Last night my mother in law passed away at age 57. She was a good woman, with a good heart, often stubborn, with a godly talent for cooking, and full of love for Dana and myself.
Godspeed, Karin. We miss you already, dammit.
Just for the record: I LOVE The Escapist magazine. I have yet to read one uninteresting issue.
Plus, the idea to offer each issue (which, by the way, are free and should be read by anyone interested in gaming) as web pages and PDF is sheer genius. The ability to make a hard copy to read on the subway is just handy.
By the way, I’ve cancelled my US subscription and set up shop at Argent Dawn EU.
Ambea, Tauren druid. A wholly new experience. First, the damn timezones “lag” is gone. The first evening of play in Mulgore I was wondering whether my video card was broken, until I realized I was witnessing night fall. Oh right, none of that -6hrs shit anymore! Very good.
Then there are so many people. Again, playing in the same timezone as everyone else is really making a difference.
And then the Battlegrounds. I had the opportunity to enter Warsong Gulch once during my time on Argent Dawn US, Alliance side. First of all, timezones. Then the Alliance/Horde ratio. It always felt like there were like 10 Alliance people per 1 Horde player, which made finding an enemy BGs group somewhat hard.
EU + Horde side == BG every time I want. w00t!
Anyways, gimme a shout if you’re around.
Huh, a few months since my last post, eh? Bummer. Time flies when you’re having fun or when you’re busy. Or both.
Since I’ve joined Yahoo! Germany in October the size of my brain has increased a bit, I think. Awesome company. My abilities are useful here, and I’m learning quite a bit, which is a great combination in my book. I feel welcome. During the (rather lengthy) interview process I’ve had the feeling they are actually interested in my personality; turns out I was right — I was in fact tested for “group compatibility”. (Testing social skills might seem like a no-brainer, but sadly, in many companies, it isn’t…) This resulted in a TTI (time to integration;)) of less than two weeks, meaning after two weeks I didn’t feel like the new guy anymore. Very cool.
As mentioned, the job is fun. Lots of work, of course, bugs to fix, new products to launch, things to take care of… I had forgotten how fast a day can go by, hehe.
Then there’s the mailing lists. Don’t get me wrong, I think there is, in fact, such a thing as “too much mail”. But on the other hand a company with employee gaming mailing lists where people discuss WoW gold farming can’t be bad, now can it. :P
And… boy, I’ve seen things. Interesting projects in the works here. No, can’t and won’t tell, sorry. :)
So, to make it short, I’m happy, for my work life is finally good again.
That is all. Commence doing your thing.
