Penny Arcade has been trying to push for a game industry ping pong league (you'll see the word GIPPL every now and then on our whiteboards) for a few years now. We've gotten Popcap, Amaze/F9, Surreal/Midway, Popcap, Microsoft, Bungie, Screenlife, Suckerpunch and Sony Online Entertainment to all participate. It's tough tho - game release schedules are tough to work around.
Man, Popcap gets to field two teams? That's hardly fair.
You realize pointing out Khoo's mistakes qualifies you for erasure from existence?
Word is Blizzard has been putting a team together for a few years now. They're still tinkering with it, balancing the player line-up, hoping to be ready to play by 2013 or 2014, but when they're ready to play they'll decimate everyone in sight.
Then you'll have to wait 7 years to play them again.
And who knows when the Valve team will be ready...
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Word is Blizzard has been putting a team together for a few years now. They're still tinkering with it, balancing the player line-up, hoping to be ready to play by 2013 or 2014, but when they're ready to play they'll decimate everyone in sight.
Then you'll have to wait 7 years to play them again.
And who knows when the Valve team will be ready...
They had 5 out of 7 players chosen but then it got put on hold when they decided to put together some kickball, capture the flag, and tiddly-winks teams.
Word is Blizzard has been putting a team together for a few years now. They're still tinkering with it, balancing the player line-up, hoping to be ready to play by 2013 or 2014, but when they're ready to play they'll decimate everyone in sight.
Then you'll have to wait 7 years to play them again.
And who knows when the Valve team will be ready...
They had 5 out of 7 players chosen but then it got put on hold when they decided to put together some kickball, capture the flag, and tiddly-winks teams.
Don't tell Robert, but alphamonkey plays for Valve.
Where do you think he got all those hats from?
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Word is Blizzard has been putting a team together for a few years now. They're still tinkering with it, balancing the player line-up, hoping to be ready to play by 2013 or 2014, but when they're ready to play they'll decimate everyone in sight.
Then you'll have to wait 7 years to play them again.
And who knows when the Valve team will be ready...
They had 5 out of 7 players chosen but then it got put on hold when they decided to put together some kickball, capture the flag, and tiddly-winks teams.
Don't tell Robert, but alphamonkey plays for Valve.
Where do you think he got all those hats from?
Ooh my god this is the perfect setup for You Got Served:Ping Pong Edition.
"You man those are our moves" "He sold us out" "Ya'll just mad cause you suckers got served"
In the finale Mike comes back with the perfect backspin that is unreturnable; in the final match Khoo faces white Khoo and both Khoo Woo for 3 hours straight until Khoo finally gets a break point and wins.
Someone should take a screen capture of that one guy from screenlife humping the other guy and simply add a caption: "The guys who make scene-it."
And is Mike really done with ping-pong? Like I caught that they were making a joke of the grandeur of his personal wound and whatnot, but why would one quit because of incidentally being part of a game where a guy rams his arm into a wall and dislocates his own shoulder, at no fault to oneself?
It seems like Mike was also mocking the irrationality of feeling responsible for it.
Someone should take a screen capture of that one guy from screenlife humping the other guy and simply add a caption: "The guys who make scene-it."
And is Mike really done with ping-pong? Like I caught that they were making a joke of the grandeur of his personal wound and whatnot, but why would one quit because of incidentally being part of a game where a guy rams his arm into a wall and dislocates his own shoulder, at no fault to oneself?
It seems like Mike was also mocking the irrationality of feeling responsible for it.
Well, apparently he's back on the board for the Bungie match.
Someone should take a screen capture of that one guy from screenlife humping the other guy and simply add a caption: "The guys who make scene-it."
And is Mike really done with ping-pong? Like I caught that they were making a joke of the grandeur of his personal wound and whatnot, but why would one quit because of incidentally being part of a game where a guy rams his arm into a wall and dislocates his own shoulder, at no fault to oneself?
It seems like Mike was also mocking the irrationality of feeling responsible for it.
Well, apparently he's back on the board for the Bungie match.
Someone should take a screen capture of that one guy from screenlife humping the other guy and simply add a caption: "The guys who make scene-it."
And is Mike really done with ping-pong? Like I caught that they were making a joke of the grandeur of his personal wound and whatnot, but why would one quit because of incidentally being part of a game where a guy rams his arm into a wall and dislocates his own shoulder, at no fault to oneself?
It seems like Mike was also mocking the irrationality of feeling responsible for it.
Well, apparently he's back on the board for the Bungie match.
Someone should take a screen capture of that one guy from screenlife humping the other guy and simply add a caption: "The guys who make scene-it."
And is Mike really done with ping-pong? Like I caught that they were making a joke of the grandeur of his personal wound and whatnot, but why would one quit because of incidentally being part of a game where a guy rams his arm into a wall and dislocates his own shoulder, at no fault to oneself?
It seems like Mike was also mocking the irrationality of feeling responsible for it.
Well, apparently he's back on the board for the Bungie match.
Penny Arcade has been trying to push for a game industry ping pong league (you'll see the word GIPPL every now and then on our whiteboards) for a few years now. We've gotten Popcap, Amaze/F9, Surreal/Midway, Popcap, Microsoft, Bungie, Screenlife, Suckerpunch and Sony Online Entertainment to all participate. It's tough tho - game release schedules are tough to work around.
You realize pointing out Khoo's mistakes qualifies you for erasure from existence?
Who are you talking to?
After each of these ping pong episodes, I start shopping around for a new paddle (and want to learn penhold) and looking for the Ping Pong and Ping Pong Playa movies. Playa is available for instant viewing on Netflix, but Ping Pong (which I like more) is not.
I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
Any chance the PATV cameras will be at your wedding?
I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
Oh man I feel you there. Getting married in October and the future missus wanted to do dancing lessons. We went once, were awful at it to the point of swearing it off for life and decided to just read a sarcastic poem about ourselves instead.
(that's not me in the video, but I have performed that dance)
One of the good things about archaic dancing is that some of them are very choreographed. If you can walk, you can "dance". At least, dance in the SCA. Which, given the libations and costumes, is really really fun.
No archaic dances for the wedding, though. My first Salsa lesson is Sunday. Wish me luck.
So for those of you who have a custom paddle (PA employees or otherwise), how do you go about selecting your blades/rubber? I play very recreationally (once or twice a month) but I've always loved the sport. My last store-bought paddle is starting to break down and I'm getting the itch to purchase something a bit nicer.
I've been looking at Paddle Palace and they have a Stiga Allround Classic with Yasaka Mark V Rubber combo for $80 that looks like a decent beginning setup. Some of the sites online have recommended the blade and rubber (among many others) as a good start.
So how do you guys pick from the large amount of types out there? It's overwhelming.
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I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
Any chance the PATV cameras will be at your wedding?
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You realize pointing out Khoo's mistakes qualifies you for erasure from existence?
And who knows when the Valve team will be ready...
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They had 5 out of 7 players chosen but then it got put on hold when they decided to put together some kickball, capture the flag, and tiddly-winks teams.
Don't tell Robert, but alphamonkey plays for Valve.
Where do you think he got all those hats from?
Khoo vs. The Fans! An epic, Stalingrad-esque ordeal. When one fan drops the next one picks up the paddle.
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Ooh my god this is the perfect setup for You Got Served:Ping Pong Edition.
"You man those are our moves" "He sold us out" "Ya'll just mad cause you suckers got served"
In the finale Mike comes back with the perfect backspin that is unreturnable; in the final match Khoo faces white Khoo and both Khoo Woo for 3 hours straight until Khoo finally gets a break point and wins.
Tell me you would not watch that movie
Well, apparently he's back on the board for the Bungie match.
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Maybe he couldn't get permission from back home
Or, since there's only 1 Mike on the board, that's Fehlauer.
Nope.
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"Yes that is @cwgabriel on the ladder."
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I can only assume that there was an epic Death Match to choose the One True Mike.
Who are you talking to?
After each of these ping pong episodes, I start shopping around for a new paddle (and want to learn penhold) and looking for the Ping Pong and Ping Pong Playa movies. Playa is available for instant viewing on Netflix, but Ping Pong (which I like more) is not.
The short version is: there is only one Mike on the ladder, and it isn't me.
The long version is that I've retired from ping pong. The effort-required/enjoyment-received ratio became unfavorable: the quality of play had risen to the point that I'd have had to start taking lessons (or playing more often than 1/week) in order to stay competitive. Honestly, I'd rather invest that time elsewhere. For example, if I'm going to be taking any sort of lesson, I'd prefer to take fencing lessons from my rapier instructor. Or dancing lessons; I've got a wedding coming up this July, after all.
Sooo... rapier dancing?
Any chance the PATV cameras will be at your wedding?
Oh man I feel you there. Getting married in October and the future missus wanted to do dancing lessons. We went once, were awful at it to the point of swearing it off for life and decided to just read a sarcastic poem about ourselves instead.
Actually, I've done that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3tANSDYEs .
(that's not me in the video, but I have performed that dance)
One of the good things about archaic dancing is that some of them are very choreographed. If you can walk, you can "dance". At least, dance in the SCA. Which, given the libations and costumes, is really really fun.
No archaic dances for the wedding, though. My first Salsa lesson is Sunday. Wish me luck.
I've been looking at Paddle Palace and they have a Stiga Allround Classic with Yasaka Mark V Rubber combo for $80 that looks like a decent beginning setup. Some of the sites online have recommended the blade and rubber (among many others) as a good start.
So how do you guys pick from the large amount of types out there? It's overwhelming.
This is pretty creepy sounding, to me.