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@ wonko the sane?	:	(16 January 2021 - 09:50 PM) At this point, if I'm going to die then it won't be the wait what killed me. It didn't help any, mind you, but it's not what got me.
@ PlutoniumBoss	:	(16 January 2021 - 09:37 PM) Technically we are all literally dying to play with our next figure.
@ wonko the sane?	:	(16 January 2021 - 05:36 PM) I am figuratively dying to play with that cheetor.
@ wonko the sane?	:	(16 January 2021 - 04:39 PM) Still waiting for my box from BBTS to arrive.
@ tigerhawk	:	(16 January 2021 - 04:29 PM) Kingdoms is fantabulous and it's only the first wave.
@ tigerhawk	:	(12 January 2021 - 12:10 PM) My Super Collection Megatron always had two left legs and I just discovered my Thrilling 30 Crosscut has two right hips.
@ Nevermore	:	(11 January 2021 - 07:56 PM) Fortunately, it's only Netflix Hound, so not really much of a loss here.
@ Nevermore	:	(11 January 2021 - 07:55 PM) So it's been a while since I've had a misassembled Transformers toy.
@ Echowarrior	:	(11 January 2021 - 10:02 AM) More Micromasters would be welcome.
@ TheMightyMol...	:	(11 January 2021 - 06:15 AM) Instructions unclear, have more sports cars.
@ tigerhawk	:	(11 January 2021 - 01:57 AM) Or they could make the other Micromasters of the teams they half assed.
@ ▲ndrusi	:	(10 January 2021 - 11:20 PM) There should be a box set of eight Stakeouts.
@ Bass X0	:	(10 January 2021 - 08:27 PM) There should be a box-set of Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. But I'm not expecting it.
@ Nevermore	:	(10 January 2021 - 07:51 PM) I hope there are re-releases this year!
@ tigerhawk	:	(10 January 2021 - 03:59 PM) I hope there's rereleases of Earthrise Ramjet, Dirge and Ratchet next year.
@ wonko the sane?	:	(08 January 2021 - 07:51 AM) Oh no, he was loved. I'd argue he could have had a better life physically, but he was loved. Deeply.
@ Telly	:	(08 January 2021 - 01:42 AM) as long s/he gave love and was loved, it was a good life
@ Echowarrior	:	(07 January 2021 - 11:10 PM) Poor puppy. Poor kid.
@ CORVUS	:	(07 January 2021 - 03:04 PM) My condolences
@ wonko the sane?	:	(07 January 2021 - 10:45 AM) So: My sisters dog just had a heart attack and died... while her 12 year old son was walking him. Welcome to 2021 everybody!
@ Dekafox	:	(04 January 2021 - 07:24 PM) Except they're Deceptican'ts usually.
@ Devcon	:	(04 January 2021 - 05:17 PM) Depending on which dub: Either Decepticons or Decepticans.
@ Bass X0	:	(04 January 2021 - 05:03 PM) Deception is the French word for disappointment. What does that make the Decepticons in France?
@ Echowarrior	:	(03 January 2021 - 11:29 PM) We're just tiny little specks, about the size of Mickey Rooney.
@ TheMightyMol...	:	(03 January 2021 - 04:33 PM) It's a great big universe, and we're all really puny.
@ Rycochet	:	(03 January 2021 - 01:30 PM) That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that is the source of all our power
@ Rycochet	:	(03 January 2021 - 01:30 PM) Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour.
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(02 January 2021 - 11:57 PM) relative to the speed that it's swirling around the centre of the galaxy, its rotation is fairly slow
@ PlutoniumBoss	:	(02 January 2021 - 09:31 PM) I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly.
@ -LittleAutob...	:	(02 January 2021 - 07:21 PM) The Earth moving gave us 2021.
@ ▲ndrusi	:	(02 January 2021 - 10:50 AM) It does that.
@ tigerhawk	:	(02 January 2021 - 10:11 AM) I think the Earth is moving.
@ Nevermore	:	(02 January 2021 - 06:35 AM) Sunday evenings are awesome. Looking at the clock at 8 PM and thinking "I still have plenty of time before going to bed..."
@ Nevermore	:	(02 January 2021 - 06:33 AM) Now I've been working permanent late shift for almost three years. Don't regret it one bit. One of the rare cases where the needs of the company overlap with my own preferences.
@ Nevermore	:	(02 January 2021 - 06:32 AM) Before the permanent late shift was introduced three years ago (which I volunteered for as soon as the form became available), I always tended to plan my vacation for early shift weeks. Since the majority of the people in most departments prefer to work early shift and thus tended to plan their vacation for late shift weeks, there were usually enough slots available for me to get my request fulfilled.
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(01 January 2021 - 05:26 PM) I was promoted last December, so this past year is my first with the company where I've been able to get whatever vacation I wanted. Instead of competing with 100 other people, there's now only 1 (out of 3 others who share my job) that's been in the building longer than me, and so has first dibs at weeks. It's pretty easy to work it out between ourselves before we give in our requests, though
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(01 January 2021 - 05:24 PM) But there's also departments to consider, since we have a varieity of types of machines and not everyone is qualified to run everything. Altogether, there are a lot of ways you can get screwed
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(01 January 2021 - 05:21 PM) So a few of the same rules, a few different ones. For regular employees, requests need to be in by January 15th. If they are, those are doled out based on seniority. You're only guaranteed 2 weeks in "prime time" (basically June, July, August). Anything submitted after January 15th is given out first come, first served based on availability
@ SHIELD Agent 47	:	(01 January 2021 - 02:39 PM) So who said "Jumanji!"?
@ TheMightyMol...	:	(01 January 2021 - 08:20 AM) I knew a woman at Target who was forced to use up her vacation time before she could qualify for maternity leave. Then they denied the leave because she technically hadn't been at work for two weeks beforehand.
@ Nevermore	:	(01 January 2021 - 04:21 AM) Also, if you become sick during your vacation and you turn in a doctor's sick note, it means that you don't lose your vacation days, because according to the law, vacation is intended for recreation, not for recovery from sickness or injury.
@ Nevermore	:	(01 January 2021 - 04:00 AM) Another priority is "vacation request for the next year turned in before the deadline". Like, you missed the deadline, you have to make do with what's left.
@ Nevermore	:	(01 January 2021 - 03:59 AM) No, they prioritize vacation during school holidays for employees with school-age children. Also, only three of the six weeks during the summer holidays per employee so a larger number of employees can get their requests fulfilled.
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(31 December 2020 - 08:14 PM) like, not company-wide, obviously, but by facility
@ TM2-Megatron	:	(31 December 2020 - 08:14 PM) That's actually not bad at all for such a large company. Do they prioritize vacation by seniority?
@ Nevermore	:	(31 December 2020 - 08:11 PM) In my nine years with Amazon, only one of my vacation requests (not counting requests for single days) has ever been denied (with an alternate option offered for a mere week later). It might have helped that I have always tended to plan my vacation against the grain.
@ Nevermore	:	(31 December 2020 - 08:06 PM) We also have a legally guaranteed minimum of at least 24 vacation days per year, and the law mandates that the vacation should be granted in one stretch "unless urgent reasons on behalf of the company or the individual employee make it necessary to split up the vacation". The most common valid "urgent reason on behalf of the company" would be "multiple employees have requested their vacation days for the same period, so the employer has to organize everyone's vacation grants equally".
@ TheMightyMol...	:	(31 December 2020 - 02:50 PM) Most places run with the bare minimum amount of staff they think they can get away with. So if one key person is out, they're in trouble. Hence, they don't like letting people take vacations.
@ Tm_Silverclaw	:	(31 December 2020 - 10:35 AM) Here in the US... you're honestly likely to get fired for taking vacation.
@ Nevermore	:	(31 December 2020 - 05:31 AM) Here in Germany, employers are usually very eager to remind you to take all your vacation days.

Discuss Your Brackets and the Matches Here!

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#301 Msol

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 03:22 AM

Feeling pretty good with 7th, considering I didn't play last year. Don't know what I was thinking discounting PMOP like I did. I think my pick of Brainstorm should have held up, but it is what it is.

#302 Donocropolis

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 05:47 AM

Feeling pretty good with 7th, considering I didn't play last year. Don't know what I was thinking discounting PMOP like I did. I think my pick of Brainstorm should have held up, but it is what it is.

Technically, you were 6th, since there was a tie for 3rd.

I only say that because that puts me in 7th instead of 8th place.

Thank you to everyone that put in all the effort to make this happen. It was a lot of fun.

#303 Glenn

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 06:44 AM

Good times were had by all! Looking forward to March mayhem 3.

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#304 Dracula

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 07:37 AM

Woo! Now we sit back and wait for the Hasbro Overlord announcement.

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#305 TheSupernova

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 08:33 AM

First off, congratulations Ms Virion! That was a well earned ~~curbstomp~~ win!

Thanks to Chesspieceface, and the rest of the Allspark staff for putting this event together! It was definitely a fun second go around, and I look forward to blindly picking a winner next year!

Also, kudos to Magnusblitz for keeping score once again. An extremely helpful service, to say the least!

No thanks, though, to Black Zarak. I hope there's a special place in GPS hell for letting me down!

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#306 Shadewing

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 11:58 AM

That's what you get for believing in black repaints. Next time chose someone legitimately awesome

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#307 LiamA

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 12:15 PM

hug! How could Powermaster Optimus lose? That is the original Optimus.

#308 ChessPieceFace

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 12:21 PM

Because Overlord is the original Overlord.

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#309 Fenix Twilight

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 09:26 PM

Congrats to Ms Virion, and thanks to the staff.

Wish I did better but what can I do, maybe next time I'll flip a coin for all of them.

Looking forward to Mayhem III, Hasbros big Micromasters and Action Masters revival.... Eh probably not, Pretenders maybe? Beasts?

All of the above?

#310 BScorpinok75

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 09:31 PM

Congratulations to Ms. Virion...look forward to trying again next year...what is the early consensus for the theme next year...???...

#311 M Virion

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 09:38 PM

G1 era beasts vs. BW era beasts could be awesome.

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#312 Glenn

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Posted 05 April 2016 - 09:55 PM

trucks vs monkeys..

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#313 ChessPieceFace

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Posted 06 April 2016 - 12:04 AM

G1 era beasts vs. BW era beasts could be awesome.

Like some sort of... Beast Mayhem?

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#314 M Virion

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Posted 06 April 2016 - 12:05 AM

I'll admit. I have my agenda.

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#315 Magnusblitz

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Posted 06 April 2016 - 01:51 AM

I've been thinking Beast Wars characters in general would be a good pick (simply because there's a number of popular characters, could be quite the interesting bracket I think, though I'd wager show characters dominate... maybe just non-show characters?) but G1 Beasts and BW Beasts could work well too.

Anyways, thanks again for setting up the tournament, was quite fun. Also good to see some posters around here I usually don't see in my haunts in Comics and General TF.