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Thursday thoughts
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on May 29th, 2008
Start the day with coffee, and trying to figure out what we have left to do for the UK Games Expo. We’ve done this so many times it should become second nature, and to an extent it has, but there’s always room for error… and the more complacent you get the more errors you make.
We need to buy hangers (for t-shirts) and storage ‘tubs’ for stock and, in fact, t-shirts. Quick trip to Woolies and one of several local ‘pound shops’ and we’re sorted.
Back to the office. It’s Massage Day (woo!) and Chris is having his First Ever Massage. When he comes out he tells me “I don’t know why I waited so long to have that.” Nor do I mate. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday; it’s the new Monday
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on May 27th, 2008
Haven’t done one of these for a while, and I’ve got 20 minutes, so let’s see if it’ll fit in that time:
Start the day trying to clear out the Inbox. I generally do my very best to keep my email as light as possible, but it’s stacked up a bit by my standards… 50+ in the Inbox. To most people that really is nothing – most people have hundreds, if not thousands.
In the process, fire off a few emails to people trying to confirm and cajole. Trade emails back and forth with Andrew Wildman about the upcoming UK Games Expo, and also about a Secret Prize Project he’s helping us with, which should be revealed fairly shortly.
With the Bank Holiday yesterday, all of the usual Monday meetings are bumped forward by a day, so we do our weekly ‘Management Operations’ meeting at 11:15am. It’s pretty much business as usual; all of the company managers in a room going through what’s going on right now. I talk mostly about UKGE, the trip to Staffordshire University next week, and casting. Read the rest of this entry »
MiniCon Day Two: Saturday
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on March 31st, 2008
I warn you: this post is long. Like, epic long, Task Force long… long. So grab a drink, maybe some popcorn, sit back, relax… and hear the tale of the 2008 Omega Sektor MiniCon, Day Two: Saturday.
Wake up, Rockjaw
Saturday started bleary-eyed in bed, where I woke up at about 6AM with half a hangover and not enough sleep. Both were my own fault, so I couldn’t complain.
I remember lying there in bed savouring the quiet time before I knew I had to get up, when out of the blue, some part of my semi-awake consciousness asked me a question:
“Hey Stephen; can you remember the PIN number for the credit card machine?”
Instantaneous reply: no.
“But if you don’t know the PIN, how are people going to pay for stock, merchandise and/or make charity donations with their credit (and debit) cards, hmmm?”
My eyes snapped open. A cold sweat broke out. Great start to the day.
First Monday back
Told ya I’d be busy.
- Have a caffeine-fuelled start to the day. I finish off a hazelnut instant coffee tin that Amanda stuck with me with last year which I love but she hated. One last cup. Sniff.
- Wade through emails. Most of them were read on holidays but all need to be filed and most acted on. Inbox Zero, Inbox Zero…
- Turns out there were a load of new sketches that came in during the week that I hadn’t seen. We’re almost full up for the page count we have projected. Wooo!
- Very last thing I did before I left the office was send out loads of briefs to our Creative Services team. They’re almost all done, so I nip over to our other building to see the last few, and of course, change a few things.
- Have a non-meeting in our new staff room – Monkey Ranch. It’s lovely (the room, not the meeting, although it’s not bad either).
- Out of that and into our regular Monday all-staff meeting. It’s packed. We have something like six new starters – I lost count.
- Back at our desks, I go over our Big Secret presentation with Spaff. It’s 50 slides long, and probably needs to be 150, but the 50 we have are good – some, exceptional. They’ll need to be for what we’re asking for….
- Considering we have so many sketches I decide to start planning the sketchbook properly. This means a flatplan, which is basically a layout plan for what will go on what page.
- I realise I’m too jittery from the super-strong coffee I had in the Monkey Ranch, so venture out into the rain, high winds for a sandwich. Bread calms me down, weirdly.
- See an email from a player with feedback on our first podcast, and realise then that it must be live….
- After eating, work on the flatplan the old fashioned way – on paper. Six pieces of A4, folded in half, equals 24 pages.
- Work on wording for MOO cards which we’re using to distribute trial codes at the MiniCon. Not much space and lots to say on those puppies.
- Regretfully pull out of a weekly meeting I was supposed to attend, but have missed for a variety of reasons for about a month. I can’t keep flaking out so I pass the torch.
- Make decisions on what stock to bring to the MiniCon; we’re taking more than we ever have. People better buy it!
- Put in our final orders with our printers for a couple of things for the player meet – posters and a sticker sheet.
- Then realise I need to order a sticker to go on said sticker sheet. Whoops. After this, glance at the clock, see it’s 5pm. Where’d the day go?
- Last thing: read a CV I got sent last week for a freelancer who has loads of pen and paper RPG experience. Huge lightbulb goes off above my head; we can use this guy. Possibly.
- Play with Spaff’s iPhone. Slowly but surely I’m starting to think I’d really like one. How long can I hold out?
- Feel energy seeping out of me, so go home.
Tomorrow, back for more.
itsallablur
Ohmigodyesterdaywentbysofast,
andthenIjustdidthatdamnpresentationallnight,
andnowI’vegottoomuchcaffeineinme,
andthere’ssomuchtodo,
ohmigod.
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