I will assume that playing ThinkTanks is one of our biggest pleasures in life. What other things in life give you the biggest thrills?
They can be hobbies or just small little things you do or see that give you pleasure.

For example:
My favorite part of every day is when I pull into the driveway and my 5 year old comes running out to great me with "Daddy!"
It is followed by the shriek of joy from my 18 month old who comes zooming to meet me with out-stretch arms.
Then the expression of relief on the wife's face as she realizes she has survived yet another day with two wild boys!

Also, I enjoy my giant Great One coffee from Dunken Donuts every morning.

I enjoy our DVD burner as we convert old analog videos to digital format.

I really appreciate having our own private built-in pool, especially during the summer heat after some yard work! Ahhhh!!!

It's always a treat when we have friends and family over the house or when we go out to eat in a big group!

I get a kick out of making a whole room of kids laugh like crazy by being such a silly daddy.

Watching/hearing good news on TV or the radio is always very edifying! (such as someone finding a birth parent, or saving a life, etc.)

I will admit that I am touched by some of those heart-warming TV commercials (such as the HP photo one where the mom watches her kid grow up from a tiny tot into a grown man and Jewel sings "Please stay, forever this way")

At work, I always appreciate it when one of my users tell me how much they appreciate my help and shower me with praise.
It's an even bigger thrill when my boss goes out of his way to complement me on something I've done or suggested (which happens a lot).

I love reading books at Barnes and Noble on a rainy afternoon while sipping a cappucino. The same with libraries.

I really love movies, so it's always a wonderful experience when you see a great one!

Well I would have to say shooting pool is my number 1 thing I like to do to relax or listen to classical music. I love to work with animals, all kinds from dogs to exotics. I also love spending time with my family. Love to collect anything and every thing to do with wolves. Not that TT or PTT is last but you must have a little bit of every thing. Oh all most forgot, Cooking meals for my wife and I.

Last edited: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 12:34:24 PM

Pais, you pretty much summed it all up. Just plug in my statistics to your comments and there ya go.
(Nicely written Pais!, you saved me a lot of typing.... :-)

I would probably have to add a few things such as....

When I move an edit point a few frames and all of the sudden it flows like honey....
When I look through the viewfinder and I see the magic of content and composition working together seamlessly.....
When I look at the dressing room mirror and see the perfect shoes complimenting the perfect outfit......

A lot of things here that already said here I like (except kids) but here some things I'll add.

I really like sitting in a dark, quiet place talking with good friends about anything...

Flying. The thrill of take off and landing and, if I ever get the chance, a few tricks...

Boating. Theres something incredibly relaxing about sailing across water. And it helps to have some powerful engines for the fun part...

@TG
Thanks. Good additions too.

@Baklava
I agree about flying and boating! Something about the water that is so peaceful and tranquil.

Here is another variation on this theme: What gives you the most pleasure when it comes to the game of TT?

Scoring a goal in scrum after a very long and complex run?

Scoring the winning goal in a team scrum game?

Gunning down an opponent with the potential tying goal at the end of a game??? (I love this one)

A victory in indie scrum/battlemode vs team matches?

Scoring a spectacular goal off a jump pad or off a tree that elicits a series of WowS! Or G1!

In TT:
scoring a goal through means that were thought of as impossible, all by accident, but having everyone with you think it was done purposely...

I've had a few recently that completely baffled me

Warm, homemade blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream while watching a good movie.
Allowing a Milky Way candy bar to completely melt in my mouth while watching a good movie.
Getting lost in God during a really awesome praise and worship song.
Smelling a brand new book that I'm getting ready to read.
My son's enthusiasm when he learns or discovers something new.
Hugging my squishy wife. :)

The scent of my boxers after a twelve mile sprint in 90 degree heat.

Seriously, any day that I was able to cast my line in the water.

In TT:

Making an incredible snipe from far, far away.
laying down the law on some light who thought they were just gonna rush, ram and kill.
doing it twice in a row
seeing one of my skins in someone else's screen shot.
having an indie high score in CTF.
killing a light as it flies through the air after it hits a bounce pad.
stealing the flag during CTF by reading the opposition or charging right in.
trash talking the screen. "Oh, you want some of this?" and "Where you runnin'?" :)

I like making an incredible save in soccer (I'm a keeper).
I like making music. (http://www.angelfire.com/punk4/spunk0/Roaming_Free.mp3)
I also like the smell of new shoes. :P

Last edited: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 2:47:28 PM

I find pleasure playing soccer and geetting a red card for too much shoving ;)
I enjoy cartooning, BMing in scrum :P , and beating someone in battlemode who is a sore loser.

Coffee! Coffee! Buzz! Buzz! Coffee! Coffee! Buzz! Buzz! Coffee! Coffee! Buzz! Buzz! Coffee! Coffee! Buzz! Buzz! Coffee! Coffee! Buzz! Buzz!

I love that caffeinated hyper while scrumming! Lets hear it for our favorite legal drug!

Well, that and seeing little Jack scramble across the floor to me when I come home from work. XD

- BombJames Bomb

My favorite thing to do PG version......hmmm......PG.....hmmmm.....well...taking my atv up a giant sand dune and meeting a naked...o yea.. PG version..playing think tanks naked ;)

That ^ should be rated R for the pictures it put in my head. :S

Hmmm...
- Spending the weekends with my gorgeous g/f
- Speeding to work in my Si, specifically coming off the exit onto 175, hoping into the left lane, and shooting up along traffic.
- Finishing a piece of artowrk (which is seldom these days :[ )
- Listening to a perfect florida break
- Getting to a club early and ripping up the dancefloor to a local, but great breaks Dj that came in unexpected

TT: besides the obvious I like using an alias and going into TBM with a heavy when everyone asks me who I am.

Music: playing guitars and violins, listening to good solid music

Fishing, and scenery

Writing applications and my own creative algorithms

Direct X games programming

The rest are illegal or PG+ rating

B

Sitting outside a country pub on a sunny day with a lovely pint of real ale in one hand, and a packet of dry-roasted in the other......aaah, perfect......

I never drink alone either. Either jack or jim are around to help or they are replaced by the captain. I stay away from jose. Sometimes they even all show up...

B

Driving a 315 yard green with a 5 yard draw when there's a foursome still on the dance floor; Scoring a smoking goal in a heated scrum; the sweet smell of fresh water just before a summer rain, fly fishing on a cool monday morning, because that is one of the best sensory experiences ever; watching my wife just being; and having my kid grab onto my leg because there is something that I just have GOT to see.

Last edited: Friday, July 30, 2004 at 1:49:20 AM

In TS,
making a pass while smoking and then killing a couple of chasers as your teammate scores.

Scoring several goals in a row in an indie scrum game with good players!

While playing with an unknown alias and being called names like Tally, Bolo or the ultimate, Hanky!!!

Haagen Daaz chocolate chocolate chip ice cream.
Sleeping in
Not having to set my alarm clock, not having to hear it for the whole summer
DQ soft serve chocolate ice cream
playing sims, tt, or working on photoshop
reading a book in the shade
laughing really hard
playing james bond games on xbox
watching james bond movies
annoying my friends with useless james bond facts
swimming
tacos
ahhhhh this makes me happy...
now I am hungry
and I want to go watch a james bond movie

003

The thing that gives me the greatest pleasure is in doing something which gives other people a bit of happiness or that somehow makes their life easier. It may sound corny but, for me, thats the one thing that makes any day complete.

Other than that:
sitting back and relaxing to some classical music, opera or jazz
finding myself engrossed in a really good book
a well directed movie with strong performances and good cinematography and editing
sitting by the shore at night listening to the sound of the waves crashing against on the beach/rocks
...

-Z-

Being up at 4:30am and being wide awake.. Then going outside and walking down the driveway to our quiet street.. Standing in the middle of the street looking up and the sky, the expanse of sky, and just thinking about anything and everything and nothing...

And struggling to turn off the nagging bit of conscience which tells me I'll get hit by a car if I don't pay attention.

P.S. There are, of course, many other things I take pleasure in, but they would take to long to list, and since it is indeed 4:30am, the above choice seemed apropos. In fact, I think that is what I will do right now. If I don't post after this you'll know that I should have paid more attention :P

Creative play with my nieces and nephews. I'm the fun uncle :)

Feeling the body heat of my mate when it's cold out.

Witnessing sunrises and sunsets in Arizona.

Roasting green coffee beans and then drinking fresh coffee.

Sipping on strong hoppy homebrewed beer.

Riding my 1973 BMW motorcycle under a full moon in perfect weather while imagining the physics of all the individual parts thrusting me against the air.

Intellectual discussions with my father.

Idiot-free TT games in the morning. %)

[Edit] Oh and the sound of the basket chains when scoring a hole-in-one in a goal that you can't see from the tee pad in disc golf .

Last edited: Sunday, August 01, 2004 at 10:52:26 AM

This makes us all sound kinda romantic. Lol

BlindCide: What an interesting looking game! I had never heard of DiscGolf before and had to hunt around that site for some pictures to see what you were referring to. Looks bizarre, but fun!

Disc golf was my biggest addiction before discovering TT. ;) The course in my town is very much like a lush map! Until they prohibited alcohol that is. :(

I played year round even through the Iowa winter (brr). Once you walk up the first hill you have plenty of body heat. :'(

They make the discs in an indestucto type of plastic (Z-series) that will last indefinitely, if you don't lose them. :[ There are drivers, mid-range, and putters. They even rate the discs for which way and how much they tend to arc.

If you don't have a course nearby you can make your own object course. Just pick out a target, such as a tree or rock, and maybe designate a path that has to go around something else so you're not throwing in a straight line.

I'm very lucky to live in the highest course per capita area in the world! They just opened the 2nd 18 hole course here a couple of days ago. You might not see me in TT for a few weeks. :)

Here's a picture of one of my disc buddies:

Last edited: Monday, August 02, 2004 at 5:27:18 PM

Sorry this is going OT slightly, but I'm guessing that you can choose from a range of discs to throw from the location that the last one landed - instead of changing golf club, you are just changing olf ball in effect. Also assume there is regulation size/weight/whatever for the various discs etc. Heh interesting stuff though and nice to learn about a new game/sport.

Official disc golf rules . They're much like round ball golf.

My friends and I play that game except with frisbee's. It's a fun game!

I have much the same pleasures as -z-, although I'm most likely twenty-five years younger... Nothing personal.

Reading is one of my greatest, most powerful pleasures I have. At age ten, I'm currently reading I, Robot and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea. Not to brag.. Playing ball with my dog is also a nice pleasure, it makes him happy and me happy. Playing Civillization-type game is a great pleasure too. I have more, but I g2g.

-Bacon

Oops, I almost forgot. Watching movies is a fun past time. Especially if they're about Hobbits.
Bilbo, Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins, Greatest little Hobbit of them all...

ocean...

I love to surf...

-z- likes to do things for others....imagine that

B

@Bolo
I noticed that too. Yes, there is no greater pleasure in life than serving others. I mentioned as one of my pleasures above that I enjoy helping my users here at work. It's so rewarding when they are so happy and relieved after I've helped them out of a jam with their computer! The other thing I love doing is teaching people new things so they can actually fix/resolve things themselves in the future. Sure, it's smart because it reduces my workload, but mostly it makes people feel smart and self-reliant. I believe in that old credo, "Give someone fish and they eat for a day, but teach them how to fish and they eat for a lifetime!" So true when it comes to computers and technology!

P.s. It is not fool-proof though. Sometimes a little knowledge in the wrong hands can be a bad thing! Some people think they know more than they do and they make things far worse by tinkering with things they have no business touching! Oh well...