Include: [[Blocker.h]] Standup.[^1] (noun). A daily ritual common in pre-LD developmer culture circa 0x00 P.A. The standup was typically carried out in the morning, in a public space within the off-rink[^2] areas of the company, with the companions standing in a circle facing one another. The ritual involved a public affirmation, by each of the companions in a company[^3], of one's daily goals and how they would serve the collective goals of the company. Though the function of the ritual is primarily believed to be the reaffirmation of one's social obligations to one's companions, there are clear religious undertones as well. Most notable of these was the almost universal refrain with which each companion ended their affirmation, a statement which translates roughly as "\[There is\] No Satan."[^4] [^1]: Etymologically from the combination of two root forms: the Middle English _stonden_, _standen_, from Old English _standan_ "occupy a place; stand firm; be valid, take place; oppose, resist attack," and from "to or toward a point or place higher than another," Old English up, uppe, from Proto-Germanic \*upp- "up," from PIE root \*upo "under," also "up from under," hence also "over." As a preposition, from late Old English as "down onto, above and touching, sitting on, at the summit of;" from c. 1200 as "to a higher place." [^2]: Adjective. off-ice (not comparable) (sports, ice hockey) Not taking place on ice. [^3]: Mid-12c., "large group of people," from Old French compagnie "society, friendship, intimacy; body of soldiers" (12c.), from Late Latin companio, literally "bread fellow, messmate," from Latin com "with, together" (see com-) + panis "bread," from PIE root \*pa- "to feed." Abbreviation co. dates from 1670s. [^4]: Lit. "No Blockers."