New staff announcement
 

That swooshing sound you're hearing is the new revolving door we've had installed on the AG office. And who's making it swoosh, you ask? Good question!!

As much as we'd love to keep staff forever (and for some reason, the lifetime contracts signed in blood are proving staggeringly difficult to enforce), there does come a time when people move on, typically for some mundane reason called "real life". But as some go, others join, and today we're pleased to welcome four new... or two new, and two semi-new members to staff.

First timers are Chris Pickering from the UK, and Mark Hengst, from the ol' US of A. Both experienced writers and reviewers of all genres, these guys will be contributing some sizzling new articles as staff writers. On the forums, you can find them hiding behind the aliases "backdrifter" and "Hengst2404". For the life of me I can't remember which is which. If only there were some easily recognizable way to distinguish them. I'll figure it out one of these days, though.

And proving that the more things change, the more they stay the same, re-joining as a staff writer after a long absence is Johann Walter, from France. Many of you will recognize Johann as "Kurufinwe" from the boards. Johann was already beating most of the writers on word count just in forum posts alone, so we thought it was time to get him to work again for real.

Last but not least, we welcome back Mats Biström, who was here momentarily last year before running in terror to Finland's army. But he got tired of the cushy life and decided to head back to where battles are REALLY fought. That's right, here at AG. We haven't officially firmed up Mats' role yet, but there will definitely be lots of coffee fetching, yessirs, and unconditional praise involved... Wait, that can't be right... Oh, sorry, I was reading from my "tasks to spring on Mats next week" list. :o On the "fit for public consumption list", it says part time news updater/PR assistant. Yeah, that's it. Absolutely nobody will have heard of Mats, but he goes by the name "Mattsius" on the forums. Okay, maybe a few of you will.

I have every confidence that each of these guys will be a tremendous addition to the staff, so please welcome me in joining them! Glad to have you all.

And stay tuned for more swooshing, coming soon to an adventure site near you.

Does that mean we have to share the doughnuts now?

Nice one guys :)

Congrats to each and every one of you, especially to my fellow finnish forumite Mats. :)

Congrats, all, Mattsie especially! :)

Kurufinwe used to be a staff member? Duh.
And here I was thinking he was just a very prolific newbie... :crazy:

Congratulations to all the new guys. I'm looking forward to critic your articles. ;)

Tell me about it. And I am supposed to be privy to all the "staff secrets"! :crazy: Man, you learn all life long.

Congratulations, guys!

Congrats to all the new and returning slaves.

Congrats and some congrats too!

Fake.

There are donuts? Why wasn't I told?! :(

Welcome, new guys. :)

Thanks everyone for the greets. :)

@Jack: Do you want that with cream and sugar, sir?

Oh and Jack, that should be "running in terror from Finland's army."
Not with me you don't. Those things make you fat you know. :P
So the semi-new guys aren't welcome? I never liked you anyway... :shifty:

;)

:frown: After I pined for you the whole time you were in the army, this is how you treat me? Pfft.

*flings cup while running with scissors*

Take that! :D

YAAAAY!!!! :) Welcome (+/- back) :D

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...atulations.gif

Read my lips signature. Ha! :D

Hah! Italics at last! Now I can complete my diabolical plan to take over AGs! Next, to find a way to get Bold on top of Italics. Hmm, that might prove tricky... I hope it doesn't actually involve doing any kind of work... But then, everything is simple! First, to coerce tabacco into giving me full powers over the site. And then, I'll turn the staff into obedient slaves, lock fov up into the Tech Help forum (which will have been renamed to the 'Why DOSBox is better than VDMSound' forum), kick Jackal back to peddling meat on the streets of Tarna where he belongs, and drown Marek into a vat of cheese (and then put his body on some mammoth's tusks --- oh, that may prove tiresome, I think I'll have one of my staff members do it for me).

And then ALL THE DOUGHNUTS WILL BE MINE!!! And I'll spend my life eating, and eating, and eating them all, until diabetes finally carries me off in gangrenous ecstasy!

Yaaaaaaay, that's gonna be fun! :9~
Now, just to figure out just where my bloody italics are...

:crazy:

Hey, is that another swoosh I hear?



:devil:

Looking for something?
Looking for something?
Looking for something?

A-hahahaha!! Oh man, is that ever stupi... Err... actually, here's the kicker. I didn't know, either. :crazy:

If you weren't running in terror TO it, then you didn't work here long enough the first time. :devil:

There's a one-post moratorium on italics to see if a newb self-destructs. Score one for management!!

welcome!

:shifty: Now get to work!

Howdy people :)

Foiled again! :(

No matter, I'll try again in three years. AND THIS TIME I WILL SUCCEED!

And Chris sneaks in with a loquacious entrance!! There's just no stopping him! :D

If it's the status you want, then yeah, you'll have to wait. If it's just the FEELING you're after, then you can just hit yourself repeatedly with a hammer. That comes pretty close.

Welcome to the four of ye!

Tsk, tsk. Some people just aim too low in life to ever get anywhere.*
That's the funny part, I was running FROM BOTH. :D



*Those that don't know what I'm trying to say, ask a mod or something. Those bastards know everything...

I like to think it shows off my mild-mannered, quite side :P

Apparently you don't quite grasp the concept of running from something. If you go in a circle you just end up where you started. ;)

And you're telling me this now!

Welcome one and all. Now someone else will get tortured instead of me.

...


Wait, did I say that out loud? :P

Chris Pickering- the name is familiar but brain doesn't function. What stuff have you written?

This Chris Pickering?

Welcome people and I look froward to writing for and working with you all. I have been AG gaming since the day my dad bought me the original Police Quest for our top of the line Tandy computer.

Ahh, a kindred spirit. Except my dad brought me Leisure Suit Larry. And it was a pirated copy. :crazy:

That's me, yep. Though just why I seem to be listed with only those four, pretty sub-par reviews out of the hundreds upon hundreds I've written, I dont know!

Tut tut, fov. I've called the police; they're on their way...

Why, that's so we can make fun of your console bias and the fact that you find Serious Sam 2 as good as COD2 ;)...

Oh wait, that was the stupidly titled Big Red One. Ignore me :D.

Haha, dont worry, COD2 on the PC recieved a MUCH higher score! Same it's such a drop in standard when it moved onto the consoles.

To get me for using pirated software, or to get him for playing LSL with his 10 year old daughter?

To his credit, he covered my eyes at all the naughty parts. And I learned at that young age why one should always use a condom. :crazy:

Well sadly just a few short years later I played many portions of LSL 3 at my uncle's place. In their defense, I just as often was unable to answer all of the questions they asked. in fact I missed the "brain four" question. To this day they call me brainfour. :(

Welcome to all the new staff members. One of the best parts of AG is that you bring in people from all over our small planet, and you effectively use the universality to choose your staff from. It makes for a more balanced approach, and increases acceptance among the members.

Kudos to the new staff and to AG for their excellent choices.

Lynsie

Congrats, people. Very happy for all of you.

Congrats to all of you. A real plus for AG as well. :)

and nice to see ya back - Mattsie and Kurufinwe*

whoa... they escaped and came back, what - fools great guys! :D