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    • NarsonN
      Narson @Gashlycrumb
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      @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

      Am I actually the only MU staffer in the history of the hobby to use a blood work-flow?

      Is this to keep track of vampire activity? Make sure there are no bottlenecks in the system?

      When someone shows you who they are, over and over again? Believe them.

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      • GashlycrumbG
        Gashlycrumb @Narson
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        @Narson No, I meant ‘bloody’ as in, a mild curse, for emphasis.

        Blood is unrelated. Just a workflow.

        "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
        – A. Bertram Chandler

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          Alveraxus @Gashlycrumb
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          @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

          Am I actually the only MU staffer in the history of the hobby to use a bloody work-flow?

          edited because a typo made explitive ‘bloody’ into ‘blood.’

          I’ve used Visio in the past to map out projects.

          But my favorite is to use concatenate to streamline building.

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          • PavelP
            Pavel
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            I use the patented “Fuck it, good enough” method. I do work, then “fuck it, good enough” and then the work is done. That’s my workflow.

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            • SnacknessS
              Snackness @Gashlycrumb
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              @Gashlycrumb Well, out of the four places I’ve staffed in any meaningful way they’ve all had work-flows so…no.

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              • PavelP
                Pavel @Snackness
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                @Snackness said in MU Peeves Thread:

                @Gashlycrumb Well, out of the four places I’ve staffed in any meaningful way they’ve all had work-flows so…no.

                Honestly, most semi-decent (and above) staffers will have some process at work in their brains. It might not be a formalised “you must adhere to this” thing, but most folk will approach - say, an application - in a specific way. e.g. First, I will look at their sheet and ensure there’s nothing glaringly wrong with it as far as policy and mechanics go. Then I will read their backstory, then I will look over their sheet again to see how good the ludo-narrative synergy is…

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                • GashlycrumbG
                  Gashlycrumb @Snackness
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                  @Snackness This warms me to the cockles of my socks. Perhaps as far down as the sub-cockles. Thank you.

                  "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
                  – A. Bertram Chandler

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                  • hellfrogH
                    hellfrog @Gashlycrumb
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                    @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

                    Am I actually the only MU staffer in the history of the hobby to use a bloody work-flow?

                    edited because a typo made explitive ‘bloody’ into ‘blood.’

                    you’re definitely the only one, i’ve never even heard of this. you should write a book or something

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                    • TezT
                      Tez Administrators
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                      What are you actually talking about or looking for when you ask for workflows for staff work? Like, I’m having trouble wrapping my head around what you think is missing, perhaps because every game I’ve ever staffed had something I would think of as that. Are we talking about something different?! What is it you are looking for?! What makes you even ask the question?!?!?!

                      I’m so confused.

                      she/they

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                      • helveticaH
                        helvetica
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                        I prefer a chocolate work-flow.

                        I Love Lucy Chocolate

                        Street Cred

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                        • PavelP
                          Pavel @helvetica
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                          @helvetica You’re called Helvetica, and you like chocolate. There’s a joke about stereotypes in here somewhere.

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                          • GashlycrumbG
                            Gashlycrumb @Tez
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                            @Tez I mean a work flow, in the standard fashion. Probably but maybe not necessarily a written one. And certainly every game ought to have them, and yes, it seems like a ridiculous question, and yet I am repeatedly surprised to discover that people who appear to be just doing whatever catches their eye when they log on and stopping at ‘fuck it, good enough’ don’t just appear to be doing that, but are doing it, and are even unaware of the concept of a work-flow.

                            Yes, @hellfrog, you’re very clever and should write a book about the dumb thoughts you imagine others to have.

                            "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
                            – A. Bertram Chandler

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                              Ashkuri
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                              @Gashlycrumb can you give an example

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                              • RozR
                                Roz @Gashlycrumb
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                                @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                @Tez I mean a work flow, in the standard fashion. Probably but maybe not necessarily a written one. And certainly every game ought to have them, and yes, it seems like a ridiculous question, and yet I am repeatedly surprised to discover that people who appear to be just doing whatever catches their eye when they log on and stopping at ‘fuck it, good enough’ don’t just appear to be doing that, but are doing it, and are even unaware of the concept of a work-flow.

                                Checking jobs/requests and then doing the jobs you can seems like a workflow. It’s just a very simple one.

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                                • PavelP
                                  Pavel @Gashlycrumb
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                                  @Gashlycrumb said in MU Peeves Thread:

                                  I mean a work flow, in the standard fashion.

                                  For the sake of clarity, ‘a workflow’ is a jargon term. Most people outside of the strictures of organisational development probably don’t know, nor care, what ‘a workflow’ is.

                                  Most games and staffers follow a process or procedure rather than a ‘true workflow.’ And that’s more than enough.

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                                  • saoS
                                    sao @Gashlycrumb
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                                    @Gashlycrumb you’re being real contemptuous of people not understanding the specific term you’re using while simultaneously refusing to define the term. Like, I probably know what you meant? When I staffed we used to use asana and I imagine that that has something to do with what you’re talking about? But I’ve never seen that term used before and googling it did not lead me to believe that there was a “standard” workflow that all things use, lol.

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                                    • PavelP
                                      Pavel
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                                      It’s sounding like a bog-standard peeve of “I don’t like/am surprised by people who don’t work the same way I do.”

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                                      • S
                                        Selira
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                                        as a project manager, lol, lmao, this is absolutely not a universally defined term and there are dozens of ways to structure how you get things done

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                                        • PavelP
                                          Pavel @Selira
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                                          @Selira I absolutely do want to be a fly on the wall for a staff meeting about not meeting MU KPIs though.

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                                          • helveticaH
                                            helvetica
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                                            This is toeing into the territory of the… spreadsheets in our pretendy fun times discourse. Reasonable steps to remain organized and keep a sustainable pace? Yes. Turning it into something that might be done from a cubicle? Pass.

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