Working in a games shop? *ponders*

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Posted by AndskiSpeed on Aug-12-2003 00:05:

So theres jobs goin at this games place. But I'm afraid. If I get a job there will I become a geek and have no life and transform into a greebo? And secondly, will there be geek greebos with no lives getting jobs there?

The job I have now at some dodgy fast food pizza place (thats not Pizza Hut) only gets me 4 hours a week, working out at about �18 a week. So I'm really desperate to get a new job.

Is it worth it?

Posted by Cru54d3r on Aug-12-2003 00:37:

Crusader

Posted by allstar on Aug-12-2003 00:46:

It's a tough one...But I say go for it. You can be the elite, cool-as-fuck DJ superstar that your geeky co-workers look up to

Posted by AndskiSpeed on Aug-12-2003 00:53:

Aye. And then theres the money, and the women

Posted by goose_wh on Aug-12-2003 08:56:

go for the games shop... youd be the odd one out for all the right reasons.
+ itll be good to sneer at the gimps & goits on your off days and think how much better you are than 'em.
although i probably wouldnt tell to many girls i worked in a games shop > maximum gimpage.

Posted by magnasoma on Aug-12-2003 09:29:

Go werk in the games shop. Get extremely good at CounterStrike and Quake3. Enter international competitions and win them. Get paid loads of cash and travel all around the world and impress ladies with your trigger finger.

Or work in a pizza hut...

Posted by dstrukt on Aug-12-2003 12:36:

Working in pizza place: 'I work in a pizza place....you wanna sleep with me then?'

Working in game shop: 'I play a vital role in todays electronic interactive industry....you wanna sleep with me then?'

Game shop

Posted by Yella Fella on Aug-12-2003 13:40:

to my knowledge, the last quake championship a few years bk, made the winner a whole lot richer not to mention coolness taking home a ferrari or sommat as well...

Posted by CyberTeraz on Aug-12-2003 14:15:

quote:
Originally posted by dstrukt
Working in pizza place: 'I work in a pizza place....you wanna sleep with me then?'

Working in game shop: 'I play a vital role in todays electronic interactive industry....you wanna sleep with me then?'

Game shop

Or you put in endless hours becoming soul mates and she eventualy sleeps with you, only to find out she is a man!

Posted by magnasoma on Aug-12-2003 14:31:

Does that happen in ur world tyz?

Posted by CyberTeraz on Aug-12-2003 14:40:

quote:
Originally posted by magnasoma
Does that happen in ur world tyz?

No comment!

Posted by AndskiSpeed on Aug-12-2003 14:45:

Go on then, I'll be the DJ superstar of the shop

Posted by magnasoma on Aug-12-2003 14:47:

quote:
Originally posted by CyberTeraz
No comment!

The man from Milton Keynes. He say

YES

Posted by spacetrain on Aug-12-2003 14:52:

a jobs a job at the end of the day. Think of all the perks u can get for working in a game shop like free games and consoles then u can sell them and make more money.
Or get a temp job in a office and watch fit birds all day - like what I am doing now.

Posted by AndskiSpeed on Aug-12-2003 14:56:

quote:
Originally posted by spacetrain
a jobs a job at the end of the day. Think of all the perks u can get for working in a game shop like free games and consoles then u can sell them and make more money.
Or get a temp job in a office and watch fit birds all day - like what I am doing now.

Lol, I won't be getting much totty on show where I'm going

Posted by magnasoma on Aug-12-2003 15:02:

I used to work in an airconditioned design studio on the third floor overlooking Liverpool St Station with twins on reception. Five thirty in the afternoon was such a pleasant time of day in the summer.

The internet boom rocked.

Posted by Ste on Aug-12-2003 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by magnasoma

Or work in a pizza hut...

.... and seduce millions of women with your incredible pizza making abilities and fake italian accent.

Posted by Anaardvark on Aug-12-2003 20:07:

I spent my entire school and college life working in a small independent Jap/US import game shop (and failing school and college ) and I couldnt have been happier although it was very, very expensive. My japanese Dreamcast cost me �700 (not inc games, extra pad, memory units and a big new tv to play it all on), although I did manage to get one the day before Japanese launch .

quote:
Originally posted by magnasoma
Go werk in the games shop. Get extremely good at Quake 3.

This also happened as I was in the top Quake 3 clan in the Uk although I did it all for fun and not really seriously. I was just (and still am ) fooking good.

quote:
Originally posted by magnasoma
Enter international competitions and win them.

This also happened as I was sponsored to go to the UK qualifiers of the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) although didnt win, more like came 37th of 50 as it was a friends 21'st the night before and I got very, very drunk

Everyone still got prize money though

quote:
Originally posted by magnasoma
Get paid loads of cash and travel all around the world and impress ladies with your trigger finger.

This, unfortunatly never happened, although my girlfriend has never once complained at the extreme agileness of my fingers

Then I discovered clubbing, class a drugs and casual sex and hence the geek days ended.

Posted by magnasoma on Aug-12-2003 20:19:

There is enuff time in any fellas life for clubbing, ladies and counterstrike. You just picked the wrong game. It could have been such a happy future.

Posted by Misty Kitty on Aug-12-2003 21:44:

Just dont forget there is enough time in a ladies life for Trance, Clubbing and Men.... most likely in that order unless they come hand in hand.

Posted by dj_mdma on Aug-12-2003 21:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Misty Kitty
Just dont forget there is enough time in a ladies life for Trance, Clubbing and Men.... most likely in that order unless they come hand in hand.

they all come hand in hand here love

Posted by decode on Aug-12-2003 21:57:

Re: Working in a games shop? *ponders*

quote:
Originally posted by AndskiSpeed
So theres jobs goin at this games place. But I'm afraid. If I get a job there will I become a geek and have no life and transform into a greebo? And secondly, will there be geek greebos with no lives getting jobs there?

The job I have now at some dodgy fast food pizza place (thats not Pizza Hut) only gets me 4 hours a week, working out at about �18 a week. So I'm really desperate to get a new job.

Is it worth it?

U could become a cyber greebo. Ware Uv glasses & all.

Posted by Cru54d3r on Aug-12-2003 21:57:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_mdma
they all come hand in hand here love

U can say that again

Crusader

Posted by dj_mdma on Aug-12-2003 22:11:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_mdma
they all come hand in hand here love

Posted by decode on Aug-12-2003 22:22:

I used to work in a puter shop 3 years ago. The work and pay was crap but mid-afternoon counter strike lan sessions rocked.

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