Comment Re:Not going to happen (Score 1) 392
Or in this case, Comcast.
It may be my connection. While Slashdot and Starcraft 2 are fine, I just tried getting onto Xbox Live, and had trouble with that too.
Or in this case, Comcast.
It may be my connection. While Slashdot and Starcraft 2 are fine, I just tried getting onto Xbox Live, and had trouble with that too.
Funny. I *just* went to the main amazon.com page, and after 30 seconds of waiting, when all the page (text and images) hadn't come up, I gave up and left.
Someone seems to have done something to slow them down.
This is not] the answer for everyone, but this is what I did:
Go to The Guildhall @ SMU. Graduate level education in game development.
My background. I had a BS in computer science, and four years experience doing a mix of programming and IT for two different Internet startups. I'd contributed programming to some open source game projects. However the only game position I'd managed to get an offer for was a significant pay cut in an area I didn't really want to live. After the second startup started not doing well, I decided to go to The Guildhall. After graduating a year and a half later, I got a good position at NCsoft, and have stayed in the industry since then.
Like the AC first post says, Too many ideas, too few developers. In my experience, this is very true. If you truly want to create your game, I suggest working in the industry, and developing contacts, such that at some point down the road, you can bring together the funding and people you need to actually create it.
That's not to say there aren't also smaller scale projects that are successful as well - there are. However, most of them tend to either be of lower quality than many professional games, and/or have a number of people who have worked professionally in the industry.
Interestingly: My number failed to transfer over from Sprint to T-Mobile. So I called up, and talked with someone, and they setup service for me. Voice worked fine, but then I didn't have data. The browser brought me to a page where I got to choose which data plan I wanted (unlimited data @ $30/month, or unlimited data + messaging @ $40/month), and then I had data support...
So if I'd never picked either of those? I wonder...
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