Never mind that a great number of talented techies are avid gamers or that they do their gaming on their own time. Employers are steering clear of online gaming enthusiasts -- a fact that a member of gaming news forum F13 learned the hard way. “I happened to mention I’d spent way too much time in the early 2000s playing online game…He replied that employers specifically instruct him not to send them World of Warcraft players. He said there is a belief that WoW players cannot give 100% because their focus is elsewhere, their sleeping patterns are often not great, etc.†Keep reading...
If you read the original, you would know that it was a private conversation and the recruiter (for the online media industry, ironically enough) just happened to say that. It did not and does not warrant the attention it is receiving unless you can show that this goes beyond one person. If it does, then I agree it's the wrong attitude to have and it's based on faulty thinking. Otherwise, it's one person's point of view.
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I totally agree with views that are given in the original article.The thoughts are true to my knowledge.
Thanks for the article
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One of the great things about in-game money and virtual economies is that they never went through this whole economic meltdown. So take that to all of those people who think the real world is better then computer games!
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If you read the original, you would know that it was a private conversation and the recruiter (for the online media industry, ironically enough) just happened to say that. It did not and does not warrant the attention it is receiving unless you can show that this goes beyond one person. If it does, then I agree it's the wrong attitude to have and it's based on faulty thinking. Otherwise, it's one person's point of view.hi
I totally agree with views that are given in the original article.The thoughts are true to my knowledge.Thanks for the article
Eliza
I am trying to do a business plan for my own massive multiplayer game and was wonder how they spread out the resources.
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One of the great things about in-game money and virtual economies is that they never went through this whole economic meltdown. So take that to all of those people who think the real world is better then computer games!Eileen
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