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Post by Weasel on Jul 17, 2012 17:45:36 GMT -5
Had to remove a channel to which I've been a regular (idler) for years, from my IRC auto-join list. Apparently it's now customary to judge the judges - we hold a contest every half year where you make a game in 24 hours under a topic chosen by the judges, and afterwards the judges score it under a series of categories. Well, I judged this competition for I figure probably the fifth time, and no sooner do I have my scores up than about 50% of the competitors start bitching, moaning, and whining about things I said, even going so far as to dig up things I said in the channel frickin' months ago to try to discredit me.
It gets worse. Another judge, who decides it's a good idea to start answering the channel regulars over what scores they got before his sheet is released (it's not a good idea), gets the horde on him. I make an attempt to defend him, and lo and behold that only succeeds in bringing the venom back to me without ever getting it off of him.
And the shit they're complaining about is really stupid, too. One guy questions my logic over giving his game a low Theme score compared to another game that he doesn't feel deserves it. Well, you want it changed so much, you sign up as a judge next fuckin' time. Let's see your supposedly infallible logic.
I've informed the competition's host that I'm not going to offer to judge anymore after this. I'm probably never going to set foot in that channel again. They should be happy I even offer to play half the games submitted, especially when one of them seems designed to cause physical harm to the person playing it (with loud screeching noises and everything).
But above all else, I intend on making a quiet exit from that particular community. Some of them are good people, and I did just get done with a nice long weekend in Portland with a group of them. I just don't want to be an audience to their brand of IRC hijinks anymore. Life's too goddamn short to put up with overgrown children bitching about numbers, Japanese grammar, and the depiction of penis in art (I seriously fucking wish I were making that up).
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Post by Jave on Jul 19, 2012 20:01:13 GMT -5
Kayaks.
I have no idea why, but I recently discovered that I associate Kayaks with douchebags.
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Post by Allie on Jul 19, 2012 21:10:38 GMT -5
I started getting close to somebody, but now he's unsure of what he wants, saying he's already promised someone else that he'd spend the rest of his life with her, and now his ex is pissed off at me, too...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2012 20:16:48 GMT -5
Bad / rude customer service sends me into berserk mode. We tried to go into Hershey's Chocolate World but the ticket computers were down. The lady at the desk was a total thingy to us and basically stopped short of spitting in our faces. I ended up flipping her off in front of a group of kids and a bible study group. Then I grabbed some free samples and left them in the crapper stalls as such to tell Hershey that they can Hershey's kiss my ass:  |
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Post by megatronbison on Jul 20, 2012 20:19:37 GMT -5
Living Social cancelled my laptop order- 2 weeks after placing the order and guess what? It's going to take a week for them to get the money back to me.
Banking is such a load of horsecum- how can they instantly debit my cash but not instantly credit me back? Chancing bunch of ballsacks.
I'll level with you guys- I've not even been 30 for 2 weeks and I've not had one single pleasant day- it's all been horrible so far.
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Post by Ryu the Grappler on Jul 21, 2012 13:00:32 GMT -5
Kayaks. I have no idea why, but I recently discovered that I associate Kayaks with douchebags. I think this is a bad time to bring up that I used to row Kayaks years ago.  |
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Post by Pitchfork on Jul 21, 2012 18:54:07 GMT -5
If it makes you feel any better I really enjoyed it. Finished it last night in the airport. Well- maybe "really enjoyed it" isn't quite right- more like "oh god that hit home way, way too often and left me more depressed about my own life than I'd care to admit". Needless to say I'll be forcing it onto other people. Hah! Yes! Awesome. I've heard similar reactions from several other people. If nothing else, it's comforting to know we're not alone, right? As a great jazz musician once said:  The blues isn't about feeling better. It's about making other people feel WORSE! And making a few bucks while you're at it.Two words: eat peaches. They taste like sunshine and I'm pretty sure I've got skin cancer now. |
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Post by thethird on Jul 22, 2012 1:50:47 GMT -5
I'm sure I mentioned it last year, but mosquitoes. The area around where I live is rather swampy, so every summer they come out in force, and this year is no exception. I walked the fifteen minutes to the closest corner store and got, I dunno, six? seven? bites on me, despite covering as much skin as I could with jeans and a hoodie. When I eat dinner and I looked out the patio door, there's seriously about thirty clustered around, looking for a way to get in.
Man. When the three steps to the freezer can get you a couple of bites, there's too many of these damn things.
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Post by Resident Tsundere on Jul 22, 2012 2:06:16 GMT -5
Kayaks. I have no idea why, but I recently discovered that I associate Kayaks with douchebags. Me too! You wanna know what kinda shit pisses me off? Try this: www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.htmlI won't deny that video games and some of the people behind them are still subscribing to stereotypical, crappy old tropes, but the article is sensationalist to such an extreme, even Jack Thompson would have to tell the writer to settle down. I wondered what you guys on this gaming forum might think of it... |
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Post by thethird on Jul 22, 2012 2:24:48 GMT -5
I skimmed it, and yeah, seems a touch wild. I don't know what the fuck the article was talking about with God of War and Uncharted - the (main) villains of Uncharted have always been white folk, while the mooks of each game vary - the first were white and asian, the second seemed to all be white, and the third had mixed backgrounds of all kinds. God of War has you killing a bunch of monsters, none of which could even be vaguely classified as "human" except for the zombies with their flesh rotting off, and the main antagonists of the series, the gods, were all white, if I recall correctly. I don't get it.
I feel like the article wasn't exactly in top form, I guess. But then again, Cracked's whole shtick is exaggerating everything to make it funny, and I generally appreciate it, but when they try to tackle "serious" issues they seem to fall a little flat.
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Post by Resident Tsundere on Jul 22, 2012 2:43:32 GMT -5
when they try to tackle "serious" issues they seem to fall a little flat. Yeah, they sometimes come off as a little preachy. |
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Post by Allie on Jul 22, 2012 17:11:10 GMT -5
The problem is that everyone wants to come off as if they "care" more than the next person, which just leads to something even more timid than walking on eggshells.
What, are they afraid that someone's going to lawyer up and sue them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2012 7:54:25 GMT -5
Bad / rude customer service sends me into berserk mode. We tried to go into Hershey's Chocolate World but the ticket computers were down. The lady at the desk was a total thingy to us and basically stopped short of spitting in our faces. I ended up flipping her off in front of a group of kids and a bible study group. Then I grabbed some free samples and left them in the crapper stalls as such to tell Hershey that they can Hershey's kiss my ass: This was brilliant. Very well-played, sir. |
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Post by Ryu the Grappler on Jul 23, 2012 12:18:20 GMT -5
I didn't want to post a comment about Joe's picture at first, but I don't know how exactly putting Hershey's Kisses on a toilet seat so you could take a photograph of it in order to show it to your online friend is an effective method of protesting rude customer service. Then again, I am a former Kayaker.
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Post by Ike on Jul 23, 2012 12:19:43 GMT -5
are you some manner of joyless husk in person or what
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