Nope, still here

I just got the following email from the guy in Göteborg

Jag har diskuterat kort med styrelsen i Oz, och vi är helt klart intresserade av att ha dig på teamet. Tyvärr vet jag att vi inte kommer kunna ge dig något konkret erbjudande på ett par veckor. Jag inser naturligtvis att du kanske försvinner åt annat håll under tiden, men jag hoppas verkligen att vi kommer se dig i vårt team och jag skall göra allt jag kan för att skynda på processen.

and I must admit that it sounds promising. I was hoping that they'd actually offer we a job straight away, but I suspect that it actually takes a few weeks to plan a party of the proper magnitude for a superstar like me.

It's a shame I can't add polls to my blog. I sooo want to reply with a simple "shit negro, that's all you had to say", but I don't really know if that's the appropriate response, and letting my readers decide seems like a reasonable thing to do.


Ooh, I have to recommend The Bartender Journals. A great read, if you've got an hour or two to kill.

My final hour?

Soo, I'm sitting here, chillin', just about to go home, and it strikes me, that this may actually be my last hour as an employee at my current work. Either that, or the guys in Göteborg think I'm a total dick, and that's why they haven't called me yet. I do, of course, hope for the former.


Ah, fuck it, I'm audi.


Oh yeah, dont' forget: "it's in east dire maul, after you become king and go back to rescue the green dude."

Operation: Rang Rang was a success!

Something that fascinated me almost from the start of Warcraft, was the existence of gold farmers. These are people that kill the same easy, high level, monsters over and over again, 24/7, pool all the gold they collect, and allow other players to buy in-game gold with real dollars. Blizzard have a zero tolerance policy on this, but still sites like www.ige.com exist and flourish.

Now, the funny thing is, the whole gold farming business is really no secret, and after just browsing the boards, you have the gold farmer phantom image, namely an unguilded lvl 60 rogue, with crappy equipment (just stuff they find by farming), killing level 51-53 Legashi demons in Azshara.

A quick note on "rang rang". From what I've gathered, rang rang, means both "sod off" and "whitey", and according to a Fires of Heaven regular, if you whisper this to a suspected gold farmer, his head will actually explode. Now, back to your regular scheduled program.

Yesterday, I hit level 48, and knew that if I just took it easy, I should be able to visit Azshara, and see farmers in action. At the same time, I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to see any farmers, I mean, seldom is that plain public knowledge actually true.

Anyway, we (Malin and I. She always gets dragged into my silly plans) had just killed our first or second demon, and I was busy goofing off, typing "GIVE PHAT LEWTS, PLZZZZZ!!!!!111ONEEONEONE", and stuff like that, when an unguilded level 60 rogue appeared.

What the hell? I inspected her gear, and it pretty much sucked. This couldn't be true, could it?

Suddenly a trade window appeared, and the rogue wanted to trade a blue wand she'd found. And then the whisper came; "50g". I just couldn't believe it. This person was doing everything a farmer was supposed to do (according to urban legend and stereotypes), and I just couldn't stop laughing.

I replied that I wasn't really interested in the wand, thank you very much, and Malin pretty much won by whispering "rang rang rang" to our newfound friend.

Find gold farmers in WoW: check.

Welcome to the World of Warcraft

Sooo, 250k new boxes are available today. And guess what, the Account Management pages are down, so none of the new players actually get to play their games. This somehow seems oddly familiar.

The suspense, part two

I just got back from the job interview/test-whatever thing, and I'm pretty hopeful.

The offices look nice, the guys seem pretty mature and stable (none of the noisy, shouting, playing annoying music that goes on at Warthog now), and their project seems like a pretty fun thing to get involved in.

There was a small disagreement regarding salary, so Erik said he was going to call the guys down under, and see what could be arranged. I take this as a positive sign; I mean, if they didn't wan't me, they would probably just tell me to stick it.

Anyway, they'll be getting in touch with me on Tuesday/Wednesday (if I didn't screw the test up too badly), so I'll have more info soon. Yay!

The suspense

A few hours after I'd sent in my CV, I got a mail from the boss, telling me that they indeed had two senior programmer positions open, which needed filling immediately.

He said he'd call me today (hehe, I find it hard to write that, without picturing someone doing the "whisper 'call me', and do the silly hand telephoney thing"), so I'm sitting here, waiting, nervous as hell, and I hardly dare rush off to the bathroom, in case I miss the call.

I'll keep you guys informed, don't worry.


Yay, just talked to the guy, and I think everything went well. I'm going to visit the guys on Thursday, to see what they're up to, and I'm pretty psyched about it.

Ding, it just occured to me that this is probably an interview, and that means I'll be wearing my hot dog t-shirt. Hooray! (and in some alternative universe, which is actually a college movie, I'd be wearing this.)

It was kinda amusing when Eric (the boss) apologetically informed me that I would have to take a C++ test, that would take about an hour or so. He also added "in case you want to work with us". I honestly don't know if it's something about my demeanour, or what it is, but it get those kinds of comments quite a lot, and it always feels weird when I'm the one who's asking for a job. It's not like I have this huge list of options, or anything.


I was telling Malin about the conversation, and the following was pretty funny

Malin says: vad e rang rangs?
magnus says: koreaner

Yes, the company is creating a MMORPG for the asian market. I hope I'll be in charge of the auction house that sells used panties. I think what I'm trying to do now is get all my stereotypical views (and I have a lot) out in the open, so I wont feel the need to offend any potential customers.

Life altering clicks

Yeah, I know, the title is a bit presumptuous, but anyway.

I just had one of those "wow, I just click this send button, and my life may be taking a totally new direction in a few months" moments. Ok, maybe it really wasn't that totally amazing, or anything, but I just sent my cover letter and CV to the guy in Göteborg who last week told me to do so.

Time to keep our digits crossed then!


On a not so related note, either the battery in my laptop is really starting to wear out, or I'm spending ridiculous amounts of time on the toilet every day. Thoughts?

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!

Soo, I've had a really great weekend.

Saturday's party was a blast, with a load of silly people I hadn't seen in ages, and everyone slipping into their comfortable rolls quite smoothly. I truely hope that I'll still be able to regrade to my old CCC-self in 10 years time. Hrm.. It doesn't seem that unbelievable, actually. Cool.

And, as you all probably know by now, both John Cena and Batista won their titles matches at Wrestlemania, so we finally have two champions that I like. Hurray!

Oh, yeah, I found this article (it's the third article on the page) on the latest stuff from Apple Computers, and all I really have to say is "I knew it!".