Guard Frequency Episode 228 | No Jump For You

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5 responses to “Guard Frequency Episode 228 | No Jump For You”

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   seannewboy

   September 11, 2018

   Does the game Helium Rain have a cool video like the song Chocolate Rain?

   Wonderful show everyone.

   I hope the Galactic Public Radio team makes it out all right.

   Good job on actually dialoguing with people rather than just shooting them in the rpg.

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      Justin Lowmaster

      September 11, 2018

      I have sung my own version of that, but no video of it.

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   H Alan

   September 11, 2018

   Thanks for finding my post Tony, paranoia level is dropping.

   To the community question about improvements to spontaneous events. “Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.” I know, it’s an oxymoron to plan for spontaneity, but read me out here. If the parameters or requirements or capabilities available to an event are established and distributed, then a spontaneous event that falls within those guidelines is less likely to fail. I like to think of this as putting 10 pounds of in a 5 pound bag. But as a sage M.A.S.H character,
   Col. Sherman T. Potter noted of western story writer Zane Grey, “Never go up against seven cowboys when all you’re packin’ is a six shooter.” The knucklehead gunfighter didn’t know the parameters of the spontaneous gunfight and failed. If he only had some floor wax.

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   PreachMan

   September 14, 2018

   Just got caught up on the podcast, so this feedback may seem a bit all over the place. 🙁
   I bought my first PC in ’85 to write papers for grad school. It was a Tandy 1000–a powerhouse of a machine rockin’ a 8086, 128k of RAM, a single-sided 5 1/4 floppy drive and Tandy 16 color graphics! I burned a lot of hours outside of class with the original Starflight. So you can imagine my pleasure at hearing that Starflight III is in the works. Thanks for sharing cool gems like that! Oh, and the Tandy still boots, if you were curious. . .
   As a long time listener (WTFIDFM?), I find myself enjoying the newest format, which I started out thinking of as the “un-Star Citizen” edition of the BDSPCE, way more than I expected. Don’t do ED, but have been enjoying you guys enjoying it, along with all the other SpaceSim news, including –it’s only fair to say–Star Citizen. The RGP is great fun as well.
   Tony is in good company when he laments that CIG is holding back content for CitCon. As a counterpoint, I’d offer this. We asked them to do that–Do you remember the copious amounts of salt that got leveled at CIG after CitCon 2016. The Spectrum Presentation. Or the elation after last year’s CitCon presentations? The Community has clearly stated a preference for ‘Wow us at CitCon.” It seems unfair to them for us to complain about their preparations to do just that. Not saying they’re always right, but when the community asks them to do things–an ALLLLLLLL-the-ships pack, let me melt Voyager direct stuff, etc, and they then do it, it seems disingenuous of us to complain afterward cause they did it. Or so it seems to me.
   .One last thing: As I think Tony has already said, gnosis is a greek work that is often translated as knowledge. There’s a 2nd Century Christian Heresy that gets its name from the same word, but I digress. It’s pronounced with a silent ‘g;–think “gnu.”
   Thanks for a great show. I think my favorite part is that you all know how to disagree, have passionate opinions and arguments, and still remain friends who have fun and respect each other when it’s all done–Tony, you ignorant slut notwithstanding. Thanks! Keep up the good work! I’m looking forward to listening for a long time to come. o7

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4. 

   Clown Bobo

   September 14, 2018

   Citizencon 2948 – Reporting from the Future / After the Fact

   Good evening.

   Since this reporter’s last communique the atmosphere in Austin Texas has taken on a decidedly stranger and more frenetic feel.

   Just outside the main entrance a water slide into a portable dumpster designated “Garbage Compactor 3263827” was erected and filled with water. Passersby encouraged to throw pieces of discarded foam rubber and other plastics into the dumpster until it overflowed. After a brief introduction, Jared “Disco Lando” Huckaby, dressed in light white garb reminiscent of a young Luke Skywalker, ascended the ladder and was seated upon a hinged platform secured by a triggering mechanism attached to a scaled bucket. Water balloons were sold for $6 each or four for $20.

   Back inside the building I joined a queue of a dozen fans at a vending machine dispensing $9 styrofoam noodle cups featuring the name ‘Big Benny’ scrawled upon the top in magic marker. As we waited ship advertisements from previous years’ events played on a projection screen overhead. There was periodic cheering and laughter from outside.

   The advertisements abruptly went to black and then there was Chris Roberts standing in front of a green screen dressed in an outfit approximating Norse battle armour. He wore an eyepatch which was flipped up onto his forehead and was attempting to juggle three small boxes painted blue to resemble tesseracts. He was engaged in conversation with someone just far enough off camera that we couldn’t clearly hear her, though we could hear Chris’ responses.

   “No. … No, no. At least $20 each. … And we could probably get twice that.”
   “No! They are NOT loot boxes. … You really need to stop saying that.”

   It was then that the sodden Lando squished past our line, a phalanx of boisterous fans in tow. His costume was in tatters, down to the briefest of swim trunks. His head turned down, he waved off the jibes and catcalls then quickly ducked behind a curtain into the backstage area.

   “You don’t understand.” Chris continued on the screen above, “this isn’t EA, and besides, we aren’t even in Belgium.”

   When I return next week we will look deeper into how poor quality control can help facilitate accepting compliments more effectively.

   And that’s the way it is. I’m Bobo Cronkite, good night.

   Disclaimer: Wait 30 minutes after eating before entering the pool. CPR should never be attempted by untrained or functionally impaired personnel. Always check water depth before diving.

   #lemons
   #lemonaid
   #tonyisright

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