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[TRENCHES] Thursday, May 16, 2013 - Resonant

GethGeth LegionPerseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
edited May 2013 in The Penny Arcade Hub
Resonant


Resonant
http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/resonant

Teehee

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A little over four years ago, I was working in QA at a large publisher testing a music title of note. We were working 7 AM to 7 PM Monday through Friday, and 7 AM to 4 PM on Saturday for about four months straight.

About a month into this overtime crunch, we got a build that implemented microphone input for the vocal sections (up till this point we had to use debug commands to automatically score 100%). I’m singing obnoxiously loud on a crowded floor where two testers share each cubicle when a lead comes up behind me and tells me through half-hidden chuckles to “shut the fuck up.”

Still singing, I pause the game to turn around, only to realize that the game is looping about one second of what I was singing into the mic when I paused it. Nodding to my lead, I turn around,  unpause the game, giggle, make a fart noise in the mic, and then immediately pause the game. Much to my excitement, the pause screen is looping the fart noise, creating an infinite fart.

The smile I had was one of pride as I watched the ensuing wave of laughter billow through the packed floor, leaving productivity utterly demolished, as if my fart noise was at first wind blowing through an open field, only to become a fart tornado of destruction.


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    edited May 2013
    I swear I thought this would end with "And then I was fired."

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    My enjoyment of the comic increases if I assume Isaac is being totally sincere in his appreciation of the triangle.

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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    Title of the comic fits the Tale perfectly.

  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    Holy shit. Holy fucking shit.

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  • Ori KleinOri Klein Registered User regular
    Juvenile and stupid.
    "Teehee" indeed.

  • SargonasSargonas Professional Social Butterfly Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    This is extra funny for me since based on what was said, I can safely assume there is a strong chance this story happened on the 4th floor of building 209 at EA which allows me to picture it in my mind quite clearly!

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