Dream Job

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 5:42 pm

If there was a way I could work full time doing the following:

1) Promoting Blood Bowl merchandise to US stores
2) Assisting the translation of Blood Bowl into other languages
3) Writing articles for BB Mag
4) Working on getting everything BB onto blood-bowl.net
5) Running the MBBL and MBBL2
6) Writing the PBeM software

I think I'd take this position in a second ... however ... based on my current income ... I'd better just keep cashing my paycheck and stay quiet.

Just having one of those weeks where the last thing on my mind is my work .... which I'm currently not really enjoying ... but it definitely pays the bills. .... too bad Ronald and I cannot package and sell the PBeM software, if we could ... I'd create a version of it in French, Spanish, and German by the end of October. Ah well .... sorry ... needed to vent. I'm just tired of my job right now even though its a great job. In the back of my mind getting paid to do Blood Bowl resources, leagues, and marketing would be great ... but I don't think Fanatic is looking for a US based rep and I have a suspicious feeling that even if they did it wouldn't pay enough to allow me to tell my wife I'm quitting as Central region head of CAAT programming.

Ah but I can dream out loud ... right??? Okay back to screaming and yelling on the phone with me explaining to person #213 why either they or the person we just talked to is clueless and no they cannot have a 40 hour project in 4 hours.

Galak

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 6:42 pm

I'd pay you if I were rich. In fact I think I would have several people on a "geek" payroll if I were stinking rich... but I'm still working on that part, I'll let you know when I pull it off...

-Dave

Ghost of Pariah · Post by **Ghost of Pariah** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 6:54 pm

I think everyone should send Tom 10 bucks! I'll do it! Give me your address and it's yours!

If you use the Play By eMail Software then you need to send Tom 10 US dollars right now!

tchatter · Post by **tchatter** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 7:43 pm

Better yet send both Ron and Tom $10...

Are you signed up on PayPal Tom??? C2It??

But I feel your pain... I have been sitting here all alone today bored, since I am the only schmuck that has no vacation time left. So all I have done today is NOTHING but surf Blood Bowl sites (Man there are a lot of them!).

But the time is going very SLOWWWWWWW....

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 8:00 pm

Sorry Pariah ... since Ronald would definitely definitely get half (if not more ... volume wise we've both written the same amount of code to the program ... but his stuff is the backbone that my code rides on top of) .... I'd need about 2 million PBeM users to do what you've suggested ... .... my thoughts are that its not happening any time soon ...

oh yes, and then I'd lose it all when GW sued my *ss into the ground. Yeah forgot about that part.

When I first starting getting into PBeM. I offered to pay Ronald to add in features for the MBBL2 ... he turned it down. Saying he couldn't enjoy working on the PBeM tool if it was work. Now me I don't have that issue since I'm a programmer and I LOVE working on the PBeM tool.

Kinda the same reason I've never taken money from the Virtual Alchemist for plugging their site for free on blood-bowl.net. I'd hate to commercialize the site.

Just one of those things ... if I could make what I make right now doing what I love that would be very cool ... oh I forgot item #7:
7) Answering Rules Questions on the various Blood Bowl boards

Anyway ... I don't what you guys money at all ... it more like I wish I could be an employee of Fanatic with my current salary and benefits but doing what I love about the game to get folks involved.

Galak

Galak

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Oct 04, 2002 8:03 pm

I came really close to being able to get closer to this type of job a while back. If I had the capital, I might have been able to purchase the rights to run the Virtual Alchemist which went under a brief period of new ownership but is now back in the very capable hands of James Humphries.

I think I could really enjoy running the VA ... just don't/didn't have the cash to get in the door on that one either.

Galak

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:19 am

Well, if you get ahold of the VA or another business with copyrights and trademarks, and when i pass the bar exam next summer, I'd love to write all the nasty cease and desist letters for ya! Any legal job in the business would be great. Spin out a few boilerplate contracts, send some nasty notes, and then scoot on down to the "vault" where all the goodies are kept...yeah, that's the life for me.

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 10:22 pm

Well... boo hiss I hear...

But GW are advertising (in the FT) a position of Divisional Finance Director in Nottingham.

Now I don't live near Nottingham.....but.... it does sound like a good role... trouble is they want someone who can demonstrate:-

(1) flexibility, (2) humility, (3) high ethics and (4) an international perspective on business...

OK...how do I demonstrate that?...

1 I like the new Undead rosters

2 I agree with all other posters and I am wrong

3 Well I am an accountant...

4 I have worked overseas....

OK..... anyone want to start a campaign... DD for DFD?

Dave

PS as an aside I will be sending off my CV............

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 10:53 pm

3 Well I am an accountant...

Over here that doesnt say high ethics, especially if u used to work for enron or worldcom.

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:41 pm

OK I guess I asked for that!.... but I was trying to be tongue in cheek!.... should have put a wink in there!

The question is then... what does classify as high ethics?.... I agree no qualification does... its all about personal standards.... what was that on another thread I saw about our friends from Amsterdam?.....

Dave

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:46 pm

who knows in some country accountants mite be highly ethical, ethiopia ?

DaFrenchCoach · Post by **DaFrenchCoach** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 12:00 am

High ethics ? Doesn't really sound like a GW trait, IMO... I talked about GW France, no offences meant for the others divisions... Here in France, there was a really, really

manual for sellers in stores... Erk ... I worked some years ago in a shop (clothes), and selling is a job which means sometimes you have to convince your customer. That's part of the job. But this manual ("codex sale") was a really attack to some commercial rules: respect for the client, never cheat, never try to use the postion you have for your client (especially here: there are kids, for the most part, or mothers or grand mothers who don't know everything but the minis

... At least, working in an international firm with divisions, as a financial director, considering last scandals (Enron, Vivendi in France, ...), is a very hard work IMO... or a lot of non very interesting reasons

Back to the topic, it's a fact Galak should be paid for all the time he spent (and spends) for gamers, Blood Bowl in general, ...

About Virtual Alchemist, I sent some emails at different periods, and now you're telling that, it's true I never had replies during a moment from them... So I'm really happy if J. Humphries is back ! But even if you would have the money for making a stor elike it, you would have to become the same specialist about Warhammer/W40K minis (please feel free to calculate the numbers of unrealeased minis for ALL GW games

), in order to have some stocks !

And I guess you should become a collector of ALL the minis ever made by GW ... !

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:18 am

sean newboy wrote:
3 Well I am an accountant...
Over here that doesnt say high ethics, especially if u used to work for enron or worldcom.

Hey, a lot of BB players work for accounting firms ... besides Dave, voyagers is another as is Mike Baker from the MBBL2. Oh yeah and me. Accountants are all bad Sean.

Galak

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:39 am

I was simply being topical, most people dont have a high opinion of the accountants of certain companies rite now, the high moral ethics of accountants does not seem to be too firmly believed in usa these days. I am well aware of many fine and upstanding accountants (my brother in law for one) and am not making any personal attacks against any individuals.

McDeth · Post by **McDeth** » Sun Oct 06, 2002 12:51 pm

Thought i'd better chip in with the support for accountants as well.

As i have been qualified for over 5 years and last week got my Membership as a Fellow.