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« Reply #45 on: August 02, 2011, 04:04:01 AM » |
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I only talk about games with other game developers, unless my friends explicitly ask me about it.
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« Reply #46 on: August 02, 2011, 05:47:57 AM » |
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I only talk about games with other game developers, unless my friends explicitly ask me about it. Same - But I guess it's no different than anything else. Two of my colleagues talks a lot about cars, my friend and his buddies talks a lot about how he fixed his Airsoft gun, my mom and sister talks a lot about medical stuff. Programming is just one topic. |
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« Reply #47 on: August 02, 2011, 08:11:13 AM » |
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where I'm from if I told anyone I worked on games they would roll their eyes.
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« Reply #48 on: August 02, 2011, 08:13:33 PM » |
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thank you Jasmine, that's the sort of stuff I needed to read ! |
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« Reply #49 on: August 03, 2011, 10:53:34 AM » |
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I'm always talking a lot about games to my girlfriend and one day she said "You know what? Let's make a game together." and now she is spamming me with concept arts etc. everyday, so I guess there are good thing to it too. I don't really have game developers as friends IRL, but most of my close friends are into programming, so I don't feel intellectually isolated. If you are from bigger city, it should be easy enough to find a community of passionate people like you and try to make new friends there.
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« Reply #50 on: August 03, 2011, 12:12:40 PM » |
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I'm always talking a lot about games to my girlfriend and one day she said "You know what? Let's make a game together." and now she is spamming me with concept arts etc. everyday, so I guess there are good thing to it too. I don't really have game developers as friends IRL, but most of my close friends are into programming, so I don't feel intellectually isolated. If you are from bigger city, it should be easy enough to find a community of passionate people like you and try to make new friends there.
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« Reply #51 on: August 03, 2011, 12:17:09 PM » |
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she sounds like the 'idea guy' -- you should tell her she has to do some actual work too
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« Reply #52 on: August 03, 2011, 02:03:16 PM » |
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If. Only.
I'm a game developer and suffer from neither. Granted, having a perpetually active social life now can make it a challenge to hammer stuff out, it also makes creation and inspiration far easier because I have the kind of external stimulii that perpetuates it. There's a time and a place to be "smart," and there's a time and place where it's just unnecessary. Likewise, SOME degree of isolation is a good thing, because it lets one focus better, and because, like it or not - some people really ARE bad (or at least deconstructive) influences.
If you suffer from intellectual isolation, it's because you need to expand your mindset to be more inclusive of average-level stuff, and dare I admit it, even some popular stuff.
Plus, if you consider the hallmark success of things like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World or The Big Bang Theory, you might realize that you're far less alone than you think you are. The ONLY thing keeping smart people "intellectually isolated" is the choice of isolation. Hit an arcade, a gaming/internet cafe, or a bookstore. Even a college/trade school. Make more nerdfriends. Don't hide how nerdy you are, because those that CAN appreciate that sort of thing instantly WILL. It may even surprise you how many chicks get boners when you go all smart-talking around them.
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« Reply #53 on: August 03, 2011, 03:03:26 PM » |
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If you are from bigger city, it should be easy enough to find a community of passionate people like you and try to make new friends there.
The trouble is that 99% of the indie sceners in my city are dilettantist hipsters. It'd be great to meet some real mufuggas who are interested in making games, but I don't know how to go about it. |
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« Reply #54 on: August 04, 2011, 02:49:23 AM » |
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she sounds like the 'idea guy' -- you should tell her she has to do some actual work too
Nah, she is talented and was educated in traditional art from her early childhood (her mother has Master's in Fine Arts), for past few months learning about CG (raster, vector, animation etc.), so I guess it's not only 'idea guy'  |
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« Reply #55 on: August 08, 2011, 02:59:06 AM » |
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I use my friends. I had a technical problem that deals with trajectory calculation, so i bothered the hell out of a friend that's studying Physics. I want to know more about the different types of people playing games, so i ask my girlfriend who studied social psychology. etc, etc. They feel good about the bragging on their knowledge and i learn something. Win, Win!  The hard part is talking to a friend of me who wanted to make games himself at a surten moment, but never got as far as i did. There you feel envy, although i even try to involve him. |
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« Reply #56 on: August 08, 2011, 02:16:08 PM » |
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I can sympathise with you, as my friends have said much the same thing. But I can understand that - after all, it's my hobby, not theirs, and if they start banging on about X Factor or MMA or cars or all that jazz it tends to bore me. Everyone has their own thing, and not caring about your thing doesn't mean they dislike you, just that your hobby is boring to them. Which is fair enough. The person archetype that irritates me is the "Idea guy." The one who wonders why you're making such a simple game, when if it was him he'd be making an MMO zombie game, with Crysis graphics, an Elder Scrolls-style overarching story and real-time capture points. And then he gets shirty when I bring up the issue of scope. Oh well, maybe he's right, and I'm simply jealous of his vision, and unable to recognise his genius as a game designer  |
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« Reply #57 on: August 26, 2011, 07:28:03 PM » |
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The secret to being an interesting person:
Ask other people to talk about themselves.
Everyone loves talking about themselves.
Instead of rambling on uninvited, ask them what they're been up to, or about their interests, and when they come to a topic they sound excited about, press them for more info on it. This will make them think you are interesting, because you're interested in the things they like, and so you must have good taste, right?.
As a bonus, you also get to learn more about how your friends spend their time, and they'll probably show a little more interest in what you do, so long as you don't take 5 minutes to ramble every time they touch on the subject of games.
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« Reply #58 on: August 30, 2011, 02:18:45 PM » |
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If all you can talk about is games you should probably get out more.
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« Reply #59 on: August 30, 2011, 11:11:11 PM » |
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The person archetype that irritates me is the "Idea guy." The one who wonders why you're making such a simple game, when if it was him he'd be making an MMO zombie game, with Crysis graphics, an Elder Scrolls-style overarching story and real-time capture points. Oh well, maybe he's right, and I'm simply jealous of his vision, and unable to recognise his genius as a game designer No need to get jealous from such lousy ideas. |
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