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#196449 - 02/23/10 07:07 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: Andy]
Dagny Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 11/25/08
Posts: 1918
Loc: Washington, DC
Originally Posted By: Andy
Blast, congrats on the anniversary! A friend of mine, upon reaching his 25th told his wife that the first 25-year contract was done, from then on it was going to be on a year-to-year basis.



Whereupon she married up?


;-)

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#196457 - 02/23/10 09:05 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: Blast]
benjammin Offline
Rapscallion
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
No distractions while you are handling the hot stuff, PLEASE!

So, Blast, would you let me put holes in things before you blew them up, or would it be a race to see if you can make it disappear before I can draw a bead?
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#196459 - 02/23/10 09:23 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: benjammin]
JBMat Offline
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Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 745
Loc: NC
Do they need a guy who will beat sense into the sci-geeks who are really smart but have no common sense? I so, I would do it.

I'll even leave my cat at home.

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#196462 - 02/24/10 01:03 AM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: JohnE]
MartinFocazio Offline

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Registered: 01/21/03
Posts: 2203
Loc: Bucks County PA
Wow. No wonder there are so many of those shows. I had no idea that they pay so poorly. Cheap jerks.

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#196471 - 02/24/10 03:43 AM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: JBMat]
Blast Offline
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Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
Originally Posted By: JBMat
Do they need a guy who will beat sense into the sci-geeks who are really smart but have no common sense? I so, I would do it.

I'll even leave my cat at home.


Apply here.
-Blast
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#196485 - 02/24/10 02:23 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: Blast]
benjammin Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
I went ahead and applied. I am afraid they will take one look at my traffic here and conclude that I would make the show into something other than what they had in mind...

We shall see.
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#196488 - 02/24/10 03:02 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: benjammin]
Nicodemus Offline
Paranoid?
Veteran

Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
In the first season the veteran and mechanical engineer Vladmir Beck experimented with building mines. He and other "Colonists" had plenty of ideas regarding defense, which eventually went beyond their machetes, maces and axes to a working flame thrower and taser.

The problem is that these defense measures were put on the back burner initially so that they could focus on food and a clean water supply. Not to mention that the colonists were initially forced to stay awake and went through constant physical activity before the show even started as part of the simulation.

In any case, the creators, producers and writers of the show get to watch you 24/7. No matter how masterful your plans or what you build for defenses, their ever-presence will be translated into intel for the bad guys. They also have the luxury of knowing the set far better than the players ever will so there will be ways around your defenses no matter what you do. They also have the ability to "script in" things to make your precautions backfire on you.

With all the talk on the web during and after the first season, I would expect there to be a security and defense specialist this season.
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#196536 - 02/24/10 11:31 PM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: Nicodemus]
benjammin Offline
Rapscallion
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Hmm, that sounds like a challenge. I wonder how smart they would really be...

"Hey Ben, what are you doing with that old microwave and that aluminum foil and that drain pipe?"

"Just looking for a field expedient way to roast hot dogs once we get power back and I can charge the batteries, nothing else to see here. Move along, move along..."

or better still, and more to Blast's MO...

"Uh guys, I'm not sure what those two liquids will do when mixed, but it might not be good"

"Don't worry, we've done this before. We know what we're doing. It's just to clean the windows with so we can get more daylight in building, nothing else to see here, Move along, move along..."
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#196549 - 02/25/10 12:51 AM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: benjammin]
Nicodemus Offline
Paranoid?
Veteran

Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
LOL laugh
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#196554 - 02/25/10 01:45 AM Re: I turned down The Colony yesterday. [Re: benjammin]
ironraven Offline
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Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
OK, if any of us was to be on this thing, I would have to get cable back.

Most of us would walk on with an evil grin and never take it off.
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When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.

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