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Yeah, it sounds like the guy you replaced was an asshole.

I work with a number of people who used to be managers. One guy who used to be a department manager told me many times that he voluntarily stepped down, but I found out he was basically forced to step down. Upper management will do the whole "either you step down or we'll keep on writing you up until you get fired" bit. Though, I also work with another guy who flat out told me that's what they did to him. So, some people are more honest about circumstances than others.

That's some cool stuff about the game and features they have coming out. It's really nice that they've got good backing to keep development going.

I've played games with a mechanic where an enemy is "neutral" towards you until you do damage on them, then their status changes and they can attack you. Adding that kind of mechanic to your game sounds cool.

Quote from: Prime_8 on Oct 10, 2019, 03:19 pmkinda retire now, or we will boot you, sort of thing. It mainly comes down to some stuff I can't say, and the way labour law works. so a forcible golden handshake. LOL  so he was a bit of an ass and very carefully set up som gotchas because he knew it was me replacing him and well he and I never got along after the first year.

so on a hunch, I did a full security audit and found a bunch of stuff just waiting to cause me problems in about 2 months. and the things I found had to be done by hand in a manner intended to hide them.
if they had come upon their own it would have looked like I was negligent or worse.

Wow, the guy sounds like a complete and utter D-bag.  They are lucky to have you, Scott.

Quote from: Prime_8 on Oct 10, 2019, 03:31 pmoh, and I have some time to work on the RTS game.

Sweet!  This sounds great!

Quote from: scifidude79 on Oct 10, 2019, 09:41 pmYeah, it sounds like the guy you replaced was an asshole.

I work with a number of people who used to be managers. One guy who used to be a department manager told me many times that he voluntarily stepped down, but I found out he was basically forced to step down. Upper management will do the whole "either you step down or we'll keep on writing you up until you get fired" bit. Though, I also work with another guy who flat out told me that's what they did to him. So, some people are more honest about circumstances than others.

That's some cool stuff about the game and features they have coming out. It's really nice that they've got good backing to keep development going.

I've played games with a mechanic where an enemy is "neutral" towards you until you do damage on them, then their status changes and they can attack you. Adding that kind of mechanic to your game sounds cool.

I agree with everything you said, Chris!

So, I signed up for a free trial of CBS All Access through Prime Video. And, I binge watched the four Short Treks that were made between seasons 1 and 2 of Discovery. And, I plowed through the first 9 episodes of Discovery season 2. Man, I don't know why, as a Trekkie, I'm supposed to hate this show, but I can't. I've been enjoying the hell out of it. Just 5 more Disco episodes and 2 more Short Treks to go and I'll once more be able to say I've seen every episode of Star Trek to ever made.

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Yeah, I really am. There have been some really good episodes. I also find some of the comments I've read on the series have been off base. I've seen multiple people claim that Buhrman solves everything. She doesn't, especially not in season 2. Saru, Tilly and Stamets still solve problems, maybe even more so than in the first season. (Stamets and Tilly are a great team) There are also some other officers who are brought more into prominence in the second season. I think it has quite a bit of character growth for some of the people who were there all along, but not necessarily focused on. Lt. Joann Owosekun (the chick at ops) gets a lot more to do in this season. The cyborg Cdr. Airiam gets more to do also. Pike is fantastic, the best addition to the show from the second season by far. He stands up for a lot of the Federation's core morals, much like Kirk or Picard would. (especially Picard) He's way different than Lorca, but given Lorca's actual origins, everything "off" about his character could be explained.

On the writing side, I haven't found much to complain about. The plots have been exciting and the science hasn't bothered me, but I'm also not a scientist. I find it less cringe worthy than many of the episodes in Voyager's last 3 seasons.

As for the comments that it's not like previous Star Trek shows, of course it's not. Star Trek adapts to the times of its production. TNG really isn't that much like TOS. Core elements are there, but it has a more serious tone, especially once they got past the attempts to redo TOS stuff. (**coughs** The Naked Now) Then DS9 was a further evolution of the property, but not quite as much as TNG was, nor was Voyager. But, Enterprise got us more into a new millennium mindset. Discovery is just another evolution of the Star Trek property. So, people who claim it's not the same need to take a step back and look at the evolution of Star Trek. Or, just go watch the older stuff. It's all on DVD, Blu-Ray and streaming. But, those are just my opinions.

oh my the shows pilling up I wanna watch. ugh

no time to fully enjoy .

I have been watching The Tick, on prime. It's funny because I remember the cartoon. How over the top it was, is well done in the live action.

I hear you on stuff piling up. I've got lots of stuff on DVD and Blu-Ray (whole series) to watch. And, instead of doing that, I'm streaming Discovery.

Chris if your enjoying Discovery good for you. There are a few moments in season 2 I liked, but the majority of it I hated. I do expect Trek evolve, but you said it your self TNG and the other kept the core of what made Trek, Trek.
Discovery does not do that for me and I find it bad writing when you compare to past Trek shows or even good current Sci-fi shows.

P8, I saw The Tick recently and loved it, shame that show won't get a third season.

I don't feel the writing is anywhere near as bad as some people do, but that's why people watch things and formulate their own opinions. Obviously, opinions will vary as to what makes good Star Trek. Hell, there are people who won't watch anything but TOS, while some other people may exclude TOS due to its age and silliness. I know a fair number of people don't like Enterprise, but I think it's a good show. I was watching some episodes this morning.

Now, for bad writing, the latest Short Treks episode "The Trouble with Edward" was terrible. I thought the character of Edward was awful and the premise for the episode was bad, very bad. Though, I'm also less a fan of the Short Treks than I am of Discovery. I think the Harry Mudd one was the best one they've done so far.

I don't mind Discovery too much.  I love their take on Captain Pike, and I would be a DIEHARD fan of the show if it became the Christopher Pike show.  That's something I've been wanting since Enterprise.  I thought Enterprise was going to be about Pike and crew.

Oh well.

I've always liked the character Christopher Pike, and The Cage is actually one of my favorite Star Trek episodes.

I think a lot of people would love to see that series with Pike. I know I would. I'm actually sad that season 3 will be focusing on the Discovery in the future, rather than on the Enterprise in the 2250s. I like the cast they have shaping up with Anson Mount as Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Number One. I also really like John Eaves's design for the ship. It looks sexy on screen, much better than any other ship on Discovery. Plus, the interiors, especially the bridge, look more like a modern re-imagining of the 1960s interiors than anything else in canon.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Oct 14, 2019, 10:34 pmI've always liked the character Christopher Pike, and The Cage is actually one of my favorite Star Trek episodes.

I think a lot of people would love to see that series with Pike. I know I would. I'm actually sad that season 3 will be focusing on the Discovery in the future, rather than on the Enterprise in the 2250s. I like the cast they have shaping up with Anson Mount as Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Number One. I also really like John Eaves's design for the ship. It looks sexy on screen, much better than any other ship on Discovery. Plus, the interiors, especially the bridge, look more like a modern re-imagining of the 1960s interiors than anything else in canon.

I agree with everything you said.

As much as I would like a Pike show, I had my fill of Prequels. Hollywood enough already!! All you done is prequels and reboots since the early 00's with Franchises time to move the story forward.

If they did a Pike show I would prefer it be a one off mini series, but that is not going to happen.

Chris I have not seen any of the new short Treks, but I hear they are really bad. From what I am seeing from Ethan Peck Spock is they are taking everything from the Cage with his emotions. This is not the Spock we know and love. What we saw there the character was not fully defined. We never meant to see the Cage except for the TOS two parter, and even in that we did not see Spock smile, they only used shots of him that fitted with what we saw in TOS.
When Paramount realised the Cage in the 90's we the fans just ignored the character difference and imagined him being like he was on TOS. In another words when he was smiling on screen we just saw a non smiling Spock.
But Kurtzman and co like to retcon what we have seen before. That is something that I hate, and this new Short Trek is another case of that.

The general assumption with Spock is that he had trouble controlling his emotions as a young man. Yes, you have The Cage or, more specifically, The Menagerie to thank for that. Both the part with him smiling and his emotional outburst when Number One and Yeoman Colt were transported and nobody else was were in that episode. Therefore, young Spock's occasional emotional outbursts are canon. The best explanation is that he had issues controlling his emotions and had to learn more control.

Q&A with him and Number One isn't bad. It didn't necessarily contribute a whole lot to the overall story, but it wasn't bad.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Oct 12, 2019, 02:17 pmSo, I signed up for a free trial of CBS All Access through Prime Video. And, I binge watched the four Short Treks that were made between seasons 1 and 2 of Discovery. And, I plowed through the first 9 episodes of Discovery season 2. Man, I don't know why, as a Trekkie, I'm supposed to hate this show, but I can't. I've been enjoying the hell out of it. Just 5 more Disco episodes and 2 more Short Treks to go and I'll once more be able to say I've seen every episode of Star Trek to ever made.

Meanwhile, there's absolutely nothing else good on CBS All Access, so I'll be ending my subscription after my trial has ended. The next Short Treks isn't even due out for about another month. Picard starts in January so, see you then, CBS All Access.