Got "Special" mail today.

Dejitaru Shuurajo · May 27, 2002, 04:51 PM

I'm in a pretty good mood tonight. Got home from work and there was a big manilla shipping envelope in the mailbox. Upon looking at the return address, I quickly saw that it was from a little game company from Madison, Wisconsin that you may have heard of, Raven Software. Inside the said envelope was a glittering jewel of coding known as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, but this is not just a game cd in a box. Oh, no. This copy has slighty elevated status, for it is signed by 19 members of The FLOCK!

Renegade[CSR] · May 27, 2002, 05:34 PM

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2002, 05:42 PM

ive a copy signed by darth vader and yoda

Vaporizer · May 28, 2002, 03:22 AM

Dyre Straits · May 28, 2002, 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by Dejitaru Shuurajo
I'm in a pretty good mood tonight. Got home from work and there was a big manilla shipping envelope in the mailbox. Upon looking at the return address, I quickly saw that it was from a little game company from Madison, Wisconsin that you may have heard of, Raven Software. Inside the said envelope was a glittering jewel of coding known as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, but this is not just a game cd in a box. Oh, no. This copy has slighty elevated status, for it is signed by 19 members of The FLOCK!

I remember how I felt when I got a surprise 'special' package a year and a half ago. I received a copy of Deep Space Nine - The Fallen with the autographs of all the members of The Collective inside the flap on the box.

Dyre Straits

***Zardon*** · May 28, 2002, 12:36 PM

yes its cool, always a buzz to get something special like that.

alewisa · May 28, 2002, 01:44 PM

I got a council tax bill

digitalwanderer · May 28, 2002, 01:50 PM

I got an offer for a free subscription to "InfoWorld" and two CD's from AOL. (Well, I got one and Dig got one...it's a looong story.

)

~~WyreTheWolf~~ · May 28, 2002, 05:58 PM

I recieved some special mail... upon looking at the return address... I realized this was no ordianry package! This contained my tax return check from the IRS!

I ripped it open to stare at the beauty of a 929.48 check from the federal government.... I thought about framing it ... But then ... REALITY came crashing down on me (read: the wife) YEAH! I get to go pay off bills (and buy a new processor for second rig... but she doesn't know that.)

Congrats on the signed copy of Jedi 2 Outcast!

Jeff · May 28, 2002, 06:04 PM

Posting stuff you don't want your wife to know isn't very good to post on a public forum

... especially one where she is a mod...

~~WyreTheWolf~~ · May 28, 2002, 06:16 PM

She was standing over my sholder while I was typing it. She knows that I was joking.

digitalwanderer · May 28, 2002, 06:39 PM

I have it easy...my wife never reads the boards. The technical stuff bores her to tears, she gets enough of that from me talking.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 28, 2002, 06:51 PM

my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

Dejitaru Shuurajo · May 29, 2002, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Crash Override
my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

Get a job in the game industry, like becoming a game or hardware reviewer or beta tester, and if that is not fesible for you. How about simply contacting someone on the development team and ASK if you can get a copy signed by them?

P.S. I was beta tester for years for every type of software, from games to accouting and I still do it, to help out those developers that need feedback from their user base.

***Zardon*** · May 29, 2002, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by Crash Override
my question is how in the heck do yall get this stuff? the most special thing I get is free smelly samples of cologne when im lucky :P

lucky you, all I get is credit card bills or insurance letters, well I got a viagra pamphlet yesterday in the mail......... hey im only 31, NOT funny

~~Crash Override~~ · May 29, 2002, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by Dejitaru Shuurajo
Get a job in the game industry, like becoming a game or hardware reviewer or beta tester, and if that is not fesible for you. How about simply contacting someone on the development team and ASK if you can get a copy signed by them?

P.S. I was beta tester for years for every type of software, from games to accouting and I still do it, to help out those developers that need feedback from their user base.

any tips or contacts on how to become one? I really wouldnt mind being a tester even if unpaid.

I like to look for details and problems and performance issues with things

Dejitaru Shuurajo · May 29, 2002, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by Crash Override
any tips or contacts on how to become one? I really wouldnt mind being a tester even if unpaid.

I like to look for details and problems and performance issues with things

Here is the link to sign up for Valve.

And another for different software developers.

And more developers
Seek and Ye Shall Find...

...Unless some ass has hidden it, knowing that it is which you seek.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 29, 2002, 06:31 PM

Thank you

will be definitely seeing what I can get to do

digitalwanderer · May 29, 2002, 07:32 PM

I'm gonna sign up to make meself a beta tester too. I doubt I'll ever hear anything back from any of them, but it's nice to dream.

Ijustwannaknow · May 30, 2002, 05:29 AM

i won an autographed copy of combat flight simulator 2.

Its signed by the mission designer and two other coders.

jimmt · Jun 1, 2002, 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by Dyre Straits
I remember how I felt when I got a surprise 'special' package a year and a half ago. I received a copy of Deep Space Nine - The Fallen with the autographs of all the members of The Collective inside the flap on the box.

Dyre Straits

And you been playing that game religously since then

I wish I got my DS9: The Fallen that way

Jim

Dyre Straits · Jun 1, 2002, 01:11 AM

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Originally posted by jimmt
And you been playing that game religously since then I wish I got my DS9: The Fallen that way

Jim

Actually, I had already bought the game and been playing and helping folks for a couple of months prior. When I got the game in the mail, I couldn't quite figure out why they sent me something I already had. LOL It wasn't until I opened the flap that I noticed the 'special' part of it.

Dyre Straits