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Alright MindArk.... Time to put off the MM results AND the "Big Sale Announcement" and GIVE US THE HARLEM SHAKE INSTEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

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They gotta give us one or the other (preferably both) this Friday I reckon.


Come on! :whip:
 
They all have the Flu Menace, no one is at work. The MM results will come, obviously if they don't publish the results the backlash would be brutal.
Note the Arkadian TEN and Rocktropian TEN event results are nowhere to be seen either. The great announcement on a new investment, we I think they are stuck on that one, since Maxiumus flooded the market with CLDs and dried up any remaining liquid PED in game, anyone with any spare PED for the new investment is going to be interesting. We saw Medusa sell for 300K, I suspect this new one won't make any records.
 

MA should do this as penance for the Mayhem delay.
 
Few Scars said:
, anyone with any spare PED for the new investment is going to be interesting. We saw Medusa sell for 300K, I suspect this new one won't make any records.
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might be off topic, but I would really love to see those islands up for sale - the lands east of Fort Victoria.
Let hundreds of us own our own island!!
 
Xen said:

MA should do this as penance for the Mayhem delay.
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god, dont give them ideas for more stupid dances they implement before going for the actual important and useful stuff :D
 
Alice said:
god, dont give them ideas for more stupid dances they implement before going for the actual important and useful stuff :D
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Well... If say all the devs are sick and there are lonely animators in office at MA, I would certainly not object to them making some new moves for avatars and mobs ;)
 
remontoire said:
Well... If say all the devs are sick and there are lonely animators in office at MA, I would certainly not object to them making some new moves for avatars and mobs ;)
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Where did this idea that MA devs are sick come from? Who made such claim? Did it come from an official source?
 
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Mikass said:
Where did this idea that MA devs are sick come from? Who made such claim? Did it come from an official source?
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Kim mentioned that the MM results are delayed partially due to personell shortage caused by flu:
Kim|Calypso said:
As you may have guessed the results will not be announced this week either. This is due to a personell shortage caused by this years seasonal flu. The calculations are however done already, we are just waiting for the right people to come back so we can do a final check.

I'm really sorry for this, you shouldn't have to wait this long for the results.
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Alice said:
god, dont give them ideas for more stupid dances they implement before going for the actual important and useful stuff :D
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LOL, if they can spend 2 hours creating that dance, I will have to respect it
 
Harlem Shake v Entropia Universe!

Who's Down to make a Entropia Universe harlem shake video??? I dont have the recording program on my pc, but its an idea that should be looked into! :D


Best regards,

Jeff Evil221 Rules:cool:
 
If MA do the harlem shake in their office, I will forgive them for everything.
 
haha... Absolute forgiveness for a Dance!.... lol why not...
 
We wouldn't see this level of employee pampering if this weren't Sweden. In other countries not coming to work due to having the flu is totally unconceivable and grounds for dismissal.
 
Found the harlem MA shake:

 
These guys are too vain and uptight to even conceive doing it. Better forget about it, it won't happen.
 
Mikass said:
We wouldn't see this level of employee pampering if this weren't Sweden. In other countries not coming to work due to having the flu is totally unconceivable and grounds for dismissal.
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I dont know what countries you refer to, but they are stupid if they do that. Its been proven that companies that send home sick employees are more productive than those that expect them to come to work and pass their sickness around to everyone else...
 
Dave Stevens said:
I dont know what countries you refer to, but they are stupid if they do that. Its been proven that companies that send home sick employees are more productive than those that expect them to come to work and pass their sickness around to everyone else...
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Yep that happens here in Canada. They don't want you in if your sick. It's cheaper for them if only one person gets sick and not the whole company. ;)
 
Dave Stevens said:
Its been proven that companies that send home sick employees are more productive than those that expect them to come to work and pass their sickness around to everyone else...
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There will always be a way to rationalize it and a way for so called "social benefits" to gain more and more traction. I also don't agree with this study. It's just rationalizing for the lazy ones out there. These studies are very one sided. Dozens of studies to prove the contrary can be easily produced. Depends very much on the circumstances. Also "sick" is a very general term so if you were to apply it in that sense no one would ever come to work.
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Yep that happens here in Canada. They don't want you in if your sick. It's cheaper for them if only one person gets sick and not the whole company. ;)
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Yes, it's a socialist trend happening in many places, unfortunately.

And to counter both your arguments; this is a software job that can be done online. Who's stopping the employee from working from home? I mean infecting co-workers is no longer an issue even if you make that case, which I think doesn't have merit in case of flu. We're talking flu here not the bubonic plague.

In this case, Mayhem results and probably estate announcement also were put on hold due to one or more employees having the flu. They could have easily communicated&verified results from home or even work from home as this is a software job that can be done online.

Here is what Kim posted on the subject:

This is due to a personell shortage caused by this years seasonal flu. The calculations are however done already, we are just waiting for the right people to come back so we can do a final check.
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A socialist trend? lol ok..
 
Nor Alien said:
A socialist trend? lol ok..
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That's all you have to say? lol Many companies are forced by state regulations(socialist regulations) to allow sick leave for their employees without much "due diligence", which are also very overly protective regarding employees, forcing the company into the corner, making it less competitive in the long haul. So yes, I think it's socialist trend. Have any other clever remarks to make on the subject? ;)

Was this work that could have been done from home without potentially infecting everyone? Yes or no? Simple question.
 
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And to counter both your arguments; this is a software job that can be done online. Who's stopping the employee from working from home? I mean infecting co-workers is no longer an issue even if you make that case, which I think doesn't have merit in case of flu. We're talking flu here not the bubonic plague.
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Where does this dismissive attitude to flu come from? Living too far in the south? Maybe you don't know anybody who died or had serious heart disease as a result of flu? Maybe you should try living somewhere where it does actually get cold.
 
remontoire said:
Where does this dismissive attitude to flu come from? Living too far in the south? Maybe you don't know anybody who died or had serious heart disease as a result of flu? Maybe you should try living somewhere where it does actually get cold.
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"flu" is a virus we all have. Science has not find a way to kill viruses in living organism, without also killing the host and hasn't had much luck with bacteria either. There's no way to cure it, just a way to help immune system fight it off and ways to weaken it down. Sometimes it acts up in both cold and hot weather. A healthy organism with good immunity can easily withstand a cold.

People can die from lots of things, can even die from an infected unnoticeable cut.

It doesn't mean, however, you can't come to work while getting treatment at the say time or work from home for that matter.

My girlfriend, for example, has very strong work ethics and she never missed a day at work due to sickness in more than 6 years. She went to work with high fever more than dozens of times, took medication while working and handled high work load. This is a case I know very well. I've told her myself to stay home a few times when it seemed condition was pretty serious but she never listened.

My mother, on the other hand, who worked for the state her entire life and wasn't part of a company, took sick leave like if it was a walk in the park almost on monthly basis because that's the kind of culture she was used to as state worker, as everyone around her was doing it. Sneeze a few times, bang sick leave - 2-3 days off.

Hard to find starker contrasts I'd say.

No one has answered my question yet: Couldn't these employees who took sick leave just work from home or maybe take 2hours of their precious time to look over the results and confirm them, the very least, since you know it's the kind of job you can easily do from home(software sector)?
 
Mikass said:
That's all you have to say? lol Many companies are forced by state regulations(socialist regulations) to allow sick leave for their employees without much "due diligence", which are also very overly protective regarding employees, forcing the company into the corner, making it less competitive in the long haul. So yes, I think it's socialist trend. Have any other clever remarks to make on the subject? ;)
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lol. Sick leave isn't a socialist trend. It's protecting the company in many, many ways. Hope you aren't in upper management where you work. You'd probably have women coming in up til their due dates and then the day after the kid is born too.
My girlfriend, for example, has very strong work ethics and she never missed a day at work due to sickness in more than 6 years. She went to work with high fever more than dozens of times, took medication while working and handled high work load. This is a case I know very well. I've told her myself to stay home a few times when it seemed condition was pretty serious but she never listened.
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sure... your gf may have gone in, but how many people around her got sick as a result of her actions?

Maybe you should ask the gf to use some sick time to see a councilor?
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51425

I do agree with you though. Mindark could just send a message from home in to the blog and say 90 percent of the office is not at the office at this time. Mayhem results will be delayed.
 
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mastermesh said:
your gf may have gone in, but how many people around her got sick as a result of her actions?

Maybe you should ask the gf to use some sick time to see a councilor?
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51425
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She has her own office in the building. All other employees working there come to work even if they have the flu, treat it with medication, hot tea and such and company benefits a lot from them coming there and doing their job. Company won't be able to operate properly without them being there. Things have run very well at that company for over 10years and no one died yet.

I know you're an artist so you tend to see things in a more bohemian, entitled lefty kinda` way.

You'd probably have women coming in up til their due dates and then the day after the kid is born too.
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Actually that's something abused by many women and even men recently(paternal leave). They get hired, don't reveal fact that they're pregnant and take few years of maternal leave on company's money and not doing any work. Company is also forced to re-hire them after maternal leave even though they've become totally disconnected from the job.
 
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lol i think your all confusing "flu" with the common cold .
If you really have the flu not only do you have a vicsous cold but also every damn bone in your body hurts , you feel freezing cold but your temperature is high .
All you want to do is stay in bed and try and keep warm and stop the aches.

Are you seriously saying that its ok to go into work in that state ?
 
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