DBC?
- Thread starter Exubae
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The King
Cosmic Mongoose
I can't. It has possibly been deleted or perhaps it's just a post that I read.gamesmeister said:
Actually I didn't post much on the RQ/Glorantha forum until MoG was released because I was very interested in how heroquests were handled and read the other threads very rapidly.
Before we had the MoB standard, now we have the MoG.
homerjsinnott
Mongoose
elgrin said:
I always think that you should go with what makes you happy (if you are willing to try hard enough).
Me, money doesn't make me happy.
Trifletraxor
Mongoose
homerjsinnott said:
That just means you have enough.
SGL.
CharlieMonster
Mongoose
Trifletraxor said:Funcom is BIG, and Age of Conan is to be their new flagship. Don't think we will see him for a while, especially as the pay was a lot better too.
Underpayed and overworked employees might be good for buisness, but it's certainly bad for the game.
SGL.
Sadly the Pen & Paper Games Market has never really provided substantial rates of pay and I don't see that changing anytime soon. It is possible to subsidise writing off the back of CCGs to a certain degree (or if you have a higher sense of morals, selling crack to kids at primary school) but the big bucks ain't really there.
CharlieMonster
Mongoose
homerjsinnott said:
I'd just like the chance to find out one way or the other! :lol:
Dead Blue Clown
Mongoose
Someone linked me to this thread. I didn't believe them when they told me at first.
I'll still do that if you like. Food is so expensive in Oslo, it'll probably come to eating my mug collection at some point.
They're finished. I'm as proud of Clanking City as anything I've ever done. A lot of love went into that book, and I grinned like you wouldn't believe when I got an email from Greg Stafford saying he liked the parts I'd showed him and he'd put a few of the characters into his own current HeroQuest work. That raged.
I did pretty well, all said. Most people who've been mean to me here are mean to me because I come across like a dick, not because they think my writing sucks. I won't lie, I'm not one of those guys who can shrug off negativity if I perceive it to be invalid, so I've avoided this place at times. (Of course, I'm down with a lot of the various criticism being perfectly valid, too.) But overall, the forum and the people here were immensely helpful, useful and decent folks who I'm glad I rubbed shoulders with. I can think of several I imagine I'll be keeping in contact with.
Thanks, dude. Been having a bit of a heavy, busy day, so that cheered me up a bunch.
I'd quite like to do that, yeah. A lot depends on how I end my tenure, though. The clock is ticking on a massive project that I'm struggling to find the time to finish because of the 'getting ready' chaos, and if I drop the ball, Mongoose have every right to be pissed off about it and tell me to get lost if I come asking for freelance work in a few months.
That said, I'd really like to write Blood of Orlanth, still.
Bry and Gar (the other 2 staff writers) earn a lot more than me as they're much, much more experienced than I am, and with published credits you could choke whales with. I didn't earn much because A) RPG writing pays peanuts, and B) I'm technically a newbie. My resume' is kinda prestigious, but not expansive, if you get me.
A creed to live by. It's the magic moments like this that I'll miss most.
Again, honestly, I appreciate the hell out of you saying that, Ex.
The money was a big part, but there are a bunch of factors. Mostly I wanted to stagger out into a blizzard, collapse, and say "Yoda...Dagobah system...Ben!"
No. No, I'm not kidding. I'm doing that the very second I first see some serious snowfall. And when the Norwegian paramedics come save me, I'll be sat in the back of the ambulance, looking out of the window and making snowspeeder noises.
Me either. I'm 26 and every single job I've had has paid, say, 1/3 of what one of my parents' will earn in a year; they're police officers, and we all know they're not exactly paid in liquid gold. For the past 4 years since uni, I've been earning about half to two-thirds of what all my friends earn, even those in pretty unskilled office jobs. But I've had some great jobs and they've kept me very happy.
That said, I'm 26 and I have no savings, no car and no house. I'd kinda like to change at least one of those three things in 2007. There's also the fact that this move frees up a great deal of time for me to focus on writing novels (my primary ambition) and it's a hell of an adventure to a workplace I loved last time I was there.
That, and the vigour with which they pursued me was, frankly, staggering and totally flattering.
True. I suckered my girlfriend in through a combination of charm and secret military-grade hypnosis. And she, as I often announce to random strangers in a rather crass display of personal pettiness, is a total hottie.
Exubae said:
I'll still do that if you like. Food is so expensive in Oslo, it'll probably come to eating my mug collection at some point.
Trifletraxor said:
They're finished. I'm as proud of Clanking City as anything I've ever done. A lot of love went into that book, and I grinned like you wouldn't believe when I got an email from Greg Stafford saying he liked the parts I'd showed him and he'd put a few of the characters into his own current HeroQuest work. That raged.
The King said:
I did pretty well, all said. Most people who've been mean to me here are mean to me because I come across like a dick, not because they think my writing sucks. I won't lie, I'm not one of those guys who can shrug off negativity if I perceive it to be invalid, so I've avoided this place at times. (Of course, I'm down with a lot of the various criticism being perfectly valid, too.) But overall, the forum and the people here were immensely helpful, useful and decent folks who I'm glad I rubbed shoulders with. I can think of several I imagine I'll be keeping in contact with.
gamesmeister said:
Thanks, dude. Been having a bit of a heavy, busy day, so that cheered me up a bunch.
Cut said:
I'd quite like to do that, yeah. A lot depends on how I end my tenure, though. The clock is ticking on a massive project that I'm struggling to find the time to finish because of the 'getting ready' chaos, and if I drop the ball, Mongoose have every right to be pissed off about it and tell me to get lost if I come asking for freelance work in a few months.
That said, I'd really like to write Blood of Orlanth, still.
Trifletraxor said:
Bry and Gar (the other 2 staff writers) earn a lot more than me as they're much, much more experienced than I am, and with published credits you could choke whales with. I didn't earn much because A) RPG writing pays peanuts, and B) I'm technically a newbie. My resume' is kinda prestigious, but not expansive, if you get me.
burdock said:
A creed to live by. It's the magic moments like this that I'll miss most.
Exubae said:
Again, honestly, I appreciate the hell out of you saying that, Ex.
elgrin said:
The money was a big part, but there are a bunch of factors. Mostly I wanted to stagger out into a blizzard, collapse, and say "Yoda...Dagobah system...Ben!"
No. No, I'm not kidding. I'm doing that the very second I first see some serious snowfall. And when the Norwegian paramedics come save me, I'll be sat in the back of the ambulance, looking out of the window and making snowspeeder noises.
homerjsinnott said:
Me either. I'm 26 and every single job I've had has paid, say, 1/3 of what one of my parents' will earn in a year; they're police officers, and we all know they're not exactly paid in liquid gold. For the past 4 years since uni, I've been earning about half to two-thirds of what all my friends earn, even those in pretty unskilled office jobs. But I've had some great jobs and they've kept me very happy.
That said, I'm 26 and I have no savings, no car and no house. I'd kinda like to change at least one of those three things in 2007. There's also the fact that this move frees up a great deal of time for me to focus on writing novels (my primary ambition) and it's a hell of an adventure to a workplace I loved last time I was there.
That, and the vigour with which they pursued me was, frankly, staggering and totally flattering.
burdock said:
True. I suckered my girlfriend in through a combination of charm and secret military-grade hypnosis. And she, as I often announce to random strangers in a rather crass display of personal pettiness, is a total hottie.
The "Darn" above was short for:
"Hot damn but you will be missed man!"
Your glorantha writing has been excellent, and I hope you'll find time and energy for freelancing. Heck, I hope you'll find time and opportunity to roleplay there in Norway! Run a Glorantha game or something. Something grim and epic in the clancking city. I'd travel a long way for that myself.
-Adept : Finland
PS. I hope this doesn't mess things up with your girlfriend. Ultimately no job is worth that.
"Hot damn but you will be missed man!"
Your glorantha writing has been excellent, and I hope you'll find time and energy for freelancing. Heck, I hope you'll find time and opportunity to roleplay there in Norway! Run a Glorantha game or something. Something grim and epic in the clancking city. I'd travel a long way for that myself.
-Adept : Finland
PS. I hope this doesn't mess things up with your girlfriend. Ultimately no job is worth that.
Sometime, I still think I'd like to share a gig with you.homerjsinnott
Mongoose
Trifletraxor said:
I make church mice look like Bill Gates
But you are right.I hope things work out for you in the frozen north DBC (I do envy you the cold though, I love it) and that you get the balance right. Hope you can get some good roleplaying in.
ninthcouncil
Mongoose
All the best, Aaron, and we'll miss you. I hope the Norway gig goes well.
homerjsinnott said:
Seconded. I didn't want to say anything because I could tell that was meant as "brotherly horseplay".
It still rubbed me the wrong way. If one must cling to medieval sexist attitudes, one should go to Afganistan and join the Taleban.
It does feel like this forum is almost exclusively male. That's very unfortunate. I wonder what it means about MRQ's target demographic?
OldMongooseFordy
Administrator
Agreed. Posts have been deleted.
Fordy
One thing still Aaron.
I can't believe what a fast writer you are!!! The sheer volume of material you seem to have written up is staggering. While I occasionally think I could write pretty good stuff myself, it would take me six years to do what you've done in six months!
My hat is off to you,
-Adept
I can't believe what a fast writer you are!!! The sheer volume of material you seem to have written up is staggering. While I occasionally think I could write pretty good stuff myself, it would take me six years to do what you've done in six months!
My hat is off to you,
-Adept
homerjsinnott
Mongoose
MongooseFordy said:
My post was sexist? Just postin' so that people know it wasn't.
