Monday, June 11, 2012
Weight loss upate time
Since Dungy started the party with a post on the last blog...here's the new one. POST THE WEIGHTS!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Weight Loss Standings 4 I think
Ok, here's the update again, earlier than I did it last week of course....
With a one-week loss of eight pounds, I dropped my total pounds lost to 10 to surge into the meaningless lead of most pounds lost, and a 2.2 pound dive brought Dungy into second. Heather also had a big week, dropping 3.6 pounds and Evan lost 4 to get back in the black.
Total Loss
John (295) weighs 285, a loss of 10 pounds
Dungy (253) weighs 245, a loss of 8 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 267.7, a loss of 7.3 pounds
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198, a loss of 7.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 229, a loss of 3.0 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 238.9, a loss of 2.1 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252, a loss of 1 pound
Jeff (261) is, as usual, late in reporting
The more important but time consuming to do standings are as follows:
Pounds From Victory
Lyndsey 13.5
Dungy 17.3
John 19.9
Jeff (pending but 20.1 at last update)
Kelli 20.2
Heather 20.2
Evan 22.0
Matt 24.3
With a one-week loss of eight pounds, I dropped my total pounds lost to 10 to surge into the meaningless lead of most pounds lost, and a 2.2 pound dive brought Dungy into second. Heather also had a big week, dropping 3.6 pounds and Evan lost 4 to get back in the black.
Total Loss
John (295) weighs 285, a loss of 10 pounds
Dungy (253) weighs 245, a loss of 8 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 267.7, a loss of 7.3 pounds
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198, a loss of 7.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 229, a loss of 3.0 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 238.9, a loss of 2.1 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252, a loss of 1 pound
Jeff (261) is, as usual, late in reporting
The more important but time consuming to do standings are as follows:
Pounds From Victory
Lyndsey 13.5
Dungy 17.3
John 19.9
Jeff (pending but 20.1 at last update)
Kelli 20.2
Heather 20.2
Evan 22.0
Matt 24.3
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Standings for the Weight Loss Challenge
Sorry this was so late, but it's up to date now. The honorary division is dead. Long live the main division.
Lyndsey remains in the lead for now. Evan, despite not attending Meat Fest... is in last after a gain.
Main Division
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198.4, a loss of 6.6 total
Dungy (253) weighs 247.2, a loss of 5.8 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 270.6, a loss of 4.4 pounds
Jeff (261) weighs 258, a loss of 3.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 230, a loss of 2.0 pounds
John (295) weighs 293, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252.6, a loss of 0.4 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 242.9, a gain of 1.9 pounds
Sorry this was so late, but it's up to date now. The honorary division is dead. Long live the main division.
Lyndsey remains in the lead for now. Evan, despite not attending Meat Fest... is in last after a gain.
Main Division
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198.4, a loss of 6.6 total
Dungy (253) weighs 247.2, a loss of 5.8 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 270.6, a loss of 4.4 pounds
Jeff (261) weighs 258, a loss of 3.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 230, a loss of 2.0 pounds
John (295) weighs 293, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252.6, a loss of 0.4 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 242.9, a gain of 1.9 pounds
Monday, May 28, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Blog Event: Star Wars Style
So given that the blog may have a few different readers these days due to the weight loss challenge, and also considering our collective inactivity and the fact that we're generally busy people, I've got a blog idea.
That greatest of nerd philosophical debates.
Assert the morality or immorality of the Rebel Alliance attack on the Death Star and defend the position. I'm ignoring the possibility of moral neutrality because that's boring.
For funsies, consider this information provided by a web site that may or may not be reliable.
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"The first Death Star was destroyed in the Battle of Yavin and everyone
aboard was lost. Though the Rebel Alliance official reports put the
death toll at around a million Imperials, that estimate is based on
intelligence about the minimum crew requirements to operate the Death
Star. The Imperials tell a different story.
Imperial analysts claim that between 800 million to a billion people were lost in the "Yavin Massacre" This number is based on the flood of missing personnel reports filed in a period of 18 months after the Battle the Yavin. Imperial loyalists claim that the Alliance is intentionally down-playing the loss of life to distract from the fact that the destruction of the Death Star was an equally catastrophic loss of life as the destruction of Alderaan (Population 1.97 billion [60,000 off planet at destruction]. The crew manifest of the Death Star was classified and destroyed with the station, so the truth may never be known.
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Anyways. What say we put this up next Friday?
That greatest of nerd philosophical debates.
Assert the morality or immorality of the Rebel Alliance attack on the Death Star and defend the position. I'm ignoring the possibility of moral neutrality because that's boring.
For funsies, consider this information provided by a web site that may or may not be reliable.
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Imperial analysts claim that between 800 million to a billion people were lost in the "Yavin Massacre" This number is based on the flood of missing personnel reports filed in a period of 18 months after the Battle the Yavin. Imperial loyalists claim that the Alliance is intentionally down-playing the loss of life to distract from the fact that the destruction of the Death Star was an equally catastrophic loss of life as the destruction of Alderaan (Population 1.97 billion [60,000 off planet at destruction]. The crew manifest of the Death Star was classified and destroyed with the station, so the truth may never be known.
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Anyways. What say we put this up next Friday?
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The plight of the offline gamer (Me)
So, as you all know, I'm an old fogey.
These days old fogeys don't shake their fists at teenagers and play backgammon in the park, rather they just hit ignore when Windows wants to update something and play their video games offline.
I'd like to say I don't have a PS3 or XBox 360 because of money, but really, I don't have one because I don't want what they'll provide me. The perfect platform for online gaming.
See I have an allegedly internet capable PS2, but I've never used that function. Playing online means getting utterly destroyed by 14 year olds and their friends or embarrassed by that unmarried 40 year old who has Call of Duty listed as a hobby on facebook. The online gamers are good, tech savvy and looking for better interaction than the computer can provide.
Good for them, I mean that. But that's not what I want, and I don't think I'm alone.
For me, video games are an escape. They aren't where I get my real challenges (work), or where I find happiness (Kelli) or fulfillment (God). They are how I turn my brain off for several hours.
I like a challenge, but I like a hobbyist challenge, not a doctoral candidate in gaming kind of challenge. The online crew is good, almost too good. And let's be honest, that's where the people want to be for the most part.
What is sad is that on a game like NCAA Football 2011, I can't say, create a team unless I use their online stuff. In other games coming out now more and more is dependent upon and internet connection
While I think it's great that many have found something they really like in online gaming, I hope that game designers will realize that for some of us, they're just games that we want to be able to fiddle with from time to time without the distraction of a 15-year old girl who's trying to impress her brother's friends by playing Modern Warfare and shouting trash talk into a headset.
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Guess that's all I had on the offline part. But here's a bit more on me and gaming.
I play NCAA Football 2011 on PS2 for 3-4 hour stretches. It is GLORIOUS. While playing, my only objective is to build a good football team, and defeat my opponents. I know the game, I know the controls and I know what I can do.
Sports games are great because each game really is different, there's so many possibilities. Maybe I'm doing so well I'll see if I can score 100 on Bowling Green. Maybe I'm locked in a tight battle with Alabama. Maybe I'm inexplicably losing to WKU in the fourth quarter and need to see if I can mount a comeback.
There is variety, but there is a single focus.
And, it is a world that has rules.
Those rules can change wildly game to game, but in each game, there are rules. In Ace Combat 5, if I fly outside the mission range, I lose....if I kill all the enemies, I win. Simple.
In sports games (99.99 percent of my gaming), there's the rules of sports. It's not like life.
My jet pilot isn't going to get seriously ill, my quarterback isn't going to start making personal decisions that baffle his family and my starting pitcher isn't going to tell me how I could have thrown that pitch better....it's a world where I might not be the God, but in a sense, I am a God.
I decide when the players exist. I can make them go away. I can always control at least one of them. And, because the AI no matter how difficult isn't that great, I can find a way to win.
I dunno where I'm going with this.....I like playing my old PS2 and my sports games on them....the end.
These days old fogeys don't shake their fists at teenagers and play backgammon in the park, rather they just hit ignore when Windows wants to update something and play their video games offline.
I'd like to say I don't have a PS3 or XBox 360 because of money, but really, I don't have one because I don't want what they'll provide me. The perfect platform for online gaming.
See I have an allegedly internet capable PS2, but I've never used that function. Playing online means getting utterly destroyed by 14 year olds and their friends or embarrassed by that unmarried 40 year old who has Call of Duty listed as a hobby on facebook. The online gamers are good, tech savvy and looking for better interaction than the computer can provide.
Good for them, I mean that. But that's not what I want, and I don't think I'm alone.
For me, video games are an escape. They aren't where I get my real challenges (work), or where I find happiness (Kelli) or fulfillment (God). They are how I turn my brain off for several hours.
I like a challenge, but I like a hobbyist challenge, not a doctoral candidate in gaming kind of challenge. The online crew is good, almost too good. And let's be honest, that's where the people want to be for the most part.
What is sad is that on a game like NCAA Football 2011, I can't say, create a team unless I use their online stuff. In other games coming out now more and more is dependent upon and internet connection
While I think it's great that many have found something they really like in online gaming, I hope that game designers will realize that for some of us, they're just games that we want to be able to fiddle with from time to time without the distraction of a 15-year old girl who's trying to impress her brother's friends by playing Modern Warfare and shouting trash talk into a headset.
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Guess that's all I had on the offline part. But here's a bit more on me and gaming.
I play NCAA Football 2011 on PS2 for 3-4 hour stretches. It is GLORIOUS. While playing, my only objective is to build a good football team, and defeat my opponents. I know the game, I know the controls and I know what I can do.
Sports games are great because each game really is different, there's so many possibilities. Maybe I'm doing so well I'll see if I can score 100 on Bowling Green. Maybe I'm locked in a tight battle with Alabama. Maybe I'm inexplicably losing to WKU in the fourth quarter and need to see if I can mount a comeback.
There is variety, but there is a single focus.
And, it is a world that has rules.
Those rules can change wildly game to game, but in each game, there are rules. In Ace Combat 5, if I fly outside the mission range, I lose....if I kill all the enemies, I win. Simple.
In sports games (99.99 percent of my gaming), there's the rules of sports. It's not like life.
My jet pilot isn't going to get seriously ill, my quarterback isn't going to start making personal decisions that baffle his family and my starting pitcher isn't going to tell me how I could have thrown that pitch better....it's a world where I might not be the God, but in a sense, I am a God.
I decide when the players exist. I can make them go away. I can always control at least one of them. And, because the AI no matter how difficult isn't that great, I can find a way to win.
I dunno where I'm going with this.....I like playing my old PS2 and my sports games on them....the end.
Standings for weight loss challenge, week 2
Standings for the Weight Loss Challenge
For the record, Lyndsey is 13.9 pounds from victory….Kudos.
Main Division
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198.4, a loss of 6.6 total
Dungy (253) weighs 248.3, a loss of 4.7 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 239, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 273, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 230.6, a loss of 1.4 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252, a loss of one pound
John (295) weighs 295, a wash
Jeff (261*) DID NOT REPORT
Honorary Division
Daniel (265) DID NOT REPORT
Jason (289) has withdrawn
For the record, Lyndsey is 13.9 pounds from victory….Kudos.
Main Division
Lyndsey (205) weighs 198.4, a loss of 6.6 total
Dungy (253) weighs 248.3, a loss of 4.7 pounds
Evan (241) weighs 239, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Heather (275) weighs 273, a loss of 2.0 pounds
Kelli (232) weighs 230.6, a loss of 1.4 pounds
Matt (253) weighs 252, a loss of one pound
John (295) weighs 295, a wash
Jeff (261*) DID NOT REPORT
Honorary Division
Daniel (265) DID NOT REPORT
Jason (289) has withdrawn
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