In the last two weeks, I have proofed, edited, revised, and advised several clients on their PowerPoint presentations. Every one of them, bless their hearts, has contained at least some of the same sort of errors. I have no fear that making this post will reduce my workload, people being what they are, but it’ll be a convenient bookmark for me to pass on to clients who are already aware of my… sweet ways.
Archive for: December, 2008
Almost… ALMOST TMI.
The rise and fall, or perhaps the vaguely downwards sauntering, of Brock.
Quote: “The year 1998 was a great time for bullshit, especially if you were selling it and especially if it came with the magic suffix .com attached.”
Thanks to Firor for the link.
A few comments:
Several interview subjects are lying in some way.
I do think gold/item sales hurt games that are not designed for RMT.
But, as a side note, I once made close to a thousand dollars by selling my EQ character. I loved that character, but I was never going to play her again, and I was brooooooke. It didn’t hurt Sony, either, as someone (who might otherwise not have subscribed) happily sent monthly fees. Of course, making account sales legal just clears the way for asshats to load up naked accounts with gold or a particular item and sneaking in that way.
And I was chatting with a friend recently about IGE, and I said, paraphrased, that at one point Kennedy money and even Rockefeller money was dirty at worst and at best obtained in a quasi-legal way, doing active harm all the way. But now both names are practically hallowed when it comes to patronage of the arts. The formula seems to be “giant pile of money + time + liberal donations = legitimacy.”