Imagine being laid off from your job and when you ask what you did wrong, they tell you "Oh, nothing, it was just easier to fire you than connect you to the internet."
The whole thing at 10:42 is great. Matt comes up with a solution, to get yellow cables to a yellow desk, but he rejects it because it goes through a dark patch. So he rips it up and goes around the dark patch, and through a second one. Then, he thinks better of it and rips up that yellow cable *and* the neighboring green cable, rerouts the green cable, then puts the yellow cable exactly where he had it the first time. Then, the moment he's happy with it and starts to look away, a yellow station shows up on the dark patch, cutting off the cable that was going to the desk he spent all that time wiring up. Luckily for Matt, the desk that popped up in the dark patch was the same color as the wire it interrupted, but like... dang. You couldn't write this stuff.
@@feha92 "You can't write this stuff" is a turn of phrase, essentially meaning that it couldn't have been scripted. Usually, it means that something is so bizarre, ironic, and/stupid that it's outside the realm of human imagination, but it can also refer to things that are simply very unlikely. So, I didn't "write it" because it's a thing that happened independently of me: I just wrote *about* it.
@@gaysarahk I know. But you *did* write it. ps: rather than merely a nonsensical turn of phrase, since it seems you aren't aware (considering your attempt at explanation), "you can't write this" actually refers to writing as in a fictional story or movie script. As in (and this is another way it's often worded), 'you can't come up with this', since to write such fiction you would need to come up with it yourself. It does not actually refer to chronicling events as something impossible to do.
Takes a special kinda person to argue semantics and then completely agree with the person they're arguing with by giving the exact same explanation they were just given, by the person they're arguing against, in a different wording, while still trying to prove the person wrong. What were you even trying to accomplish by making yourself look like a douche?@@feha92
17:18 "You've got cables right there, just plug into an ethernet port. What are you doing?" As a former IT tech, it really do be like that sometimes lmfao
They also need to learn to run their cables through the fake ceiling. That way water coolers, flower plants and all that other rubbish doesn't get in the way
pay £75 to move someone's desk? this is how you move someone's desk: BILL Uh, I'm going to have to ask you to move your desk. Now, if you could get it to go as far back against that wall as possible, that would be great. MILTON No, no, because I was, I was - BILL That way, we'll have some room for more boxes and things we need to put in here. MILTON No...sir... BILL Uh (sees the Swingline) Oh there it is. MILTON No. No. BILL Let me just get that from ya. (picks it up) Great. So if you could get to that as soon as possible, that would be terrific. Have a nice lunch, Milton. Bye. He walks off. MILTON Ok. I'll set the building on fire.
I'm weirdly annoyed by how unrealistic this game is 😆. Even if you wanted physical separation between the networks of the different projects because of extreme security, mixing the workplaces like that would immediately undo the security benefits. Not to mention the fact that you can easily fit multiple cables in the same duct, the floor is a ridiculous place for a wifi AP and a real office won't redo all the cabling for each new hire 🤣
There must be an easier way to do this. What if you just connected all the users and all the servers to the same network, and let the network switches figure out where data is allowed to be sent - oops, I've just reinvented a VLAN.
I'm a bit confused how you are meant to tell which wires go to which people. I am assuming it's based on the chairs because all the people are the same. If that's the case then they really need to make the chairs have a different design for each color so those who are colorblind are able to play. Red-Green colorblindness is the most common variant and just about every game that involves colors has this in mind. I think that should be a priority before release because the red, yellow and green all look far too similar.
@@conorstewart2214 There's no time limit, but you buy only a single use each time. Very useful for exactly the situation here - when you need time to plan ahead, or just make a lot of changes all at once.
@@conorstewart2214 Sorry, UA-cam's been censoring my comments at random lately, so I'll repeat: There's no time limit, but you buy only a single use each time. Very balanced.
@@ignoreme-ck2iw The devil hands you some traditional headphones he had in his pocket for a while, except the cables are 10m long and there's 4 pairs of buds in there.
Interesting to see a game using the mechanics of mini metro/mini motorways. I figured the next game I saw like those would be like mini airlines or something with the same dev and revolving around connecting airlines. Would like to see the mini devs make more, airlines, boats, buses, there are a lot of different similar but different games they could make.
Matt: * freaking out about how to get cables over to new areas * Also Matt: * forgets about cable ducts, then immediately considers the intended game mechanics cheating when he remembers they exist *
When you're fired for being in an inconvenient area, and then someone keeps hiring you, think off how upsetting it would be to be trying over every single cable and you still don't have Internet...
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day one of asking matt to play clash of clans also known as coc
01:26 "Ever growing roaster"? Who's bringing the chicken?
@@VacuumIamhe played that game for charity if you do not remember
"forty thousand" hehe, you haven't played a lot of warhammer 40k, have you XD
@@WouterVerbruggenHe's obviously played tons, why else would they sponsor him? 😂
Imagine being laid off from your job and when you ask what you did wrong, they tell you "Oh, nothing, it was just easier to fire you than connect you to the internet."
with how some companies are i wouldnt even be surprised 😭
"Lack of network planning has really stressed out our 1 IT guy, and he requested that we fire some people to recude his workload."
@@ChiliCheeseNuggies I can confirm this does happen. It's easier to lay people off than fix problems.
I may or may not have heard that when I worked in IT-support
@@MagiRemmie
People after all are some of the highest expenses in a company.
The whole thing at 10:42 is great.
Matt comes up with a solution, to get yellow cables to a yellow desk, but he rejects it because it goes through a dark patch. So he rips it up and goes around the dark patch, and through a second one. Then, he thinks better of it and rips up that yellow cable *and* the neighboring green cable, rerouts the green cable, then puts the yellow cable exactly where he had it the first time. Then, the moment he's happy with it and starts to look away, a yellow station shows up on the dark patch, cutting off the cable that was going to the desk he spent all that time wiring up.
Luckily for Matt, the desk that popped up in the dark patch was the same color as the wire it interrupted, but like... dang. You couldn't write this stuff.
You literally just did
@@feha92 "You can't write this stuff" is a turn of phrase, essentially meaning that it couldn't have been scripted. Usually, it means that something is so bizarre, ironic, and/stupid that it's outside the realm of human imagination, but it can also refer to things that are simply very unlikely.
So, I didn't "write it" because it's a thing that happened independently of me: I just wrote *about* it.
@@gaysarahk I know. But you *did* write it.
ps: rather than merely a nonsensical turn of phrase, since it seems you aren't aware (considering your attempt at explanation), "you can't write this" actually refers to writing as in a fictional story or movie script. As in (and this is another way it's often worded), 'you can't come up with this', since to write such fiction you would need to come up with it yourself.
It does not actually refer to chronicling events as something impossible to do.
@@feha92 That's... what I was trying say. I'm sorry that wasn't clear.
Takes a special kinda person to argue semantics and then completely agree with the person they're arguing with by giving the exact same explanation they were just given, by the person they're arguing against, in a different wording, while still trying to prove the person wrong. What were you even trying to accomplish by making yourself look like a douche?@@feha92
17:18 "You've got cables right there, just plug into an ethernet port. What are you doing?" As a former IT tech, it really do be like that sometimes lmfao
This office really needs to learn what VLANs are.
This is RCE, not RIT
Also WAP's. Individual routers for each area hurts to see XD
What does pie have to do with it?
I was coming here to say just this...
They also need to learn to run their cables through the fake ceiling. That way water coolers, flower plants and all that other rubbish doesn't get in the way
he can't just say "around the outside, Eminem style" without giving us the Guess who's Matt rap song about cable management
pay £75 to move someone's desk? this is how you move someone's desk:
BILL
Uh, I'm going to have to ask you to move your desk. Now, if you could
get it to go as far back against that wall as possible, that would be
great.
MILTON
No, no, because I was, I was -
BILL
That way, we'll have some room for more boxes and things we need to put
in here.
MILTON
No...sir...
BILL
Uh (sees the Swingline) Oh there it is.
MILTON
No. No.
BILL
Let me just get that from ya. (picks it up) Great. So if you could get
to that as soon as possible, that would be terrific. Have a nice lunch,
Milton. Bye.
He walks off.
MILTON
Ok. I'll set the building on fire.
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Office space :D
network engineer: "JUST USE VLAN!" XD
18:05 "Who keeps hiring people on this company?" just sent me!
The introduction of VLANs would probably trivialize the game. But everything would be so much easier. All the colors could run over the same cables.
And this is why we trunk and VLAN!
There are a lot of things in this game that clearly take inspiration from Mini Metro and Mini Motorways. I love it.
Matts editors put up with a lot lol
I'm weirdly annoyed by how unrealistic this game is 😆.
Even if you wanted physical separation between the networks of the different projects because of extreme security, mixing the workplaces like that would immediately undo the security benefits. Not to mention the fact that you can easily fit multiple cables in the same duct, the floor is a ridiculous place for a wifi AP and a real office won't redo all the cabling for each new hire 🤣
I love me some organized cables in a server rack 💓
14:23 Interesting how there was a four way intersection instead of a rotary traffic island here...
This game is like mini motor ways but with wires.
As an electrician, I can confirm this is what the inside of your walls look like.
2:21 I love the pettiness of the editors on how to say router instead of router.
Why did I read router and router with a different pronunciation
I'd like a no timer version of this.
Just "figure out problem don't run out of budget".
Shirley an Engineer like you could show us some real life cable manangement tips?
For some reason, I was expecting a Tube train to trundle through
The hardest part of this game is figuring out what colour they require and who is connected right now.
The stress involved is just too much for me hahahah
I love how excited RCE got when he saw £
Hearing RCE mention Warhammer was an auditory flashbang
i'm pretty sure the sponsor will pay you double for that enthusiastic sales pitch
I was skeptical why I'd play this since it feels alot like mini motorways, but the finish is pretty satisfying
When he said "Round the outside" and my brain went "round the outside, round the outside" and then he said it.
I missing the "cable" Bridge Review
Wow... you went VERY hard with the advertisement this video... Bravo
I got confused and stranded on the third room then i just mindlessly stared at my screen
I think you forgot about cable ducts that run underneath the floor
There must be an easier way to do this. What if you just connected all the users and all the servers to the same network, and let the network switches figure out where data is allowed to be sent - oops, I've just reinvented a VLAN.
So it's Mini Motorways but for sysadmins that have never heard of a VLAN? Alright, that's kinda cute of a game premise...
"there's a game abour quid"
- RealCivilEngineer 2024
I'm really feeling my factorio belt trauma right now.
why can't the cables be reused for multiple projects/networks, haven't they heard about VLANs ?
As someone who has had to do cable installs, you hurt my soul right now.
As someone who works as a network engineer it'd be great if i could just fire people whenever i got stressed
Reminds me of mini motorways!
2:21
England seems pretty lame. Lol
As a colourblind person this game is an absolute nightmare
all i see in Mini Motorway but with internet
1:58 is the real end of the sponsor
Work from home. Game over, everyone wins!
This game kind of reminded me of "Good job" and now i want you to try that one 😅
Same
4:47 😂😂
I love it when a game uses pounds it makes me so happy because it’s always dollars
This is just a depressing mini motorways 😂
its funny that IRL cabling is often worse
Every computer person’s worst nightmare
I'm a bit confused how you are meant to tell which wires go to which people. I am assuming it's based on the chairs because all the people are the same. If that's the case then they really need to make the chairs have a different design for each color so those who are colorblind are able to play. Red-Green colorblindness is the most common variant and just about every game that involves colors has this in mind. I think that should be a priority before release because the red, yellow and green all look far too similar.
And this is why we have VLANs
Love you RCE
Wow this game is very stressful
This where the editors work.
Matt is having 25 grand and still saying "oh no, underground cable is expensive"
What the heck even is quid? Where did that come from? How do you get from "pounds sterling" to "quid"?
I think this game would be fun.
This game is literally mini motorways but this time you place cables instead of roads s
It's painful watching him forget the underground cables are a thing
As someone who dose networking and does IT so this is basically IT simulator😂
I think Matt missed the part where you can click on the colors to find an empty seat
This office could benefit from a firewall that does VLANs, or even just having seperate subnets 😂😂😂😂
3:58
No way theres a game about quid😂😂😂
He missed two yellow ones 11:39
Have you played Factorio? That is a game that will make you lose your mind
What a great game!
2:20 its pronounced router
Babe, come quick. New Mini Motorways just dropped.
It’s Mini Motorways
This game needs networked printers...and good luck winning the game 😉
IT IS 40K NOT FORTY THOUSAND 😂 god that was painful
4:56 WTF, that's an "internet-of-shit" chair, must be some architect doing
after all of this time, i still have no idea who are They, and why do they make everything harder
hearing Roo-ter is so funny to my american brain
"passionate" is one way to describe 40k fans 😂
imagine they invented vlans in that game universe hahah
Matt: Fires people creating vacant desks.
Matt: Is shocked when new people are hired to fill those vacant desks.
"If I remove a project, everything I've connected will be messed up!"
Me: **Stares vacantly at the Pause button in the corner.**
which looks to cost £1000
@@cailco100 He had more than 10,000 at the time.
Does the pause button have a time limit? Like it only pauses for 30 seconds, if not then the game might become too easy.
@@conorstewart2214 There's no time limit, but you buy only a single use each time. Very useful for exactly the situation here - when you need time to plan ahead, or just make a lot of changes all at once.
@@conorstewart2214 Sorry, UA-cam's been censoring my comments at random lately, so I'll repeat: There's no time limit, but you buy only a single use each time. Very balanced.
"there's a game about quid" has me keeled over laughing.
Man, this looks a lot like mini motorways for people on a different spectrum. I LOVE it
"If you do bad cable management, you're not going to hell. You're going to cable management hell! You'll be doing cable management for eternity!"
You're going to the hell where you must fix something in a mess of cable management. Every single time you do it it gets exponentially harder
Worse, you do troubleshooting on messy bays for eternity, good luck finding the right port ;)
@@ignoreme-ck2iw
The devil hands you some traditional headphones he had in his pocket for a while, except the cables are 10m long and there's 4 pairs of buds in there.
Been T😊here IRL
this is the moment where Real Civil Engineer became Real Network Engineer
I wasn't ready for Matt the techpriest who fight for the machine spirit
As an IT guy this game gives me anxiety.
Nothing I love more then anxiety inducing games.
Interesting to see a game using the mechanics of mini metro/mini motorways. I figured the next game I saw like those would be like mini airlines or something with the same dev and revolving around connecting airlines. Would like to see the mini devs make more, airlines, boats, buses, there are a lot of different similar but different games they could make.
A Real Network Engineer would employ vlan segmentation with trunking to manage this madness
I love how he never pauses to collect himself
costs $1000 to pause
@@DeathsShdw ahh makes sense
@@DeathsShdw Its not like he was spending his money anyways haha
I can't beleave how many times he insulted his editor 0:18
This company's annual employee record will be mental lmao
Probably earliest I've ever caught a YT video IIRC
Day 67 of asking Matt to play Soviet republic it’s the most engineering game ever
Matt: * freaking out about how to get cables over to new areas *
Also Matt: * forgets about cable ducts, then immediately considers the intended game mechanics cheating when he remembers they exist *
This is anxiety inducing.
Real life networking is nothing like this.
The spaghetti must flow
This has a Mini Motorways feel to it. I wonder if it was made by the same developer.
When you're fired for being in an inconvenient area, and then someone keeps hiring you, think off how upsetting it would be to be trying over every single cable and you still don't have Internet...