Tim Schaffer's application to Lucasarts -

Seaseme

*edit* Tim Schafer

I saw this on reddit but figured more than a few of the people here would appreciate it:

http://www.doublefine.com/site/twenty_years_only_a_few_tears/

Very funny read about him trying to break into the game industry in 1989. (I was 2!).

Anyone else have some good stories to tell?

Luxury

No good stories, but I've kept every rejection letter I've ever received. Just so one day I can rub it in all their faces.

Axios

I only have rejection emails... They're far less dramatic.

crazyfingers

Luxury wrote: »

No good stories, but I've kept every rejection letter I've ever received. Just so one day I can rub it in all their faces.

There was actually a report recently about how the greatest creative minds are motivated by revenge.

Oh, and thanks for the post, Tim Schafer made some of my favorite games . They don't tell stories like they used to.

ZacD

I haven't got any emails back :poly122: Apparently I'm so horrible they don't want to send me a generic premade rejection email.

Seaseme

It usually takes some time ZacD - I just got one from EA Dice, where I applied to like 8 months ago. I got that on uh.. Friday. haha.

ZacD

I was being dramatic, I was suppose to have lunch with a guy that was starting a video/music studio downtown but that fell through, that reminds me I should hit him back up... even though I'm terrible at vfx work, maybe I could do some fancy 3D text or something...

anyway, its not like KS has a large CG/video game industry and I'm still in college.

Seaseme

i was just playing your post was funny.

Lamont

Luxury wrote: »

No good stories, but I've kept every rejection letter I've ever received. Just so one day I can rub it in all their faces.

I used to have the rejection letter from Nintendo from when I was like 8 (I sent in a game idea). But it got messed up over the years.

vcool

Haha, his letter is pure winsauce.

skylebones

HAHA! I love his letter about his dream job. After that how could they not hire him.

I don't keep my rejection letters. But I do keep the guidelines for all the art test I've been taking. Most of them are perfectly reasonable and normal, but some of them are pure insanity.

danshewan

As a teen, trying to break into the comics industry, I sent in a story outline to Marvel comics. Needless to say, it was my first rejection letter - but it did have Spiderman crawling over the address field on the envelope.

Love Schaffer's attitude. What a guy.

seforin

man one day its my dream to be in that studio. I hope to be around someone as awesome and as creative who still makes fun games in this industry.

We owe alot of creativity value to someone such as this in our field!

hawken

I once got rejected for a job. fast forward 4 years or so and the guy who interviewed me is applying for a job where I work.

Although thats not as good a story as when I worked in London and my A.D. got head hunted for his own job!!

lefix

actually got invited to an interview once, but i didn't read it until weeks later because the email went into my spam folder for some reason. by then, i already had gotten a slightly unfriendly second email asking why i wasn't replying. i never replied

00Zero

the doodles on one of those scans looks similar to the psychonauts guy. weird eh?