So I haven’t been posting on here as much recently, and much of what I’ve put up has been fairly content free. I feel vaguely guilty about it, and idly wonder if I should start posting pictures of my cat just to make the cycle complete.
The truth is that I’ve been writing a lot, but it has been for work. We’re getting set to move into pre-production, and I’m laying down as much framework as I can, as quickly as I can, for the legions of implementors to follow so that this crazy thing I’m working on can actually happen. Related to that I’ve also been practicing my presentation chops. Next week we have two important presentations in a row; the first a showing of our client to NCsoft during a company meeting (a five-minute “Hey, Look What I Can Do!”), and the second, what’s called a “greenlight” meeting. In other words – we need money to hire more people, please approve our budget for the next year. As part of that I get to talk in front of people – not my strength, but I’ve been practicing a lot. In fact my voice gave out today 2/3rds of the way through the design presentation practice today. Clearly, I talk too much!
We’ve gotten lots of positive feedback to this point, so it’s looking pretty good. Hopefully at some point I can start posting help wanted ads!
#1 by aozora on February 16th, 2007
*shakes pom-poms*
Go Lum go! Can’t wait until the press-leak campaign starts … erm, um, if it starts.
#2 by Abalieno on February 16th, 2007
Hopefully at some point you can start talk what it is about!
#3 by Apache on February 16th, 2007
I’d suggest hiring Tony Robbins and having him do it.
#4 by Moorgard on February 16th, 2007
You better not be stealing any of my ideas through the creepy telepathic connection we share. You know that’s against the rules.
#5 by Evangolis on February 16th, 2007
Steal any ideas I have, Lum, with my blessing. That way, if they suck, it’s not my fault.
#6 by Freakazoid on February 17th, 2007
I suppose it’s too early to beg for an alpha invite?
#7 by Mandella on February 17th, 2007
It’s never too early to start begging for an alpha invite.
Speaking of that, I am a *really* good beta tester…
#8 by Mox on February 17th, 2007
I’d be happy with cat pictures, to be honest.
#9 by Jeff Freeman on February 17th, 2007
G’luck!
#10 by nerd gone bad on February 17th, 2007
buttering the bread needs to come first. Sounds really exciting Scott and best of luck on the new project!
#11 by Caya on February 17th, 2007
Cat pictures would be neat
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No, seriously, good luck and whatnot. (borrows pom-poms from aozora) You show’em!
#12 by JuJutsu on February 17th, 2007
“buttering the bread needs to come first. Sounds really exciting Scott and best of luck on the new project!”
Too true. BTW I’m not a good beta tester, I don’t want to look for bugs I just want a game preview. Put me down for open beta
#13 by Scrote on February 17th, 2007
So what is it?
Come on, you can tell us.
#14 by Reg on February 17th, 2007
This new game. Will it have ponies? Will I be able to ride them? Can I slaughter them for food? If I buy another pony of the opposite sex will I be able to breed them? How many ponies can I have? A lot?
#15 by Naladini on February 17th, 2007
See if you can work in an anecdote from that old Loverboy song, “A pig and an elephant’s DNA just won’t splice”. Bonus points if that topic is actually a part of the game you’re proposing.
#16 by blachawk on February 17th, 2007
I’d be happy to break your NDA for you.
#17 by Laitriem on February 17th, 2007
I miss talking to Lum =(
#18 by ogur on February 18th, 2007
Shadowclan would be more than happy to contribute a few over-zealous gruntees when/if you want to test resurrection mechanics. GO GO LUM!
#19 by Ghiest on February 19th, 2007
As long as it’s not Romans in Space
#20 by Amaranthar on February 19th, 2007
Remember to picture them in their underware.
Hmm, I wonder if they read this? Well, now you know that they know how you are looking at them.
Hehehe
#21 by Axecleaver on February 20th, 2007
Know your audience. That is the secret of a good public speaker. Same as a good writer. Don’t talk to finance guys about how cool your hardware T&L is — you talk about ROI and why this will be a moneymaker.