I worked for a company who made touch screen gaming software for casinos.
Another QA tester and I were onsite with our largest customer that happened to be on a military base. We were installing the latest build of our newest product thinking, “Who better to let beta test than actual players? What could go wrong?”
Each touchscreen machine accepted credits via a pre-filled card. You add credits to your card, and then you use them in the machines to play the games.
About 2 hours into testing, things were going well. No issues. Then we noticed some players kept changing machines every 10-15 minutes. Now, gamblers are very superstitious, we figured they had run out of luck on that machine and needed a change. Boy were we wrong.
Finally, after about another hour, everyone was changing seats every 5 minutes. My QA buddy and I decided to watch a couple players and see what they were doing. Turns out, there was a bug in our software that allowed you to play all your credits, log out of the machine, go to a new machine, swipe in and BAM, all your money was back.
We immediately told the hall manager who promptly shut down the game and then called the military police to prevent a riot. Rightfully so, as the players were mad and making threats. While the MPs cleared the crowd, the hall manager, myself and my QA buddy hid in the manager’s office bathroom, avoiding what we expected would be a shanking.
After the crowd left, we expected to get chewed out by the hall manager, but he didn’t, he laughed because despite the bug, they STILL cleared a solid 5 figures in the time they allowed the game to go on.
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it sort of makes it seem like he is piggy though... but i guess he kind of is hated by everyone if not fat.
4th panel is him crushed by a rock. or maybe an arcade machine.
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Sucks to your assmar Isaac.
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Lincoln
I think that one of the key points in the story was the test was on a military base. I'm pretty sure that if this was out "in the field" there would of been gaming commissions involved.
Fancier? Most women that I know put their hair up if it hasn't been washed in a while so it looks less greasy and because it's simple to put it in an impromptu bun like that or a ponytail.
Fancier? Most women that I know put their hair up if it hasn't been washed in a while so it looks less greasy and because it's simple to put it in an impromptu bun like that or a ponytail.
Aka, the opposite of fancier.
His confusion is easy to understand. "Letting your hair down" is indicative of relaxed standards. And she's got some classy chopsticks up ins while Isaac is no longer wearing a shirt.
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His confusion is easy to understand. "Letting your hair down" is indicative of relaxed standards. And she's got some classy chopsticks up ins while Isaac is no longer wearing a shirt.
More likely that is a pencil. That, or actual chopsticks, the kind you get for free with takeout. So, not really very classy.
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The story; I love that even with a mass gamebreaking glitch like that, they were still losing money.
Are you me Gaslight? Because I feel the exact same way.
Apparently so you can test the "house wins" setting on your machines... because I guess you need a cash influx to pay the bills?
Yeah, this was a good comic/story combo today...
Lord of the Flies.
4th panel is him crushed by a rock. or maybe an arcade machine.
I'm pretty sure that's how most software works today.
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You lucky dog. Reading that book in school was dragsville. I was reading The Hobbit and stuff; I didn't want to be learning about human nature. Blech.
Fancier? Most women that I know put their hair up if it hasn't been washed in a while so it looks less greasy and because it's simple to put it in an impromptu bun like that or a ponytail.
Aka, the opposite of fancier.
His confusion is easy to understand. "Letting your hair down" is indicative of relaxed standards. And she's got some classy chopsticks up ins while Isaac is no longer wearing a shirt.
More likely that is a pencil. That, or actual chopsticks, the kind you get for free with takeout. So, not really very classy.
Maybe Digdug.