Do you have a laptop? Do you like stickers? Do you like Allegro?
Mark Oates

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So I got these as an initial test run to see what the quality is like, and to be honest they're pretty sweet. Because Allegro is so cool...

If you live in the US or Canada I will send you one of these stickers FOR FREE (assuming shipping costs to you are not some crazy unrealistic amount)

I have a limited supply of 50, so maybe just one or two per person. If you want one, drop a message below and then PM to me the address where you'd like me to send it. (You don't have to send me your home address if you don't want to, you can send me your work address, PO box, aunt's house, whatever works best for you).

Naturally, it was the first sticker I put on my laptop. 8-)
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Chris Katko

Cool!

PM sent!

Elias

Ha, good ploy to get everyone's addresses! PM is sent.

Also, since you have the address now, if you are ever in the area feel free to just stop by unannounced :)

kazzmir

Send me one!

Thomas Fjellstrom

Looks cool. If there are any left in a couple weeks I'll take one ;)

Edgar Reynaldo

It would be way cooler if you took the next step and made it into a tattoo. xD

PM sent.

Mark Oates

Thomas, you're gonna get some stickers if you want them or not ;)

bamccaig

Do want. >:(

LennyLen
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Do you have a laptop? Do you like stickers? Do you like Allegro?

Yes to one of those.

SiegeLord

I want one :o

Mark Oates

Awesome guys, I'll send those out today.

SiegeLord, send me an address!

LennyLen said:

Yes to one of those.

Hmm, I wonder how feasible it would be to send these out of the country. I'll check prices when I'm at the PO today.

Peter Hull
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Do you have a laptop?

Yes!

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Do you like stickers?

YES!

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Do you like Allegro?

YES!

If you live in the US or Canada...

Aww, nuts.

Mark Oates

Alright, I'm like 30 minutes away from mailing off these first set of stickers.

Peter if you can send me your address, I'll try to send one to the UK. :)

Chris Katko

If someone REALLY wants one that's further away, I'll chip in a couple bucks of shipping. (One person only)!

Of course, I have no idea how you actually wire someone a couple bucks.

Mark Oates

If someone REALLY wants one that's further away, I'll chip in a couple bucks of shipping. (One person only)!

Bitcoin! :D It would probably cost more in fees to wire money any other way. But it's ok, I got it covered.

I just sent out 7 envelopes today. Hopefully they'll arrive undamaged.

And actually, it's not that much more to send out envelopes internationally. So if any international people want one, drop a comment, send me an address in a PM, and I'll try to send one to you. :)

Gideon Weems

These look great! What inspired you to do something so altruistic?

Sadly, I have no laptop to call my own, and if I used my work laptop, somebody might tattle (understandably). Regardless, PM sent! I will think of something good to put mine on in the meantime...

Mark Oates

Regardless, PM sent!

Awesome! Got your PM. I'll send your sticker on my next post office trip. :)

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These look great! What inspired you to do something so altruistic?

I dunno. I just really felt like this sticker belonged on my laptop. Also, the job I have now is really fantastic, and it wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for this community.

Gideon Weems

Also, the job I have now is really fantastic, and it wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for this community.

Interesting... I might be jealous. :D

GullRaDriel

Mark, is there a possibility of shipping to France ? I would want one or two if possible !
If you're OK then PM me a paypal request or something like that, I'll send you my address.

That, or I can send you something back from France, like a comic from here or something you want.

Tell me :-)

Mark Oates

I believe I will be able to send to France. :)

PM to me where you'd like me to send it and I'll get it out.

GullRaDriel

Done !

Mark Oates

Has anybody received their stickers yet? The first deliveries should be arriving by now.

Elias

Our apartment complex has one of those big mailbox things in every block, but it has no names just numbers. And apparently USPS does not know which name is which number so they just dump stuff into random boxes - and it usually takes a while for mail to arrive, depending on which neighbor got it :(

Bruce Perry

I feel I should ask for a sticker, just out of rebellion against Unity with its rotten scene system, random execution order and other nasty-not-niceness. Also I work in a computer game company and might be able to get some people interested in Allegro ;)

I'm very, very sorry for being British. Sorry again. :(

Mark Oates

Cool!

It shouldn't be a problem to ship to the UK. :)

Gideon Weems

I'm out of town for a couple weeks. The Sticker was at the forefront of my mind at the airport. No, that is not sarcastic.

kazzmir

I got my sticker.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BygncSy0wX-oN1BVSXVLajZsR2M

Hm.. how to insert pictures stored on google drive directly? The img tag doesn't like my google drive link.

Yodhe23

Do you have the image file you used for the stickers, and then I can print my own out, thanks.

bamccaig

My memory is foggy, but I seem to remember something similar being done on The Daily WTF where readers could mail in something cultural or local and a mug or something would be mailed back. It was essentially a trade. We might offer something similar to pay Mark back for the good will. :) Of course, he's already pretty close to me so I'm not sure what I could send him...

Maybe I can mail him a poutine because in my experience from visiting in the past couple of years, Toronto doesn't seem to have gotten that revolution yet... :-/ If you ask for gravy on your fries, much like in Michigan, they look at you weird... :-/ At least in Michigan they oblige. I had a fancy hotel bar maiden tell me that they had no gravy and offer to put a steak sauce on the fries instead... :( It's not even Canada down there.

Chris Katko

You mean Reddit Secret Santa?

bamccaig

I am not, nor have I ever, been anything more than an occasional lurker on Reddit. It has never appealed to me as a particularly useful means for communication, though I do derive pleasure from subsets of the occasional thread that becomes viral. I think you're the only person that I have ever knowingly encountered that is a hardcore Reddit user. :P

Thomas Fjellstrom

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Elias

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bamccaig

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Thomas Fjellstrom

I don't really want to put it on this laptop. I imagine this laptop will decide to randomly die in the next year... again. for the third time. Motherboard has been replaced twice. *sigh*

So I'm keeping both of them pristine for a while, till I find a good place.

Mark Oates

Niiiiicee! ;D ;D

I just mailed out batch number two, and this time 2 are going international - France and UK. 8-)

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^ These go out to Gideon Weems, Trent G, GullRaDriel, Bruce Perry, & Derezo

GullRaDriel

YAY for you Mark ! I hope it'll travel fine !

SiegeLord

Got mine! Thanks a ton Mark! Too bad I don't have a good laptop for this just yet...

Gideon Weems

Frick yeah! This business trip can't end soon enough.

Chris Katko

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I GOT MINE!

It's the first letter I've ever received from someone from Canada! I'm kind of blown away by how happy that makes me. It really makes my day! I feel like a little kid again.

I've got a picture of the envelope... but I'm after I black out all the sensitive address information... I don't know if they'll be anything left to post. :o

Not sure if I should put my sticker on anything yet though. I'm (hopefully) moving soon and I don't want to attach it to something that will get damaged or thrown away.

p.s. THANKS MARK

Johan Halmén

Aren't the graphics in some wiki about Allegro mascot candidates? I might print out mine from there. Meanwhile...

Derezo

I don't really want to put it on this laptop. I imagine this laptop will decide to randomly die in the next year... again.

That's going to be my problem.
I want to replace my laptop. It's 5 years old now but it's still a 2.6GHz i5 (first gen I think) with 8GB RAM and now it has a 512GB SSD in it... stupid thing just keeps on keepin' on.

Chris Katko

I just upgraded my home computer CPU to an AMD FX-8370. The CPU fan can be very loud but other than that, it's been a beautiful upgrade.

I had NO IDEA that I could double my framerate by upgrading my CPU of all things.

Before, if I screen captured a game, I had to dump the frame capture rate and reduce the size (even using Open Broadcasting Software, which uses GPU acceleration for capture). Now, I can run full 1080p, with no downsampling, and still hold 60 FPS in Styx: Master of Shadows with the SAME video card. :o

Videocard is GTX 560 SE.

I'm planning on getting a GTX ~970 and a 4K TV soon if the "move" doesn't completely bankrupt me. I want to experiment with 4K and explore what's possible.

Mark Oates

I don't really want to put it on this laptop.

Derezo said:

That's going to be my problem.

I'm thinking of making a shop where you could order stickers (and/or perhaps other Allegro paraphernalia) if you want replacements or whatever. Funds could go to Allegro donations.

bamccaig

Alternatively, scotch tape. >:( Miranda has a hot glue gun if you need it.

Such a shop would be neat, Mark, but also probably underutilized.

My girlfriend appears to have moved my envelop. >:( I'll be upset if it ends up in the landfill or recycling depot...

Chris Katko

I'd say go for it. Most people don't even try. If the risks and investment are small, you really have nothing to lose. You'll have a fun little adventure to remember the rest of your days.

That being said, I'd "imagine" (but maybe I'm wrong!) that stickers would be purchasable at most "we make t-shirt" kinds of places.

GullRaDriel

I would even buy a tee shirt or a hoodie with a huge Allegator on it !

Elias

I want an Allegator coffee mug!

Derezo

... me.. me too :'(

Bruce Perry

Mine arrived today! Thank you! Err, I mean, I'm so sorry ;) What's that - four days? Not bad :D

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Mark Oates

What's that - four days? Not bad :D

Did the best I can :)

Gideon Weems

I get mine Wednesday and will be fielding placement suggestions, as the laptop I use belongs to the company I work for.

Bruce Perry

The laptop I use belonged to the company I worked for, but during the redundancy process, a benevolent angel (who definitely didn't care about the company's interests) said I could keep it. I will probably put one of my stickers on it when I get around to it. You could speculatively do the same thing (though note that I only wish redundancy upon you if your circumstances are as mine were - namely that you want to leave anyway). :D

Or you could just do it on the basis that your company couldn't possibly object to Allegro because Allegro is the future 8-)

Specter Phoenix
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Do you have a laptop? Do you like stickers? Do you like Allegro?

Yes. No. Mixed.

Gideon Weems

I have decided to put my sticker over Specter Phoenix's mouth.

Specter Phoenix

I have decided to put my sticker over Specter Phoenix's mouth.

I'll just eat it, the glue gives it a nice texture going down.

GullRaDriel

Annnnnnd....

I got mine today !!

So kewl, thanks Mark ! Food and shelter for you anytime you pass by here !!

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Mark Oates

\o/

woooooot!

GullRaDriel

:-D

Gideon Weems

Awesome.

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I have decided to take a sticker with me to an upcoming local event. Thanks again, Mark!

Peter Hull
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Speech topic to be determined.

I think we can guess roughly what the topic will be...

Still it'd be cool to get a picture of RMS with an Allegro sticker!

Bruce Perry

I think we can guess roughly what the topic will be...

Allegro? :)

Edgar Reynaldo

Installed my sticker today!!! Alex approves!

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Many thanks, monsieur Oates!!! Merci beaucoup!

GullRaDriel

YAY !

amarillion

I'd like a couple.

By the way, have you sent one to Peitz already?

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