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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:38 pm
(March 24, 2014 at 8:22 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: I meant why you think the fact that it is a hyperlink that will tell you How to Become a Programmer, Motherfucker, is significantly good.
One of the most comprehensive listings of resources I've ever seen all of which have been vetted.
(March 24, 2014 at 8:22 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: However, I maintain an interest in the possibility of being a part of the gaming industry. How I envision this happening is that I would become a tester, and I would be totally content with that, ...
Many of the game testers complain that it has completely ruined the entire gaming experience for them for like life and shit.
(March 24, 2014 at 8:22 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: ... and then it is possible that at some point someone would recognize that I also possess creative writing skills and am just REALLY DAMN GOOD at creative writing, and hire me as a video game writer.
Now that's where the fun is. 
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:44 pm
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(March 24, 2014 at 8:38 pm)GirlyMan Wrote: Many of the game testers complain that it has completely ruined the entire gaming experience for them for like life and shit.
Now that's where the fun is. Yep, totally aware of that, just pretty sure that would not be the case for me personally, because for example, one of the major reasons for that is probably because it is my understanding that in the video game industry, the way it works is you are paid however much they think its worth for your contribution to each GAME, and how much you get paid usually does not have anything to do with how long the project actually takes or how many hours you put into it, and that SUCKS.
However, I would not care about that because I would so much love the fact that I was improving video games, and that seems so meaningful to me, because of the degree to which so many games are buggy when they could easily be less so, and how much more buggy they would be without testers. You see, to me, if a bug in a game exists which could have been easily removed enough and is sufficiently annoying, that is a PROBLEM.
And yeah, definitely. That is probably one of the most fun jobs in the world right there, "video game writer".
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm
I'd like to be a video game tester. But I don't like weed, so...
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:52 pm
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(March 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I'd like to be a video game tester. But I don't like weed, so...
In the best shops, the testers are often the best programmers 'cause they don't just identify bugs, they just say fuck it and go ahead and motherfucking fix them while they're at it and whatnot. Fixing a bug is often far far less trouble than documenting a bug. 
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:53 pm
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(March 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I'd like to be a video game tester. But I don't like weed, so... Wait... WHAT?! A person exists that does not like weed? Right now I am thinking that you are probably not the kind of person who has never tried weed because they have heard that it is awful and have not bothered to find out on their own whether that is actually the case.
I know of people who are indifferent to what they experience when they are under the influence of weed.
So again, WHAT?!
(March 24, 2014 at 8:52 pm)GirlyMan Wrote: In the best shops, the testers are often the best programmers 'cause they don't just identify bugs, they just say fuck it and go ahead and motherfucking fix them.  That's cool.
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 8:59 pm
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(March 24, 2014 at 8:53 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: (March 24, 2014 at 8:48 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I'd like to be a video game tester. But I don't like weed, so... Wait... WHAT?! A person exists that does not like weed? Right now I am thinking that you are probably not the kind of person who has never tried weed because they have heard that it is awful and have not bothered to find out on their own whether that is actually the case.
I know of people who are indifferent to what they experience when they are under the influence of weed.
So again, WHAT?!
I've tried weed twice. When I was in high school. Once, I didn't get high, the second time, it ruined my junior prom. I fell asleep on the limo ride there, had a huge headache, and missed the afterparty. My date was a girl with HUGE boobies, and I wanted to do silly things with them. I had to wait a whole week. She was a little overweight, and I didn't really want to date her. Man, I was such an epic douche in high school. I am pretty sure my bad experiences were due to really shitty high schooler skunk weed, but I am sufficiently indifferent to weed now that it's not worth the trouble for me.
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm
(March 24, 2014 at 8:59 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I've tried weed twice. When I was in high school. Once, I didn't get high, the second time, it ruined my junior prom. I fell asleep on the limo ride there, had a huge headache, and missed the afterparty. My date was a girl with HUGE boobies, and I wanted to do silly things with them. I had to wait a whole week. She was a little overweight, and I didn't really want to date her. Man, I was such an epic douche in high school.
LOL, the kind of person that you are or were then is a funny thing, but you do know, right, that proms at all are a thing that SUCKS, right? It is not just that you yourself experienced a junior prom and it SUCKED.
I am just saying, I don't think that is a strong enough reason for you to not like weed.
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 9:10 pm
(March 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: LOL, the kind of person that you are or were then is a funny thing, but you do know, right, that proms at all are a thing that SUCKS, right? It is not just that you yourself experienced a junior prom and it SUCKED.
I am just saying, I don't think that is a strong enough reason for you to not like weed.
My senior prom was fantastic, though! My date was gorgeous, my high school rented out the Embassy Suites, we had a fantastic party, I got laid. Great night. But I'm one of those few people who really enjoyed high school.
I guess I really am more indifferent to it. I have no reason really not to like it. I suppose if TN ever legalizes weed, I'll try it again and see what happens. I just can't be assed to figure out how to get it.
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 9:14 pm
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RE: how do you make ends meet?
March 24, 2014 at 9:19 pm
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Hmm. ZB, I like the fact that you end every post with a badger. Because it is a signature, but for some reason you did not choose to use the convenience of the forum option to set a "signature," and that means you are making more effort on the internet than you have to.
Wait a minute. Nope, what I just said means I don't like it, I just find it to be a marvelous oddity.
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