124606-4-10-2015-morning-coffee-the-i-wish-i-worked-on-nexus-edition

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I'm dressed up to go to a client meeting today.  We'll spend half a day there talking to a conference of clients, trying to herd them in some general direction rather than having them lay into each other with insults and having to demonstrate why the ideas they have won't work the way they want to.  This is after spending almost two days on casework details and elevations, making sure that we can line up toe kicks structurally with a shadowbox for a 3-Form panel that might get nixed for budgetary reasons.
 
This is after last night where, outside of helping out a guildie with Pyralos, I spend most of the night planning with Parthenia to put a fairground circus on her plot.  It was great, though.  We're going to have hovering platforms, a boardwalk, great attractions as FABkits, games.  I wish I could just be an architect on Nexus, not having to worry about how the decor works, just that it looks the way we want it to look.  And if I got a little bored, I could go out and kill some wildlife and get paid for it!
 
What did you do last night, and what would you do if you worked on Nexus?	
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What did you do last night, and what would you do if you worked on Nexus?
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Good Morning,
 
I'm a bit on the fence at the moment due several things....
 
First of all, I have to deal with headhunters again, since I'm looking for new opportunities.
I've got quite an impressive resume, if I say so myself, but apparently these people are still as stupid as they've ever been.
Today I was in a phone call with a headhunter, and he happily told me that they cannot help me because my salary expectations do not fit my 2 year experience profile.
At this point I had to sit down for a moment and control my laughter, because I could not grasp the stupidity of these people.
I've been working in the Gaming Industry for nearly 10 years now with a plethora of technologies and experience, but apparently only having dealt for 2 years with a technology made my request unreasonable.
And people wonder why we hate headhunters and recruitment agencies......
 
Second point that's been getting on my nerves is this Addon WatcherEx.
What started as a fun project is turning into a nightmare. The original source code was written with Moonscript Lua, a thing I hate with a passion.
I've been rewriting this thing for half a year now, but every time I fix something, something else breaks.
This code is based on Lua hacks and so intertwined that separating it is nearly impossible.
Let alone that the tools available for WildStar Addon development are pretty bad to work with.....
So I'm going to can this addon, and rewrite it from scratch, including the UI, launching it under the name "Observer".
Going to be closer to Aura Mastery, but hopefully more performing.
 
Yesterday I spend another night on System Daemons.
Managed to get into the 4th phase again several times.
Still have a few issues to work out with the team, but we're getting closer to a kill.
Few more good attempts and System Daemons will be in the bag.	
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Morning :)
 
I have the Floor Piano Fabkit somewhere, if you guys want it you are more than welcome to it  :wub:
 
In Wildstar news I made a new toon called Demi Monde (lolz) a stalker (with a name like that what else??). I really want a technologist. I gave up on one a while back but I think I'm ready to try it again. The main hold up was the gathering. Meh, we'll see how it goes.
 
As to what I would do on Nexus? I would be a bartender. Worlds away from the C.O.O. I am out here in RL.	
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Friiiidaaaaay. Today the 6th graders are building scale models of the solar system. I wonder how many times I'll have to point them to the instructions today? Some day they gotta learn to actually read things before asking, "What am I supposed to do?"
 
Still have final exams to write. x.x That is not gonna be fun.
 
If I were working in the WS universe... tbh I'd probably be doing about the same thing I'm doing now. xD I've no stomach for killing animals, or fighting in general. So I'd either be teaching all the kids growing up on the arkship or doing research with the XAS (or COGGS, perhaps).	
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Good Morning,
 
I'm a bit on the fence at the moment due several things....
 
First of all, I have to deal with headhunters again, since I'm looking for new opportunities.
I've got quite an impressive resume, if I say so myself, but apparently these people are still as stupid as they've ever been.
Today I was in a phone call with a headhunter, and he happily told me that they cannot help me because my salary expectations do not fit my 2 year experience profile.
At this point I had to sit down for a moment and control my laughter, because I could not grasp the stupidity of these people.
I've been working in the Gaming Industry for nearly 10 years now with a plethora of technologies and experience, but apparently only having dealt for 2 years with a technology made my request unreasonable.
And people wonder why we hate headhunters and recruitment agencies......
 
Second point that's been getting on my nerves is this Addon WatcherEx.
What started as a fun project is turning into a nightmare. The original source code was written with Moonscript Lua, a thing I hate with a passion.
I've been rewriting this thing for half a year now, but every time I fix something, something else breaks.
This code is based on Lua hacks and so intertwined that separating it is nearly impossible.
Let alone that the tools available for WildStar Addon development are pretty bad to work with.....
So I'm going to can this addon, and rewrite it from scratch, including the UI, launching it under the name "Observer".
Going to be closer to Aura Mastery, but hopefully more performing.
 
Yesterday I spend another night on System Daemons.
Managed to get into the 4th phase again several times.
Still have a few issues to work out with the team, but we're getting closer to a kill.
Few more good attempts and System Daemons will be in the bag.
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Left Galeras for Whitevale. Did a few quests there and then ended up having dinner with my brother and his family. Oh well, every night can't be all video games!
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Good Morning everyone!
 
I haven't logged in this whole week. Been spending time with Hubby and just relaxing. I will be on tonight though. :)
 
Been a very long and tiring week. And I have come to the conclusion that I don't want to be the 'tech' person in the office. Boss seems to think I know all because he is very much technologically challenged.
 
If I were working on Nexus, I would be an interior/exterior house decorator. Something I truly enjoy in game and in RL.	
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I messed around on the PTR last night due to time constraints. 
 
As for a job on nexus? Well that is a little complicated unless you mean me actually dropped on nexus. The Historians and Archaeologists seem to come to bad ends in this game. Being augmented, or strain infected, is something I would like to avoid. Probably end up working with the mordesh to preserve their culture. They seem a little preoccupied at the moment, and I would like to make sure there is something to show their offspring if they ever get to that point.
 
Now if we are talking about my mechari...that is a whole different barrel of effectively immortal fish.
 
In that case I could continue my work on ancient civilizations, or go do an anthropological study of the Torine. 	
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What did you do last night, and what would you do if you worked on Nexus?
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Yeah, 
 
same here. 
I usually get into stuff really fast, really deep and talk people under the table when they come with "ideas".
Not sure why they call it "ideas", cause I usually take them apart in a matter of seconds....
 
And moonscript......
Best to leave it on the moon.
Plain simple Lua is what I like :D	
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Olivar did an awesome write-up on Lua Basics, https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/124602-lua-basics/.
 
I have been looking into learning Lua and possibly trying my hand at writing my own addon. We will see. :)	
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Olivar did an awesome write-up on Lua Basics, https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/124602-lua-basics/.
 
I have been looking into learning Lua and possibly trying my hand at writing my own addon. We will see. :)
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:)
 
Happy to help whenever I can with that.
If you have questions, just shoot and maybe I can pour it into a tutorial.	
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Last night I raided with another raid team again on my alt.
 
It is very, very hard to watch a team try to figure something out that my guild executes really well. And keep my mouth shut. I made suggestions here or there, but was routinely ignored or even told I was wrong and my idea wouldn't work (even though we do it that way every week). I was very frustrated the whole evening because they were JUST. DOING. IT. WRONG.
 
And then they got the boss down. Using a different strat. That worked as well as mine did.
 
And I remembered how much fun it is to work out my own strat based on my knowledge of the personal we have and their abilities. And how I didn't like it when more experienced players tried to come in and tell me how to do it better (suggestions are one thing, but let me make the call as a raid leader). I have seen the enemy and he is me.
 
So eating some humble pie this morning, and remembering that I don't know everything. And I need to chill out when other people are doing things differently.	
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You crazy kids are your "scripts" and "lua" and stuff.
 
Back in my day, we had BASIC and this:
 	
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I'm very happy about Olivar's write up. If I delve back into the add on world, I'm going to go over it in detail.
 
My add on seems to be getting some downloads, but I think most people are just going to end up using it in the "scan" mode- if that's the case it really doesn't need any more updates. And I'll just focus on playing the game :)	
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Spent a bit too much time building last week and over the weekend (think I'm at around 25 hours on the commission), so I decided to take a few days off. Tonight I might swap back to WS, starting to feel the mojo again!
 
After spending some time doing character swaps yesterday and this morning, I was tempted to roll Exile so I can do stuff during the day. I noticed 30+ people in Thayd at 9am EST with some folks looking for groups, whereas there were 7 people in Illium spreading dead silence. Yuck. But I still have guilt issues about leaving my faction, and house issues about abandoning my plot, so chances are I won't actually switch in the end. 
 
It's a shame; I really wish MMOs would be proactive and expect these imbalances when they design factions, and have solutions or bandages ready. Right now I feel like absolutely nothing is being done/has been done about this issue, and it's been going on (in a problematic way, I'd say) for at least 6 months. :(  Oh well.
 
If I lived on Nexus, nothing would change... I'd be a builder. Although in that case I'd probably be paid to do it! :lol:	
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What would you make??
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Just got news my PA is resigning to work at another firm, and she only has a week to tell me everything I need to know about this project.  I really liked her, she was the best teacher a budding designer could ask for.  That also means I'll be leaving pretty much immediately for the client meeting, because I have to set up for live design this time so I know the best practices.
 
Hopefully, I'll see you guys on Nexus tonight if you're up late.	
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Just got news my PA is resigning to work at another firm, and she only has a week to tell me everything I need to know about this project.  I really liked her, she was the best teacher a budding designer could ask for.  That also means I'll be leaving pretty much immediately for the client meeting, because I have to set up for live design this time so I know the best practices.
 
Hopefully, I'll see you guys on Nexus tonight if you're up late.
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Hey Daggers and  Saddles!
 
ThaydFest made the WildStar Facebook page! We're famouser!   :wub:
 
I am so sorry I missed it.	
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Hey Daggers and  Saddles!
 
ThaydFest made the WildStar Facebook page! We're famouser!   :wub:
 
I am so sorry I missed it.
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Well, my consolation prize for missing Wildstar tonight:
 
 
Steak and Shrimp Fajitas for dinner :)
 
I convinced my brother to go down to the docks and get us a couple pounds of the gulfs finest and I would make fajitas for him :)	
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If I worked on Nexus it would be some nice safe job in Thayd and I would never step outside the city
 
1. I love that place
2. everything outside it is trying to kill me	
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If I worked on Nexus it would be some nice safe job in Thayd and I would never step outside the city
 
1. I love that place
2. everything outside it is trying to kill me
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I'm getting to the point where I need to start thinking about this.  Problem is that I'm too expensive.  Nobody wants to pay for an engineer with 25+ years of experience especially since they tend to do things like tell you why your brilliant idea is stupid and point out everything that can go wrong with it :lol:
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