People who play at work

[supermonk]

Originally Posted by Smellybuttface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They may be epic neckbeards in the game by playing on work hours, but there's a reason they have no upward mobility in their RL jobs. Two people I know that do it have low-level jobs that don't require any real aptitude, expertise, or concentration.

then there's the one guy who also plays at work, but makes a lot of moneys

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Jealous of all you Mfers who can EQ at work. Winning IRL for sure

Not to mention probably happier and less stressed than the A-types that are competing to the top of the corporate ladder. Bless you all for doing what makes you happy instead of doing what someone else thinks you should do.

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

Meh i only play on quiet lunch breaks where i know im not in some super intense place in EQ. Or at christmas where theres nothing to do. Too stressful otherwise.

[YendorLootmonkey]

Shout out to all the air traffic controllers who quickly alt-tab from EQ to their radar screen whenever the supervisor walks by!

[Bigsham]

yea right lolol

[BlackBellamy]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How do you do it if you play on your work computers and on your work network?

Do your employers just not monitor and/or don't give a shit?

Or do you have some way to mask the activity?

My employer blocks all ports not strictly necessary for work. Furthermore all network activity is logged and monitored. I submitted a request for a Verizon Jetpack hotspot and a laptop purchased and delivered to me directly thus bypassing corporate inventory controls and also bloatware and monitoring software install. The reason was that "I need to mimic the customer experience using consumer-grade network access and hardware in order to be able to replicate any reported trouble conditions, without those tests being affected by any corporate network or hardware restrictions."

My employer only cares about quality work on time and I've proved I can deliver that, so when I say I need something they don't ask questions as long as the reason is coherent.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Hoppkins_Wytchfinder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I seperated a machine from my work network and put a wifi stick in and leech off the pub next doors free wifi. Its JUUUUST close enough that the wifi comes through my window and around my desk.

Works nicely.

Interesting. So then you essentially have two computers and two monitors? One which is hooked up with the wifi stick to one of the monitors, and then the other which is your work hard drive and hooked up to the second monitor?

Or are you saying you play and work on the same machine and your employer just doesn't notice that you're using a machine they have no ability to monitor?

[Bigsham]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My employer blocks all ports not strictly necessary for work. Furthermore all network activity is logged and monitored. I submitted a request for a Verizon Jetpack hotspot and a laptop purchased and delivered to me directly thus bypassing corporate inventory controls and also bloatware and monitoring software install. The reason was that "I need to mimic the customer experience using consumer-grade network access and hardware in order to be able to replicate any reported trouble conditions, without those tests being affected by any corporate network or hardware restrictions."

My employer only cares about quality work on time and I've proved I can deliver that, so when I say I need something they don't ask questions as long as the reason is coherent.

till you get fired for running around norrath playing a level 32 lizard person and everyone smiles and claps as you are escorted out.

[choppedandglued]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Interesting. So then you essentially have two computers and two monitors? One which is hooked up with the wifi stick to one of the monitors, and then the other which is your work hard drive and hooked up to the second monitor?

Or are you saying you play and work on the same machine and your employer just doesn't notice that you're using a machine they have no ability to monitor?

I thought this was easy. He took a computer, prolly one nobody was using, or was forgotten, and off the books somehow, and uses that. He most likely removed whatever software made it able to connect to their intranet in order to cover his ass. It would be the same as if he took his laptop from home and played eq on it. That being said, as much as I love EQ if I was his boss I would make him formally apologize to all the staff for wasting their time with his work practices in order to keep his job.

[Izmael]

I used to play p99 at work a few years ago. Having to tab out of EQ while running invis through Kael ot even just waiting for the boat (what if you miss it because of the asshole who suddenly needs to talk to you??)... these always were intense experiences.

Not even talking about tabbing out with a charmed 50+ pet...