Friday, August 13, 2004
Monz Has Game, We've Got Gamers!
China Chef -- veggie egg roll -- small Hawaii fried rice -- and cashew chicken for something different! But the bravery remains the same.
So last night one of the editors (the rest of the staff doesn't want to be associated with this) stumbled onto an online game site (as opposed to an online gaming site) and something possessed him to register and head to the Monopoly (tm) room. There he began a game with another user, who went by the handle of 1umakemesick. As the game progressed it became clear that the two players were headed toward Monopoly limbo: neither player managed to acquire a single "monopoly" (which is the only way to drive the other players into bankruptcy and win the game). 1umakemesick proposed a trade of properties which the editor rejected. The editor responded with a different trade proposal. This elicited an instant message from 1umakemesick: "Maybe, if I were a retard." Our editor lamely responded "well, worth a try" even though he didn't think it was that lopsided an offer, nor did he like being punked by whom he envisioned was a oily-faced thirteen year old geek -- a geek so geeky that he prefered to stick a "1" in front of an obviously already-taken moniker than come up with a new one. After fifteen minutes more of circuling the board, another trade proposal was made and the editor accepted it. Both players immediately began putting buildings on their properties. After a couple of rolls of the dice, the editor landed on 1umakemesick's monopolies and had to raise some cash. But, asking himself "What would Monz do?," he refused to fall into despair and managed to keep some of his prime properties. Then, it happened. BAM! 1umakemesick landed on the editor's remaining monopoly! The editor quickly built-up more land. POW! 1umakemesick landed on another monopoly. Bankrutpcy! The editor prevailed! 1umakemesick tried to make a face-saving comment, but you could tell he was going back to that Big Grab bag of Lays(tm) potato chips and Haggen-Daaz(tm) ice creme that will doom him for the rest of his life. It just goes to show that when Monz is on your side anything is possible!
China Chef -- veggie egg roll -- small Hawaii fried rice -- and cashew chicken for something different! But the bravery remains the same.
So last night one of the editors (the rest of the staff doesn't want to be associated with this) stumbled onto an online game site (as opposed to an online gaming site) and something possessed him to register and head to the Monopoly (tm) room. There he began a game with another user, who went by the handle of 1umakemesick. As the game progressed it became clear that the two players were headed toward Monopoly limbo: neither player managed to acquire a single "monopoly" (which is the only way to drive the other players into bankruptcy and win the game). 1umakemesick proposed a trade of properties which the editor rejected. The editor responded with a different trade proposal. This elicited an instant message from 1umakemesick: "Maybe, if I were a retard." Our editor lamely responded "well, worth a try" even though he didn't think it was that lopsided an offer, nor did he like being punked by whom he envisioned was a oily-faced thirteen year old geek -- a geek so geeky that he prefered to stick a "1" in front of an obviously already-taken moniker than come up with a new one. After fifteen minutes more of circuling the board, another trade proposal was made and the editor accepted it. Both players immediately began putting buildings on their properties. After a couple of rolls of the dice, the editor landed on 1umakemesick's monopolies and had to raise some cash. But, asking himself "What would Monz do?," he refused to fall into despair and managed to keep some of his prime properties. Then, it happened. BAM! 1umakemesick landed on the editor's remaining monopoly! The editor quickly built-up more land. POW! 1umakemesick landed on another monopoly. Bankrutpcy! The editor prevailed! 1umakemesick tried to make a face-saving comment, but you could tell he was going back to that Big Grab bag of Lays(tm) potato chips and Haggen-Daaz(tm) ice creme that will doom him for the rest of his life. It just goes to show that when Monz is on your side anything is possible!
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