Comments on: Transferable skills in MMOs, and Convention Jitters

By: nugget

nugget — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:54:09 +0000

Er, just to be clear. I *am*, among other things, a professional copywriter. I’ve just never been able to explain where I picked up a large part of my skillset…

Bit sad, really.

By: nugget

nugget — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:50:32 +0000

One of the highly ‘transferable’ skills I acquired over 8+ years of MUDding, is the ability to write in any given ‘voice’ at the drop of a hat. Obviously, this is *very* useful in commercial copywriting, especially for corporate clients.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to explain this to any prospective employers. Somehow, I don’t think it would go down well if I were to say, ‘Hey, I’ve been a McNugget, a surgeon dog, BabaYaga, and a cheese! And that’s just the beginning! Writing in corporate voice is cake after all that!’

By: ixobelle

ixobelle — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:22:55 +0000

i agree that there’s generally rules of thumb that apply anywhere, but it’s hard to not get drawn in to certain situations. Just because Game B does it like Game A, doesn’t mean that Difference X is better/worse than the other way of doing it.

It’s hard to cast away the shackles, and approach everything with an open mind.