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Media Molecule Teabag Crisis

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everyone who reads Media Molecules Twitter will no doubt have seen this message


Oh 1.14 is only live in Japan apparently - but is due everywhere else today. In other news - we're out of tea bags, everybody panic!

being the kind of person I am, I saw this message as the desperate plea for tea bags it was no doubt intended to be, so posted them an envelope filled with teabags.

In these times of reccession I think it's important that we all help provide the fine folks at Media Molecule with infused hot water based beverages.

so I urge you all to send them teabags before its too late. :hero:






before you ask.... yes it was a slow day in the office today :eek:		2009-06-06 00:37:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

Haha I bet they'd love it if we all sent them tea bags in the mail!

We should so do that - with a little note "Thanks for everything! LBPC"
2009-06-06 01:00:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230

Lolz! Nice one! Get ready for the tea Mm!2009-06-06 01:02:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey
Posts: 2266

I think we need to give them some variety though guys.

I popped in some Earl Grey, Tetly and Green Tea.

I'm already seeing a definate gap in the dahjeeling area 		2009-06-06 01:08:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

LOL! I was just about to post asking what kind of tea would you send to a UK company. I would send some, but I would probably make enemies sending plain ol Lipton. 2009-06-06 01:12:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Lol, its likely an envelope full of tea leaves by now! Nice idea though!2009-06-06 08:45:00

Author:
GruntosUK
Posts: 1754

I bet they'll get a kick out of that,

They seem like fun peeps at MM and I'm sure they'll find it funny 		2009-06-06 09:46:00

Author:
dorien
Posts: 2767

Lol, its likely an envelope full of tea leaves by now! Nice idea though!

**** I should have splashed out on one of those padded envelopes and written fragile on it. 		2009-06-06 10:17:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

LOL! I was just about to post asking what kind of tea would you send to a UK company.

ANY KIND OF TEA. Don't you get it, the british can't survive without tea. We literally melt after 24 hours if we haven't had a nice cup of tea. Or the world ends. I forget which, and I'm to scared to test it, but whatever happens it is bad and I won't let it happen to MM.

Luckilly, I have dahjeeling and Assam and I have a stack of padded envolopes. I'm on it boys.		2009-06-06 10:24:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

ANY KIND OF TEA. Don't you get it, the british can't survive without tea. We literally melt after 24 hours if we haven't had a nice cup of tea. Or the world ends. I forget which, and I'm to scared to test it, but whatever happens it is bad and I won't let it happen to MM.

Luckilly, I have dahjeeling and Assam and I have a stack of padded envolopes. I'm on it boys.

*sniffle* just thinking about those poor parched MM employees unable to create a new DLC pack due to lack of proper tea, it brings a tear to my eye.

we'll all be heroes.

I just hope they get them before they decide to start reusing old ones 		2009-06-06 10:29:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

lol, nice idea but my bet is the postmen will get thristy whilst delivering it 2009-06-06 10:30:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645

lol, nice idea but my bet is the postmen will get thristy whilst delivering it

:eek:

**** the royal mail and their x-ray vision, he'll know whats in the packet straight away, and no blue blooded postie can resist a cup of Earl Grey, 		2009-06-06 10:52:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

And T is for Twinnings...

In seriousness though, out of all my friends, I'm the only one who preferes Tea to Coffee. I dunno why, it's good. Maybe it's something to do with my life goal being like a posh brit, with toast and eggs for Breakfast, pheasant hunting, grey-hound racing..... except for Football. Horrible sport (ALL BLACKS IN 2011)		2009-06-06 11:06:00

Author:
dkjestrup
Posts: 672

Strange fact: When I was younger I used to drink tea with milk in it. Many years ago I stopped. Then after the Kenny devface video where he mentioned he drank his tea with milk in it I decided to try that again...why not? Now I'm back on the teamilk-wagon. How is that for an epic story? Not 50% milk though, that's crazy. 20-30!2009-06-06 11:11:00

Author:
BasketSnake
Posts: 2391

It's all about VVVVVVVV

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa267/meganinnit3/PGTIPSSS.jpg

You just have to have tea in the morning 		2009-06-06 12:04:00

Author:
dorien
Posts: 2767

Haha, nice idea. I love tea so bad man...in fact, guess what I'm holding in my hand right now? Yup, a mug of tea. So good to drink when it's raining outside...2009-06-06 12:04:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

http://fc04.deviantart.com/images/large/indyart/comics/Tea_Time.jpg
Tea is the best, we must send it by the crate load!		2009-06-06 12:24:00

Author:
Boomy
Posts: 3701

That image is hilarious Boomy xD#2009-06-06 12:26:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

You cant beat Yorkshires, lovely cuppa!

I thought you might have sent MM that groble, living so close to where its produced 		2009-06-06 12:36:00

Author:
GruntosUK
Posts: 1754

I slapped a biohazard symbol onto the site of a plain black shoe box, filled it up with PG tips and sent it to Mm

I hope they like it		2009-06-06 13:08:00

Author:
Jibblejab
Posts: 13

I slapped a biohazard symbol onto the site of a plain black shoe box, filled it up with PG tips and sent it to Mm

I hope they like it

lets hope they don't think its a bomb :eek:

and yorkshire tea's not for me, I find it a bit too weak		2009-06-06 14:15:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

Barry's Tea is great... not sure if it's an Irish or English brand... probably Irish.

Also great idea groble!!! Will post them a few next time I'm in town!		2009-06-06 14:18:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

xD theres no tea like English tea

im drinking tea right now 		2009-06-07 10:37:00

Author:
PlayBeyond
Posts: 123

Had a giant cup'o TEEEE for breakfast. More like a beverage. Right now I'm eating a big*** bowl of imported mutant strawberries again.2009-06-07 16:24:00

Author:
BasketSnake
Posts: 2391

Straight from Douglas Adams:

One or two Americans have asked me why it is that the English like tea so much, which never seems to them to be a very good drink. To understand, you have to know how to make it properly.

There is a very simple principle to the making of tea and it's this - to get the proper flavour of tea, the water has to be boiling (not boiled) when it hits the tea leaves. If it's merely hot then the tea will be insipid. That's why we English have these odd rituals, such as warming the teapot first (so as not to cause the boiling water to cool down too fast as it hits the pot). And that's why the American habit of bringing a teacup, a tea bag and a pot of hot water to the table is merely the perfect way of making a thin, pale, watery cup of tea that nobody in their right mind would want to drink. The Americans are all mystified about why the English make such a big thing out of tea because most Americans have never had a good cup of tea. That's why they don't understand. In fact the truth of the matter is that most English people don't know how to make tea any more either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants.

So the best advice I can give to an American arriving in England is this. Go to Marks and Spencer and buy a packet of Earl Grey tea. Go back to where you're staying and boil a kettle of water. While it is coming to the boil, open the sealed packet and sniff. Careful - you may feel a bit dizzy, but this is in fact perfectly legal. When the kettle has boiled, pour a little of it into a tea pot, swirl it around and tip it out again. Put a couple (or three, depending on the size of the pot) of tea bags into the pot (If I was really trying to lead you into the paths of righteousness I would tell you to use free leaves rather than bags, but let's just take this in easy stages). Bring the kettle back up to the boil, and then pour the boiling water as quickly as you can into the pot. Let it stand for two or three minutes, and then pour it into a cup. Some people will tell you that you shouldn't have milk with Earl Grey, just a slice of lemon. Screw them. I like it with milk. If you think you will like it with milk then it's probably best to put some milk into the bottom of the cup before you pour in the tea.1 If you pour milk into a cup of hot tea you will scald the milk. If you think you will prefer it with a slice of lemon then, well, add a slice of lemon.

Drink it. After a few moments you will begin to think that the place you've come to isn't maybe quite so strange and crazy after all.		2009-06-07 17:06:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230

Except that many varieties of tea will be ruined by using boiling water...

I do like Douglas Adams though 		2009-06-07 17:28:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

SAVE THEM! D;
we need them to liveeee!		2009-06-07 19:32:00

Author:
01philip01
Posts: 545

This must go on Sackcast!2009-06-07 19:38:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

Alright guys, it's official. We're sending in tea bags to MM. DO IT! xD2009-06-07 20:15:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230

So, has anyone else actually downloaded the update, or are you guys too busy with your tea?2009-06-07 23:06:00

Author:
Sackdragon
Posts: 427

I don't like tea unless it has a splash of lemon juice, and some sugar. Mmmm, tea...2009-06-07 23:16:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250

Heh. (http://twitter.com/Media_Molecule/status/2074423731)2009-06-08 10:39:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193



a personal mention, I'm like semi almost famous		2009-06-08 11:02:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

Heh. (http://twitter.com/Media_Molecule/status/2074423731)

LOL crisis averted! 		2009-06-08 11:07:00

Author:
PlayBeyond
Posts: 123

we should probably keep sending them though becuase you never know when they'll next run out2009-06-08 11:09:00

Author:
groble
Posts: 223

I'm like semi almost famous That's the best kind of famous - keeps you underneath the papparazzi radar.2009-06-08 11:14:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

Since we've put this on Sackcast it has spread to LBW :o

http://forums.littlebigworkshop.com/lbp/board/message?board.id=pod&thread.id=67363

Let it grow!		2009-06-08 15:48:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

What does the new patch do?2009-06-08 16:01:00

Author:
creelers
Posts: 275

What does the new patch do?

*facepalm*

Wrong thread m8

EDIT: Here ya go.
https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=t=12223		2009-06-08 18:40:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

Insanely horrible joke 2009-06-09 02:51:00

Author:
Snappyguy
Posts: 710

Well, I as an American enjoy a cup of tea from time to time, I take it with honey or lemon, generally speaking I don't use milk... Speaking as an American I must say, when I saw the words Tea bag & Eminem in the same sentence I wasn't expecting such a civilized thread. Cheers.2009-06-09 03:43:00

Author:
Gravel
Posts: 1308


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