Hours playing hooky looking at TG?

experiment626 · 03-23-2007, 02:48 PM

As requested by a fellow member, he would like to know how many hours during work the average member spends looking at Tacticalgamer forums and such:

A) zero because it is blocked
B) < one hour
C) one to two hours
D) three to four
E) > four hours

Here ya go Jonan

ednos · 03-23-2007, 02:56 PM

Does school count? I spend about half of some classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday reading. Usually "C".

**TheFatKidDeath** · 03-23-2007, 03:21 PM

It's an obsession with me!

**WhiskeySix** · 03-23-2007, 03:23 PM

LOL! funny you should post this... I was curious myself and just yesterday installed this plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1887/

Doesn't measure per-site, but does track how long you've been web-browsing.

**TheFeniX** · 03-23-2007, 05:37 PM

It depends. Some days I'm so swamped I don't even have the time to look into IRC. Other days there's nothing to do.

Most days though, I'm given something to do and a time frame. So basically, if I get a 4 hour job done in an hour, I bill my 4 hours and can do whatever I want. There's always work to do, but it's slow most days because I just work fast. I'll hang around till 5pm in case my boss has anything come up that needs to get done.

I usually have my entire day billed out before lunch. So, I'm not costing my boss anything by hanging around and cruising the Internet.

Root · 03-23-2007, 06:14 PM

Woot! I'm a slacker! That'll explain why I don't get anywhere near enough gaming in.

**Chewy** · 03-24-2007, 01:02 AM

Hmmm.. seems like I'll go weeks with doing little on the server then do the complete opposite for weeks... recently I've been doing a lot more forum browsing on here though.

=MAXx= · 03-25-2007, 02:54 PM

If im not at football practice then im in school, if im not in school im at a football game, if im not at a football game im at work and if im not at work im at kingdom hall; every other second of spare time is at my pc or at the gym.

Happy Shooter · 03-26-2007, 04:00 AM

IT draws you in and keeps you here.

jonan_ · 03-26-2007, 07:41 AM

Thanks experiment. Put me down for the slacker catagory

sc1ence · 03-26-2007, 10:05 AM

now if only i could game at work instaid of just dream about it by reading the forums...

Boot · 03-26-2007, 07:59 PM

Pff, it's blocked. So I work from home sometimes. It's funny, I actually get more done when I am distracted by TG than when I am distracted by my co-workers. Oh look, a bird...

**Acid** · 03-26-2007, 08:07 PM

Is this per day or week

. I spend easily an hour or more on the forums each day. In school I recently put into play a devious plan against the pesky WatchGuard proxy, but they don't have TG blocked, so I don't really need it. I used to spend my Web classes on TG, but then the non-HTML literate kids caught up and I have to do work

.

NorCalRoach · 03-26-2007, 08:32 PM

I don't smoke anymore so I spend my 10 min breaks at work getting my TG fix. I've been known to spend a lunch hour reading the forums at least once a week when I'm too broke or lazy to make run to taco bell or burger king for a quick bite. My real quality time with TG happens right before I hit the sack at night after a few hours of R6V, BF2-POE2, and/or Oblivion. You're my lullaby TG...zzzzzzzzzzzzz

jonan_ · 03-27-2007, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorCalRoach

You're my lullaby TG...zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Glad we can bore you into sleep

Can you guys imagine how boring work must have been before there was internet?

View Poll Results: Number of hours spent reading TG:
A) Zero, because it is blocked.	7	12.73%
B) < than 1 hour	12	21.82%
c) 1 to 2 hours	23	41.82%
d) 3 to 4 hours	4	7.27%
e) > than 4 hours (slackers!)	9	16.36%
Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

03-23-2007, 02:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
experiment626 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Albuquerque NM Age: 36 Posts: 1,331	Hours playing hooky looking at TG? As requested by a fellow member, he would like to know how many hours during work the average member spends looking at Tacticalgamer forums and such: A) zero because it is blocked B) < one hour C) one to two hours D) three to four E) > four hours Here ya go Jonan

03-23-2007, 02:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
ednos Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,762	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Does school count? I spend about half of some classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday reading. Usually "C". __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell I have a tendency to key out three or four things and then let them battle for supremacy while I key, so there's a lot of backspacing as potential statements are slaughtered and eaten by the victors. ~ Magna Centipede

03-23-2007, 03:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheFatKidDeath Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Santa Monica, CA Age: 39 Posts: 2,648	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? It's an obsession with me! __________________ \|TG-9th\| TheFatKidDeath "Born to Party, Forced to Work." http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55640 - Check me out on The Onion http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...ssfully_avoids - I'm on the local news!

03-23-2007, 03:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
WhiskeySix Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gillette Stadium, Section 309, Row 12, Seat 24 Age: 33 Posts: 8,008	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? LOL! funny you should post this... I was curious myself and just yesterday installed this plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1887/ Doesn't measure per-site, but does track how long you've been web-browsing. __________________

03-23-2007, 05:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheFeniX Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Houston, TX Age: 26 Posts: 4,447	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? It depends. Some days I'm so swamped I don't even have the time to look into IRC. Other days there's nothing to do. Most days though, I'm given something to do and a time frame. So basically, if I get a 4 hour job done in an hour, I bill my 4 hours and can do whatever I want. There's always work to do, but it's slow most days because I just work fast. I'll hang around till 5pm in case my boss has anything come up that needs to get done. I usually have my entire day billed out before lunch. So, I'm not costing my boss anything by hanging around and cruising the Internet. __________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TheFeniX's Steam Profile TG's Team Fortress 2 Steam Group

03-23-2007, 06:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Root Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South east england Posts: 8,839	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Woot! I'm a slacker! That'll explain why I don't get anywhere near enough gaming in. __________________ BFCL TF2 league admin

03-24-2007, 01:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
Chewy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Creek, WI Age: 24 Posts: 1,565	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Hmmm.. seems like I'll go weeks with doing little on the server then do the complete opposite for weeks... recently I've been doing a lot more forum browsing on here though. __________________ PM Chewy (Team Fortress 2 Admin) Chewy's Steam Profile

03-25-2007, 02:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
=MAXx= Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: somewhere in between heaven and hell. Miami Posts: 405	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? If im not at football practice then im in school, if im not in school im at a football game, if im not at a football game im at work and if im not at work im at kingdom hall; every other second of spare time is at my pc or at the gym. __________________ After a hard long day on the battlefield, you just wanna play some ball but some idiot wont let you because he has an explosive bag of pitchers' powder....

03-26-2007, 04:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
Happy Shooter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, United Kingdom Age: 26 Posts: 63	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? IT draws you in and keeps you here. __________________ Take it for the team

03-26-2007, 07:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
jonan_ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 25 Posts: 942	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Thanks experiment. Put me down for the slacker catagory

03-26-2007, 10:05 AM	#11 (permalink)
sc1ence Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Real life. Age: 36 Posts: 4,209	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? now if only i could game at work instaid of just dream about it by reading the forums...

03-26-2007, 07:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wisconsin, USA Age: 37 Posts: 1,412	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Pff, it's blocked. So I work from home sometimes. It's funny, I actually get more done when I am distracted by TG than when I am distracted by my co-workers. Oh look, a bird... __________________ Boot. In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU.

03-26-2007, 08:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? Is this per day or week . I spend easily an hour or more on the forums each day. In school I recently put into play a devious plan against the pesky WatchGuard proxy, but they don't have TG blocked, so I don't really need it. I used to spend my Web classes on TG, but then the non-HTML literate kids caught up and I have to do work . __________________

03-26-2007, 08:32 PM	#14 (permalink)
NorCalRoach Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: California, Bay Area Age: 33 Posts: 1,506	Re: Hours playing hooky looking at TG? I don't smoke anymore so I spend my 10 min breaks at work getting my TG fix. I've been known to spend a lunch hour reading the forums at least once a week when I'm too broke or lazy to make run to taco bell or burger king for a quick bite. My real quality time with TG happens right before I hit the sack at night after a few hours of R6V, BF2-POE2, and/or Oblivion. You're my lullaby TG...zzzzzzzzzzzzz __________________ .

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