Twitter Week: 2009-09-26

2009-09-26 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@andsoerinsaid No pirates on TalkLikeAPirateDay? I am disappointed. #pirate #pirateday #talklikeapirateday #nobloodypiratehashtagconcensus in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Pirate Day is a #twitter trending topic. Woot! Err, AARRR! #pirate #pirateday #talklikeapirateday #nobloodypiratehashtagconcensus #
@andsoerinsaid Lords of the Spanish Main? Mount your pirate flag on Jack’s game(y) bits? At least hold ‘em up for ransom, or something. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@thebookgarden I see that worked really bloody well. It is like a match dropped at a bomb factory: Free Newtonian Pirate Vectors! AARRR. in reply to thebookgarden #
@ingredientx CE rules are easy, good play is decidedly not. See my Set Piece/josekis: http://tr.im/z9rn There’s a long learning curve. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid You were wise to avoid Pirate’s Cove. Many a poor gamer has perished in them parts. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Say: Someone is winning, e/one else is losing. If you’re losing, you’d better change something or you’ll just keep on losing. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
GPS dreaming: http://bit.ly/BJv3K (via @greatdismal) #
@andsoerinsaid Your weakness is ice-cream? And here I thought it was going on dates with Evony players. Bah. I am disillusioned. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@GamesOnTheBrain Warning: I’ve read what are laughably called the “rules” for LotSM at least 12 times and still don’t have it down. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@GamesOnTheBrain Eklund’s “games” are everything I normally dislike: vast, capricious, random, sprawling, thematic, narrative experiences. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@GamesOnTheBrain Play LotSM with the fast treasure and stacked decks. Much better. Also don’t bother with the tents. Cut ‘em into chits. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@andsoerinsaid Remember: Eklund doesn’t design complete games, just multi-hour mega-meta-ur-game experiences. They need help just to work. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@cadavaca Those are low scores for 1856. More typical are ~$8K for 4 players. Enjoy the learning! #18xx in reply to cadavaca #
Wildlife as performance art: http://tr.im/zjwv http://tr.im/zjww Reach out and touch.... #
@andsoerinsaid Here you go: http://bit.ly/oIf9u/ in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I’d bet that like me you found Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) quite depressing. The whole god/nature-killing bit grated. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Kiki is my favourite Miyazaki. Currently working thru The Sky Crawlers & Gankutsuou. Not sure how to live up to your image. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I’m told I should go to Mark Derrick’s Chattanooga Rail Gaming Challenge in January: http://tr.im/zlrf I hear good things. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@clearclaw (Just an in-case you don’t have enough gaming conventions to go to – you know, helpful like) in reply to clearclaw #
@scottredracecar The same people who want me to go to Chattanooga are also trying to get me to to the convention in Portland. I’m unsure. in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar The only way (currently) to get that Twitter 2nd order data is to read their web-feed. You’ll see the replies there. PITA! in reply to scottredracecar #
@andsoerinsaid A mish-mash of Boher et al? I am the Frankenstein of train gamers… in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx Gamer humour has always been that of 6yr olds. Poop jokes, fart jokes, cootie jokes & wood for sheep. We aspire to the toilet. in reply to ingredientx #
@scottredracecar Same friend wants me to go to WBC & Strategicon in LA (to play with ToddV). Kublacon is enough for me I think. in reply to scottredracecar #
@andsoerinsaid Buckeye got some positive traffic on the #18xx list. I’m already uncertain why I attend conventions in the first place. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar The only #18xx ers I think I’d really like play, some time, are Bruce Beard & the Kentish Mob. Not sure that’s worth much. in reply to scottredracecar #
@andsoerinsaid Thankfully, I am not intense? Chap stormed out & left gamenight mid-game last week. JC-must-lose group is forming. Woe! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx That matches my local reports on WBC: the fluff gamers say it is too much, the good gamers complain it is a little too fluffy. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid I game a lot locally, no lack of opponents, and play/have all the games I like. Not clear conventions are worth much to me. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Gaming is drama. The anti-JC drama is the 2nd best player agitating against me, the 3rd best player, as I dismember him. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid The walk-out was after I dumped a trainless/cashless company, trashed his position and tokened out all his companies in 18FL. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Yeah, the chance to get into that larger & more informed conversation is the main draw of conventions for me. That’s big. in reply to scottredracecar #
@andsoerinsaid I have Kublacon, Pacificon, ConquestSac, Dundracon, Strategicon and some LA thing nearby. I go to Kublacon & ~Pacificon. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Kublacon is a 30 minute drive and I run 18C2C there. Pacificon is a 20 minute drive and mebe I’ll defend my title. (Ha!) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I sympathise w/ the walkout. I abused him. I’m far more aggressive/destructive than he’s used to or knows how to play against in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Seth Jaffee & Co also go to Kublacon. Its an Okay convention I guess. It is saved for me by the 18C2C game. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@GamesOnTheBrain The drama we know is always less than the drama we don’t know. Those guys, over there? They’re insane. We’re just excited. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@andsoerinsaid Tim, a gentleman? Say it isn’t so! Now my Internet-fed visions are crumbling too! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I am disillusioned. I am bereft. Next you’ll tell me you don’t look like Manuela Arcuri. Can a guy have no dreams at all? in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou. I can now go on living. (See, gamers, are never overly dramatic1) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@venturehacks You are repetitively spamming the same tweets over and over. Check your machine/client! #
@snicholson @andsoerinsaid Aww, shucks. in reply to snicholson #
@raphkoster I see more smoke than mirrors in Courier. in reply to raphkoster #
Met with kid’s high school. Amazed how they’ve factory-ised education. Generational gap, or cultural divide from the UK? Pink Floyd moments. #
Sydney dust storms: http://tr.im/zt03 My sister is in the area. Good luck and health Sis. #
My watch battery has died. It was 18:30 and I was wondering why it was so dark out at 13:00hrs (when it died) and didn’t it seem a long day? #
The lesson of Google’s SideWiki is likely to be in what it shows us about users, interaction and emergent behaviours, not its market success #
@andsoerinsaid The easiest thing in the world is to equate a person with their body. Just as accurate to say people are their emails/tweets. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid (attractive to me) My ex did the weight roller-coaster on that point. It was, is hard to manage those viewpoints. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I believe it is possible. She still struggles with it. It is a long story. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I think the key prob is that what people think they’re looking for is not in fact what they’re looking for or going towards. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I think humans are crabs: We spot our targets, say we’re going there, and then proceed to walk sideways to somewhere else. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
The new fully powered and operational Espresso Machine will assimilate you! http://tr.im/zFe6 (via @greatdismal) Bwhahaha! I want. #
Finally setup email on my iPhone. Still tweaking the filters (I’m running the mail server). Wow, this is far more useful than I’d expected! #
@ingredientx Two definitions of food: “Runs slower than me”, & “I have eaten you, now die” when I’m hungry. Makes it tough to be a gourmand. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx When my ex- and I first got together, she picked the mushrooms off her pizza. I couldn’t believe it. Why not just eat them … in reply to ingredientx #
@clearclaw .,.Because I don’t like mushrooms! So, they’re part of the pizza, just eat it! We stared at each other in disbelief. in reply to clearclaw #
@ingredientx Raised by a WW2 survivor and a Great Depression survivor, you eat the food that is in front of you. Period. It is /food/. in reply to ingredientx #
Sat thru Kill Bill #1. Does Quentim Tarantino know anything other than tropes and fevered 14yr olds’ imaginations? He knows them well tho. #
@brettspiel Sticheln is locally either a huge hit or flop with local Bridge players. 3P best. Foppen also works for larger player-counts. in reply to brettspiel #
@brettspiel Too many Cooks also works as a pseudo-Barbu replacement. Bohnanza? Loved here. in reply to brettspiel #
@andsoerinsaid Top or stop? Topping it seems easy: join a naked polyamorous circus troupe, contortionists perhaps. Stopping is harder. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid So, I should see you on tour at the Cow Palace any day now? I’ll bring a camera. #yenta (Yes, we have a Cow palace, for cows) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid All the circuses perform at the Cow Palace. Rodeos too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Palace in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not my deal either, but Ive a few friends who seem to be making a multi-decade success of it. Takes all types. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Try Harris’ roughly on Van Ness & Lombard. Great dry aged beef too. in reply to peterpham #
@brettspiel Hare & Tortoise has nearly replaced Hoity Toity with that crowd here. in reply to brettspiel #
I hope to twitpic tomorrow’s (Sat’s) Los Altos Gamesday heavily. 1844 is slated. Likely more (1830 Coal?). Brace yourselves. #18xx #gamesday #
Damn, if I’d known I could consistently make steaks this good, I would’ve died years ago. Mmmm, this cries for discipline I just don’t have. #
Okay, I’ll also try and take some general shots of the gamesday and not just the game I’m playing… #gamesday #18xx #isn’tpaidforthis #
@thisdarkpen Aye, like most games the #18xx require resonance with their players to function. They are player-created vs player-inclusive. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@thisdarkpen Nod. 18EZ is a fine source of components for designing other better #18xx games. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@msaari Please report back on 1886. It has my interest. #18xx in reply to msaari #