Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[aweigh]

Thicc Sawyer

 

[Roguey]

Avellone looks really good in the picture with chubby Josh.

When you go to the doctor because you're feeling terrible and are told that you'll die unless you make drastic lifestyle changes, that's a good incentive to get started on that right away.

I revisited the article where he talked about this and here's some hilarious-in-hindsight stuff http://archive.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=12668

So then Ferg comes into my office, closes the door, and I figure, "great, they finally decided to fire me." But instead, he said, "hey, I quit," and that was it. I responded with, "so when can I turn in my notice?" Say what you will about Ferg, but he's a good boss (and I've had some shitty ones) and he took us from Dragonplay all the way to Black Isle, and I think it was a good journey, and it definitely paved the way for Obsidian Entertainment being able to deal with publishers without getting ground to powder.

It is very, very hard to turn away from 3-4 years of pre-production work for Fallout 3 and start from scratch, but there really wasn't any choice. So I turned in my notice, left, then called Ferg and said, "can I work for you?" He said, "well, this is probably a mistake, but do you want to be an owner? I'm starting a new company." I was like, "okay." So between Darren and Parker (who had left not long after Ferg, for much the same reasons) and Chris Jones, we decided we'd hang out in Feargus's attic, pretend to be a game company called Obsidian Entertainment, and do a game. I would just like to say that Margo Urquhart is a saint for putting up with our crap and she would bring us grapes and cookies up two flights of stairs even though she was pregnant at the time.

Indeed it was, Feargus, but fortunately it didn't come back to bite you until about ten years later.

 

[frajaq]

damn Avellone really has uhhh... enthusiastic fans huh

 

[Roguey]

damn Avellone really has uhhh... enthusiastic fans huh

I wouldn't even describe myself as an Avellone fanatic, there was just a period of time where I went through a bunch interviews to become knowledgeable about these sorts of things and kept a txt of the more interesting urls and images.

 

[Neanderthal]

We stalk because we are mentally deranged care.

 

[Jacob]

Wait I thought Sawyer was the kind of nerd who is underweight, not overweight. Waist-up photos is often deceiving, it seems.

 

[Latro]

fat sawyer is a bro, bring back fat sawyer

 

[Flou]

holy shit look at josh's jeans (and thighs!)

Actually, his thighs still look quite fat.

Those are muscles. He has cyclist's/hockey player's thighs.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

I revisited the article where he talked about this and here's some hilarious-in-hindsight stuff http://archive.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=12668

When did he cool it with all of this wonderful badinage: his love of roasting fallout fans on an open flame then burning their faces with hot irons, boning his interviewer's mom, "sorry guys, you can suck it, and do it slowly for the cameras," calling the questions really stupid, then calling the interviewer a post-holocaust three-nippled whore?

It's just such a shame to see him popping up in this thread full of apparent humility and politeness. Granted, he's a lot older now, his legend has grown, and perhaps there are business considerations--maybe potential employers don't like it when you jokingly tell fans to suck your dick. But, christ, I miss the good old days when someone like MCA could get away with this stuff.

Wait I thought Sawyer was the kind of nerd who is underweight, not overweight. Waist-up photos is often deceiving, it seems.

Unless that new picture is really unflattering (certainly the outfit does him no favors), it's no wonder he wants to take a break once Deadfire comes out.

 

[I ASK INANE QUESTIONS]

Autism stronger than mine I suppose.

N-nani?!

 

[Lyric Suite]

Any self respecting nerd must be exceedingly fat or exceedingly thin. Leave it to Sawyer to find a way to stand in the middle.

 

[Alienman]

damn Avellone really has uhhh... enthusiastic fans huh

I wouldn't even describe myself as an Avellone fanatic, there was just a period of time where I went through a bunch interviews to become knowledgeable about these sorts of things and kept a txt of the more interesting urls and images.

That is nice. Someone has to keep all the information together for future generations.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Any self respecting nerd must be exceedingly fat or exceedingly thin. Leave it to Sawyer to find a way to stand in the middle.

balanced diet lah

 

[Cael]

Any self respecting nerd must be exceedingly fat or exceedingly thin. Leave it to Sawyer to find a way to stand in the middle.

balanced diet lah

Apa ini "balanced diet"? Where got such thing? You crazy-ah?

 

[Abu Antar]

Not a single head of rainbow hair, man buns, tattoos or wide framed glasses in sight. These are true nerds.

What can change the nature of a nerd?

A woman.

 

[Roguey]

Wait I thought Sawyer was the kind of nerd who is underweight, not overweight. Waist-up photos is often deceiving, it seems.

He's been both.

New Vegas's crunch did a number on him.

When did he cool it with all of this wonderful badinage: his love of roasting fallout fans on an open flame then burning their faces with hot irons, boning his interviewer's mom, "sorry guys, you can suck it, and do it slowly for the cameras," calling the questions really stupid, then calling the interviewer a post-holocaust three-nippled whore?

It's just such a shame to see him popping up in this thread full of apparent humility and politeness. Granted, he's a lot older now, his legend has grown, and perhaps there are business considerations--maybe potential employers don't like it when you jokingly tell fans to suck your dick. But, christ, I miss the good old days when someone like MCA could get away with this stuff.

I actually can pinpoint when this happened, it was right around here http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...o-an-interview-for-dac-and-now-he-isnt.41102/

Though there was speculation that he was making up that stuff about PR people nixing the interview because he didn't have the heart to say the questions were too dumb to answer http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...y-has-been-revoked.19784/page-19#post-1056675

 

[Blakemoreland Hybrid Boss]

holy shit look at josh's jeans (and thighs!)

 

[Sentinel]

holy shit look at josh's jeans (and thighs!)

Actually, his thighs still look quite fat.

look at that smile
how can you hate this man?

 

[Valtiel]

Wtf young Sawyer

 

[JarlFrank]

Now I am questioning my choice of becoming an RPG designer, because I'm 99.9% certain I will be stalked by Roguey at some point.

I bet when you go to Roguey's home you'll find an entire room dedicated to folders filled with documents and photographs about RPG developers, completely up to date and with no detail missing.

Roguey what's Avellone's favourite ice cream flavor?

 

[Roguey]

Beats me. If it's not in an interview or dropped in a casual public conversation I've read, I wouldn't know.

Wtf young Sawyer

I do know these Josh facts though. He was a thin kid who gained all that weight in college on account of being a junk-eating slacker. He has a particular fondness for jellybeans, and while reaffirming this info, I stumbled upon this:

tina's candy basket q__q

our hr lady keeps candy and jelly beans to lure me in and it is so hard to resist q__q

STOP BUYING JELLYBEANS TINA #deathrattle

I caught him frown into his wallet at the pop machine today n turn back, triumphant & sugarless.

i just went to tina's office, where she gives me soda money. what now???

My god, she's like a predatory pedophile for manchildren.

 

[Xeon]

HR lady is the same one as Avellone's?

 

[CptMace]

Sure, jellybeans.
This whole series of tweets is infamous once you realise it's all code talk.

 

[Roguey]

Sure, jellybeans.
This whole series of tweets is infamous once you realise it's all code talk.

https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/95674534673391616

i like to burn 2500 calories on a weekend bike ride and then follow it up on monday by eating half a pound of jelly beans.

https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/218511369870376960

i eat jellybeans constantly all day long.

https://twitter.com/jesawyer/status/309035781069107200

i eat ~200 jellybeans/day

By the way, the math checks out. There are 400 jelly beans in a pound.

 

[aweigh]

Roguey out of curiosity do you use those stalk-engines that crawl through all social websites when you input a name? There are some decent free ones that also return mass dump pic galleries. Just thought you might find these sites useful if you don't use them already.

Note that the best ones require money to use, but I've never used a paid one. These things automatically trawl through a large database of sites (including image hosting sites as well as dating sites and social media "apps") and will automatically return photos/video and other info that it finds on a given name.

I remember the last time I used one it also checked google cache which is where one sometimes gets lucky and finds media that is currently private.

I haven't kept up with these (last time I used one was years ago to e-stalk some ex-girlfriends) so I don't know which free ones are en vogue right now but they will surely help automate a large part of the good work you do for us.