I'm not nervous, really...

Well, my flight leaves in about 8 hours for my interview at Raven... eep! Like the topic says, I don't think I'm really that nervous, but it's just more the matter of realizing this is actually happening... :smile:

I've managed to keep in touch with my old friend Ken Banks through this process and will be meeting up with him later tonight as he lives very near both my hotel and the Raven office... he's going to take me in, have me sign an NDA, and then show me what he's been working on :biggrin: Should be a great primer to the "real deal" tomorrow morning.

Oi. Wish me luck. :biggrin:

KungFuSquirrel said:
Oi. Wish me luck. :biggrin:

all there is bud :smile:

Good luck! I don't see how you need it though, surely they will just take one look at your work be instantly desperate to hire you? :smile: Be sure to ask them if you can still complete nightwatch... Raven don't allow their employees to work on mods for other games. That's what Rich Whitehouse said anyway... he went to work for Raven after working on the Jumbot and a bunch of other stuff. Hah, you might even meet him I guess :smile:

Well, they've already seen my work. :razz: Actually, they kinda came to me first thanks to some very kind words from Ken.

As far as NW, the good news is that with the wedding my availability isn't until July or so, and hopefully that will be the earliest any offer would be for. If I need to, I plan to ask if reducing myself to merely an administrative leader (i.e. just make sure it gets finished 'right') would be acceptable. But we'll see what happens.

Heh :smile: Good luck m8! :biggrin:

/drums fingers waiting for own phonecall from a games company :wink:

That is some awesome news, right there. I'm sure you'll do just great! Oh, and bring a camera to share all that top-secret stuff with us. Those NDA's don't mean anything, ya know :razz:

GOOD LUCK! you wont need it :smile: - Go and enjoy it m8.

Good luck KFS, as people said i'm sure you wont need it with your extensive skills and knowledge, but it doesnt harm your chances to wish you well :smile:

Do yourself and the Pit proud :wink:

mmm, quake 4....

Heh, good luck, remember your roots etc. :biggrin: Have to bug you for some Quake4 tuts one day, maybe!

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All the luck in the word, KFS ... but as said ... I don't think you'll need it :smile:

Orpheus said:

KungFuSquirrel said:
Oi. Wish me luck. :biggrin:

all there is bud :smile:

Best of luck KFS, but what is it that ur interview is for?

GL man. I hope I get myself an equaly interesting job when I graduate.

My only regret is that you're not going to marry me after all our(my) carefully laid plans to seduce(drug) you. :smile: Best of luck with it. Who would have thought they wouldn't hire Grampa geezer for the job though. :biggrin:

Best of luck KFS, but what is it that ur interview is for?

It's for a job at the games company Raven. He should be making levels professionally and the like if all goes well. :smile:

Good luck with the interview KFS. If you've gotten this far, I'm sure your chances are pretty high. I can imagine how psyched you are...Raven would be a great place to start your career.

even if, somehow you forget your roots.. we will still be proud, or at least i will..

to have a hobby, end up a job career, and actually enjoy it.... now thats worth remembering.

job usually means drudgery, i think its great..

some of us actually remember you when you were n00b :smile:

it will be so cool to pick up a raven box and read a name we know on the cover..

Cool, now there will be some competent mappers at Raven... :biggrin:

it will be so cool to pick up a raven box and read a name we know on the cover..

Or read his name in a readme because you steal games off the internet Jon Rickenbaker and that is illegal and you should mend your evil ways.

Yes, Jon Rickenbaker of Jonesboro, Arkansas, who uses SWBell for their ISP to also steal MP3s and movies! :razz:

/humps FBI's leg

Alien_Sniper said:

Best of luck KFS, but what is it that ur interview is for?

It's for a job at the games company Raven. He should be making levels professionally and the like if all goes well. :smile:

WAHEY! Best of luck bud! :beerchug:

you guys crack me up :razz:

i have the originals of many games i have purchased legit..

besides, you know as well as i a hacked game cannot be played online..

i do however have a substantial movie collection.. shall i post it?? and my Stargate's, and my enterprises, and my charmed and my....

Ya good luck, although by now your probably waiting in line at the airport by now, but you must be feeling some nervousness, I mean you posted it here didn't you? you must have been feeling something?! :biggrin: But once again good luck.

Orpheus said:
it will be so cool to pick up a raven box and read a name we know on the cover..

I hope the day comes soon for you KFS, it's a great feeling! Just hope the game doesn't turn out to be a steaming turd like Rogue Ops did :wink:

Cool, now there will be some competent mappers at Raven... :biggrin:

Yak, if you'd seen what I've seen, you'd know how much a crock that statement is. :razz:

Anyway, the trip was awesome. Raven was an amazing place. The people I met were all fantastic and the work I saw was absolutely stunning. I actually ended up interviewing for two titles simultaneously - Quake IV and their third game (X-Men Legends is the second). They couldn't even tell me anything more than the title of the third one. Tight security! I'll hear back for sure by the end of the week. Apparently the important guy to talk to about all this stuff is out of town (again) so they have to go through him first. We'll see what happens. I have a pretty good feeling about things, though, and if nothing else I saw some incredible things and learned an incredible amount of knowledge that I can apply to my work whether or not I get hired there.

3rd game eh... sounds like a sequel to me! Hexen 3? Star Wars? Or SOF3, oh looking foward to that, not

/me chokes on his own jealousy

That's fricken cool KFS!!!

If they're looking for an entry level programmer, I'll be available in a few months...

Actually one of the level designers there went to Full Sail, not sure if he's still there though. I think he got the job at GDC. He was chatting with some of the Raven people at one of the numerous parties and showed them his levels. Well, they were among the most highly played user made maps for JKII. After graduation they hired him.

i would buy hexen 3.. hexen 2 was only so/so, but hexen 1 was superb.

i would hope andrew, that if any inside info, or editors that are safe to release, you will indulge the pitcrew first?

don't jeopardize your job, but i for one, would like 1st knowledge and such..

KungFuSquirrel said:
Quake IV

Dude that is sick quake makes some of the best DM levels, now ill know one of the guys who makes the levels (well sorta).

As long as Raven doesn't pull a Jedi Knight 2 with the Quake franchise it should be good.

besides, you know as well as i a hacked game cannot be played online..

*cough*bull s**t*cough* :biggrin:

Congratulations KFS :smile: ....even though I'm fairly new here....well 4 months now... I have seen a great deal of your 'work' and Its nothing short of beautiful at times (Under the HL engine that always seems to be an amazing achievement to me). I hope you get a kick start in your career and get to do something you love for a living. slow standing clap....waits for audience to join in....

Okay. Whatever you do, just remember: if you ever create a barrel or crate labelled "explosive" or "flammable", you will let down ten thousand fans if you don't actually make it explode. With a setup like that, it's GOT to be breakable. ALWAYS.

Quake IV. I start early July, date TBA.

Awesome. This has got to be a proud time for you, and rightfully so.

Congrats, Andrew. You definitely deserve it.

:eek: Wow.

I'm gunna learn the ways of Hannible lecter, steal KFS's face just to see what Quake IV is looking like

Quoth The Raven:

Quake 4

I still think that's pure genius.

/runs off to sulk in corner...

Seriously though, many congrats! Hope it all works out well for you. I'd say it was luck but it wasn't, you have more than enough skill to get the job on merit :biggrin:

Kage_Prototype said:

Quoth The Raven:

Quake 4

I still think that's pure genius.

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Quake 4

I still think that's pure genius.
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As I said in the NW IRC channel, I may have used it when Ken got hired. Meaning I'm only half funny and creative. Doh! :sad:

andrew, will you be allowed to recommend beta testers?

i would be honored to assist if i could.

I would imagine that Activision has already taken care of an extensive QA department, if Raven hasn't done so as well. Also, any testing is something that will be done on-site, probably with Activision, so unless you want to try for a full-time QA job with them... :wink:

http://www.activision.com/en_US/corporate/hr_main.jsp --> though they do have QA test spots open for the late night and graveyard shifts in Santa Monica... :smile: But there'd be no guarantee of what game you'd test in such a setting :razz:

sadly, my current life precludes a move to california.. i must therefor decline.

i will be content, that one of my best friends is on the project..

good luck master weldon

Wow, I missed this entire episode as I've been on holiday, and while it certainly comes as no suprise that you have gotten in with a top company, for that company to be Raven and that game to be Quake 4 is an absolute triumph! My biggest congratulations mate, they couldn't hope for a better mapper :wink:

GL, KFS

go get em :smile:

What a marvellous success story! Enjoy the future :smile: