plays both ways, but the lack of championships hurts. Yes, he was unfortunate to go up against Michael, but in every game that mattered Malone was made to look silly next to His Airness. '98 Finals Game 6's last 41.9 second, and all that. Still a fine pick. Fifth, I added Wilt Chamberlain. This pick hurts my ridiculous 92% Finals winning percentage, but having Wilt's scoring come off the bench is just too good to overlook.
This is going long so I'll summarize the last 7 picks on both sides (not necessarily in order). Sleve - John Stockton, Dennis Johnson, Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Patrick Ewing, Oscar Robertson and Moses Malone. WTH3 - Pete Marovitch, David Thompson, Scottie Pippen, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dennis Rodman, Jerry West and CP3.
Sleve basically lost the draft in his three pick run of DJ, Hill and Webber. DJ was a solid role player, and apparently won the 79 Finals MVP. Hill and Webber are both testaments to almost-lived-up-to potential. All three are great players who would fit into a championship team, I'm just not sure they're all timers. Ewing (while a Hoya, he's a Hoya I remember as a hated Knick, so am always ambivalent towards) never could win the big one. Stockton is a solid pick, although I can see taking Isiah over him. Big O and Moses are both great picks, and in my opinion are the strength of Sleve's later rounds.
Not much you can say about my last few picks. I've got a soft spot for Pippen and Rodman due to their Bulls affiliations. You could make the case that neither deserve to be on this team, but I took them more for their athleticism and D. The '91 Bulls combo of Jordan and Pippen were just amazing perimeter defenders and I liked both of those two in picks 8-12. West I got 12th, which is just sad, because he's the frikken logo and probably the third best guard of all time. Younger players just see a White Guy and don't think about him, so he's definitely someone who can be picked up later. Kareem changed the rules of the game (no more dunking) cause he was so dominant. Russell, Wilt, Kareem and Duncan as my bigs makes me pretty confident about controlling the post, especially compared to Hakeem, Malone and Ewing. I especially like the mental toughness edge I'd have over Malone and Ewing. Pistol Pete and CP3 could handle the ball for me, although given my overall talent, they're probably some of the first to go to the bench. Jordan, Bird, West, Duncan and Russell are probably my best starting 5, and I'd put CP3 and Pete out there when I want to run. Thompson is largely referred to as the athletic freak of the league before Michael, and would be a great sub for MJ. Ok, apparently I did have a lot to say about my last few picks, sorry.
Ok, so those were the teams. It really was pretty close until Sleve's threesome of average. As with the NFL, I heartily recommend this as a time passing activity. That said, I've clearly done this before, so don't expect a cake walk if you take me on.
Enjoy the weekend!
Finally an Answer!
Since I was a small boy many questions have haunted me. One in particular is, "if knowing is half the battle, then what is the other half?!" Well, here is an answer!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Fantasy Sports
Everyone loves fantasy sports. If you don't well, then there's probably something wrong with you (for the purposes of that statement, being over the age of 50 counts as something wrong, sorry Dad). That said, there's a different take on the term "fantasy" that I think is worth a thought experiment at the least, and many a conversation during the lulls of a sporting event at the best. This version of fantasy sports operates on the following premise - "what is the greatest team you can make using players from any era, assuming they play at their best (i.e. Bulls Jordan, not Wizards version, Bird before his back went, 9ers Montana/Rice, not the Chiefs/Seahawks versions, etc.)" As I alluded to in previous posts, I've been playing this game a bit, and have not failed in having a great time doing it. Here are rundowns of the most recent NFL and NBA fantasy drafts I've done.
Both of these took place during my recent beach vacation, and both took place several hours into the evening's festivities. My opponents in each draft are free to claim that these "festivities" harmed their thinking process, but I was more "festive" than both, so bah and humbug to those excuses. To protect the innocent (and incompetent), I've changed the names of players.
The NFL draft was first, and tailed off rather quickly. It was against someone we'll call Mikel V Bront or MVB for short. The draft started based on the ludicrous statement by MVB that if you were picking an all time team you'd take Adam Vinatieri first because, "you'd never lose a close game". Ok, first pick, Vinatieri to MVB. Calmly, coolly and collectedly I took Joe Montana as my QB. For those scoring at home, first blood to WTH3, not MVB.
Sensing I think that he was digging himself an early hole he took Peyton Manning as his QB. Fine pick, though I could easily make the case for Elway, Marino or even Brady over Manning. Elway and Brady both have more superbowls, and Marino (at the moment) still has quite a few statistical marks over Manning. Still, if you like the cereberal, coordinator-on-the-field approach, Manning is a fine pick. Second pick I went with Jim Brown. Again, for those scoring at home, a top 5-7 all time QB, or the greatest running back of all time? Right, WTH3 - 2, MVB - 0.
Ok, so things might not have been going so well for MVB at this point. Knowing, correctly, that a solid line on both sides is key to any successful team, MVB went with Orlando Pace as his 3rd pick. A good pick. However, we had stipulated that you had to place line players at their spot, not just pick the top 5 left tackles of all time for your line. I could come up with more than 3 other good tackles, so I figured I'd let him determine who the top two were, and then just take 3 and 4 (for the record, I got Jonathan Ogden pretty late in the draft). At this point I had the best QB of all time and the best RB of all time, why not add the best WR as well? Jerry Rice, come on down! WTH3 - 3, MVB - 0.
Teams at this point:
MVB: P. Manning, O.Pace, A. Vinatieri
WTH3: J. Montana, J. Brown, J.Rice
(I win, and btw, it seems if you want your son to be good at football, have his name start with a J)
Once more, bandwagoning on my WR pick, MVB went with Marvin Harrison. A totally fine pick, and could be argued that he fits the Rice mold as well as anyone since. However, since I had the best three offensive skill position players of all time I figured I'd jump over to the D side of the ball and take Lawerence Taylor, probably the best defensive player of all time... WTH3 - 4, MVB - 0.
At this point things started to fall apart quickly. The team MVB put together before we called it quits was: QB - P. Manning, RB - W. Peyton (probably his best pick), WR - M. Harrison and C. Carter, TE- S. Sharpe, T - O. Pace, R. Grimm, G - J. Hutchinson, LB - Jack Lambert, CB - C. Bailey, D. Green, S - S. Taylor, K - A. Vinatieri. Pretty much all of those guys are hall of famers, but a few, Hutchinson, Bailey and Taylor are probably just good pro bowlers. Also, his team shows a propensity for the Redskins that while understandable given his loyalties, is just not the way to go in this game.
On the other side, my team was - QB - J. Montana, RB - J. Brown, WR - J. Rice, R. Moss, T- J. Ogden, DE - R. White, D. Jones, LB - L. Taylor, D. Butkus, CB - D. Sanders, S - R. Lott, E. Reed. Every single one of those guys aside from Reed, Moss and Ogden are probably best ever at their position, and those three are also likely first ballot hall of famers. We called it quits once I started putting his team together for him, but wow, that's just a beating.
Overall, football is a fun game for this, although given the fact that you have to go 44 players deep, it does demand a pretty good historical understanding of the game. If anyone ever wants to play this with me please let me know, its a great time.
I had planned on doing the basketball draft in the same post, but this is already probably way too long so I'll save it for another post.
For the record, I still want to do basketball fantasy draft and have a discussion of movies this summer in the next few days, so expect more increadibly long posts in the next few days.
Both of these took place during my recent beach vacation, and both took place several hours into the evening's festivities. My opponents in each draft are free to claim that these "festivities" harmed their thinking process, but I was more "festive" than both, so bah and humbug to those excuses. To protect the innocent (and incompetent), I've changed the names of players.
The NFL draft was first, and tailed off rather quickly. It was against someone we'll call Mikel V Bront or MVB for short. The draft started based on the ludicrous statement by MVB that if you were picking an all time team you'd take Adam Vinatieri first because, "you'd never lose a close game". Ok, first pick, Vinatieri to MVB. Calmly, coolly and collectedly I took Joe Montana as my QB. For those scoring at home, first blood to WTH3, not MVB.
Sensing I think that he was digging himself an early hole he took Peyton Manning as his QB. Fine pick, though I could easily make the case for Elway, Marino or even Brady over Manning. Elway and Brady both have more superbowls, and Marino (at the moment) still has quite a few statistical marks over Manning. Still, if you like the cereberal, coordinator-on-the-field approach, Manning is a fine pick. Second pick I went with Jim Brown. Again, for those scoring at home, a top 5-7 all time QB, or the greatest running back of all time? Right, WTH3 - 2, MVB - 0.
Ok, so things might not have been going so well for MVB at this point. Knowing, correctly, that a solid line on both sides is key to any successful team, MVB went with Orlando Pace as his 3rd pick. A good pick. However, we had stipulated that you had to place line players at their spot, not just pick the top 5 left tackles of all time for your line. I could come up with more than 3 other good tackles, so I figured I'd let him determine who the top two were, and then just take 3 and 4 (for the record, I got Jonathan Ogden pretty late in the draft). At this point I had the best QB of all time and the best RB of all time, why not add the best WR as well? Jerry Rice, come on down! WTH3 - 3, MVB - 0.
Teams at this point:
MVB: P. Manning, O.Pace, A. Vinatieri
WTH3: J. Montana, J. Brown, J.Rice
(I win, and btw, it seems if you want your son to be good at football, have his name start with a J)
Once more, bandwagoning on my WR pick, MVB went with Marvin Harrison. A totally fine pick, and could be argued that he fits the Rice mold as well as anyone since. However, since I had the best three offensive skill position players of all time I figured I'd jump over to the D side of the ball and take Lawerence Taylor, probably the best defensive player of all time... WTH3 - 4, MVB - 0.
At this point things started to fall apart quickly. The team MVB put together before we called it quits was: QB - P. Manning, RB - W. Peyton (probably his best pick), WR - M. Harrison and C. Carter, TE- S. Sharpe, T - O. Pace, R. Grimm, G - J. Hutchinson, LB - Jack Lambert, CB - C. Bailey, D. Green, S - S. Taylor, K - A. Vinatieri. Pretty much all of those guys are hall of famers, but a few, Hutchinson, Bailey and Taylor are probably just good pro bowlers. Also, his team shows a propensity for the Redskins that while understandable given his loyalties, is just not the way to go in this game.
On the other side, my team was - QB - J. Montana, RB - J. Brown, WR - J. Rice, R. Moss, T- J. Ogden, DE - R. White, D. Jones, LB - L. Taylor, D. Butkus, CB - D. Sanders, S - R. Lott, E. Reed. Every single one of those guys aside from Reed, Moss and Ogden are probably best ever at their position, and those three are also likely first ballot hall of famers. We called it quits once I started putting his team together for him, but wow, that's just a beating.
Overall, football is a fun game for this, although given the fact that you have to go 44 players deep, it does demand a pretty good historical understanding of the game. If anyone ever wants to play this with me please let me know, its a great time.
I had planned on doing the basketball draft in the same post, but this is already probably way too long so I'll save it for another post.
For the record, I still want to do basketball fantasy draft and have a discussion of movies this summer in the next few days, so expect more increadibly long posts in the next few days.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The Business Cycle
All large organizations go through cycles of growth and decline. My (soon to be ex) job is at an interesting point in that process at the moment. We're growing rapidly, but with all growth comes change. I'm going to law school, so I'm able to be a bit more dispassionate in my appraisal of the current situation. There seem to be quite a few "doom and gloom"ers, and a fair amount of people are jumping ship.
I've been with this company for nearly 6 years now (week and a half to go on that one), so I've seen quite a bit. I think the first "this ship is sinking" comment came back in 2004, and the boat still seems to be afloat. It's a very different looking boat, but the water is still on the outside.
We're having a big all hands meeting today at 3 and we'll see where things go from there.
Normally I wouldn't share stuff like this, cause honestly, who cares, but I realized that if the all hands meeting starts at 3 that will probably mean no other posts from me today. I have a few things I really want to talk about, so keep the faith alive that DA will have interesting content again. I swear.
I've been with this company for nearly 6 years now (week and a half to go on that one), so I've seen quite a bit. I think the first "this ship is sinking" comment came back in 2004, and the boat still seems to be afloat. It's a very different looking boat, but the water is still on the outside.
We're having a big all hands meeting today at 3 and we'll see where things go from there.
Normally I wouldn't share stuff like this, cause honestly, who cares, but I realized that if the all hands meeting starts at 3 that will probably mean no other posts from me today. I have a few things I really want to talk about, so keep the faith alive that DA will have interesting content again. I swear.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
I'm baaack
Sorry all for the long delay between posts. I was on an awesome beach vacation and have barely touched my computer in the past week and a half. That said, I do have some good fodder for new posts, so expect fairly regular updates the rest of the week.
In the interim, feast your senses on what could hopefully, maybe, possibly be the future of gaming (and I even have the right system for it!)
In the interim, feast your senses on what could hopefully, maybe, possibly be the future of gaming (and I even have the right system for it!)
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