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Has anyone else received anything like this? I can't possibly accept the idea that Ravensoft wants me and thought they would recommend a monitor while they were at it.

Hi pushplay@****.ca,

This is a message from me@me.com. They thought you would be interested in:

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?code=MO-SA910V

They also say:

i wasn't sure if you were a ai programmer or not so i sent you this...

ARE YOU A AI PROGRAMMER
Thursday, July 22, 2004.

If you are, then Raven Software wants your undivided attention.




Mr. Rick Johnson's the Lead Programmer at Raven Software sent out a .plan file late last week where he has announced he us seeking a AI Programmer. Maybe you could be the person he is looking for.

This person will be responsible for assisting in the development of single player AI for a Doom3 based product.
This person will need to coordinate their own efforts with those of the animation department as well as to ensure proper level design and use of the AI.

(blah blah blah...)

Applications should either email or mail resumes to:
(some address)

rjohnson@ravensoft.com

...btw i couldn't get your quake 3 map to work could you post instructions on your site?

--
Thanks,

The AusPC Team. 

Written like a AI simulation scripter set on the Random and Retarded settings. There is enough info there to regard the second part as plauseable.

I get the feeling their are three seperate interested parties in that e-mail (as if three e-mails got bunched up). me@me.com, RJohnson, and whom ever is asking for assistance on your map. 

Be afraid. 

No, that is certainly not the way that Raven would go about things. That's good stuff. 

ARE YOU A AI PROGRAMMER

the grammar on that phrase owns like slavery 

That's priceless.

The weird thing is that I do machine learning programming for a living at the moment. And I do have an unfinished quake 3 map on my site. (Someone needs to kick my ass and make me finish it.) Wait a sec, I might know who sent this to me... 

Who was it? 

Well that's got to be someone you know yanking your chain... I've heard of targetted advertising but that's beyond ridiculous :)

p.s I've bought a lot of computer hardware from auspcmarket.com.au... of course you never know, but I have a hard time believing they'd be in on some kind of bizzare spam like this. They're more reputable than that. 

http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/index.html 

L
O
L

(Yes, putting each letter on a new line somehow means that his "LOL" is more important than others.) 

that really appeals to the Ed Wood in me. 

Looks like a Kona map. 

Take it from me that Raven doesn't approach people they want to hire that way. 

anybody know how the situation with fov120.com/cubeengine is coming along?

oh and for those interested:
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/design/features/wageslave/

, a good article coming from the perspective that player's have less time to burn on bad designs. covers some issues that have been raised here in the past. 

It's common sense, but often times unvocalized common sense. 

awsp1 reviewed:

http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/quakerev040727.html 

I now have a name for my dm map! 

http://www.planetquake.com/fatty/smile/fitz-psychedelia.jpg

Ever since yesterday, after the technician got the wireless card working, FitzQuake's lightmaps have been plagued with these bursts of colour on arbitrary surfaces. And they do change over time. Maybe I should post some more psychedelic screens of Menkalikan for a laugh.

Anyway, what could be causing this? It isn't happening on any other engines I've tried... 

i seem to remember metlslime once posting pictures where he did something like that by accidentally screwing up some code. maybe remnants of that? 

Bad Trip, Dude

Must be something in the bovine feed this year. 

he did it to punish my sycophancy 

[nt] 

I don't need FritzQuake to make cocktails anyway. I know the best recipes by heart.

1 Bottle of Everclear
1 2 liter of Mountain Dew
1 packet of Lime Kool Aid

Mix it up and rock it out. 

It might be a long shot, but have you checked if there are any .lit files with the same name as the bsp in the same folder? Do you also get weird colour anomalies in other Q1 engines (or even other games)?