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No butt's were hurt.
Yes I am going to school right now and attempting to find another job in the gaming industry.
No one reported me. I just thought it would be fun to answer questions about the game since I can talk about stuff now.
Well if you are legit, this isn't the way to go about looking for work. Anything you do here is a trail. If you think you are invulnerable and won't be discovered you may be fooling yourself. I would just stop.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
I can assure you that future employers won't see this thread. Even if they did they would have no idea who I am in real life.
Well good luck to you. I will leave it to other forum members to hang you. I'm moving on!
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
No one has any real questions about being a GM and how issues are handled? Anything specific? I am not looking to dish dirty laundry I am here to give out real information without CS smoke and mirrors.
do they plan on fixing ai maping so i can not just jump over a fence repededly to kill the mobs in TSW, Is anarchy online ever going to have a 2nd version where vehicales dont grow and shrink(that stuff is creepy) Will AoC close anytime soon?
I have not pre-ordered GW2 yet. I might play it but i was apart of early beta and didn't really care for it.
I did play TSW here and there and got to Egypt, but since I worked so much on the game I kind of didn't wan to come home after 8 hours and continue playing it. Plus, I spend a lot of my free time working on my own games.
There were a lot of memorable petitions. One in particular was from a gentleman who wanted to pay for his subscription with foodstamp/medicade. Some of the the name changes I had to make for player's were pretty hilarious. Ronald "TheRapeTrain" McDonald will always have a special place in my heart.
Over dramatic much?
Alright - well for whatever reason I like TSW more than GW2 so I will roll with it.
Is there any plans for changes to combat - i.e. making it easier s.t. I don't have to spawm my builder 5 times in a row? Is there a PvP overhaul in the works? Are they really planning to stick to patch once a month? What is the plan for CS now that a whole lot of you got fired - does it mean that wait time for us will be a lot longer? How far off is group finder tool?
Thanks!
I had reason to contact TSW CS and they handled my issue promptly and courteously, so I was quite impressed. If that was you, good job!
"When people don't know much about something, they tend to fill in the blanks the way they want them to be filled in. They are almost always disappointed." - Will Wright
Simple questions:
How did you get the job?
Did it pay well?
Are you playing any other MMOs?
They do not need to see it, it is your attitude and nature you present here. Same attitude and nature that will follow you everywhere.
Unfortunately the information we were actually given on what was fixed and what was broken was a little on the need to know/find out for yourself basis. Most GM's didn't really touch AO. The senior GM's mostly handled that game as their player base were a lot more difficult to deal with. I have no idea about AoC except most of the petitions I got from that were angry player's who were trying to scam for a feather of Ibis lol. However, with multiple server merges AoC seems to be on it's way out.
why was siegeing never fixed in age of conan?
why was it in age of conan beta we had mini games, and pvp stats but when the game came out those things were missing and the pvp stats didnt come out till loooong after the game was out?
why did funcom add guards to the pvp servers destroying world pvp?
Sometimes. But mostly I have always used some common sense. It helped me through my career and now I'm retired. I'm not knocking your decision if this is true, I just question the outcome and purpose. o.O
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
It is going to be a lot longer of a wait now I can assure you that. I doubt that there are going to advance TSW pvp any farther as the main draw to the game sems to be the pve. They will hopefully release Raids soon. If a group finder tool is made you better expect it to be broken when they implement it.
LOL! Poor Ronald "Default1429" McDonald.
Well.
I was very sorry to read the news on the Funcom site. I'm guessing the CS staff layoffs are the "... currently implementing several cost-adjustment initiatives due to the expected lower initial revenues from The Secret World to secure future positive cash flows." =/
I love the game and very much want to see it succeed. But I know that the executive suite folks don't have any clue what the folks in the trenches do, and that they make decisions based on profitability, stock price and investor sentiment.
I don't have any questions for a TSW GM but I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed working there.
Unfortuntately I cannot give out myt GM name, but I was extremely nice to our customer base who were respectful and patient. I was pretty sure I would be kept on because my survey scores were very hight, but they couldn't afford to keep most of us on.
From an ex Funcom to another.
I am sorry you was let go my friend, but giving out information other than public knowledge
is not a good thing. I loved my years in Funcom creative and Fun and would never discuss
GM stuff to the public like you intend to. It could take the fun out of the game for some players.
I am a TWS Fan as many others here and I hate spoilers and I think a Moderator should kill this tread if it's out of line.
Good luck with the school and job future :-)
You are completely right and I loved working for Funcom. I just going to assume this is not a negative post as I have not displayed any negative attitude toward the company.
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
I agree with this ^. I would watch what you say incase say you were going for another job as a GM and someone found or told your employer about this thread, if it were still up, that is. It could really hurt future job offers.