Holeyyy fuckk..

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:13 am

I don't know if anybody remembers but I posted a thread a few days ago about getting interviewed for a game agency studio. Well some how I actually managed to get the job. This fucking great, I havn't even graduated yet and I've managed to snag a salary-based job in the video game industry. I've always wanted to get into this industry but have always been shite with computers and such so I never really thought it would happen. But since I managed to apply my Anthropology thesis proposal to the field I managed to get some attention and turn that into a job. Funny thing is, and nobody but Knowfury knows this I think, is that I wrote my thesis proposal on YOU people. HAHA, I've managed to turn a thesis on online community social theory into a sweet job in the video game industry. Frankly, this job could end up being pure shit but it still feels pretty fucking good to see your education working for you.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:14 am

congrats

Post by **mjrpes** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:20 am

could you go into a little more detail about your thesis? or did you sell the rights to the company you now work for?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:20 am

GG man

Hope it goes well

Post by **netrex** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:25 am

GJ

and GL.

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:28 am

mjrpes wrote:could you go into a little more detail about your thesis? or did you sell the rights to the company you now work for?

By basic thesis was about concepts such as "culture", "community", and "identity" needing to be redefined due to the emmergence of e-communities. In order to gather information I used the anthropological technique of participant observation but applied to the online community. So I became the member of a community (here, and a few others, mmorpg's and such) and observed and wrote. Documenting what I'd seen.
Granted the research hasn't actually been applied just yet. It was merely a thesis proposal for my honors, when I do my masters the real thesis will be written.

Post by **mjrpes** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:44 am

Jackal wrote:
mjrpes wrote:could you go into a little more detail about your thesis? or did you sell the rights to the company you now work for?
By basic thesis was about concepts such as "culture", "community", and "identity" needing to be redefined due to the emmergence of e-communities. In order to gather information I used the anthropological technique of participant observation but applied to the online community. So I became the member of a community (here, and a few others, mmorpg's and such) and observed and wrote. Documenting what I'd seen.
Granted the research hasn't actually been applied just yet. It was merely a thesis proposal for my honors, when I do my masters the real thesis will be written.

I did a report like that this spring. I played WoW to find out whether the online community element (among other elements) plays a part is shaping the addictive nature of the genre. I discovered that being in an online 3D setting with friends, and having over 1600 quests to potentially complete in an expansive virtual world, does indeed draw a player in. You begin to feel yourself becoming a part of that community and you eventually grow a network of friends that depend on you; the player soon changes socially to feel comfortable and at ease in such a setting and the desire to continue to develop an online persona is very high.

Post by **rep** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:16 am

Knock knock.

Who is there?

Bubblesbout.

Bubblesbout who?

Bubblesbout to burst.

Post by **ajerara** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:18 am

So, we were just you little science experiment, then?

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:01 am

Hey congrats there Jackal

Enjoy.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:27 am

good stuff - and good creative thinking

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:56 am

good taste in music AND a real job. nicely done.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:58 am

gg jackal :icon14: make the best of it
even if this job sucks its a nice step in the ladder, so hold on to it if you want to stay in the business

Post by **mik0rs** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:58 am

Congratulations

Post by **Transient** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:36 am

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:59 am

Nice one

Post by **diego** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:13 am

gg man - I tried several times to get into the industry but MKJ is not talented enough to write the easiest lines of code so I didn't get the jobs.

Seriously, congrats and don#t flame the nerds too harshly

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:13 am

:icon19:

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if false=true {
set diego=false
}

Post by **diego** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:14 am

lol!!!! I somehow KNEW you were lurking around

sorry brother, couldn't resist.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:15 am

diego wrote:lol!!!! I somehow KNEW you were lurking around

i wonder how you knew that

Who's Online in General Discussion
diego, glossy, MKJ, Ryoki

Post by **diego** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:16 am

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    if ($user == 'MKJ') {
		echo ("Sorry, your code is shite... :( \n");
		}
		else {
			$diego_wins++;
   		}

Post by **diego** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:17 am

I never check the who-the-fuck-is-online-option, that's for nerds.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:18 am

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onQuote {
 $u == ownt
}

Post by **diego** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:27 am

hahahahahaha, You forgot the semicolon!!1

[/nerd_joke]

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:37 am

omglol hence teh syntaxerr0rs

global {
warming++
};