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Alastor
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Since: 11-17-05
From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington

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Posted on 12-18-05 03:48 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Randy53215
Congrats on going to your dream school. I am currently enrolled at my dream school: ITT-Technical Insitute. Congratulations man, I hope you have fun. When do you start?
ITT-Tech?

I see their commercials on a good 4/5ths of all commercial breaks. That kinda made me stray away from them.

And I'm just going to go to a regular college and get whatever degree I can as a major in computer science (and likely a minor in business)...

*sighs* My plans for the future suck.

(edited by Santa-lastor the Stylish on 12-18-05 02:49 PM)
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Edison, NJ

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Posted on 12-18-05 04:55 PM Link | Quote
Congratulations! I'm also taking up game design in college so I wish you luck in your gaming future .
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Since: 11-18-05
From: Right next to myself.

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Posted on 12-18-05 05:01 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Santa-lastor the Stylish
Originally posted by Randy53215
Congrats on going to your dream school. I am currently enrolled at my dream school: ITT-Technical Insitute. Congratulations man, I hope you have fun. When do you start?
ITT-Tech?

I see their commercials on a good 4/5ths of all commercial breaks. That kinda made me stray away from them.

And I'm just going to go to a regular college and get whatever degree I can as a major in computer science (and likely a minor in business)...

*sighs* My plans for the future suck.

Come to Carnegie Mellon with me. CM's where the CS is really at.
Alastor
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Since: 11-17-05
From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington

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Posted on 12-18-05 06:41 PM Link | Quote
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Since: 12-26-05
From: the middle of nowhere aka the darkside of the moon

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Posted on 12-26-05 10:15 PM Link | Quote
man i like ur comments Alastor the Stylish and congrats on the acceptance
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Pearl Island

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Posted on 12-26-05 11:56 PM Link | Quote
Congratulations! I hope you like it there. Maybe we'll be hearing about you in Nintendo Power some day.
Metal Knuckles

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Since: 12-21-05
From: New Hampshire

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Posted on 12-27-05 12:26 AM Link | Quote
Hopefully not. The magazines you want to be heard about in are ones like EGM. Being in Nintendo Power would be like "Now this guy, he got all the Pokemon".

DigiPen, congradufuckinglations. My jealousy is showing.

Right now, I'm applying to Champlain College and UAT in Arizona. I'm sure I can get into UAT, but I'm really looking forward to Champlain. By all accounts, it's the nearest thing to Digipen on the East Coast.

Also, for all future game designers: Don't go to Full Sail. Just Don't!

Lucky bastard... =P
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Posted on 12-27-05 12:52 AM Link | Quote
This means you will be able to easily go to PAX. See you there.

Congrats. What field are you going to go into?
Tzepish

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Since: 11-21-05
From: Redmond, WA

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Posted on 12-27-05 01:38 AM Link | Quote
Yeah, DigiPen is right next to Nintendo and Microsoft. There are actually a ton of different game companies here. Redmond WA is pretty much the best city in the U.S. for jobs in the games industry.

DigiPen is probably the best first step you can take towards getting into the games industry, though sometimes you'll hear guys in the industry talking about "typical, naive, fresh-outta-DigiPen guys". As long as you remain humble and don't let yourself believe going to DigiPen makes you elite, you'll do fine in the games industry.
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 12-27-05 11:29 AM Link | Quote
Well, from what I heard, some game companies (read: small up-and-coming devs) are more willing to take someone who does indie work rather than someone from DigiPen. However, if I combine things in my spare time with what I learn while there, then I'm near guaranteed a job.

Nick: That would be awesome. :D I've been wanting to go for the past two years now.
Alastor
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Since: 11-17-05
From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington

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Posted on 12-27-05 04:52 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Cymoro
Well, from what I heard, some game companies (read: small up-and-coming devs) are more willing to take someone who does indie work rather than someone from DigiPen. However, if I combine things in my spare time with what I learn while there, then I'm near guaranteed a job.
But not necessarily one for a company that will last more than another two years.
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Kingston, Rhode Island

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Posted on 12-27-05 06:55 PM Link | Quote


Would I be able to transfer? I... I did pretty good in high school. I think I'm doing ok in college...

Oh god I wanna go even if it's not for game design...
Tzepish

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Since: 11-21-05
From: Redmond, WA

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Posted on 12-27-05 07:23 PM Link | Quote
It's true that some companies would prefer indie stuff over DigiPen. I got my job over 30 something DigiPen students, and all I had on my resume was ROM Hacking. However, having both is obviously the best situation you can be in.

And yes, my company will definitely be lasting more than two years. We're growing incredibly fast.
Cymoro
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Cymoro Gaming

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Posted on 12-27-05 09:30 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Tzepish
It's true that some companies would prefer indie stuff over DigiPen. I got my job over 30 something DigiPen students, and all I had on my resume was ROM Hacking. However, having both is obviously the best situation you can be in.

And yes, my company will definitely be lasting more than two years. We're growing incredibly fast.



Just curious, where do you work? It sounds like you landed yourself a nice job.
Metal Knuckles

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Since: 12-21-05
From: New Hampshire

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Posted on 12-27-05 09:42 PM Link | Quote
Woahwoahwaitwoahwaitwaitwoahwaitholdon!

You put ROM hacking on your resume and got accepted? Do game companies look for stuff like that? My foundations of thoughts are crumbling as I speak, thinking of stuff like that!

Or did you put down experience with Hex editing?
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Posted on 12-27-05 09:57 PM Link | Quote
So... who's paying for the tuition? I heard it costs upwards to 50K a year... a bit steep if you ask me.
Metal Knuckles

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Since: 12-21-05
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Posted on 12-27-05 10:03 PM Link | Quote
With a school that good, they probably pay for a good chunk of that themselves. At least, that's how it works with places like Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth.
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Since: 11-18-05
From: A room

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Posted on 12-27-05 10:05 PM Link | Quote
Curse you guys and getting somewhat relevant and useful degrees.

MEDIAEVAL...WHAT WHAT!

Grey: DO IT.

OR I iCUT YOU.
Tzepish

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Since: 11-21-05
From: Redmond, WA

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Posted on 12-27-05 11:35 PM Link | Quote
I don't know if I'm really supposed to talk about it, but I work in game design and my only experience was ROM hacking for about 7 years. I don't want to be all like "Yeah, I work for X company" and then later have people claiming that X company condones ROM hacking / will hire ROM hackers and blah blah blah.

Game companies also like people who create mods for things and quake levels and stuff like that.
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Since: 11-17-05
From: Somewhere over there

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Posted on 12-27-05 11:37 PM Link | Quote
...Really? Does that mean that I can use all my ROM hacks as references to my skillz?

If so, wow. Who knew that a hobby would be good for me!
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