Post by: Jonnyboy117 on November 01, 2004, 06:01:26 PM
Our call for applications is now ending. We thank everyone for the tremendous response. Due to the number of candidates, it will take some time to go through every application and narrow down the field. We appreciate your patience in this matter.
Unfortunately, we are only able to notify those people who are offered the position, due to the volume of applicants. Please wait one or two weeks from this posting; if you have not heard from us by then, you were probably not selected. Please do not follow-up your application with emails asking about the status of the selection process, as you will only slow us down, and we have a lot of material to evaluate.
Thanks again for your interest! The people we select should have content visible on the site by the end of November. We wish you the best of luck in becoming one of those people.
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 01, 2004, 06:48:01 PM
Post by: Pale on November 01, 2004, 07:03:18 PM
Is there a due date on apps? edit:: No that isn't bad english...I'm just being silly..
(not a very good thing to do when talking about a possible writing position huh....
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Post by: Mario on November 01, 2004, 07:21:48 PM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on November 01, 2004, 10:02:28 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on November 02, 2004, 04:01:43 AM
ShaolinKilla, I appreciate you being honest about your schedule. This is an intensive position, especially for the kind of hungry people we are looking for (people like many of us staffers were when we first started and weren't yet in college or jobs or relationships). We really do need people with plenty of free time.
Post by: S. Thompson on November 02, 2004, 07:36:35 AM
College and game dev take far too much of my time away. But this position was a good incentive for me to register and post thanking everyone for their hard work here. I visit everyday.- Fuzmeister
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 02, 2004, 07:50:54 AM
Post by: VideoGamerJ on November 02, 2004, 08:28:01 AM
Post by: Ms.Pikmin on November 02, 2004, 10:21:13 AM
I'm out
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 02, 2004, 12:54:37 PM
Awesome avatar, by the way. Haven't seen her in years, I'd nearly forgotten about her.
Post by: JonLeung on November 02, 2004, 01:56:18 PM
On that note, kudos to you volunteers that currently write! This is a web site that I check at least once each day, and I'm often surprised that there are somehow Nintendo-related news almost every day.
Seeing as how my five-month temp job might be over at the end of this week, I guess I'll have time...I wish being Canadian wasn't such a stigma, though...
Post by: Djunknown on November 02, 2004, 02:42:19 PM
Very tempting to apply, but since I jump around places, I can't say I'd be reliable for the job. I'm sure the Starbuck's employee would understand my excuse to leech their wi-fi after they close because I have to put up a review...
Anyway, good luck to the candidates! Can't wait to see who's picked.
Post by: Pale on November 02, 2004, 03:21:32 PM
Post by: Bloodworth on November 02, 2004, 03:55:08 PM
Post by: PKFC on November 03, 2004, 07:49:40 AM
(Humour me-I wrote it in Oct 2001 )
Post by: sikboy1029 on November 03, 2004, 09:41:23 AM
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Post by: LaRazaUnida on November 03, 2004, 10:06:46 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 03, 2004, 10:50:25 AM
Well, I'd send in an application if only: (a) I didn't have a fear of being wrong (my main reason for...ummm....spamming.....), (b) I had the ability to write coherently, or if (c) I had any real desire.
Post by: CHEN on November 03, 2004, 12:14:32 PM
Post by: JonLeung on November 03, 2004, 02:25:36 PM
Most of my bosses and supervisors don't have those points, and I wonder what kind of world we live in if someone like myself, a university graduate, has to take orders from people who didn't pay attention in ELEMENTARY.
But I digress. Good luck to everyone going for it.
Post by: gally on November 05, 2004, 01:40:57 PM
If you've seen the hell that is Nintendojo (according to Alexa's ratings, not as popular as Planet Gamecube thank god), you'll see what happens when people let their immature biases get in the way.
The people there are idiots. They always editorialize in their reviews, often about maturity. They complain about cel-shading whenever it shows up, and act as though it exists for the sole purpose of being different. They use the word "kiddy" too much - what mature journalist does something like that? The guy who wrote the review of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door actually said that Paper Mario wasn't the "graphically stunning, mature epic" that players somehow expected after Super Mario RPG (yeah, what a "mature epic" that was, and what a thing we'd expect from Mario. Read review at http://www.nintendojo.com/reviews/NGC/view_item.php?1098138530 ).
And let's not forget their "editorials", ALL of which are stupid rants with little more than opinion put into them. Don't expect something that intelligently explores multiple points of view and comes to a conclusion. Expect a rant, especially if it's from Eric "I am an overgrown adolescent" Mattei.
The least they can do is to stop bragging about how they're Canadian. They must be making our neighbors up north look bad.
Anyway, my rant about Nintendojo is only to demonstrate what happens when maturity is not a pre-requisite for a writing position. You can visit their site to see why Planet Gamecube is so much better. Keep up the great work guys.
Post by: PKFC on November 05, 2004, 06:45:35 PM
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Originally posted by: gally
The least they can do is to stop bragging about how they're Canadian. They must be making our neighbors up north look bad.
A ha! So THAT'S why they don't want Canadians ;P *snickers* no really... why only Americans?
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 05, 2004, 06:49:30 PM
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For logistical purposes, candidates in the United States will be given priority
Whatever that means
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on November 09, 2004, 06:16:06 PM
Logistical purposes = mailing. It is expensive and time-consuming to mail anything overseas. We have experienced cases where customs would hold up packages for weeks with no explanation given.
