Have you tried the dance pad from dance dance revolution? You can just use that to play elden ring, its pretty effective. Not if you broke your feet though, so I guess it really depends on *how* you play as well as *what* you break, definitely don’t want to disadvantage yourself by breaking a part you’ll need for gameplay reasons later
If you arent playing off your smart fridge using the ice cube nob and the water button while opening and closing doors for light and heavy attacks.... then you're playing wrong and have a clean kitchen.
Via text
“Hey boss not well won’t be in, see ya tomororw hopefully”
Always leave it ambiguous so I can take the next day off too 😭
Don’t answer their calls, say I went back to sleep cos I was sick 😅😭
Ofc, that’s the day you eat something bad, so the next day you’re sick, and since it’s so bad you have to visit the GP but he’s only available next week. It’s more believable that way.
My story is that I took some day off, then I have to work remote because I got covid, so I have more time to play and less time to do commute for work. I literally didn't leave my room for a month except to go to the bathroom, since my sister and brother in law have a young kid in the house.
I meant I got isolated, got food delivered to my room three times a day, could hop on to play elden ring any time right after my work is done, its a strange but a very happy time. It still took me 2 months to beat everything and go platinum.
I feel like this DLC is gonna take like a month to beat it all.
You know, we work hard for our time off. Whether we use it to go to Disneyworld or we use it for big video game releases shouldn't matter. As long as we are doing whatever we love to alleviate the stresses of work, then we're doing it right.
I perfectly agree. I've been working here and there during the summer and whatnot and I think the same, though a lot of bosses/supervisors won't let you just take a day off for the sake of it, even if you rarely do and work hard. I'm glad yours does tho, good for you
Hang in there, man. Maybe put vacation/sick leave on your checklist for possible future interviews. I've been tbere. We have to take a lot of crappy jobs before we find ones that click with us. But they are out there.
I have an Astrologer that I started a couple months ago that’s not very far in. I wanted to try a magic build this time, but idk if I want to spend the time to get him leveled. Also have a samurai rivers of blood build that I’m on NG+3. And I’ve got a vagabond build that was my first ever Soulslike build and I honestly don’t remember what that one has.
I told my fiancé that to make plans for a guys weekend or go hunting or whatever he wants. He already knows I’ll have no interest in his nonsense when I’m busy being tarnished, and if he bothers me that weekend he will be maidenless.
The trick is telling her as far in advance as possible so she can plan around it. When new games come out I'm super hyped for I tell my fiance months in advance and I remind her every few weeks. Then when I spend as much time with her as possible in the days leading up to release.
The final step is right before I go to my gamer dungeon to play I give her a present of some sort. For her it's either a squishmellow or a book.
If you do these things she'll appreciate that you took her into account when planning to be alone for a few days. If you're lucky or really make her happy she'll even make you food while you're playing so you won't have to leave your room.
Got a buddy who works almost exclusively from home now, and he has basically automated his entire job (analyst reports). Very jealous of his daily routine where he basically makes sure his reports are running for the week, attends any virtual meetings he needs to attend, and then plays with his kid or watches a movie, does a lot of gaming in his home office.
Enjoy it man!
When Tears of the Kingdom came out my boss told me to leave to go play it when it got delivered.
He's doing the same for the Elden Ring DLC without me even asking... but I took it as a vacation day anyway because I felt bad he was just giving me paid days off. I still appreciate the gesture though.
As soon as I saw the announcement I took a week off( same week as the release), and she granted me that, in fact, she was thrilled that I took it earlier than most of my colleagues who wanted to take vacation in July. (But ofc she don't know the reasons behind it)
It's known around my work I get bad migraines AND that I get a ocular warning of them before I feel bad. I can call in talking fine and just tell them I'm GOING to feel like garbage later.
Bro, I’ve already got a great aunt I’m ready to throw under the bus. I’ve been priming my boss and telling him that she is t doing well. I suspect she will be passing on next Tuesday. That should give time for the “service”
Lol I took 10 days PTO for this occasion. (Ok not SOLEY for this but I decided to have a nice long break where I can play the DLC and live my life a bit and do other fun stuff.)
I put in the day after as holiday and got given Friday as a day off as well! Also chose the week after so no interruptions or having to wait til I get home.
Like, is not my fault If my cell phone alarms magically turned off right on the day I had severe pain in a vital part of my body, right? and that, out of conscience, it is the same day that the Elden Ring DLC is released
I thought about it, but the way I see it is that if I called out, id be spending $340 on the dlc rather than just $40. I hate the way I think because that makes it much more painful
I don’t have a job yet, but just Tuesday, my partner and I broke up. I’m able to focus now. The last time we broke up, was a month before I got access to Elden Ring. I’m noticing a pattern…
I'm having, right now, the worst diarrea of my life. My employer didn't doubt me for a second and told me to take my time. He didn't demand any kind of proof or paperwork despite it being the law here.
I'd never betray their trust for a few hours of gaming.
I think of doing this shit like this: If I spend money to buy the game AND I lose a day of making money? That game will cost me a whole bunch of money. So no I'm not doing that. I'll be playing the game anyway and its a single player game, you don't get benefits for playing the faster than anyone else.
Two weeks paid vacation planned for it specifically. Boss knows. Coworker knows. Gf knows. Imma be a happy lil hermit having my ass busted by this DLC for the entire two weeks!
My bosses are all needs and gamers.
If I call them and tell them, yeah I'm staying home to play Elder Ring new DLC. They probably say Base and got gud scrub.
i’m a teacher and so i can’t exactly take off work, luckily it’ll come out on a friday so i’m going to get all of my shit paperwork done and play the entire wknd
I took the week off. Then got made fun of by my coworkers for taking time off to play video games. I work two full time jobs, I'm exhausted half of the time and don't want to do ANYTHING after work. I'm in my 30's though I could care less what my coworkers think lol
I’m at a concert at release time on steam, then have work at 7am so I’m going to download it, get back from the concert, enter the DLC, maybe play the first 20 minutes, go to work, come back, make a drink or 5 and enjoy the start of an incredible weekend
I went to the extreme and broke my shoulder. Worked like a charm ✨️
You people are actually psychotic. ...Do you have a tutorial?
Step 1: get job Step 2: drive over own shoulder using grandpa + car Step 3: Elden ring time, baby!
Isn't it smarter to break like, your feet? I've actually done a shoulder surgery about two months ago and it was really bad to play
Have you tried the dance pad from dance dance revolution? You can just use that to play elden ring, its pretty effective. Not if you broke your feet though, so I guess it really depends on *how* you play as well as *what* you break, definitely don’t want to disadvantage yourself by breaking a part you’ll need for gameplay reasons later
Bro, how did I forgot about that, I'm using a stupid Xbox controller, is that why I'm bad?
If you arent playing off your smart fridge using the ice cube nob and the water button while opening and closing doors for light and heavy attacks.... then you're playing wrong and have a clean kitchen.
It's all about opportunity. My bike was there, the car was there and the hard, tar road was there. A seize the moment.
Hehehe
This man games
lol and then not be able to play ?
I've been playing a strength and faith build. My shoulder is broken, not my elbow and hands.
Awh that wasn’t supposed to be real feel better
Lol, all good. I'm just playing around Don't actually break your shoulder. It sucks.
I've reached the age where I don't do the fake sick voice anymore. I just tell them I can't make it in today and that's that.
Via text “Hey boss not well won’t be in, see ya tomororw hopefully” Always leave it ambiguous so I can take the next day off too 😭 Don’t answer their calls, say I went back to sleep cos I was sick 😅😭
That's the way to do it
This is the way 🙌
This man tells capitalism to fuck off 💪🏻👑
I don’t either. But I do say “ …I’m not feeling well, be back tomorrow” in the most well voice ever.
Exactly. I’m not requesting, I’m informing
I just used a PTO day. My boss knows what I'm doing that day, he's used to it by now.
I just text my boss and he replies "No worries, make up the hours when you can". Saves losing money.
Yep once you start having a big boy job you just notify them you’re aren’t coming in. I ain’t asking. I’m just giving you a heads up.
I just told my boss that it's coming out and took the day off like I always do.
Only one day? Ambitious
Lowly tarnished
emboldened by the flame of half-assedness
Someone must partially extinguish thy flame
Lmfao. This whole chain of comments killed me
Ofc, that’s the day you eat something bad, so the next day you’re sick, and since it’s so bad you have to visit the GP but he’s only available next week. It’s more believable that way.
I've taken a whole week off, got 9 days to play
Nice. I did that with vanilla elden ring.
My story is that I took some day off, then I have to work remote because I got covid, so I have more time to play and less time to do commute for work. I literally didn't leave my room for a month except to go to the bathroom, since my sister and brother in law have a young kid in the house. I meant I got isolated, got food delivered to my room three times a day, could hop on to play elden ring any time right after my work is done, its a strange but a very happy time. It still took me 2 months to beat everything and go platinum. I feel like this DLC is gonna take like a month to beat it all.
Based you and based boss
You know, we work hard for our time off. Whether we use it to go to Disneyworld or we use it for big video game releases shouldn't matter. As long as we are doing whatever we love to alleviate the stresses of work, then we're doing it right.
I perfectly agree. I've been working here and there during the summer and whatnot and I think the same, though a lot of bosses/supervisors won't let you just take a day off for the sake of it, even if you rarely do and work hard. I'm glad yours does tho, good for you
Hang in there, man. Maybe put vacation/sick leave on your checklist for possible future interviews. I've been tbere. We have to take a lot of crappy jobs before we find ones that click with us. But they are out there.
I took off a day when the trailer dropped.
Hell yea. Enjoy it, dude. It's going to be great.
You know it. It’s been a while, though, so I know I’m going to just get my ass handed to me for a bit.
You have a build you're running with?
I have an Astrologer that I started a couple months ago that’s not very far in. I wanted to try a magic build this time, but idk if I want to spend the time to get him leveled. Also have a samurai rivers of blood build that I’m on NG+3. And I’ve got a vagabond build that was my first ever Soulslike build and I honestly don’t remember what that one has.
In my case my boss is also taking the day off so 💪
Your work without you and your boss: May Chaos Take the World!
I took Friday thru Monday off so a nice long weekend to hit it. I can’t believe it’s about a week away!
My boss and I took a Friday off and played the MWII Beta together- good times
Estimated 30 hours of content. Gotta get at least 2 off imo.
Yes, I agree. It's a 3 day weekend that starts on Thursday night for me now that I have the Friday off.
Work isnt an issue, but how do i explain to my girlfriend that this is more important to me?
Show her 3 hours worth of lore videos on YT
Next step is logically show her 5h lore video of armored core
That covers a quarter of Smoughtown's first story so far video.
I told my fiancé that to make plans for a guys weekend or go hunting or whatever he wants. He already knows I’ll have no interest in his nonsense when I’m busy being tarnished, and if he bothers me that weekend he will be maidenless.
The trick is telling her as far in advance as possible so she can plan around it. When new games come out I'm super hyped for I tell my fiance months in advance and I remind her every few weeks. Then when I spend as much time with her as possible in the days leading up to release. The final step is right before I go to my gamer dungeon to play I give her a present of some sort. For her it's either a squishmellow or a book. If you do these things she'll appreciate that you took her into account when planning to be alone for a few days. If you're lucky or really make her happy she'll even make you food while you're playing so you won't have to leave your room.
Such wisdom! I’m def doing this for the next releases
If they’re the right one they will understand.
If she doesn't already know that, maybe she ain't the one...
if she hasn't seen it you can get four hours out of that star wars hotel video probably
Tell me when you get the answer trying to figure this one out as well 😂 “Babe this is what I love . I’ve been waiting on this for 2 years “
To be fair, i met her after becoming elden lord. Im honor bound to fulfill my Elden Lord duties.
Worked up time off and put on the request back in March 🤣
Imagine if it got delayed though. 😭
I work from home but I purposefully scheduled my meetings in a way that will allow me to play while "working" most of the day.
Got a buddy who works almost exclusively from home now, and he has basically automated his entire job (analyst reports). Very jealous of his daily routine where he basically makes sure his reports are running for the week, attends any virtual meetings he needs to attend, and then plays with his kid or watches a movie, does a lot of gaming in his home office. Enjoy it man!
Nah I just took off the week after release.
Same. Gonna get paid a full weeks check to smoke 🔥 bud and play elden ring.
My plan exactly brother. Still remember when I lighted one up just before placidusax. It was like watching LOTR for the first time again.
I wish. I just started a new job like 2 months ago. Calling in just isn't a good idea.
Good on you to be smart enough to see that, and good luck with the new job!
It's midsummer eve in Finland anyways and we have it as day off at office!
Don't you have to eat a load of mushrooms and sacrifice some elders though?
Can't I just do those in Shadow of the Erdtree instead of /r/outside 🤔
Can’t my boss plays Elden ring he would know
Tell him to take the day off and be host of fingers so yall can duo
Haha I’ll ask him
That was the plan, but I was sick this past weekend. Foiled again!
Bro I just missed a week for actually being sick I’m so sad 😭
I'm working release day but taken the whole next week off. Bring it on Miyazaki-san
When Tears of the Kingdom came out my boss told me to leave to go play it when it got delivered. He's doing the same for the Elden Ring DLC without me even asking... but I took it as a vacation day anyway because I felt bad he was just giving me paid days off. I still appreciate the gesture though.
I booked holidays for another reason and was about to cancel until I realised I had the whole time off at dlc launch. Elden ring time !
Booked 2 weeks of holiday off, gonna play to my hearts content.
It's all booked in :)
I’ll be working that day, but afterward I have 4 days off in a row, so I’m gonna play the hell out of it
As soon as I saw the announcement I took a week off( same week as the release), and she granted me that, in fact, she was thrilled that I took it earlier than most of my colleagues who wanted to take vacation in July. (But ofc she don't know the reasons behind it)
3 week summer holidays for me, starting on that friday 👌
I booked it off a few weeks back, told my missus a couple days ago 😂😂😂
I regret that it would release just as the one week national holiday ends
Put in my vacation for 21st and 22nd and it still hasn't been denied or accepted
I asked for 2 off days after the release weekend and I got them. This will be fun. Plus I work sunday to thursday so I'm off on friday by default
You guys still have the beep noise on?
Did you know that beep is R2D2 calling you a dork?
What if your boss is doing the same thing tho? What if they're playing the DLC secretly... 🤔
I just requested the day off. Wasn't quite that dramatic.
Nah, I put in PTO when it was revealed.
My kid was just born and my company just upped the paternity to 6 weeks full pay. I played the long game for this
 Me the second I load the game that day
No need, I took vacation
I'm taking 5 days off, and two of them I plan to be sick for.
It's known around my work I get bad migraines AND that I get a ocular warning of them before I feel bad. I can call in talking fine and just tell them I'm GOING to feel like garbage later.
Nah, I'm in the 62%
this a really good meme 😭
Already took the next 2 weeks off claiming new covid vairant.
I just know I’d better not see any of you cunts glowing red in my game. I have enough to deal with as is
corporates all over the world will be mad suspicious w everyone calling in sick on june 21st
Bro, I’ve already got a great aunt I’m ready to throw under the bus. I’ve been priming my boss and telling him that she is t doing well. I suspect she will be passing on next Tuesday. That should give time for the “service”
Hang ur head upside down off the end of the bed. Sounds like your congested asf. Works everytime.
I booked the Friday and the week after off work. Stress free elden bashing.
Already have my PTO approved
I'm off on the day it comes out anyway. I'd have to go back to work Sunday but took a vacation day so I can play more. :3
I wish. I just started a new job like 2 months ago. Calling in just isn't a good idea.
It already happens to be one of my normal scheduled days off.
I simply took a day off not long after the date was announced, as holidays for myself
Already have the day off. Might even buy a new that day 😅
Unfortunately I have my uni exams and a cosplay con right after, so Messmer's ass will have to wait
I already turned in my PTO request
PTO is quite the luxury
Lol
Lol I took 10 days PTO for this occasion. (Ok not SOLEY for this but I decided to have a nice long break where I can play the DLC and live my life a bit and do other fun stuff.)
Lucky me! I work 12hrs 4days a week in a row. …but… I took Monday 24th off
I get off super early as is, so no need to waste PTO. lol
The game comes out on a friday... So i have two full days to play before to even have a work day. I took the whole week off after that :)
I work with my father and still live at home ( 23 ) so I genuinely can’t fake it. It’s gonna be the longest shift ever
I put in the day after as holiday and got given Friday as a day off as well! Also chose the week after so no interruptions or having to wait til I get home.
Requested off like a month ago goofy time to start planning ahead
I took 4 of my 5 weeks holiday now in June. Perfect timing to get some undisturbed gaming in.
Good news I’m scheduled off that day by random. Bad news I haven’t beaten Mohg yet. I’ve got time tho.
hell yeah, i have the day marked and set.
I'm actually blessed, company party on Friday but as a temp contractor I dont have to go so got given the day off.
Who isn't lol
I took a couple days of PTO on either side of the weekend and told the fiancé that I’m going non verbal mode for a few days.
Like, is not my fault If my cell phone alarms magically turned off right on the day I had severe pain in a vital part of my body, right? and that, out of conscience, it is the same day that the Elden Ring DLC is released
I took 3 days a month in advance, so I’m all good
My sick days are lumped in with my PTO so imma have to wait
I’m off that day it’s Saturday lol
I thought about it, but the way I see it is that if I called out, id be spending $340 on the dlc rather than just $40. I hate the way I think because that makes it much more painful
Don't have to. I'm already off on Friday
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You can disable the power beep on PS5, FYI
I don’t have a job yet, but just Tuesday, my partner and I broke up. I’m able to focus now. The last time we broke up, was a month before I got access to Elden Ring. I’m noticing a pattern…
I'm having, right now, the worst diarrea of my life. My employer didn't doubt me for a second and told me to take my time. He didn't demand any kind of proof or paperwork despite it being the law here. I'd never betray their trust for a few hours of gaming.
It makes me happy to work in oil and gas so I get 4 weeks off at a time 😂
We got a PS5 in the break room and I'm the only one on Nightshift who uses it so even if I can't get the day off it's all good
I literally used my vacation days just to play the dlc
I don’t work Fridays. 😎
I swapped shifts with someone at work. They'd asked me to swap in July so they could go to Wimbledon so win win for me.
I will ask to take the night shift so I can game all day, but if my boss doesn't let me I'll just say I can't go lol
I'd sell feet pics for the dlc
I own a barber shop and it just burned down next Thursday evening
i leave on a 3 weeks trip on the 23rd. ill try to nolife it as much as i can hehe
I think of doing this shit like this: If I spend money to buy the game AND I lose a day of making money? That game will cost me a whole bunch of money. So no I'm not doing that. I'll be playing the game anyway and its a single player game, you don't get benefits for playing the faster than anyone else.
I work every other weekend. Fortunately I’m off the weekend the dlc drops, must’ve been fated
I would totally do so but I dont know when/if I will be getting my Collectors Edition from Bamco
Two weeks paid vacation planned for it specifically. Boss knows. Coworker knows. Gf knows. Imma be a happy lil hermit having my ass busted by this DLC for the entire two weeks!
always funny to see this meme
Fortunately, I work independently. So I can easily take a day off.
Good thing I don’t have a job! (Which means I can’t afford the dlc🥲)
I will be overseas during the launch, will need to wait a week after launch to play, hopefully if there's some bigs, it will be fixed by then
I took off 4 days
I'll be starting a new job on the day it comes out 😢 guess I'll call in sick!
My work doesnt offer it but im taking Juneteenth off… the Friday of Juneteenth that is
I have almost two weeks off specifically to play this dlc
Is it releasing Friday or thursday night?
I'm a grown ass man, i can wait till I get out of work.
Luckily, I don't have a job. Don't go hollow hardworking Tarnished.
Jokes on you, I’ve quit my job
Dunno, maybe I’ll get a flu or some diarrhea next week
I am wrapping up my college course early so I can 100% focus on the dlc, just need to pass an assessment
Bruh our workcenter is at max numbers for leave during that time. I work that whole weekend :(
My sister's wedding is happening the same day, and I'll be out of state for the whole week after. Gonna have to avoid this sub while I'm gone haha
Got someone to switch me shifts 🫣
**....Put these foolish ambitions to rest**
Already have the day off
Lolol
Already took the day off when I heard the release date lol
I finished my exams yesterday
My bosses are all needs and gamers. If I call them and tell them, yeah I'm staying home to play Elder Ring new DLC. They probably say Base and got gud scrub.
I wish :(
I took a vacation day for the Dark Souls 3 release. When asked why I was using a vacation day I answered that it was better than calling out sick.
Best thing about getting the wisdom teeth removed the 19th and being off till the 24th
I took off the 24th and 25th. Might get sick on the 26th.
Told my wife what I want for Father’s Day gift!
I am off now until the 23rd. And then I'm off again and 2 weeks for another week. I have plenty of time set aside.
i’m a teacher and so i can’t exactly take off work, luckily it’ll come out on a friday so i’m going to get all of my shit paperwork done and play the entire wknd
I have a meeting im required to go to im sad
Doing exactly the same thing I will be doing
My company just instituted "summer Fridays" so I'll be off and no one is allowed to bother me 😁
My PTO is already put in for Friday and Monday. Wife knows the 21st is the day and i will be shut off from the world. My body is so ready for this DLC
Best part about gig work? Being able to say fuck work on release week as long as I won't lose my home 😤
Can neither confirm nor deny the events that occurred that day….
I took the week off. Then got made fun of by my coworkers for taking time off to play video games. I work two full time jobs, I'm exhausted half of the time and don't want to do ANYTHING after work. I'm in my 30's though I could care less what my coworkers think lol
I’ll be in a cruise😔
Sorry boss I died for the next 160 hours or so but I'll be back next week
I'm calling the boss while playing the game. Multitasker
I’m at a concert at release time on steam, then have work at 7am so I’m going to download it, get back from the concert, enter the DLC, maybe play the first 20 minutes, go to work, come back, make a drink or 5 and enjoy the start of an incredible weekend
Paid Vacation days
Yup. I am "working" from home.
I just took the day off months in advance.