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D & D Outside = Good Idea
Aug. 4th, 2006 07:26 amWork this week has been busy and stressful, it feels like I've done 5 days already this week, but still have friday to do. Grr.
Best comment to come out of a call this week is below. Imagine the following said in a strong Yorkshire accent:
"I turned on computer and it was just configerating when I dropped book on t' keyboard..."
Less fun was trying to change the display settings on a dumb terminal. To make any permanent changes, you have log in as administrator, disable the write filter, make changes and log back in as your user. Awkward, but not complicated, right?
I knew I was off to a bad start when the man said he was passing me over to his son. So I end up speak to what sounds like a twelve year old. Oh, well, might be easier I think.
Okay, first step. I ask him to log in as adminstrator. So he calls Dad over to log him in. Then says its not working. I ask what they are logging in as, and he says user. *Sigh* I try again and apparently it's still not working. Turns out they were spelling adminstrator as adminstrater. Eventually we get in.
Next step, disable the write filter. Most versions of the firmware have a big red and a big green one on the desktop, but not all, so I ask "Do you have a red and a green round button in front of you?"
"Yes."
"Okay, click on the big red button."
"I don't have a red one. Only a green one."
"But you just told me you did!"
"Well sorry," he replies snottily.
Eventually we get it sorted, but it would have taken half the time and effort if they had just listened to what I said and did what I asked.
In the evening, I finally herded my players into one place for the next session. Dom had the great idea of runnignt he session outside, so we sat out at one of the tables by the factory overlooking the river. Alex took many pictures for some reason :)
The party had a very good session, I think. They managed to aquires some new allies (or investments on Turk's part), aquire some jewellery and a silver candlestick and keep their kill count down to one fuzzily-wuzzily (Sorry Alex :P)
Then we came back and rocked out to Gituar Hero.
Best comment to come out of a call this week is below. Imagine the following said in a strong Yorkshire accent:
"I turned on computer and it was just configerating when I dropped book on t' keyboard..."
Less fun was trying to change the display settings on a dumb terminal. To make any permanent changes, you have log in as administrator, disable the write filter, make changes and log back in as your user. Awkward, but not complicated, right?
I knew I was off to a bad start when the man said he was passing me over to his son. So I end up speak to what sounds like a twelve year old. Oh, well, might be easier I think.
Okay, first step. I ask him to log in as adminstrator. So he calls Dad over to log him in. Then says its not working. I ask what they are logging in as, and he says user. *Sigh* I try again and apparently it's still not working. Turns out they were spelling adminstrator as adminstrater. Eventually we get in.
Next step, disable the write filter. Most versions of the firmware have a big red and a big green one on the desktop, but not all, so I ask "Do you have a red and a green round button in front of you?"
"Yes."
"Okay, click on the big red button."
"I don't have a red one. Only a green one."
"But you just told me you did!"
"Well sorry," he replies snottily.
Eventually we get it sorted, but it would have taken half the time and effort if they had just listened to what I said and did what I asked.
In the evening, I finally herded my players into one place for the next session. Dom had the great idea of runnignt he session outside, so we sat out at one of the tables by the factory overlooking the river. Alex took many pictures for some reason :)
The party had a very good session, I think. They managed to aquires some new allies (or investments on Turk's part), aquire some jewellery and a silver candlestick and keep their kill count down to one fuzzily-wuzzily (Sorry Alex :P)
Then we came back and rocked out to Gituar Hero.
