Still waiting...

Discussion in 'HOW TO JOIN' started by aadinshore, Jul 17, 2006.

  1. aadinshore

    aadinshore Lurker Not From Round Here

    Hello, still waiting for access... it's been months now. Re-sent an email last week to the webmaster.

    Thanks!
     
  2. Drebin

    Drebin Hardcore Gamer One Of Us

    Maybe this is why?

    It's kind of difficult to see what a recruiter could bring to the private forums TBH.
     
  3. ArguMentor

    ArguMentor The Grumpy Old Troll One Of Us

    From http://www.thechaosengine.com/articles/articles.php?pg=1&file=howtojointce:

    Perhaps, just perhaps, you realize you're a recruiter and as such won't get access as per the above?
     
  4. Ur-Quan Master 666

    Ur-Quan Master 666 Gaming Guru One Of Us

    Before you guys get all high and mightly on yourselves, there was a conversation a while back to allow some recruiters here in order to:

    1) help TCE members find new positions
    2) post up career advice (such as resume writing suggestions)
    3) answer questions about changing jobs (relocation, negotiation, etc.)

    Let the directors handle it, rather than going off and quoting outdated guidelines.
     
  5. Aticus Finch

    Aticus Finch Gaming God One Of Us

    Was there? You got a link to that?

    At.
     
  6. Chasmodeus

    Chasmodeus Gaming God One Of Us



    Guillotine! Guillotine! :coat:


    erm ... right! Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
     
  7. Mathematix

    Mathematix Banned

    I don't see what the problem is. I waited ten years for access. =;
     
  8. baboon1972

    baboon1972 Troll One Of Us

    I am not

    general public - although I do count myself as a member of general society
    a recruiter - although I do employ casual QA staff occasionally
    upper management - although I do know some upper management types
    marketing - although I wouldn't admit to this, even if I was
    a journo - no comment

    I am a member of the gaming community and have been for almost 10 years in the UK and Australia
    I have emailed the webmaster with all the personnal data needed to spam the crap out of me for the rest of my life

    Why am I still waiting to be granted access...... what is this? Some kind of sick door bitch humour or something????
    :deadcrab: aka "flogging a dead horse"

    Gah!
     
  9. Dog

    Dog Artisan Cheese One Of Us

    But if you are NOT a game developer - Bye bye.
     
  10. Brian Beuken

    Brian Beuken Boring Old Fart One Of Us

    The rules on membership are very clear, you have to be a games developer, coder/artist/design/production/QA or a high ups beaatch..but not a grassing tell all beaatch, just a do what your told and get the coffees in beaatch

    You must be working for a development company either currently or in the recent past, or be a known freelancer.
    You can prove this by suppling a verifiable email at a known games company, or having someone already on here vouch for you as a genuine games developer.

    What do you mean when you say a member of the gaming community, thats a bit vague?

    There is always a backlog, Photon, is an especially lazy bugger, who is prone to near death illnesses from time to time so he can't always be arsed to check the applications on a daily basis, we tried getting a few others in to check emails but there results are as you can see...shit..tbh its more fun letting you bang on the doors for a few months 1st :)


    toodles
     
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  11. Mathematix

    Mathematix Banned

    "Member of the gaming community" is such a broad term. 'Gaming' makes me think 'gamer'. :-k
     
  12. THX1138

    THX1138 ... Not From Round Here

    like yer mam sez. you won't feel the benefit of the warmth inside unless you've spent some time out in the cold.
     
  13. baboon1972

    baboon1972 Troll One Of Us

    Okay, so I don't work for a developer at the moment. I used to though. I work for the other side. Although I think it's wrong to promote the divide between publishers and developers. We're all trying to make games here folks...let's hug.

    I'm a gamer as well as a member of the gaming community. Although I don't spend hours sitting in front of WoW in a stained pair of Y-fronts.

    I'm not a "just do what you're told" kind of guy. I'm a "I'm not doing that and if that's a problem for you then f*&k off" kind of guy.
     
  14. clunt

    clunt Literate Troll Not From Round Here

    Baboon, you LOVE IT! Don't pretend you don’t. OK firstly, just because you worked for years in games localization, doesn't mean you're in the industry. Just because you've worked on more stuff than probably 90% of us, doesn't mean you should have access to an industry forum. Just because you work for a publisher, doesn't mean you're one of us. Just because you've worked for stacks of companies in more than one country, that doesn't mean you have experience.

    ... ;)

    Can we just let this guy in?? I can vouch for him. He IS in the industry and I've worked with him personally so I can't see why there's a problem.
     
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  15. m_hael

    m_hael Professional Coffee Drinker One Of Us

    ahh its just some good ole' british humor... they'll let him in next year :-({|=
     
  16. Sartori

    Sartori Industry Legend One Of Us

    Out of interest, what's the usual turnaround time on join requests?
     
  17. Brian Beuken

    Brian Beuken Boring Old Fart One Of Us

    Publishers develop games too...so thats not a problem, just depends what your role is at the publisher if its marketing or upper managment, get yourself to a nunnery for some solice, you'll get none here
     
  18. Joda

    Joda Game Audio Expert One Of Us

    So what about us genuine provided all the required info game developers still waiting on the doorstep of this games version of fight club?
     
  19. Sartori

    Sartori Industry Legend One Of Us

    I think all the admin types are on holiday or something... :)
     
  20. Joda

    Joda Game Audio Expert One Of Us

    For the last 2 months?

    I gotta negotiate a better contract. ;)