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Sounds like you are very busy and good to hear you are happy with the results of your work, since you are pretty harsh on yourself most of the time that means we should enjoy it likely. :)

As an aside, yeah I agree with your assessment about the new software. Personally I would never have such a project for accounting software at begin of the year when it is busy for the year closing of last year. Summer or just after is a way better time. :p
 

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Sounds like you are very busy and good to hear you are happy with the results of your work, since you are pretty harsh on yourself most of the time that means we should enjoy it likely. :)

As an aside, yeah I agree with your assessment about the new software. Personally I would never have such a project for accounting software at begin of the year when it is busy for the year closing of last year. Summer or just after is a way better time. :p
Yeah, I sure wouldn't be doing the transfer to the new software in February like they are attempting, even the wife warned them... that is their biggest month with Blue Cross/Blue Shield (the wife works for a LARGE insurance company/provider) and I have NEVER had a transfer of data from one software transition and import neatly into a different software package...

I know ONE thing, I am REALLY GLAD that I am not working in their IT Department, February is going to SUCK for those guys and all of the tech support calls they are going to get because policies aren't transferring and importing properly is going to make a mess of things there...

...also know that I won't be seeing my wife very much that month because they will be on mandatory overtime, so likely going to only see her for an hour before having to put her to bed on my birthday... but HEY, at least being home alone means I can get a lot of work done, with no distractions!! :ROFLMAO:
 

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Well you better make sure your massaging hands are ready and in top condition for when she gets home, she will likely also need some serious destressing at end of day. Never fun when either a system is unreachable or part of the data is garbled or unsafe without knowing which parts and there is a death line approaching. Of course such stressful conditions are the worst time to make people work overtime, since it almost guarantees they will start making mistakes. Tired and stressed is always a bad combination if it lasts for weeks, way wiser to fly in some extra fresh people.
 

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Now I serious know what kind of hell would await me: Helldesk without the option to be a BOFH.:(

I wouldn't also do this in their bussiest time period of year, but probably they wanted to have them their overtime reduce in summer.:ROFLMAO:
It is either ignorance or some serious case of an optimist.

My working motto would be: I'm a pessimist and if I am wrong, than the problem is already better than I have anticipated. Thus I am either right or happy to be wrong.
If I would be an optimist then either I am right or not and then the shit will probably hits the fan.:p

And Jack I can't wait for the those girls:love:
 

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stopped playing at dog fucking haven't decided if want to continue playing
Um... there was no dog fucking in our game, if you imagined it going that far than that's kind of on you, not on us... also, none of the scenes of Michelle with the dog (licking her) were ever shown.

But hey, if you don't want to play the game on account of it, that's fine by me...
 

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Well you better make sure your massaging hands are ready and in top condition for when she gets home, she will likely also need some serious destressing at end of day. Never fun when either a system is unreachable or part of the data is garbled or unsafe without knowing which parts and there is a death line approaching. Of course such stressful conditions are the worst time to make people work overtime, since it almost guarantees they will start making mistakes. Tired and stressed is always a bad combination if it lasts for weeks, way wiser to fly in some extra fresh people.
Yeah, sort of had my hands full yesterday and didn't get a lot of work done, she came home all twisted up in knots and crying because work had her so stressed out... I am really not looking forward to February when they do the switch-over to the new software, as I suspect her coming home weeping in frustration will sort of be a common occurrence till things settle down at her job. *sigh*
 
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Yeah, sort of had my hands full yesterday and didn't get a lot of work done, she came home all twisted up in knots and crying because work had her so stressed out... I am really not looking forward to February when they do the switch-over to the new software, as I suspect her coming home weeping in frustration will sort of be a common occurrence till things settle down at her job. *sigh*
Difficult. I believe searching for a "better" job is out of question?
I hope the transition will go smothly and after it the workload falls back to normal in no time.

I root for you and be nice to your wife, even if you have to upset us:p
 
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What c3p0 said. Good women are hard to find, getting them to stay is even harder. Wish her luck and remember to count to 10 and take her break when need them. No job is worth breaking yourself over it and nobody will thank you for doing that after it happens.:censored::censored:
 
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Um... there was no dog fucking in our game, if you imagined it going that far than that's kind of on you, not on us... also, none of the scenes of Michelle with the dog (licking her) were ever shown.

But hey, if you don't want to play the game on account of it, that's fine by me...
sorry if i offended you somehow i didn't mean that it was just my opinion, if it is offensive then i'm extremely sorry
 

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@jacktrail He is not mad, just bit stressed over home situation if you read a little above. Basically this is an old discussion. Jack wanted it in for some future developments with daughter, both seeing her as less innocent and to have a talk somewhere in book II, where daughter could become quite a potent source for powerups if you want to go that way.

Also remember daughter was under influence of Syrina statue and Jack especially did not show the scene not to freak too many people out. Canon is there was only licking though, so all that goes further and thinking daughter is very experienced at it is in your own mind. :p
 

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sorry if i offended you somehow i didn't mean that it was just my opinion, if it is offensive then i'm extremely sorry
You really don't have to apologize, @jacktrail, but I do appreciate that you have; likewise, I am deeply sorry for being as curt as I was with you... so, please, forgive me for that.

Been under a bit of stress around here and up to my bushy eyebrows in trying to get our next release done, so I haven't been taking the kind of time that I should in my replies and my [rather short] fuse seems to get easily lit right now... and I should've worded my reply to you much better than I did, while clearing up the misunderstanding about the level of 'bestiality' that was mentioned in our game.

I understand that people have lines that they don't want to cross while playing games and enjoying themselves... I have my own that I won't cross, I might toe the line a bit... but won't cross them, so I can understand when people reach an area within our game that might make them uncomfortable or unhappy... and may not desire to finish our game as a result of that.

As @DA22 states above my post (thanks for the help, my friend) the scene that upset you was done to show the audience, and prove to the MC, that the MC had very little knowledge about the activities that were going on in his own family... that his 'perfect' vision of his wife and kids, their level of 'innocence' wasn't what he imagined and was only perceived by him, but not the reality at all.

As the writer, it was important to 'shock' both the audience and the MC out of the impression that he was living this 'perfect' life and that his daughter wasn't the 'perfect little angel' or 'innocent flower' that he believed her to be... it needed to be done quickly and leave an emotional impact on both the character and the players (like tearing a Bandaid off) where there would be surprise, pain and a sickening feeling where you didn't really want to look at the wound under it, but a morbid sense of curiosity and concern would keep you from not being able to look...

I had initially toyed with the idea of a scene where the Player caught her masturbating or one where her boyfriend sneaks into her room and that is what the MC would see... but ultimately felt that it was very cliché and wouldn't have an impact and shock that both the MC and Players would be able to react to... might've been a shock to the MC, but Players would brush it off quickly or found it erotic and stimulating; so the scene needed to have a lasting effect on both the MC AND on the Player... so mention of the household dog was used.

In the scene, if people notice, I chose to focus on the MC... not on the act that was taking place in the room, or even showing it, the intent (I thought) would be clear that the intent and focus should be on the MC's reaction to what he was witnessing rather than what was transpiring in the room... and make a social point that parents tend to have these illusions of who their children are and that those illusions make them complacent and unable to see the truth of things... until it is too late.

The scene also creatively provides Players who may choose to pursue using the MC's daughter a form as a means in which to 'Power Up' with a form of absolution with an internal argument of: "If she can have sexual interaction with the family dog, why not with me?"

Humans always look for ways in which to justify their behavior, allowing themselves the ability to rationalize the reason that they are performing an act that they wouldn't normally succumb to or allow themselves... they use that reason as means to absolve themselves of any guilt that they might feel... and, as the writer, it is my job to sort of provide the MC with those reasons to make the story more believable and provide an 'excuse' for that action if players choose to use it... even if those reasons might be a reflective excuse or a common trope like: "Well, if my wife is cheating on me and having sex with others, I guess I can too..."

Anyhow, hope that better explains the reason for that scene for you and any others... but again, most of scene is only hinted at, it is the reader that is filling the blanks in and if anyone took it beyond what I had written, than it was their own imagination... not mine. ;)
 

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Difficult. I believe searching for a "better" job is out of question?
I hope the transition will go smothly and after it the workload falls back to normal in no time.

I root for you and be nice to your wife, even if you have to upset us:p
I've suggested to her, more times than I can count, to look for a new job... but my wife is the sort that she prefers the comfort of what she knows than the uncertainty of a new job, place or people unfamiliar to her.

Part of the reason she's been in the same job for 12 years now... and married to me for 25 years... her philosophy is: "Better to stick with the devil you know, than the one you don't." LOL
 

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@ASLPro3D and @El bacca Del Chew listening to Heinlein's Assignment in Eternity for the first time. Funny after our discussion to find Ambrose Bierce as a key(secondary) figure one of the stories. So, if you have not, you may want to check it out. As it is a solid set of stories in Heinlein's vein. have fun gang!
Will have to check it out when I get some time, sounds interesting!!
 
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