So, what do you think goes on at UDE, exactly?

[purity_reloaded]

You know, I've heard a lot of people here talk about what goes on at UDE (sometimes it's not very nice) but it is often surprising to hear what you think life around the UDE offices is like.

So...what do you think we do all day, what do you think the office is like, what kinds of perks do you figure we get, what do we talk about, etc?

Maybe an interesting or entertaining answer will earn you a little something something from my cube.

[Camaroz28]

You know, I've heard a lot of people here talk about what goes on at UDE (sometimes it's not very nice) but it is often surprising to hear what you think life around the UDE offices is like.

So...what do you think we do all day, what do you think the office is like, what kinds of perks do you figure we get, what do we talk about, etc?

Maybe an interesting or entertaining answer will earn you a little something something from my cube.

Have you ever seen the show, "The Office"?

[TapOut]

im thinking more like the show Cheers have you seen some of the printing errors lol

[Panserbjorn]

When it comes to any cards/products besides Yu-gi-Oh! I don't know. But with Yu-Gi-Oh! you guys work on translations localization and most recently editing to upcoming sets. I assume there is some process involving working with the companies that make the Video Games and Shonen Jump when it comes to promotional cards

If I got anything right think any info on what our USA version of the next set is going to be like?

And just a question but will we know anything at all before the preview? Or do we have to wait until that comes around to find out?

[Magical-Yata]

I believe Upperdeck is like a slightly looser Wal-Mart Home Office. Probably a lot of cubicles, a lot of production meetings talking about new products coming out, packaging and shipping, I'm sure you guys do a lot of fun stuff and get perks of going to big events like superbowls and what not. I'm sure there is also many fun game type things that go on. But overall pretty serious business.

[purity_reloaded]

Have you ever seen the show, "The Office"?

No, but I think I'm the only one in OP who hasn't...

[stephen756]

i think they sit and watch threads on pojo and guess down to the second how long it takes for someone to complain about the bad job their doing

[TapOut]

No, but I think I'm the only one in OP who hasn't...

dont feel bad me either lol

[purity_reloaded]

im thinking more like the show Cheers have you seen some of the printing errors lol

touché... hehe

[KillinSpoon]

It's a wonderful place in which the ground is made of grass, the grass is made of lollies, with trees and pumpkins everywhere, of all sizes, all edible, and little orange men with green hair that work the land, there is also a large river that runs through it, in which is a huge ipe sucking up the liquid from the fountain, the liquid is brown, gives you a fuzzy feeling inside, looks exactly likes chocolate, tastes exactly like chocolate, even smells like chocolate, then down the river you get to all the rooms, where things are sorted, they are made, produced, packaged, designed, even tested. Oh what a wonderful place this is.

[Camaroz28]

No, but I think I'm the only one in OP who hasn't...
Just buy the season 1 DVD's, that's what I had to do. Same thing as "Scrubs", I never really got around to watching it while it was on TV, but now I love watching the re-runs.

[stephen756]

It's a wonderful place in which the ground is made of grass, the grass is made of lollies, with trees and pumpkins everywhere, of all sizes, all edible, and little orange men with green hair that work the land, there is also a large river that runs through it, in which is a huge ipe sucking up the liquid from the fountain, the liquid is brown, gives you a fuzzy feeling inside, looks exactly likes chocolate, tastes exactly like chocolate, even smells like chocolate, then down the river you get to all the rooms, where things are sorted, they are made, produced, packaged, designed, even tested. Oh what a wonderful place this is.

except the chocolate river doesnt make you gain weight

[Yugimonz]

um ....

musical chairs

[Divine]

I can imagine all of you gathered around a table drinking coffee.

"So how about that Cyber Dragon huh?"

[purity_reloaded]

i think they sit and watch threads on pojo and guess down to the second how long it takes for someone to complain about the bad job their doing

Only on fridays.

[KillinSpoon]

except the chocolate river doesnt make you gain weight

Damn straight it doesn't!

Additional Comment:

Do you like get boxes of new sets when they come out? Or get anything from new sets for free? Like, even if you helped develop the set, do you get a complete 1/e set of it as a collectors item?

In your office as well, is your wall covered with 1/e cards, that have neevr been touched, in gem condition never to be opened, pure collectors items?

[Des_koala]

Great, I can't tell if she wants a serious answer or not.

tbh, I'd expect there's someone sitting there constantly asking KoJ questions.

For those of you who read Dilbert, I'd expect 90% of their time is spent in meetings. Unlike in Dilbert, those meetings might actually accomplish something.

[CyberOverload2]

The make hard to get cards so all the cry babies here contiue to cry and moan all day.

[WondaWice]

You do "work" stuff, what else?

[Jinjuriken]

Actually, I think that they work and play a little. The work they do goes to further the game for us people who love to play. The playing that they do is to test new ideas and have a little fun on the side. I do think that they work far more than most would realize. Making a TCG popular and keeping it at the top takes a lot of work and dedication. That is why they have so many people in the different UDE division of Upper Deck.

[purity_reloaded]

Damn straight it doesn't!

Additional Comment:

Do you like get boxes of new sets when they come out? Or get anything from new sets for free? Like, even if you helped develop the set, do you get a complete 1/e set of it as a collectors item?

In your office as well, is your wall covered with 1/e cards, that have neevr been touched, in gem condition never to be opened, pure collectors items?

I pretty much buy my cards just like anyone else. We don't get em for free unless we win them in a company raffle or something.

I do have a Firewing Pegasus taped to my wall, though.

[Panserbjorn]

Bet regardless what we say we aren't getting anything =/ Especially not any inside info or hints to the next set.

[Divine]

In your office as well, is your wall covered with 1/e cards, that have neevr been touched, in gem condition never to be opened, pure collectors items?
UDE isnt all Yugioh you know.

[stephen756]

taped :S lol

[Camaroz28]

Actually, I think that they work and play a little. The work they do goes to further the game for us people who love to play. The playing that they do is to test new ideas and have a little fun on the side. I do think that they work far more than most would realize. Making a TCG popular and keeping it at the top takes a lot of work and dedication. That is why they have so many people in the different UDE division of Upper Deck.
I think that's about correct, although I would compare UDE to Apple. Although I would much rather work for Apple the principle stays the same.

[WondaWice]

I was wondering does everyone know like the meta and how to build decks or are there a bunch of clueless folk?

[purity_reloaded]

Bet regardless what we say we aren't getting anything =/ Especially not any inside info or hints to the next set.

Hey I've got some nice stuff piled up in my cube.

[KillinSpoon]

I do have a Firewing Pegasus taped to my wall, though.

Has anyone tried to steal it lol? Like as a joke, of course. Do you get information like rarities leaked to you, like PTDN right now for example, or do you have to wait like the rest of us?

[Divine]

Hey I've got some nice stuff piled up in my cube.
You really should have someone take that stuff off your hands.

My address is...

[JDGloom]

I've been there before. Kevin always comes out to greet visitors in a purple coat and tophat. On special occasions? He rides a unicorn down the steps!

... It's Richard's unicorn.

-Jason

[Mengde]

Here's my guess:

Salary and benefits (only of office workers, not executives): Somewhere between $20-50k/yr, depending on position and seniority, possibly medical/dental, maybe retirement benefits, likely discounts or credits on product

In other words, it's better than working at McDonald's, but it's not something you do for the money.

Hours: One leaves when the job is done. Even though you'd like to be there 9-5, 8-4, whatever it is, if something has to be done by a particular time, it must be done.

Physical environment: A mix of loose and tight. I expect there are cubicles and particular individual places for people to work, but considering the company is creative by default, I expect lots of open spaces with warmer scenery, particularly in R&D and other departments more skewed toward the entertainment aspect. I expect the financial departments and such to have a more cold, professional feel.

Worker interaction: I think the workers are generally laid back toward one another and everyone there's little in the way of office politics. I expect everyone is almost like a second family to one another and people aren't out to "get" the other. People will work together to get a task accomplished without a lot of headache. As an aside, I'm sure Pojo and other Internet communities are likely the butt of jokes occasionally.

I can't think of anything else, but this is my guess. >_>;

[Divine]

I've been there before. Kevin always comes out to greet visitors in a purple coat and tophat. On special occasions? He rides a unicorn down the steps!

... It's Richard's unicorn.

-Jason
Thats it. I'll be there tommorow.

[The_Dark_Monarch]

I think they have got a large building/complex (not personality ones) & that maybe there's a staff of about 1000 people, all ranging from "coffeeppls" or "gophers" right thought to senior management, who can hire & fire ppl.
They do stuff like duelist surveys (R&D), liase with Konami (Parent Co), Translate card text, effects etc..organise Events, Special Events, Judging & T.O'ing globally, host webpages & online things, manage production & distribution of the product (cards, sets, cards within sets etc), liase with international representatives of UDE, adjust the banlist sometimes according to our metagame, Organise T.O tests, Judge tests, etc..Have us all "categorised" by a number for their easy reference.lol
There's heaps of things you guys do & I doubt I have even come close to scratching the surface of it.
The downside is that y'all can't get to play at a competitive level & have to put up with whining duelists like us all the time.
The good side is that all those (above the gopher & the coffeeperson) knows what's gonna happen in the future, but are not allowed to say or publically announce it (unless they get special permission from management) or else they will get fired.
I don't think there are any special "perks" involved, other than those many large corporations get. I don't think UDE ppl get any special cards or anything.
(even denying the rumour that Mr Tewart has a Seal of Orichalcos).

This is what I personally think goes on there...but I also think there's much more to it.

I also just read Mengde's reply & agree with that too.

[skytreader]

Have you ever seen that episode of CLERKS where they couldnt finish the episode, and the Korean animators finish it by showing what life is like over there? If you havent, its basically a giant rat whipping all of the cartoonists to work harder, like a sweat shop or one of those old viking ships...thats what I imagine the UDE office is like..."Giant Rat" whipping everyone to produce better ideas...with skulls under his feet...laughing at your misery...

God I've had a lot to drink tonight...

Edit:
Oh wait, I found a clip to illustrate my views...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QliI9ZRUIKg

[DeathJester1324]

Every paroozes over all the "UDE sucks because *insert stupid reason here*" and lul's, occasionally dropping "hints" about upcoming cards that make the Pojo community uprawr in guessing what the hell was actually meant by the hint =]

[Divine]

I think they have got a large building/complex (not personality ones) & that maybe there's a staff of about 1000 people, all ranging from "coffeeppls" or "gophers" right thought to senior management, who can hire & fire ppl.
They do stuff like duelist surveys (R&D), liase with Konami (Parent Co), Translate card text, effects etc..organise Events, Special Events, Judging & T.O'ing globally, host webpages & online things, manage production & distribution of the product (cards, sets, cards within sets etc), liase with international representatives of UDE, adjust the banlist sometimes according to our metagame, Organise T.O tests, Judge tests, etc..Have us all "categorised" by a number for their easy reference.lol
There's heaps of things you guys do & I doubt I have even come close to scratching the surface.
The downside is that y'all can't get to play at a competitive level & have to put up with whining duelists like us all the time.
The good side is that all those (above the gopher & the coffeeperson) knows what's gonna happen in the future, but are not allowed to say or publically announce it (unless they get special permission from management) or else they will get fired.
I don't think there are any special "perks" involved, other than those many large corporations get. I don't think UDE ppl get any special cards or anything.
(even denying the rumour that Mr Tewart has a Seal of Orichalcos).

This is what I personally think goes on there...but I also think there's much more to it.

I also just read Mengde's reply & agree with that too.

I want coffee now...

[BARANOWSKI]

So, what do you think goes on at UDE, exactly?

Stupidity.

[orionpax]

My assumptions would be that it is very much like any other office. Each department Functions unto itself with inter-departmental meetings every few days to make sure they are on the same page. The job structure is probably hierarchical. Starting with the normal interns/pages (tier 1) that do menial tasks for tier 4 or higher employees such as make coffee, deliver mail, refill printers, etc. Tier 2 employees are your typical Working person, who probably has a cubical located in the middle of the floor, surrounded by the offices of tier 3+ folks. The Tier 2, depending on their department do most of the grunt work such as locating venues, templating cards, getting any needed permits for events, etc. Tier 3 employees would, in my mind be the departmental managers, which may or may not have offices, based more so on available department space and the size of the department. These people probably oversee the tier 2 employees and verify that things are alright before they are passed to another department (such as venue information before its passed to IT to be posted on the website and to the Art department to have posters/advertisements made). This Tier, more then likely handles the inter-departmental meetings and then disseminates the information to the people in their department via email or word-of-mouth. Tier 4+ would be getting to the Corporate level and people who have a lot more to deal with then just the day-to-day operations. It would be these people that probably handle the communication between brands as well as the contacts between Konami and UDE itself.

As for the day-to-day work, it probably varies with some slow days and others that are pull-ones-hair-out insane. Depending on ones department I'd wager most of the day is spent in front of a computer or on the phone. Office chatter would probably vary from the typical Water-cooler talk (TV shows, sports games, etc) to what he/she is currently working on. Office gossip, will of course be there as well as its part of human nature. As for perks, depending on the department, travel (on the companies dollar) to various locations could be a very nice perk. Overall, however I think that card-based perks such as getting product early or hard to get promos more easily (for example video game promos) rarely happens, if at all. This would, in my opinion, be mainly due to the fact not everyone might play the game that they work on and due to the nature of the company there is no equivalent value for free product. Now in my opinion one of the greatest perks (for me) would be getting to work on a game that I enjoy playing and knowing that the work I do, the long hours, and sleepless nights help make children (as this is primarily a children's game) happier.

[TrippingBillies]

I always figured everyone ran around in viking helmets, with a club in one hand and a Yu-Gi-Oh! Card in the other, standing 10/11 feet tall.

[JDGloom]

Worker interaction: I think the workers are generally laid back toward one another and everyone there's little in the way of office politics.

http://img5.glowfoto.com/images/2008/01/15-2023069474M.jpg (http://www.glowfoto.com/viewimage.php?img=15-202306L&y=2008&m=01&t=jpg&rand=9474&srv=img5)

-Jason

[DeathJester1324]

I dont know why, but I chuckle whenever I see someone give a completely serious answer :p

[KillinSpoon]

ROFL Jason, that made my day. xD

[Aro.]

-Jason

************ <- placeholder stars!

lmao

But seriously they must do alot of work especially since they dont only manage yugioh. Even though alot of people on here think they just read pojo just for the purpose of doing exactly the opposite of what posters here want them to do.

[Mengde]

-Jason

************ <- placeholder stars!

Why did you edit your post? The link was... XDXDXD

Edit: i c wut u did thar

[orionpax]

Thats hilarious, and should be a non-playable Spell card Called "Office Politics" with the effect of "Joust your opponent, the winner gains 3000 Life Points."

[JDGloom]

I always figured everyone ran around in viking helmets, with a club in one hand and a Yu-Gi-Oh! Card in the other, standing 10/11 feet tall.

That's only Ian.

-Jason

[Nuuuuf]

But what about that throne made of golden skulls you promised? D:

[purity_reloaded]

ROFL Jason, that made my day. xD

I lost HARD.

[WondaWice]

Julia how much do you make?

like do you seduce your boss and he gives you a raise?

[KillinSpoon]

I lost HARD.

You'll get it next time xD

And Sadukii, that's just wrong :P

[Divine]

Julia how much do you make?

like do you seduce your boss and he gives you a raise?
Oh no you didnt! Is hard to say that right over the internet...

[purity_reloaded]

I was wondering does everyone know like the meta and how to build decks or are there a bunch of clueless folk?

It depends on the brand(s) you're focusing on. Not everyone is up on every game we make, some people tend to specialize. If you work in a brand, though, you tend to know your stuff, although the people in R&D and OP are usually the most knowledgeable.

[Exiled]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556/


Except moar YGOz

[KillinSpoon]

Julia do UDE make UFS?

[purity_reloaded]

Has anyone tried to steal it lol? Like as a joke, of course. Do you get information like rarities leaked to you, like PTDN right now for example, or do you have to wait like the rest of us?

Things like that are pretty much known only to the people directly involved in working on the product, it's not common knowledge across the company.

[KingOfKings]

I'm sure its like any other company, but they probably all have an interest in cards, so they don't really hate going to work. That is the only difference.

[KillinSpoon]

Things like that are pretty much known only to the people directly involved in working on the product, it's not common knowledge across the company.

Just like I thought, are you one of the people who are hanging for a spoiler?

[xXMechachuXx]

water balloons and nerf wars.

[JDGloom]

UFS is made by... Sabertooth Games? Something like that. UDE currently produces or distributes Vs. System, World of Warcraft, and Yu-Gi-Oh.

The guys who work the phones, in customer support are really pretty familiar with all three games, too.

-Jason

[purity_reloaded]

Every paroozes over all the "UDE sucks because *insert stupid reason here*" and lul's, occasionally dropping "hints" about upcoming cards that make the Pojo community uprawr in guessing what the hell was actually meant by the hint =]

[happy sigh] Yeah, that part's fun.

[JDGloom]

nerf wars.

One of these days I'll get that part to stick.

-Jason

[WondaWice]

Oh no you didnt! Is hard to say that right over the internet...

Ill say it to her face at costa mesa.

its not to ahrd, a girl has a bigger chest and longer hair, she is still a god damn human and so am I, therefore I hath the right to think naughty thoughts

(I spelt hath right.)

[`Phenom]

Julia do UDE make UFS?
No .

[purity_reloaded]

I want coffee now...

We get free coffee!!! I don't drink it, but it's there.

[KillinSpoon]

I wouldn't mind learning how to play Vs System.

[purity_reloaded]

Julia how much do you make?

like do you seduce your boss and he gives you a raise?

Why do so many threads end up talking about my paycheck :<


No, I had to joust. Didn't you see the picture?

[WondaWice]

We get free coffee!!! I don't drink it, but it's there.

fill like three gallons of those and sell em at the SJC and call it Julia coffee, I guarantee a sellout in 5 mins or less.

[KillinSpoon]

We get free coffee!!! I don't drink it, but it's there.

Do you take it anyway? I mean, it is free. xD

[Aro.]

Do you take it anyway? I mean, it is free. xD

It probably doesnt taste very good =/

[`Phenom]

Ill say it to her face at costa mesa.

its not to ahrd, a girl has a bigger chest and longer hair, she is still a god damn human and so am I, therefore I hath the right to think naughty thoughts

(I spelt hath right.)
Quit being disrespectful.

BTW, Julia, is there going to be any Mall Tours in the Tri-State area soon? Just wondering since I volunteered at the last one in Staten Island. Id be willing to volunteer again, if Im not too busy.

[Divine]

We get free coffee!!! I don't drink it, but it's there.
Purple hats, unicorns, jousting, and now coffee?!

[JDGloom]

fill like three gallons of those and sell em at the SJC and call it Julia coffee, I guarantee a sellout in 5 mins or less.

I'm actually stealing her tea right now, by pure coincidence. It's tea-licious.

-Jason

[purity_reloaded]

water balloons and nerf wars.

I don't think we can have water balloons.

But Hyrum ran in and capped Javier with a Maverick™ two weeks ago.

Additional Comment:

Do you take it anyway? I mean, it is free. xD

No, but I take my fair share of herbal tea and hot chocolate.

Additional Comment:

I'm actually stealing her tea right now, by pure coincidence. It's tea-licious.

-Jason

Gimme back my tea, Grabher-Meyer!!

[KillinSpoon]

Purple hats, unicorns, jousting, and now coffee?!

That's just the start of it, the rest of it is sooo secretive and awesome, that my head would explode if I even knew what I was talking about.

[Aro.]

I don't think we can have water balloons.

But Hyrum ran in and capped Javier with a Maverick™ two weeks ago.

Additional Comment:



No, but I take my fair share of herbal tea and hot chocolate.

You get free hot chocolate and herbal tea O.o

What other free stuff is there D:

[purity_reloaded]

Purple hats, unicorns, jousting, and now coffee?!

And Red Bull!!

Actually I don't think the Red Bull is free. We used to get root beer floats sometimes though.

[WondaWice]

I'm actually stealing her tea right now, by pure coincidence. It's tea-licious.

-Jason

Im wondering do you sell hot dogs?

cause dang your last name is perfect for that

Grabher-Meyer, the number one selling hot dog.

just perfect.

[purity_reloaded]

Quit being disrespectful.

BTW, Julia, is there going to be any Mall Tours in the Tri-State area soon? Just wondering since I volunteered at the last one in Staten Island. Id be willing to volunteer again, if Im not too busy.


The very last last mall tour stop is in Arizona actually. Surprise, Arizona. On Feb 2nd.

We'll most likely be running another tour of some kind this year.

[KillinSpoon]

Is there anything you don't have there Julia?
It'll be a shorter list than things you do have, that's for sure.

[Aro.]

The very last last mall tour stop is in Arizona actually. Surprise, Arizona. On Feb 2nd.

We'll most likely be running another tour of some kind this year.

Do you know when they will post the information for this years tour?

[luckyspell]

Do you guys have company tournaments?

Also, why in the world don't you get free cards? It isn't like you can play in any offcial UDE tournaments(or so I heard)? Do you even get a discount?

As far as what I think goes on. You guys goof off, file paper work, make calls, eat, have meetings, bug konami for new stuff, make random posts on pojo, and repeat the next day.

[guynamedjoe]

UDE isnt all Yugioh you know.

Why are there other TCG/CCGs on that site?

Cause it isn't all about YGO.

[Divine]

And Red Bull!!

Actually I don't think the Red Bull is free. We used to get root beer floats sometimes though.
I'm going to joust somebody at UDE for there job.

[JDGloom]

Im wondering do you sell hot dogs?


Yeah, I do, actually. Well, not me personally, but my family's the distributor of Oscar Meyer products in Ontario. The branding's different since it's Canada, but if you google "I wish I was a Grabher-Meyer wiener" you'll find that they're really popular up there.

-Jason

[KillinSpoon]

Do you have those UDE table mat things on all your tables there? xD

[purity_reloaded]

You get free hot chocolate and herbal tea O.o

What other free stuff is there D:

Umm...
Microwave popcorn, packets of mustard and packets of mayonnaise (but never ketchup), regular tea, packets of Splenda©, and generic painkillers. And I think a decongestant. There used to be free hand sanitizer in a dispenser in the bathroom...that's pretty much it.

[Deck-Crafter001]

Have you ever seen the show, "The Office"?
Dammit you beat me to it.

Basically, I assume UDE is casual up there most of the time, except right before releases etc. They spend their spare time between jousting matches flaunting their Seal of Orichalcos cards and arguing with Konami over the banned list.

[KillinSpoon]

Yeah, I do, actually. Well, not me personally, but my family's the distributor of Oscar Meyer products in Ontario. The branding's different since it's Canada, but if you google "I wish I was a Grabher-Meyer wiener" you'll find that they're really popular up there.

-Jason

Get out! When Sadukii said that, that Simpsons song came to my head. And you're them :O That's so cool.

[Divine]

Why are there other TCG/CCGs on that site?

Cause it isn't all about YGO.
You just repeated me...

[Aro.]

Umm...
Microwave popcorn, packets of mustard and packets of mayonnaise (but never ketchup), regular tea, packets of Splenda©, and generic painkillers. And I think a decongestant. There used to be free hand sanitizer in a dispenser in the bathroom...that's pretty much it.

Wow thats pretty random but then again makes sense o.O (cept for the ketchup)

[purity_reloaded]

Is there anything you don't have there Julia?
It'll be a shorter list than things you do have, that's for sure.

I don't have a plant. A plant would be nice.

[Aro.]

I don't have a plant. A plant would be nice.

lmao you cant say that on pojo now your gonna have loads plants sent to the company with cards on them being addressed to you @_@

[KillinSpoon]

Umm...
Microwave popcorn, packets of mustard and packets of mayonnaise (but never ketchup), regular tea, packets of Splenda©, and generic painkillers. And I think a decongestant. There used to be free hand sanitizer in a dispenser in the bathroom...that's pretty much it.

What about sugar? And what do you mean by 'used to be a free hand sanitizer' isn't it like illegal if they don't have it? Jason probably stole it. xP

Do you have butter? A coke machine!? I would so take up a chance to work there if I could.

[purity_reloaded]

Do you know when they will post the information for this years tour?

I'll be looking for volunteers as soon as things are finalized, nothing's ready to go yet.

Additional Comment:

Yeah, I do, actually. Well, not me personally, but my family's the distributor of Oscar Meyer products in Ontario. The branding's different since it's Canada, but if you google "I wish I was a Grabher-Meyer wiener" you'll find that they're really popular up there.

-Jason

For goodness sakes' don't encourage him

[Divine]

(cept for the ketchup)
I agree. Ketchup is good on everything.

I don't have a plant. A plant would be nice.
You should joust someone for there ficus.

[KillinSpoon]

I don't have a plant. A plant would be nice.

Don't even ask what kind of plant came to my head.
A plant would make sense, if you have a light source, maybe a bonsai, and a little sandpit with the little rake. xD

[purity_reloaded]

Do you have those UDE table mat things on all your tables there? xD

Actually, I do...I've got a rainbow dragon mat and the chimeratech judge mat. I need to make room for my light and darkness dragon mat.

[WondaWice]

Yeah, I do, actually. Well, not me personally, but my family's the distributor of Oscar Meyer products in Ontario. The branding's different since it's Canada, but if you google "I wish I was a Grabher-Meyer wiener" you'll find that they're really popular up there.

-Jason

I googled and came up with, if I can mind read like this maybe I can foresee a CCV about to be drawn and use my special power to put it on the bottom of the deck.

I wanna know Julia H. Paycheck.

[Exiled]

I don't have a plant. A plant would be nice.
We need Plant Support. Gigaplant is not enough

[purity_reloaded]

Wow thats pretty random but then again makes sense o.O (cept for the ketchup)

Yeah, I can't figure out the "no ketchup."

Additional Comment:

lmao you cant say that on pojo now your gonna have loads plants sent to the company with cards on them being addressed to you @_@

That would be COOL

[KillinSpoon]

Actually, I do...I've got a rainbow dragon mat and the chimeratech judge mat. I need to make room for my light and darkness dragon mat.

Frame the LADD mat, it's absolutely awesome, in fact, I have it saved on my desktop, it's that good.

[iNick]

Have you ever seen the show, "The Office"?
You got to mix Playing YGO, I there...

[Potatosack]

At UDE..... They watch YGO: The Abridged Series.... and have Donald Trump as the Janitor.... lol...

[Aro.]

Actually, I do...I've got a rainbow dragon mat and the chimeratech judge mat. I need to make room for my light and darkness dragon mat.

Wait what?
Was that custom made by someone online or did ude make it D:

[KillinSpoon]

Julia drew it. It's bloody amazing.

[Jinjuriken]

If you need Volunteers in Southern Arizona, keep me in mind.

[blaine66]

What goes on at UDE? Hmm... I think it involves unicorns and octopuses, in ways that only the weirdest Japanese hentai can picture.

In reality, I think you all sit down and discuss current ban-lists, new sets, current successes and failures, and have some of your workers go around and troll, I mean, post on message boards.

[purity_reloaded]

What about sugar? And what do you mean by 'used to be a free hand sanitizer' isn't it like illegal if they don't have it? Jason probably stole it. xP

Do you have butter? A coke machine!? I would so take up a chance to work there if I could.

Yeah, there's sugar and creamer but those come in a big canister. We have soap in the bathrooms, but there used to be a Purell™ dispenser but it's gone. It probably was Jason's fault, yeah.

I don't think we have butter but we have a couple of coke machines, and the cans cost ONLY 55 cents. The bottles of soda are a dollar.

[Divine]

Julia drew it. It's bloody amazing.
Post a picture.

Additional Comment:

It probably was Jason's fault, yeah.
Those sneaky Canadians. You have to keep your eye on them.

[SilentMagician7]

Julia off topic.
Phantom Darkness has 10 Secret Rares.
Are there 5 UDE made Secret Rares and 5 Japanese Promos turned Secret Rare?

Also, are there 10 UDE cards total and 10 Japanese Promos?
I was confused/didn't remember what exactly.
If you can answer, I'd appreciate it.

[KillinSpoon]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

[iNick]

Wait what?
Was that custom made by someone online or did ude make it D:
^^^ Ditto ^^^

????????????????

[JDGloom]

I don't work there, but I've been to the breakroom a couple times, and sometimes the automat-style vending machine has these microwaveable mini tacos that are totally awesome. They're really scarce though, and seeing a package of them in the machine gives me that "secret rare feeling".

And yeah, there's no ketchup in there. It embitters my little Canadian heart.

-Jason

[luckyspell]

my queries were ignored :(

[KillinSpoon]

I posted the link of the mat above, for those who wanted it.

[Aro.]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

WOAH add some special effects to the background add some transparent card zones and that mat would sell

[blaine66]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

Thats amazing! Julia is a fantastic artist... Who knew?

Hey Julia, would you be interested in making and selling other mats?

[The_Dark_Monarch]

Don't even ask what kind of plant came to my head.

Same.lmao
I guess it's just like any other company/office (according to the "freebee" stuff), but more laid back, with company "fun" days & special company events for employees..etc

[Potatosack]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

Oh shnap!!! That looks awesome!!!! I'd buy it!!!

[Mengde]

Oh shnap!!! That looks awesome!!!! I'd buy it!!!

She won't sell. >_>;

[luckyspell]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

That needs to be made into an official mat.

[KillinSpoon]

Yeh, people have already tried to buy it.

[Divine]

Wow, Julia you're awsome at drawing.

[Potatosack]

She won't sell. >_>;

Aww.... Ohwell.... one mat's enough....

[xXMechachuXx]

WOAH add some special effects to the background add some transparent card zones and that mat would sell

Like hot cakes i tell ya!
HOT CAKES!

[purity_reloaded]

Julia off topic.
Phantom Darkness has 10 Secret Rares.
Are there 5 UDE made Secret Rares and 5 Japanese Promos turned Secret Rare?

Also, are there 10 UDE cards total and 10 Japanese Promos?
I was confused/didn't remember what exactly.
If you can answer, I'd appreciate it.

I honestly don't know what they are this time.

[Divine]

If I go to SJC Costa Mesa, you and Jason need to sign my mat.

[SilentMagician7]

I honestly don't know what they are this time.

Ok, thanks anyway.

[JDGloom]

Like hot cakes i tell ya!
HOT CAKES!

I honestly have never bought a hotcake. Who pays for hotcakes?

Those cakes are lies.

-Jason

[blaine66]

I honestly have never bought a hotcake. Who pays for hotcakes?

Those cakes are lies.

-Jason

Those cakes are awesome. Try one some time.

[KillinSpoon]

I agree with Jason, they're lies.

I walk into McDonalds, ask for pancakes and what do I get? Hotcakes! Lies! They aren't hotcakes, they're pancakes!

[Divine]

Jason, Julia, promise you'll sign my mat?

[purity_reloaded]

Do you guys have company tournaments?

Also, why in the world don't you get free cards? It isn't like you can play in any offcial UDE tournaments(or so I heard)? Do you even get a discount?

As far as what I think goes on. You guys goof off, file paper work, make calls, eat, have meetings, bug konami for new stuff, make random posts on pojo, and repeat the next day.

We do have tournaments sometimes.

I don't really know why we don't get free cards. O-o Nope, no discount.

I don't really ever bug Konami though, that's someone else's job.

Additional Comment:

Thats amazing! Julia is a fantastic artist... Who knew?

Hey Julia, would you be interested in making and selling other mats?

I think I'd probably get in trouble...unless I draw someone else's brand.

Thanks for all the mat compliments, by the way. I had fun drawing it, I did that at the December regional in Anaheim.

I'm always happy to sign mats.

[JDGloom]

I'm still unconvinced that my signature is worth having, but yeah, I'd be happy to sign your mat. :)

Waffles. Waffles is where it's at. Hell, I'm gonna go make a waffle right now. While editing something for Mengde, so he doesn't think he's below "showing those hotcakes who's boss" on my priorities list.

-Jason

[xXMechachuXx]

I honestly have never bought a hotcake. Who pays for hotcakes?

Those cakes are lies.

-Jason
Yeah, and who are you!
Your nothin'!
a bum!
a rat!
a cheese!
a stooler!

Those cakes are awesome. Try one some time.

Now heres a fella i could get along with
he sees the big picture!
nothing but stars in the sky!

Why if you made Ladd Mats i guarantee youd be swimming in money! SWIMMING IN IT!

[/1920's fast talkervoice]

[WondaWice]

I'm still unconvinced that my signature is worth having, but yeah, I'd be happy to sign your mat. :)

Waffles. Waffles is where it's at. Hell, I'm gonna go make a waffle right now. While editing something for Mengde, so he doesn't think he's below "showing those hotcakes who's boss" on my priorities list.

-Jason

What flavored and brand waffles?

I go Eggo Apple Cinnamon

btw if you like waffles as much as I do, we can talk about it all day and all nigh long.

[Divine]

I'm still unconvinced that my signature is worth having, but yeah, I'd be happy to sign your mat. :)

Waffles. Waffles is where it's at. Hell, I'm gonna go make a waffle right now. While editing something for Mengde, so he doesn't think he's below "showing those hotcakes who's boss" on my priorities list.

-Jason
Awsome. Enjoy your waffle.

[KillinSpoon]

That sucks that you don't even get discounts.

[MobiusTheCoolMonarch]

May i ask why Mr. Tewart hasn´t posted on pojo anymore?

I miss him and his sarcasm. :(

[Divine]

May i ask why Mr. Tewart hasn´t posted on pojo anymore?

I miss him and his sarcasm. :(
Because he's to cool.

[purity_reloaded]

I'm still unconvinced that my signature is worth having, but yeah, I'd be happy to sign your mat. :)

Waffles. Waffles is where it's at. Hell, I'm gonna go make a waffle right now. While editing something for Mengde, so he doesn't think he's below "showing those hotcakes who's boss" on my priorities list.

-Jason

Wow, he's really doing it.

[The_Dark_Monarch]

May i ask why Mr. Tewart hasn´t posted on pojo anymore?

I miss him and his sarcasm. We should get more UDE employees to post on this thread in general, while we all sit back & make fun of them for once. :p

[Divine]

Wow, he's really doing it.
Will you sign my mat too?

He's doing what? Making a waffle?

[KillinSpoon]

Lol @ Fiendishly, that'd be good fun.
In fact, Julia, why don't more employees post here? Especially those who play YGO.

[senseker]

Hey Julia,do you guys still duel for each other's cards?

Otherwise,what goes on at UDE?Shenanigans,that's what.

[blaine66]

I think I'd probably get in trouble...unless I draw someone else's brand.

Awww, but, I want Julia's awesome art on a Dark World mat. Ooooh well...

Jason: Yeah, waffles ARE amazing. I prefer pumpkin or banana waffles though. So good you don't need butter or syrup!
You still use them, but, you don't need them.

[purity_reloaded]

May i ask why Mr. Tewart hasn´t posted on pojo anymore?

I miss him and his sarcasm. :(

I think he's just too busy now. He got a promotion, you know. I'll let him know that he and his sarcasm are missed, though.

[KillinSpoon]

blaine; you just named by far my two most hated foods on the planet, in the space of 3 words. You're the kind of person they want working for UDE :P

[purity_reloaded]

We should get more UDE employees to post on this thread in general, while we all sit back & make fun of them for once. :p

I'll send 'em a link in the morning, but I'm warning you they give as good as they get...

[KillinSpoon]

I think he's just too busy now. He got a promotion, you know. I'll let him know that he and his sarcasm are missed, though.

So... he won the joust? =]

[blaine66]

I think he's just too busy now. He got a promotion, you know. I'll let him know that he and his sarcasm are missed, though.

Hmmm... That brings up a thought. Where on UDE's ladder of employment does 'online forum troll' exist? Are you high up, or what?

[purity_reloaded]

Will you sign my mat too?

He's doing what? Making a waffle?

Yeah, he's making waffles.

Additional Comment:

Lol @ Fiendishly, that'd be good fun.
In fact, Julia, why don't more employees post here? Especially those who play YGO.

They posted on that other thread, you just have to motivate them I guess.

Additional Comment:

Hey Julia,do you guys still duel for each other's cards?

Otherwise,what goes on at UDE?Shenanigans,that's what.

I don't play for cards! Although we can just print more, since we're usually using proxies anyways.

Yes. Shenanigans.

[Divine]

Yeah, he's making waffles.
Do you live in the same building or something?

[Shadow01192]

I havent the foggiest idea half the time. . .ide guess the usual office stuff, papers being filled out, filed, sent out, recieved, Stuff being translated and worked on, different rules and cards being tested(someone has to do it for when we go what happens when ________), someone must work the card printer obviously. Ide actually like to work there for a day just to see what goes on exactly. It would be a fun(funny) learning experience.

[MobiusTheCoolMonarch]

I think he's just too busy now. He got a promotion, you know. I'll let him know that he and his sarcasm are missed, though.

YAY!!!!!!!!! Awesomeness FTW!!!

[purity_reloaded]

So... he won the joust? =]

You know, I didn't see Kevin at the jousting...

Additional Comment:

Hmmm... That brings up a thought. Where on UDE's ladder of employment does 'online forum troll' exist? Are you high up, or what?

Hmm, I don't know where that belongs. That's probably a question for HR.

[Shadow of Death]

Regular office, but cooler than most office work places because you get paid to work with card games. Either way, someone from UDE should give us a tour ;)


As for discussions, i'm guessing something along the lines of the game during meetings, though i'm sure there's some interesting conversations all throughout the day like anywhere else. =P

EDIT: perhaps not far off from wizard's?
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr240

[Devil May Cry]

Cubicles here and there, offices in the corners, meeting tables, the usual stuff. I do have a question though: When it comes to name/picture changes that don't have to do with sexuality, religion or anything "offensive", why do you change them in the first place? Like the Gem Beasts, I'm pretty sure not many people would find the term "Gem Beast" offensive. So why the "Crystal" change? Was it the name of some company that didn't want it's name used or what? It seemed so pointless to me at release...That is if you're allowed to answer this of course...

[purity_reloaded]

Do you live in the same building or something?

At the moment, yup.

[Aro.]

You know, I didn't see Kevin at the jousting...

Additional Comment:


Hmm, I don't know where that belongs. That's probably a question for HR.

Cause he is H4x0r5

[StriderBlack01]

Stupidity.

Well.

Surely, with an answer as succinct and poignant as that one, yours must be a superior intellect. Regretably, unlike yourself, most of our primitive minds can not seem to free themselves of certain useless and base trappings, like politeness and decency.

At any rate, we, plebeian minds, await with giddy anticipation for the next tiny morsel of your brilliance.



You know, I've heard a lot of people here talk about what goes on at UDE (sometimes it's not very nice) but it is often surprising to hear what you think life around the UDE offices is like.

So...what do you think we do all day, what do you think the office is like, what kinds of perks do you figure we get, what do we talk about, etc?

Yeah, I've seen plenty of UDE bashing around these boards. But I don't think the insults are generally directed at the entire company as much as they are meant for The Man.

Yes.

Every major company has one. He's the fat cat that sits at the very top of the food chain. Rich, Heartless, and guided solely by greed. All he ever seems to do is count his money, and think up ways to screw the little guy to get more. He's the one that made Cyber Dragon so hard to pull from the Duelist Packs. He's also responsible for changing the rarities in the sets, and not reprinting the specific cards that you want.

Damn The Man. (Save the Empire)

-----

But seriously, every 'bad' decision that UDE makes can pretty much always be traced back to: A company wanting to make a profit.

Which is what any company worth its salt in a capitalistic society should be doing.

In fact, it seems like half the time, UDE is working to rectify some cooky mistake made by Konami.

------

Anyway, I suspect the daily grind at UDE is nothing out of the ordinary. Overworked, Underpaid. Just like everywhere else. But, every once in a while, you get to do something really cool.

[purity_reloaded]

Cubicles here and there, offices in the corners, meeting tables, the usual stuff. I do have a question though: When it comes to name/picture changes that don't have to do with sexuality, religion or anything "offensive", why do you change them in the first place? Like the Gem Beasts, I'm pretty sure not many people would find the term "Gem Beast" offensive. So why the "Crystal" change? Was it the name of some company that didn't want it's name used or what? It seemed so pointless to me at release...That is if you're allowed to answer this of course...

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

The answer is we usually don't. Konami plays a large role in determining the English names of the cards.

[KillinSpoon]

Cystal sounds better than gem, I like that change.

[Shadow of Death]

Cubicles here and there, offices in the corners, meeting tables, the usual stuff. I do have a question though: When it comes to name/picture changes that don't have to do with sexuality, religion or anything "offensive", why do you change them in the first place? Like the Gem Beasts, I'm pretty sure not many people would find the term "Gem Beast" offensive. So why the "Crystal" change? Was it the name of some company that didn't want it's name used or what? It seemed so pointless to me at release...That is if you're allowed to answer this of course...

fanlations. Gem and Crystal aren't far off, except that Gem was a literal translation from the japanese card posted online and not the official name. They didn't change anything with the name for any reason, they just had a different translation. Infact, probably someone from Konami said it's meant to be translated as Crystal hence the specific name.

[Aro.]

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

The answer is we usually don't. Konami plays a large role in determining the English names of the cards.

Yea dont they give a list of names that are allowed and then from there ude chooses?

Cause im pretty sure they answered this question once before on a dif thread.

[luckyspell]

We do have tournaments sometimes.

I don't really know why we don't get free cards. O-o Nope, no discount.

I don't really ever bug Konami though, that's someone else's job.


Thankyou very much.


One last question. Why don't UDE employees get to play in official tournaments?

[KillinSpoon]

That's like saying why don't TO's play in tourneys. xD
They can bend the rules, even though it's cheatnig, you can't argue with the authority. At least, that's what I reckon.

[Divine]

At the moment, yup.
Cool. Tell Jason Cody Bryant asked if he is enjoying his waffle.

[purity_reloaded]

Thankyou very much.


One last question. Why don't UDE employees get to play in official tournaments?

It wouldn't be fair, since we could have advance knowledge of the cards, etc. Or allegations of "its rigged so the UDE guy could win" might come up.

Really though it's to keep Ian Estrin from crushing the dueling world singlehandedly.

[KingOfKings]

Really though it's to keep Ian Estrin from crushing the dueling world singlehandedly.

I bet he can't beat Fili Luna! J/p

[Shadow of Death]

Thankyou very much.


One last question. Why don't UDE employees get to play in official tournaments?

The same reason when companies like mcdonalds have those 1,000,000 monopoly sweepstakes, there's potential for a specific group etc to have an unfair advantage, or for other parties to assume such. If UDE were to play in events, would they be allowed to use company playtest cards, or perhaps we can assume they get special access to crush card virus and gold sarcophagus, or have authority to run special unreleased cards like seal of orichalcos?

I mean, I don't think many of you want to put your soul on the line during a shonen jump, do you? :D

[KillinSpoon]

Dont you mean single footedly? XD

[JDGloom]

What flavored and brand waffles?

I go Eggo Apple Cinnamon


I made waffles from Kodiak Cakes mix. It's a whole wheat honey mix that's really delicious, and it comes in this awesome rustic packaging that lets you know "these ain't yo daddy's waffles" and other progressive, macho slogans that I've made up in honor of that badass bear on the box.

Check it out: http://www.kodiakcakes.com/

Pancakes? MORE LIKE MANCAKES!

Then I covered them in maple syrup, but ran out, so I topped them with Haagen Daazs Hawaiian Lehua Honey ice cream.

-Jason

[blaine66]

...Jason is like 100 times manlier than I will ever be.

[KillinSpoon]

Pancakes? MORE LIKE MANCAKES!

Bahahahaha! I thought you had waffles though. -.-

[purity_reloaded]

Regular office, but cooler than most office work places because you get paid to work with card games. Either way, someone from UDE should give us a tour ;)


As for discussions, i'm guessing something along the lines of the game during meetings, though i'm sure there's some interesting conversations all throughout the day like anywhere else. =P

EDIT: perhaps not far off from wizard's?
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr240

It's similar to Wizards, I've had a couple of tours of WOTC back in the Pokemon days, I know some people who work there. WOTC has (or had) their own dojo, though. Wow, was that ever cool.


Ok it's time to go to sleep. I look forward to reading the thread when I get to work in the morning.

[luckyspell]

The same reason when companies like mcdonalds have those 1,000,000 monopoly sweepstakes, there's potential for a specific group etc to have an unfair advantage, or for other parties to assume such. If UDE were to play in events, would they be allowed to use company playtest cards, or perhaps we can assume they get special access to crush card virus and gold sarcophagus, or have authority to run special unreleased cards like seal of orichalcos?

I mean, I don't think many of you want to put your soul on the line during a shonen jump, do you? :D

Yeah, but from the way it sounds, they have to obtain cards just like we do. Ontop of that, they don't get discounts.

[Divine]

I made waffles from Kodiak Cakes mix. It's a whole wheat honey mix that's really delicious, and it comes in this awesome rustic packaging that lets you know "these ain't yo daddy's waffles" and other progressive, macho slogans that I've made up in honor of that badass bear on the box.

Check it out: http://www.kodiakcakes.com/

Pancakes? MORE LIKE MANCAKES!

Then I covered them in maple syrup, but ran out, so I topped them with Haagen Daazs Hawaiian Lehua Honey ice cream.

-Jason
Those panca...

Excuse me, mancakes are right out the hood!

[KillinSpoon]

What exactly do you mean by 'dojo'?

[JDGloom]

I did, but nothing manly rhymes with "waffles". ._.

...or "Hawaiian Lehua Honey Ice Cream." :(

-Jason

[WondaWice]

I did, but nothing manly rhymes with "waffles". ._.

...or "Hawaiian Lehua Honey Ice Cream." :(

-Jason

Roffle rhymes with Waffle.

My Roffle Waffle owns your Pancake.

[blaine66]

What exactly do you mean by 'dojo'?

A place for customer support to unleash their rage over each other instead of customers.

[KillinSpoon]

Oh, that's fly!

[Aro.]

Roffle rhymes with Waffle.

My Roffle Waffle owns your Pancake.

Id buy roffle waflle's

[Devil May Cry]

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

The answer is we usually don't. Konami plays a large role in determining the English names of the cards.
Hmm...I can't think of something witty to say to that. So many opnions of UDE are going to change though. This could be groundbreaking. A reason for people NOT to be pissed at UDE. You have my thanks.
Cystal sounds better than gem, I like that change.
Well I don't. It's like saying "Processed and solidified dairy product" over "Cheese". Crystal<Gem. Processed and solidified dairy product<Cheese
fanlations. Gem and Crystal aren't far off, except that Gem was a literal translation from the japanese card posted online and not the official name. They didn't change anything with the name for any reason, they just had a different translation. Infact, probably someone from Konami said it's meant to be translated as Crystal hence the specific name.

Well here's a simple answer. These are "FAN"tilations right? Well since I'm "FAN" of the GEM Beasts they should change it back. After all, it;s just a "FAN"tilation, right?

[JDGloom]

They had a real dojo. Sort of a mid-to-low-ceilinged gym with padded floors, where employees could go to work out or spar. WotC in the early days, before they were purchased by Hasbro, was very employee-centric, and employees all owned stock. They had a nice reflecting pool outside too, but UDE's decorative pool has them beat, on account of the waterfowl that inhabits the pool.

The waterfowl are aptly titled Upper Ducks.

-Jason

[WhatsUpDoc]

I don’t have to guess. I know what goes on at the UDE offices.
Everybody shows up around 10:00am complaining of a hangover.
Nobody really has an office to go to. They just have gaming tables.
Pairings are posted around 11:00am after everyone has had their Mimosas.
Everyone sits down and pulls out their decks, (I said decks).
All the employees laugh as they play each other…
knowing that they have the edge over us regular players with their custom printed cards.
That’s right! They print there own cards with anything they want on them!
Lunch is served around 12:00 noon, usually catered by Wolfgang Puck.
Nap time from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
More gaming and laughing from 2:00 to 4:00pm
Knock off at 4:15pm, after collecting their paychecks and free cases of cards.
Everyone then goes home to their nice houses, or should I say estates.
Cycle repeats every Monday thru Thursday with some occasional internet posting.

Pretty darn close right?

[Winter Soldier]

hey jason did you get my new pm?

sorry on topic tho its great to here some of these stories that julia has
its funny
sounds like an awesome job

[The_Dark_Monarch]

I'll send 'em a link in the morning, but I'm warning you they give as good as they get...
heh, I just went out shopping & I come back & see this thread is still going on.lol
It's 5:24PM over here atm, so that'd make it about 10pm or 11pm.
Either:
a) You don't get enough of this game already at work or
b) You are being payed overtime to talk to us. :p

Whichever the case, it's refreshing to put a more "humouristic" & "personal" spin on this topic.
I'll also keenly await for others at UDE to get "motivated" *cough*
Thx Julia. =)

[KillinSpoon]

Heh, I forgot NSW and VIC are in the same time zone lol.

[Dark-Link]

Wow, this thread is hilarious (yes, I read through it all)...(and not in a sarcastic way either...)

and yeah, I miss Tewarts posts too... Those were the good ol' days..

[Syncognition]

I imagine it is probably pretty similar to my own office environment. You are broken up into divisions based on job description, and you are probably pretty laid back at work. Of course, there is a lot that needs to get done, but that doesn't stop you from making the best of the time you spend at work. I'd wager that each department is pretty closely knit and there isn't really too much drama, but on the flip side you probably don't deal with other departments very much and don't really know most of the people outside of your own team nearly as well.

As a Specialist Program Manager, I expect you probably spend a lot of time working with a team to develop the programs that UDE runs to promote the products that they offer, though I don't know if you are specifically Yugioh, or if you work with other product as well. You're probably given info from R&D on a "need to know" basis, because that information doesn't have too much of an effect on your work, other than what products you'll be promoting in the programs you manage.

Your dress code is probably business casual, and I'm sure you were told to "dress for the job you want" when you first started there. I'd also guess since the place is more than likely a second home. Due to the amount of time you're there, that there is likely a small gym and a cafe somewhere in the building. Do you guys lease/own the whole building or are you only on certain floors? My company owned the first office I was in (a six story "tower of doom" with horribly slow elevators), and it isn't as nice as the one that I was transferred to when I was promoted, which the company only leases 2.5 floors out of 4.

Does your office have a quiet room/comfort zone? If not, I'd talk to someone about making one. It's a great place to chill on break. In my building, our "comfort zone" is a very dark room with a TV set, big squishy recliner couches, a small fish tank, and a bookshelf with donated books. Very relaxing when you're frustrated and need to relax on break. Especially for your employees that are front-line, customer facing reps.

Sorry for the length of the post. I also wanted to compliment you on your artwork, I think it is fantastic. I've never made a playmat, but you've inspired me to with your excellent work :0)

[TacoKing]

8:30-9:00 AM: UDE employees stagger into work after raiding Molten Core until 4am.

9:00-9:10 AM: Falsify timeclock logs to show that they got in at 8:00 AM

9:10-10:00 AM: Delete all emails with the subject lines "Why isn't there an SJC in my city", "Why are there so many secret rares", and "Julia, will U marry me"

10:00-10:30 AM: Kevin Tewart has conference call with Konami. Other UDE employees listen outside his door, hoping to learn some new Japanese swear words

10:30-11:30 AM: R&D tests out a new Ultimate Rare that emits a small electomagnetic pulse that will short out digital scales. All it does is demagnetize their credit cards.

11:30 AM: R&D raids Customer Service; beats them up for their lunch money.

11:45 AM-1:00 PM: Jason Grabher-Meyer finishes writing a week's worth of Metagame articles, including the ones under his aliases of "Curtis Schultz", "Jerome McHale", and "Jason Grabher-Meyer".

1:30 PM: Ian Estrin takes a relaxing afternoon nap on a huge pile of GLAS secret rares.

2:00 PM: UDE loses a game of basketball to the Upper Deck sports division guys, mainly due to the 80 points put up by Michael Jordan, who was just there autographing some cards.

3:00-4:00 PM: Try to get some work done, but keep getting distracted by the Warcraft guys, who are having a money fight in their part of the office.

4:30 PM: Using a cloak carefully crafted from the shiny side of booster pack wrappers, Julia tries to sneak out of the office early without triggering the heat sensor, laser grid, or cyborg hoverbots.

[enjoyonionrings]

It's similar to Wizards, I've had a couple of tours of WOTC back in the Pokemon days, I know some people who work there. WOTC has (or had) their own dojo, though. Wow, was that ever cool.


Ok it's time to go to sleep. I look forward to reading the thread when I get to work in the morning.


This (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr240) is a tour of the new Wizards of the Coast office =]

It'd be awesome if you could do one for Upper Deck!

[PJ]

You know, I've heard a lot of people here talk about what goes on at UDE (sometimes it's not very nice) but it is often surprising to hear what you think life around the UDE offices is like.

So...what do you think we do all day, what do you think the office is like, what kinds of perks do you figure we get, what do we talk about, etc?

Maybe an interesting or entertaining answer will earn you a little something something from my cube.
I bet half of your workforce moans about not being allowed play in sanctioned events..;)

[xXMechachuXx]

...Jason is like 100 times manlier than I will ever be.

I lol'd hard.

[Card Police]

Wow...this thread seem to be very popular. Is it because there's a UDE rep? What if it was a newbie like me that start this thread? I wonder if it'll get popular? We'll never know.

Anyhow.........since Julia ask. Here's my response.

The Tour:

1. Before you enter UDE building, you will notice that the front of the building is mostly glass window and a couple of story high.
2. Once you're in, you'll see lots and lots of large, cardboard, jumbo poster of Yugioh, WOW, VS, Marvel, and Sports.
3. you walk around and you'll see lots of office, mostly cubicles. these cubicles are decorated with more Yugioh, WOW, VS and sports card/posters/collectible items/etc. Everyone work in a crowded office with lots of the above stuff lying around.

The People:

The creative/test employee: they just play cards all day, writing down conflict and questions that might arrives. $14/hr

The customer rep: answers phone, has tons of yugioh, Vs, Wow and other sports card/items/toy lying around their computer. $12/hr

designers: design and work with the creative team to create and research whatever they need to get done. $18/hr

Julia and Jeff: Do whatever their job title say. $40,000/yr

Kevin: sends complaints to Konami. make $60,000/yr

Dan: backs up Kevin and everyone above. $50,000/yr

Everyone is nice and friendly. They all have a computer in front of them and always browsing forum to see what the Yugioh committee are gossiping about.




****** Disclaimer ******* All materials, texts, languages implied or expressed here are for entertainment purposes. Relying on this information will cause "chaos burst" or "People Running About" which is NORMAL sort of speak. LOL.

[JDGloom]

I lol'd hard.

Oh yeah? Well where are YOUR man-waffles, Tachella?

...Mine are in my man-purse. :(

-Jason

[TacoKing]

You mean, your Murse?

[PJ]

You mean, your Murse?
Nope, his Pan :D

[UDEUK_Ray]

Well, compare everything Julia said to what happens in a local branch office (as opposed to Head Office):

All I do is look at spreadsheets all day, broken up by the occasional marketing meetings or phone call. Not much game playing (or what I like to call brand familiarisation) goes on here, especially when I'm the only TCG player in the office...

Now can you imagination the down to earth feeling I got when I started my job?

Oh and the promo items (such as playmats)? Only when there are definite spares, which there are usually none for us as we run a fairly lean ship here
(Though I am a proud owner of a UDE solar bag...). I just hope is that we get our employee promo cards soon to make it all feel better...

OP here only really comes alive during events: it's like pent-up energy all released at once.

Oh, and I still love my job besides all this....

[Roland]

Ok I have a question for all you UDE staff out there!

Can you tell us what your general working activites are during starting and finishing hours?

From entering the office
Daily routines
Breaks
Meetings
Staff communication
After hours

Just to have an idea of how a reguler working day goes for you guys.
---
Also can I ask how many months ahead of planning you are with YGO? I don't wish to know product releases but how far ahead you plan and work on future products and events, is it already planned out quartley yearly? Are you working on summer plans, holiday plans? Events for the rest of the year? Or is this something only Kevin knows?

[PJ]

Well, compare everything Julia said to what happens in a local branch office (as opposed to Head Office):

All I do is look at spreadsheets all day, broken up by the occasional marketing meetings or phone call. Not much game playing (or what I like to call brand familiarisation) goes on here, especially when I'm the only TCG player in the office...

Now can you imagination the down to earth feeling I got when I started my job?

Oh and the promo items (such as playmats)? Only when there are definite spares, which there are usually none for us as we run a fairly lean ship here
(Though I am a proud owner of a UDE solar bag...). I just hope is that we get our employee promo cards soon to make it all feel better...

OP here only really comes alive during events: it's like pent-up energy all released at once.

Oh, and I still love my job besides all this....
Ray Fong I presume?

Just want to thank yourself and Rob for such a brilliant Pharoah Tour last week. I'll try and drag over a few more Irish again next year :)

[sushi magician]

I'm not really a fan of the Office, at least not the NBC Office. I imagine UDE to be a bit like Dilbert, or any other office. Ya know spending half the time pretending to work, the most important decision being whether to burn time on solitiare or mindsweeper, getting into the habit of deleting all your files and formating your hard drive whenever you see your boss approaching. What I want to know is how entertaining your lunch room is.
Hey I've got some nice stuff piled up in my cube.Sell it on ebay, with the following you get, whatevers just on the top of your desk could double your paycheck for the year. Then you got those mats you can sell and the UDE Julia coffee. Hmm... I think by then you just buy Konami
I've been there before. Kevin always comes out to greet visitors in a purple coat and tophat. On special occasions? He rides a unicorn down the steps!

... It's Richard's unicorn.

-Jason
Damn you broke my illusion. I woulda thought it was a pegasus. Am I the only one who thinks Tewart was a bit like Pegasus.
I dont know why, but I chuckle whenever I see someone give a completely serious answer :p
I've been chuckling while reading the whole damn thread, serious or joke.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556/


Except moar YGOz
And with that I die laughing
Umm...
Microwave popcorn, packets of mustard and packets of mayonnaise (but never ketchup), regular tea, packets of Splenda©, and generic painkillers. And I think a decongestant. There used to be free hand sanitizer in a dispenser in the bathroom...that's pretty much it.I guess the popcorns handy whenever theres a joust. Who wants to bet Jason is behind the 'no ketchup' conspiracy?

btw CURSE YOU Meatcurtains! Why must that post be to large for my sig? Made my day, Wait... whats my current sig?

[NeXusFrank88]

Daily Schedule at UDE...

Step 1: Steal Underpants.
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!

All errands are performed by One highly skilled Helper Training Monkey named Mokey Mokey.

Absolutely brilliant! :D

[D.D. Awesome]

I think the ude office has to look like those old Earthlink commercials, with the mythical creatures frollicking around, and a Giant dart board on one side, with all the banned cards on it.

[The Quiff]

I can just imagine Tewart there, cracking a whip, while sitting on a throne made of skulls from the humans whose souls have been taken from losing to him in a Shadow Duel. This, while being overly facetious.

I miss Tewart's sarcasm.

[orionpax]

I think the ude office has to look like those old Earthlink commercials, with the mythical creatures frollicking around, and a Giant dart board on one side, with all the banned cards on it.

Mythical creatures such as Charanitars and Dungars perhaps? (Joke aimed at a very slim minority).

[D.D. Awesome]

got it, lol.

[dherokbox]

hey i have a question for julia isnt there some cards that ude has that they never released 2 the public?

[The Tourist]

Thought:

Do you know what would be an interesting addition to your break room?

The game "Rock Band."

:cool:

I'm pretty sure you can download "Yu-Gi-Oh! Warriors - Theme Song" from XBox Live.

Throw in a little cosplay action with it.

C'mon, tell me that wouldn't be fun?

Plus, if you get sick of "Yu-Gi-Oh! Warriors." You can always jam out to "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden. You wouldn't even have to change your costume...BONUS!

*.*

[DarkRedMoon]

I think you people at ude. Need to do more work. LOL!!!!!!!!! MAybe work seven days too.

[wlsack]

Coming from a "kid".

Its a magicial land, with Beaver Warriors and Giant Rats running around every where. Everyone's Christmas bonus was a Baby Dragon. The tree's outside are Gigaplants, and the real UDE HQ...Well its in a Forest. Julia is the "model" for Alexis and Tea. Then, shortly after UDE messes up Chaos Neos, they go to a meeting with Little Kuriboh, who is really Julia's father. Then UDE goes into hiding, so they can make the super-special-awesome TCG cards.

And thats just Monday.

Tuesday, its more calm. They all sit around playing Yugioh, then VS. Then VSgioh (a new game UDE is working on).

Wen. Well its when they all sit down (on Mats) and talk about Yugioh today.

Thursday, they all switch jobs for the day. Julia gets tired and takes a nap, but then gets kidnapped by Green Baboon. But, Jason comes by and throws a Blast Sphere on Baboon, sparing Julia's life.

Friday, jousting and reading Pojo

[PJ]

hey i have a question for julia isnt there some cards that ude has that they never released 2 the public?
I think the seal of Orichalchos and Tyler the great warrior were 2 of them..(Tyler was a one of a kind card for the make a Wish Foundation)

[Pro-Moe]

You guys obviously sit around and talk about Yu-Gi-Oh! all day because you have nothing better else to do.......

[DarkSonicX]

So...what do you think we do all day, what do you think the office is like, what kinds of perks do you figure we get, what do we talk about, etc?

Testing various non-broken cards against various broken cards to balance the meta. They do have "Seal of Orichalcos" y'know.

Boss Kev approves brokeness in the office, but not to its players. GJ UDE!

-DarkSonicX

[Kitsune Blue]

You mean they don't sit in large meeting rooms and plot against the players all day?

... Huh.

[` E X P L O D E]

You watch Eastenders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders).

[Judai]

UDE isnt all Yugioh you know.
Exactly .

[PJ]

You watch Eastenders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders).
Maybe Rob Hooley does at the UK Office ;)

[JeffP@UDE]

I don’t have to guess. I know what goes on at the UDE offices.
Everybody shows up around 10:00am complaining of a hangover.
Nobody really has an office to go to. They just have gaming tables.
Pairings are posted around 11:00am after everyone has had their Mimosas.
Everyone sits down and pulls out their decks, (I said decks).
All the employees laugh as they play each other…
knowing that they have the edge over us regular players with their custom printed cards.
That’s right! They print there own cards with anything they want on them!
Lunch is served around 12:00 noon, usually catered by Wolfgang Puck.
Nap time from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
More gaming and laughing from 2:00 to 4:00pm
Knock off at 4:15pm, after collecting their paychecks and free cases of cards.
Everyone then goes home to their nice houses, or should I say estates.
Cycle repeats every Monday thru Thursday with some occasional internet posting.

Pretty darn close right?


That reminds me. Wolfgang Puck was at least 2 minutes late yesterday.

/fired

[redeyesbdragonmaster]

I'm thinking it depends on which department that you work in there. In some cases the day maybe getting a new set of VS. or WoW before it is even decided to be made and see if a card is to good or if there is a combo that will be too amazing to be shipped out. Another department could simply be type type type, ok, hey phil, type type type, and finally the department that is "alright here is the plan guys, we bust down the door, the fake card printer is in the left hand corner of the room, we shout everybody down, then we have stopped another fake card printing organization, anyone disagree. Ok. Break team!"
I mean thats just a normal, I am sure an exciting one would involve fires or somthing and people wanting to just yell at the guys that are angry because of it. :D

[Foenix]

Let's see... Kevin rises from his coffin and begins to drain the lifeblood of a couple goats before he floats off to a computer and stares lifelessly at it.

Jeff starts an online petition to get players more Konami cards before he realizes that online petitions don't do ****.

As for you, Julia, I'd have to say that after riding into the office on a golden stallion, your coworkers customarily bow to you before you proceed to spy on UDE meetings and keep those secrets to yourself.

In all seriousness, it's probably like any other business. Come to work, do your job, eat lunch, and screw around.

[JeffP@UDE]

This (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr240) is a tour of the new Wizards of the Coast office =]

It'd be awesome if you could do one for Upper Deck!

We already did one a couple of years ago.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uS01UMpe22Q

[wlsack]

We already did one a couple of years ago.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uS01UMpe22Q

I lol'd out loud

[JeffP@UDE]

Thought:

Do you know what would be an interesting addition to your break room?

The game "Rock Band."



Doing that might cause Organized Play to cease to exist. If you're fine with having no more Yugi Nationals, Gen Con or Sneak Previews ever, then I'll recommend it.

Additional Comment:

I lol'd out loud

That's only the Yu-Gi-Oh! Section of our office. The WoW TCG section is exactly like

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wTFMJ8V8HXk (forests and everything, too, seriously)

and the Vs. System section of the office looks like:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oUcKJflBG8Q



Just like them....


I swear....

:)

[TheParanoidAndroid]

UDE is like the opening theme song for a Saturday morning cartoon that distributes little pieces of cardboard, that sell for high prices on eBay.

UDE is exactly like that...sort of.

(G4TV commercial reference)

[The Tourist]

Doing that might cause Organized Play to cease to exist. If you're fine with having no more Yugi Nationals, Gen Con or Sneak Previews ever, then I'll recommend it.



I'm down.

As long as you guys/gals keep on rocking in the free world.

What else matters....

:)

[Inu665]

Is a duel disk part of the required attire?

[KevinTewart]

I think he's just too busy now.
Yep.

He got a promotion, you know.
Yep. Dan's been the R&D lead for Yu-Gi-Oh! for a while, now.

I'll let him know that he and his sarcasm are missed, though.
It's nice to be thought of. :cool:

[orionpax]

Harken all! Kevin, from great Olympus comes to bestow the words unto us! listen and be graced by his light, or blinded should you not be wearing sunglasses.

[The Quiff]

How do you know that Mr. Tewart is shining brightly? For all we know, he is really Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare in disguise.

[Shadowhunter]

It's like Achmed the dead terrorist....at the office.

[The Tourist]

Yep.


Yep. Dan's been the R&D lead for Yu-Gi-Oh! for a while, now.


It's nice to be thought of. :cool:

the man, myth, legend, and hun(j/k) ... K'T.

;]

[PJ]

How do you know that Mr. Tewart is shining brightly? For all we know, he is really Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare in disguise.
Or not in disguise, as the case may be..;)

[Taxman]

Is it like:

Jeff to Kevin: "I know I keep asking this, but could you explain how this card works again?"
Kevin to Jeff: "Well, an effect that you could never comprehend conflicts with an effect that you'd never understand".
Jeff: "Oh" -turns on heels and walks out

(with acknowledgement to Scott Adams)

[orionpax]

How do you know that Mr. Tewart is shining brightly? For all we know, he is really Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare in disguise.

Well we can safely assume that He's not the latter, due to a comment Julia made in another thread about Yubel.

Yubel gives me bad dreams. ._.

Because if He was Yubel, wouldn't that mean Mr. Tewart gives Julia Bad dreams?

[FlareWingman]

Sitting around drinking beer, eating donuts and pizza trying to watch the desolate creation of their own go forth and take over the world as millions of children (and grownups) take little pieces of cardboard into rooms and face other people to try to see who the ancient pharaoh was 4 mellinium ago.

jk, they probably work hard to get us the promos and decks and other things we want to make the game we all know and love be better.

[SSj2TeenGohan184]

Hmm Ude members the real deal huh. Dont really know what happens

[Undrave]

I bet UDE Office is like the Pixar office of TCG makers. Lots of large space to meet, paperplane competitions, aquariums, lots and LOTS of posters, cardboard cut outs, and tons of leftovers from games that didn't sell XD Lots of Kuriboh too.

Lots of meetings and serious work too. I can see lots of phone calls.

Heated video-conference conversations with Konami of Japan that play out like something out of Phoenix Wright XD

Kevin: OBJECTION!!!

Water cooler conversation are about future sets and complaining behing Konami's back XD

When monotony sets in Kevin busts out his infamous Gyroid impersonation and 'flies' around the office much to the delight of everybody.

Then its back to work. If you don't work the Kuribohs try to eat you.

[LIGHTWARRIORG]

11:45 AM-1:00 PM: Jason Grabher-Meyer finishes writing a week's worth of Metagame articles, including the ones under his aliases of "Curtis Schultz", "Jerome McHale", and "Jason Grabher-Meyer".



I'll have you know that I'm a real person, and that I do all my own stunts... and writing.

[PJ]

I'll have you know that I'm a real person, and that I do all my own stunts... and writing.
Which one are you? Curtis or Jerome? (I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing Curtis from your age.)

[The Tourist]

Which one are you? Curtis or Jerome? (I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing Curtis from your age.)

wrong.


he's jerome.

;]

[purity_reloaded]

They had a real dojo. Sort of a mid-to-low-ceilinged gym with padded floors, where employees could go to work out or spar. WotC in the early days, before they were purchased by Hasbro, was very employee-centric, and employees all owned stock. They had a nice reflecting pool outside too, but UDE's decorative pool has them beat, on account of the waterfowl that inhabits the pool.

The waterfowl are aptly titled Upper Ducks.

-Jason

I haven't seen the Upper Duck in months :(

Additional Comment:

heh, I just went out shopping & I come back & see this thread is still going on.lol
It's 5:24PM over here atm, so that'd make it about 10pm or 11pm.
Either:
a) You don't get enough of this game already at work or
b) You are being payed overtime to talk to us. :p

Whichever the case, it's refreshing to put a more "humouristic" & "personal" spin on this topic.
I'll also keenly await for others at UDE to get "motivated" *cough*
Thx Julia. =)

I certainly don't get paid overtime.

I just like interacting with you all, especially now that I'm not traveling like I used to.

[The Tourist]

Thought:

Do you know what would be an interesting addition to your break room?

The game "Rock Band."

:cool:

I'm pretty sure you can download "Yu-Gi-Oh! Warriors - Theme Song" from XBox Live.

Throw in a little cosplay action with it.

C'mon, tell me that wouldn't be fun?

Plus, if you get sick of "Yu-Gi-Oh! Warriors." You can always jam out to "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden. You wouldn't even have to change your costume...BONUS!

*.*




i still think this is the best idea. ^^^

[Siulzen]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3368/lddmatdy4dr9.jpg

There ya go ^_^

:eek: The details...

The colors...

The pose....

That fierce look in its eyes...

Its jaw is perfectly assembled...

its all PERFECT!!! *Saves Image As*

A++!!!! Bravo! Magnifico! What a Masterpiece!

All it needs is a fitting background. Something to bring out the fierce look in its eyes, and at the same time something that truly says "Light and Darkness Dragon".

I made waffles from Kodiak Cakes mix. It's a whole wheat honey mix that's really delicious, and it comes in this awesome rustic packaging that lets you know "these ain't yo daddy's waffles" and other progressive, macho slogans that I've made up in honor of that badass bear on the box.

Check it out: http://www.kodiakcakes.com/

Pancakes? MORE LIKE MANCAKES!

Then I covered them in maple syrup, but ran out, so I topped them with Haagen Daazs Hawaiian Lehua Honey ice cream.

-Jason

*drools* ._. Nobody I know makes those kind of stacks anymore *sniff*

Everything is Aunt Jemima, Pillsburry, and Eggos these days...

All this talk about Pancakes, Waffles, Mancakes, and Roffle Waffles is making me hungry...

----

I am enjoying reading this thread:).

Now to add something to the thread even though I have not answered the first post.

OCG Phantom Darkness Booster Set:

1 Holographic Rare
5 Ultra Rares
9 Super Rares
18 Rares
48 Commons

What I hope is the TCG set's Rarity Line-Up:

TCG Phantom Darkness Booster Set:

Changes for the set:

10 TCG Cards
10 OCG Cards


1 Ghost Rare
10 Secret Rares (the OCG Cards)
?? Ultimate Rares
10 Ultra Rares (5 TCG Cards)
12 Super Rares (3 TCG Cards)
20 Rares (2 TCG Cards)
48 Commons

I hope that makes sense.

I wonder if Dark Grepher is going to be a Rare just like the one for the Sneak or is he an Ultra or a Super?

[purity_reloaded]

I imagine it is probably pretty similar to my own office environment. You are broken up into divisions based on job description, and you are probably pretty laid back at work. Of course, there is a lot that needs to get done, but that doesn't stop you from making the best of the time you spend at work. I'd wager that each department is pretty closely knit and there isn't really too much drama, but on the flip side you probably don't deal with other departments very much and don't really know most of the people outside of your own team nearly as well.


It depends really, I work with a lot of different people since the volunteer program also involves marketing, brand, PR, etc. Plus, I work with all the brands, not just YGO, since the volunteers promote all of them.

As a Specialist Program Manager, I expect you probably spend a lot of time working with a team to develop the programs that UDE runs to promote the products that they offer, though I don't know if you are specifically Yugioh, or if you work with other product as well. You're probably given info from R&D on a "need to know" basis, because that information doesn't have too much of an effect on your work, other than what products you'll be promoting in the programs you manage.


Pretty much!

Your dress code is probably business casual, and I'm sure you were told to "dress for the job you want" when you first started there. I'd also guess since the place is more than likely a second home. Due to the amount of time you're there, that there is likely a small gym and a cafe somewhere in the building. Do you guys lease/own the whole building or are you only on certain floors? My company owned the first office I was in (a six story "tower of doom" with horribly slow elevators), and it isn't as nice as the one that I was transferred to when I was promoted, which the company only leases 2.5 floors out of 4.)


We get casual Fridays, where we get to display our collections of gaming T-shirts. There's one Upper Deck building that holds all of us.

Does your office have a quiet room/comfort zone? If not, I'd talk to someone about making one. It's a great place to chill on break. In my building, our "comfort zone" is a very dark room with a TV set, big squishy recliner couches, a small fish tank, and a bookshelf with donated books. Very relaxing when you're frustrated and need to relax on break. Especially for your employees that are front-line, customer facing reps.


Wow, if there is no one's told me where it is yet...Kevin's got a lot of cuddly Kurbiohs in his office, though.

Sorry for the length of the post. I also wanted to compliment you on your artwork, I think it is fantastic. I've never made a playmat, but you've inspired me to with your excellent work :0)


Thanks!

Additional Comment:

I bet half of your workforce moans about not being allowed play in sanctioned events..;)

Some people miss it, others don't really mind that much.

[Undrave]

Oi that playmat is awesome oO

UDE should start a line of artistic playmats, all designed by you off course XD or at least mostly by you. I'd buy one of those (or one with Plasma or Cranium Fish, my new favs) if it was this cool.

Don't underestimate Kevin's Legion of Kuriboh!! They'll take over the world one day. Just wait until we get Multiply in English XD (maybe Premium Pack 2?).

[purity_reloaded]

Well, compare everything Julia said to what happens in a local branch office (as opposed to Head Office):

All I do is look at spreadsheets all day, broken up by the occasional marketing meetings or phone call. Not much game playing (or what I like to call brand familiarisation) goes on here, especially when I'm the only TCG player in the office...

Now can you imagination the down to earth feeling I got when I started my job?

Oh and the promo items (such as playmats)? Only when there are definite spares, which there are usually none for us as we run a fairly lean ship here
(Though I am a proud owner of a UDE solar bag...). I just hope is that we get our employee promo cards soon to make it all feel better...

OP here only really comes alive during events: it's like pent-up energy all released at once.

Oh, and I still love my job besides all this....

Yeah, we get spares of things. You've always got to be on the spot when spares are discovered.

I look at spreadsheets sometimes, I make a lot of them too. Excel... [shakes fist]

You don't have your employee cards yet? Hope you get them soon!

[Undrave]

Employee cards?

I worked office jobs before so I know how it is(made LOTS of pointless spreadsheets too), though I can't help but think you guys probably got more interesting colleagues than I did XD. Geeks can be much better conversationalist than 'normies' .:p

Although accountants can be surprisingly fun to hang around with.