Shipped-Game schwag
polycounter lvl 19
Just as it sounds. Post pics of the cool schwag you guys have recieved for shipping a game. Free copies? Figurines? Books? Toss em in here!
I just got this today, for my work on STACKED:
Sorry about the shitty pics, I don't have a digi-cam. Just my cellphone cam.
I just got this today, for my work on STACKED:
Sorry about the shitty pics, I don't have a digi-cam. Just my cellphone cam.
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The signed Connery pic is defineatly the crown jewel, there
In the past I've gotten three hoodies, five t-shirts, and just recently at our company picnic a bag of Neversoft branded items, a nalgene water bottle, hat, etc.
For shipping GUN and THAW, we got about 8 copies each of the games for all the different platforms, I had a huge tower of games. Oh and a Neversoft sports bag.
Neversoft likes to give out schwag.
What's that silver thing at the bottome of the picture
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Ya know I never quite figured it out. Some kind of pen with magnetized bullets that don't serve a purpose. Like I said, crap
Poker chips, cards, dice. Gold bling dice for your car tire air thing. Bill folds. Games, lots of games. Kubricks. Manhunt statues. Stickers? Frisbees, basketballs, BMX bikes. Mugs, cup holders, shoelace covers. Wallets. Baseball bat. Umbrellas. Rucksacks. Badges. Patches. Metal PSP cases.
I have drawers full of stuff, most of the clothes get given away.
Just think if they would give out bigger bonuses instead of schwag.
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I bought a year old AudiTT quattro with cash with the bonus from that game. I think I did OK out of 'em thanks.
Well on the positive this could be long term investments. Think of how much that schwagg from Revenge of the Jedi is worth these days?
Though I guess if you consider the money I earned went into my vette, you could call that shwag
I bought a year old AudiTT quattro with cash with the bonus from that game.
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Do you moonshine as gay architect?
The trip was great but the tshirts are really taking up too much space in my tiny apartment.
I was lucky to get mine even. Myelin is sort of being dicks about everything. Okay, so the game was 8 months late....it wasn't the ART DEPARTMENT's fault! We were done back in October!
The only reason I got my chip stack, is because it was given to one of the new guys they hired. Since he didn't work on Stacked, he felt he didn't need/earn them. So he was cool enough to give them to me.
I'm still trying to jocky for a free version of the game...
Edit: I also got a cardboard 50 Cent stand like in the game stores. Sadly I don't have a picture of it though.
This isn't really game shwag, but Autodesk gave away some of those little 64MB usb drives at a sales event we went to yesterday. Reminded me of the MS no-show freebies.
Do you moonshine as gay architect?
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Oh yeah, I've never heard that one before.
Btw, I wasn't bragging, I'm just fed up with people making assumptions around here about things they don't know anything about.
I covet that vest Jeffro!
Education.
Oh, and I got a t-shirt one time.
I've actually got more game-related t-shirts through winning stuff in CGChat contests than actually working on anything
You cannot argue that you might not have gotten more. The amount yes, could have been negligable. However taken into account the time the company had to pay one of its marketers to get third companies to create this stuff even though they got it for cents on the dollars. That time investment could have divided amoungst the employees.
I also assume (that you hate), that what you meant is you had enough to put a nice down payment on that Audi. Not that you had enough with the bonus alone to pay for that Audi in total. Now here is where I am assuming, and if Im wrong then you can rail into me. But even if I am wrong here, I still have a point in my original insertion in this thread.
Is all about marketing.
Also, I think you should stop assuming things.
And yes, I mean I physically bought a car outright with bonus money one year. Not a down payment. All of it. And yes, I agree, EA spend a lot of money on total garbage. Large companies are very good at that.
Oh yeah. As far as mythic schwag- I've got a logo'd duffel bag, 2 logo'd hats, a coffee mug, a copy of the daoc I worked on, and then two other copys of the game in various promo boxing.
Mythic (so far, haven't been here long enough to ship anything): Warhammer poster, Mythic sweatshirt, DAoC hat, little Warhammer figurine, and had a free mug thrown at me (it broke).
...and laughter!
dont try to be PC. You know that it was my comment that brought that point to your mind. I was the only one in the thread that felt differently, and you responded to it.
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True, but it doesn't necessarily have to be one comment in one thread to kick off a reaction.
That's ridiculous Marine. They're far too busy killing babies to spend time doing that.
I guess to me, its like throwing rice to the peasants or slaves. I mean if Im going to have to be a companies bitch, then show me enough respect not to have this "tra la la arent we all happy together?" crap. Just pay me well and treat me decently.
And you're making an assumption that all videogame employees get paid crap and treated like slaves!
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ROTFL. Says the EA man.
I guess to me, its like throwing rice to the peasants or slaves. I mean if Im going to have to be a companies bitch, then show me enough respect not to have this "tra la la arent we all happy together?" crap. Just pay me well and treat me decently.
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That's dumb. I like working at places where you're close with people.
And stop hating on cool free shit. They weren't going to give you 5 dollars instead of giving you a free poster, they just decided to give you a poster for your hard work. Stop fuckin bitching about it. The other day, I was sitting at a server, and my boss comes up and says, "Lee, it's your lucky day... I have here in my hands, three keychains that I'm going to bestow upon you, and they are quite amazing." They were 3 piece of shit keychains he found in a pile of junk. We both laughed our asses off at how shitty they were, and now I have one of them on my keys (a magic 8 ball keychain!!!). You can't tell me that shit isn't cool.
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And you're making an assumption that all videogame employees get paid crap and treated like slaves!
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ROTFL. Says the EA man.
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And how exactly the fuck do you know what kind of $ I earn or anything else about my personal experience?! Jeez, why oh why do I take the bait?!