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The "six figure salary professional RPG (videogame) designer" guy?

Started by Mistwell, February 05, 2014, 12:47:35 PM

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Mistwell

#15
February 05, 2014, 01:46:50 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;729471Where's the fun in that?

True.  Carry on!

Patrick Y.

#16
February 05, 2014, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;729449Sometime in the past couple months there was some guy thwacking around his supposed "credentials" claiming he was paid a six figure salary as an RPG designer (it seemed to be for video games) and we should all listen to him because he knows all and we're all idiots.

Anyone remember that? Have a link to the thread he did it in?

Is he the guy who's been spouting off for months on the WotC site about being
a game developer with dozens of AAA titles, and so everyone should listen to him while he rails against damage on a miss fighter mechanics?

Or is there more than one?

If it is him, that guy cracks me up. If not, he should hook up with the other guy and take the show on the road.

flyerfan1991

#17
February 05, 2014, 09:53:10 PM
Quote from: dragoner;729470You're thinking of a coder, designers don't do that, they do the art.

Or as some of them would say it, the "Aaaaaahhht."

At small shops, designer and coder are one in the same.  Only in the bigger shops are they split apart.

jibbajibba

#18
February 05, 2014, 09:58:28 PM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;729466I thought it was Rooster.

But honestly, if someone is making six figures as a video game designer he/she is probably making that money by working insane hours.  Like 80 hours a week.

Google tell me ....

According to GamaSutra, game designers had an average salary of around $67,379 in 2008. This is the total average of game designers at all levels across the United States. This average is higher than what it has been in the past. For instance, $63,649 was the average salary of game designers in 2007.

So I would expect a manager/team lead to be on 6 figures easily.

I mean we pay an experienced SA 6 figures + bonus and that just for basic UNIX (yes we are a bank obviously but ...)
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February 05, 2014, 10:01:41 PM
Quote from: jibbajibba;729562Google tell me ....

According to GamaSutra, game designers had an average salary of around $67,379 in 2008. This is the total average of game designers at all levels across the United States. This average is higher than what it has been in the past. For instance, $63,649 was the average salary of game designers in 2007.

So I would expect a manager/team lead to be on 6 figures easily.

I mean we pay an experienced SA 6 figures + bonus and that just for basic UNIX (yes we are a bank obviously but ...)

Seriously, you pay a SA 6 figures?  I thought those had died half a decade ago.

And yes, I'm in the IT business, and no SA I know of makes 6 figures.  If they did, they were laid off and replaced by staff from overseas.

Mistwell

#20
February 05, 2014, 10:49:54 PM
Quote from: Patrick Y.;729482Is he the guy who's been spouting off for months on the WotC site about being
a game developer with dozens of AAA titles, and so everyone should listen to him while he rails against damage on a miss fighter mechanics?

Or is there more than one?

If it is him, that guy cracks me up. If not, he should hook up with the other guy and take the show on the road.

Yup, it's that guy.  I recall him doing it here at some point...maybe my memory is just shit though.

Xavier Onassiss

#21
February 05, 2014, 11:19:28 PM
Anyone who claims to know something just because he makes six figures can put up or shut up. The only thing he's proven that he knows is how to negotiate a six figure salary. Aside from that, he might not know a goddamned thing, and the world's full of overpaid idiots who don't.

jibbajibba

#22
February 05, 2014, 11:31:22 PM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;729567Seriously, you pay a SA 6 figures?  I thought those had died half a decade ago.

And yes, I'm in the IT business, and no SA I know of makes 6 figures.  If they did, they were laid off and replaced by staff from overseas.

Yup 6 figures for senior SA, PM or whatever (so someone with 12+ years of experience)

I run the build team out here for APAC and I pay similar salaries in Singapore, bit less in HK.
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#23
February 06, 2014, 12:52:57 AM
That would be MtlKnight

He's been on an insane crusade against one single rule in D&D Next for months. Insane. Like, I'm pretty sure he's going to suicide bomb the WotC offices if this rule makes it into D&D5. The guy is completely bat shit.

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#24
February 06, 2014, 01:06:32 AM
Quote from: Gizmoduck5000;729593That would be MtlKnight

He's been on an insane crusade against one single rule in D&D Next for months. Insane. Like, I'm pretty sure he's going to suicide bomb the WotC offices if this rule makes it into D&D5. The guy is completely bat shit.

Here

He is probably right, which of course doesn't stop him being Insane :)

Nothing you can't just house rule I reckon. Switch it for additional damage on a sucessful hit and you are golden.
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February 06, 2014, 01:14:17 AM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;729466I thought it was Rooster.

But honestly, if someone is making six figures as a video game designer he/she is probably making that money by working insane hours.  Like 80 hours a week.

Unlikely.  Most actual dev positions are salaried for that reason.  Ones that aren't salaried are typically *very* low paying.

Gizmoduck5000

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February 06, 2014, 01:20:04 AM
Quote from: jibbajibba;729595He is probably right, which of course doesn't stop him being Insane :)

Nothing you can't just house rule I reckon. Switch it for additional damage on a sucessful hit and you are golden.

Of course. But he is absolutely, frothing-at-the-mouth bonkers over it.

I kind of hope that rule makes it in, just so I can see how catastrophic his inevitable meltdown will be.

JeremyR

#27
February 06, 2014, 01:25:48 AM
Quote from: Gizmoduck5000;729593That would be MtlKnight

He's been on an insane crusade against one single rule in D&D Next for months. Insane. Like, I'm pretty sure he's going to suicide bomb the WotC offices if this rule makes it into D&D5. The guy is completely bat shit.

Here

I dunno. That does damage even on a miss is a little weird.

I'm not saying he's being sane about it, but I think he has a point about the rule in question...

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#28
February 06, 2014, 01:58:41 AM
Damage on a miss is stupid.

With that said, dismiss it from your game if you think it's stupid.  If I ran 5e, I would.
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February 06, 2014, 08:16:00 AM
Quote from: Gizmoduck5000;729593That would be MtlKnight

He's been on an insane crusade against one single rule in D&D Next for months. Insane. Like, I'm pretty sure he's going to suicide bomb the WotC offices if this rule makes it into D&D5. The guy is completely bat shit.

Here

OMG!!!  WOTC has got to do something about this rule!!!!

Its bad for America!!!!  

:rotfl:

I wouldn't use it, but I really hope this rule makes into the core books at least as an option. I also want to see this guy's head explode on Youtube.
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