Twitter Week: 2009-11-06

2009-11-06 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

Played 2P 1860 yesterday (third player cancelled). ~6hrs. Won ~$13K to ~$11K. Head still spinning: so many many patterns and layers! #18xx #
@andsoerinsaid We imagine teen girls with gags or non-communicable laryngitis. Well, those other guys do…I uhh, buy earplugs.. Yeah. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel What do you have on order from DTG? Me: 1841, 1854, 18EU (possibly the only David Hecht game I’ll get/keep) #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid One of the more mortifying experiences for my then 13yr old son was in a restaurant behind a booth of teenage girls he knew. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid When they left (as a group) for the bathroom he leaned over and whispered in horror, “Please tell me I don’t talk like that!” in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel You do know that DTG orders can be combined to be made/shipped together? #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel I wasn’t impressed with 18Scan. Ahistorical 18GL was more interesting than 1826, even with no 5/10 share conversions. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yes. You can make later orders be additions to your first order so they’re all done together. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel John Tamplin asserted that 18NEB is the best/most interesting of the smaller/state games during our 18Ardennes game. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
The fan in the GigE switch under the desk is grinding. Gahhh! Please gods, make it stop! It is off to Fry’s I go… Planned obsolescence? #
@icheyne Transmission for OS X is pretty slick too (and smaller). in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne I confess to noticing few features after speed and small visual size. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Big thing I miss on Linux vs OS X is QuickSilver & related AppleScript automations. I miss a really good terminal app on OS X tho. in reply to icheyne #
@andsoerinsaid Panamax surge protectors are recommended. They replace anything that is damaged by surges. I’ve seen ‘em do it. Repeatedly. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Subtext: Friend lived in house directly struck by lightening 3-4 times per year. He loved Panamax & they wrote cheques. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@brettspiel @icheyne I’m an I-just-notice-files-appear-in-my-downloads-dir fan. Asynchronicity. Ideally I don’t see the app; it just happens in reply to brettspiel #
@andsoerinsaid The lightning house was a friend’s in Florida. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Testosterone & Competitive play: http://tr.im/Ea1V Big implications here for group/team formation in games & companies. (via @andrew_chen) #
@andsoerinsaid My response is to not schedule gaming. I schedule game-times (place XXX, time YYY), but not what is played and by whom. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@snicholson I find Twitter only useful if heavily filtered. Winnow, weed and cull the traffic and people that you follow. in reply to snicholson #
I need game names! 1) An 18xx set in England’s Rail Mania period (see wikipedia), 2) Winsome-B&O-like, set in multi-gauged Australia. #18xx #
@andsoerinsaid “Rolling Stock” is a great name for the Australian game given how much beef they shoveled about via road trains. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@smok 18Bubble eh? 18Britain and 18England are the current leaders. Keeps with the whole name-by-location thing. But what’s the sub-title? in reply to smok #
@andsoerinsaid Not entirely too lame. Just…limping? 18Britain - Railway Mania doesn’t quite ring. How about 18Britain - Manic Collapse? in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Yep. Railroading in the UK collapsed for decades, spectacularly, leading to the formation of British Rail in the 1900s. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I’m in talks for more of my AoS maps to be published. M&B has been submitted and is pending response. #
@BrenoKummel 18Blimey: I love it! (Even if it does work a bit better for Australia) in reply to BrenoKummel #
Okay, all the 18FR files redrawn and sent off to Helmut for approval. It is quite pretty now. Once he approves I’ll post them to BGG. #18xx #