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Should Toady Take a Holiday?

Yes
- 85 (72.6%)
No
- 32 (27.4%)

Total Members Voted: 116


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Yolan

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Should Toady take a Holiday?
« on: June 10, 2011, 08:51:38 am »

Anybody else think that our Toady deserves a break? Maybe it's just because I spent a while there following Notch's blog, but I've started to feel my own favorite game artist is putting in an awful lot of work and maybe could do with a holiday somewhere. Of course, it's easy if you have a few million in your back pocket, but exotic locations aside, I'm sure the DF community wouldn't begrudge a rest for our beloved Toad sometime soon.  ;)

What do you guys reckon?
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2011, 08:54:11 am »

It looks like he is already :D I don't blame him.
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2011, 09:10:06 am »

Everyone needs a break now and then. Its a good time for a refresh. Just be sure to keep a pen and pad around incase good ideas come flooding in. :p
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2011, 09:10:21 am »

It depends if he wants to or not. I'm going to vote yes.
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2011, 09:17:04 am »

He doesn't need a holiday. He just needs a masterfully engraved dining room.  :P
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2011, 09:33:07 am »

Isn't that what the meet-up is for?
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2011, 09:37:59 am »

Isn't that what the meet-up is for?
[joke]Staying in a hotel room full of hardcore fans?

That's more scary than holiday[/joke]
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2011, 09:55:58 am »

Maybe it's just because I spent a while there following Notch's blog,


 Yeah, Notch sort of takes holidays whenever he wants and decently often, because you know: "Screw you guys I'm a millionaire, I'm going to make a card game thing, haha!"
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 09:58:05 am »

NO, get back on that keyboard and make me some digital pie! He can have all the holidays he wants AFTER the next release.

 I didn't donate $10 to him a few years back so he could take a short break from supplying me with thousands of hours of, otherwise completely free, pleasure and joy. I demand ALL Dwarf Fortress ALL the time.

The only party my dwarves ever attend is at the bottom of a volcano, Capeesh?
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2011, 10:03:46 am »

There's a missing option in the poll: "If he wants to."
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2011, 10:30:52 am »

Huh? He always takes several days break at the end of each month and even has an end-of-month project that is under-wraps for now.

Toady does what he loves, so taking a break for him probably doesn't have the same emotional impact as the weekend does for you. When he wants to, though, he does take breaks.
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2011, 11:06:20 am »

Well, Toady's headed to a birthday party. 

Probably organizing it at a microline table. 

He'll be back in 6-7 months. 
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2011, 11:49:44 am »

I'm voting "No" because I'm not going to say "Toady, you need to take a holiday. The community decided on it." His work habits should be his to decide. If he feels he's ready for a break, he should definitely relax from all of his work and take one. He seems like someone who enjoys his work and doesn't pressure himself too much with it.

The option in the poll for this would be "If he wants to." I doubt anyone will seriously think "No. He needs to work, he's lazy enough as is." We all appreciate what he's doing.
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2011, 01:44:44 pm »

If he wants, but not a moment before .26 is released! I want my night creatures, dammit!
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Re: Should Toady take a Holiday?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2011, 01:54:17 pm »

I'm taking it to mean "Does Toady deserve a holiday, not "U taek holiday nao!! *Whipcrack*"
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