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Tycho

Humiliated at the table for the last time, we are now determined to secure victory at any cost.  We briefly considered more training and practice, but I believe these solutions were presented in a humorous context.  Once the fits of laughter had ceased, we began to research toxic amphibians and the ochre sap one might squeeze from their drooping pustules.  You may find the results immoral, but you need to consider Ping Pong as a global phenomenon.  For example, when playing by Djibuti Rules, it’s considered perfectly normal to release a hungry lion.  Like clay or grass, each venue presents unique challenges.

We just shipped out four boxes of games and prizes to Ziggurat Con to make sure they got there, but we’ve also put the word out to our vast network of tabletop industry contacts to emphasize the need.  As it stands, we sent several kits with maps, miniatures, and dice, a substantial supply of Magic cards, and piles of fantasy and sci-fiction reading in addition to the requested shirts and books from our own holdings.  Keek even made them an official logo, like so:

Hopefully that will get things started off right.

I own an Xbox 360 from launch and it had never given me no sass, so frantic reports online about the fragility of this equipment were never taken especially seriously.  It is difficult to determine the actual distribution of these failures since virtually every establishment publishes, republishes, and then ruminates over the same incidents.  Anecdotally speaking, it had never happened to me or anyone that I know, so it loomed like some boogieman - unpleasant, to be sure, but largely a theoretical proposition.

Well, it happened.  I was always mildly curious about the precise numbers, information whose value has diminished.  When it happens to you, the failure rate might as well be one hundred percent.  

(CW)TB out. 

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Gabe
Did you install BC and then immediately start replacing your purples with greens that dropped off bullshit trash mobs? Do you even have any idea what I just said? If you answered yes to both of those then you might like our new shirt.
-Gabe out
Gabe

You might remember Tycho mentioning Todd Goldman and a story about him stealing some artwork from a web cartoonist. We covered it in a comic and a post and our point of view was essentially “yeah it sucks but you can’t sue the guy for being a douche bag.” I would have left it at that except, well the latest development in the whole ordeal is actually super funny. It’s important to point out that Todd’s initial response to the article about his thievery was to call Dave Kelly a Pedophile. I’m not joking here he actually said “Here’s my inspiration! Every month I paint the works of a pedophile.” The letter goes on and it’s obvious that he’s just being a smart ass and blowing the whole thing off. Honestly I chuckled at the letter when I read it because (being a professional asshole myself) I thought it was a funny way to respond to the accusations. However, if you call someone a pedophile in a public forum you can’t turn around a few weeks later and threaten to sue that same forum for slander.

Todd’s lawyers sent Fleen a mail last week that threatened legal action if they didn’t pull down all the stuff about Todd. The letter actually said “We have acquired articles posted on your website which contain defaming, derogatory and malicious statements about Mr. Goldman.” Yeah no shit, the guy is a thief what the hell do you expect.

This sort of legal bulldogging is especially lame after Todd’s initial reaction to the story. If you want to play the arrogant asshole and call people pedophiles I respect that. I really do. I’ve been overcompensating for my low self esteem by calling people names for twenty years. I know how it works and the only rule is if you can’t take it, don’t fucking dish it out.

-Gabe out