A few weeks back I spent a week helping my sister out with some in home care of her soon to be MiL. Since that time MiL has been hospitalized to regulate her medication and do a full work up on her. The good news is she is doing better and on her way home today. The not so good news is that she seems to have had a small stroke. We are surmising that she had that the day I called 911 because she would not respond to me at all. Now the medics on scene as well as the ER could not find anything wrong with her and had proposed that she was playing possum looking for attention. Which could be true but since I was giving her all the attention she wanted and I don't think an Oscar winner could do a performance as well as she did, I am tending to agree with her son that, that was when the mini stroke was happening. So, it is good to know that I wasn't over reacting by calling 911, although in this case I kinds wish I was, you know?
Some of you know that some years ago I was working (unpaid) with a group of friends to build a text based MMO that went defunct for various reasons. I have kept in touch with quite a few of the designers from our little hevenly hell of a project via e-mail and Facebook. We don't chat much but we try and keep in touch and keep each others spirits up when needed, but we rarely talk about gaming or the work we did together. For me it just makes me frustrated. It was a good Idea, with good people that worked well together, if not for one control freak type personality I think we could have build something very fun. But that is neither here nor there now.
So when I got a Facebook message from someone I didn't know, asking to help fill out a design team for a new game, and that I was recommended by someone I worked with from the other game... I was.. I don't know. Speechless at first.. then suspicious. I sent a quick message to the person whom supposedly recomended me to the project head and it went something like this...
Me: Are you trying to put me to work again? ;)
Duckman: Yes. (Game lead person) is a friend I met in (MMO Game) who is designing his own RPG - I told him you were an invaluable resource.
Me: I love you Duckman. You knew I could not resist. :D
So, it looks like I will be helping with another game. This for pen and paper as well as a computer game, possibly an MMO. Unlike last time though, I will be in on the ground floor and working with a team that knows how to listen to ideas of the people around them. I am feeling positive about this venture, and the ego boost from an old friend has made me smile all weekend.
Some of you know that some years ago I was working (unpaid) with a group of friends to build a text based MMO that went defunct for various reasons. I have kept in touch with quite a few of the designers from our little hevenly hell of a project via e-mail and Facebook. We don't chat much but we try and keep in touch and keep each others spirits up when needed, but we rarely talk about gaming or the work we did together. For me it just makes me frustrated. It was a good Idea, with good people that worked well together, if not for one control freak type personality I think we could have build something very fun. But that is neither here nor there now.
So when I got a Facebook message from someone I didn't know, asking to help fill out a design team for a new game, and that I was recommended by someone I worked with from the other game... I was.. I don't know. Speechless at first.. then suspicious. I sent a quick message to the person whom supposedly recomended me to the project head and it went something like this...
Me: Are you trying to put me to work again? ;)
Duckman: Yes. (Game lead person) is a friend I met in (MMO Game) who is designing his own RPG - I told him you were an invaluable resource.
Me: I love you Duckman. You knew I could not resist. :D
So, it looks like I will be helping with another game. This for pen and paper as well as a computer game, possibly an MMO. Unlike last time though, I will be in on the ground floor and working with a team that knows how to listen to ideas of the people around them. I am feeling positive about this venture, and the ego boost from an old friend has made me smile all weekend.
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