The big news for me of course is that I have a new job at KingsIsle! I announced my departure from being a Community Manager on the forums and on KI Live. Now I'm taking a new direction in my professional life, and it's one that probably seems a bit unexpected from those who mostly see me as a "communicator." It's probably more expected from those who see me as a creative person. If you don't know me, I love to be creative, whether it's making music, or writing blogs, or crafting poetry, or what-have-you, I love to create THINGS.
No need for me to reflect too much, but some of my best times at KingsIsle were when I was a brand new community manager for Pirate101. I loved that position and what I was able to do with a new community. As all things do, that position changed and grew to where I was not only doing work on the Pirate101 community, but many other things as well. (NOTE: Ask me in six years how my Designer job has evolved from now.)
Being a Community Manager is pretty intense, and I don't think those who haven't been a CM can really know what it's like. Even describing it to someone, it always sounds a bit strange. Ultimately, you're a gatekeeper, a town crier, an advocate, a marketer, and a "fun committee" (and more!) combined into one person. Every day brings a new challenge.
It's super cool my company has allowed me to shift into a new role so I can grow and learn: and that I am! This is all good stuff.
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Some other cool things have been happening too! Like this amazing picture that Dearly Doodles made for me:
IT'S A ME! FRIENDLYO!
And, as to be expected, I've been playing a lot of games (outside of the ones I play all day for work) like Neverwinter . . .
Currently lost somewhere in the Jungles of Chult.
. . . and Overwatch.
I'm a #dumbfist wanna be (but mostly play Reinhardt) main
I've got a tentative date of "sometime this week" to also finish up the Medulla fight in Wizard101 with Blaze and Tara, so who knows . . . I may even have some more Wizard101 gameplay to share in the future!
Anyway, I just wanted to get this first, uncomfortable, and long overdue post out of the way. Hopefully I can post a bit more again soon, and maybe even try my hand at Twitch streaming again. (I don't know if you happened to catch my marathon run of the game Overgrowth, but it's three and a half hours of bad voice over and animal on animal violence. GOOD TIMES! I want to do that kind of stuff again!)
Let me know what you'd like to hear more about here on The Friendly Necromancer. It's been a long, strange road . . . hasn't it? So what's been going on with you? (That's a request for comments, yo.)
Let me know what you'd like to hear more about here on The Friendly Necromancer. It's been a long, strange road . . . hasn't it? So what's been going on with you? (That's a request for comments, yo.)
Happy Dueling!
5 comments:
It's good to sit and listen to you again via your wonderful blog. It's also nice to be wished 'Happy Dueling' again. Welcome back. x Ginormous Chrissy hugs x
It is a blast from the past! I remember the day you announced here you were going to be working for Kingsisle! Cant wait for updates on your new role at KI.
So glad to see you posting again. <3
Can't wait for you to stream again. Fun times! Glad you're back to blogging too. :D
@Chrissy -- Always willing to break out the "Happy Dueling" for you! :)
@Angela -- Crazy how it all comes full circle. Thanks for being here for me.
@Gabby -- YOU KNOW IT! What kinds of posts would you like to see here?
@Iridian -- Let me know if there's a game you'd like to see me stream . . . otherwise . . . you know me!
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