Topic: Dominion intrudes on real life (Read 42430 times)

RepGenie · « **on:** July 08, 2011, 01:53:21 pm »

I'm pretty much a geek, but I'll bet many of you can add to these.

I drove into the parking lot this morning behind my coworker, who was driving her Envoy. My immediate thought: what should I make her discard?
Sometimes I grab a bag of Peanut M&Ms from the vending machine. Since the release of Cornucopia, I've been consuming them strangely. I pour out 5 pieces. If any of them are matching colors, I return the duplicates to the bag. Yesterday, it took me 8 turns to finish the bag.

Taco Lobster · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2011, 02:19:08 pm »

I posted this in one of the other threads, but every time I see a Dominion card word in real life (village, remodel, bank, market, and colony being fairly common), the card text pops into my head.

Thisisnotasmile · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2011, 02:29:57 pm »

I work in a University Library. Pretty decent combo right there.

Axe Knight · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2011, 02:57:50 pm »

When a friend of mine sees a girl he finds attractive, he remarks how he'd like to "Throne Room" or "King's Court" her.

I mainly find it coming into other things when playing other games. In Notre Dame, I once ran out of tokens, and played a second action without doing anything. I commented that at least the Peddler cost $4 now. I was recently forced to play Settlers of Catan (one of my least favorites), and whenever a card matched a Dominion card, I'd pretend like I was executing the action from Dominion.

rinkworks · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2011, 11:31:01 am »

Quote from: Taco Lobster on July 08, 2011, 02:19:08 pm

I posted this in one of the other threads, but every time I see a Dominion card word in real life (village, remodel, bank, market, and colony being fairly common), the card text pops into my head.

Not only do I do this, I go a step worse. Recently I saw "Merchant Vessel" and thought, hey, just one word off. And when I passed a "Farmer's Market," well, that may not be a card, but I know what it would do if it were.

Axe Knight · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2011, 06:03:57 pm »

Quote from: Thisisnotasmile on July 08, 2011, 02:29:57 pm

I work in a University Library. Pretty decent combo right there.

It'd be really interesting if you worked in Duke University Library.

jimjam · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:00:23 pm »

Sometimes when I'm tired in the morning I think I can't get up because I don't have any actions left.

Thisisnotasmile · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:35:35 am »

Quote from: Axe Knight on July 11, 2011, 06:03:57 pm

Quote from: Thisisnotasmile on July 08, 2011, 02:29:57 pm
I work in a University Library. Pretty decent combo right there.

It'd be really interesting if you worked in Duke University Library.

Sorry. I actually work at The Borthwick Institute for Archives which is attached to the Library at the University of York (UK). But most of that is totally unrelated to Dominion. It's only a temporary job anyway and I'm gonna be unemployed at the end of the month.

Lekkit · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:39:21 am »

Oh boy, were do I start?

Whenever I see or hear a card from Dominion, I see the card in front of me. I've even misheard people just to hear Dominion card names.

Also, a while back I was really tired, and whenever someone spoke to me all I could see was their sentences building up to action chains. Something like this. "Can you answer the phone?" would be "Can(+1 Action) you answer (+2 Action +1 Card) the phone?(+1 Card +1$)" It was really annoying, and I avoided playing the game for a few days.

Also, I saw a picture of Napoleon, and stated "It's Tactician!".

heatthespurs · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:14:48 am »

I just use a dominion card as my facebook profile picture, and change it once every week

shark_bait · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:38:41 am »

On some of the newer US pennies, instead of the Lincoln memorial on the back, there is a shield. Let's just say I think the US treasury is copying dominion.

Axe Knight · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:15:12 pm »

Quote from: heatthespurs on July 15, 2011, 08:14:48 am

I just use a dominion card as my facebook profile picture, and change it once every week

Each of my game nights has either a joke Dominion card, or a Dominion card featuring a regular member with an in-joke attached, for the Facebook invite. I love the template I found on BGG!

ehunt · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2011, 01:30:35 pm »

My incoherent thoughts as I fall asleep have become more dominion-y in nature, especially late at night after a long isotropic-sesh.

In particular, I'll conclude that I can't do something I'm thinking about doing IRL tomorrow because I don't have enough actions.

Also, "young witch" tends to put the song YMCA in my head, even hours after a young witch game, because of the first two words of that song. Likewise "city" puts "when the lights go down in the city," duke puts "sir duke" etc etc.

Superdad · « **Reply #13 on:** July 27, 2011, 03:15:48 pm »

Months ago, I planned two events. First a Jays' Game (MLB Baseball) with some friends, and second I joined a Golf Tourney at work. I never thought anything of it.

I just realized today that the two events will happen on consecutive days (Tourney today and Jays' Game tomorrow). As soon as I realized this, I honstly had the following thought:

"Man, I'm glad those terminals didn't collide".

Funny stuff. I had to come post.

Thisisnotasmile · « **Reply #14 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:54:22 pm »

But Tournament is not a terminal!

Superdad · « **Reply #15 on:** July 28, 2011, 08:58:36 am »

Funny!

This one was (perhaps it is a new variant).

Davio · « **Reply #16 on:** July 28, 2011, 01:37:30 pm »

I watch a lot of American series and often enough some words are said which have a meaning in Dominion.

I am catching up on Chuck episodes and the word "Spy" drops like 10 times every show and every time I see the card in my head and mentally decide whether to discard or keep.

Oh, and Village was also quite common for the last episode, how can we hear or see Village and not think +2 Actions anymore?
Funnily enough, a third card name was used in that episode and it was Mint.

The episode was #14 from Season 4 for who'd like to know: Seduction Impossible.

Arya Stark · « **Reply #17 on:** July 28, 2011, 03:04:24 pm »

Im reading book 5 of game of thrones, on 1 page there is the words dominion, merchant, wharf, moneylender and city, the next page has festival and there is a ship called horn of plenty. Love it!

Blooki · « **Reply #18 on:** July 28, 2011, 03:18:57 pm »

"Chuck" and "Game of Thrones", eh? Looks like Dominion, after conquering "real life," is advancing on "fictional life" too!

Glooble · « **Reply #19 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:26:06 pm »

There are streets near my apartment called "Fairgrounds" and "Market", as well as a building called "Creative Ironworks".

Davio · « **Reply #20 on:** July 29, 2011, 02:18:17 am »

Creative Ironworks?

Would there be some Great Halls, Nobles or Harems nearby?

Thisisnotasmile · « **Reply #21 on:** July 29, 2011, 05:03:41 am »

Maybe it's on an Island?

Tydude · « **Reply #22 on:** August 10, 2011, 08:17:50 pm »

So, the other day I went to a wedding on the beach. During it, the minister called the place, "a chapel by the sea." The whole time all I could think of was making a duration chapel variant. (Luckily there was no bishop, but I still thought of that anyways). As if that wasn't bad enough, it took place on an island. I keep thinking that the end of this vacation is like the end of the game, and then I'll be returned to the "deck", or back to the mainland. Of course, I have to go over a bridge to get back home.

Also, a few days ago I was driving and saw a Ford Explorer in front of me. My immediate thought, "why did you buy that?".

Meej · « **Reply #23 on:** August 10, 2011, 09:14:20 pm »

Quote from: Tydude on August 10, 2011, 08:17:50 pm

Also, a few days ago I was driving and saw a Ford Explorer in front of me. My immediate thought, "why did you buy that?".

Which, given the mileage they get, is actually a pretty reasonable question. :-)

theory · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:51:45 pm »

Yeah, clearly you should just stick to the Dodge Caravan.

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