Perhaps this thread might be a bit off topic, but I figured why not talk about it.
I am not a wow veteran like most of the people here, but I love video games as much as the next guy (perhaps even more). It is hard for me to calculate when exactly I stated playing games, but I would say that I started when I was 9 and I got my PS 1 with the demo CD. Now at the age of 20 I still love gaming and I will probably play until I am a grumpy old bastard X)
When people ask someone what do they want to do in life, you will hear a lot of different responses. My answer would be that I am a gamer and that I would happily work anywhere where there was something related about games.
I will probably never get a job in a company like Blizzard, because I don't have the requirements, however a guy can still dream. Just imagine going to the place where the good folks of Blizzard are working on wow. Witnessing a worker with only an idea in his mind creating something with the help of his team that will be seen by millions of people world wide. It might be a new design for a boss, a new dungeon, a certain class spell, perhaps even something like a lovable NPC (I am looking at you Zen'Kiki).
How about visiting the Starcraft 2 department? Seeing the developers creating new units for the Zerg/Terran/Protoss with interesting new abilities that improve both the strategic and fun side of this RTS game.
Moving to the Diablo 3 where the developers are perfecting the classes to deal more efficiently with the horrors known as the elite packs, not to mention creating new weapons and armor.
Then we have the forums, where the Blues try to keep things in order (Seems a bit like an impossible task sometimes), the customer support where they try to help players with the issues that might occur during the players game time and perhaps a lot of other places that make Blizzard what it is today.
Though it may never happen, I would be proud when I could say to people that I work for a gaming company, even if I would only be something like a coffee boy there.
What about you? Did you ever wish to work for a company that made one of the games you play?
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