Who plays EB @ work?

[satalexton]

Work work work work.....this is sucking the life out of me.

I want EB.

I WANT MAKEDONIA.

ALL HEIL MAKEDONIA!!!

Now seriously, does anybody here have EB installed @ work? If yes, how did you do it w/o getting caught.....and got any tips and tricks to save one's skin from unemployment?

[samba_liten]

I play in the lunch breaks. I teach in a private school, so i just lock my classroom door and munch away at lunch as i take over the ancient world.

[Scipio Asiaticus]

I cannot for two reasons:
1. My work provided laptop is crap, just could not cope with any TW game.
2. If I load software on to it and get found out, that is game, set and match.

I just make do, checking out the forums and planning my strategy for when I play later( Not forgetting looking forward to my lunch)

[Dutchhoplite]

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/2007/images/07thinclient-t5720.jpg

I'm working on a machine like the one the pic above so i can't install anything myself ;)

[satalexton]

but u can just sick in an external with EB on it, ya slackin' lump of lard ;)

[Elcmar]

I'd be tempted to bring my laptop into work and play EB, except that i deal with customers every few minutes - wouldn't be good to be making them wait while i get a cavalry charge just right :laugh4:

[Nachtmeister]

*hrhr, try playing EB while lugging two crates of beer right across the disco-building to the main bar and then while filling up the freezers with it - or while counting the money...
Ok, I think now I'd prefer a desk job - all the more reason to get a grip on university :D

[Maion Maroneios]

all the more reason to get a grip on university :D
You say that again. Lucky thing what I do to gain some extra cash is to teach basic Math at children :clown:

Maion

[johnhughthom]

You say that again. Lucky thing what I do to gain some extra cash is to teach basic Math at children :clown:

Maion

You teach at children? So basically you teach in a monologue and don't care if they get it or not?

:clown:

Only kidding, Maion always corrects peoples Greek...:sweatdrop:

[Maion Maroneios]

You teach at children? So basically you teach in a monologue and don't care if they get it or not?

:clown:

Only kidding, Maion always corrects peoples Greek...:sweatdrop:
Dude, I teach Math not Greek :clown:

Though it's true today's children have zero knowledge of the subject. No interest, you see. Very sad, if you ask me.

Maion

[Vasiliyi]

Unfortunately, I'm not anywhere near a computer at work. Stocking shelves at a grocery store well, it can be pretty blan. But, that is when i think about my aar, and get most of my good Ideas. So yah, I play EB in my head at work. Does that count?

[Spearman]

I'm working right now....and I've got Eb going on my other computer. I love working from home, although field work sometimes pulls me away. Course when the wife comes around I'll just do a little ALT-TAB and pretend t obe frustrated over some random report.:smartass2:

[julius_caesar_the_first]

Well I never played EB at work since I didn't know it existed two years ago (I did play RTW) and I'v moved on to other games (too many camapigns died because of a ctd) but I do play at the book shop that I work in on my personal laptop (Crusader Kings, Morrowind, and EU III).

How do I get away with it? My mom's the boss :laugh4:

[johnhughthom]

Morrowind

You ever have an in-game character shout "S'wit!" have a customer think you insulted them?:clown:

[Megas Methuselah]

How do I get away with it? My mom's the boss :laugh4:

They're always the worst. :clown:


Unfortunately, I'm not anywhere near a computer at work. Stocking shelves at a grocery store well, it can be pretty blan.

Yeah, more or less my situation. We need good imaginations for our line of work.

[Ibrahim]

my job involves no computers, I just hang things.

[Megas Methuselah]

my job involves no computers, I just hang things.

Lingerie?

[penguinking]

my job involves no computers, I just hang things.

You're a hangman?

[soup_alex]

Though it's true today's children have zero knowledge of the subject. No interest, you see. Very sad, if you ask me.

Though I was actually quite good at mathematics at school (judging by the ability of my peers), I never really found the subject that gripping. Now I'm more aware of how significant the laws of mathematics are.
I expect it's rather difficult to impress upon youngsters such notions; I remember being told that "maths applies to everything" and that sort of stuff, but was always quite sceptical as I either didn't see this as true or just didn't aspire to be an accountant/book keeper/actuary or whathaveyou at that age.


I don't play EB at work, because I'm currently a jobless loser. I do have Dwarf Fortress on a portable drive for slow days at university, though, but this doesn't get much use if I'm out taking field recordings or watching meters (not sure if this means that my course is very hands-on, or that I'm just not very good at skiving).

It seems that one of the most important criterion in determining at-work suitability in a game is the inclusion of a Boss Mode function, or the ease with which it Alt-Tabs on/off. Add to this the physical space and graphical & processor requirements, and EB is unfortunately a poor candidate for an on-the-clock game, for most :no:

[Owen Glyndwr]

Dude, I teach Math not Greek :clown:

Though it's true today's children have zero knowledge of the subject. No interest, you see. Very sad, if you ask me.

Maion


Have no fear friend! I intend to learn Greek when I attend University.

Latin too, but that's not important...

[Ibrahim]

You're a hangman?

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sorry about that, that was just..funny in a twisted way.


ok...:balloon2: for you


yes, I hang things for a living, but I'm not a hangman. I'm a student worker at my college, and my job is to hang artwork on the art gallery's walls. but yeah, I do get the hangman question alot. :clown:

@ meth: ~:mad

[Teleklos Archelaou]

How many people are playing EB *for* work? Me!
Or rather, having my students play it in class.

[julius_caesar_the_first]

how is that little project going anyway?:smiley:

[Maion Maroneios]

Though I was actually quite good at mathematics at school (judging by the ability of my peers), I never really found the subject that gripping. Now I'm more aware of how significant the laws of mathematics are.
I expect it's rather difficult to impress upon youngsters such notions; I remember being told that "maths applies to everything" and that sort of stuff, but was always quite sceptical as I either didn't see this as true or just didn't aspire to be an accountant/book keeper/actuary or whathaveyou at that age.
I undrestand what you mean, hell I wasn't that good at Mathematics back at school as well. That it, until my last 3 years when I knew I wanted to actually study and become a Mathematician. Note that I study Physics, not Mathematics at the moment, though I realized I prefer the former only until the very last minute when I had to apply to a University.

Actually, this is a very big subject which deserves its own thread, but which in turn doesn't belong here in the EB forum. There are many factors that have to do with the fact that Maths (and the Exact Sciences in general) do not impress many children anymore. This includes a bad educational system, the lack of good jobs (like making tons of money very fast) after you've taken your BSc degree, bad books at schools and many, many more.


Have no fear friend! I intend to learn Greek when I attend University.

Latin too, but that's not important...
Greek eh? Good luck, because it won't be easy. Not trying to scare you or anything, but of course if you like it then there's no problem. Latin is interesting too, and will certainly be easier for you to learn (same alphabet as the English one, many words from which English ones derive etc).

Maion

[soup_alex]

...the lack of good jobs (like making tons of money very fast) after you've taken your BSc degree...

That's funny, the degree I'm working towards is a BSc... and I've never been good at looking for (and getting) jobs before, either. Things are not looking good for Captain Unemployable!
(Actually, it's quite a "vocational" sort of course, and I think the expectation for most who take it is to perhaps end up self-employed; personally I'd be happy to work as a live sound engineer at my local, though it's not quite "aiming high" for a graduate.)

[Tartaros]

it´s to bad - i work independently and i have to kick EB out of my workstation because of playing to much...

now i have stricked order for myself, not to play at daytime and only for 2-3 hours ...

[Alsatia]

How many people are playing EB *for* work? Me!
Or rather, having my students play it in class.

How on earth do students get to play EB for Class???!!!

That would be the perfect history lesson. If only my teachers knew about it:shame:.

[Cute Wolf]

I play EB on my laptop when:
4) waiting younger students do their exams (I was an assistant lecturer in my univ)... free 2 / 3 hour

3) waiting my girlfriend finish her lectures, before going out dinner... about a quarter of day...

2) waiting my hydrothermal reactions occur completely (48 hours in lab and you must be present!)

1) must sit in a very boorrriiiiinnnnggggggg seminar.... (4-6 hours of extreme pain...) - played with earpieces... and sit in the very back

[satalexton]

you lucky prick, darn why didn't i study for my chem exam?

[Fluvius Camillus]

School FTW! :laugh4:

Ahh... Almost summer holiday! Around 10 weeks free time....:beam:

[Silence Hunter]

Now when I'm at uni EB has to wait till I have enough free time to sit and dive into it. Which happens quite rarely, because of all the studying, friends, parties, girls and other stuff. However back when worked as dance instructor I used to play EB between the classes. I still remember these fun times in a greenhouse-like dance hall sitting next to the fan with my laptop.

[satalexton]

LIES since when is it about studying, it's about the girls!

[Silence Hunter]

Ok fine! I should have ordered them this way: girls, parties, friends and studying.

[Aemilius Paulus]

My school has more things restricted on the computer than allowed. And I am not talking about anything technical here, just basic functions. Makes me wonder why they replace all of our school computers (2GB RAM, 2.4 gHz dual core, Dell) every two years. Waste of money; we could make do with 1999-vintage computers, if they could only handle high-speed Internet. I go to a technical school where everything is done on computers, in every class but mathematics (even there we work quite a bit with computers actually, but not much).

So anyway, very few non-pre-approved executables are allowed to run on the school computers. It is really a mystery to me, as self-styled computer nerd, why some .exe's, even standard-issue RTS games, can be started up and played on the school computers while others cannot :shrug:. Not to mention, there are about 10-15 levels of access in the school computer system. Such as the library, the computer classes, and the art classroom all have various restrictions.

Basically, no EB for me. There are ~2,000 students in my school, two computers per student, and yet none that will play EB :sad:.

[Ibrahim]

LIES since when is it about studying, it's about the girls!

when you are in the Arab world*. alternatiely, when you are me!:clown:

though a proportion (20%) go to school for horseplay:no:

*though Lebanon and Jordan are partial exceptions...I do not consider foreign schools, as they usually either suck or most Arabs find them too expensive.

[satalexton]

i evny you, u actually get to learn how to be a catank

[Ibrahim]

i evny you, u actually get to learn how to be a catank

wut? :inquisitive:

[satalexton]

kataphraktoi =D

[Maion Maroneios]

I hope it was so much girls and partying for me as well... I know Physics isn't the easiest subject, but then again I must admit I did think things would be a bit... Wilder, one could say. Not that I care much, mind you :clown: Oh, and I haven't played any games since several months now.

Maion

[Nachtmeister]

when you are in the Arab world*. alternatiely, when you are me!:clown:

though a proportion (20%) go to school for horseplay:no:

*though Lebanon and Jordan are partial exceptions...I do not consider foreign schools, as they usually either suck or most Arabs find them too expensive.


i evny you, u actually get to learn how to be a catank


wut? :inquisitive:


kataphraktoi =D

I gather that there is some kind of misunderstanding related to the word "horseplay" here...
Although I must confess that I am not sure what precisely it means - just getting vague
ideas related to horse-*breeding*... Which, of course, also involves some riding... But I am not so sure about the armor. :clown:

At my university (which has, contrary to my expectations, not expelled me yet for being a depressed Asperger-afflicted => [culturally different from most of the rest of humanity] creature) the computers do not allow for installations outside of the catalogue of engineering-related tools on the central server. You see, since the bachelor-system (with its financial and psychological side-effects) was prematurely dumped upon professors and students alike, "social interaction" has moved from the margin to the core of all campus activity. The competitive sort of social interaction. They dub it "soft skills"; I personally prefer to call it "push-and-shove". On german public universities, the ratio for students with no professor-connections is more like a hundred students to one computer.
One is expected to carry a netbook with a W-LAN device and join the local VPN network. Convenient for those who have a netbook. Less convenient for those who try to follow lectures past the sounds produced by those playing games like world of warcraft in the lecture hall and loudly discussing their progress.
It follows that the relatively secluded - even though very crowded - computer-"pools" are sufficiently overrun with shoving students bickering for access that it would be impossible to enjoy playing any games there, even with the administrator access or formidable covert manipulation skills needed to install them.
Besides, I can not really afford to play that much - I have a staggering task to fulfill...
Running for bachelor after five semesters of blind stumbling in awe at the pathetic condition of the german "scientific" climate in denial of the fact that such a thing no longer exists in the general public. MTV is a dreadfully efficient killing machine for getting rid of human brain cells. With this conclusion, I cease to look for purpose in others or good examples to follow. Time to set new standards.
I have some serious catching-up to do - a bachelor is supposed to be done in six semesters, right?
So, six minus five... leaves... one.
ONWARD!! :charge:
(But I will provide that AS - guide that I promised earlier on in some other thread. Some day.)

[Teleklos Archelaou]

how is that little project going anyway?:smiley:

It's running me ragged, getting the cpu's all working right at the same time, and putting it on a couple of kids' laptops who want to play it at home, but it's been very much worth it so far. They are really enjoying it (the girls too), and getting a lot out of it too. They are keeping notes and writing journals of their campaigns and have read some Diodorus Siculus and plenty of examples out of it to make sure they understand the style of prose they should emulate, the dating conventions, terminology, etc.

[Megas Methuselah]

It's running me ragged, getting the cpu's all working right at the same time, and putting it on a couple of kids' laptops who want to play it at home, but it's been very much worth it so far. They are really enjoying it (the girls too), and getting a lot out of it too. They are keeping notes and writing journals of their campaigns and have read some Diodorus Siculus and plenty of examples out of it to make sure they understand the style of prose they should emulate, the dating conventions, terminology, etc.

It must be pretty cool having your own little lab mice playing EB. :clown:

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It takes a *lot* of direction from myself each day in the lab and setting up the computers for them. EB is not a game to just usually drop people into playing if they aren't used to the genre or engine itself. That part may seem pretty crazy actually. It's a good thing I know all the Hellenic factions backwards and forwards and wrote a pretty fair amount of the text they are seeing (as Greeks). Wouldn't be so difficult if they were just playing, but they are doing a lot of writing too - it's a very serious school project after all (I believe the project rubric and guide that I made for them was 10 pages, single spaced, tiny margins - though four was Diodorus Siculus' account of the battle of Mantinea and the death of Epaminondas).

[Vasiliyi]

It takes a *lot* of direction from myself each day in the lab and setting up the computers for them. EB is not a game to just usually drop people into playing if they aren't used to the genre or engine itself. That part may seem pretty crazy actually. It's a good thing I know all the Hellenic factions backwards and forwards and wrote a pretty fair amount of the text they are seeing (as Greeks). Wouldn't be so difficult if they were just playing, but they are doing a lot of writing too - it's a very serious school project after all (I believe the project rubric and guide that I made for them was 10 pages, single spaced, tiny margins - though four was Diodorus Siculus' account of the battle of Mantinea and the death of Epaminondas).

That is very cool, would it be possible you could post their works for us to see them? IF they didn't mind ofcourse. I bet they would surpase many of our aars.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Maybe when they are done. They turned in on Monday the first draft submissions of their first couple of days playing, and could all use some work. Next ones are due Thursday. We play for one more week, then a couple of days review and then exams. I showed them some AAR's one day when we had in-class loadups (13 minutes approx.) and they were amazed.