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Title: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: EskimoJoe on August 26, 2013, 05:05:42 PM
EH?  :D

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,352971.0.html
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: ink on August 26, 2013, 06:07:38 PM
man I would love to help create game content :O

but answering the phone...ya no :rofl
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Butcher on August 26, 2013, 06:14:53 PM
man I would love to help create game content :O

but answering the phone...ya no :rofl

Dear god imagines the whines from people calling why they got muted.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon Tamer on August 26, 2013, 06:18:05 PM
Skuzzy's leaving!?

(http://liveactionnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/crying-troll-face-300x298.jpg)

I would submit my application being unemployed right now but I don't meet their requirements.  :frown:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: SirNuke on August 26, 2013, 06:26:29 PM
maybe they just want someone more while everyone uses the free time to focus on other things?
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: ink on August 26, 2013, 06:53:11 PM
Dear god imagines the whines from people calling why they got muted.

my answer would be easy one...toughen up bitc..... :D
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: ntrudr on August 26, 2013, 06:56:43 PM
I doubt he is leaving, that post is for an entry level person.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Zacherof on August 26, 2013, 07:05:17 PM
my answer would be easy one...toughen up bitc..... :D
Okay we all know Im perfect for the job :aok
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon on August 26, 2013, 07:21:20 PM
Adding staff doesn't sound like a company that is planning on closing any time soon.  For that I am grateful because I have no idea what the hell I would do without all the friends I have made here.


 :salute
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: rpm on August 26, 2013, 08:12:31 PM
that post is for an entry level person.
Skuzzy's leaving? :bolt:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: homersipes on August 26, 2013, 08:35:08 PM
would love that, but dont know enough bout computers, I know enough to get myself in trouble. :lol
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: detch01 on August 26, 2013, 08:37:13 PM
Good Lord! Skuzzy wants a minime  :O

 :devil
asw
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: fuzeman on August 26, 2013, 08:37:48 PM
Just what do you think the first thing Skuzzy will tell Junior to do, or not to do?
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: 100Coogn on August 26, 2013, 08:39:58 PM
Just what do you think the first thing Skuzzy will tell Junior to do, or not to do?


Don't trip over the cables.   :lol

Coogan
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: LCADolby on August 26, 2013, 08:50:04 PM
It'll be how he takes his coffee.  :D
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon Tamer on August 26, 2013, 08:59:29 PM
Don't trip over the cables.   :lol

Coogan

 :rofl
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 26, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
If there is anyone that is local to HTC and wants to get their foot in the door in an entry level position in the gaming industry, it would be a good idea to apply.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon Tamer on August 26, 2013, 09:07:21 PM
I would love to, I would even move down from PA to take the job but I don't have the computer skills they are looking for. I lack experience with Windows 8, but I'm sure that I could do everything else on the list. Hell I worked at Walmart, I'm used to having pissed off customers scream at me.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: rpm on August 26, 2013, 09:30:57 PM
If there is anyone that is local to HTC and wants to get their foot in the door in an entry level position in the gaming industry, it would be a good idea to apply.

ack-ack
I live 30 min from the Mothership. But my computer skills are severely lacking. I can't coad.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: HawkerMKII on August 26, 2013, 09:52:39 PM
Okay we all know Im perfect for the job :aok


errrrrrrr no, joking or not :bhead
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Zacherof on August 26, 2013, 10:23:10 PM

errrrrrrr no, joking or not :bhead
Wow dude. you must really dislike me.  :aok
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: BluBerry on August 26, 2013, 11:53:35 PM
I meet the requirements but am unfortunately not located in Texas. As Ack-Ack said, this will be a great opportunity for someone to get into the gaming world.

-Blu
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Chalenge on August 26, 2013, 11:56:10 PM
It's one thing to offer things like that in your free time. It's another thing altogether doing it as a job.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Bruv119 on August 27, 2013, 12:57:39 AM
I'd jump at doing this as long as the salary was equal to or more than I get now.

I hear it gets real hot and humid in Texas though and they have ALOT of guns!    :uhoh
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: RedBull1 on August 27, 2013, 01:03:45 AM
(http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/funny_picture-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: nrshida on August 27, 2013, 03:26:30 AM
(http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/funny_picture-2.jpg)

 :rofl :rofl


Maybe Skuzzy is having a final push on his Cobra  :rock
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Gman on August 27, 2013, 06:01:28 AM
I took a gaming job back in 99/2000.  It was right at the beginning of the dot com boom, and the website I was content editor for was at the time the largest/busiest simulation site on the web, with around 30 mil page views, 1 million unique hosts/subs and several TB of data transferred every month.  It was a monster back then. 

Believe me, a job in the gaming industry is a LOT of work, and your "hobby" becoming your job isn't as easy as one might think, so I would advise anyone who applies for this job to take it very, very seriously, and that if you aren't already used to working at a desk 8 hours or more a day, you best be sure it's something you can do without going berserk.  As Ack Ack said, probably the best person to get advice from as he works in the gaming industry himself, and for one of the largest companies as well, it's a huge opportunity, but also consider that it'll be a huge responsibility, and not just a job where you'll be flying around shooting your customers down all day.  I think that the very fleeting appearances of Hitech, Skuzzy, and other staff at HTC in the mains probably speak volumes on how much time will be available to actually "play" this game.  Once you go home at night, I'll wager seeing another PC monitor or joystick will be the last thing you'll want to lay your eyes on.

That said, I hope they get a really good, capable person who is indeed a player, and a player that is very enthused about moving the game forward.  My spider sense is tingling with this job add, and it's telling me that new things will be on the horizon very soon, possibly AH 3, something like the old combat mission idea, or other major additions and improvements.  I also hope it's a sign that HTC's recent advertising campaign I've read about here, on the BBS from US players who get those TV commercials, has been a financial success.  I think that the reason AH has lasted so long is that the basic formula and foundation of the game is extremely sound, and that it has much potential still after 15 years almost to be "rebooted" so to speak, and improve greatly in terms of participation and subscribers. 
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Max on August 27, 2013, 06:31:42 AM

I hear it gets real hot and humid in Texas though and they have ALOT of guns!    :uhoh

The humidity in Dallas isn't as bad as Houston/SE Texas. "Real hot" doesn't begin to describe the summer months.  :devil

As for guns...yeah, there's a few, according to rumor.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Mister Fork on August 27, 2013, 10:26:10 AM
I took a gaming job back in 99/2000.  It was right at the beginning of the dot com boom, and the website I was content editor for was at the time the largest/busiest simulation site on the web, with around 30 mil page views, 1 million unique hosts/subs and several TB of data transferred every month.  It was a monster back then.
It is a lot of work - Gman and I used to work for the same company and it was a mind-blowing amount of work - but it really it wasn't work because we had a lot of fun doing it - work hard play hard.

If I lived in Texas, I would be working for HTC - but I'd have the lads already retired out and owned by some billionaire who is bored... That way Hitech could own a REAL P-51D and Pyro could own a Sherman! ;)
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: kilz on August 27, 2013, 12:08:56 PM
man this job sounds like fun.

to bad i dont live in texas anymore.

besides i never took the time to learn terrain and crap plus i have no clue to windows 5,6,7,or 8

i could answer phones. Please someone help there is this tool on the forums TROLLING. me: get  a smurfing life click. HAHAHA
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: LCADolby on August 27, 2013, 12:44:25 PM
I'd apply just to escape England, but I don't meet the criteria...  :( I have no technical know how with windows
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: nrshida on August 27, 2013, 01:01:30 PM
I'd apply just to escape England, but I don't meet the criteria...  :( I have no technical know how with windows

They wouldn't let you out anyway Dolby, you've still got 45 years to serve for fettling  :old:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: LCADolby on August 27, 2013, 01:11:55 PM
That mean I'll be 73... Going on how much I drink and my junk food diet, I'll be allowed out 8 years after my death... Aww man...  :(
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Babalonian on August 27, 2013, 02:16:30 PM
Just...  :rofl refer to the quote in my sig for this entire thread.


*flashes room light on and off rapidly*
CHILDREN, Children, children, please!... read the announcement yourself, and this time very slowly (and without the crackerjack secret decoder ring).

1) Skuzzy is leaving?....
2) You need/must be located in Texas (or even the continental US)?...



If you thought otherwise before reading this post or the actual announcement... you're probably right, and maybe you shouldn't apply....

Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: surfinn on August 27, 2013, 03:52:15 PM
You babel to much I can't understand what you type.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Zacherof on August 27, 2013, 04:26:35 PM
That mean I'll be 73... Going on how much I drink and my junk food diet, I'll be allowed out 8 years after my death... Aww man...  :(
Lay off the cake bub :old:
You babel to much I can't understand what you type.
wonder how you veiw my drivel :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: USRanger on August 27, 2013, 04:39:49 PM
Hmm....
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Babalonian on August 27, 2013, 05:23:15 PM
Hmm....

 :devil  :x
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: The Fugitive on August 27, 2013, 06:36:53 PM
Hmm....


Go for it bruh!!!!   :aok
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: USRanger on August 28, 2013, 12:11:01 AM
Tempting, tempting, tempting.  :)
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: No9Squadron on August 28, 2013, 05:45:13 AM
Applied before I read the bit about being Texan :D

Still worth a read, if only for amusement.

Is HTC in Austin? Would be interesting to also live in the same city as Warren Spector, who created Wing Commander and then co-wrote Deus Ex with Sheldon Pacotti. If you haven't played Deus Ex, then go and install it and see you in three weeks time, when you've read every newspaper, listened to every conversation and played the non-lethal/stealth run.

They don't make games like that anymore, well... they do, it's called AH.

And of course, NASA down the road, yes beam me up Skuzzy...

sadly, running Vista and using my Win7 laptop about three times a year puts me out of the running perhaps.


Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: RngFndr on August 28, 2013, 06:04:14 AM
Skuzzy is gettin a helper for the light work.. Awesome, that is a good sign for the future..
Hey, If she is a chick, will her Nickname be "Skanky"???  :lol

Sorry, just jokin, but couldn't resist,  :D  :bolt:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon on August 28, 2013, 07:54:05 AM
She better not pull the trigger in a Head On situation.......ever!
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Slate on August 28, 2013, 08:09:09 AM
   If we follow the Computer Geek Pyramid.........


(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Sugrplm/Food%20Pyramids/ComputerGeekFoodPyramid.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/Sugrplm/media/Food%20Pyramids/ComputerGeekFoodPyramid.jpg.html)


   We get.......................... ....as the Ideal candidate.

(http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af36/flinch101/computergeek_zps4710ed0f.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/flinch101/media/computergeek_zps4710ed0f.jpg.html)

 :bolt:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Vinkman on August 28, 2013, 09:29:17 AM
No it says "Junior tech supprt" so he's looking for his own "minnie me"   :D


Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: JimmyD3 on August 28, 2013, 10:04:42 AM
(http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/funny_picture-2.jpg)


 :rofl :rofl :rofl But it is true! :devil
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 28, 2013, 12:12:41 PM

Is HTC in Austin? Would be interesting to also live in the same city as Warren Spector, who created Wing Commander and then co-wrote Deus Ex with Sheldon Pacotti.



Chris Roberts was the creator of the Wing Commander series, Warren Spector was only the producer for the first couple of games in the series.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Babalonian on August 28, 2013, 03:11:05 PM
Been a couple days now, how many aplicants have they heard from?...  will there be sindicated webcasts of the first interviews?...  make it into another (stupid) reality TV show and pay for a couple retirement packages and college tuitions imho.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: save on August 29, 2013, 06:54:41 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbEIX1giTho (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbEIX1giTho)
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: icepac on August 29, 2013, 09:07:11 AM
The proper applicant would have to be somebody who does not fly regularly in the arenas, I would think.
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Babalonian on August 29, 2013, 05:00:17 PM
The proper applicant would have to be somebody who does not fly regularly in the arenas, I would think.

I would think the perfect aplicant would be a school bus driver who is also a current or longstanding AH player.  Think about it.

Busy with other employment for 4-6 hours, so might be looking to be productive another 4-6 hours a day.
Experienced with babysitting rambuncious children.
Can somehow operate any window on a bus that us mere mortal passengers commonly strugle with for 15minutes to operate (and often fail).
Their off-season would be the forums prime-season.
What more?
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: Dragon Tamer on August 29, 2013, 07:43:22 PM
I would think the perfect aplicant would be a school bus driver who is also a current or longstanding AH player.  Think about it.

Busy with other employment for 4-6 hours, so might be looking to be productive another 4-6 hours a day.
Experienced with babysitting rambuncious children.
Can somehow operate any window on a bus that us mere mortal passengers commonly strugle with for 15minutes to operate (and often fail).
Their off-season would be the forums prime-season.
What more?

Hmmm... you may have a point there. :headscratch:
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on August 30, 2013, 08:12:20 AM
So what you need is..

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/1/1c/Simpsons_Otto_Mann.png)
Title: Re: Skuzzy looking for a replacement
Post by: SWkiljoy on August 30, 2013, 12:32:05 PM
clearly ranger would be prime candidate seeing as he provides spare time to what we enjoy every time we log on