Furiously
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I'm seeing a lot of professionalism exhibited by this young candidate. What can go wrong?
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Draegan
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Where's Hartsman now? Last time I saw his name it was in connected with Trion. I know he's been jumping from project to project these days.
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gehrig38
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Running either an Austin or California studio for them
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Lantyssa
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California.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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I got a call from the head of Community Relations for NCSoft EU back in 2006 based on a single essay I made on my old blog. He liked it that much he asked me to interview. I wasn't interested in applying for their CM job, but the point remained with me: your online public presence is a part of your resume. Sabotaging yourself is just that. A person has to grow from player to professional at some point (ideally).
Also, Grim can testify to this with running GO before SOE. Dahauser did the same finally unveiling himself as a blogger before 38.
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schild
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Running either an Austin or California studio for them
He's the creative head for Trion, in short. I forget his exact title. |
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Grimwell
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Nice of you to be professional and call it serious talent though when every press release is a name-dropping extravaganza of mediocre proportions. I don't refer to the folks in the press releases, I refer to someone I worked with who ended up there. Behind the scenes, behind the releases, behind the fancy artist and author... they have acquired some folks with credentials and experience worth noting. Edited to fix my use of quotes. Derp derp |
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Aez
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Ixobelle just saved that thread.  |
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Falconeer
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a polyamorous pansexual genderqueer born and living in the wrong country
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Running either an Austin or California studio for them
He's the creative head for Trion, in short. I forget his exact title. So Heroes of Telara is going to be his game? |
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schild
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Running either an Austin or California studio for them
He's the creative head for Trion, in short. I forget his exact title. So Heroes of Telara is going to be his game? Not precisely. I'm sure he'll poke around here more when they start launching stuff. |
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Draegan
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Didn't he join before or after E3 last year when they presented some info? I can't remember.
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schild
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Didn't he join before or after E3 last year when they presented some info? I can't remember.
Shortly after AGC. |
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Hartsman
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Didn't he join before or after E3 last year when they presented some info? I can't remember.
Shortly after AGC. Man. It has been six months already, hasn't it. Crazy. I still do poke around just about daily. I just don't post much of anywhere when a game I'm working on is in a dark phase. Thanks much for the compliments up here earlier - I was very genuinely touched. (And not in the "show me where on this doll" way.) |
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Shatter
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Didn't he join before or after E3 last year when they presented some info? I can't remember.
Shortly after AGC. I was very genuinely touched. (And not in the "show me where on this doll" way.) Dam, thats my line |
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Severian
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I just don't post much of anywhere when a game I'm working on is in a dark phase. But when you do, it counts. To bump this thread. |
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Ghambit
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I just don't post much of anywhere when a game I'm working on is in a dark phase. But when you do, it counts. To bump this thread. Interesting Trion should come up, as I've mentioned before we know more about HoT than Copernicus and HoT's been on the burners for a lot less time.... dark phase or not. Granted, Trion has middleware to sell right? So it behooves them to be looser with the toungue. |
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Falwell
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Rhode Island seems desperate for tech jobs, no? Edit: Also, appears they'll be showing something from the single player RPG at Comic Con later this month. |
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stu
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The source cited by Massively says that 38 approached Rhode Island about the move and not the other way around. That may or may not be an important detail.
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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gehrig38
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It's an untrue detail as well. RI approached us, not the other way around.
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SnakeCharmer
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Was it RI or is it Mass or was it 38 Studios? ZOMG I MUST KNOW.
Seriously. Who gives a rats ass?
Game info plzkthxbai.
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Ghambit
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All these states have non-competes and sub-NDAs forbidding 38 Studios from talking about the game.
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"See, the beauty of webgames is that I can play them on my phone while I'm plowing your mom." -Samwise
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Numtini
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As a Mass resident, I really hope we don't throw money down the toilet on this. No offense, but I wish you luck in Providence.
There's been a lot of of handwringing in the commonwealth about why we aren't more of a tech presence when we have a progressive political climate and so many educational resources, but I side with those who believe it's more about a conservative business culture that doesn't mesh well with geek innovation than with economics.
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If you can read this, you're on a board populated by misogynist assholes.
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gehrig38
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As a Mass resident you AREN'T throwing money down the well. The state is acting as a guarantor of a Bond. So the scenario in which the state would actually have to spend even a dollar of the tax payers money is a long and hard one to get down and also one that rarely if ever happens.
Not really relevant anyway, since Mass has not engaged this industry in the past 4 years I've been involved in any meaningful way. Gambling and Casinos are and will continue to be the focus here.
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I bet you thought fielding free agency offers ended when you retired, huh?
Also- hurray for gambling and casinos. Can you send some across the country to us?
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Abagadro
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Is this an industrial revenue bond they are offering or some other instrument?
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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gehrig38
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I bet you thought fielding free agency offers ended when you retired, huh?
You ain't lying. At the end of the day whatever gives us more assurance and risk reduction to be able to produce the products on our schedule, with control of the vision, I'm all for. |
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You ain't lying. At the end of the day whatever gives us more assurance and risk reduction to be able to produce the products on our schedule, with control of the vision, I'm all for.
"The Vision" is a phrase that you may want to avoid... at least around here. |
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gehrig38
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Yep, trying to come up with a more fitting word, that's all I got right now:)
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Draegan
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How about just "our goals" or "roadmap".
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DayDream
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"our goals" is probably better. "roadmap" just feels like more kool-aid induced business jargon.
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schild
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"roadmap" just feels like more kool-aid induced business jargon. Except it's not. And in the gaming industry, roadmaps are almost universally more reasonable than goals (assuming timelines aren't unreasonably compressed - which they almost always are since most companies let folks who aren't directly related to development actually make the final call on roadmaps). You might as well re-label "goals" as "dreams" for 99 out of 100 gaming companies. |
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Draegan
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How do you pronounce Amalur?
Amah -lure?
Ama - ler?
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Bzalthek
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Pretty sure it's 'amah-luhr'. It's a Basque name meaning (depending on how you interpret it) "homeland" or "mother earth." I imagine it's intended to give the feeling of a sense of origin, a literal starting point.
According to a baby naming website, AM is stressed, so AHM-ah-luhr? Meh, it'll be another Qeynos.
I don't know why they went with Reckoning, though. First thing I think of is WAR
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Tannhauser
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This is the Reckoning for that Reckoning.
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