Square Gamer Day 2017

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:54 am

As much as I hate for every news post to be an announcement of SG Day, this news post is an announcement of SG Day.

As with the previous couple of years, the idea behind Square Gamer Day is for past members to come back for 24 (or more) hours of nostalgia, spam and general thread necromancy. It worked well in 2015 and 2016 and I'm confident it'll work well again.

Stick it in your diary and tell every old SG member you know that Square Gamer Day 2016 is on Saturday 18th March!

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:49 pm

Woohoo, it's coming soon!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:24 pm

Why March instead of May? I forget.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:38 pm

Something about having it before the 10th anniversary of the lp2pw thread. I'm not exactly sure why we aren't doing it a week later though.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:49 pm

The date was set to increase the post count in the LP2PW thread, ahead of its 10th anniversary. That was back when we thought it'd be difficult to get it to 200 pages.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:08 pm

We were so naive then.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:27 pm

It was an understandable naïveté. Who knew Trump would sign that EO forcing us to post so much.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:41 pm

Nothing naive about a contingency plan! I think late March is better than May anyway. The weather outside won't be quite as good, so there'll be less temptation to do IRL stuff on SG Day

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:23 pm

The weather was pretty awesome last year in
mid March.

Also, we move to summer time on the 12th, and you'll still be on winter time. Doesn't it make SG day one hour shorter than it ought to be? Or is that the other way around?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:35 pm

Doesn't really matter. Nobody posted until late in the day UK time last year.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:08 pm

Damien wrote:Nothing naive about a contingency plan! I think late March is better than May anyway. The weather outside won't be quite as good, so there'll be less temptation to do IRL stuff on SG Day

It's the day after St Patrick's Day, which might mean it's hangover day for some folks. Although, that might work out for us to if it makes them inclined to stay in, as long as they don't sleep away the whole day instead of posting.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:14 pm

The only people I can imagine celebrating St Patrick's Day are 18-22 year old students. Do we have any of those here?

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:42 pm

We did when lp2pw started, some of them must still be around.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:20 pm

I hope Bazz will post on SG day btw. @Damien, tell him he has to!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:21 pm

Oh good Barry is still alive!

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:24 pm

The RDM is like 1/8th Irish. He should totally celebrate St. Patrick's day. Think of all those snakes the guy dealt with! They were everywhere!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:00 pm

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:04 pm

Damien wrote:The only people I can imagine celebrating St Patrick's Day are 18-22 year old students. Do we have any of those here?

Probably. I've never celebrated it or gone out drinking so I don't really know what normal 30ish people do.

Cybernetic Empire · Post by **Cybernetic Empire** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:17 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:
Damien wrote:The only people I can imagine celebrating St Patrick's Day are 18-22 year old students. Do we have any of those here?
Probably. I've never celebrated it or gone out drinking so I don't really know what normal 30ish people do.

How many animal/human graves do you have in your mom's back yard?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:14 am

I don't live with my parents and zero. Also, I have gone to bars, reluctantly generally. But I usually don't drink or at most have one drink, which I don't consider "going out drinking." Especially since it's not really on the agenda for me at all.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:32 am

May as well go tea total

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:30 am

Calbrena wrote:I hope Bazz will post on SG day btw. @Damien, tell him he has to!

It'll be during Lent, so he won't be drinking. I'll ask him to though.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:15 pm

Is drinking required to post on SG day?

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:53 pm

Drinking is required every day in Trump's America.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:59 pm

Fair enough.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:09 pm

Calbrena wrote:Is drinking required to post on SG day?

I don't thikn he ever posted on SG without being pissed, so in this case, yes

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:44 pm

SG is 10 days away. How many members do we think we'll get this year?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:25 pm

I hope more than previous years to match our extra activity, but I won't guess that because I don't want to be disappointed....so I'll say 16, no, 18.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:18 pm

That's pessimistically low.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:31 pm

I'd say 15.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:14 pm

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:33 pm

38 (this is Price is Right rules, right?)

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:46 pm

What do I win if I get it right?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:49 pm

Every day is SG Day in my heart

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:50 pm

You still don't post here every day though.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:07 am

You should post more often

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:27 am

Like maybe every minute!

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:43 am

2G17 = 34!

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:39 am

@V, good to see you posting more than usual!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:20 am

I can't remember how many posted on previous years.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:52 pm

Go back and count!

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:55 pm

I remember it was more than 16 last year, because someone guessed 16 last year.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:28 pm

I took a screenshot towards the end of the day that showed everybody who had logged in. That was UK time though. A lot of the activity happened after midnight here.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:41 pm

The answer must be somewhere in the "winning" thread. So I guess we can count on Sir Nikon to let us know once he's caught up with us?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:59 pm

Damien wrote:I took a screenshot towards the end of the day that showed everybody who had logged in. That was UK time though. A lot of the activity happened after midnight here.

I remember at least one person logged in on SG Day, but didn't post until the next day for some crazy reason.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:20 pm

Probably me.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:30 pm

The RDM was pretty quiet on SG day itself. He remembers being out and about and suddenly realizing he was missing it.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:48 pm

SG Day is on the weekend when I want to be doing something I actually enjoy.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:56 pm

Harsh! You deserve 100 wins deducted.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:24 pm

The key is multitasking.