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Things Not to Say During Your CoX Interview

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-02-24 16:27 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar.

 

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"I wrote the script for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and I've been dying to take a whack at this Incarnate stuff! I can see it now: Statesman has this long-lost brother..."

"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"

"The Most High has spoken, even with His own blood," Melancton replied. "Surely we know."

 

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I'm just here for the Day Job accolade.
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post
Should you ever be called in to interview for a developer or team position with Paragon Studios here are a few things you should probably NOT say...
"I bet I can fix that in a week."

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"I bet I can fix that in a week."
To be fair, the things you (specifically) are likely to say that about are things you have been thinking about, taking notes on, and advocating change of for years, so at least you've done your homework.

 

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"I'm really looking forward to working with your iconic signature characters... Batman, Superman..."

 

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A lot of people probably aren't yet aware she even has a head.
That was the first thing I noticed.
Actually, it was the hair.
Still a head detail though.

What can I say? I dig long-ish hair.

There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"

 

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"Hi, I'm Jack! Jack Emmert!"
I think this one wins

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  • Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya...
  • So I have this idea...hear me out...World of...Lady GAGA...Online.

Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios

 

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  • So I have this idea...hear me out...World of...Lady GAGA...Online.
... I'm going to bill you for the therapy I'm going to need from seeing that in print.

anyways, stuff that won't get you hired at NCSoft.
  • So, I was thinking, we can port everything to run atop the Unreal Engine, and get this, we'll use Nvidia Physx!

 

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  • Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya...
  • So I have this idea...hear me out...World of...Lady GAGA...Online.
* Yes, as a matter of fact I do have a reference... Zwillinger said I'd be perfect for this job...

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  • So I have this idea...hear me out...World of...Lady GAGA...Online.
I hear if you make "City Of..." jokes they immediately hand you over to the community management team.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
I hear if you make "City Of..." jokes they immediately hand you over to the community management team.
Our reeducation program is second to none comrade!

Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios

 

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... I'm going to bill you for the therapy I'm going to need from seeing that in print.

anyways, stuff that won't get you hired at NCSoft.
  • So, I was thinking, we can port everything to run atop the Unreal Engine, and get this, we'll use Nvidia Physx!
The game would look 1000x better running on the Unreal Engine 3 ... It's such an awesome engine, and so versatile ... can we have COH put on to the Unreal Engine 3 ? Please ?

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"I'm so excited to be here! I'm a HUGE DC fan!"

 

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Our reeducation program is second to none comrade!
It does explain some things. Every time someone would say "City of Spies" around Castle that one eye of his would start to twitch and then he'd start to tremble, and whenever someone asked about an underwater zone BaB would say "no underwater zone! no underwater! underwater bad!"

I always thought it was because they were finicky, I didn't realize these were actually side effects of the hiring process.

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Our reeducation program is second to none comrade!
In mother Russia, posts moderate YOU!

 

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- "So for new costume options, I was inspired heavily by the Elementalist from another NCsoft game, Guild Wars"

- "So since origins tend to not matter, how about this: Races!"

- "My reference is Jack Emmert. He said he used to work here too and said I'd bring the right things to the game."

- "So I'm thinking about putting Steelclaw in charge of Lore, Samuraiko in charge of powers, and Arcanaville in charge of costumes."

- "I watched .hack//liminality and thought it would be cool to work on an MMOPRG."

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Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post
Should you ever be called in to interview for a developer or team position with Paragon Studios here are a few things you should probably NOT say...

* I know I don't have an appointment but you have to admit I'm the best videographer you've seen since the game began... I know I don't have an appointment... What makes me think I have the right? The one thousand five hundred thirty two forumites standing outside your offices right now chanting "Michelle... Michelle... Michelle..."
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Oh, come now. That would surely get Michelle hired.
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One thousand five hundred and thrity three forumites chanting, cause I'd surely be there too!
*smirks*

I personally suspect there are two documents at Paragon Studios. One is the shortlist of people they'd hire if they could (whether from the community or other companies where they have professional colleagues, etc).

Then there's the blacklist, which means DO NOT HIRE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ON PAIN OF DEATH. My name is most likely at the top of the list.

And allow me to set the record straight - I MIGHT be the most prolific COH videographer, but I'm not the best. And I can assure you, there are by no means, not even via the new math or in Arcanaville's most convoluted non-linear equational attempts, one thousand five hundred thirty two forumites who'd be insane enough to picket the PS offices on my behalf. If there were, I would do everything including walk on water if necessary to get to Mountain View and film it. And laugh.



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What can I say? I dig long-ish hair.
Plus, Bettie Page bangs. Super hawt.

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Have you ever considered changing the game to a FPS? Those are quite popular.