Forum Posts: 13 | Comment #1 by LeeJ2512 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:47:22 AM | |
| yep im covered |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #2 by JakeyIncarnate Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:48:26 AM | |
| I'd get hired over you though ^^ ehehehehehehehe |
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Forum Posts: 400 | Comment #3 by ademlakey Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:48:58 AM | |
| who would want to work for them anyway, making horrible games like that. |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #4 by EscoBlades Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:49:02 AM | |
| Where do i sign? LOL! |
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Forum Posts: 13517 | Comment #5 by B A R 4 D Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:49:08 AM | |
That's pretty messed up I reckon, achievements shoudn't be able to matter atall towards gaming..
OH well I'm cover by 5 times :P |
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Forum Posts: 385 | Comment #6 by Wicelow Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:51:04 AM | |
| Just for fun, I'm gonna find their address and send an application ! |
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Forum Posts: 171 | Comment #7 by O0mix0O Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:52:57 AM | |
| Stallion83 would be alright at this company :P |
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Forum Posts: 11 | Comment #8 by dark quasar Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 07:56:24 AM | |
| @6 i think you should |
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Forum Posts: 91 | Comment #9 by Convas Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:00:48 AM | |
| Hopes and Dreams? Smashed. Thanks a lot Slightly Mad. |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #10 by GamesB2 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:01:09 AM | |
| I think when I finally apply for a job in the games industry, I'm going to include my gamerscore on my CV. |
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Forum Posts: 332 | Comment #11 by Its Fooga Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:06:20 AM | |
I guess this is alright. I don't know. When I see things like this it reminds me of kids on the xbox forums with inflated gamerscore/egos saying "I'd rape you at any game, but I won't play with you unless you have over 100k".
With that being said, I think you should hire people based off of work experience, not a fake number like every other game company has been for the past 30 years. |
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Forum Posts: 388 | Comment #12 by Caramel Cardinal Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:06:51 AM | |
| now if only all employers did that, somehow i doubt that putting the day i hit 40k was the best day of my life or putting that my ambition is tp unlock seriously would help me any where else ;( |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #13 by The Dutch Pinyo Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:13:48 AM | |
| I guess they are slightly mad... |
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Forum Posts: 4081 | Comment #14 by evokazz Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:14:41 AM | |
I think I would make the cut then! |
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Forum Posts: 185 | Comment #15 by Corpse87 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:19:22 AM | |
| Capital Douche!!!!! Like achievements mean anything anything in the real world! |
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Forum Posts: 720 | Comment #16 by L0cke89 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:23:59 AM | |
| I hope EA's marketing department thinks the same after I finish college ;P |
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Forum Posts: 622 | Comment #17 by Teh Phantomz Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:25:42 AM | |
| Look at the name of the studio, nuff' said. |
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Forum Posts: 9 | Comment #18 by Boro Iz Rich Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:33:41 AM | |
Well FU too then...
I'll just go work at Bioware or Ubisoft... Ya'know. Two companies who make quality games... |
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Forum Posts: 338 | Comment #19 by stophj Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:33:47 AM | |
| From personal experience I can tell you it's a two way street while he may say he would look for someone with 20,000 plus it's also likely they will turn away those with 200,000 I've been told I must be kind of a loser fir having the gamerscore I have by multiple industry people. My gamertag is no longer on my gaming based jobs resume. Your honestly better off to just leave that out of it entirely. |
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Forum Posts: 2085 | Comment #20 by pined5551 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:37:33 AM | |
Shift 2 is brilliant!
But a developer who is this stupid angers me! |
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Forum Posts: 238 | Comment #21 by SuperWoody64 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:44:32 AM | |
| NFS is turning into THPS, I could almost get 20,000GS from this series alone. |
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Forum Posts: 808 | Comment #22 by jeffy x360a Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:45:44 AM | |
| maybe they should release DLCs with more than 35g and 80g to help us then. |
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Forum Posts: 584 | Comment #23 by GR4V1G0R3 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 08:54:07 AM | |
lol,
what if said applicant was a PS3 owner, would they go through the trophies and see if it totalled 20,000 worth of achievements, or do they not want anybody who has a ps3
just curious, i own both now, and still haven't turned on my ps3, my 58k (ish) should be fine though :P shame i'm too lazy to care ;) |
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Forum Posts: 1418 | Comment #24 by Vindicator51 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:03:54 AM | |
Looks like i'd fit in then as well. Obviously you need more experience than playing games.
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Forum Posts: 722 | Comment #25 by SWAGGART Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:04:22 AM | |
| Im in wheres the application lol |
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Forum Posts: 1841 | Comment #26 by TakahashiDemon Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:28:16 AM | |
| Cool, maybe they'll hire me XD ..bet you need a ton of other things other than 20,000 GS though. This was a fun read. |
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Forum Posts: 623 | Comment #27 by DanielH Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:48:04 AM | |
| @25. me to. look at my Gamerscore |
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Forum Posts: 1405 | Comment #28 by Vigor Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 09:49:56 AM | |
| This statement explains the handling of the game, what a bullshit. |
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Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #29 by ViNyLek Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:15:41 AM | |
This must be the dumbest thing I have heard. I know coming from someone like me it sounds stupid, but I also play on PS3 and even more on PC, so even if I had 5K from say 360 excllusives I would still have more gaming knowledge than say guy that has those 20K.
This dude should check his head, seriously.... |
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Forum Posts: 855 | Comment #30 by sanger Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:23:38 AM | |
| I could see this statement coming from someone who works at Microsoft's Xbox division, but from someone at EA is ridiculous. It's also ridiculous that someone with 20,000 is considered a gamer that has checked out the competition. If he said 20,000 gamerscore from racing games only, it'd be credible as that is not an easy feat, but to have overall 20,000 is achievable in just 2-3 days given the right games. I've gotten 6000 in 5 hours on my friend's profile using a US Xbox and Japan Xbox (and this was not even using Avatar: TLA) |
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Forum Posts: 451 | Comment #31 by the real a 0bsolete Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:24:30 AM | |
| i think its a great idea. you could get 20k in less than 6 months. its not like they're asking for 100k |
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Forum Posts: 26 | Comment #32 by elsnoggler Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:33:35 AM | |
Notice the "pertaining more to games developers having a passion for video games, rather than simply having an inflated gamerscore."
Not to call anyone out, but I know a handful of people who are 100k gs+ players that don't really seem to enjoy video games much at all, and certainly don't have a passion for them. They've just become hooked on getting more gamerscore. |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #33 by mawpp Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:44:55 AM | |
| So rent a couple of basketball games and they'll hire you. Good to know. |
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Forum Posts: 139 | Comment #34 by Off The WaLL Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:49:22 AM | |
| I bet he was talking about racing games. |
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Forum Posts: 303 | Comment #35 by Rickmassacre Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:31:29 AM | |
damn 515g left til 20k :(
lol :( |
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Forum Posts: 1192 | Comment #36 by ZedChuva Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:37:27 AM | |
That's kind of closed minded. I've got 55,000, but only 1 hundred something in Shift... mostly, cause it's a shit SIM game... I HATE SIM racers. So, would I get taken over some guy with 8,000, but all 8,000 in NFS games and racers? I hope not.
Eh, they can keep their job, I've got my sights set higher. :D |
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Forum Posts: 2082 | Comment #37 by StillTIPPIN187 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:44:08 AM | |
| wth is up with the thumbs down? what the hell did those users at the top say to piss you off? |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #38 by williamsjohn83 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 12:55:58 PM | |
| Slightly mad the way they do this! Lol |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #39 by TommyD758 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 01:19:01 PM | |
| Makes sense. I wouldn't hire someone to work at pizza pizza if they hated pizza. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #40 by Contender19 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 01:59:26 PM | |
| I'd just make the cut! |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #41 by Sean1234 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 02:10:33 PM | |
| I'd rather work at a good company like Bioware, Ubisoft, Splash Damage, Bethesda, or EPIC. But I wouldn't be very good anyway..... |
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Forum Posts: 22 | Comment #42 by Xero Link Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 02:29:59 PM | |
| I agree, you would want someone who plays a lot of games. Not just for score, but games for their story and their game play. You'd want someone who knows what works and what didn't...and why it didn't...easy way to see if a game was crap check someones gamer score. I mean if they liked the game , chances are they at least finished it and tried to get a lot of the achievements...if they didn't they either felt the challenge of the achievements were too tough...or didn't like that said game. I don't do a games extra achievements if I don't feel the game is fun. I wont go the extra mile to get 1000/1000 if they are really really tough either simply because its a way to relax not get totally stressed out, you want your players to enjoy them selves and buy the sequel, not microwave their copy of the game... |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #43 by zoidberg1339 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 02:39:53 PM | |
| Oh yeah, 44440. I really like having 4 4s but I have LA Noire on pre-order so it probably won't last for long. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #44 by ThoracicKez Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 02:53:54 PM | |
| Achievements don't really reflect how good you are at a game, for example my friend has 1000g for call of duty 4,5,6 and 7 but i am much better than him, I just can't be bothered with zombies or campaigns on veteren |
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Forum Posts: 4 | Comment #45 by xboxshadowfox Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 08:21:31 AM | |
I understand where these guys are coming from, I studied at Qantm doing a Bachelor of Interactive Entertainment- Majoring in Games Design and i found that 75% of the people studying games hardly played games if not at all. That makes me sad and scared for the future of gaming.
Its no wonder there are so many games that fail there potential and it usually comes down to the fact that some of the people who make these games dont have the passion for games nor the knowledge of what makes games go from mediocre to memorable.
I think more companies should have this policy as I believe it betters the chances for a greater game. |
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Forum Posts: 337 | Comment #46 by Phenoviral Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 01:55:28 PM | |
Wow. A high gamerscore is just as reflective on how long you're had an account and how many games you've played as it is on your skill or passion about gaming.
They should really be looking to see that you've earned some difficult achievements, rather than just lots of crappy ones.
But, hell, that's just me, I guess. I never understood the appeal of buying crap games for the sole purpose of getting 1000 points if I wont even enjoy earning them. |
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Forum Posts: 2079 | Comment #47 by SatNiteEduardo Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 12:55:44 AM | |
| 20k is not too high though. They should look at other things as well like completion ratio, types of games played, longevity. The number itself means very little. |
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Forum Posts: 71 | Comment #48 by SzilardUK Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 09:22:14 AM | |
| Heh. At the same time he probably would not employ anyone above 40k too... ;) |
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Forum Posts: 337 | Comment #49 by Phenoviral Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 07:00:08 AM | |
@#48:
Why.. would you think that..? |
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Forum Posts: 256 | Comment #50 by Pakhair Friday, September 02, 2011 @ 03:28:33 AM | |
| It's nothing wrong. They only want to see what kind of games the person play, Surely there will be tons of more things but It ain't anything wrong to see someone's Xbox, PSN or Steam account to see what they play and like |
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