Omeganauts, let your voices be heard!

RadHazG

I received my call yesterday in the middle of relaxing after another day on the damn ship.

*ring*
me- Private call? Who is this? Might be the ship...maybe just ignore it.
*ring*
me- If this is the ship like hell I'm coming back to work.
*answer*
me- Hello?
???- Hi is this John?
me- Yeeeeesss....
???- This is Gabe from Penney Arcade, you still planning on going to PAX this year?
*omgomgomgomgomgomgomg*
me- Sure am.
Gabe?!- Well I wanted to know if you'd like to participate in the Omegathon this year.
*HOLYSH%#*
me- Dude....you just made my decade.

After he hung up, (no, I don't have an email yet either) I vaugly recall the hearing someone screaming like a little girl in the apt. Odd thing about that... there are no girls here. *shrug* Being in the Navy most of my boys are scattered about the countryside by now, so I'm training with a buddy of mine that hasn't left yet. Went to PAX last year alone and had a blast, can't wait to be there now obviously with a bud in tow.

In short, **GLEE**!!

Viscountalpha

I there seems to be some ball dropping. I didn't see one hint that the omeganaut selection had began on the front page. It would be nice to know that the selection has started and to expect a call. *shrug* my 2 cents

Congrats everyone who was selected. What lucky bastard you are!

Poorochondriac

Viscountalpha wrote:

I there seems to be some ball dropping. I didn't see one hint that the omeganaut selection had began on the front page. It would be nice to know that the selection has started and to expect a call. *shrug* my 2 cents

Congrats everyone who was selected. What lucky bastard you are!

It might be there way of avoiding a billion "Hey, have you finished calling Omeganauts yet? No? How about now? Now? What about now?" e-mails. Just announce when it's done.

Relativiox

I really hope that if they did call they will call again. I don't know which number I gave them, but my home phone was down all day yesterday.

Stupid phone people

Dog

This is the first time my fear of flying will allow me to attend PAX, so I was hoping Fate would reward me by allowing me to be an omeganaut.

Curses! Envy, thy name is Omegathon.

Condor

Congrats on the ones picked.

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

davertron

I was at dinner when I got the call, almost didn't answer it because it showed up as "Restricted" and I figured it'd just be some dumb telemarketer or something. Boy am I glad I answered...I went last year for the first time and had a blast, but going this year as an Omeganaut should be totally awesome.

As for my info, I'm from Vermont, play a lot of Computer games but also get in a fair amount of console gaming as well. I'm definitely going to practice up for the other stuff though...

Hope the rest of you don't kick my ass in the first round...I'd like to make it to the Guitar Hero round if there's going to be one. If I lose there, so be it, but I think that would definitely be a blast and a crowd pleaser.

Doc

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Quethal

Doc wrote:

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Yeah, I was hanging out with a bunch of Omeganauts at PAX'04, and they were quite a busy bunch, but it was fun to hang out and cheer at the rounds.

Viscountalpha

Poorochondriac wrote:

Viscountalpha wrote:

I there seems to be some ball dropping. I didn't see one hint that the omeganaut selection had began on the front page. It would be nice to know that the selection has started and to expect a call. *shrug* my 2 cents

Congrats everyone who was selected. What lucky bastard you are!

It might be there way of avoiding a billion "Hey, have you finished calling Omeganauts yet? No? How about now? Now? What about now?" e-mails. Just announce when it's done.

I would disagree there. 2 people here said that they almost didn't pick up the phone because of the caller ID. Ok, Now if PA would get some sort of official caller ID tag or just say "Omegathon calls will go out at this X time on X day"
Heck, why not do it live podcast style? The amusement alone from hearing people getting picked would bring great enteraintment (and yet.. sadness)

oh, and its not like gabe and tycho don't get a bizillion emails. 2million page hits a day likely leads into gobs of email each minute.

Moe Fwacky

Viscountalpha wrote:

Poorochondriac wrote:

Viscountalpha wrote:

I there seems to be some ball dropping. I didn't see one hint that the omeganaut selection had began on the front page. It would be nice to know that the selection has started and to expect a call. *shrug* my 2 cents

Congrats everyone who was selected. What lucky bastard you are!

It might be there way of avoiding a billion "Hey, have you finished calling Omeganauts yet? No? How about now? Now? What about now?" e-mails. Just announce when it's done.

I would disagree there. 2 people here said that they almost didn't pick up the phone because of the caller ID. Ok, Now if PA would get some sort of official caller ID tag or just say "Omegathon calls will go out at this X time on X day"
Heck, why not do it live podcast style? The amusement alone from hearing people getting picked would bring great enteraintment (and yet.. sadness)

oh, and its not like gabe and tycho don't get a bizillion emails. 2million page hits a day likely leads into gobs of email each minute.

I Totally agree with the podcast idea. Nothing funnier than listening to Omeganauts get chosen. I'd even like to hear the ones that turned it down, too.

ctishman

Yes. We need this in Podcast form.

Moe Fwacky

I hope they at least inform us when they have all been selected so we can all stop holding our collective breath. The suspense alone is enough to give me heart attack.

jenelle

Congrats to you all, and I look forward to cheering for two of you at the final match onstage

I opted out entirely this year as there was a schedule conflict with tetris. Gotta go with my true love

Legacy

Ditto. Congrats to everyone selected.

Maybe next year..

Monkeybomb

Doc wrote:

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Only to lose in the FPS, or girl-killer, round.

I tried to keep up with them all weekend and it was crazy.

Doc

Monkeybomb wrote:

Doc wrote:

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Only to lose in the FPS, or girl-killer, round.

I tried to keep up with them all weekend and it was crazy.

Wait, you were the other guy I was hanging out with?

Quethal

Doc wrote:

Wait, you were the other guy I was hanging out with?

Ooh, we may have another happy, fuzzy reunion on our hands here.

*grabs the popcorn*

Monkeybomb

Doc wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Doc wrote:

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Only to lose in the FPS, or girl-killer, round.

I tried to keep up with them all weekend and it was crazy.

Wait, you were the other guy I was hanging out with?

Yeah, not her punk rock brother but like the other dude. They were sharing my room.

Doc

Monkeybomb wrote:

Doc wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Doc wrote:

Condor wrote:

I of course was hoping to get picked, but oh well. Leaves me time to check out other things that I would have missed.

Sort of what I was thinking. I hung out a bunch with an Omeganaut last year, and she seemed to be very busy, having to disappear at random times to practice for the next round.

Only to lose in the FPS, or girl-killer, round.

I tried to keep up with them all weekend and it was crazy.

Wait, you were the other guy I was hanging out with?

Yeah, not her punk rock brother but like the other dude. They were sharing my room.

Yes. I cannot remember your name. I want to think it started with a J.

Monkeybomb

Wow, good job. I don't think I... no wait.

Steve.

I looked in my phone since I never delete anything from out of there.

I could call you right now.

Monkeybomb

totally breaking the 4th wall

Quethal

Aaawwww, it's just so happy! *sniff*

Knight

So, 7 of us have been identified eh? Im starting to feel like I just opened my Wonka Bar to a ticket torn from a golden cardboard tube...

JoahW

What were the first 3 digits of the number they called with?

I got a call at 10 in the morning yesterday from a private name that started with "241".

If that was them i'd be pissed, but I don't know if they'd started that early.

Munkus Beaver

I had a private phone call a few days ago, never have had that before.

My phone hung up before I could answer (it does that from time to time).

Poorochondriac

JoahW wrote:

What were the first 3 digits of the number they called with?

I got a call at 10 in the morning yesterday from a private name that started with "241".

If that was them i'd be pissed, but I don't know if they'd started that early.

241 is the country code for Gabon - it's not a U.S. area code. So unless G&T are abroad, it's not them.

JoahW

Poorochondriac wrote:

JoahW wrote:

What were the first 3 digits of the number they called with?

I got a call at 10 in the morning yesterday from a private name that started with "241".

If that was them i'd be pissed, but I don't know if they'd started that early.

241 is the country code for Gabon - it's not a U.S. area code. So unless G&T are abroad, it's not them.

241 wasn't the area code. It didn't say the area code. 241 was just the first 3 digits of the actual number.

Moe Fwacky

JoahW wrote:

Poorochondriac wrote:

JoahW wrote:

What were the first 3 digits of the number they called with?

I got a call at 10 in the morning yesterday from a private name that started with "241".

If that was them i'd be pissed, but I don't know if they'd started that early.

241 is the country code for Gabon - it's not a U.S. area code. So unless G&T are abroad, it's not them.

241 wasn't the area code. It didn't say the area code. 241 was just the first 3 digits of the actual number.

Several other people have reported an overall restricted number, I don't think this was "the Call."

Poorochondriac

Moe_Fwacky wrote:

JoahW wrote:

Poorochondriac wrote:

JoahW wrote:

What were the first 3 digits of the number they called with?

I got a call at 10 in the morning yesterday from a private name that started with "241".

If that was them i'd be pissed, but I don't know if they'd started that early.

241 is the country code for Gabon - it's not a U.S. area code. So unless G&T are abroad, it's not them.

241 wasn't the area code. It didn't say the area code. 241 was just the first 3 digits of the actual number.

Several other people have reported an overall restricted number, I don't think this was "the Call."

Mine wasn't from a restricted number.

Then again, mine wasn't from Gabe or Tycho. So who's to say?

Doc

241 is a number prefix for Redmond, WA. Where PA's office is.

PikaPuff

Doc wrote:

241 is a number prefix for Redmond, WA. Where PA's office is.

PA actually has its own Area code for their phone number. They are the only people with this area code. It's 241.

Tobi

ctishman wrote:

Actually, come to think of it, talking to the Fragdolls or Clan PMS might not be a bad idea. See if they'd be willing to help you with FPS training, for the chance of seeing a woman proceed beyond that round.

Edit:
http://www.fragdolls.com
http://www.pmsclan.com/

Mmm...I'd be willing help out if any of the omega's need some FPS practice.

I can't wait for PAX this year! It's going to rock something crazy. (:

Andwarf

I also know an office that has a 241 number, up here in Richmond, BC. So... it's not guaranteed, but definitely possible.

JoahW

Doc wrote:

241 is a number prefix for Redmond, WA. Where PA's office is.

Are you serious?



Edit: Looked the number up on an internet phone directory. Its a clinic. A goddamn clinic.

Legacy

Good news then, you're pregnant.

Congratulations.

ctishman

Made pregnant by the Internet, no less. What a fucked-up baby that's gonna be.

JoahW

Me and the Internet? I would never.

Please don't spread rumors.

degreesplatinum

opens up envelope




hmm, according to this JoahW, you are NOT the father!





crowd goes crazy

internet falls on the floor, crying

Doc

degreesplatinum wrote:

opens up envelope




hmm, according to this JoahW, you are NOT the father!





crowd goes crazy

internet falls on the floor, crying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-MXpRcSJrM&search=maury