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Old 01/08/07, 2:52 PM   #1
missiletoad
The things I have seen with your eyes
 
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Mork
Orc Shaman
 
No WoW Account
MMO and forum addiction is notorious for leading some of us to play or browse when we should probably be doing something else. It hit me when I started browsing the threads today on this cash register I am currently posting on: man, I suck. A cash register in a gift shop, and a guy reading forum threads about fantasy land theory on it? Get back to work, paid by the hour lackey.

As lame as that is, surely there are many out there who have done worse/better. What are some of the more unusual places you or someone you know has been caught playing WoW or reading game related websites? Gone to great lengths to avoid the boss' or girlfriend's eye? We must know!

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Old 01/08/07, 2:55 PM   #2
Iol
Don Flamenco
 
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Troll Shaman
 
Durotan
Ghostzilla-CD : http://www.ghostzilla.com/getit/index.html

Saved my butt.

You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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Old 01/08/07, 2:58 PM   #3
Juno
Don Flamenco
 
Night Elf Warrior
 
Twilight's Hammer (EU)
I've seen plenty people browse the official wow forums in the comp rooms at Uni. Not really getting caught but still funny to see that almost every time I've been in the room, I see someone browsing those forums.
As for playing when you're supposed to do something else ... well, I've played and browsed these forums a bit while on the can a few times if that counts :D

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Old 01/08/07, 3:15 PM   #4
Cathela
Still Bald Bull
 
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Earthen Ring
I'm either fortunate or unfortunate that my cube at work is one of the few that doesn't give people walking by a look at my monitor.

My comrades are my weapons, and I am their shield.

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Old 01/08/07, 3:22 PM   #5
Ragnor
King Hippo
 
Human Paladin
 
Blackrock
Browsing forums at work ftw, Windows key D at the ever ready in case someone important walks over.

The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements. Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest.

www.retpaladin.com

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Old 01/08/07, 3:23 PM   #6
fuzzy
i mine flae u
 
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Mal'Ganis
On an unrelated but sort of ironic note. Just yesterday I downloaded this sweet TBC raiding grid from my frienda Alleria guild forums, and I posted it in our guild forums here, only to have Gurg point out that in the lower right corner it commented that it was developed in a post right here on the EJ forums. Here's your sign... Anyhow, I have an office now which helps.

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Old 01/08/07, 3:25 PM   #7
Draynar
Glass Joe
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Khaz Modan
I'm at work right now.

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Old 01/08/07, 3:27 PM   #8
Adalys
Von Kaiser
 
Murloc Druid
 
Frostmane
Comp science 1302

=D

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Old 01/08/07, 3:30 PM   #9
Tangles
Von Kaiser
 
Tauren Warrior
 
Mal'Ganis
Best Practices for posting from work: Use Lynx (Text only browser)

I use this to browse the internet while I'm at work. It looks just like a cmd line prompt. And you can change the coloring of the text using the included .css files if you want too.

The controls are pretty simple and you can have your own bookmarks saved on a shortcut page.

Here is the link: http://www.pervalidus.net/cygwin/lynx/

http://fredlwm.googlepages.com/lynx.zip is the direct link to the zip file.

When you extract the zip, if you can, extract it to straight to C:\ so the program startup would be C:\lynx\lynx.bat otherwise you are going to have some trouble with it, and it might not save your cookies properly.

Good luck forum addicts.

as a note, it is somewhat hard to actually make posts that include links with this thing so I had to make this post using Firefox, shame on me.


edit: now with screenshot



I have mine set to blue background with white text, default is black background with white text.

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Old 01/08/07, 3:32 PM   #10
Lurchington
King Hippo
 
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Mannoroth
In my "office" there are 4 desks, and I arranged all 4 of them to give my one desk protection from prying eyes. 3 hours of your tax paying dollars at work. :)

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Old 01/08/07, 3:56 PM   #11
Kasonic
Don Flamenco
 
Orc Death Knight
 
Hyjal
I'm at work right now. I do about 2-3 hours of work and spend the rest of the time browsing FoH/EJ/etc. all day.

I've gotten caught playing WoW at work. Twice. At like noon. And my desk faces a busy hallway. Somehow I'm still here. Although these computers suck total ass and I lost my admin rights a while back when my hard drive died, so I'm out of luck now.

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Old 01/08/07, 4:24 PM   #12
Abaxial
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At work. I have one of those stupid low wall cubicals and have been spoken to about reading forums while at work so I've "tried" to cut back. Kind of difficult when you can get your stuff done in a few hours most the time.


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Old 01/08/07, 4:34 PM   #13
• tenshi
Not It
 
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Mal'Ganis
I don't know if this counts since I don't have to hide it, but I've once read various wow fora I've been following from the following locations over a course of 3 days:

Seattle-TAC airport NW airlines lounge
Tokyo-Narita airport NW airlines lounge
Seoul hotel room
Seoul/Inchon airport KAL airlines business class lounge
Tokyo hotel room

So far I think I've read EJ and other WoW fora from 4 continents and at least a dozen cities.

And yes, I've thought that perhaps I should have better things to do with my time, but...

Sic transit gloria azerothi

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Old 01/08/07, 4:35 PM   #14
Elendril
Mr. Sandman
 
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Ner'zhul
I read and post on wow forums at work all the time, and in a way it's part of my job. :-P

I actually got an extra computer set up in the R&D room here just to run WoW, and I occasionally play during lunch or defend stormpike during meetings. :)

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Old 01/08/07, 4:38 PM   #15
moowalk
Don Flamenco
 
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Khaz'goroth
If it's not trolling forums it's instant messaging. I figure I'll be wasting time one way or the other.

Haven't quite got 'round to actually playing WoW while at work though, wow.

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Old 01/08/07, 4:42 PM   #16
Quasar
Don Flamenco
 
Draenei Shaman
 
Dragonmaw
Originally Posted by tenshi
I don't know if this counts since I don't have to hide it, but I've once read various wow fora I've been following from the following locations over a course of 3 days:

Seattle-TAC airport NW airlines lounge
Tokyo-Narita airport NW airlines lounge
Seoul hotel room
Seoul/Inchon airport KAL airlines business class lounge
Tokyo hotel room

So far I think I've read EJ and other WoW fora from 4 continents and at least a dozen cities.

And yes, I've thought that perhaps I should have better things to do with my time, but...
lol... I read it thinking "man that sounds a lot like Tenshi" and then saw it actually was you that posted it.

JUICE! Aww I'm sorry. Did... did anyone want some juice?

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Old 01/08/07, 4:49 PM   #17
Bubba
Don Flamenco
 
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Undead Rogue
 
Al'Akir (EU)
I spend more time on the EJ forums at work than I do at home. The IT bastards at my firm actually firewalled "forum" sites briefly until one of the Partners had a hissyfit because he checks Championship Manager forums during lunchtime. Thank god for gaming geeks.

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Old 01/08/07, 5:31 PM   #18
Apate
POWER = MEAT + OPPORTUNITY = BATTLEWORMS
 
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ChickenArise
Night Elf Warlock
 
No WoW Account
Hm...well, I work in a 2-person-to-an-office type job, and my seniority get me put in the back (away from the door, although I haven't had an officemate for 6 months and won't have one until Wednesday). I've walked in on my boss reading a novel. We don't have much in the way of firewalls because the job I do requires access to nearly everything.

That said, I am almost definitely breaking some guideline about proper internet usage by being here so much :zoid:

See you, auntie.

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Old 01/08/07, 5:31 PM   #19
alienangel
Bald Bull
 
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Eredar
As a co-op student, I get to work full-time at a different company every 8 months or so. Since I started WoW two year back, I've always chosen and arranged my cubicles for convenient forum browsing. Somehow I still managed to get my work done on time though.

Worst thing I've given up to read forums: sleep and CS assignments.

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Old 01/08/07, 6:09 PM   #20
Hal
Glass Joe
 
Human Paladin
 
Uther
My blackberry has saved my ass for daily 'gaming' fixes during syndicate meetings or slow trading days.

Actually a good step down method from forum trawling would be to buy one of these geek toys and download the SNES emulator or Warcraft 1.

Either way, your only danger is looking imporant in the coffee line when actually your saving Azeroth (the way it should be done, big armies and the horde getting curb stomped). :D

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Old 01/08/07, 6:21 PM   #21
Compton2
Bob Loblaw
 
Night Elf Rogue
 
Aggramar
I routinely peruse these boards on my blackberry waiting for a case to be called in court. Get back to work, charge-by-the-hour lackey!

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Old 01/08/07, 6:38 PM   #22
asharpton
America will listen to me!
 
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I figure everyone looks at these at work since well... posting does die off from 8-5. I know I'll try to read a lot in the morning, but after lunch/later in the day, it's forum time

No honestly I am dumb. Most of the I'm playing smart.

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Old 01/08/07, 6:46 PM   #23
Gyshall
Piston Honda
 
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Darkspear
My office is a room in the basement of a large office building, also known as the #1 usage of internet bandwidth on the US east coast.

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Old 01/08/07, 7:33 PM   #24
Artaxz
Piston Honda
 
Blood Elf Paladin
 
Mug'thol
That sounds suspiciously like the building I pass on I-395 everyday.

I tend to only browse these forums when I am at work on a slow day. One of the partners walked in my office last week, saw this site up, and said: "My brother-in-law plays WoW too." The idea of browsing while waiting in court wouldn't occur to me, as the goons here are pretty hardcore about such things.


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Old 01/08/07, 8:03 PM   #25
Raylen
stop kissing Gurgs ass 24/7
 
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Raylen
Undead Priest
 
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get back to work. all of you.

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