Guys. I needed money - got a job writing about games. (NCSoft/Midway news too)

[MrHat]

So, wait.

Schild sold out?

[Murgos]

Yeah, apparently him and Joe are off counting their money hats, Eldin's behind the bar serving drinks and Glitter is baking cookies.

Or some such.

[MrHat]

Motherfuckers.

[Signe]

At least there's refreshments.

[raydeen]

Well, the story hit the front page of Digg so expect eventual server death if enough Diggers come digging.

And as for the lil' animated gif a page back,

'Poochari. It's Dog Food. It's Now.'

http://www.canadaka.net/video/289-poochari-commercial.html

Haven't seen that in years. Classic SCTV.

Holy crap. Is that Eugene Levy?
I mean, the quality's a little low, but when the shades come off, the eyebrows come out.
And it sounds like John Candy narrating at the end. 

Yep. That was Levy and Candy. That lil' bit used to put me on the floor. Now I just roflmao.

[/derail]

[vajuras redux]

Hi, this is your favorite celebrity :)

I forgotten my old f13.net account since I haven't been here in forever

I just wanted to set the record straight on a few issues right fast:
* I have always been non-secret on the web. If you search for 'vajuras' handle, you will get me
* I had sent schild an apology for upseting him. He didn't accept it. So I left and forgotten about the site to be honest. I mean what else can I do right? If I would have come back it would have just gotten worse
* Everyone at my job always know me by this handle. I use it for IM and clearly always used it on my personal site

Anyway I did send schild an apology almost a year ago. He didn't accept it and now he's stalking me at my job and posting lies on the internet about it to get back at me. That's not cool what did you hope to accomplish? Obviously the person that got his pride hurt was you because the very 1st/2nd post at your new 'job' you choose to try to post misinformation about my current employment.

I've moved on from this Jan 6th, the day after I posted here. I've always been non-secret. Already apologized. How long do you plan to let your hate consume you I will never know.

Thanks

[Rasix]

 

[Mrbloodworth]

Hi, this is your favorite celebrity :)

I forgotten my old f13.net account since I haven't been here in forever

I just wanted to set the record straight on a few issues right fast:
* I have always been non-secret on the web. If you search for 'vajuras' handle, you will get me
* I had sent schild an apology for upseting him. He didn't accept it. So I left and forgotten about the site to be honest. I mean what else can I do right? If I would have come back it would have just gotten worse
* Everyone at my job always know me by this handle. I use it for IM and clearly always used it on my personal site

Anyway I did send schild an apology almost a year ago. He didn't accept it and now he's stalking me at my job and posting lies on the internet about it to get back at me. That's not cool what did you hope to accomplish? Obviously the person that got his pride hurt was you because the very 1st/2nd post at your new 'job' you choose to try to post misinformation about my current employment.

I've moved on from this Jan 6th, the day after I posted here. I've always been non-secret. Already apologized. How long do you plan to let your hate consume you I will never know.

Thanks

[Engels]

 

[Hutch]

Hi, this is your favorite celebrity :)

I forgotten my old f13.net account since I haven't been here in forever

I just wanted to set the record straight on a few issues right fast:
* I have always been non-secret on the web. If you search for 'vajuras' handle, you will get me
* I had sent schild an apology for upseting him. He didn't accept it. So I left and forgotten about the site to be honest. I mean what else can I do right? If I would have come back it would have just gotten worse
* Everyone at my job always know me by this handle. I use it for IM and clearly always used it on my personal site

Anyway I did send schild an apology almost a year ago. He didn't accept it and now he's stalking me at my job and posting lies on the internet about it to get back at me. That's not cool what did you hope to accomplish? Obviously the person that got his pride hurt was you because the very 1st/2nd post at your new 'job' you choose to try to post misinformation about my current employment.

I've moved on from this Jan 6th, the day after I posted here. I've always been non-secret. Already apologized. How long do you plan to let your hate consume you I will never know.

Thanks

Break a piece of wood and I am there.
Lift a stone, and you will find me.

[schild]

I thought you worked at Cryptic.

On that note, you obviously didn't forget about much, Richard.

thumbs down thumbs up

[-4] blue_steel – Posted 3 days ago, 10:11 pm

schild posted on f13.net: "Removed the part about Vigil. Not particularly worth posing to begin with, I just thought it was lulzy."

"Also, I didn't say anything bad was happening at Vigil. I just fired a warning shot. Maybe I just wanted to let people know that they would hire someone like Vajuras without saying his name. Or maybe I know something. Maybe I don't. People are just interpreting it. Can't be blamed for that."

So you don't like someone at Vigil games so you intentionally fabricated that Vigil games was going to have layoffs? Hm, I hope no one allows you to write for their site again.

linky:
http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=14063.0

Email:      blue.steel78@yahoo.com

I'm surprised someone allowed you on the internet again.

[Evildrider]

I admire Lucas in that he's able to do what he wants, how he wants.  I also admire what he's done technology wise for the film industry.  It's just that his story telling ability gets lost in all his tech and weird ideas.

I love the original Trilogy, and I at least like 70% of the new movies and cartoon stuff.  When it comes down to it though, I'm just a SW geek.  I'll still watch anything SW, read some of the books, and play the games based off it. 

You have just described every super rich person on the planet.

There are alot of directors under the thumb of ther Studios that wouldn't agree with you there.  Lucas also wasn't super rich when he formed his own studios to start Star Wars in the first place, as a mattaer of fact hasn't he gone bankrupt a couple times?

[schild]

NCSoft folks were just let go.

[vajuras redux]

schild I don't want to be your enemy. You have my email. We can discuss this over teamspeak / vent or even play HL2 or something

[vajuras redux]

NCSoft folks were just let go.

Hm, I had no idea that's terrible news

[tazelbain]

NCSoft folks were just let go.

If NCsoft has any clue Lord Fancy Pants will be one of them.

[schild]

schild I don't want to be your enemy. You have my email. We can discuss this over teamspeak / vent or even play HL2 or something

It isn't a grudge dude, and I didn't just post it for the lulz. I posted it because I was told something reliably. What that something was was removed from the original article because the NCSoft stuff was vastly more important. And then I removed the bit about Vigil because it didn't even matter. Why some Vigil employees have exactly Zero idea how to handle a situation isn't my problem.

As to the other bit, where you call me a stalker, not even. I think you're a hilarious parody of a grown human being. You came into someone elses house and shit all over the floor. You got what you deserved and you somehow think your actions were OK. Apologizing after the fact does exactly nil. Going onto a well-known MMOG site and making yourself look like a gibbering retard does nothing but hurt you and who you work for.

These two things are completely exclusive to eachother. I am honestly shocked that you're still employed with that attitude you have. But once again, you're ruining any decent rep Vigil might ever get. Whatever, I'm not the one playing with fire.

[schild]

Tabula Rasa folks were not let go.

The VERY GAME that ruined NCSoft America is the team that's still got jobs. What a crock of shit. That studio is an embarrassment to game development.

[LC]

As to the other bit, where you call me a stalker, not even. I think you're a hilarious parody of a grown human being. You came into someone elses house and shit all over the floor. You got what you deserved and you somehow think your actions were OK. Apologizing after the fact does exactly nil. Going onto a well-known MMOG site and making yourself look like a gibbering retard does nothing but hurt you and who you work for.

So where can I read about this.

[schild]

As to the other bit, where you call me a stalker, not even. I think you're a hilarious parody of a grown human being. You came into someone elses house and shit all over the floor. You got what you deserved and you somehow think your actions were OK. Apologizing after the fact does exactly nil. Going onto a well-known MMOG site and making yourself look like a gibbering retard does nothing but hurt you and who you work for.

So where can I read about this.

http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=11876.0

No one gets a free pass.

[Yegolev]

I assume they would have cut Garriott loose while he's on vacation in orbit, clutching a jar of nerd-sperm.

[vajuras redux]

Then you have bad information as has been pointed out on various sites. I don't represent any company when I post; never did. Anyway this is goodbye I want to enjoy rest of my lunchbreak

[Mrbloodworth]

Tabula Rasa folks were not let go.

The VERY GAME that ruined NCSoft America is the team that's still got jobs. What a crock of shit. That studio is an embarrassment to game development.

wouldn't that kinda mean, that its not the game that caused the loss (other than development cost)? Or something. They also have like, what, 4 other games in the works? And half of the games they do have, do not use subscriptions.

[schild]

The Garriotts were shifted to 'dust on the floor' a while ago.

[schild]

Then you have bad information as has been pointed out on various sites. I don't represent any company when I post; never did. Anyway this is goodbye I want to enjoy rest of my lunchbreak

You ALWAYS represent the company when you post. EVERYONE does. This isn't a 'new' thing. Ask anyone here, ANYONE. No one is dumb enough to act the way you did. At least not any of the developers here.

[Merusk]

It's not just Game Developers.  It's Lawyers, Architects, Sysadmins, any professional with a brain.  It's one of the reasons you use handles in the first place; so the stuff you say isn't linked to your company as an official respresentation. If you're going to use the exact same handle at work and on the internet as a 'random guy' you're going to have that linked to your professional work as well as you personal, becuase you're presenting yourself that way.

[Trippy]

NCSoft folks were just let go.

Anybody know how Lum is doing?

[LC]

http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=11876.0

No one gets a free pass.

What a douche. He makes Curt look good.

[schild]

Lum will talk about Lum when he wants to talk about Lum. It's not my place to go into specifics.

[Evildrider]

Dungeon Runners is finished.. and I never even got around to giving it a try.

[Trippy]

Lum will talk about Lum when he wants to talk about Lum. It's not my place to go into specifics.

Of course it is. You are an investigative journalist now!

[schild]

Lum will talk about Lum when he wants to talk about Lum. It's not my place to go into specifics.

Of course it is. You are an investigative journalist now!

I already investigated it, and deemed it the privilege of the person to post. ^_^

[LC]

Anybody know how Lum is doing?

Well the latest post on his site says no more updates this week. I'm guessing that things might not be going well for him this week.

[Slyfeind]

Dungeon Runners is finished.. and I never even got around to giving it a try.

This makes me sad. I loved Dungeon Runners. It was wacky and kooky and then you bash monsters all day long.

[Trippy]

Anybody know how Lum is doing?

Well the latest post on his site says no more updates this week. I'm guessing that things might not be going well for him this week.