Open Bar: ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[Cain]

Was going to record more gameplay last night.  Instead, I landed in the lobby of a complete noob, who was also very chatty, and I spent about five hours carrying him through Gold and Platinum matches, earning him more money in that time than he has apparently ever had.

He was the archetypal noob, but he communicated and was a good sport, and in those situations, I don't mind helping.  Although the Platinum games were a bit rough...maybe I should have recorded that, as Round 3 was a complete clusterfuck, but my NEVER GIVE IN and THIS IS SPARTA instincts kicked in, and I refused to let some dumb AI beat me.  Just as proof that even if things are going badly, you can turn it around and still win.

I will record some platinum at some point, just so you can see the kind of ridiculous boss spam it consists of.

[LMNO]

Cain, the white-hatted headshotter!

And regarding the Driscoll thing:  It's usually the case that if the group has that strict a code regarding members' sexuality (no kissing before marriage, et al), you know the guy in charge is putting his dick into everything.

[Junkenstein]

I have spent over 6 hours trying to set up an answermachine system.

It has now been established that this is in fact, impossible until the 23rd.

I am inclined to kill a motherfucker.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Cain, the white-hatted headshotter!

And regarding the Driscoll thing:  It's usually the case that if the group has that strict a code regarding members' sexuality (no kissing before marriage, et al), you know the guy in charge is putting his dick into everything.

Yep. That's my assumption.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

HEY ROGER are you still alive today?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

HEY ROGER are you still alive today?

Kinda sorta.  There's something awful in my esophagus, and it wants out.

The fever seems to have dropped off some, though.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

HEY ROGER are you still alive today?

Kinda sorta.  There's something awful in my esophagus, and it wants out.

The fever seems to have dropped off some, though.

Don't let it out

it's probably alive and seeking additional hosts.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

HEY ROGER are you still alive today?

Kinda sorta.  There's something awful in my esophagus, and it wants out.

The fever seems to have dropped off some, though.

Don't let it out

it's probably alive and seeking additional hosts.

I'm okay with that.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Hey wanna know something even creepier?

http://www.insidebainbridge.com/2013/10/08/whats-the-storyville-with-the-empty-retail-space-in-the-heart-of-winslow/

Creepy brainwashy coffee empire.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

[LMNO]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Looking at their website, because Portland, apparently.

[Suu]

Sitting in the tiki hut on the back deck, drinking wine and eating peanuts...............working on an academic publication.

There really is no such thing as vacation, is there?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Looking at their website, because Portland, apparently.

Yeah.

I'm listening to one of their sermons, actually, and these guys seem to be the opposite of Mars Hill. Whew! But now I understand why the Mars Hill guy is always going on about namby-pamby limp-wristed Jesus-as-lover love song churches. He hates them. These guys are probably his closest competition, and they meet that description. I mean, look at this guy: http://noisetrade.com/joshalexanderwhite/absolution

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

"Gotta get the young people!" Christian rock, etc.

When I was a little kid, we went to the coast and I remember some hippie types coming up to talk to me and my dad - which I thought was cool at first until they started a bunch of crazy talk about Jesus. We finally got rid of them and they left us a bunch of pamphlets. Turned out they were Children of God evangelicals - I had no idea HOW creepy that was until the internet happened and I looked it up.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

UPDATE: The church across the street is NOT becoming a Mars Hill branch, but a Door of Hope, which is magnitudes less creepy. It's just that the pastor coincidentally happens to style his hair and beard and have gauged ears and a flannel shirt and skinny jeans EXACTLY LIKE the Mars Hill pastor in SE. What's up with that? Is it some sort of hipster-pastor uniform?

Yay! Cults are terrible neighbors.