THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on December 16, 2008, 04:21:16 PM
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http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/12/15/mmog-play-as-a-barrier-to-getting-a-job/
I met with a recruiter recently (online media industry) and in conversation I happened to mention I’d spent way too much time in the early 2000s playing online games, which I described as “the ones before World of Warcraft” (I went nuts for EQ1, SWG and the start of WoW, but since 2006 I have only put a handful of days into MMOG playing - as opposed to discussing them - I’ve obsessed over bicycles and cycling instead).
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. I mentioned that some people have written about MMOG leadership experience as a career positive or a way to learn project management skills, and he shook his head. He has been specifically asked to avoid WoW players.
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I already have a lack of focus and poor sleeping patterns, I guess I should just go ahead and take up WoW.
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All things being equal, I'd choose a non-WoW player over a WoW player.
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good
now lets raise the bar and not allow any anime fans
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Yeah I wouldn't hire a current WoW player. I'd hire a former WoW player though.
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My old comapny found out a bunch of guys that said they were coming in early so they could leave early and take care of their kids were using the morning hours to play the auction house. They were fired.
:lol
"play the auction house" smh
WoW definitely fucks up my sleep schedule but doesn't hurt my school work which is what matters.
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My old comapny found out a bunch of guys that said they were coming in early so they could leave early and take care of their kids were using the morning hours to play the auction house. They were fired.
:rofl how'd they find that out?
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My old comapny found out a bunch of guys that said they were coming in early so they could leave early and take care of their kids were using the morning hours to play the auction house. They were fired.
:rofl how'd they find that out?
management was bidding against them
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what non-blizzard company lets people install and play wow on the company machines and network
that's some shitty it management
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if only WoW used a port that IT could block
a port like 3724
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oh they were playing at work? fuckong morans
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group policy, nikkaz; it's not just for swingers