Hi Everyone,
In celebration of Labor Day, we will be out of office next Monday on September 4th. In addition, I will personally be out of office starting tomorrow before working the HasCon convention, and then returning on the 11th.
As always, I’ll do my best to stop by the forums every now and then to make sure everything is alright, and to answer any messages.
Cheers,
Brigby
It’s always a bit amusing to have a day celebrating labour that no one does any work on 
I live in the US and I’ve seen the irony in the name since I was a kid… 8 years oldish… IDK, but I’ll take the day off!!!
Don’t worry, some group will try to get it changed because they find it offensive 
There is no irony. It’s a national holiday that celebrates the battles common laborers fought to gain basic job rights and safety standards.
Not without help. Many of those battles took place in court. Here’s some Shakespeare on how tyrants want to take away the rights of the common man:
DICK
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
CADE
Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable
thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should
be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled
o’er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings:
but I say, 'tis the bee’s wax; for I did but seal
once to a thing, and I was never mine own man
since. How now! who’s there?Enter some, bringing forward the Clerk of Chatham
SMITH
The clerk of Chatham: he can write and read and
cast accompt.
CADE
O monstrous!
SMITH
We took him setting of boys’ copies.
CADE
Here’s a villain!
SMITH
Has a book in his pocket with red letters in’t.
CADE
Nay, then, he is a conjurer.
DICK
Nay, he can make obligations, and write court-hand.
CADE
I am sorry for’t: the man is a proper man, of mine
honour; unless I find him guilty, he shall not die.
Come hither, sirrah, I must examine thee: what is thy name?
Clerk
Emmanuel.
DICK
They use to write it on the top of letters: 'twill
go hard with you.
CADE
Let me alone. Dost thou use to write thy name? or
hast thou a mark to thyself, like an honest
plain-dealing man?
CLERK
Sir, I thank God, I have been so well brought up
that I can write my name.
ALL
He hath confessed: away with him! he’s a villain
and a traitor.
The boards have apparently renamed the character “Tinykitty the butcher.”
I understand what the day celebrates. The name is “Labor Day” on a day in which no labor is done. That is the definition of irony. If they called it Laborers Day, it would be less ironic. But again, I’m not arguing the significance of the day. Just think the name is funny…
This has been a little boring week with no announcements or updates. I like how frequently this game changes or introduces something new.
It has been a boring week. I think it was a week off not just 1 day off.
Labor was chosen because Laborers back in the late 19th century referred to a specific (thought off) lower class of people. Using labor was just a way of making it all inclusive towards the entire working class of the nation.
And if you really want the irony of the day, it isn’t in the name.
It is that the modern common laborers are the ones that have to work on labor day, while government and blue-collar businesses like this one are the people that get the luxury of a day off.
Man, we’re probably getting Patch Notes on Monday, and the patch itself on Tuesday. I’m guessing the clue will be, “No! It’s not Dazzler! It’s never been Dazzler! It’s never going to be Dazz- what’s that Bob? It’s Dazzler?.. Um, ‘Quiet please. It’s dark.’”
Well, I’m an automobile mechanic. I, and all my other “modern common laborer” friends (plumbers, electricians, other mechanics, couple carpenters, and a few roofers) all got the day off too. We would be considered blue-collar workers. Workers at a company like D3 would be considered white-collar workers.
Actually, the typical release is Monday for patches. The patch could be live before notes are posted.
Yeah, I meant white-collar…tailgating mistake lol. Glad you guys got the day off, plenty of others still have to work (both collars) still have to work though.
Point being, it’s not a totally laborless holiday.
Indeed, I used to work in the news industry (print and broadcast). News didn’t take the day off on a holiday, and neither did we. Most places will give you an extra paid day off if you work the holiday though. I’m glad I’m out of that industry though. It’s a nice change to be able to count on the day off.