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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sun Nov 28th at 4:10am 2004

So it's fun talking to people at Raven and finding out who knows who from what and what sorts of backgrounds they have. The lead designer on Quake IV is an old friend of autolycus (of the Valve ERC/Collective fame) from back in the Quake days. Paul Richards worked as a concept artist on Elite Force 2 alongside Juan Martinez, who did some Nightwatch animation work. Caryn "Hellchick" Law, old-school Gamespy person and more recently Activision employee just started on Quake a few weeks ago (and she and I had discussed her doing voice work for Nightwatch some time ago, but that fell through).

And now, I find today that sock, of egyptian and tech texture fame, has been offered a position at Raven as well and will be joining us sometime in the future, though I don't think he'll be on Quake.

Crazy. It is a really small industry, actually. Everyone knows everyone through some quick and obscure connection, it seems. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Nov 28th at 4:28am 2004

Hehe thats quite crazy actually. You were lucky enough to know one person at Raven in advance, but now you're drowning in acquaintances
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Posted by diablo on Sun Nov 28th at 5:37am 2004

after all

I DARE you to come here and shoot me for that!





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Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Nov 28th at 6:44am 2004

That's cool, I don't know ANYONE in the industry. [addsig]



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Posted by SuperCrazy on Sun Nov 28th at 7:45pm 2004

One of your co-workers tested my Morrowind mod. I met him through the Something Awful Forums and didn't know that he worked at Raven until afterwards.





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Posted by $loth on Sun Nov 28th at 8:06pm 2004

After all............

A guy I met on some other forums has started working at where I work, I didn't realise it was him until I asked if he was on any forums. Small world eh?

[addsig]



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Posted by Junkyard God on Sun Nov 28th at 8:07pm 2004

? quote:
That's cool, I don't know ANYONE in the industry.


same

i know some talented mappers that map better than anyone i've ever seen but they are not in "the industry" they just map for fun
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Posted by Dred_furst on Mon Nov 29th at 12:20pm 2004

i dont know anyone in the industry, but i met a load of adults that play america's army a lot (which i dont have) but they hated half life so i though stfu

anyone heard of evesham technology?
[addsig]



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Posted by pepper on Mon Nov 29th at 1:21pm 2004

i know about 15 people that work in the game industrie as a mapper, modeler ore coder.
[addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Nov 29th at 2:32pm 2004

How do you know so many pepper?
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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Mon Nov 29th at 2:33pm 2004

I know Iikka Ker?nen by his fame, but not personally. It would be nice to know someone in "the industry". I would have some questions about the work. [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Nov 29th at 2:39pm 2004

Well Finger and KungFuSquirrel, who both come to this site quite often, do work in the industry and Adam Hawkins has done in the past. I'm sure if you have some questions just shove them in a thread and they will answer what they can.
[addsig]



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Posted by aaron on Mon Nov 29th at 4:56pm 2004

I agree,

i was in a shop and i heard him talking about ejoop.... really small world Lol!





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Posted by Forceflow on Mon Nov 29th at 5:25pm 2004

after all

*runs like hell.
[addsig]



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Posted by Nickelplate on Mon Nov 29th at 7:41pm 2004

after all

[addsig]



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Mon Nov 29th at 7:51pm 2004

In Communist Russia, you don't shoot the squirrels, the squirrels shoot you!



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Posted by Leperous on Mon Nov 29th at 9:20pm 2004

Only 4 "after all" jokes so far, keep up the good work!



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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Mon Nov 29th at 10:18pm 2004

make it 5, lep

AFTER ALL.

[stands there doing nothing]

I don't fear death by bullets. Death by bullets fears ME! [addsig]



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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Tue Nov 30th at 4:25am 2004

Also a new fact I learned the other day - one of the modelers on quake was an animator on Tiny Toons and Animaniacs. [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Tue Nov 30th at 11:28am 2004

Now why does that make me picture a Quake-2-style easter-egg at the end with Pinky & The Brain heads on some Stroggs?




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