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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also really why are we just assuming sales people won't be cool with what they're doing?
Last podcast GB East team didn't paint a pretty picture of sharing a floor with the other teams
No, we don't know.
However, based on the holiday calendar, there are realistically only about 2 more true working weeks this year.
As I recall, it took some time to get their studio up and running last time. In addition, Drew and Jason are likely also working on GOTY stuff, so studio build-out is probably proceeding at a slower pace.
I can easily be wrong, but I can foresee them not being set up to livestream until after Christmas and New Years, and not being at 100 percent fully set up until towards the end of January.
Having sat near sales people before I disagree. Holy shit do I hate hearing their phone calls.
Also, they tend to lack any sense of personal decorum. I can't tell you the number of times I've overheard a person discuss sensitive medical matters with their doctor.
If by sales people you mean all the CBSi admin they're sharing office space with, then maybe, we dunno. Hopefully Eric's comment wasn't serious/won't be enforced/is temporary.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well yeah, but they're not working in the new york office.
Like everybody else, sales people are made of different individuals. They could be total dicks. It's entirely possible. I don't know who the fuck they're working with. But immediately assuming just seems... weird? Especially if the assumption is that they'll be bad because they are sales people. I've worked with perfectly chill sales people. Though of course I'm not constantly subjecting them to wacky shenanigans like giantbomb will.
Also giantbomb does have the knack of introducing entirely inexperienced people as part of their content.
Some of the best parts of the old mailbags was Sarah from comic vine giving them the stink eye anyway.
Like everybody else, sales people are made of different individuals. They could be total dicks. It's entirely possible. I don't know who the fuck they're working with. But immediately assuming just seems... weird? Especially if the assumption is that they'll be bad because they are sales people. I've worked with perfectly chill sales people. Though of course I'm not constantly subjecting them to wacky shenanigans like giantbomb will.
Also giantbomb does have the knack of introducing entirely inexperienced people as part of their content.
Some of the best parts of the old mailbags was Sarah from comic vine giving them the stink eye anyway.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
sounds like dan lol
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That was part of the deal when they moved to CBSi though. Dunno why things would suddenly change.
It's not like they have no records of all the dumb shit they did that would make management's eye pop. They are very happy to record them if anything.
stump sock
Member
effective sales people, by design, are at least somewhat sociopathic. and they're terrible to share an office with. god i could probably write for pages about all the dumb/annoying encounters i've had with sales coworkers.
a common thread is that a lot of them have also been amateur pick-up artists and they loudly boasted about their exploits and i wanted to die
Salty Catfish
Member
I feel like a diplomatic mission from Dan would be the perfect way to establish good relations with the sales team. Maybe he can divvy up the rest of his half-eaten Taco Bell binge as a goodwill offering.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The sales people in my company seems more like frazzled out souls trampled by the feet of life and crushing capitalism.
They're pretty chill.
They're pretty chill.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
On the CBSi sales forum;
Oh, we definitely had these. Did you have any amateur/potential sports stars who never made it too? They're the worst and act like they were actually in the Premiership/League.
TheMrPliskin
Member
I'm think I'm going to listen to that mixlr Jeff made Friday and see if I can finally get into Elder Scrolls Online. Boy I didn't like that game the first two times I tried it but I desperately need a soulless game that I can hit buttons and pay as little attention to as possible while I play it and listen to/watch other stuff.
stump sock
Member
lots of college football players for sure. big swole bros who bring in their juicers and run them while people are trying to work/make phone calls. usually wear dress shirts that are one size too small. smell like they drank aftershave.
the most surreal encounter i can think of was the time i went into the break room to grab some hot water for tea and three guys were standing around literally asking each other how much they could benchpress.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah, it might be a difference in cultures? I usually work in tech and design industries, and I don't think I've ever encountered a fratbro really.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Play Diablo 3, it's actually fun in comparison.
Or a rogue like. Those tend to be good for listening to casts.
Have you heard the good word about a little game called "Destiny", GiantBomb.com's 10th best game of 2014?
Wow, that means some of them might even become our new GB foster fathers!!
dfa records
Member
Day off, nothing to do. BF deals arrived last week. Which should I dedicate my time to? Mad Max, Wolfenstein, Witcher 3, Disney 3.0.
TheMrPliskin
Member
If you're talking about The New Order then definitely Wolfenstein.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
depends. If you have a lot of time to burn: TW3. If you just want to play a pretty good game without a long commitment to it then Wolfenstein.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I wanna say that i'm 2/3s of the way through Until Dawn (the uncertainty comes from me not wanting to look up a guide to see where i am for fear of spoilers) and, man, I'm looking forward to seeing GBeast's playthrough. So many people have died in my playthrough that i want to see if they manage to not be as terrible as I am at this game lol
giant_frying_pan
Member
Man, calm down! Today's the first day of no content! Why not check out some of the Extra Life stuff if you haven't had the chance? I recommend SF stuff, Austin, Jason and Lisa (and Griffin!) and Dave Lang.
Yeah, it's a shame. First world problem, I suppose. Even if the studio isn't set up, pretty much every platform is stream-ready. Just stream from the PS4 and talk over it.
Salty Catfish
Member
Oh it wasn't a complaint, I just feel bad for the duders being stuck in the situation they're currently in. CBSi really dropped the ball on their behalf.
ScottSullivan
Member
Poor jv, its only a matter of time before they catch on to his streaming shenanigans and fire him 
Poor jv, its only a matter of time before they catch on to his streaming shenanigans and fire him
If anything Johnny V has shown that Disney is a lot more chill with that stuff than I thought.
Death Metalist
Member
Disney lowkey nasty.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Is Vinny in that second pic going to Max "Yo, Imma wizard, and that looks FUCKED UP!"?
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Only just catching up with it now but Jeff is way off with Rainbow Six. The microtransactions are sad but they are also unnecessary. It is a really good game. A proper Rainbow Six.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
From what I've heard, it sounds like I would enjoy R6 Siege. I'm a bit concerned that by the time I get around to playing it everyone will have the maps "solved".
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
it stinks of wait-till-its-$5-before-checking-it-out vibes that titanfall gave me. Mind you, it's (titanfall) really a great game at that price but i'm finding it really hard to swallow the $60 price point for R6S.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Yep same.
Also, I got Titanfall at launch and enjoyed the hell out of it, but I agree that the amount of content didn't justify the price point.
Holy shit, I forgot about the Air Wolf part hahahahaha.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Must be. I know a lot of sales people and they all are regular human beings. A lot of them actually play videogames.
I've played over 1000 hours of Diablo 3. I love that game but I can't bring myself to play more.
I've played as much Destiny as I want to play. Probably got around 500 hours split between Xbox and PS4.
Nope I'm already done what that game again. Ran around collecting meat and checking barrels for bullshit for about 30 minutes before I just wanted to lay down and die. What a boring fucking game.
I guess I will just stick to doing one thing at a time like a normal person until the Binding of Isaac expansion hits Xbox or The Division comes out.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah I posted about it a few pages ago. He's totally off-base and I have literally no idea what he's talking about when he says the movement and shooting feel bad. The whole thing is just ill-informed.
Also for y'all on the fence, it's cheap on cdkeys.com
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