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[Rogi Ocnorb]

Guess I'll start the "Watched Star Trek in Prime Time" club.

[Agent Lex]

I'll have to start the "target demographic" club then.

(white, male, 20-something)

[pancito]

Hi Rogi!

skilz: napping, yelling "Get off my lawn!", decrying the pitiable state of modern education, being confused by twitter and social networks, you know, all that stuff.

[Fishjp]

[Seeker1234]

Seeking a writer

[ndemeter]

I would love to help...but this request comes from someone that's not a registered member of uF, with no real information, no real requirements, and the email? Here:

NONECOM.TK
Your selected domain name is a FREE Dot TK domain name. That means that, according to the Terms and Conditions of FREE Dot TK domain names, the registrant is:

BV Dot TK / Dot TK administrator
P.O. Box 11774
1001 GT Amsterdam
Netherlands


Due to restrictions in Dot TK's Privacy Statement personal information about the user of the domain name cannot be released.


Sorry but while I would love to help you guys I really really don't feel comfortable with this post.

[Seeker1234]

ndemeter: I totally understand. I AM a registered member, but all I can say is the ARG I'm involved with is ongoing. If I post as my usual self, well, it might tip someone off to what I'm working on. I went through some more official channels(namely, talking to PMs I know) and actually got what I was looking for. Thanks for keeping the community on guard though

PS: .tk is a domain forwarder. Register any .tk and forward it to your website(like Tumblr, Facebook, Myspace, whatever) and get a free little domain name. Nifty service, offers email forwarding to my gmail, too

[ndemeter]

Cool. Glad you got what you were looking for. And looking forward to lurking/playing your game. And when this is over you'll have to poke me and tell me who you are.

[umbrellakraken]

[Oriza]

[Olorin]

I'm interested.
Dropping my contact here just in case:

Contact: PM me through the forum
Experience in Playing ARGs: early stage of Perplexcity, The Secret Organization/Pharmament, lurked others
Experience in running ARGs: none

What I can help you with? My daily job is in the software industry, so if you need help in developing online elements, I might be able to help. I'm in the sunny state, so I may also be able to help with offline duties in the area.

Hope to hear from you.

[factorygirl]

Do you think it is possible to find (kind of) paid jobs here

[ndemeter]

Well your options are rather limited when it comes to paying jobs. Sure, you can get hired by a company like 42E that will pay you to work on ARGs but then again you are in Italy which limits your exposure (because every once in a while it's just good to have a face to face meeting).

Any revenue generated by the genre is usually post-game. Either the success of the game can generate interest for a sequel which in turn can be sponsored thus have a revenue stream or as a creator you can be widly successful and have future work of yours move to an advertising angle which then becomes a steady revenue stream.

[imbri]

My experience differs from ndemeter's. Like he said, you can get in touch with companies, but I've been keeping a roof over my head by creating ARGs since 2002 and working with established ARG teams has only been a fraction of my source of income. And, while distance may be an issue, I have only had to relocate once (I spent a summer in Canada for Xenophile). Of course, I traveled to LA weekly when I was working with 42 Entertainment which was a bit of a part-time relocation, I suppose. The rest has all been handled remotely or through infrequent travel.

As far as payment is concerned, as a consultant & contractor, how the revenue generated by the game isn't really my concern. I get paid by the company that hires me and they get paid by the company that contracts them. If they've worked out some sort of deal where they only get paid after the game is complete, that's their business, not mine. How I get paid varies by the project (generally in regard to the size, length, and scope of the contract). Sometimes it's a regularly scheduled payment, but for short term consulting type gigs it tends to be a chunk of change up front and the bulk after the fact.