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I feel like watching them as they aired would've been infinitely more tolerable for me, just because that means I wouldn't have been in the habit of binge-watching the entire show. So every week I would've forgotten some things and then slowly it would've all just permanently embedded itself in my mind, and I would've started noticing those tiny differences, and then bam it would've been over. I mean I don't think I would've enjoyed it or anything. But it would've been a better experience.

nevermind i don't care

I was thinking of those when I made my post and almost included that as a counter-example. Those are cool.

Yeah absolutely true!

FWIW, although I'm terrible at following this advice myself, it's supposedly not a problem to ask for higher pay than they offer or than you think you might be worth, as long as it's not too egregious (which is why I fail because I don't know what's egregious). Worst they can do is say no. Never heard of anyone rescinding the original offer. Although I am a games programmer so that'll be different probably.

That's true but I'm also physically and mentally incapable of imagining a job that doesn't involve Making a Video Game without prompting. Although I bet a lot of project managers and HR people and system admins would disagree with your last sentence, based on my experience talking to those kinds of people.

The word induction makes me want to cry. ):

I sat through all eight! It's awful but it's also hilarious so I let it go.

Dirty Bomb kinda looks fun every time I watch a video of this guy on youtube I follow playing it. But he makes most things look fun, so I dunno. He also plays mostly TF2 and that's pretty much my game of choice... But I did install Dirty Bomb so I'm gonna try it soon maybe.

My steam games alone would be twice the limit. D: (I definitely don't have them all installed...)

And I don't get it! It's true because it is. I can picture the configurations of four points on a plane in my head and I know that it's true. From there I can extrapolate that it's true for five and six and etc. I don't need a proof for that.

Oh, that's new, then. Before I gave up on the game, they did Dominion, which was awesome, but because everyone hated it because they're stupid!!, they didn't bother doing anything new for a long time. That's good that the player base is a little less dumb now to allow more experimentation.Doesn't really change my opinion about working on a project like that. Would be super boring!

When something is intuitively true like that I don't really understand the point of proofs. ):

I did watch it and it was just kinda yeah navi's got the orchid okay secrets winning uh huh secret's winning welp secret's winning i guess secret won okay. I was not impressed!

Oh vectors are fun so I didn't delete that one!!

Mmm, private vs public has no bearing on crunch, I can guarantee that. But you're right that Riot, if anyone, could avoid having crunch. If anything is going to have game design mandates, it's the biggest, most popular competitive e-sports game of them all. They may not be beholden to a publisher, but they're for damn sure beholden to the expectations that come with being goddamn League of Legends. Interesting problems can be found everywhere, though.

I think there was a math thread but I hacked the forums and deleted it.

noooooope

Haha I wouldn't even know how to begin on either of those. D: Despite having studied both of them multiple times I'm pretty sure.

I've never understood (okay yes it's because money) how people can charge to change a fucking name. It's a string in a database you shitmongers.

No, I mean downside. I can't imagine the hell that is working on the same game for years and years and years without anything significant ever happening. I think maybe the only one I'd do that for is TF2, if only because they do at least add new gameplay modes and mechanics every now and then, and implementing that stuff would be fun. Maybe. I'd still choose another project over it, assuming the other project was something I was interested in. I guess LoL does add different types of blinks every now and then, so that's really exciting. You can make one travel slightly slower than the other!

The only downside to working at Riot is having to work on that game. Man, what a curse.

You're the reason I hate school.

I thought I was good at math until calculus showed up, and then later probability and statistics, although much less so than calc. Mathematical proofs really get my goat. I just cannot mentally handle them. After someone explains a single one to me multiple times in a row I will finally understand. And then promptly forget a week later. Legit, nothing makes me feel dumber than trying to understand even the simplest example of a mathematical proof. ): Which is all a shame because I had to do a lot of math getting my degree (computer science).

Ever since I realized I do actually want to have a kid some day, it's always been a girl. U: I don't think I'd be disappointed if I had a boy, not in the least, but yeah. Whatever it's all weird anyway.