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Finding out my gamertag is not impossible without me posting in the Gamertag Exchange. I know one CoH player who already found it and added me to his friends list.
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Positron's gamertag is easily visible on his blog.
(To all those who go, "WAAAA??? Positron has a blog!", it's a very occasionally updated blog. No, I won't tell you how to find it. Finding the blog can be the millstone around your neck if you really have to know.)
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Yeah, I need to post something... maybe you guys can give me ideas for topics of discussion.
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Yeah, I tried to leave a comment, but you have to be registered to leave a comment. And of course, there is no apparent way to register. So I'll just say it here:
Mythbusters is great. 
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Yeah, I heard about the powers designer opening. I don't meet two of the requirements:
At least 1 shipped AAA title
Refrain from calling other forum posters "blithering idiots."
Also, Mountain View is too long of a work commute from Honolulu. And I hear Castle has a clause in his contract that allows him to call any powers designer hired after him "Igor."
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Just to be clear, the phonetics on that would be something like "Eye-gore".
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LOL.
See, this is why I love our Devs ... they have actual, non-atrophied senses of humor!!
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I am sad to hear about the move. I applied for the Windows Administrator job, and got an initial interview. However the HR person indicated that they planned to hire the position in time to have them on board for the opening of the new studio. The new studio is now open which means, I suppose, that I didn't get the job. :/
*sigh*
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/emote hugs Sapph
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Yeah, I heard about the powers designer opening. I don't meet two of the requirements:
At least 1 shipped AAA title
Refrain from calling other forum posters "blithering idiots."
Also, Mountain View is too long of a work commute from Honolulu. And I hear Castle has a clause in his contract that allows him to call any powers designer hired after him "Igor."
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Just to be clear, the phonetics on that would be something like "Eye-gore".
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Would I have to legally change my name?
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I am sad to hear about the move. I applied for the Windows Administrator job, and got an initial interview. However the HR person indicated that they planned to hire the position in time to have them on board for the opening of the new studio. The new studio is now open which means, I suppose, that I didn't get the job. :/
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that's unfortunate to hear (especially since you're the 2nd person in this thread w/a story like that). i had a similar experience back in '04. i was working with hr and waiting on word about the decision, and...nothing. after a week+ of waiting, i gave myself my own word. advice for ncsoft: there is more than enough room for improvement in the hiring process that cryptic had. don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of it. leaving people out in the cold about hiring decisions after all of the effort it takes applicants to get there is...i'll just say it's not a good thing to do.
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Finding out my gamertag is not impossible without me posting in the Gamertag Exchange. I know one CoH player who already found it and added me to his friends list.
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Positron's gamertag is easily visible on his blog.
(To all those who go, "WAAAA??? Positron has a blog!", it's a very occasionally updated blog. No, I won't tell you how to find it. Finding the blog can be the millstone around your neck if you really have to know.)
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I like the idea of villain epic archetypes!
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Finding out my gamertag is not impossible without me posting in the Gamertag Exchange. I know one CoH player who already found it and added me to his friends list.
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. o O (Perhaps... Positron? Naaah, too easy...)
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Positron's gamertag is easily visible on his blog.
(To all those who go, "WAAAA??? Positron has a blog!", it's a very occasionally updated blog. No, I won't tell you how to find it. Finding the blog can be the millstone around your neck if you really have to know.)
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You can always comment on whatever Scott Jennings is saying over at http://www.brokentoys.org. His recent comments on PvP were really interesting (as always) and I think he linked back to an old column on UO on why UO will never happen again, even if a game was released with exactly the same rulesets.
Another interesting commentator I read is Steven Grant's Permanent Damage column over at Comic Book Resources. He has an interesting mix of comics, politics and whatever else takes his fancy.
If you'd like to stay away from commenting on MMOs, there's obviously the world of pop culture to comment on (incl. movies, other video games, PnP RPGs, whatever else takes your fancy). I will say that you've been pretty hard to get a 'read' on since you answer questions directly and with little side tracking, so maybe you could do something about day-to-day decision-making at NC^2 and how everyone brings what they need to to the table in order to make things work.
Or give us insight into things you, as lead dev, have said 'no' to, and why. Jack provided long articles on how a decision for ATs were reached, including the options that were discarded. It'd interesting to know how you come to some similar decisions within CoH/V.
Or you can burden Ex / LH with another job and get them to pick a question of the week which you will answer on your blog. Said question doesn't have to be CoH/V related.
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I am sad to hear about the move. I applied for the Windows Administrator job, and got an initial interview. However the HR person indicated that they planned to hire the position in time to have them on board for the opening of the new studio. The new studio is now open which means, I suppose, that I didn't get the job. :/
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that's unfortunate to hear (especially since you're the 2nd person in this thread w/a story like that). i had a similar experience back in '04. i was working with hr and waiting on word about the decision, and...nothing. after a week+ of waiting, i gave myself my own word. advice for ncsoft: there is more than enough room for improvement in the hiring process that cryptic had. don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of it. leaving people out in the cold about hiring decisions after all of the effort it takes applicants to get there is...i'll just say it's not a good thing to do.
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Actually, it's becoming fairly standard from what I've seen, for companies to say "Only those hired/called back will be notified". It sucks, but when you are dealing with dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of interviewees... all those calls take time, which really, could be better spent elsewhere.
Or so, the theory goes. While I've not had to go through it myself, my wife has, probably a good 5-6 times the last few years. The waiting sucks, the not knowing sucks (especially up here, where some positions spend 6 months (!!) in limbo before a decision is even made), but... what can you do?
Frohn-ken shteen.
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Actually, it's becoming fairly standard from what I've seen, for companies to say "Only those hired/called back will be notified". It sucks, but when you are dealing with dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of interviewees... all those calls take time, which really, could be better spent elsewhere.
Or so, the theory goes. While I've not had to go through it myself, my wife has, probably a good 5-6 times the last few years. The waiting sucks, the not knowing sucks (especially up here, where some positions spend 6 months (!!) in limbo before a decision is even made), but... what can you do?
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Well, I had two interviews for the IT position, which seemed to go really well. Then I didn't hear anything at all. I finally emailed them to see what the status was, and was told their automated system apparently hadn't worked. They EXPECTED to give all the applicants notice that the position had been filled, but something didn't work right.
Congrats to Jimmy. Lucky sod.
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Actually, it's becoming fairly standard from what I've seen, for companies to say "Only those hired/called back will be notified". It sucks, but when you are dealing with dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of interviewees... all those calls take time, which really, could be better spent elsewhere.
Or so, the theory goes. While I've not had to go through it myself, my wife has, probably a good 5-6 times the last few years. The waiting sucks, the not knowing sucks (especially up here, where some positions spend 6 months (!!) in limbo before a decision is even made), but... what can you do?
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Well, I had two interviews for the IT position, which seemed to go really well. Then I didn't hear anything at all. I finally emailed them to see what the status was, and was told their automated system apparently hadn't worked. They EXPECTED to give all the applicants notice that the position had been filled, but something didn't work right.
Congrats to Jimmy. Lucky sod.
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... so you have something you want him to fix first, is that it?
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Actually, it's becoming fairly standard from what I've seen, for companies to say "Only those hired/called back will be notified". It sucks, but when you are dealing with dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of interviewees... all those calls take time, which really, could be better spent elsewhere.
Or so, the theory goes. While I've not had to go through it myself, my wife has, probably a good 5-6 times the last few years. The waiting sucks, the not knowing sucks (especially up here, where some positions spend 6 months (!!) in limbo before a decision is even made), but... what can you do?
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Well, I had two interviews for the IT position, which seemed to go really well. Then I didn't hear anything at all. I finally emailed them to see what the status was, and was told their automated system apparently hadn't worked. They EXPECTED to give all the applicants notice that the position had been filled, but something didn't work right.
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in my eyes, that is wholly unacceptable. an ongoing human interaction has taken place between the company and the applicant, yielding (multiple) interviews. both sides are investing time and energy in finding out more about the potential fit. if a company is going to offer a position up for the public to apply for, i feel they are obligated to follow through completely with each applicant in a manner that is appropriate given how far into the application process that things have proceeded. if someone sends their resume and the resume does not meet job criteria, i can understand having an automated process to close the loop with those people. worse case, the system breaks and you get no word, and with minimal invested effort that's a fairly common outcome and to be expected when jobhunting. but once you start interviewing an applicant, you've begun a human-on-human interaction and you've entered completely different territory. both sides invest time and energy to size up the potential relationship. i don't think that using an automated system to give word to someone that far into discussions is appropriate. if a company decides to invest the effort to establish a significant ongoing human dialog with an applicant, i feel that they've created the moral obligation to at least try to pick up the phone if they decide not to continue that process for some reason. i hold myself to that standard because i feel it is the right thing to do. i feel companies morally owe it to the public and to the people they choose to interview to do the same. companies that fail to do this show me as an applicant how much they value people versus company goals.
as dreamshifter mentioned, not getting word back may be fairly common, and that's unfortunate...it just doesn't make the practice any less acceptable in my eyes. (for what it's worth, i've been on well over 40 interviews in my career, and only one of them has failed to close the loop with me so far.) when i am applying for a job, i feel it is my job to interview the company just as much as they are interviewing me. failing to close the loop with me once significant time and effort are spent applying is unfortunately an almost sure-fire way to make the decision for me. in a case where there's a breakdown in human resources like this, i see it as both a sign of how much the company values people versus goals and a breakdown in the way the company shows me how it puts its best foot forward. to me that's an unfortunate fact of life but also a clear warning sign. a company like ncsoft is immeasurably better than and above that.
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Welcome to the 21st Century. That's SOP for most companies these days.
Aaaaaanymore pictures of the NCNC staff? 
Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP
Remember kids, crack is whack!
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Embarrassing ones from the office party please.
I'm working on going through the holiday party photos, I will see what I can drum up from our go at Rock Band.
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Yay!
Ex, please post pics of Brian Clayton, Marketing Guy - Ross Borden, and Ghost Falcon.
Awesome! Thank you Ex!
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/rimshot... sorry... couldn't resist...
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That sounds like way more fun than my office parties this year.
"Jimmy the IT guy"... Sounds like a low-level Mafia - er... 'organized crime' stooge, specializing in gettin' da info dey want from da guys' computas.
Also: keep a cube for me (may take me 5-6 years to get myself trained up and get down there, but I'm workin' on it...) You guys or Square Enix, maybe BioWare too, are my dream employers.