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Acritus
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Exciting news! I am moving to the D.C. area in a week, actually going to live in Fairfax which I am familiar with.

But the really cool news is the new job I got. I am now a Tester at this little place in Fairfax known for MMOs and they are currently developing a massive, AAA title. :mrgreen:
*cough*http://www.mythicentertainment.com*cough*

Who is still in the D.C. Area? Maybe when I get settled we can have an Avian Con?

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Congrats on the new job!

Go Warhammer!
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Congratulations. Now go tell your bosses their game needs at least 15 years of tuning to be decent at least. *ducks*

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Congratulations. Now go tell your bosses their game needs at least 15 years of tuning to be decent at least. *ducks*


lol can i tell them on your behalf? "listen this French sluggy guy really doesn't like your game, he demands you scrap it and restart the project." :wink:

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WHAT! That's awesome!

Yak and I are in NoVa. You will be living about 5-10min from each of us.

Congrats on the new job!

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In 1999 I worked there for a year. Great place!

Congratz on the new Job!
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congratulations on your new job, some people would pay to test games, now you get paid to do it :D
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In 1999 I worked there for a year. Great place!


awesome Cyrus! Did you work on DAoC?

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I meant I was in the DC, Gathersberg, Rockville, Fairfax area in 99. I worked for an environmental company at that time; we dredged the Dalecarlia Reservoir for the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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ah gotcha. Our English language is so tricky :lol:

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Congratulations. Now go tell your bosses their game needs at least 15 years of tuning to be decent at least. *ducks*


lol can i tell them on your behalf? "listen this French sluggy guy really doesn't like your game, he demands you scrap it and restart the project." :wink:

They already know my opinion about it. ;)

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8quote="Acritus"]"listen this French sluggy guy really doesn't like.../quote]

Liked the wordplay there.

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Woot!

I live across the street from your new office! I mean right across the street!

I've been going to the Independent Game Developers meetings that Mythic holds, very cool.

Let's do beers with Moge when you get here!

Woot!

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wow yak, that is a really nice place it looks like. Every other car I saw coming outta there was a Benz or BMW 8)

and yes I would like a beer, thank you.

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wow yak, that is a really nice place it looks like. Every other car I saw coming outta there was a Benz or BWM 8)

and yes I would like a beer, thank you.


Anyone of you who can offer a job or an internship to me in two years then?
By then I'll have a Assosiates Degree in Computer Administration.

Got my teacher to find some info on it and this is what I got:

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IT-Administrator, 2½ years
The IT-Administrator education at Greenland Business College is a further development of the Danish IT-Administrator Education adapted to the Greenlandic business life. The IT-Administrator education is therefore a business-minded IT education offered to students who want to acquire a formal IT education with a practical content at an advanced level.

The education teaches the students skills in how to apply, evaluate and adapt technological tools for business-oriented functions in addition to guide other people in how to use these tools.

The education contains various IT subjects relevant for the business and IT sector combined with traineeship periods in IT companies. During the education, the students have the choice to study or do traineeship periods abroad in either Denmark, the US or Canada.

The education contains the following broad themes - each including various different subjects:
It-support
System administration
Database administration
Web-presentation


There's gotta be need for such a guy in there right?.
After this I'm considering to expand my computer-konwlegde with programming and 3D-artwork.

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Sweetness, Beta keys all around? :D

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The best advice I could give Azza is to check out ea's job website http://jobs.ea.com/ and look at internships and whats available. I didn't know anyone at EA when I first applied and everything goes through corporate in LA, so no one will even talk to you about a job until the get the ok from the Head HR person at HQ.

Game companies are always looking for IT guys so just look at the major publishers job websites and apply when you see one that fits you. That's the best I can do right now, since I'm just a peon toiling in the dank pit :wink:

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Ravage wrote:
Sweetness, Beta keys all around? :D


QFT

Its not what the guild can do for you, but what you can do for the guild :lol:

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Sweetness, Beta keys all around? :D


QFT

Its not what the guild can do for you, but what you can do for the guild :lol:


no comment.
EA is watching.

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Don't tell me that EA now has these forums under scrutiny after you got the job...

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^guess sarcasm still doesn't work over the internet

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Acritus wrote:
^guess sarcasm still doesn't work over the internet

:roll:


Nope. I'm just dense. :oops:

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Acritus wrote:
^guess sarcasm still doesn't work over the internet

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Nope. I'm just dense. :oops:


hehe no worries. just having fun with ya :P

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Acritus wrote:
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Nope. I'm just dense. :oops:


hehe no worries. just having fun with ya :P


Not to worry. Never been good at written sarcasm. Now self irony, that I know! :D

I do have Danish heritage - and I don't mean those cakes that people appearantly are so fond of - and the Danes are know to be one of the cultures who uses irony as humor the most...

Any way I acctually never said this, but gratz on the job :)

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When do you arrive?

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I actually started Monday, I'm moving into my apt on Saturday. So I'm already here 8)

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Want to go our for a beer tonight? Where are you living? I'm buying! Moge said he can come, too.

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Great meeting you tonight! I'm glad you and Moge and I could get together.

Let me know if you want to do dinner, or $1 beers sometime!


And, post a report of your new job! I bet everyone would be excited to hear about it.

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agree. It was awesome getting everyone together. Your job sounds seriously exciting.
Next time drinks are on me!

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It was great meeting yall and thanks for welcoming me to the area! I have tentative plans to go to that $1 beer place this Thursday with some GMU friends. Can't remember the name though...

I'll post a nice report about my new job when I can get some indersider dirt.. i mean info :wink:

Thanks again and we gotta do it again sometime soon.

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