Booked time off for Skyrim back in the day, and as soon as The Last Guardian has a street date, I'm going to book a couple of days off for that as well.
Poll: You ever take a day off in one form or another for a video game?
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Nope. Not against the notion provided the days to be taken off are not sick days or otherwise intended for another purpose.
Considering that I was mostly unemployed and had spend a day playing a released game (Super Smash Brother Brawl), no especially when I'm on minimum wage.
The only time I would considering doing this are-
It's a game I really really want to played.
I'm a dick or my coworkers are dicks.
I hate my job but it's paids alot.
The only time I would considering doing this are-
It's a game I really really want to played.
I'm a dick or my coworkers are dicks.
I hate my job but it's paids alot.
*laughs* I've never taken a "day off" for a video game... However, I did take a semester off from college to "reevaluate" my academic standing and then used the extra time I had left to play a lot of video games... Does that count? Or does utilizing a cancelled class day to record more Let's Play footage count more in this situation?
Other than that, I'm so focused on having a perfect attendance that I wait until I coincidentally have extra time to play video games because I don't have to be somewhere at the time...
Other than that, I'm so focused on having a perfect attendance that I wait until I coincidentally have extra time to play video games because I don't have to be somewhere at the time...
I have on occasions. Games that I really want to play and will be picking up at the midnight release, I tend to take off for. I do this as I know I won't want to wait all day to play it, and I would have to go to bed as soon as I got home. Now, I often go to bed anyway, and start the game first thing in the morning for several reasons, like trying to avoid getting out of my sleep schedule.
That being said, I have 20 vacation days, and rarely use my time. Last year, the last three months of the year, I worked no more than 4 days a week, and took the last two weeks of the year off.
So far this year, I have only taken two days off. This past Tuesday, I took off because I really needed a day, needed someone to check out my AC before it got hot, AND Uncharted 4 just so happened to come out, so I decided to kill three birds with one stone. And yesterday, Friday, because I needed a new AC installed (yes, that sucks as much as you think it does).
I tend to try to be efficient with my vacation days. Using them for multiple purposes. And to use them sparingly, which is why I had so much time at the end of last year.
I'm currently mulling over taking off for No Man's Sky. I mean, it looks like the type of game I would have imagined back when I was in high school. Not like I don't have the time.
That being said, I have 20 vacation days, and rarely use my time. Last year, the last three months of the year, I worked no more than 4 days a week, and took the last two weeks of the year off.
So far this year, I have only taken two days off. This past Tuesday, I took off because I really needed a day, needed someone to check out my AC before it got hot, AND Uncharted 4 just so happened to come out, so I decided to kill three birds with one stone. And yesterday, Friday, because I needed a new AC installed (yes, that sucks as much as you think it does).
I tend to try to be efficient with my vacation days. Using them for multiple purposes. And to use them sparingly, which is why I had so much time at the end of last year.
I'm currently mulling over taking off for No Man's Sky. I mean, it looks like the type of game I would have imagined back when I was in high school. Not like I don't have the time.
I've never taken off work. That said, I have often made bad studying decisions because of games. I don't think it has affected my grades much, if at all, though.
Nope. I always wait until after my shift or my days off to indulge myself in such a way. I hardly ever buy games on launch day anyway, so it's not like I'm missing much.
Maybe?
It's been a long time since anything come out that I really cared a lot about to do that with, and even then I probably just traded days with some one to get the day off and not lose hours.
It's been a long time since anything come out that I really cared a lot about to do that with, and even then I probably just traded days with some one to get the day off and not lose hours.
Likewise, it's tempting but I'd rather hold onto my sick days god forbid something hits the fan and I need them. That and I'm trying to get hired full time at by place so I kinda need to put my best foot forward for quite some time.Fijiman said:
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Kinda sorta, but not really, I have my work schedule done around D&D sessions, have to call in a some favours to keep it with either the day off or early enough that I'm either able to be there from the beginning or just miss an hour or 2 (We usually play from 15:00 to 00:00, I mean supposedly it's actually normally until 2:00), it's cool, people at work think it's a little bit odd but they are cool with it, I know there's at least one guy that wants to try it.
But that is the schedule for work and I still work all my hours, so it's not missing work, I don't think I've ever missed work to play a game, when I don't go to work because I'm genuinely sick or really had something important to do that I wasn't able to schedule, I will play games if I have spare time but it's never the reason.
That being said it's pretty cool that they allow me to do my schedule around that, because I don't make it a secret that tabletop gaming is the reason for that[footnote]Can't really say I care what people think about what I do in my free time and D&D is tons of fun.[/footnote], but they are cool with it as long as I make sure to reschedule in a way that benefits, does help that I have no problems doing ridiculous amounts of extra hours.
But that is the schedule for work and I still work all my hours, so it's not missing work, I don't think I've ever missed work to play a game, when I don't go to work because I'm genuinely sick or really had something important to do that I wasn't able to schedule, I will play games if I have spare time but it's never the reason.
That being said it's pretty cool that they allow me to do my schedule around that, because I don't make it a secret that tabletop gaming is the reason for that[footnote]Can't really say I care what people think about what I do in my free time and D&D is tons of fun.[/footnote], but they are cool with it as long as I make sure to reschedule in a way that benefits, does help that I have no problems doing ridiculous amounts of extra hours.
Well, you know the disks have those holes in, right...Elfgore said:
OT: I accidentally answered wrong. I clicked no, because I didn't get what you meant by using a day off.
I am in the military. Whilst at home I have weekends off unless I take leave. I have never taken leave *because* of a game release, however, a couple of times it has fallen at times that have coincided. I have also never worked a weekend to have a day off in the week, because that wouldn't work with my job. I get paid 24 hours a day. If I work extra I don't get time off or extra money.
Saying all that, however, something similar occasionally happens when I spend time away. Last year when I came back from Ops it was literally the day before MGS5 came out. Therefore I got to play it on my post operational leave. Post op leave also allows me to play anything that was released in the previous months whilst I was away, or to play through something I have saved for a leave period, (I can't wait until I get back in a couple of months to start playing Uncharted 4, and maybe even give Dark Souls a try as I hear it is more accessible than the predecessors.) I have definitely never engineered it though.
I rarely play online, and instead often just play games for my own enjoyment. The only game I have played online over the last few years is Black Ops 2, and that is only because I play it with my Sqn mates. (Actually, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoy playing it. All the things I hated about playing online seem to have gone. It's nice not to have as many people being dicks any more, and definitely nice not to have to hear whiny people now that no one seems to talk any more.) I imagine people taking time off for a game is more apt for those who play online, or are so connected to others online that they would find it distressing if their buddies are further than they are in their game.
Yes, I've used vacation days. They're mine, they go away if I don't use them. If I'm really looking forward to a game, I'll set it up. I've done the same thing to go to a convention or 2, a book signing by my favorite author, a road trip to see my favorite hockey teams play... I've even taken a day off to binge read a couple of books. They are my days off and I use them to do things I like to do. That does include video games.
Nah. I haven't ever really been in a position to, but then again I'm not one to buy and play games on release day. Heck, the only game I've ever pre-ordered was Witcher 2, and I didn't even take time off for that, since I knew there was going to be an inordinate amount of time until I managed to download it on my then bodgy as shit connection.
I did plan out my binges though. I used to do shift work when I was younger, which meant after a stretch of night shift, I'd have nearly a whole week off to get my sleep cycles back in order. Which was absolutely IDEAL for those endurance Gran Turismo races.
Nowadays, yeah I just game whenever I have time. It's a family business, I can't exactly take off days willy nilly, trying to lead by example and all that. If it does end up that I go home earlier, or actually do get sick, then yeah you can tell exactly what I'll be doing in those extra hours.
I did plan out my binges though. I used to do shift work when I was younger, which meant after a stretch of night shift, I'd have nearly a whole week off to get my sleep cycles back in order. Which was absolutely IDEAL for those endurance Gran Turismo races.
Nowadays, yeah I just game whenever I have time. It's a family business, I can't exactly take off days willy nilly, trying to lead by example and all that. If it does end up that I go home earlier, or actually do get sick, then yeah you can tell exactly what I'll be doing in those extra hours.
yes, i did once. i called in sick (i had a bank of paid sick day) for playing... Spore.
yeah i know, if at least it was for a good game.
but time were different, i had no real responsability and calloing sick at my job wouldnt affect others job.
yeah i know, if at least it was for a good game.
but time were different, i had no real responsability and calloing sick at my job wouldnt affect others job.