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~Synapse TF - Monday January 11th~

Dragao

By Dragao,
Posted on: 2010-01-06 08:41 in Freedom

 

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Thank you everyone for the Birthday wishes yesterday and today! It really means a lot to me, and I had a super fantastic birthday thanks to everyone!

Also thanks to everyone that was able to join us last night. We had a few last minute cancellations, and picked up a couple of PUG members and had 3 almost full teams.

My team was:

Azure Emp: Emp/Psi Defender
Proto Charge: Shield/Elec Tank
Barstow Betty: Ill/Rad Controller
Motorpsycho Nitemare: Psi/MM Blaster
Uncle Bramble: Plant/Kin Controller
Frosty Aire: Ice/Ice Blaster
Flash-Point: Fire/Fire Scrapper

We finished in 2:01:40 with 3 deaths.

MB and I tried to time our Babbage spawns out at the same time, but the game decided to cheat and only spawn one Babbage instead of two. Booo! We could have taken them both! So next time we're going to wait until the first Babbage is spotted before the second (and/or third) teams exit to spawn theirs.

Next week is Sister Psyche. The week after I'm not sure about. I might move some of the Ouro Story Arc's forward, or I might leave them where they are. Any comments on that?

Thanks again everyone!
Luna

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Nice run - lots of fun!

Too bad about the lack of Babbages...

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I didnt die at all, /ELA + Clockwork = ROFLTANK!

and damn I have a lot of self buffs...

 

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Originally Posted by Mr E-Man View Post
Nice run - lots of fun!

Too bad about the lack of Babbages...

This reminds me of a trivia question:

What was the original name of the company that became GameStop?

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Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
Back around 2004-2005 Software Etc. purchased Babbages. Around fall 2006 they went into Chapter 11 and was purchased by the owner of Borders. A few years later they purchased Funcoland and Electronics Boutique and any stores that exist now have been renamed "Gamestop".

I know because I worked at a Software Etc from Nov 1995 until Sept 2001. I strangely kind of miss it. :P

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Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne View Post
Back around 2004-2005 Software Etc. purchased Babbages. Around fall 2006 they went into Chapter 11 and was purchased by the owner of Borders. A few years later they purchased Funcoland and Electronics Boutique and any stores that exist now have been renamed "Gamestop".

I know because I worked at a Software Etc from Nov 2005 until Sept 2001. I strangely kind of miss it. :P
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GameStop Key Dates: (from their website)

1983: James B. McCurry and Gary M. Kusin found Babbage's, Inc., opening the first Babbage's software store in a Dallas regional mall.

1984: B. Dalton Bookseller Inc. creates a division called Software Etc. to open software stores within B. Dalton bookstores.

1986: Dayton Hudson Corporation sells B. Dalton to Barnes & Noble, Inc. (B&N) and partners.

1987: Software Etc. is split off from B. Dalton, begins operating as Software Etc. Stores, Inc., and starts shift to standalone locations.

1988: Babbage's is taken public to accelerate an expansion drive.

1992: Software Etc. Stores is taken public.

1994: Babbage's merges with Software Etc., forming NeoStar Retail Group, Inc.

1996: NeoStar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; an investor group led by Leonard Riggio buys the Babbage's and Software Etc. chains, operating them within the newly formed Babbage's Etc. LLC.

1999: New strip-mall-based chain, GameStop, is launched; e-commerce web site, later called gamestop.com, begins operations; Babbage's Etc. is sold to Barnes & Noble for $215 million.

2000: B&N acquires Funco, Inc., operator of 400 FuncoLand video game stores, mainly in strip malls; Babbage's Etc. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Funco, which changes its name to GameStop, Inc.

2001: GameStop Corp. is incorporated in anticipation of an initial public offering (IPO).

2002: B&N completes a partial IPO of GameStop stock; it retains a 67 percent stake in GameStop.

2004: B&N distributes its remaining stake in GameStop to B&N shareholders, making GameStop a fully independent corporation.

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