Stop! Blogger time!
Greetings, superstars! With the departure of Plectrum and various people being pulled left right and centre on high priority projects the blog has fallen by the wayside of late. So I’m here to spill my guts to you all. You lucky people.
It’s been something of a hectic couple of weeks. For those of you who haven’t seen the forums (and why not? What’s wrong with you?) I’m new to Cybersports, having just started two weeks ago. I picked a rather spectacular time to join as we are, at the time of writing, about to launch PMCs as well as a fairly mammoth patch which will address a lot of the issues which have been picked up in game over the last few months.
My first few days involved trawling through all of the things that we would like to see happen within the community, working with thamightyboro to get as much information as possible on all that has gone before and all of the things he’s been working on. This includes improving the community section on the website, getting some new funky features in place, working on some plans for events and prepping for the launch of PMCs. The marketing boys have been hard at work which means we are going to see a real upsurge in players in the months ahead, so a large part of what I’ve been doing has been to lay the groundwork for a larger community and how we can best support it. You should start to see parts of this fall into place in the very near future.
But all of that is as nothing compared to the real challenge which I have faced; the London transport system. I live outside of London and have a hefty commute into the office each day involving driving, the train and the tube. It also means getting up at a scandalous six am each morning. I could complain, but right now there is still the novelty of feeling like a real commuter, proudly brandishing my shiny new Oyster card and devouring the remains of my book collection. We’ll see how long the novelty lasts. A day will come when you will read a bitter diatribe from me as I spit and growl my way through my fury at the callous lack of consideration among my fellow travellers, but it is not this day.
Cybersports is spread over a two offices in London and Nottingham. London is pretty much the business office and Nottingham is the development office. Community Management falls somewhere between the two which means I travel between the offices as required. It works for me. I’m part of that rare breed of country bumpkins who actually enjoys working in London, if nothing else because the area around the office has the best array of sandwiches I have seen by far (pastrami and mozzarella with breaded escallops ftw). Being married to an Italian I have developed a real love for my cured meat sandwiches and I shudder to think how much I’m going to spend in the eateries of London in the days to come.
Nottingham has its own charms, not least being the global HQ of Games Workshop. A dangerous place where money is consumed and beards rule. I have neither a beard, nor the money to burn there, at least not to the degree I would like, but what I have is an unhealthy fascination for the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. Did I mention I was a huge geek? I’m a huge geek.
One of the best things about the amount of travelling for work is that I can finally justify having spent so much money on my laptop. More time on the train means more time to spend in contemplation as I actually do some writing. Of course it would first mean having to spend less time playing games, and that is a challenge I’m not yet ready to face.
So two weeks in and all is going swimmingly. I’m happy to report that everyone here is charming, I’m loving the job and I’m genuinely excited about all of the things we will be bringing to you in the months ahead.
Expect to read more from me and chaps from around the company now that the blog is back up and running. I look forward to seeing you all in game and on the forums, but for now I’m off to get a sandwich.
Om nom nom.
Catch you all later,
Kadarn
