The Energon Pub

by **_Anshin_** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:59 pm

Hey, I keep reading that you guys are having issues with the database and the game. I have alot of programming experience and am a DBA. Is there something I can do to help? I would like to be of assistance if I can.

by **Bristleback** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:45 pm

_Anshin_ wrote:Hey, I keep reading that you guys are having issues with the database and the game. I have alot of programming experience and am a DBA. Is there something I can do to help? I would like to be of assistance if I can.

He fears not the curse! *gasp* :shock:

by **_Anshin_** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:58 pm

Curse? What curse?

by **Bristleback** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:10 pm

To speak of it is to bring its wrath, it lives in the dark manor 'pon yonder hill. :-s

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:12 pm

PM Seibertron the site owner, or e-mail him (ryan@seibertron.com) if you don't fear mysteriously vanishing or finding your life becoming extremely busy/complicated.

But he'll probably be looking for someone with experience in PHP programming.

by **The {Rage Bot}** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:16 pm

BEWARE THE CURSE!!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:53 am

And just take heed of the epic backlash you'll get if you carry out your threat to priorities the arena over the missions....

Infact, that's worth stating for any prospective HMW programmer. We are a loud and grumpy group of individuals. You cannot please us all. At least one of the former programmers utterly failed to heed that fact.

News Credits: 1 · by **Absolute Zero** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:13 am

Redimus GTS wrote:And just take heed of the epic backlash you'll get if you carry out your threat to priorities the arena over the missions....

Infact, that's worth stating for any prospective HMW programmer. We are a loud and grumpy group of individuals. You cannot please us all. At least one of the former programmers utterly failed to heed that fact.

Which one? I thought Glyph did a pretty good job until he got the shaft.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:19 am

I feel sorry for Glyph. He really had the right temperament for HMW programmer, and Old Man Seibs decided he'd rather ban him. Repeatedly...

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:57 am

Redimus GTS wrote:I feel sorry for Glyph. He really had the right temperament for HMW programmer, and Old Man Seibs decided he'd rather ban him. Repeatedly...

not a wise tatical decision

by **_Anshin_** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:08 am

I don't mind the non pay or lack of life bit. I have one full time job and a part time contract job. Only issue is that I haven't done PHP programming in 3 or 4 years. I may have to brush up on that before I ask if I can help out.

by **devast8or** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:15 am

are these hall of fame inductees correct?

Vir
Glyph
Omega Sentinel
Mogwai Prime

How long were each of their tenures with HMW programming?

:BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:12 am

devast8or wrote:How long were each of their tenures with HMW programming?

IIRC, it went like this:
Vir - No idea, he created the game but was before my time.
Glyph - about 2-3 years
Omega Sentinel - far too long
Mkall - adminned in the gap
Omega Sentinel - still too long
Mkall - adminning again
Mogwai Prime - 13 minutes, includes the time it took to eat the pizza.*
Mkall - was adminning until his powers dissappeared. again.

*spot the quote and win ...nothing.

_Anshin_, if you are serious (which would be pretty awesome), email Ryan on ryan@seibertron.con and tell him. he'll want to have a chat with you but by all means go ahead with it. Burn and I can bring you up to speed on the current game, were pretty good at breaking in new programmers these days

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:36 am

_Anshin_ If you are completely serious about this, and you can convince Ryan to let you mess with the game, please take a stance that the current game is flawed but working and deal with the problems at hand, and improving what we have instead of working on the pipedream of V2.

Perhaps that way we won't have another programmer spontaneously combust.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:59 pm

Psychout wrote:were pretty good at breaking in new programmers these days

You cant be that good, you keep breaking them...

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:08 pm

Redimus GTS wrote:
Psychout wrote:were pretty good at breaking in new programmers these days

You cant be that good, you keep breaking them...

Hey!! That was all a misunderstanding, the strippers left once they realised their mistake...

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:20 pm

That's not the story I heard.

Oh, and in a drastic and unforeseen turn of events, I wish to bring this thread shuddering back to the point for a second:

Can we make sure (should _anshin_ or someone else should get the job) that the programmer has as little control over the forum as possible. OS's tenure was a f**king disaster as much because he decided to treat the forum and it's posters as if it should be his own personal church, and was rather miffed when it turned out that it wasn't.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:40 pm

probably not, but thats why we have mods so they shouldnt have to.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:20 pm

Oh and i'd also like to add that if we do end up with a new programmer that said person NOT fire me this time round simply because they "don't like my negative attitude".
It's not a negative attitude if I think I know the game and community better than you and that your ideas WON'T WORK!

by **Naked Magnus** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:55 pm

Burn wrote:Oh and i'd also like to add that if we do end up with a new programmer that said person NOT fire me this time round simply because they "don't like my negative attitude".
It's not a negative attitude if I think I know the game and community better than you and that your ideas WON'T WORK!

Well ****! If I had know that the ability to fire you came along with the job, I would have volunteered to take over programming years ago! Sign me up!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:54 pm

Shut up and get back to writing my mission scraper!

by **The {Rage Bot}** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:20 am

Burny aint all bad, I mean lets try and think of all the good things he's done...
I mean he...
Ok he usually...
He always...
.................................
Burn you really burned yourself. #-o