Thread: The view from here

Originally Posted by Sapience

Couriers never get past reception.

So I guess that's the right task for a camera, transmitting wireless while hidden within a donut box :-)
That thing has the best chances to land on even the most secret desks !

Ok, enough fooling around! Get back to work on the flying mounts and laser weapons!

I bet if I walk in with tray loads of Starbucks coffee from the Highland Ave location (with the obligatory cinnamon swirl and berry coffee cakes) .. someone is bound to succumb and let me by

Originally Posted by Nuth_KM

I bet if I walk in with tray loads of Starbucks coffee from the Highland Ave location (with the obligatory cinnamon swirl and berry coffee cakes) .. someone is bound to succumb and let me by

You might need...ahem...other assets...as well...(Oh come on you were all thinking it!)

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Fun fact: He put the banner there so I'd stop sitting on that part of the desk when I walk over to visit him. =P

Originally Posted by Sapience

It covers the butt-dent quite nicely, actually.

Did you just insinuate that Celestrata has a big enough butt to leave a dent?!

Originally Posted by Nuth_KM

I bet if I walk in with tray loads of Starbucks coffee from the Highland Ave location (with the obligatory cinnamon swirl and berry coffee cakes) .. someone is bound to succumb and let me by

Probably not. Now, if there was some cappuccino...

Originally Posted by Ayrolen

Did you just insinuate that Celestrata has a big enough butt to leave a dent?!

I would...oh hey meeting time! Gotta run!

Do i see a 5 year anniversary black hoodie? That would be so awesome to own

Ok, so how do we get one??!! You can't show me something like that and think I'll accept that it is unattainable by us common folk. That's just cruel. It's like.....holding a juicy red steak in front of a poor hungry dog and then keeping it two feet in front of him for all eternity while taunting, "hungry boy? Yeah you hungry? Mmmmm looks good doesn't it?" forcing the dog to incessantly move forward and forward trying to get the steak without accepting the fact that it is a lost cause and it is forever out of reach.



Ok, sorry, went off on a bit of a ...... well, insanity. Seriously, any way to purchase? I want to put it on the wall next to my Theoden sword!!

I'm kinda meh on the banner, but I WANT THAT SHIRT!

You know, even before seeing that banner, I'd been pondering on knitting one of those lovely Rohirrim tapestry-designs seen in Stangard. It shouldn't really be all that hard to make a knitting graph of 'em, what with the twocolour and relatively simple lines... wouldn't Rohan's ladies create things to warm their families with techniques akin to what we know?

Originally Posted by Ayrolen

Did you just insinuate that Celestrata has a big enough butt to leave a dent?!

Perhaps Sapience just needs better quality office furniture or a second chair?

Originally Posted by Sapience

Couriers never get past reception.

Waffles & Chicken?

That is a Way Kewl Seriously Wicked Bad Flag! AWESOME!

TY for sharing as I'm not a tweeter/facer.

Q: Did Celestrata get one too?

Oh and yeah, THAT is a bit of "fluff" that's worth serious TPs! Have them buyable with $$ and TPs -> you'll sell a bucket load in a flash. Great tie in to the game. Oh maybe put them on the Lottery?

as I said on twitter, now if only the legendary came with one of them...

Nice headset.

and is that several good sized boxes of perhaps swag next to your desk?

I would also slide into the suggestion box something about getting dual monitors... lol

Originally Posted by Sapience

Soooo... It's my whiteboard, so the 2012 events is a festival list for this year (most of which is also posted in the community calendar).

The intentionally blurred stuff is....intentionally blurred, but really not all that exciting. I keep the current likes, followers, and plus 1s from Facebook, Twitter, and Google plus written on the whiteboard. Just figured those three numbers with no context would make for some exciting (and wrong) conspiracy theories. If you're that interested you can actually go look them all up by visiting our pages on those sites.

The stuff under the banner with the exciting red asterisks that you can't see... you can't see. Yet....

Perhaps Soon^TM?

Originally Posted by PoeticNightmare

Ok, so how do we get one??!! You can't show me something like that and think I'll accept that it is unattainable by us common folk. That's just cruel. It's like.....holding a juicy red steak in front of a poor hungry dog and then keeping it two feet in front of him for all eternity while taunting, "hungry boy? Yeah you hungry? Mmmmm looks good doesn't it?" forcing the dog to incessantly move forward and forward trying to get the steak without accepting the fact that it is a lost cause and it is forever out of reach.



Ok, sorry, went off on a bit of a ...... well, insanity. Seriously, any way to purchase? I want to put it on the wall next to my Theoden sword!!

No way to purchase, unfortunately. But we may look into ways to give a few away.

Originally Posted by airsoftg36c

I'm kinda meh on the banner, but I WANT THAT SHIRT!

Then you should have gone to PAX EAST! We gave away a couple thousand of them!

Originally Posted by Crell_1

Perhaps Sapience just needs better quality office furniture or a second chair?

There is a second chair. We've tried to train her... we've tried and tried...

Originally Posted by SabrielofLorien

That is a Way Kewl Seriously Wicked Bad Flag! AWESOME!

TY for sharing as I'm not a tweeter/facer.

Q: Did Celestrata get one too?

Oh and yeah, THAT is a bit of "fluff" that's worth serious TPs! Have them buyable with $$ and TPs -> you'll sell a bucket load in a flash. Great tie in to the game. Oh maybe put them on the Lottery?

I think they were only given to the E3 team.

As much as we'd love to sell them, I don't think we could do it at a cost people would pay. My understanding is they cost more than you might think.

As I mentioned above, we're trying to spirit some away and figure out how to give them away this summer.

Originally Posted by Pdt_the_Confused

as I said on twitter, now if only the legendary came with one of them...

Nice headset.

and is that several good sized boxes of perhaps swag next to your desk?

I would also slide into the suggestion box something about getting dual monitors... lol

yeah those boxes are all swag. My desk is kinda the swag pile. It all just...accumulates.

We all have dual monitors, you just can't see the second one in that shot.

thanks for posting! and thanks for remembering that some of us diehards dont use that social networking stuff.

Thank you for sharing this, Sapience It's nice that you think of us unsocial non-twitts!

Pour Sapience, you must have knowed that we would want to know everything, even things that cannot be seen on the picture But I am modest, I am just curious about the content of the unopened parcels! Doughnuts? Pipe weed? Prototypes of a physical RoR-CE?

Originally Posted by Pepys

Thank you for sharing this, Sapience It's nice that you think of us unsocial non-twitts!

Pour Sapience, you must have knowed that we would want to know everything, even things that cannot be seen on the picture But I am modest, I am just curious about the content of the unopened parcels! Doughnuts? Pipe weed? Prototypes of a physical RoR-CE?

Mice and Keyboards. The same kind that were in our booth and that we gave away at our player party during PAX East.

Ya gotta love a game where people immediately want to know what's under something written on a board

(That's serious.)

Meanwhile, I'm looking for suitable material to embroider a RL banner on.

Damn, I need another craft project like a hole in the head :P

Originally Posted by Sapience

...at our player party during PAX East.

Ah, btw: Will you guys show up at Gamescom in Cologne this year?

Originally Posted by Pepys

Ah, btw: Will you guys show up at Gamescom in Cologne this year?

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My current understanding is yes. I've been told to go find my passport so I assume that means someone has to buy me beer and Stroopwafels again!

Shweeeet Banner! Would love to have one.

I'm curious about those books tucked in behind the Dell and the Whiteboard. A peek into the mind of Sapience or just work stuff?

One other thing... Currently serving #3?! Did you actually catch up or did you do a file 13 and start fresh?

Originally Posted by Adder

One other thing... Now serving #3?! Did you actually catch up or did you do a file 13 and start fresh?

He posted that he spent a good chunk of time yesterday going through it and got down to 1, it was in the 60s earlier this morning. Hopefully our resident CM will be able to stay ahead of his inbox!

Is Turbine still located in Needham? I worked for an ambulance company as the game was launched that used to drop patients off right next door to you guys and I always wondered what was going on inside...I think it was Needham but I'm not sure, I know it was right on the Norwood line though.

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

See? You can't leave us alone for a minute and trouble starts! Oh by the way, Sapience left for that "meeting" in a hurry!

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

Perhaps the thread felt lonely and needed to cry out for attention?..

Quick...*insert forum kitties!*

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

Must be pretty impressive! Embrace it!

/whistles "fat-bottomed girls, they make the rockin' world go 'round..."

I find this to be a very undignified conversation. The Professor would be shocked.

Originally Posted by Ames

Is Turbine still located in Needham? I worked for an ambulance company as the game was launched that used to drop patients off right next door to you guys and I always wondered what was going on inside...I think it was Needham but I'm not sure, I know it was right on the Norwood line though.

I believe their still in Needham or the immediate vicinity, yes. I remember something about them moving, but I've gotten thoroughly confused over the years as I believe they've switched offices once, but datacenters twice, or something like that, over the last 5 years.

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

Screen Shot?

Valistar

Originally Posted by Ames

...and I always wondered what was going on inside...I think it was Needham but I'm not sure, I know it was right on the Norwood line though.

Did you hear strange noises inside perhaps?

Talking about strange things going on - that reminds me of another interesting background in an interview of famous Matt Chat with Agustin Cordes about his games "Scratches" and "Asylum": There on the video (from about min 1.05 onward) you can see couple of books in the background of Matt's office, the bigger one of the not less famous old game "Myst". Made me creedy and get that book right away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNy...2&feature=plcp

Originally Posted by Sapience

I've been told to go find my passport so I assume that means someone has to buy me beer and Stroopwafels again!

That's very nice news! Hope to see you there then

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

Just go up to his desk and sit on the banner then ask "Does this banner make my rear look big?" while looking him in the eye. Please report back as to the results My guess is either stammering, silence or another sudden meeting.

Originally Posted by Deusdictum

I believe their still in Needham or the immediate vicinity, yes. I remember something about them moving, but I've gotten thoroughly confused over the years as I believe they've switched offices once, but datacenters twice, or something like that, over the last 5 years.

I remember the good ole days when they were in Westwood .. even did some cold-calling into them... but no one answered their phones

now.. I think they're roughly a stone throw away from my office .. </contemplates buying a tray of cappuccinos and bribing the staff>

Wait... Are you playing a game at work??

Originally Posted by Celestrata

Why is it that I come back to this thread to find that it has become a conversation about my rear? XD

We want pictures of Celestratas rear, not some banners :S

Originally Posted by sapience

it occured to me today that for those of you who do not follow us (or any of the community team) on twitter, you may sometimes miss out on some of the 'around the office' stuff we share for those who do.

So, we thought you'd like to see the new addition flying over my desk (ignore that pesky whiteboard, it's just loaded up with plans and schemes for the rest of the year).

http://ow.ly/i/j2vt/original

give me a job :d:d

Lucky bugger! I also want some more lotro things for my room!

Originally Posted by Sapience

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My current understanding is yes. I've been told to go find my passport so I assume that means someone has to buy me beer and Stroopwafels again!

Stroopwafels! I can get you those Want 'm fresh or prepackaged?